                             SUPPORTING STATEMENT
	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
	
NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal) 

1. Identification of the Information Collection

      1(a) Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ)     (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2025.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0481. 

      1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

      The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) were proposed on October 4, 2001; promulgated on October 18, 2002; and amended on both February 8, 2019 (84 FR 2742) and November 19, 2020 (85 FR 73854). These regulations apply to both existing and new friction materials manufacturing facilities that use a solvent-based process and that are major sources of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions. Major sources of HAP emissions are sites that emit, or have the potential to emit, any single HAP at a rate of 9.07 megagrams (10 tons) or more per year or any combination of HAPs at a rate of 22.68 megagrams (25 tons) or more per year. An affected source is each new, reconstructed, or existing solvent mixer at the subject facility. New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. The 2019 RTR amendments removed the SSM provisions in the original rule and revised reporting requirements for deviations. The 2020 amendments include notification and recordkeeping requirements that apply to sources choosing to reclassify to area source status and to sources that revert to major source status, including a requirement for electronic notification. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ.

      In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They 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 affected facilities subject to NESHAP. 

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      Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file containing these documents and retain the file for at least five years following the generation date of such maintenance reports and records. All reports are sent to the delegated state or local authority. If there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
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      The "Affected Public" are those facilities engaged in friction materials manufacturing. The `burden' to the Affected Public may be found at the end of this document in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal). The `burden' to the "Federal Government" is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal employees or government contractors and may be found at the end of this document in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal). 
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      There are approximately 2 friction materials manufacturing facilities, which are owned and operated by the friction materials manufacturing industry. None of the facilities in the United States are owned by either state, local, or tribal entities or the Federal government. They are all owned and operated by privately-owned, for-profit businesses. We assume that they will all respond to EPA inquiries. 
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       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).
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      Over the next three years, approximately 2 respondents per year will be subject to these standards, and no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. 
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      The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved the currently-active ICR without any "Terms of Clearance".

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2. Need for and Use of the Collection
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      2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection
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      The EPA is charged under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to establish standards of performance for each category or subcategory of major sources and area sources of hazardous air pollutants. These standards are applicable to new or existing sources of hazardous air pollutants and shall require the maximum degree of emission reduction. In addition, section 114(a) states that the Administrator may require any owner/operator subject to any requirement of this Act to: 
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            (A) 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.
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      In the Administrator's judgment, hazardous air pollutant emissions from friction materials manufacturing facilities either cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and/or welfare. Therefore, the NESHAP were promulgated for this source category at 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ.
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      2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data
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      The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in these standards ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which were promulgated in accordance with the Clean Air Act. The collected information is also used for targeting inspections and as evidence in legal proceedings.
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      Performance tests are required in order to determine an affected facility's initial capability to comply with these emission standards. Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with these same standards at all times. During the performance test, 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. 
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      The notifications required in these standards are used to inform the Agency or delegated authority when a source becomes subject to the requirements of these regulations. The reviewing authority may then inspect the source to check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated, leaks are being detected and repaired, and that the standards are being met. The performance test may also be observed.
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      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. 
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      The EPA is requiring that owners or operators of affected sources would submit electronic copies of initial notifications required in 40 CFR 63.9(b) and notifications of change  in information already provided required in 40 CFR 63.9(j) through the EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX), using the Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI). For the notifications required in 40 CFR 63.9(b) and 63.9(j), owners and operators would be required to upload a PDF of the required notifications.

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3. Non-duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria
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      The requested recordkeeping and reporting are required under 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ.
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      3(a) Non-duplication
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       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 its 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, duplication does not exist.
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      3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB
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      An announcement of a public comment period for the renewal of this ICR was published in the Federal Register (86 FR 8634) on February 8, 2021. No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register for this renewal. 
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      3(c) Consultations

      The Agency has consulted industry experts and internal data sources to project the number of affected facilities and industry growth over the next three years. The primary source of information as reported by industry, in compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting provisions in these standards, is the Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS). ICIS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial and government-owned facilities. The growth rate for the industry is based on our consultations with the Agency's internal industry experts. Approximately 2 respondents will be subject to these standards over the three-year period covered by this ICR.

      Industry trade associations and other interested parties were provided an opportunity to comment on the burden associated with these standards as they were being developed and that these standards have been reviewed previously to determine the minimum information needed for compliance purposes. In developing this ICR, we contacted both the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA), at (202) 393-6362, and Knowlton Technologies LLC, at (315) 782-0600.

