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SF­
83
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
STANDARDS
OF
PERFORMANCE
40
CFR
60
Subpart
EE
New
Source
Performance
Standard
(
NSPS)
for
Surface
Coating
of
Metal
Furniture
1.
Identification
of
the
Information
Collection
1(
a)
Title
of
the
Information
Collection
ICR
for
NSPS,
Subpart
EE,
Standards
of
Performance
for
Surface
Coating
of
Metal
Furniture.
1(
b)
Short
Characterization/
Abstract
The
NSPS
for
Surface
Coating
of
Metal
Furniture
were
proposed
on
November
28,
1980
and
promulgated
on
October
29,
1982.
These
standards
apply
to
each
metal
furniture
surface
coating
operation
in
which
organic
coatings
are
applied
(
greater
than
3,842
liters
of
coating
per
year)
that
commence
construction,
modification
or
reconstruction
after
November
28,
1980.
Approximately
553
sources
are
currently
subject
to
the
standard,
and
it
is
estimated
that
30
sources
per
year
will
become
subject
to
the
standard
while
an
equal
number
will
go
off­
line
during
this
time
period.
It
is
further
assumed
that
there
is
an
average
of
four
affected
facilities
per
plant.
Volatile
Organic
Compounds
(
VOCs)
are
the
pollutants
regulated
under
this
subpart,
and
this
information
is
being
collected
to
assure
compliance
with
40
CFR
Part
60
Subpart
EE.
Owners
or
operators
of
the
affected
facilities
described
must
make
initial
reports
when
a
source
becomes
subject,
conduct
and
report
on
a
performance
test,
demonstrate
and
report
on
continuous
monitor
performance,
and
maintain
records
of
the
occurrence
and
duration
of
any
startup,
shutdown,
or
malfunction
in
the
operation
of
an
affected
facility.
Semiannual
reports
of
excess
emissions
are
required.
These
notifications,
reports,
and
records
are
essential
in
determining
compliance;
and
are
required,
in
general,
of
all
sources
subject
to
NSPS.
The
record
keeping
and
reporting
requirements
specific
to
surface
coating
of
metal
furniture
facilities
are
detailed
in
section
4(
b)
"
Information
Requested"
of
this
supporting
statement.
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
2
years
following
the
date
of
such
measurements,
maintenance
reports,
and
records.
The
total
cost
of
this
ICR
will
be
$
3,480,542
(
labor
costs,
$
2,360,542,
plus
capital
and
O&
M
costs,
$
1,120,000,
times
3
years)
over
the
next
three
years.
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
EPA
Regional
Office.

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,
as
amended,
to
establish
standards
of
performance
for
new
stationary
sources
that
reflect:
.
.
.
application
of
the
best
technological
system
of
continuous
emissions
reduction
which
2
(
taking
into
consideration
the
cost
of
achieving
such
emissions
reduction,
or
any
nonair
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
or
methods
(
in
accordance
with
such
methods
at
such
locations,
at
such
intervals,
and
in
such
manner
as
the
Administrator
shall
prescribe),
and
(
D)
sample
such
emissions,
(
E)
keep
records
on
control
equipment
parameters,
production
variables
or
other
indirect
data
when
direct
monitoring
of
emissions
is
impractical,
(
F)
submit
compliance
certifications,
and
(
G)
provide
such
other
information
as
he
may
reasonably
require.
In
the
Administrator's
judgment,
VOC
emissions
from
surface
coating
of
metal
furniture
cause
or
contribute
to
air
pollution
that
may
reasonably
be
anticipated
to
endanger
public
health
or
welfare.
Therefore,
NSPS
were
promulgated
for
this
source
category
at
40
CFR
Part
(
60
subpart
EE.

