Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0524-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2009-12-16T05:00Z

SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 SUPPORTING STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

NSPS for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part 60,
Subpart D) (Renewal)

1.  Identification of the Information Collection

	1(a)  Title of the Information Collection

	NSPS for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part 60,
Subpart D) (Renewal)

	1(b)  Short Characterization/Abstract

	 The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Fossil-Fuel-Fired
Steam Generating Units, 40 CFR part 60, subpart D, proposed on August
17, 1971, and promulgated on December 23, 1971, apply to emissions from
each fossil-fuel-fired steam generating unit of more than 73 megawatts
heat input rate (250 mmbtu/hr), which commenced construction,
modification, or reconstruction after August 17, 1971.  Subpart D
regulations apply to both electric utility and industrial boilers.  This
regulation was supplanted by NSPS subpart Da for electric utility steam
generating units in 1978, and for industrial-institutional-commercial
boilers in 1986.  Since then, no new subpart D units have been
constructed.  In June 2007, Subpart D was amended, but no additional
recordkeeping or reporting requirements were added.  The United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) performs this information
collection to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart D.

	In general, all NSPS standards require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports.  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.  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 (one-time, and periodic reports such as excess
emission reports required semiannually) 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.  These reports
are used the to determine compliance with NSPS subpart D.

	Approximately 660 sources are currently subject to the regulation. 
Electric utility boilers constructed after September 1978 are subject to
subpart Da, and industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers
constructed after June 19, 1986 are subject to subpart Db.  Therefore,
there have been no new subpart D units since 1986; and new units are not
expected in the future.  The cost of this Information Collection Request
(ICR) will be $9,900,000.

The active (previous) ICR had the following Terms of Clearance (TOC): 

In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved
for 3 years.  Prior to the next request for an extension of this
approval, the agency shall consult with respondents about the
collection, the accuracy of the burden estimates associated with the
collection, and the potential for minimizing the burden associated with
the collection.  The agency must provide a description of these efforts
and the names and contact information of anyone consulted during this
process in their next submission.

EPA published an announcement of a public comment period for the renewal
of this ICR in the Federal Register on July 30, 2009.  No comments were
received on respondent burden associated with the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements provided in this ICR.  Additionally, EPA
contacted an industry representative to request a voluntary opinion on
the accuracy of the burden estimates associated with the collection and
the potential for minimizing the burden associated with the collection. 
No comments were received.  [See Section 3(c)].

The burden to the “Affected Public” may be found in Table 1: Annual
Respondent Burden and Cost.  The burden to the “Federal Government”
is attributed entirely to work performed by Federal employees or
government contractors.  This burden may be found in Table 2: Average
Annual EPA Burden.

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, sulfur dioxide (SO2), particulate
matter (PM), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions from fossil-fuel-fired
steam generating units 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 D.

	2(b)  Practical Utility/Users of the Data

	

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 used for certifying compliance with the
emission limits, monitoring, personnel training and other requirements,
targeting inspections, assessing compliance trends, evaluating the
efficacy of the promulgated regulations, and as evidence in court.

Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected
facility’s ability to comply with the emission standards.  The
performance stack test usually requires three 1-hour test runs using the
EPA reference test method to demonstrate compliance.  Subpart D requires
only one performance test (the initial compliance stack test). 
Continuous emission monitors are required to ensure compliance with the
standards at all times.

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, and if the facility is in compliance
with the standards and other requirements.  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 excess emission reports are used to determine excess
emissions, identify problems at the facility, check the source operation
and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.  The reported
information is also used in enforcement actions against the violators.

3.  Nonduplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

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

	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 their 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 on July 30, 2009 (74 FR 38004). 
No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal
Register.

	3(c)  Consultations

The primary source of information as reported by industry, in compliance
with the recordkeeping and reporting provisions in the standard, is the
AFS (Air Facility System) which is operated and maintained by the EPA
Office of Compliance.  AFS is the Agency database for the collection,
maintenance, and retrieval of all compliance data.  In consultation with
the Agency's experts on the industry, we have determined that there has
been no growth in the number of respondents since the last ICR (no new
boilers, and no shutdowns or modifications of the relatively recent
boilers under subpart D).

