SUPPORTING STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal)
1. Identification of the Information Collection
1(a) Title of the Information Collection
NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal)
EPA ICR Number 1071.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0028
1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract
The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), for the regulations published at 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG were proposed on October 3, 1977, and promulgated on September 10, 1979 (44 FR 52798). These regulations apply to existing facilities and new facilities that have stationary gas turbines with a heat input at peak load equal or greater than 10.7 gigajoules per hour (based on the lower heating value of the fuel fired). New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG.
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. Specifically, data is being collected on performance of the continuous monitoring systems for sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), and any excess emissions or operating parameter exceedances. Recordkeeping is used to document the sulfur and nitrogen content of the fuel; fuel to water ratio; rate of fuel consumption; and ambient conditions. The fuel sulfur content and fuel to water ratio measurements are used to monitor SO2 and NOx emissions, respectively. This data will be sent to the delegated state or United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) region and entered into the Air Facility System (AFS) database.
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 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.
Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there is an average of one affected facility at each plant site, and each plant site has only one respondent (i.e., the owner/operator of the plant site).
Over the next three years, an average of 535 facilities per year will be subject to the standard, and it is estimated that no additional sources per year will becoming subject to the standard in the next three years.
There are approximately 535 stationary gas turbines facilities in the United States, which are all publicly owned and operated by the stationary gas turbines industry. None of the 535 facilities in the United States are owned by either state, local, tribal or the Federal government. They are all owned and operated solely by privately owned for-profit businesses. You can find the burden to the “Affected Public” listed below in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden and Cost - NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG). The Federal government burden associated with the review of reports submitted by the respondent is shown below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG).
Te active (previous) ICR had the following “Terms of Clearance (TOC):
The burden and cost assumptions and calculations for the
respondents and the agency should be updated in the next
renewal.
EPA has addressed the TOC. The burden and cost assumptions and calculations for the respondents and agency have been updated in the supporting statement to current values and properly leaded to include overhead, consistent with current EPA and OMB guidelines.
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:
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, SO2 and NOx emissions from stationary gas turbines cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. Therefore, the NSPS was promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR part 60, subpart GG.
2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data
The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standard ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. In addition, the collected information is used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.
Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility’s initial capability to comply with the emission standard. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with the standard at all times. During the performance tests, a record of the operating parameters under which compliance was achieved may be recorded and used to determine compliance in place of a continuous emission monitor.
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 ensure that the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated, that leaks are being detected and repaired, and that the standards are being met. The performance test may also be observed.
The information generated by the monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements described in this ICR is used by the Agency to ensure that facilities affected by the NESHAP continues to operate the control equipment in compliance with the regulation.
The required semiannual reports are used to determine periods of excess emissions, identify problems at the facility, verify operation/maintenance procedures, and for compliance determinations.
3. Non-duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria
The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR part 63, subpart GG.
3(a) Non-duplication
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 (75 FR 30812) on June 2, 2010. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register.
3(c) Consultations
The Agency’s industry experts have been consulted, and the Agency’s internal data sources and projections of industry growth over the next three years have been considered. The primary source of information as reported by industry is the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) which is operated and maintained by the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is the EPA database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of all compliance data. The growth rate for the industry is based, in part, with our consultations with the Agency’s internal industry experts.
Industry trade associations and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with the standard as it was being developed. In developing this ICR, we contacted the Electric Power Research Institute at (650) 855-2121, and the American Petroleum Institute at (202) 682-8482.
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 the possibility of detecting violations would be less likely.
3(e) General Guidelines
These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.
3(f) Confidentiality
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).
3(g) Sensitive Questions
None of the reporting or recordkeeping requirements contain sensitive questions.
4. The Respondents and the Information Requested
4(a) Respondents/NAIC Codes
The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are stationary gas turbines. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes which correspond to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed below for each source category description.
