Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0125-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2007-12-04T05:00Z

SUPPORTING STATEMENT

	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing  

1.  Identification of the Information Collection

1(a)  Title of the Information Collection

NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing , (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB)
(Renewal)

1(b)  Short Characterization/Abstract

The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for rubber tire
manufacturing plants were proposed on January 20, 1983, and promulgated
on September 15, 1987.  Minor revisions to the standards of performance
for the rubber tire manufacturing industry were proposed on February 14,
1989 and promulgated on September 19, 1989.  These standards apply to
undertread cementing operations, sidewall cementing operations, tread
end cementing operations, bead cementing operations, green tire spraying
operations, Michelin-A operations, Michelin-B operations, and Michelin-C
automatic operations, commencing construction, modification or
reconstruction after January 20, 1993.  This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB.

In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports.  This standard requires
performance test of Method 25 and an annual report of Method 24 results
to verify VOC content of water-based sprays.  Owners or operators are
also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any
startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected
facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is
inoperative.  Monitoring requirements specific to rubber tire
manufacturing plants provide information on the operation of the
emissions control device and compliance with the VOCs standards. 
Semiannual reports of excess emissions are required.  These
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining
compliance, and are required of all sources subject to NSPS.

Any owner or operator subject to the provisions of this part shall
maintain a file of these measurements, and retain the file for at least
two years following the date of such measurements, maintenance reports,
and records.  All reports are sent to the delegated state or local
authority.  In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) regional office.

Approximately 41 rubber tire manufacturing plants are currently subject
to the standard.  It is estimated that there will be no industry growth
over the next three years.  Although some plants may conduct operational
changes, these changes will not trigger applicability of this rule. We
are also assuming that all plants are now using the water-based sprays
that meet the NSPS green tire spray limits without having to use add-on
control equipment.  These estimates are based on information gathered
from EPA’s AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS) database through the Online
Tracking Information System (OTIS); consultation with the Agency’s
contact for the development of this rule at the Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (OAQPS); and the review of information available
on the active ICR.

The burden to the “Affected Public” (i.e., rubber tire manufacturing
plants which are publicly owned) can be found in Table 1; Annual
Respondent Burden and Cost:  NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR
part 60, subpart BBB).  The burden to the “Federal Government” is
attributed entirely to work performed by federal employees or government
contractors.  The burden to the Federal Government can be found in Table
2: Annual Burden and Cost to the Federal/State Government:  NSPS for
Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB).  None of the
rubber tire manufacturing plants are owned by either state, local and
tribal agencies or the Federal Government.    

In the development of this Information Collection Request (ICR), we
reviewed the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “Terms of
Clearance” (TOC) section on the active ICR. There were no comments in
the TOC section.

2.  Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a)  Need/Authority for the Collection

The EPA is charged under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as
amended, to establish standards of performance for new stationary
sources that reflect:

. . . application of the best technological system of continuous
emissions reduction which (taking into consideration the cost of
achieving such emissions reduction, or any non-air quality health and
environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator
determines has been adequately demonstrated.  Section 111(a)(l).

The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best demonstrated
technology (BDT).  Section 111 also requires that the Administrator
review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every four years.

In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require
any owner or operator subject to any requirement of this Act to:

(A) Establish and maintain such records; (B) make such reports; (C)
install, use, and maintain such monitoring equipment, and use such audit
procedures, or methods; (D) sample such emissions (in accordance with
such procedures or methods, at such locations, at such intervals, during
such periods, and in such manner as the Administrator shall prescribe);
(E) keep records on control equipment parameters, production variables
or other indirect data when direct monitoring of emissions is
impractical; (F) submit compliance certifications in accordance with
Section 114(a)(3); and (G) provide such other information as the
Administrator may reasonably require.

In the Administrator's judgment, volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions from rubber tire manufacturing plants cause or contribute to
air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public
health or welfare.  Therefore, the NSPS were promulgated for this source
category at 40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB.

