Appendices B, C & D (Burden Tables)

Appendix B. Detailed Respondent Burden Results by Category
Activity Description
Category

Activity Description

Recordkeeping

Recordkeeping
Form 1
Forms 2C-2F

Application Forms

Forms for POTWs & PrOTWs
Ocean Discharge Application
Alaskan Lands

Notification

Notification
DMR Reporting

DMR

DMR Sampling
DMR Sampling Analysis
Notice of Intent (NOI)
Notice of Termination (NOT)

Stormwater

CSO

Section 308 Requests

Certifications

Variance Request
Noncompliance Reports
Request for Modification,
Revocation and Reissuance,
or Termination
Compliance Schedule Reports
BMP Development
Vessel
Great Lakes

Stormwater Plans
Stormwater Site Inspections
MS4 Permit Application
MS4 Permit Reports
Long-term Control Plans
CSO Monitoring
CSO Notification
Documenting Nine Minimum
Control Measures
Section 308 Requests

Individual Permittees
Labor Type

Great Lakes

capital /
startup
cost

O&M Cost

Municipal
Private
Private
Private
Municipal
Private
Municipal
Private
Municipal
Private
Municipal
Private
Municipal
Private
Municipal
Private
Private
Private
Municipal
Private
Private
Municipal
Municipal
Municipal
Municipal
Municipal

1.1
2.3
1.3
26
6.4
8.7
778
30
3.4
3.2
2.1
2.4
9.6
5.8
24
12
2.3
0.5
200
25
0.6
61
104
476
17
3.6

Municipal
Municipal
Private
Private

8.2
31
8.4
0.9

$0
$0
$0
$0

$0
$0
$0
$0

787

$0

20
418.0
137
1.7
3.6
5.0

Certifications
Part 435 Certification Oil and Gas
Private
Extraction
Pollution Prevention Alternative
(Pesticides Packaging &
Private
Repackaging)
Municipal
Variance Request
Private
Municipal
Noncompliance Reports
Private
Municipal
Request for Modification,
Revocation and Reissuance, or
Private
Termination
Municipal
Compliance Schedule Reports
Private
Private
BMP Development
Vesselb

Total
Hours per
Response

Private
Municipal
Private

Authorized State Agencies

Total
Number of
Total Number
Annual
Number of
Annualized
Responses /
of
Number of
Responses
Capital and
respondent
Year
Respondentsa Respondents
O&M Cost
/ Year

$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0 $5,436,644 $5,436,644
$0
$6,111
$6,111
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$30,760 $14,755,256 $14,759,636
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$225,188
$0
$32,062

Total
Hours /
Year

Total Labor
Cost

46,297
742,191
25,472
25,470
40,195
3,270
0
3
1,716
8,250
22,833
57,376
23,534
62,833
23,534
63,092
272,689
88,931
176
172,208
264,796
6,808
6,832
240
2,240
865

35,351
558,835
5,670
5,668
8,039
654
0
3
1,716
8,250
22,833
57,376
23,534
62,833
23,534
63,092
122,115
88,931
35
100,676
264,796
1,361
6,832
240
2,240
865

1.3
0.7
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
7.5
5.2
7.5
4.6
7.5
5.3
0.4
1.0
0.2
0.6
5.8
0.2
1.0
1.0
2.0
4.8

58,778
512,111
5,604
5,603
8,039
654
0
3
1,716
8,250
171,775
297,333
175,843
289,439
175,843
335,823
122,115
88,931
35
100,676
1,523,330
1,362
6,832
240
4,480
4,163

67,489
$2,750,851
1,174,765 $62,920,387
7,025
$376,268
148,113
$7,932,947
51,513
$2,099,669
5,690
$304,746
0
$0
90
$4,820
5,777
$235,471
26,158
$1,401,022
352,194 $14,355,437
725,154 $38,839,222
1,694,467 $69,066,492
1,689,822 $90,506,848
4,157,956 $169,478,296
3,880,611 $207,845,511
276,775 $14,824,080
44,466
$2,381,572
7,040
$286,950
2,563,755 $137,314,712
988,372 $52,937,212
82,400
$3,358,624
708,160 $28,864,602
114,300
$4,658,868
75,040
$3,058,630
15,039
$613,004