40 CFR part 60, subpart GG |
SIC Codes |
NAICS Codes |
Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover |
0182 |
111411 |
Gas and Petroleum Extraction |
1311 |
211111 |
Natural Gas Liquids Extractions |
1321 |
211112 |
Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying |
1422 |
212312 |
All Other Special Trade Contractors |
1799 |
235990 |
Breakfast Cereal Manufacturing |
2043 |
311230 |
Chewing Gum |
2067 |
311340 |
Soybean Oil Mills |
2075 |
311225 |
Shortening, Table Oils, Margarine, and other Edible Fats and Oils |
2079 |
311225 |
Malt Beverages |
2082 |
312120 |
Narrow Fabric and other Small Ware Mills |
2241 |
313221 |
Non-woven Fabrics |
2297 |
313230 |
Pulp Mills |
2611 |
322110 |
Paper Mills |
2621 |
322121 |
Corrugated and Solid Fiber Boxes Manufacturing |
2653 |
322211 |
Alkalies and Chlorine Manufacturing |
2812 |
325181 |
Inorganic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing |
2816 |
325131 |
Plastics Material and Synthetic Resins and Non-vulcanizable Elastomers |
2821 |
325211 |
Medical Chemicals and Botanical Products |
2833 |
325411 |
Pharmaceutical Preparations |
2834 |
325412 |
Cycle Organic Crude and Intermediates, and Organic Dyes and Pigments |
2865 |
325110 |
Industrial Organic Chemicals |
2869 |
325110 |
Nitrogenous Fertilizers |
2873 |
325311 |
Paint and Coating Manufacturing |
2899 |
325510 |
Petroleum Refineries |
2911 |
324110 |
Other Aluminum Rolling and Drawing |
3357 |
331319 |
Copper Wire Drawing |
3357 |
331422 |
Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring |
3471 |
332813 |
Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Unit Manufacturing |
3511 |
333611 |
Aircraft Engines and Engine Parts Manufacturing |
3724 |
336412 |
Travel Trailer and Camper Manufacturing |
3799 |
336214 |
All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing |
3999 |
325998 |
Airports, Flying Fields, and Airport Terminal Services |
4581 |
488119 |
Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products |
4613 |
486910 |
All Other Pipeline Transportation |
4619 |
486990 |
Wired Telecommunication Carriers |
4813 |
513310 |
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
4911 |
221112 |
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas |
4922 |
486210 |
Natural Gas Transmission and Distribution |
4923 |
221210 |
Natural Gas Distribution |
4924 |
221210 |
Mixed, Manufactured, or Liquified Petroleum Gas Production and/or Distribution |
4925 |
221210 |
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
4931 |
221112 |
Gas and Other Services Combined |
4932 |
221210 |
Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation |
4939 |
221112 |
Sewage Treatment Systems |
4952 |
221320 |
Material Recovery Facilities |
4953 |
562920 |
Solid Waste Combustors and Incinerators |
4953 |
562213 |
Steam and Air-conditioning Supply |
4961 |
221330 |
Plumbing and Heating Equipment Supplies (Hydronics) |
5074 |
421720 |
Other Groceries and Related Products Wholesalers |
5149 |
422490 |
Petroleum Bulk Stations and Terminals |
5171 |
422710 |
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers |
6531 |
531210 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
8062 |
622110 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
8221 |
611310 |
Testing Laboratories |
8734 |
541380 |
Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services |
8999 |
541690 |
Police Protection |
9221 |
922120 |
Administration of Public Health Programs |
9431 |
923120 |
National Security |
9711 |
928110 |
4(b) Information Requested
None of these reporting or recordkeeping requirements violate any of the regulations established by OMB at 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.
(i) Data Items
In this ICR, all the data recorded or reported is required by the NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG).
A source must make the following reports:
Notifications |
|
Notification to construct/reconstruct |
60.7(a)(1) |
Notification of actual startup |
60.7(a)(3) |
Notification of physical or operational change which may increase the emission rate |
60.7(a)(4) |
Notification of performance test |
60.8(a) |
Notification of sources with continuous monitoring systems |
60.7(a)(5) |
Reports |
|
Report on initial performance test results |
60.8(a) |
Report of excess emissions and monitoring systems performance |
60.7(c), 60.334(c) |
A source must keep the following records:
Recordkeeping |
|
Maintain records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, periods where the continuous monitoring system is inoperative |
60.7(b) |
Maintain records of fuel consumption and fuel to water ratio in the turbine, for sources using water injection to control NO2 emissions |
60.334(a) |
Maintain records of sulfur and nitrogen content of fuel used in turbine |
60.334(b) |
Maintain records of all measurements, including continuous monitoring system, monitoring device, performance testing measurements; all continuous monitoring system performance evaluations; all continuous monitoring system or monitoring device calibration checks |
60.7(f) |
Maintain all records for two years |
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 not widely used. At this time, it is estimated that 5 percent of the respondents use electronic reporting.