2(b)  Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The control of VOC emissions from rubber tire manufacturing requires not
only the installation of properly designed equipment, but also the
operation and maintenance of that equipment.  VOC emissions from rubber
tire manufacturing plants are the result of operation of the following
affected facilities: undertread cementing operations, sidewall cementing
operations, tread end cementing operations, bead cementing operations,
green tire spraying operations, Michelin-A operations, Michelin-B
operations, and Michelin-C-automatic operations affected facilities. 
The subject standards are achieved by the reduction of VOC emissions
using thermal incinerators, and catalytic incinerators, carbon absorbers
and/or other recovery devices.

The notifications required in the applicable regulations are used to
inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject
to the requirements of the regulations.  The reviewing authority may
then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are
properly installed and operated.  Performance test reports are needed as
these are the Agency's record of a source's initial capability to comply
with the emission standards, and serve as a record of the operating
conditions under which compliance was achieved.  The semiannual reports
are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and
maintenance, and for compliance determinations.  The information
generated by the monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting requirements
described in this ICR is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities
affected by the NSPS continue to operate the control equipment in
compliance with the regulation.  Adequate monitoring, recordkeeping, and
reporting are necessary to ensure compliance with the applicable
regulations, as required by the Clean Air Act.  The information
collected from recordkeeping and reporting requirements is also used for
targeting inspections, and is of sufficient quality to be used as
evidence in court.

3.  Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part
60, subpart BBB.

3(a)  Nonduplication

If the subject standards have not been delegated, the information is
sent directly to the appropriate EPA regional office.  Otherwise, the
information is sent directly to the delegated state or local agency.  If
a state or local agency has adopted its own similar standards to
implement the Federal standards, a copy of the report submitted to the
state or local agency can be sent to the Administrator in lieu of the
report required by the Federal standards.  Therefore, no duplication
exists.

3(b)  Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR
was published in the Federal Register (72 FR 10735) on March 9, 2007. 
No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal
Register.

3(c)  Consultations

	The Agency’s industry experts have been consulted, and the Agency’s
internal data sources and projections of industry growth over the next
three years have been considered.  The primary source of information as
reported by industry, in compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting
provisions in the standard, is the AFS (AIRS Facility Subsystem) which
is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance.  AFS is
EPA’s database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of all
compliance data.  The growth rate for the industry is based on our
consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts.
Approximately 41 respondents will be subject to the standard over the
three year period covered by this ICR.

	Industry trade association(s) and other interested parties were
provided an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with the
standard as it was being developed and the standard has been previously
reviewed to determine the minimum information needed for compliance
purposes.

It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received
since the last ICR renewal as well as those submitted in response to the
first Federal Register notice.  In this case, no comments were received.
 

3(d)  Effects of Less Frequent Collection

Less frequent information collection would decrease the margin of
assurance that facilities are continuing to meet the standards. 
Requirements for information gathering and recordkeeping are useful
techniques to ensure that good operation and maintenance practices are
applied and emission limitations are met.  If the information required
by these standards was collected less frequently, the likelihood of
detecting poor operation and maintenance of control equipment and
noncompliance would decrease.

3(e)  General Guidelines

None of these reporting or recordkeeping requirements violate any of the
regulations established by OMB at 5 CFR 1320.5.

3(f)  Confidentiality

Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of
confidentiality is made will be safeguarded according to the Agency
policies set forth in Title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B -
Confidentiality of Business Information (CBI) (see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR
36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8, 1978; 43
FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

3(g)  Sensitive Questions

None of the reporting or recordkeeping requirements contain sensitive
questions.

4.  The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a)  Respondents/SIC Codes

The respondents of the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are
rubber tire manufacturing plants that commenced construction,
modification, or reconstruction after January 20, 1983.  The SIC code
for the respondents affected by the standards is U.S. Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) 3011 which corresponds to The North
American Industry Classification System (NAICS ) 326211 for Tire
Manufacturing (except Retreading).

4(b)  Information Requested

(i)  Data Items

All data in this ICR that are recorded and/or reported are required by
NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB).