$0
$0
$0
$0

0
309
1,172
3,595

0
318
1,172
3,595

0.0
1.0
1.0
1.7

0
309
1,172
5,978

0
9,671
9,874
5,360

$0
$394,190
$528,851
$287,103

$0

$0

68

68

1.0

68

53,516

$2,866,317

$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0

$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0

$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0

55
0
72
17,385
24,709
789

55
0
72
17,385
24,709
789

1.0
1.0
1.0
2.9
1.0
1.0

55
0
72
50,858
25,189
789

1,100
0
9,954
85,493
89,618
3,943

$58,916
$0
$533,151
$3,484,700
$4,799,951
$160,703

5.0
0.8
0.8
41.7

$0
$0
$0
$0

$0
$0
$0
$0

$0
$0
$0
$0

1,345
1,761
1,599
168

1,345
1,761
1,599
168

1.0
1.5
1.5
1.2

1,345
2,692
2,415
202

6,725
2,019
1,811
8,400

0.9
4.7
9.0

$0
$0
$0

$0
$0
$0

$0
$0
$0

640,988
798
1,212

303,898
798
1,212

0.5
5.7
2.1

289,672
4,555
2,600

Total
a
b

Total

$225,188 $5,436,644 $5,468,706
$30,760 $14,761,367 $14,765,747
$255,948 $20,198,011 $20,234,452

24,102
507,784
531,886

Total Labor
Cost

85

85

0.7

56

14,533

$633,072

0.5
1.4
2.5

188
282
173

188
282
173

29.7
19.8
32.3

5,587
5,585
5,583

2,794
7,591
13,950

$121,685
$330,655
$607,661

88

47

47

0.0

0

0

$0

10.2
0.3

1,693
863

1,693
863

5.5
482

9,343
415,835

95,517
134,389

$4,160,724
$5,853,972

10.0

10

10

23.4

234

2,340

$101,930

0.8
0.3
1.0

329
141
141

329
141
141

354.6
598.2
25.1

116,651
84,351
3,536

99,133
21,088
3,666

$4,318,233
$918,582
$159,674

20
2.6
26
0.3

94
141
87
58

94
141
87
58

0.4
45.9
1.3
27.9

34
6,466
115
1,620

684
17,066
2,982
450

$29,795
$743,378
$129,881
$19,618

0.0
3.1

29
358

29
358

0.0
1.2

0
442

0
1,384

$0
$60,270

1

564

564

8.2

4,646

4,646

$202,371

93

350

353

0.3

101

9,377

$408,468

1.1

3,548

3,548

20.5

72,889

76,931

$3,351,111

40

141

141

14.9

2,102

84,080

$3,662,525

$360,183
$82,297
$96,990
$449,904

0.9

580

580

10.0

5,803

5,014

$218,396

35

16

16

5.7

92

3,208

$139,755

256,903 $13,759,716
21,591
$880,030
23,370
$1,251,691

6.0

26

28

3.8

99

598

$26,046

4.0
35

590
1,551

590
1,551

0.2
18.2

133
28,159

0.8
324

226
16

230
5

7.8
0.3

1,765
5

Inspection & Investigation
Submittal of Permit Information to
EPA
NPDES Program Authorization
Municipal
Private
Overall

Total
Hours /
Year

261

Certification of EPA-issued Permits
State Activities

Number of
Total
Total
Annual
Number of
Responses /
Hours per Number of
Number of
Responses
respondent
Response Respondents Respondents
Year
/ Year

668,309 7,454,093 $303,828,814
3,618,642 11,997,426 $642,582,121
4,286,950.17 19,451,518 $946,410,935

47

771,231

The Total Number of Respondents listed for each activity includes double counting of respondents that perform multiple activities that fall within in each group. The Total values represent unique respondents.
Includes all vessel VGP and sVGP related activities except for those that fall under Recordkeeping, Notification, and Noncompliance Resports. See corresponding Appendix A sections A.1.1, A.1.3, and A.1.10 for a general description of these activities.

532
$23,174
984,567 $42,887,721
1,341
1,730

$58,435
$75,359

1,589,589 $69,242,490

Appendix C. Table C.1 Agency Burden for NPDES Program Authority Activities

Activity Description
Category

Application Forms

Notification
DMR

Stormwater

CSO
Section 308 Requests
Certifications
Variance Request
Noncompliance Reports
Request for Modification,
Compliance Schedule Reports
BMP Development
Vessel
State Activities
Total

Activity Description
Form 1
Forms 2C-2F
Forms for POTWs & PrOTWs
Ocean Discharge Application
Alaskan Lands
Notification
DMR Reporting
Notice of Intent (NOI)
Notice of Termination (NOT)
Stormwater Plans
MS4 Permit Application
MS4 Permit Reports
CSO Notification
Section 308 Requests
Certifications
Part 435 Certification Oil and Gas
Extraction
Variance Request
Noncompliance Reports
Request for Modification,
Compliance Schedule Reports
BMP Development
Vessel
Inspection & Investigation
Total

EPA Regions - Program Administration
in Non-NPDES Authorized States
Total Hours
per
Response

Number of
Responses
Year

0.5
1.4
1.4
88
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.4
1.0
50
1.6
1
8.0
1.9

