Burden Calculations

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Overview

Table 1
Table 2
O&M

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Sheet 1: Table 1

Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost – NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart VVV) (Renewal)
Burden Item	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)
	Technical person-hours per occurrence	No. of occurrences per respondent per year	Technical person-hours per respondent per year (C=AxB)	Respondents per year a	Technical hours per year (E=CxD)	Management hours per year (F=Ex0.05)	Clerical hours per year (G=Ex0.10)	Total cost per year ($) b		Labor Costs
1. Applications	N/A									Managerial	$149.84
2. Surveys and studies	N/A									Technical	$122.66
3. Reporting requirements										Clerical	$60.88
A. Familiarize with the regulatory requirements c	1	1	1	74	74	3.7	7.4	$10,081.76
B. Required activities
Initial performance test	280	1	280	5	1,400	70	140	$190,736.00
Repeat performance test d	280	1	280	1	280	14	28	$38,147.20
Monthly compliance test e	90	12	1080	1	1,080	54	108	$147,139.20
C. Create information	See 3B
D. Gather existing information	See 3E
E. Write report
Notification of construction/ reconstruction	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	$1,362.40
Notification of actual startup	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	$1,362.40
Notification of initial performance test	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	$1,362.40
Notification of VOC use at end of initial year f	2	1	2	1	2	0.1	0.2	$272.48
Report of performance test	See 3B
Report of monitoring exceedances and non-compliance periods g	16	4	64	15	960	48	96	$130,790.40
Report of no excess emissions h	8	2	16	59	944	47.2	94.4	$128,610.56
Report when 1st projected VOC use exceeds cutoff	2	1	2	2	4	0.2	0.4	$544.96
Report when 1st actual 12-month VOC use exceeds cutoff i	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0
Notification of changes j	4	1	4	5	20	1	2	$2,724.80
Subtotal for Reporting Requirements					5,513			$653,135
4. Recordkeeping requirements
A. Read instructions	See 3A
B. Plan activities	See 3B
C. Implement activities	See 3B
D. Develop record system	N/A
E. Time to enter information
Records of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions, etc. k	1.5	25	37.5	74	2775	138.75	277.5	$378,066.00
Records of operating parameters l	0.25	350	87.5	74	6,475.00	323.75	647.5	$882,154.00
Records of semiannual projected VOC use estimate m	1	2	2	15	30	1.5	3	$4,087.20
Records of 12-month actual VOC use m	1	12	12	15	180	9	18	$24,523.20
F. Train personnel	N/A
G. Audits	N/A
Subtotal for Recordkeeping Requirements					10,879			$1,288,830		responses	hr/response
TOTAL LABOR BURDEN AND COSTS (rounded) n					16,400			$1,940,000		207	79.2
TOTAL CAPITAL AND O&M COST (rounded) n								$826,000
GRAND TOTAL (rounded) n								$2,770,000
Assumptions:
a On average, EPA estimates 74 existing plants and 1 new plant per year will be subject to the NSPS over the next 3 years. This ICR assumes 4 existing plants per year will install new coating lines.
b This ICR uses the following labor rates: $122.66 (technical), $149.84 (managerial), and $60.88 (clerical). These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2020, “Table 2. Civilian workers, by occupational and industry group.” The rates are from column 1, “Total compensation.” They have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.
3/5/2021
d This ICR assumes 20 percent of initial performance tests must be repeated due to failure (5 × 20% = 1).
e This ICR assumes one coating line per year will demonstrate compliance by the liquid material balance method, which requires monthly compliance testing.
f This ICR assumes one plant per year will be required to submit this notification.
g This ICR assumes 20 percent of existing and new plants will report monitoring exceedances or non-compliance periods on a quarterly basis (74×20% = 15, after rounding). These plants will comply though either the emission reduction, alternative, or coating mix preparation equipment standards.
h This ICR assumes 80 percent of existing and new plants will report no excess emissions (74×80% = 59, after rounding).
i This ICR assumes no coating lines at any existing or new plants will exceed the cutoff value.
j This burden applies to new plants and existing plants that modify or reconstruct coating operations or coating mix preparation equipment. Per footnote a, EPA estimates 1 new plant per year and 4 existing plants with new coating lines per year.
k This ICR assumes there will be one malfunction or shutdown every 2 weeks over 50 weeks per year, or 25 occurrences per year (50/2 = 25).
l This ICR assumes operating parameters will be recorded over 350 days per year.
m This assumes 20 percent of existing and new plants will record VOC use estimates (74×20% = 15, after rounding).
n Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