2(
b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
of
the
Data
Surface
coating
of
metal
furniture
at
facilities
causes
the
emission
of
VOCs.
The
standards
rely
on
the
capture
and/
or
reduction
of
VOCs
emissions
by
control
technology.
The
control
of
emissions
of
VOCs
from
surface
coating
of
metal
furniture
requires
not
only
the
installation
of
properly
designed
equipment,
but
also
the
operation
and
maintenance
of
that
equipment.
The
required
notifications
are
used
to
inform
the
Agency
or
delegated
authority
when
a
source
becomes
subject
to
the
standard.
The
reviewing
authority
may
then
inspect
the
source
to
check
if
the
standard
is
being
met
and,
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
standard,
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.
EPA
reduced
the
reporting
frequency
for
this
information
from
quarterly
to
semiannually
in
a
December
1990
Federal
Register
notice.
The
reduction
in
reporting
frequency
was
respondent
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget's
previous
questions
regarding
the
need
for
quarterly
versus
semiannual
reporting.
The
information
generated
by
the
monitoring,
record
keeping
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
and
achieve
compliance
with
the
regulation.
Adequate
monitoring,
record
keeping,
and
reporting
is
necessary
to
ensure
compliance
with
these
standards,
as
required
by
the
Clean
Air
Act.
The
information
collected
from
record
keeping
and
reporting
requirements
is
also
used
for
targeting
inspections,
and
is
of
sufficient
quality
to
be
used
as
evidence
in
court.
3
3.
Nonduplication,
Consultations,
and
Other
Collection
Criteria
3(
a)
Nonduplication
The
record
keeping
and
reporting
requested
is
required
under
40
CFR
Part
60
Subpart
EE.
If
the
standard
has
not
been
delegated
the
information
is
sent
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
their
own
similar
regulation
to
implement
the
Federal
Regulation,
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
Standard.
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
on
January
5,
1999.
3(
c)
Consultations
No
comments
were
received
on
the
burden
published
in
the
Federal
Register.
3(
d)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
Less
frequent
information
collection
would
decrease
the
margin
of
assurance
that
facilities
are
continuing
to
meet
the
required
standards.
Requirements
for
information
gathering
and
record
keeping
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
the
reporting
or
record
keeping
requirements
contained
in
40
CFR
Part
60
Subpart
EE
or
otherwise
pertinent
to
this
request
violate
any
of
the
regulations
established
by
OMB
in
5
CFR
1320.6.
3(
f)
Confidentiality
The
required
information
consists
of
emissions
data
and
other
information
that
have
been
determined
not
to
be
private.
However,
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
(
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
record
keeping
requirements
contained
in
40
CFR
Part
Subpart
EE
or
otherwise
pertinent
to
this
request
contain
sensitive
questions.

4.
The
Respondents
and
the
Information
Requested
4(
a)
Respondents/
SIC
Codes
The
respondents
of
the
record
keeping
and
reporting
requirements
are
facilities
which
conduct
surface
coating
of
metal
furniture
subject
to
NSPS
Subpart
EE
(
SIC
Codes
2514,
2522,
2531,
and
2542)
that
commenced
construction,
modification,
or
reconstruction
after
November
28,
1980.
4
4(
b)
Information
Requested
(
I)
Data
Items
All
data
in
this
ICR
that
is
recorded
and/
or
reported
is
required
by
40
CFR
Part
60,
Subpart
EE.
Records
are
required
to
be
retained
for
two
years.

Record
Keeping
and
Reporting
Requirements
Notification
of
construction/
reconstruction
60.7(
a)(
1)

Notification
of
anticipated
startup
60.7(
a)(
2)

Notification
of
actual
startup
60.7(
a)(
3)

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

Notification
of
a
physical
or
operational
change.
60.7(
a)(
4)

Record
startup,
shutdown,
malfunction
of
affected
facility,
control
device,
or
CMS
60.7(
b)

Excess
emissions
report
60.7(
c),
60.315(
b)
1
Report
on
initial
performance
test
results
60.8(
a),
60.315(
a)

Notification
of
initial
performance
test
60.8(
d)

Maintain
daily
records
of
incinerator
combustion
temperature,
or
amounts
of
solvent
recovered.
60.315
(
c)

Respondent
Activities
Read
instructions.

Install,
calibrate,
maintain,
and
operate
CMS
for
opacity,
or
for
pressure
drop
and
liquid
supply
pressure
for
wet
scrubber.

Perform
initial
performance
test,
and
repeat
performance
tests.