It should be noted that electric utility boilers constructed after
September 1978 are subject to NSPS subpart Da, and industrial,
commercial, and institutional boilers constructed after June 19, 1986,
are subject to NSPS subpart Db.  Hence, there have not been any NSPS
subpart D units constructed since June 19, 1986, and the number of
sources reporting under this ICR is unchanged compared to the previous
ICR.  Therefore, approximately 660 respondents will be subject to the
standard over the three-year period covered by this ICR.  

In determining the correct burden estimate associated with this ICR,
industry trade associations and other interested parties have been
provided an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with the
standard as it was being developed and in subsequent renewals of the
ICR.  It is our policy to carefully review any comments received since
the last ICR renewal including those submitted in response to the first
federal register notice and respond appropriately.  EPA published an
announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR in
the Federal Register on July 30, 2009.  No comments were received on
respondent burden associated with the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements provided in this ICR.  

For this renewal, EPA contacted a representative industry trade
organization to request a voluntary opinion as to the accuracy of the
burden estimates associated with this ICR and whether there is any way
to reduce the burden.  EPA contacted the Council of Industrial Boiler
Owners (CIBO, Bob Bessette, telephone: 703-530-9042); 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 proper operation
and maintenance of control equipment and monitors and the possibility of
detecting violations would be less likely.

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

	We have determined that the required information is not confidential. 
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 (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; and 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 to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are
fossil-fuel-fired steam generating units that commenced construction,
modification, or reconstruction after August 17, 1971, and that have a
heat input capacity of greater than 73 MW (250 mmBtu/hr).  The Standard
Industrial Classification (SIC) codes and corresponding North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) are listed below.

Regulation	SIC Codes	NAICS Codes

40 CFR part 60, subpart D	1531	23332

	2033	311421

	Major Group 22	Major Group 313

	Major Group 24	Major Group 321

	2611	322110

	Major Group 28	Major Group 325

	2911	324110

	Major Group 30	Major Group 326

	Major Group 33	Major Group 331

	Major Group 34	Major Group 332

	Major Group 37	Major Group 336

	4911	221112

	7299	81299

	4(b)  Information Requested

(i)  Data Items

All data in this ICR that is recorded and/or reported is required by
NSPS, Standards of Performance for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating
Units, 40 CFR part 60, subpart D.

A source must make the following notifications/reports :

Reports for 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart D

Construction/reconstruction date 	60.7(a)(1) 

Actual startup date 	60.7(a)(3) 

Initial performance test results 	60.8 (a)

Initial performance test 	60.8(d)

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

Opacity test notification	60.7(a)(6)

Physical or operational change 	60.7(a)(4)

Excess emissions and monitoring system performance semiannual report
60.7(c), 60.45(g)

A source must maintain the following records:

Recordkeeping for 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart D

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

Records are required to be retained for 2 years at the facility.	60.7(f)

Electronic Reporting

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. 

Also, regulatory agencies, in cooperation with the respondents, continue
to create reporting systems to transmit data electronically.  However,
electronic reporting systems are still not widely used.  At this time,
it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use
electronic reporting.

		(ii) Respondent Activities

Respondent Activities

Read instructions.

Install, certify, maintain, and operate Continuous Monitoring System
(CMS) for opacity, SO2, NOx (or, alternatively a CO CEMS rather than
COMS) and either O2 or CO2 or a fuel sampling and analysis system 

Perform initial performance test to demonstrate compliance.

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.

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 AIRS Facility Subsystem (AFS)
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 standards.  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, for compliance determinations and,
in enforcement actions.

Information contained in the reports is entered into AFS which is
operated and maintained by the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards.  AFS is the EPA 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 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

	There are no small business entities  affected by this regulation.

	5(d)  Collection Schedule

The specific frequency for each information collection activity within
this request is shown in below Table 1. Respondent Burden - NSPS for
Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart D).

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.

