Document ID: EPA-HQ-TRI-2004-0001-0009
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-02-08T05:00Z

3­
1
CHAPTER
THREE
TOTAL
BURDEN
AND
COST
SAVINGS
This
chapter
presents
the
total
burden
and
cost
savings
associated
with
the
proposed
Tier
III
rule.
Because
the
proposed
rule
will
affect
all
TRI
reports,
the
universe
of
affected
forms
considered
in
this
analysis
equals
the
number
of
forms
filed
in
RY2002,
the
most
current
year
for
which
TRI
data
are
available.
First
year
reporters
under
the
proposed
rule
are
approximated
by
the
number
of
first
year
reporters
in
RY2002.
Total
burden
and
cost
savings
are
estimated
separately
for
PBT
Form
Rs,
non­
PBT
Form
Rs,
and
non­
PBT
Form
As.
Table
3­
1
summarizes
the
number
and
type
of
report
in
RY
2002.

TABLE
3­
1
UNIVERSE
OF
AFFECTED
FORMS
UNDER
THE
PROPOSED
RULE
Form
R
Form
A
First
Year
Non
­
PBT
Forms
880
324
PBT
Forms
458
NA*

Subsequent
Years
Non­
PBT
Forms
65,006
11,594
PBT
Forms
15,085
NA*

*
Facilities
may
not
use
Form
A
for
PBT
chemicals.

Following
the
methodology
presented
in
Chapter
Two,
unit
burden
and
cost
savings
were
derived.
This
information
is
then
combined
with
the
number
of
affected
Form
Rs
and
As
to
estimate
total
burden
and
cost
savings.
Tables
3­
2
and
3­
3
show
the
national
burden
and
cost
saving
estimates
for
first
year
reporters
and
subsequent
reporters,
respectively.
Table
3­
2
shows
an
estimated
total
burden
savings
of
2,034
hours
and
total
cost
savings
of
$
87,423
for
first
year
reporters
as
a
result
of
the
proposed
rule.
Subsequent
year
reporters
are
estimated
to
experience
a
total
burden
savings
of
43,140
hours
and
total
cost
savings
of
$
1,772,217
as
shown
in
Table
3­
3.
3­
2
TABLE
3­
2
NATIONAL
BURDEN
AND
COST
SAVINGS
FOR
FIRST
YEAR
REPORTERS
Form
Type
Number
of
Forms
Burden
Savings
per
Form
(
hours)
Total
Burden
Savings
(
hours)
Cost
Saving
per
Form
Total
Cost
Savings
Form
R
Non­
PBT
Forms
880
0.96
842
$
40.89
$
35,979
PBT
Forms
458
2.23
1,023
$
97.05
$
44,449
Form
A
Non­
PBT
Forms
324
0.52
168
$
21.59
$
6,994
Total
1,662
2,034
$
87,423
Note:
Due
to
rounding,
the
total
may
not
equal
the
sum
of
the
column.

TABLE
3­
3
NATIONAL
BURDEN
AND
COST
SAVINGS
FOR
SUBSEQUENT
YEAR
REPORTERS
Form
Type
Number
of
Forms
Burden
Savings
per
Form
(
hours)
Total
Burden
Savings
(
hours)
Cost
Saving
per
Form
Total
Cost
Savings
Form
R
Form
R
Non­
PBT
65,006
0.39
25,167
$
15.72
$
1,021,833
Form
R
PBT
15,085
1.11
16,681
$
46.99
$
708,841
Form
A
Form
A
Non­
PBT
11,594
0.11
1,292
$
3.58
$
41,543
Total
91,685
43,140
$
1,772,217
Note:
Due
to
rounding,
the
total
may
not
equal
the
sum
of
the
column.