(ii) Respondent Activities
Respondent Activities |
Read instructions. |
Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for NOx and SO2, or for pressure drop and liquid supply pressure for water injection NOx control devices. |
Write the notifications and reports listed above. |
Enter information required to be recorded above. |
Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 20 test, and repeat performance tests if necessary. |
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. |
Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information. |
Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information. |
Currently, sources are using monitoring equipment that provides parameter data in an automated way (e.g., continuous parameter monitoring system). Although personnel at the source still need to evaluate the data, this type of monitoring equipment has significantly reduced the burden associated with monitoring and recordkeeping.
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 and repeat performance tests if necessary. |
Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry. |
Audit facility records. |
Input, analyze, and maintain data in the OTIS. |
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 operational. 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.
Information contained in the reports is entered into OTIS which is operated and maintained by the EPA Office of Compliance. OTIS is the EPA database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and government-owned facilities. EPA uses OTIS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices, and EPA headquarters. EPA 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 majority of the respondents are large entities (i.e., large businesses). However, the impact on small entities (i.e., small businesses) was taken into consideration during the development of the regulation. Due to technical considerations involving the process operations and the types of control equipment employed, the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are the same for both small and large entities. The Agency considers these to be the minimum requirements needed to ensure compliance and, therefore, cannot reduce them further for small entities. To the extent that larger businesses can use economies of scale to reduce their burden, the overall burden will be reduced.
5(d) Collection Schedule
The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden - NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).
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. Wherever 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 68,447 (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 $114.49 ($54.52 + 110%)
Technical $98.20 ($46.76 + 110%)
Clerical $48.53 ($23.11 + 110%)
These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2009, ATable 2. Civilian Workers, by Occupational and Industry group.@ The rates are from column 1, ATotal Compensation.@ The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.
(ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs
The only cost to the regulated industry resulting from information collection activities in the regulations are labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.
Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
The only type of industry costs associated with the information collection activity in the regulations is labor costs. There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance costs.
6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost
The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information. The EPA 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.
The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $243,050.
This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:
Managerial $62.27 (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 + 60%)
Technical $46.21 (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 + 60%)
Clerical $25.01 (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 + 60%)
These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2010 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 upon which this estimate is based appear below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).
6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs
Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, approximately 535 existing respondents will be subject to the standard. It is estimated that no additional respondents per year will become subject to the standard over the three-year period of this ICR.
The number of respondents is calculated using the following table which addresses the three years covered by this ICR.
Number of Respondents |
|||||
Year |
(A) Number of New Respondents |
(B) Number of Existing Respondents |
(C) Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports |
(D) Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents |
(E) Number of Respondents (E=A+B+C-D) |
1 |
0 |
535 |
0 |
0 |
535 |
2 |
0 |
535 |
0 |
0 |
535 |
3 |
0 |
535 |
0 |
0 |
535 |
Average |
0 |
535 |
0 |
0 |
535 |
To avoid double-counting respondents, column D is subtracted. As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 535.
The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table:
Total Annual Responses |
||||
(A)
Information Collection Activity |
(B) Number of Respondents |
(C) Number of Responses |
(D) Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports |
(E) Total Annual Responses E=(BxC)+D |
Notification of construction/ reconstruction |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Notification of actual startup |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Notification of initial performance test |
0 |
1.2 |
0 |
0 |
Notification of demonstration of CMS |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Semiannual report |
535 |
2 |
0 |
1,070 |
Total Number of Annual Responses |
|
|
Total |
1,070 |
The number of Total Annual Responses is 1,070.
The total annual labor costs are $6,474,328. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Industry Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).
6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours Burden Hours and Cost Tables
The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the Agency are shown in Tables 1 and 2, respectively, and summarized below.
(i) Respondent Tally
The total annual labor hours are 68,447. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).
Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 64 hours (rounded) per response.
The total annual capital/startup and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) costs to the regulated entity are zero.
(ii) The Agency Tally
The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 4,922 labor hours at a cost of $243,050. See below Table 2: Annual Agency Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).
6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden
There is no increase in the number of affected facilities or the number of responses compared to the previous ICR.
There is however, an increase in the estimated labor burden hours and cost as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The change in the labor burden hours and cost estimates has occurred because the previous ICR did not reflect the managerial and clerical burden. This renewal package includes those costs. We also updated the labor rates, which resulted in an increase in labor costs.
6(g) Burden Statement
The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 64 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to 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; to adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; to train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and review the collection of information; and to 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=s 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-2010-0360. 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 content of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the system, select “search” than 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, 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. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center Docket 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, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0360 and OMB Control Number 2060-0028 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(a): Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).