      It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received since the last ICR renewal, as well as for those submitted in response to the first Federal Register notice. In this case, no comments were received. 
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      3(d) Effects of Less-Frequent Collection
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      Less-frequent information collection would decrease the margin of assurance that facilities are continuing to meet these 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.
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      3(e) General Guidelines
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      These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR Part 1320, Section 1320.5.
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      These standards require the respondents to maintain all records, including reports and notifications for at least five years. This is consistent with the General Provisions as applied to these particular standards. The EPA believes that the five-year records retention requirement is consistent with the Part 70 permit program and the five-year statute of limitations on which the permit program is based. The retention of records for five years allows EPA to establish the compliance history of a source, to identify any pattern of non-compliance, and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement action. The EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond five years. In addition, the EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to either the destruction or nonexistence of essential records.
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      3(f) Confidentiality
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      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).
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      3(g) Sensitive Questions
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      The reporting or recordkeeping requirements in these standards do not include sensitive questions.
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4. The Respondents and the Information Requested
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      4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes
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      The respondents to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements are friction materials manufacturing facilities. The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for the respondents affected by the standards and their corresponding North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are listed below:
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Standard (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ)
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SIC Codes
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NAICS Codes
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Motor Vehicle Brake System Manufacturing
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3714
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336340
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All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing
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3299
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327999
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Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing
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3568
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333613
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      4(b) Information Requested 
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            (i) Data Items
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      In this ICR, all the data that are recorded or reported is required by the NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ). 
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      A source must make the following reports: 
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Notifications
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Notification of construction/reconstruction
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§63.5(d)
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Request to use an alternative monitoring procedure
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§63.9535(a), §63.8(f)(4)
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Initial notifications
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§63.9535(a), §63.9535(c), §63.9535(d), §63.9(b) 
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Request for extension of compliance
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§63.9535(a), §63.9(c)
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Notification that source is subject to special compliance requirements
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§63.9535(a), §63.9(d)
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Notification of compliance status
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§63.9535(a), §63.9535(e), §63.9(h)
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Notification for use of a control technique other than a solvent recovery system and/or solvent substitution
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§63.9535(b), §63.9570
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Notification of reclassification to area source status or to revert back to major source status (electronic submission)

