Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0664-0282
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2022-05-18T04:00Z

SUPPORTING STATEMENT
	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
	
NSPS for Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa)

1. Identification of the Information Collection

      1(a) Title of the Information Collection

      "Monitoring, Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa), EPA ICR Number 1064.20, OMB Control Number 2060-NEW. 

      1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

      The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MM) were promulgated on December 24, 1980. This information collection request is for a new subpart MMa, which will apply to the following automobile and light duty truck assembly plant operations: each prime coat, guide coat, and topcoat operation commencing construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) is the pollutant regulated under this subpart. The Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating NSPS to the following automobile and light duty truck assembly plant operations: each prime coat, guide coat, and topcoat operation commencing construction, modification, or reconstruction after October 5, 1979. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa.
      
      In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NSPS. This information collection request documents the additional recordkeeping and reporting burden due to the proposed subpart MMa only, burden which facilities already incur due to subpart MM is not included. The additional requirements include permanent total enclosure (PTE) and non-PTE capture system calculations, performance testing, transfer efficiency calculations, and work practice requirements.

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      Any owner/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 required to be submitted electronically are submitted through the EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX), using the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI), where the delegated state or local authority can review them. In the event that there is no such delegated authority, the EPA regional office can review them.  All other 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 offices. The use of the term "Designated Administrator" throughout this document refers to the U.S. EPA or a delegated authority such as a state agency. The term "Administrator" alone refers to the U.S. EPA Administrator. 
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      This ICR presents the burden to respondents and the Designated Administrator (State or Federal Government) that will be imposed by the plans developed to implement the standards of performance for new automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations. Respondents are owners or operators of new or modified automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations. 
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      The requirements described below are the minimum requirements established by the standards of performance for automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations. Although the Designated Administrator may choose to impose more stringent requirements, it is assumed for this burden estimate that the implemented requirements mirror the NSPS. 
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      Potential respondents are owners or operators of new, reconstructed, or modified automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations. It is estimated that an additional 6 modified, constructed, or reconstructed automobile and light duty truck surface coating facilities will become subject to the regulation in the next three years. The cost of this Information Collection Request (ICR), based on these 6 surface coating operations, will be $0.90 million. 
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      The burden to the "Affected Public" for each automobile and light duty surface coating operation may be found in Tables 1 - 4 in Attachment 1. The burden to the "Designated Administrator" is attributed entirely to work performed by federal employees or government contractors; this burden may be found in Tables 5 - 8 of Attachment 2.

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2. Need for and Use of the Collection
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      2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection
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      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: 
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            . . . 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).
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      The Agency refers to this charge as selecting the best system of emission reduction (BSER). Section 111 also requires that the Administrator review and, if appropriate, revise such standards every eight years.
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      In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner/operator subject to any requirement of this Act to: 
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            (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.]
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      In the Administrator's judgment, VOC emissions from automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations 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 MM. This ICR reflects the burden associated with the proposed 40 CFR Part 60, subpart MMa to reflect updated BSER as a result of the CAA 111 review of 40 CFR Part 60, subpart MM. 
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      2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data
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      The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standards ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.
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      Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility's initial and continuing capability to comply with the emission standards. Continuous parameter monitors are used to ensure compliance with the standards at all times. During the performance tests, a record of the operating parameters under which compliance was achieved must be recorded and used to determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.
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      The notifications required in the standard 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 and the standard is being met. The performance test may also be observed.
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      In addition, records and reports are necessary to enable the Designated Administrator to identify automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations that may not be in compliance with the NSPS. Based on reported information, the Designated Administrator will decide which facilities should be inspected and what records or units should be inspected at the facilities. The records that automobile and light duty truck surface coating facilities maintain will indicate to the Designated Administrator whether facility personnel are properly operating and maintaining the incinerator and other control equipment and whether facility personnel have met the qualification requirements.
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      Additionally, the EPA is requiring electronic reporting of certain test data and reports. The EPA is proposing that owners or operators of affected sources would submit electronic copies of 1) performance test results and reports and 2) semiannual compliance reports through the EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX), using the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). For quarterly and semiannual reports, EPA would develop a template for the reporting form in CEDRI specifically for 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa.