A source must make the following reports:

Reports

Notification of construction/reconstruction.	60.7(a)(1)

Notification of anticipated startup.	60.7(a)(2)

Notification of actual startup.	60.7(a)(3)

Initial performance test results.	60.8(a)

Initial compliance report that includes initial performance test,
monthly schedule to be used in making compliance determinations, design
and equipment specifications and compliance method.	60.8(d), 60.8(a),
60.546(a) through (e)

Demonstration of continuous monitoring system.	60.7(a)(5)

Physical or operational change.	60.7(a)(4)

Periodic startup, shutdown, malfunction reports, and periods where the
continuous monitoring system is inoperative.	60.7(b)

Seeking to comply with an alternative method, from use of applicable
percent emission reduction requirement to applicable total
(uncontrolled) monthly VOC use limit.	60.546(h)

Initial and annual formulation data or Method 24 results to verify VOC
content of water-based sprays.	60.546(j) 

Excess emissions report.	60.546(f) and (g)

A source must keep the following records:

Recordkeeping

Startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where the continuous
monitoring system is inoperative.	60.7(b)

Maintain a file of all measurements including, performance test
measurements, and all other information required by this part recorded
in a permanent file suitable for inspection.  The file shall be retained
for at least two years.	60.7(f)

Maintain records of operating parameters of monitoring device results
for catalytic or thermal incinerator, or carbon absorber.	60.545(a), (b)
and (c)

Maintain records of monthly VOCs use, number of days in compliance
period, and other information needed to verify results of all monthly
tests.	60.545(d) and (e)

Maintain records of formulation data or results of Method 24 analysis of
water-based sprays containing less than 1.0 percent of VOC.	60.545(f)

Electronic Reporting

Currently, sources are using monitoring equipment that provides
parameter data in an automated way.  Although personnel at the source
still need to evaluate the data, this type of monitoring equipment has
significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and
recordkeeping.  In addition, some regulatory agencies are setting up
electronic reporting systems to allow sources to report electronically
which is reducing the reporting burden.  However, electronic reporting
systems are still not widely used by the regulatory agencies.  It is
estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use
electronic reporting.

(ii)  Respondent Activities	

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate a temperature monitoring
device with a continuous recorder, an organics monitoring device with a
continuous recorder to detect the concentration level of organic
compounds, or a recovery device, as applicable.

Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 24 test or
formulation data analysis for the determination of the VOC content of
cements or green tire spray materials, Method 25A for the determination
of the VOC concentration if using a control device, Method 2 for the
determination of the flow rate at the stack gas, monthly performance
test or formulation data analysis of the spray material, and repeat
performance test if necessary.

Write the notifications and reports listed above.

Enter information required to be recorded above.

Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and
utilizing technology and systems for the purpose of collecting,
validating, and verifying information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the
purpose of processing and maintaining information.

Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the
purpose of disclosing and providing information.

Adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements.

Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.

Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.

5.  The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection
Methodology, and Information Management

5(a)  Agency Activities

EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the
acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required
information.

Agency Activities

Observe initial performance tests and repeat performance tests if
necessary.

Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports,
and excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry.

Audit facility records.

Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Air Facility System (AFS).

5(b)  Collection Methodology and Management

Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority might inspect
the source to determine whether the pollution control devices are
properly installed and operated.  Performance test reports are used by
the Agency to discern a source’s initial capability to comply with the
emission standard.  Data and records maintained by the respondents are
tabulated and published for use in compliance and enforcement programs. 
The semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check
on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.

Information contained in the reports is entered into the AFS which is
operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance.  AFS is EPA’s
database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance
data for approximately 125,000 industrial and government-owned
facilities.  EPA uses the AFS for tracking air pollution compliance and
enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices
and EPA headquarters. EPA and its delegated Authorities can edit, store,
retrieve and analyze the data.

The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner or
operator for two years.

5(c)  Small Entity Flexibility

A majority of the affected facilities are large entities (e.g., large
businesses).  However, the impact on small entities (i.e., small
businesses) was taken into consideration during the development of the
regulation.  Due to technical considerations involving the process
operations and the types of control equipment employed, the
recordkeeping and reporting requirements are the same for both small and
large entities.  The Agency considers these requirements the minimum
needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce them further
for small entities.  To the extent that larger businesses can use
economies of scale to reduce their burden, the overall burden will be
reduced.

5(d)  Collection Schedule

The specific frequency for each information collection activity within
this request is shown in Table 1:  Annual Respondent Burden and Cost:
NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB).