83
83
249
0
3
218,356
39,374
19,329
4,580
958
2
361
51
1,203
102

5.7
390
2.0
40
0.5
35
0.1
1
0

68
4
5,479
32
272
5
87,080
15,693
394,173

Number of
Total
Responses /
Total Labor
Hours /
respondent /
Cost
Year
Year
83
41
$1,751
83
113
$4,799
249
356
$15,108
0
0
$0
3
2
$76
218,356 89,463 $3,792,953
39,374 10,834
$459,324
19,329
6,014
$254,954
4,580
1,732
$73,421
958
962
$40,786
2
100
$4,240
361
578
$24,488
51
51
$2,156
1,203
9,603
$407,138
102
189
$7,996
68
385
4
1,561
5,479 10,850
32
1,260
272
137
5
175
87,080
9,987
15,693 14,908
394,173 170,451

$16,323
$66,182
$460,000
$53,429
$5,810
$7,419
$423,400
$632,038
7,226,595

Appendix C. Table C.2 Agency Burden for NPDES Program Oversight Activities
Detailed Agency NPDES Program Oversight Burden
Activity Description
Request for NPDES Program Approval
Request for NPDES Partial Program Approval
Request for NPDES Program Modification - Authority to Issue General Permits
Request for NPDES Program Modification - Authority to Issue Permits to Federal Facilities
Request for NPDES Program Modification - Update Legal Authority in Other Areas
Request for Program Transfer / Withdrawal
Request for Sewage Sludge Program Approval under Part 501
NPDES Quarterly, Semiannual and Annual Reports
Annual Sewage Sludge Noncompliance Reports
State Oversight - Review DMR
State Oversight - Follow-up of DMR
State Oversight - Review NMC Doc.
State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Small
State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Medium
State Oversight - Review LTCPs - Large
State Oversight - Permit Reissuance or Other Mechanisms (under 308)
State Oversight - Recordkeeping
Program Oversight (BMP, Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda)
Support to State and Local entities (BMP, Bleached Papergrade Kraft and Soda)
Coal Remining Initial Burden-Additional EPA review
Coal Remining Recurring Burden-Additional EPA review
Western Alkaline Initial Burden-Additional EPA review
Western Alkaline Recurring Burden-Additional EPA review
Support for 20% of DMRs submitted to NPDES States (Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Direct Mills)
Maintain the water quality database to serve as the Information Clearinghouse
Total

Total
Hours per
Response
1248.0
1248.0
50.0
50.0
50.0
240.0
400.0
15.0
55.0
0.2
0.5
13.3
19.7
33.0
53.0
40.0
0.3
10.0
8.0
1.0
8.0
1.0
8.0
0.5
400.0

Frequency of Reporting
Once
Once
Occasionally/As Needed
Occasionally/As Needed
Occasionally/As Needed
Occasionally/As Needed
Once
Yearly
Yearly
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Every 5 years
Ongoing
Ongoing
Ongoing
Once
Ongoing
Once
Ongoing
Ongoing
Yearly

Number of
Responses
Year
0
0
0
0
4
1
0
235
9
40
20
0
3
2
0
6
0
1
83
0
234
0
41
199
1
879

Total Hours /
Year
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
200.00
240.00
133.33
3,525.00
476.67
6.68
10.00
0.00
59.00
66.00
0.00
248.00
0.00
10.00
664.00
0.00
1,872.00
0.00
328.00
99.60
400.00
8,338

Total Labor
Cost
$0
$0
$0
$0
$8,314
$9,977
$5,543
$146,534
$19,815
$278
$416
$0
$2,453
$2,744
$0
$10,309
$0
$416
$27,602
$0
$77,819
$0
$13,635
$4,140
$16,628
$346,622

Appendix D. Number of Unique Respondents
Unique Respondent Type

Total

Annual Number of Construction Starts > 1 acre
Total Number of Small MS4s
Total Number of Large/Medium MS4s

84,472
6,632
770

Total Number of Existing Standard and sludge only Individual NPDES Permits

40,652

Total Number of Industrial stormwater dischargers covered by a Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP)
Total Number of Existing NPDES Permits - Nonmunicipal Stormwater (individual Permit)
Total Number of Industrial Facilities eligible for the "no exposure" to stormwater waver from Phase I regulations
Total Number of Non-Stormwater General Permittees

89,415
299
36,377
57,058

Total Number of Domestic Septage Haulers
Total number of Municipalities with Combined Sewer Systems
Total number of Vessels
Total Number of Alaskan Lands Permit Applicants
Total Number of Airports
Total non-state respondents
Total non-state and non-vessel respondents
Authorized States
States, Tribes, territories and DC*
*590 of these 637 are not states and respond to only one information item (certification of EPA-issued permits)

4,784
746
210,681
3
198
531,886
321,205
47
637