EPA
Burdens
for
CY­
2003­
2005
06/
12/
03
Average
Item
Hours
1999
Cost
2003
Cost
2004
Cost
2005
Cost
3yr
cost
1.
NAMS/
SLAMS/
PAMS
oversight
119,116
$
5,193,479
$
5,630,602
$
5,735,331
$
5,840,288
$
5,735,407
(
includes
site
visits,
annual
network
review)

2.
QA
audits
(
includes
perf.
audits
31,551
$
1,433,805
$
1,554,485
$
1,583,398
$
1,612,375
$
1,583,419
NPAP,
&
systems
audits)

3.
Regional
monitoring
meeting
4,735
$
200,409
$
217,277
$
221,318
$
225,368
$
221,321
with
States
4.
National
or
regional
monitoring
3,486
$
149,541
$
162,128
$
165,143
$
168,165
$
165,145
meetings
5.
103/
105
Grant
activities
13,096
$
502,695
$
545,006
$
555,143
$
565,302
$
555,150
6.
AIRS/
AQS
costs
19,906
$
834,638
$
904,888
$
921,718
$
938,586
$
921,731
7.
Other
items
7,489
$
165,573
$
179,509
$
182,848
$
186,194
$
182,850
8.
Methods
development
in
968
$
75,856
$
82,241
$
83,770
$
85,303
$
83,771
support
of
regulatory
program
9.
Reference
and
equivalent
7,787
$
466,012
$
505,235
$
514,633
$
524,050
$
514,639
method
activities
10.
In­
house
burdens
for
AIRS/
AQS
10,296
$
932,893
$
1,011,412
$
1,030,225
$
1,049,078
$
1,030,238
(
includes
AIRS
Exec,
AIRS
TTN
Web/
Homepage,
AIRS
conference,
training)

11.
Contractor
support
including
hot
line,
enhancements
3,000
$
135,000
$
146,363
$
149,085
$
151,813
$
149,087
maintenance,
training,
etc.

12.
Hardware/
software
NCC
$
167,387
$
181,476
$
184,851
$
188,234
$
184,853
burden
13.
Other
(
software
purchased
$
67,527
$
73,211
$
74,572
$
75,937
$
74,573
internal
support)

Totals
221,430
$
10,324,815
$
11,193,831
$
11,402,036
$
11,610,693
$
11,402,187
Inflation
rates
for
each
year:
2000
102.9%
2001
102.1%
2002
101.3%
2003
101.9%
2004
101.9%
2005
101.8%