6.  Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

Table 1 documents the computation of individual burdens for the
recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for
the subpart included in this ICR.  The individual burdens are expressed
under standardized headings believed to be consistent with the concept
of burden under the Paperwork Reduction Act.  Where appropriate,
specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified.  Responses to
this information collection are mandatory.

The Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB Control Number.

6(a)  Estimating Respondent Burden

The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from
these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 13,323
(Total Labor Hours from Table 1).  These hours are based on Agency
studies and background documents from the development of the regulation,
Agency knowledge and experience with the NSPS program, the previously
approved ICR, and any comments received.

6(b)  Estimating Respondent Costs

(i)  Estimating Labor Costs

This ICR uses the following labor rates:

Managerial	$95.32   ($45.39 + 110%)

Technical	$64.60   ($30.76 + 110%)

Clerical	$40.09   ($19.09 + 110%)

These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, December, 2003, Table 10. Private industry, by
occupational and industry group.  The rates are from column 1, Total
compensation.  The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account
for the benefit packages available to those employed by private
industry.

(ii)  Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs

The type of industry costs associated with the information collection
activities in the subject standard are both labor costs which are
addressed elsewhere in this ICR and the costs associated with continuous
monitoring.  The capital/startup costs are one-time costs when a
facility becomes subject to the regulation.  The annual operation and
maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor(s) and
other costs such as photocopying and postage.

Two types of monitoring devices are used to collection information: the
gas stream monitoring device and the VOC monitoring device.  The gas
stream temperature monitoring device has a continuous recorder to
measure the temperature before and after the emission reduction at the
control device.  The VOC monitoring device has a continuous analyzer to
measure the outlet gas concentration when a VOC recovery device is used.

(iii)  Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

(A)

Continuous Monitoring Device	(B)

Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent	(C)

Number of New Respondents 	(D)

Total Capital/Startup Cost,

(B X C)	(E)

Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent	(F)

Number of Respondents with O&M	(G)

Total O&M,

(E X F)

VOC (organics) monitor	$35,000	0	$0	$7,500	0	$0

Temperature monitors at thermal and catalytic incinerators	$7,500	0	$0
$4,000	4.1l	$16,400

Total Cost

$16,400

 	1  An estimated 10 percent of the respondents use a temperature
monitor.

There are no total capital/startup costs for this ICR because we have
assumed that none of the existing tire manufacturing plants that are not
currently subject to the rule or any new plants built will conduct an
operational change that triggers rule applicability.  This is the total
of column D in the above table.  The total operation and maintenance
(O&M) costs for this ICR are $16,000 (rounded). This is the total of
column G in the above table.  The total respondent costs over the next
three years, which is calculated as the addition of the capital/startup
costs and the annual operation and maintenance costs, is estimated to be
$16,000.  

6(c)  Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of
the reported information.  EPA's overall compliance and enforcement
program includes activities such as the examination of records
maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of
emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected
information.

The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is
estimated to be $12,520.

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

Managerial	$54.66   (GS-13, Step 5, $34.16 x 1.6)

Technical	$40.56   (GS-12, Step 1, $25.35 x 1.6)

Clerical	$21.95   (GS-6,   Step 3, $13.72 x 1.6)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) 2004
General Schedule which excludes locality rates of pay.  Details upon
which this estimate is based appear in Table 2: Annual Burden and Cost
for the Federal Government: NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR
part 60, subpart BBB), below.

6(d)  Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

Based on our research for this ICR, approximately 41 existing sources
are currently subject to the standard.  It is estimated that no new
sources per year will become subject to the standard in the next three
years.

Number of respondents is calculated using the following table which
addresses the three years covered by this ICR.

Number of Respondents

	Respondents That Submit Reports	Respondents That Do Not Submit Any
Reports

	Year	(A)

Number of New Respondents 1	(B)

Number of Existing Respondents	(C)

Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records but Do Not Submit
Reports	(D)

Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents	(E)

Number of Respondents

(E=A+B+C-D)

1	4.1	4.1	36.9	4.1	41

2	4.1	4.1	36.9	4.1	41

3	4.1	4.1	36.9	4.1	41

Average	4.1	4.1	36.9	4.1	41

1  New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and
modified affected facilities 

(10% x 41 = 4.1).  The remainder must keep records (90% x 41 = 36.9).