	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 61,545
person hours (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	$114.77 ($54.65 + 110%)

Technical	$97.59 ($46.47 + 110%)

Clerical	$48.26 ($22.98 + 110%)

These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics, March 2009, (Table 2. Civilian Workers, 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.

	The previous ICR used only a technical labor rate from 2001.  The
updated labor categories and associated rates result in a change to
total labor cost.

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

	The type of industry costs associated with the information collection
activity in the regulations are for labor and continuous emission
monitoring (CEM).  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 and
other costs such as photocopying and postage.

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

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

(A)

Continuous Monitoring Device	(B)

Startup Cost ($) for One Affected Facility	(C)

Number of New Affected Facilities to Startup	(D)

Total Startup Costs

(B X C)	(E)

Annual O&M Costs ($) for One Affected Facility	(F)

Number of Affected Facilities with O&M	(G)

Total O&M

(E X F)

SO2, PM, and NOx	$200,000	0	$0	$15,000	660	$9,900,000

There are no total capital/startup costs for this ICR, because electric
utility boilers constructed after September 1978 are subject to subpart
Da, and industrial/commercial/institutional boilers constructed after
June 19, 1986, are subject to subpart Db, and no new steam generating
units will become subject to subpart D.  This is the total of column D
in the above table.

	The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR is
$9,900,000.

	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 $9,900,000.

	6(c)  Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

	The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis
of the reported information.  Publication and distribution of the
information are part of the AFS 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 Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is
estimated to be $144,566 (See Table 2).  This cost is based on the
average hourly labor rate as follows:

	Managerial	$61.36 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.35 + 60%) 

	Technical	$45.52 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.45 + 60%)

	Clerical	$24.64 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.40 + 60%)

These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2009
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.

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

	Approximately 660 sources are currently subject to the regulation, and
no additional sources will become subject to the regulation in the next
three years (See Section 1(b)).

Respondent Universe and Number of Responses Per Year

Regulation Citation	(A)

Average Number of New Respondents per Year	(B)

Number of Reports for New Sources	(C)

Number of Existing Respondents	(D)

Number of Reports for Existing Sources	(E)

Number of Respondents that keep records but do not submit reports	(F)

Total Annual Responses =

(AxB)+(CxD)+ E

40 CFR 60, subpart D	0	0	660	2	0	1,320

	The number of total respondents is 660.  This number is the sum of
column A and column C of the Respondent Universe and Number of Responses
Per Year table.  This represents the number of existing sources plus the
number of new sources averaged over the three-year period.

	The number of Total Annual Responses is 1,320.  This is the number in
column E of the Respondent Universe and Number of Responses Per Year
table.

	The total annual labor costs are $5,788,147.  Details upon which this
estimate is based appear in Table 1. Respondent Burden - NSPS for
Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart D).

	The total annual capital and O&M costs to the regulated entities are
$9,900,000.  These costs are detailed in section 6(b)(iii),
Capital/Startup vs. Operating 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 below.  The annual public reporting and
recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to
average 47 hours per response.

6(f)  Reasons for Change in Burden

There is no change in the labor hours to the respondents 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 respondents is very low, negative, or non-existent. 
Therefore, the labor hours in the previous ICR reflect the current
burden to the respondents and are reiterated in this ICR.  There is a
minor change to the cost figures, since the previous ICR used a
technical labor rate only.  The updated labor categories and associated
rates result in an increase to total labor cost.  Additionally, the
previous ICR was rounded to the nearest $1,000.  This ICR presents cost
figures which differ by less than $500 from the previous ICR due to
using exact figures instead of rounding.