Burden item |
(A) Person hours per occurrence |
(B) No. of occurrences per respondent per year |
(C) Person hours per respondent per year (C=AxB) |
(D) Respondents per year a |
(E) Technical person- hours per year (E=CxD) |
(F) Management person/ hours per year (Ex0.05) |
(G) Clerical person hours per year (Ex0.1) |
(H) Total Cost Per year b
|
1. Applications |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2. Surveys and studies |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. Reporting requirements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. Read instructions c |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
B. Required activities c |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Initial performance test |
110 |
1 |
110 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Repeat performance test d |
110 |
0.2 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
C. Create information |
See 3B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. Gather existing information |
See 3E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Write report |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notification of construction/reconstruction c |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of actual startup c |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of initial performance test c |
2 |
1.2 |
2.4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of demonstration of CMS c |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Report of performance test |
See 3B |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Excess emission and exemption reports e |
10 |
2 |
20 |
535 |
10,700 |
535 |
1,070 |
$1,163,919.25 |
Subtotal for Reporting Requirements |
|
|
|
|
|
12,305 |
|
|
4. A. Read instructions |
See 3A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. Plan activities |
See 4C |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Implement activities |
See 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Develop record system |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
C. Time to check computer system and calibrate f continuous monitor |
0.25 |
365 |
91.25 |
535 |
48,819 |
2,440.95 |
4,881.9 |
$5,310,408.77 |
D. Train personnel |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E. Audits |
N/A |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements |
|
|
|
|
|
56,141.85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59,519 |
2,975.95 |
5,951.9 |
$6,474,328.02 |
TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) |
|
|
|
|
68,446.85 68,447 (rounded) |
$6,474,328 |
Assumptions:
a We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 535 existing sources. There will be no additional sources over the three-year period of this ICR.
b This ICR uses the following labor rates: $114.49 per hour for Executive, Administrative, and Managerial labor; $98.20 per hour for Technical labor, and $48.53
per hour for Clerical labor. These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 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.
c We have assumed that there will be no new sources expected over the three-year period of this ICR.
d We have assumed that 20 percent of respondents will have to repeat initial performance test due to failure.
e We have assumed that each respondent will take 10 hours two time per year to write the excess emissions and exemption reports.
f We have assumed that it will take each respondent 25 minutes 365 days per year to check computer system and calibrate continuous monitor.
Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden - NSPS for Stationary Gas Turbines (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart GG) (Renewal).
Activity |
(A) EPA person- hours per occurrence |
(B) No. of occurrences per plant per year |
(C) EPA person- hours per plant per year (C=AxB) |
(D) Plants per year a |
(E) Technical person- hours per year (E=CxD) |
(F) Management person-hours per year (Ex0.05)
|
(G) Clerical person- hours per year (Ex0.1) |
(H) Cost, $ b |
1. Performance test |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
New plants c |
24 |
1.2 |
28.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
2. Report review |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notification of construction c |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of actual startup c |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of initial test c |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
Notification of CMS demonstration c |
0.5 |
1 |
0.5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
3. Semiannual reports |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Excess emissions and exemption reports d |
4 |
2 |
8 |
535 |
4,280 |
214 |
428 |
$0 |
Subtotals Labor Burden and cost |
|
|
|
|
4,280 |
214 |
428 |
$243,050.50 |
TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COST (rounded) |
|
|
|
|
4,922 |
$243,050 |
Assumptions:
a We have assumed that the average number of respondents that will be subject to the rule will be 535 existing sources. There will be no additional sources over the three-year period of this ICR.
b This cost is based on the following labor rates which incorporates a 1.6 benefits multiplication factor to account for government overhead expenses: $62.27 Managerial rate (GS-13, Step 5, $38.92 x 1.6), $46.21 Technical rate (GS-12, Step 1, $28.88 x 1.6), and $25.01 Clerical rate (GS-6, Step 3, $15.63 x 1.6). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) “2010 General Schedule”, which excludes locality rates of pay.
c We have assumed that there will be no new sources expected over the three-year period of this ICR
d We have assumed that each respondent will take 4 hours two times per year to complete the excess emissions and exemption reports.
File Type | application/msword |
File Title | SF 83 SUPPORTING STATEMENT |
Last Modified By | ctsuser |
File Modified | 2010-12-17 |
File Created | 2010-07-22 |