To avoid double-counting respondents column D is subtracted.  As shown
above, the average Number of Respondents over the three year period of
this ICR is 41.  

The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the
following table:

Total Annual Responses

(A)

Information Collection Activity	(B)

Number of Respondents	(C)

Number of Responses	(D)

Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit
Reports	(E)

Total Annual Responses 

E=(BxC)+D

Method 25A	3	1	0	3

Annual Report of Formulation Data/Method 24	41	1	0	41

Semiannual Report of Excess Emissions	13.7	2	0	27.4

Report of Operational Change	4.1	1	0	4.1

Notification of Change in Spray Materials Formulation	4.1	1	0	4.1

TOTAL

	0	79.6

The number of Total Annual Responses is 80 (rounded), as describe above.
  The total annual labor costs are $850,093.  Details regarding these
estimates may be found in Table 1.  Annual Respondent Burden and Cost:
NSPS for Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB).

Note that the total annual capital and O&M costs to the regulated entity
are $16,000.  These costs are detailed in Section 6(b)(iii),
Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs.

6(e)  Bottom Line Burden Hours Burden Hours and Cost Tables

The bottom line burden hours and cost tables for both the Agency and the
respondents appear are attached.  The annual public reporting and
recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to
average 167 hours per response.

6(f)  Reasons for Change in Burden

There is no change in the labor hours or cost in this ICR compared to
the previous ICR.  This is due to two considerations.  First, the
regulations have not changed over the past three years and are not
anticipated to change over the next three years.  Secondly, the growth
rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is
no significant change in the overall burden. 

Since there are no changes in the regulatory requirements and there is
no significant industry growth, the labor hours and cost figures in the
previous ICR are used in this ICR and there is no change in burden to
industry.

6(g)  Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 167 hours per response.  Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency.  This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to
be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB
Control Number.  The OMB Control Numbers for EPA’s regulations are
listed at 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

	To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of
the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing
respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques,
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID Number
EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0125.  An electronic version of the public docket is
available at http://www.regulations.gov which may be used to obtain a
copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically.  When in the system, select “search,” then key in
the docket ID number identified in this document.  The documents are
also available for public viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC.  The EPA
Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.  The telephone number
for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the
docket center is (202) 566-1752.  Also, you can send comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for EPA.  Please include the EPA Docket ID Number
EPA-HQ-OECA-2007-0125 and OMB Control Number 2060-0156 in any
correspondence. 

Part B of the Supporting Statement

This part is not applicable because no statistical methods were used in
collecting this information. 

Table 1:  Annual Respondent Burden and Cost: NSPS for Rubber Tire
Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB)

	Burden Item	

	(A)

Technical Person-

hours per

occurrence	

	(B)   

No.  of

occurrences

per respondent

per year	

	(C)

Person-

hours per

respondent

per year

(C=AxB)	

	(D)

Respondents

per year a	

	(E)

Technical

person-

hours per

year

(E=CxD)	

	(F)

	Management

person-hours per

year

(Ex0.05)	

	(G)

Clerical

person-

	hours per year

(Ex0.1)	

	(H)

	Cost,$  b

1.  Applications	

N/A	

	

	

	

	

	

	

2.  Survey and Studies	

N/A	

	

	

	

	

	

	

3.  Acquisition, Installation,         and Utilization of Technology and
 Systems	

N/A	

	

	

	

	

	

	

4.  Reporting Requirements	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

  A.  Read Instructions	

1	

1	

1	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

  B.  Required Activities  a, c	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

    i. Initial performance test  d	

240	

5	

1,200	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

    ii. Repeat of initial                       performance test  d	

240	

1	

240	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

    iii. Monitoring of VOC                emissions and operations  e	

1	

252	

252	

41	

10,332.0	

516.6	

1,033.2	

$758,110.50

    iv. Monthly performance 

    tests   e,j	

2	

12	

24	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

  C.  Create Information		

Included in 4B and 5E	

	

	

	

	

	