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§63.9(b), §63.9(j)
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Reports
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Semiannual compliance reports
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§63.9540(a), §63.9540(b)
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Semiannual compliance report on no deviations
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§§63.9540(b)(5)-(6)
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Semiannual compliance report on deviations
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§63.9540(c), §63.9540(e), §63.10(e)(3)
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Wavier of recordkeeping or reporting requirements
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§63.10(f)
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      A source must keep the following records:
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Recordkeeping
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Maintain records for initial notification and notification of compliance status
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§63.9545(a)(1), §63.10(b)(xiv)
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Maintain records showing proper operation and maintenance of the weight measurement device
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§63.9525, §63.9545(b)
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Maintain records showing continuous compliance with the emission limitations for solvent mixers
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§63.9530, §63.9545(c), §§63.10(b)(2)(vi), (x)-(xi)
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Maintain records of all reports and notifications for 5 years
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§63.9550(b), §63.10(b)(1)
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Electronic Reporting
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      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.
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      The rule was recently amended to include electronic reporting provisions on November 19, 2020. Respondents are required to use the EPA's Compliance and Emissions Data Reporting Interface (CEDRI) to submit notifications in the event of reclassification to area source status and to sources that revert back to major source status. CEDRI can be accessed through the EPA's Central Data Exchange (CDX) (https://cdx.epa.gov/). The notifications are one-time notifications already required in 40 CFR 63.9(b) and (j) in the case where the facility is notifying of a change in major source status and is an upload of the currently required notifications in portable document format (PDF) file. For purposes of this ICR, it is assumed that there is no additional burden associated with the requirement for respondents to submit the notifications and reports electronically. 
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      Electronic copies of records may also be maintained in order to satisfy federal recordkeeping requirements. For additional information on the Paperwork Reduction Act requirements for CEDRI and ERT for this rule, see: https://www.epa.gov/electronic-reporting-air-emissions/paperwork-reduction-act-pra-cedri-and-ert. 
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            (ii) Respondent Activities	
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                             Respondent Activities
Familiarization with the regulatory requirements.
Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate weight measurement device for measuring HAP solvent loaded into the solvent mixer and solvent recovered from each mix batch.
Write the notifications and reports listed above.
Enter information required to be recorded above.
Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for collecting, validating, and verifying information.
Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for processing and maintaining information.
Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for disclosing and providing information.
Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.
Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.
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5. The Information Collected: Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management
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      5(a) Agency Activities 
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      The EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information:
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                               Agency Activities
Review notifications, semiannual compliance reports, and excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry.
Audit facility records.
Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO) and ICIS.
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      5(b) Collection Methodology and Management
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      Following notification of startup, the reviewing authority could inspect the source to determine whether the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated. 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. The semiannual reports are used for problem identification, as a check on source operation and maintenance, and for compliance determinations.
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      Information contained in the reports is reported by state and local governments in the ICIS Air database, which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance. ICIS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for industrial and government-owned facilities. The EPA uses ICIS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices, and EPA headquarters. The EPA and its delegated authorities can edit, store, retrieve and analyze the data.
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      The records required by this regulation must be retained by the owner/operator for five years.
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      5(c) Small Entity Flexibility
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      There are no small entities (i.e., small businesses) affected by this regulation. All current respondents are large entities (i.e., large businesses).
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      5(d) Collection Schedule
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      The specific frequency for each information collection activity within this request is shown at the end of this document in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal).
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6. Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection
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      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. Where appropriate, specific tasks and major assumptions have been identified. Responses to this information collection are mandatory.
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      The Agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.
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      6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden
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      The average annual burden to industry over the next three years from these record-keeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 534 hours (Total Labor Hours from    Table 1 below). These hours are based on Agency studies and background documents from      the development of the regulation, Agency knowledge and experience with the NESHAP program, the previously-approved ICR, and any comments received.
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      6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs
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            (i) Estimating Labor Costs 
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      This ICR uses the following labor rates: 
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            Managerial	$149.84 ($71.35 + 110%)  
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            Technical	$122.66 ($58.41 + 110%)
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            Clerical	$60.88 ($28.99 + 110%)
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      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." The rates have been increased by 110 percent to account for the benefit packages available to those employed by private industry.
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            (ii) Estimating Capital/Startup and Operation and Maintenance Costs
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      The type of industry costs associated with the information collection activities in the subject standards are both labor costs which are addressed elsewhere in this ICR and the costs associated with continuous monitoring. The capital/startup costs are one-time costs when a facility becomes subject to these regulations. The annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitors and other costs such as photocopying and postage.
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            (iii) Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
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Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
                                       
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(A)
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Continuous Monitoring Device
                                       
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(B)
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Capital/Startup Cost for One Respondent
                                       
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(C)
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Number of New Respondents
                                       
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Total Capital/Startup Cost, (B X C)
                                       
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Annual O&M Costs for One Respondent
                                       
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Number of Respondents with O&M
                                       
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Total O&M,
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Monitoring Control Device
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$2,139
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$0
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$272
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$544
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Totals [a]
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$544
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   a  Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.
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      The total capital/startup costs for this ICR are $0. This is the total of column D in the above table. 
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      The total operation and maintenance (O&M) costs for this ICR are $544. This is the total of column G. 
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      The average annual cost for capital/startup and operation and maintenance costs to industry over the next three years of the ICR is estimated to be $544. These are recordkeeping costs.
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      6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost
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      The only costs to the Agency are those costs associated with analysis of the reported information. The EPA's overall compliance and enforcement program includes such activities   as the examination of records maintained by the respondents, periodic inspection of sources of emissions, and the publication and distribution of collected information. 
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      The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $2,090. 
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      This cost is based on the average hourly labor rate as follows:

		Managerial	$69.04 (GS-13, Step 5, $43.15 + 60%)
		Technical	$51.23 (GS-12, Step 1, $32.02 + 60%)
		Clerical	$27.73 (GS-6, Step 3, $17.33 + 60%)
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      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 Federal government employees. Details upon which this estimate is based appear at the end of this document in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal). 
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      6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs
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      Based on our research for this ICR, on average over the next three years, approximately 2 existing respondents will be subject to these standards. It is estimated that no additional respondents per year will become subject to these same standards. The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is 2 per year. 
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      The number of respondents is calculated using the following table that addresses the three years covered by this ICR: 
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Number of Respondents

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Respondents That Submit Reports
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Respondents That Do Not Submit Any Reports

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Number of New Respondents [a]

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(B)
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Number of Existing Respondents

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(C)
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Number of Existing Respondents that keep records but do not submit reports

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(D)
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Number of Existing Respondents That Are Also New Respondents

