                             SUPPORTING STATEMENT
	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
	
NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (Renewal),

1.  Identification of the Information Collection

      1(a)  Title of the Information Collection

NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (Renewal),
EPA ICR Number 1799.08, OMB Control Number 2060-0362 

      1(b)  Short Characterization/Abstract

      The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Mineral Wool Production were proposed on May 8, 1997, and promulgated on June 1, 1999.  These regulations apply to new and existing mineral wool production facilities with cupolas and/or curing ovens.  These standards apply to owners or operators located at a plant site that is a major source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions.  This signifies that the plant emits, or has 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.  New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal.  This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart DDD.

      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 of these measurements, and retain the file for at least five 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 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional office.
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        Based on our consultations with industry representatives, there is an average of 1.5 affected facilities at each plant site and that 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, an average of six respondents per year will be subject to the standards, and no additional respondents per year will become subject to the standard.  
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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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	All of the mineral wool production facilities in the United States are owned and operated by the mineral wool production industry (the "Affected Public").  None of the facilities in the United States are owned by state, local, tribal or the Federal government entities.  They are all privately-owned, for-profit businesses.  The burden to the "Affected Public" may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (Renewal).  The "burden" to the Federal Government is attributed entirely to work performed by either Federal employees or government contractors and may be found below in Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (Renewal). 

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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, HAP emissions from mineral wool production 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 DDD.
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      2(b)  Practical Utility/Users of the Data
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      The recordkeeping and reporting requirements in the standards ensure compliance with the applicable regulations which where 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 the emission standards.  Continuous emission monitors are used to ensure compliance with the standard 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 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 check if the pollution control devices are properly installed and operated, leaks are being detected and repaired, and the standard is 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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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 DDD.
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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 (77 FR 63813) on October 17, 2012.  No comments were received on the burden published in the Federal Register. 
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      3(c)  Consultations

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      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, in compliance with the recordkeeping and reporting provisions in the standard, is the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS) which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance.  OTIS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of all compliance data.  The growth rate for the industry is based on 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 standards as they were being developed and the standards have been reviewed previously to determine the minimum information needed for compliance purposes.  In developing this ICR, we contacted: 1) the North American Insulation Manufacturing Association, at (703) 684-0084; and 2) Rock Wool Manufacturing Company Incorporated, at (800) 874-7625. 

      It is our policy to respond after a thorough review of comments received since the last ICR renewal as well as 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 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.
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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 the standards.  EPA believes that the five-year records retention requirement is consistent with 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, any pattern of non-compliance and to determine the appropriate level of enforcement action.  EPA has found that the most flagrant violators have violations extending beyond five years.  In addition, EPA would be prevented from pursuing the violators due to 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 the standard 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 mineral wool manufacturing facilities.  The United States Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes for the respondents affected by the standards is SIC 3296, which corresponds to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 327993 for mineral wool manufacturing.  
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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 is recorded or reported is required by the NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD). 
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      A source must make the following reports:
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Notifications
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Applicability
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63.9(a), 63.1191(a)
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Construction/reconstruction 
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63.9(b)(3-4), 63.1191(b)
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Actual startup
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63.9(b) (2) and (4)
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Special compliance requirements
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63.9(d), 63.1191(c)
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Initial performance test
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63.9(e), 63.1191(d)
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Compliance status
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63.9(h), 63.1191(e)
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Request for extension of compliance, adjustments to time periods, and changes in information
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63.9(c), (i-j)
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Reports
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Report of performance test results
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63.10(d)(2), 63.1193(a)
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Startup, shutdown, and malfunction plans
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63.6(c)(3), 63.1193(b)
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Startup, shutdown, and malfunction reports
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63.6(e)(3), 63.10(d)(5), 63.1191(c)
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Operations, maintenance, and monitoring plan
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63.6(e)(1-2), 63.1193(d)
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Semiannual excess emissions report
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63.10(e)(3), 63.1193(e)
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Semiannual no excess emissions report
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63.10(e)(3), 63.1193(f) 
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      A source must keep the following records:
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Recordkeeping
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Startup, shutdown, malfunctions, including process equipment, air pollution control equipment, maintenance performed, and actions taken outside the scope of existing plans
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63.10(b), 63.1192(a)
Maintain records of the following information:
    -  Cupola production (melt) rate [Mg/hr) or (tons/hr)]
    -  All bag leak detection system alarms
    -  Free-formaldehyde content of each resin lost and binder
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    -  Incinerator operating temperature and results of incinerator
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        inspections              
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63.1192(b)
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Retain records for five years
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63.1192(c)
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Retain records on microfilm, on computer, on disks, magnetic tape disks, or on microfiche
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63.1192(d)
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Report information on paper or on a labeled computer disk using available computer software
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63.1192(e) 
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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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      Also, regulatory agencies in cooperation with the respondents continue to create reporting systems to transmit data electronically.  However, electronic reporting systems are still not widely used.  At this time, it is estimated that approximately 10 percent of the respondents use electronic reporting.
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            (ii)  Respondent Activities	
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Respondent Activities

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Read instructions.