  D.  Gather Existing                      Information	

Included in 4B and 5E	

	

	

	

	

	

  E.  Write Report	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

    i.  Notification of actual               startup  c	

2	

1	

2	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

    ii.  Notification of initial              performance test  a ,  b	

2	

1	

2	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

    iii.  Initial performance test          results  a, b	

2	

1	

2	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

    iv.  Notification of Method          25A test  f      	

4	

1	

4	

3	

12.0	

0.6	

1.2	

$880.50

    v.  Notification of construction     or reconstruction  a,  b  	

2	

1	

2	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00 

    vi.  Report of physical/                 operational changes  g 	

4	

2	

8	

4.1	

32.8	

1.64	

3.28	

$2,406.70

    vii.  Report of spray materials/     formulation change h	

4	

2	

8	

4.1	

32.8	

1.64	

3.28	

$2,406.70

    viii.  Semiannual reports  i	

10	

2	

20	

13.7	

274.0	

13.7	

27.4	

$20,104.75

    ix.  Annual report of                     formulation data/Method   
         24 results  j	

4	

1	

4	

41	

164.0	

8.2	

16.4	

$12,033.50

5.  Recordkeeping Requirements	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

  A.  Read Instructions	

Included in 4A	

	

	

	

	

	

  B.  Plan Activities	

Included in 4B	

	

	

	

	

	

  C.  Implement Activities	

Included in 4B	

	

	

	

	

	

  D.  Develop Record System	

N/A	

	

	

	

	

	

	

  E.  Time to Enter and Transmit    Information: k	

	

	

	

	

	

	

	

    i.  Records of startup,                   shutdowns and malfunction 
l	

0.5	

36	

18	

41	

738.0	

36.9	

73.8	

$54,150.75

    ii.  Records of monthly                performance test	

Included in 4B	

	

	

	

	

	

    iii.  Records of emissions and      operations  	

Included in 4B	

	

	

	

	

	

 F.  Time to Train Personnel	

N/A	

	

	

	

	

	

	

G.  Time for Audits	

N/A	

	

	

	

	

	

	

Subtotal Labor Burden	

	

	

	

	

11,585.6	

579.28	

1,158.56	

$850,093.40

TOTAL LABOR  BURDEN AND COST (Rounded)	

	

	

	

	

13,323	

$850,093

Assumptions:

a  We have assumed that there are 41 existing rubber tire manufacturing
plants subject to this standard, one of which mixes only rubber
compound.  Also, we have assumed that no new tire manufacturing plants
will become subject to the standard in the next three years.  In
addition, we have not included the reporting requirements burden for
affected facilities exemptions under 40 CFR (60.676(d) in the table
because their occurrence is very rare in practice.

b  This ICR uses the following labor rates: $95.32 for Managerial labor,
$64.60 for Technical labor, and $40.09 for Clerical labor.  These rates
are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, December 2003, (Table 10. Private industry, by occupational
and industry group.(  The rates are  from column 1, (Total
compensation.(  The rates have been increased by 110% to account for the
benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.

c  We have assumed that the rubber tire manufacturing plants will not
construct or reconstruct an affected facility, however, they will
conduct operational changes on 10 percent of the affected operations.

d  A new plant typically would have about five new affected facilities.
 However, we are assuming that no new plants will become subject to this
rule. 

e  Sources are required to monitor and record monthly performance tests,
VOC use, the number of days in each compliance period, control device
efficiency, formulation data or the results of Method 24 analysis
conducted to verify the VOC content of the spray, monitoring device data
and other operational data such as the number of tires processed.  We
have assumed sources will operate approximately 252 days per year or 36
weeks.  We have further assumed that the burden incurred to record these
items is one hour per occurrence since much of the required information
would be currently recorded by the industry with or without regulation.

f  We have assumed that three existing sources using control devices
will conduct a Method 25 test once a year to determine the VOC
concentration in each stack (source using a capture system) both
entering and leaving the control device.  

g  We have assumed that ten percent of the existing rubber tire
manufacturing plants subject to this rule will make a
physical/operational change due adding a green tire spray booth or a new
line.

h  A source is required to do Method 24 or formulation data analysis if
the operational change involves spray materials formulation changes and
results should be reported within 30 days.

i  We have assumed that one-third of the sources report will submit
exceedance reports for each six month period.

j  We have assumed that all existing sources, will submit an annual
Method 24 report or an annual formulation data report to verify the VOC
content of each tread end cement and green tire spray material in lieu
of conducting a monthly performance test.  We have further assumed that
50 percent of the existing sources will continue to use HAP materials
(VOC) in the spray at levels that meet the green tire VOC limitations in
NSPS not needing add on control devices. The remaining plants use only
water-based sprays and are not required to do monthly performance tests.