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Number of Respondents
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2
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2
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  [a] New respondents include sources with constructed, reconstructed and modified affected facilities. 
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      Column D is subtracted to avoid double-counting respondents. As shown above, the average Number of Respondents over the three-year period of this ICR is 2. 
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      The total number of annual responses per year is calculated using the following table: 
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Total Annual Responses
                                       
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Information Collection Activity
                                       
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Number of Respondents
                                       
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Number of Responses
                                       
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Number of Existing Respondents That Keep Records But Do Not Submit Reports
                                       
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Total Annual Responses
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E=(BxC)+D
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Notification of applicability
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0
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1
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N/A
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Notification of construction/reconstruction
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1
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N/A
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Notification of anticipated startup
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1
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N/A
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Notification of actual startup
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0
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1
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N/A
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0
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Notification of compliance status
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0
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Semiannual report of deviation
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2
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3.4
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      The number of Total Annual Responses is 4. 
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      The total annual labor costs are $63,200. Details regarding these estimates may be found at the end of this document in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal).
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      6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables
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      The detailed bottom line burden hours and cost calculations for the respondents and the Agency are shown in Tables 1 and 2 at the end of this document, respectively, and summarized below. 
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            (i) Respondent Tally
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      The total annual labor hours are 534 hours. Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal). 
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      We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies, and maintain records.
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      Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 134 hours per response.
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      The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $544. The cost calculations are detailed in Section 6(b)(iii), Capital/Startup vs. Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Costs.
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            (ii) The Agency Tally
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      The average annual Agency burden and cost over next three years is estimated to be 38 labor hours at a cost of $2,09;.see below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal). 
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      We assume that burdens for managerial tasks take 5% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical tasks for managers are to review and approve reports. Clerical burdens are assumed to take 10% of the time required for technical tasks because the typical duties of clerical staff are to proofread the reports, make copies and maintain records.
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      6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden
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      There is a decrease in `burden' from the most-recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. The regulations were revised in 2019 (84 FR 2742) in the previous ICR (2025.09) to remove SSM plan and reporting requirements and revise reporting requirements for deviations. However, the reduction in burden in ICR 2025.09, due to the removal of SSM requirements, was not calculated correctly. The frequency of recordkeeping for `Copies of notifications/reports' and `Time to transmit or disclose information' should have been reduced from five per year to three per year to reflect the removal of two submittals for the SSM plan. That error has been corrected in this ICR (2025.10). The growth rate for this industry is either very low or non-existent. Since the changes in the regulatory requirements did not require new monitoring or equipment, and there is no significant industry growth, there are also no changes in the capital/startup or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. There is a slight increase in labor costs, which is wholly due to the use of updated labor rates. This ICR uses labor rates from the most-recent Bureau of Labor Statistics report (September 2020) to calculate respondent burden costs.  
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      6(g) Burden Statement
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      The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 134 hours per response. `Burden' means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information either to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; 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; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously-applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
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      An agency may neither conduct nor 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 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, the EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0639. 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 contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the system, select "search," then 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), WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, 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 docket center 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, NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2020-0639 and OMB Control Number 2060-0481 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: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal)

                                  Burden item
                                      (A)
                                      (B)
                                      (C)
                                      (D)
                                      (E)
                                      (F)
                                      (G)
                                      (H)

                          Person hours per occurrence
                  No. of occurrences per respondent per year
                 Person hours per respondent per year
(C=AxB)
                           Respondents per year [a]
                   Technical person- hours per year
(E=CxD)
                  Management person hours per year
(F=Ex0.05)
                   Clerical person hours per year
(G=Ex0.1)
                            Total Annual Cost, $ b
1.  Applications
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
2.  Survey and Studies
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
3.  Acquisition, installation and utilization of technology and systems
                                      54
                                       1
                                      54
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
4.  Reporting requirements
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
A.  Familiarize with regulatory requirements [c]
                                      4.5
                                       1
                                      4.5
                                       2
                                       9
                                     0.45
                                      0.9
                                                                     $1,226.16 
B.  Required activities
                                    See 4E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
C.  Create information
                                    See 4E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
D.  Gather existing information
                                    See 4E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
E.  Write Report
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
Notification of applicability
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Notification of construction/reconstruction 
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Notification of anticipated startup
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Notification of actual startup
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Notification of compliance status
                                       4
                                       1
                                       4
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Semiannual report of deviation [d]
                                       9
                                       2
                                      18
                                      0.3
                                      5.4
                                     0.27
                                     0.54
                                                                       $735.70 
Semiannual report of no deviation [e]
                                       8
                                       2
                                      16
                                      1.7
                                      27
                                      1.4
                                      2.7
                                                                     $3,705.73 
Subtotal  for Reporting  Requirements
 