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Sheet 2: Table 2

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost – NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart VVV) (Renewal)
Burden Item	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)
	Technical person-hours per occurrence	No. of occurrences per respondent per year	Technical person-hours per respondent per year (C=AxB)	Respondents per year a	Technical hours per year (E=CxD)	Management hours per year (F=Ex0.05)	Clerical hours per year (G=Ex0.10)	Total cost per year ($) b		Labor Rates
New facilities										Managerial	$69.04
Notification of construction/ reconstruction	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	$574.55		Technical	$51.23
Notification of actual startup	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	$574.55		Clerical	$27.73
Notification of initial performance test	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	$574.55
Notification of VOC use at end of initial year	2	1	2	1	2	0.1	0.2	$114.91
Performance test results	8	1	8	5	40	2	4	$2,298.20
New and existing facilities
Report of monitoring exceedances and non-compliance periods c	8	4	32	15	480	24	48	$27,578.40
Report of no excess emissions d	2	2	4	59	236	11.8	23.6	$13,559.38
Report when 1st projected VOC use exceeds cutoff	2	1	2	2	4	0.2	0.4	$229.82
Report when 1st actual 12-month VOC use exceeds cutoff e	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$0
Notification of changes f	2	1	2	5	10	0.5	1	$574.55
TOTAL (rounded) g					922			$46,100
Assumptions:
a On average, EPA estimates 74 existing plants and 1 new plant per year will be subject to the NSPS over the 3-year period of this ICR. This ICR assumes 4 existing plants per year will install new coating lines.
b This ICR uses the following labor rates: $51.23 (technical), $69.04 (managerial), and $27.73 (clerical). These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2021 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.
c This ICR assumes 20 percent of existing and new plants will report monitoring exceedances or non-compliance periods on a quarterly basis (74×20% = 15, after rounding). These plants will comply though either the emission reduction, alternative, or coating mix preparation equipment standards.
d This ICR assumes 80 percent of existing and new plants will report no excess emissions (74×80% = 59, after rounding).
e This ICR assumes no coating lines at any existing or new plants will exceed the cutoff value.
f This burden applies to new plants and existing plants that modify or reconstruct coating operations or coating mix preparation equipment. Per footnote a, EPA estimates 1 new plant per year and 4 existing plants with new coating lines per year.
g Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

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Sheet 3: O&M

Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)
Continuous Monitoring Device	Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent	Number of New Respondents	Total Capital/Startup Cost, (B X C)	Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent	Number of Respondents with O&M	Total O&M, (ExF)
VOC Monitor	$40,000	1	$40,000	$8,500	74	$629,000
Temperature Monitor	$8,500	1	$8,500	$2,000	74	$148,000
Total			$48,500			$777,000
						$826,000
Number of Respondents
	Respondents That Submit Reports		Respondents That Do Not Submit Any Reports
	(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)
Year	Number of New Respondents 1	Number of Existing Respondents	Number of Existing Respondents that keep records but do not submit reports	Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents	Number of Respondents (E=A+B+C-D)
1	5	72	0	4	73
2	5	73	0	4	74
3	5	74	0	4	75
Average	5	73	0	4	74
Total Annual Responses
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)
Information Collection Activity	Number of Respondents	Number of Responses	Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports	Total Annual Responses E=(BxC)+D
Notification of construction/ reconstruction	5	1	0	5
Notification of actual startup	5	1	0	5
Notification of initial performance test	5	1	0	5
Notification of VOC use at end of initial year	1	1	0	1
Report of performance test	5	1	0	5
Report of repeat performance test	1	1	0	1
Report of monitoring exceedances and non-compliance periods	15	4	0	60
Report of no excess emissions	59	2	0	118
Report when 1st projected VOC use exceeds cutoff	2	1	0	2
Report when 1st actual 12-month VOC use exceeds cutoff	0	1	0	0
Notification of changes	5	1	0	5
			Total	207