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.
5
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
information
required
under
40
CFR
Subpart
EE:
­
Observes
initial
performance
tests
and
repeat
performance
tests
if
necessary
­
Reviews
notifications
and
reports,
including
performance
test
reports,
and
excess
emissions
reports,
required
to
be
submitted
by
industry
­
Audits
facility
records
­
Inputs,
analyzes,
and
maintains
data
in
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
database.
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,
and
note
the
operating
conditions
under
which
compliance
was
achieved.
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
AIRS
database
which
is
operated
and
maintained
by
EPA's
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards.
AIRS
is
EPA's
database
for
the
collection,
maintenance,
and
retrieval
of
compliance
and
annual
emission
inventory
data
for
over
100,000
industrial
and
government­
owned
facilities.
EPA
uses
AIRS
for
tracking
air
pollution
compliance
and
enforcement
by
Local
and
State
regulatory
agencies,
and
EPA
Regional
Offices
and
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
The
record
keeping
and
reporting
requirements
consider
the
capabilities
and
resources
available
for
small
entities
to
complete
and
maintain
the
appropriate
records.
The
metal
furniture
surface
coating
industry
is
dominated
by
businesses
with
less
500
employees.
To
the
extent
that
larger
businesses
can
use
economies
of
scale
to
reduce
their
burden,
the
overall
burden
will
be
reduced.
Although
the
record
keeping
and
reporting
requirements
are
the
same
for
small
and
larger
businesses,
the
Agency
considers
these
requirements
the
minimum
needed
to
ensure
compliance
and,
therefore,
cannot
reduce
them
further
for
small
businesses.
Any
metal
furniture
surface
coating
operation
that
uses
less
than
3,842
liters
of
coating
(
as
applied)
per
year
and
keeps
purchase
or
inventory
records
or
other
data
necessary
to
substantiate
annual
coating
usage
is
exempt
from
all
record
keeping
and
reporting
(
and
all
provisions)
of
this
regulation.
5(
d)
Collection
Schedule
The
specific
frequency
for
each
information
collection
activity
within
this
request
is
shown
on
Table
1
.
6
6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
the
Collection
Table
1
documents
the
computation
of
individual
burdens
for
each
of
the
record
keeping
and
reporting
requirements
applicable
to
the
industry.
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
under
40
CFR
Part
60,
subpart
EE.
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
record
keeping
and
reporting
requirements
is
estimated
at
101,070
(
total
from
industry
table
­
Table
1)
burden­
hours.
These
hours
are
based
on
Agency
studies
and
background
documents
from
the
development
of
the
standards
or
test
methods,
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
labor
rates
of
$
23.80
from
the
United
States
Department
of
Commerce
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics,
March
1998,
Table
2:
Employment
Costs
for
Civilian
Workers
by
Occupational
and
Industry
Group.
The
rates
are
from
column
1:
Total
compensation.
The
record
keeping
and
reporting
requirements
in
NSPS
subpart
EE
were
designed
to
be
performed
by
technical
staff.
(
ii)
Estimating
Capital
and
Operations
and
Maintenance
Costs
The
type
of
industry
costs
associated
with
the
information
collection
activity
in
the
standards
are
labor
and
CEMS.
The
capital
start
up
costs
are
one
time
costs
when
a
facility
becomes
subject
to
the
standard.
The
capital
start
up
costs
for
this
regulation
are
$
114,000
dollars.
The
annual
operations
and
maintenance
costs
are
$
1,006,000
dollars.
This
is
based
on
553
existing
sources
multiplied
by
$
1,820
for
upkeep
of
the
monitoring
device.
The
total
respondent
costs
have
been
calculated
on
the
addition
of
the
capital
start
up
costs
and
the
annual
operations
and
maintenance
costs.
The
average
annual
burden
for
capital
and
operations
and
maintenance
costs
to
industry
over
the
next
three
years
of
the
ICR
is
estimated
to
be
$
1,120,000
dollars.
(
iii)
Capital/
Start­
up
vs.
Operating
and
Maintenance
(
O&
M)
Costs
Monitoring
device
annual
O&
M
costs
($)
Continuous
monitor
For
1
unit
=
$
1,820
for
control
device
or
temperature
or
feed
rate
monitor
6(
c)
Estimating
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
The
only
Federal
costs
are
user
costs
associated
with
analysis
of
the
reported
information.
Publication
and
distribution
of
the
information
are
part
of
the
AIRS
program.
Examination
of
records
to
be
maintained
by
the
respondents
will
occur
as
part
of
the
periodic
inspection
of
sources,
which
is
part
of
EPA's
overall
compliance
and
enforcement
program.
The
average
annual
Federal
Government
cost
during
the
3
years
of
the
ICR
is
estimated
to
be
$
50,938
(
from
table
2).
This
cost
is
based
on
an
average
wage
of
a
GS10
step
1
employee
rate.
Details
upon
which
this
estimate
is
based
appear
in
Table
2:
Agency
Burden.
6(
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
and
Total
Burden
and
Costs
The
number
of
existing
sources
subject
to
NSPS
Subpart
EE,
Surface
Coating
of
Metal
7
Furniture
is
553.
There
are
no
new
sources
(
net)
expected
to
become
subject
to
the
regulation
in
the
next
three
years.
The
total
annual
labor
costs
are
$
2,360,542
(
details
upon
which
this
estimate
is
based
appear
in
Table
1:
Industry
Burden),
and
total
annual
capital
start­
up,
and
O&
M
costs
to
the
regulated
entity
are
$
1,120,000.
6(
e)
Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
And
Cost
Tables
Please
see
the
attached
tables.
6(
f)
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
The
decrease
in
burden
from
the
most
recently
approved
ICR
is
due
to
an
adjustment.
This
decrease
in
burden
is
due
to
more
accurate
estimates
of
existing
and
anticipated
new
sources.

6(
g)
Burden
Statement
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
currently
valid
OMB
control
number.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
Part
9
and
48
CFR
Chapter
15.
Send
comments
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
through
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques
to
the
Director,
OP
Regulatory
Information
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
2137),
401
M
St.,
S.
W.,
Washington,
D.
C.
20460;
and
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.
Include
the
EPA
ICR
number
(
0649.06),
and
OMB
control
number
(
2060­
0106)
in
any
correspondence.

Part
B
of
the
Supporting
Statement
This
part
is
not
applicable
because
no
statistical
methods
were
used
in
collecting
this
information.