      CEDRI includes the Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) software, which is used by facilities to generate electronic reports of performance tests. EPA is also proposing that 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa performance test reports be submitted through the EPA's ERT.
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3. Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria
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      The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa.
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      3(a) Nonduplication
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      For reports required to be submitted electronically, the information is sent through the EPA's CDX, using CEDRI, where the appropriate EPA regional office can review it, as well as state and local agencies that have been delegated authority. If a state or local agency has adopted under its own authority its own standards for reporting or data collection, adherence to those non-Federal requirements does not constitute duplication. 

	For all other reports, 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 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, duplication does not exist. 
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      3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB
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      A public notice of this collection is provided in the Federal Register notice of the proposed rulemaking published for the Subpart MMa. 
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      3(c) Consultations

      During development of these proposed revisions, EPA held meetings and conference calls with a coalition representing automobile and light duty truck surface coating facility owners and operators. We estimate that approximately 6 automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations will be constructed, modified, or reconstructed over the next 3 years. 
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      3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection
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      The NSPS require initial and periodic performance tests and inspections. The frequency of these activities was chosen by EPA as the period that will provide an adequate margin of assurance that affected facilities will not operate for extended periods in violation of the NSPS.
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      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 proper operation and maintenance of control equipment and the possibility of detecting violations would be less likely.
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      3(e) General Guidelines
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      These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR Part 1320, Section 1320.5.
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      3(f) Confidentiality
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      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).
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      3(g) Sensitive Questions
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      The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in the standard do not include sensitive questions.
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4. The Respondents and the Information Requested
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      4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes
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      The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are owners and operators of facilities that conduct automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for the respondents affected by the standard and the corresponding North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed in the following table:
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Standard (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MM)
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SIC Codes
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NAICS Codes
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Automobile Manufacturing
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3711
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336111
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Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing
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336112
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Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
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336211
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      4(b) Information Requested
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            (i) Data Items
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      In this ICR, all the data that are recorded or reported is required by the NSPS for Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa). 
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      A source must make the following reports:
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Notifications
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Notification of construction or modification application 
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§60.6(a) 
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Notification of construction/reconstruction 
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§60.7(a)(1) 
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Initial notifications 
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§60.7(a)(3) 
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Notification of actual startup 
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§60.7(a)(3) 
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Physical or operational change 
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§60.7(a)(4) 
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Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system 
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§60.7(a)(5) 
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Initial performance test
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§60.8(d)
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Notify the Administrator 30 days in advance of any test by Reference Method 25
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Reports
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Compliance status report
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§60.7(a)(7) 
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Quarterly reports of excess VOC emissions, low incinerator temperature, and continuous monitoring system malfunction, semiannual reports if no exceedances
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§60.7(b), §60.395a(b)
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§60.395a(c)
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§60.395a(d)
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Initial performance test reports
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§60.8(a)
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Periodic performance test reports
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§60.395a
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Report volume weighted average mass of VOC per volume of applied coatings solid in initial compliance report
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§60.395a(a)
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Report the gas temperature upstream and downstream of catalyst bed, total mass of VOC per volume of applied coating solids, capture efficiency, destruction efficiency, and method used to determine VOC captured and sent to the control device in initial compliance report or subsequent performance test report	
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§60.395a(a)
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Monthly performance test
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§§60.393a(b), 60.393a(c)
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Electronic submission of reports 
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      A source must keep the following records:
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Recordkeeping
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Records are required to be retained for two (2) years 
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§60.7(f) 
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Records of ongoing monitoring 
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§60.7(f) 
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Physical or operational change 
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§60.7(a)(4) 
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Notification of demonstration of continuous monitoring system 
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§60.7(a)(5) 
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Initial performance test results 
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§60.8(a) 
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Periodic performance test results
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Incinerator combustion temperature	
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§60.395a
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Electronic Reporting
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      Some of the respondents are using monitoring equipment that automatically records parameter data. Although personnel at the affected facility must still evaluate the data, internal automation has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping at a plant site.
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      Respondents are required to use the EPA's Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) to develop performance test reports and submit them through the EPA's Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI), which can be accessed through the EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) (https://cdx.epa.gov/). The ERT is an application rather than a form, and the requirement to use the ERT is applicable to numerous subparts. The splash screen of the ERT contains a link to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requirements, such as the OMB Control Number, expiration date, and burden estimate for this and other subparts. 
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      Electronic copies of records may also be maintained in order to satisfy federal recordkeeping requirements. For additional information on the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements for CEDRI and ERT for this rule, see: https://www.epa.gov/electronic-reporting-air-emissions/paperwork-reduction-act-pra-cedri-and-ert. 
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            (ii) Respondent Activities	
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                             Respondent Activities
Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.
Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CPMS for temperature, gas flow, or pressure drop for installed oxidizer, carbon adsorber, condenser, concentrator, or capture system.
Perform initial performance test, EPA Reference Method 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F, 2G, 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 24, 25, 25A, 204, 204A to F, 311, or ASTM Method D1475-98, D2697-86, D5066-91, D5087-02, D5965-02, D6093-97, D6266-00a tests, and repeat performance tests 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 collecting, validating, and verifying information.
Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for processing and maintaining information.
Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for disclosing and providing information.
Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.
Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.
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      This ICR captures the additional costs due to the proposed NSPS subpart MMa, as compared to the requirements of NSPS subpart MM. The additional activities include PTE and non-PTE capture system calculations, performance testing, transfer efficiency calculations, and work practice requirements.
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5. The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management
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      5(a) Agency Activities
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      EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information.
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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 Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) and ICIS.
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      5(b) Collection Methodology and Management
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      Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could 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.
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      Information contained in the reports is reported by state and local governments in the ICIS Air database, which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. EPA uses ICIS 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.
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       The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner/operator for two years.
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      5(c) Small Entity Flexibility
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      There are no small entities (i.e., small businesses) affected by this regulation. This estimate is based on research on the size of the affected entities during the development of the rule.
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      5(d) Collection Schedule
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      The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown in Tables 1 through 3: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost of the NSPS for Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa) for the first three years of the information collection.
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6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection
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      Tables 1 through 3: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost of the NSPS for Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart MMa) document the computation of individual burdens for the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to the industry for each of the first 3 years. Table 4 contains a summary of the respondent burden costs and hours detailed in Tables 1 through 3. 
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      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. 
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      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.
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      6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden
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      The baseline population of 2 new, modified, or reconstructed automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations is based upon past growth for the industry in consideration with the requirements of the NSPS rule.