 
                                       
 
                                      48
                                                                        $5,668 
5.  Recordkeeping requirements
 
 
                                       
 
 
 
 
                                                                              
A.  Familiarize with regulatory requirements [c]
                                    See 4A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
B.  Plan activities
                                    See 5E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
C.  Implement activities
                                    See 5E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
D.  Develop record system
                                    See 5E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
E.  Time to enter information
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
Records of solvent weight measurements [f]
                                     0.033
                                     2,600
                                      86
                                       2
                                      172
                                      8.6
                                      17
                                                                    $23,378.78 
Records of block average solvent weight [g]
                                       2
                                      52
                                      104
                                       2
                                      208
                                      10
                                      21
                                                                    $28,337.92 
Copies of notifications/reports [h]
                                     0.25
                                       3
                                      0.8
                                       2
                                      1.5
                                     0.08
                                     0.15
                                                                       $204.36 
F.  Time to train personnel [i]
                                      20
                                       1
                                      20
                                       2
                                      40
                                       2
                                       4
                                                                     $5,449.60 
G.  Time to transmit or disclose information [h]
                                     0.25
                                       3
                                      0.8
                                       2
                                      1.5
                                     0.08
                                     0.15
                                                                       $204.36 
H.  Time to audit
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                              
Subtotals for Recordkeeping Requirements
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                      486
                                                                       $57,575 
Total Labor Burden and Costs (rounded) [j]
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                      534
                                                                       $63,200 
Total Capital and O&M Cost (rounded) [j]
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                          $544 
GRAND TOTAL (rounded) [j]
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                                                       $63,700 
                                                                               








Assumptions:








[a]  We have assumed that there are 2 existing sources, and that no additional new or reconstructed sources will become subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR. 
[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.  
[c]  We have assumed that all respondents will have to familiarize with the regulatory requirements each year.
[d]  We have assumed that 15 percent of respondents will report deviation(s).
[e]  We have assumed that 85 percent of respondents will report no deviation.
[f]  We have assumed that solvent weights are recorded once per hour (2 minutes [0.033 hr] per record) for 2,600 hours per year (industry average annual operating hours for solvent mixers).
[g]  It is assumed that information would be entered once per week for 52 weeks per year.
[h]  We have assumed that a typical plant transmits the deviation report once a year and no deviation report semiannually for a total of three times per year.
[i]  We have assumed that it will take 20 hours per plant once a year to train personnel.
[j]  Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Friction Materials Manufacturing (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart QQQQQ) (Renewal)

                                   Activity
                                      (A)
                                      (B)
                                      (C)
                                      (D)
                                      (E)
                                      (F)
                                      (G)
                                      (H)

                        EPA person-hours per occurrence
                     No. of occurrences per plant per year
                 EPA person- hours per plant per year
(C=AxB)
                              Plants per year [a]
                    Technical person-hours per year
(E=CxD)
                  Management person-hours per year
(F=Ex0.05)
                   Clerical person-hours per year
(G=Ex0.1)
                                   Cost, $ b
1.  Excess emissions enforcement activities [c]
                                      48
                                       1
                                      48
                                      0.1
                                      4.8
                                      2.4
                                     0.48
                                                                       $424.91 
2.  Report review
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
Notification of applicability
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Notification of construction/ reconstruction
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Notification of anticipated startup
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Notification of actual startup
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Notification of compliance status
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                            $0 
Semiannual report of deviation [d]
                                      20
                                       2
                                      40
                                      0.3
                                      12
                                       6
                                      1.2
                                                                     $1,062.28 
Semiannual report of no deviation [e]
                                       2
                                       2
                                       4
                                      1.7
                                      6.8
                                      3.4
                                     0.68
                                                                       $601.96 
TOTAL (rounded) [f]
 
 
 
 
                                      38
                                                                        $2,090 
                                                                               








Assumptions:








[a]  We have assumed that there are 2 existing sources, and that no additional new or reconstructed sources will become subject to the rule over the three-year period of this ICR. 
 [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]  We have assumed that 5 percent of plants will be involved in excess emissions enforcement activities.
[d]  We have assumed that 15 percent of respondents will report a deviation.
e  We have assumed that 85 percent of respondents will report no deviation.
[f]  Totals have been rounded to 3 significant figures. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.

