Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0108-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-05-05T04:00Z

Table
1
Annual
Respondent
Burden
and
Cost
­
Non
Road
Engine
Certification
Application
Hours
and
cost
per
application
Information
Collection
Activity
Mgr./
Engr/

Tech
@$
75/
hr
Cler.
@

$
38/
hr
Respon.

hr/
yr
Labor
Cost/
yr
Capital
Startup
Cost
O
&
M
Cost
(
annualized)
(
1)
Number
of
Respondents
Frequency
(
2)
Total
hr/
yr
Total
Cost/
yr
Review
of
regs
and
guidance
document
341
0
341.0
25,575
0
0
54
1.0
18,414
1,381,050
Developing
engine
family
groups
34
0
34.0
2,550
0
0
54
1.0
1,836
137,700
Gathering
emission
data
on
test
engines
1
9
10.0
417
0
60,000
54
1.5
810
3,273,777
gather
durability
data
on
test
engines
2
18
20.0
834
0
0
54
1.5
1,620
67,554
Preparing
and
submitting
certification
application
2
0
2.0
150
0
0
54
1.5
162
12,150
Preparing
"
carry
over"
applications(
3)
2
0
2.0
150
0
0
54
7.0
756
56,700
Preparing
and
supporting
running
changes
1
0
1.0
75
0
2
54
3.5
189
14,283
Store,
file
and
maintain
records
10
10
20.0
1,130
0
1
54
12.0
12,960
732,294
Total
per
manufacturer
393
37
430.0
30,881
0
60,003
1
varies
N/
A
N/
A
Total
for
the
industry
N/
A
N/
A
N/
A
2,435,346
0
3,240,162
54
varies
36,747
5,675,508
(
1)
Includes
costs
incurred
in
keeping
emissions
laboratories
operational
such
as
test
fuel
and
calibration
gases.

Other
expenses
include
the
cost
of
making
copies,
and
paying
for
diskettes
and
postage.
Frequency
is
one.

(
2)
Number
of
times
one
manufacturer
performs
each
task
in
a
year,
in
average.

(
3)
Carry
over
applications
use
certication
data
from
the
previous
model
year.
No
new
certification
testing
is
required.