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      The average annual burden to industry over the next three years associated with these recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 1,663 hours. These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from the development of the regulation, Agency knowledge, and experience with the NSPS program.
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      6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs
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      The information collection activities for sources subject to these requirements are presented in Tables 1 through 3 of Attachment 1. The total cost for each respondent activity includes labor costs, capital/startup costs, and operating and maintenance (O&M) costs.
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            (i) Estimating Labor Costs 
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      This ICR uses the following labor rates: 
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            Managerial	$135.18 ($64.37 + 110%)  
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            Technical	$92.59 ($44.09 + 110%)
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            Clerical	$54.71 ($26.05 + 110%)
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      These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, , "May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates NAICS 336100  -  Motor Vehicle Manufacturing." The rates are from column 8, "Mean hourly wage." The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for varying industry wage rates and the additional overhead business costs of employing workers beyond their wages and benefits, including business expenses associated with hiring, training, and equipping their employees.
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            (ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs
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      The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations NSPS are both labor costs, which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR, and the costs associated with continuous parameter monitoring. The capital/startup costs are onetime costs when a facility becomes subject to the regulation (i.e., reading the rule). The annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to perform testing and other costs such as photocopying and postage.
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            (iii) Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
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Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs

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Cost Element

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Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent

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Number of New Respondents 

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Total Capital/Startup Cost, (B X C)

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Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent

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Number of Respondents with O&M

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Total O&M,
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Performance Testing
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$57,000
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$114,000
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CPMS
                                       
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Totals (rounded)
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$146,000
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 	Note: Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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      The performance testing cost is based on an estimated cost to test the inlet and outlet of the control device at a cost of $19,000 per device, and an assumption that each facility has three control devices (e.g., separate devices for the prime coat, guide coat, and topcoat processes), for a total cost of $57,000 per facility. 
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      The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $146,000. This is the total of column D in the above table. 
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      The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $2,400. This is the total of column G. 
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      The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $151,000. 
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      6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost
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      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. 
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      The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $7,800.
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      This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