We have assumed that the burden incurred to record these items is one
hour per occurrence per source due to the nature of the control
equipment used and its intermittent use.

k  We have assumed two occurrences of startup, shutdown and/or
malfunction per source per month which yields an average of 18
occurrences per source per respondent(36 weeks).

Table 2.  Annual Burden and Cost for the Federal Government: NSPS for
Rubber Tire Manufacturing (40 CFR part 60, subpart BBB)

	Burden Item	

(A)

Technical

Person

hours per

occurrence	

(B)   

Number  of

occurrences

per plant

per year	

(C)

Person hours per plant  per

year

	(C=AxB)	

(D)

Plants per  year  a	

(E)

Technical hours 

per   year

	(E=CxD)	

(F)

Management   hours per year

(F=0.05xE)	

(G)

Clerical-person

hours per

year

(G=0.1xE)	

	(H)

Cost, $  b

Notification of actual startup  c	

2	

1	

2	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

Notification of initial performance test  c	

2	

1	

2	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

Report of performance test results  c	

2	

1	

2	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

Notification of construction or reconstruction  c	

2	

1	

2	

0	

0	

0	

0	

$0.00

Notification of Method             25A Test  d	

8	

1	

8	

3	

24	

1.2	

2.4	

$1,091.71

Notification of change in          spray materials formulation  e	

2	

1	

2	

4.1	

8.2	

0.41	

0.82	

$373.00

Semiannual reports f	

4	

2	

8	

13.7	

109.6	

5.48	

10.96	

$984.65

Annual report of              formulation data/Method          24
results  g	

5	

1	

5	

41	

205	

10.25	

20.50	

$9,325.05

Report of physical/operational 

changes  h	

4	

1	

4	

4.1	

16.4	

0.82	

1.64	

746.00

Subtotal 	

	

	

	

	

363.2	

18.16	

36.32	

$12,520.41

TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded)	

                                                                        
                                          418                           
                              $12,520			

Assumptions:

a  We have assumed that there are 41 existing rubber tire manufacturing
plants subject to this standard, one of which mixes only rubber
compound.  Also, we have assumed that no new tire manufacturing plants
will become subject to the standard in the next three years.

b  We have assumed the following labor rates of $55.66 for Managerial
labor, $40.56 for Technical labor, and $21.95 for Clerical labor.  These
rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) (2004 General
Schedule( which excludes locality rates of pay.  

c  The regulatory agency will have no burden associated with initial
requirements since there will be no new sources.

d  We have assumed that three existing sources using control devices
will conduct a Method 25 test once a year to determine the VOC
concentration in each stack (source using a capture system) both
entering and leaving the control device.  

e  A source is required to do Method 24 or formulation data analysis if
the operational change involves spray materials formulation changes and
results should be reported within 30 days.

f  We have assumed that one-third of sources will submit exceedance
reports for each six month period.   

g  We have assumed that all existing sources, will submit an annual
Method 24 report or an annual formulation data report to verify the VOC
content of each tread end cement and green tire spray material in lieu
of conducting a monthly performance test.  We have further assumed that
50 percent of the existing sources will continue to use HAP materials
(VOC) in the spray at levels that meet the green tire VOC limitations in
NSPS not needing add on control devices. The remaining plants use only
water-based sprays and are not required to do monthly performance tests.
 We have assumed that the burden incurred to record these items is one
hour per occurrence per source due to the nature of the control
equipment used and its intermittent use.

h  We have assumed that ten percent of the existing rubber tire
manufacturing plants subject to this rule will make a
physical/operational change due adding a green tire spray booth or a new
line.

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