	6(g)  Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average 47 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 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-2009-0524.  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 Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.  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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA.  Please include the EPA Docket ID Number
EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0524 and OMB Control Number 2060-0026 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: Respondent Burden - NSPS for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam
Generating Units (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart D)

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements	A

Person hours per occurrence	B

Annual occurrences per respondent	C

Annual person hours/ respondent

(A x B)	D

Total number of respondents	E

Manage-ment hours per year	F

Technical hours per year	G

Clerical hours per year	H

Total annual person hours (E+F+G)	I

Total cost per year 

($)a

1. APPLICATIONS	not applicable	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

2. SURVEYS AND STUDIES	not applicable	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTSb	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

a. Read instructions	No new sources will become subject, therefore not
applicable	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

b. Required activites	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

Initial Performance Test	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

c. Create information	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

            d. Gather Existing Information	Included in 3E	 	 	 	 	 
 

 

e. Write report	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

Notification of const/reconstruction 	No new sources will become
subject, therefore not applicable	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

Notification of anticipated/ actual startup	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

Notify of emission test	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

Report of initial emission test	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

Excess emissions report	1	2	2	660	57.39	1147.83	114.78	1320.00
$124,142.56 

SUBTOTAL REPORTING	 	 	 	 

1,320

(rounded)	$124,142.56 

4. RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENTS	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

a. Read instructions	Included in 3A	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

b. Plan Activites	Included in 4C	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

c. Implement Activities	Included in 3B	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

d. Develop Record System	N/A	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

e. Time to check computer system and calibrate continuous monitors	0.25
365	91.25	660	2,618.48	52,369.57	5236.96	60225.00	$5,664,004 

f. Time to Train Personnel	N/A	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

g. Time For Audits	N/A	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

SUBTOTAL RECORDKEEPING	 	 	 	 

60,225

(rounded)	$5,664,004 

TOTAL: ANNUAL BURDEN	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	61,545	$5,788,147 

Assumptions:

a) This ICR uses the following labor rates: Managerial $114.77 ($54.65 +
110%); Technical $97.59 ($46.47 + 110%); and Clerical $48.26 ($22.98 +
110%). 

    These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau
of Labor Statistics, March 2009, (Table 2. Civilian Workers, 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.  This
ICR assumes that Managerial hours are 5% of Technical hours, and
Clerical hours are 10% of Technical hours.

b) We assume that the operation is 365 days per year.Table 2.  Agency
Burden - NSPS for Fossil-Fuel-Fired Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part
60, Subpart D)

	A

EPA hours per occurrence	B

Occurrences per plant/yr	C

EPA hours/plant/yra (A x B)	D

Plants/year	E

EPA management hours per yearb	F

EPA technical hours per year	G

EPA clerical hours per year	H

Employee hours per yearc

(E+F+G)	I

Total annual cost 

($)

Report Review For Construction, Anticipated Startup, Actual Startup	 
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Review Notification of Initial Test:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Sulfur Dioxide	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Particulate Matter	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Nitrogen Oxides	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Review Initial Test Results:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Sulfur Dioxide	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Particulate Matter	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Nitrogen Oxides	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Review Notification of CMS Demonstration:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Sulfur Dioxide	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Particulate Matter	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Nitrogen Oxides	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Review CMS Performance Demonstration:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Sulfur Dioxide	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Particulate Matter	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Nitrogen Oxides	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Review Excess Emission Reports d	1	2	2	460	40	800	80	920	$40,842 

Review SO2 compliance Reports d, e	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

     Coal-fired units	2	4	8	180	62.61	1252.17	125.22	1,440	$63,926 

     Oil-fired units	2	4	8	92	32	640	64	736	$32,673 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

SUBTOTAL:	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	3,096	$137,441 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

Travel Expenses (d) (1 person x 15 plants/yr x 3 days/plant x $75 per
diem) + ($250 round trip/plant x 15 plants/yr) = 

 	 	 	 	 

 	$7,125 

 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

TOTAL ANNUAL COST	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	$144,566 

Assumptions:

A X B = C

C X D = E

This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:
Managerial $61.36 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.35 + 60%); Technical $45.52
(GS-12, Step 1, $28.45 + 60%); and Clerical $24.64 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.40
+ 60%).  This ICR assumes that Managerial hours are 5 percent of
Technical hours, and Clerical hours are 10 percent of Technical hours.

We assume that approximately 70 percent of the sources monitor via CEM. 
Approximately 30 percent use fuel sampling and analysis.

Units using fuel sampling and analysis submit these reports instead of
excess emission reports based on CEM data.  Figures used in this
category are based on research performed during regulation revision.

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