		Managerial	$70.56 (GS-13, Step 5, $44.10 + 60%)
		Technical	$52.37 (GS-12, Step 1, $32.73 + 60%)
		Clerical	$28.34(GS-6, Step 3, $17.17 + 60%)
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      These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2022 General Schedule, which excludes locality rates of pay. The rates have been increased by 60 percent to account for the benefit packages available to government employees. Details on the line item estimates used to calculate these burdens are presented in Tables 5 through 8 of Attachment 2.
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      6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs
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      The total number of respondents is also referred to as the respondent universe. The respondent universe for this ICR is based upon past growth of the industry in consideration with the requirements of the NSPS rule. Industry burden is calculated based on the number of units and the anticipated controls and monitoring each unit will most likely utilize to comply with the proposed NSPS.

      Additional estimates regarding the respondent universe are included in the industry burden determination. The EPA estimates that 6 respondents (automobile and light duty truck assembly plants) will read the rule over the course of three years; conduct and provide notifications and reports for initial and periodic performance tests of control devices; conduct and provide reports of control device parameter monitoring; and conduct testing and collect data to perform compliance calculations; and provide non-compliance reports.

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Automobile and Light Duty Truck Surface Coating Operations 
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      6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables
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      The bottom-line burden hours and cost tables for both the Agency and the respondents are attached. The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response.
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            (i) Respondent Tally
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      A breakdown for each of the collection, reporting, and recordkeeping activities required by the NSPS is presented in Tables 1 through 4 of Attachment 1. Tables 1, 2, and 3 show the costs for automobile and light duty truck surface coating operations in years 1, 2, and 3. Table 4 summarizes the costs for the three-year period. The estimate of total annual hours requested from the respondents was based on the assumptions outlined in section 6(d) of this ICR. The respondent burden is estimated for the first 3 years after adoption of the NSPS by totaling the hours per year for technical, managerial, and clerical staff at the plant. This total was then divided by 3 to arrive at the annualized burden (see Table 4). A similar approach was taken for estimating annual labor costs. For the first three years after the adoption of subpart MMa, it is estimated that industry would expend an average of 1,663 hours annually at a labor cost of $151,600 per year to meet the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. The average capital/startup and O&M costs would be $151,000 per year. 
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            (ii) The Agency Tally
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      The bottom-line Designated Administrator burden hours and costs, presented in Tables 5 through 7 of Attachment 2, were calculated by totaling the hours per year for technical, managerial, and clerical staff, and by totaling the cost column. Table 8 of Attachment 2 summarizes the annual agency burden for each of the first three years and calculates the average annual burden by dividing the three-year total by three. The estimated average annual burden over the first 3 years for the Designated Administrator would be 207 hours at a cost of $10,600 per year.
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      (iii) Variations in the annual bottom line 
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      The total respondent costs for years 1, 2, and 3 are $229,000, $302,000, and $375,000. The corresponding total respondent hours over these periods are 889, 1,663, and 2,437 (see Tables 1 through 4 of Attachment 1). Activities include familiarization with the regulatory requirements, an initial performance test, familiarization with CEDRI and CDX registration, and recording information.
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      During the first 3 years, the Designated Administrators will be reviewing the regulation, updating information in the agency recordkeeping system, and reviewing initial performance test reports. In years 1, 2, and 3, the Designated Administrators will expend 143, 207, and 271 total hours in labor, respectively. The corresponding costs for each year are $7,300, $10,600, and $13,900 (see Tables 5 through 8 of Attachment 2).
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      6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden
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      Since this is a proposed rule, there is no change in burden.
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      6(g) Burden Statement
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      The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 hour 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.
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      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 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-OAR-2021-0664. 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. Due to COVID-19 precautions, entry to the Reading Room is available by appointment only. Please contact personnel in the Reading Room to schedule an appointment. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the docket center is (202) 566-1927. 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-OAR-2021-0664 and OMB Control Number 2060-NEW in any correspondence. 

Part B of the Supporting Statement

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