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Install, calibrate, maintain, and operate CMS for opacity, or for pressure drop and liquid supply pressure for control device.  

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Perform initial performance test, Reference Method 1, 2, 3, or 3A, 4, 5, 10, and 318 tests, and repeat performance tests if necessary.

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Write the notifications and reports listed above.

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Enter information required to be recorded above.

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Submit the required reports developing, acquiring, installing, and utilizing technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information.

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Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of processing and maintaining information.

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Develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of disclosing and providing information.

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Train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information.

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Transmit, or otherwise disclose the information.
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      Currently sources are using monitoring and reporting equipment that provide 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.
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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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      EPA conducts the following activities in connection with the acquisition, analysis, storage, and distribution of the required information:
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Agency Activities

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Review notifications and reports, including performance test reports, and excess emissions reports, required to be submitted by industry.

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Audit facility records.

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Input, analyze, and maintain data in the Online Tracking Information System (OTIS). 
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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.  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 entered into OTIS which is operated and maintained by EPA's Office of Compliance.  OTIS is EPA's database for the collection, maintenance, and retrieval of compliance data for approximately 125,000 industrial and government-owned facilities.  EPA uses the OTIS for tracking air pollution compliance and enforcement by local and state regulatory agencies, EPA regional offices and EPA headquarters.  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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      A 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. 
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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 below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (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.  Wherever appropriate, specific   tasks and major assumptions have been identified.  Responses to this information collection     are mandatory.
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      The Agency may not conduct or 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 recordkeeping and reporting requirements is estimated to be 1,581 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	$121.44 ($57.83 + 110%)   
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            Technical	$100.23 ($47.73 + 110%)
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            Clerical	$50.51 ($24.05 + 110%)
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These rates are from the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2012, "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 standard 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 the regulation.  The annual operation and maintenance costs are the ongoing costs to maintain the monitor 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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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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(E X F)
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Baghouse Leak Detection
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$22,350
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$750
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$4,500
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Total
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$4,500
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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 $4,500.  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 $4,500.   These are the costs of recordkeeping.
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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.  EPA's overall 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. 
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      The average annual Agency cost during the three years of the ICR is estimated to be $15,920.  
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      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%)
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These rates are from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 2012 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 and Cost  -  NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (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 six existing respondents will be subject to the standard.  It is estimated that no additional respondents will become subject annually.  The overall average number of respondents, as shown in the table below, is sixper 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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Number of Respondents
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1

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6

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6

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6

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6

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6

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6

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6

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05000 photocopying and postage.]nc.ing Association

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05000 photocopying and postage.]nc.ing Association

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      [1] New respondent 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 6. 
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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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Total Annual  Responses 
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Notification of applicability
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0
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1
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0
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0
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Notification of construction/reconstruction
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1
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Notification of actual startup
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0
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1
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0
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0
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Notification of special compliance requirements
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0
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1
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0
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0
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Notification of initial performance test
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0
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1
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0
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0
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Notification of compliance status
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1
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0
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Excess emissions report
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Report of no excess emissions
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Quality improvement plan
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12
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      The number of Total Annual Responses is 12.  
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      The total annual labor costs are $153,066.  Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (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, respectively, and summarized below.  
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      The total annual labor hours are 1,581 at a cost of $153,066.  Details regarding these estimates may be found below in Table 1: Annual Respondent Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (Renewal).
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      Furthermore, the annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 132 hours per response.
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      The total annual capital/startup and O&M costs to the regulated entity are $4,500.  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 353 labor hours at a cost of $15,920.  See below Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD) (Renewal).
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      6(f)  Reasons for Change in Burden
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      There is no change in the respondent labor hours in this ICR compared to the       previous ICR.  This is due to two considerations: 1) the reporting requirements have not changed over the past three years and are not anticipated to change over the next three years; and 2) the growth rate for the industry is very low, negative or non-existent, so there is  no significant change in the overall labor hours.  However, there is an adjustment increase in the respondent labor costs due to the use of updated labor rates. 
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      There is a decrease in Agency labor hours and costs due to a mathematical correction.  The previous ICR incorrectly calculated the number of hours associated with review of excess emissions reports.  This ICR corrects the error, which results in a decrease of 55 hours and an associated decrease in labor 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 132 hours per response.  "Burden" means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information 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 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 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-2012-0678.  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), EPA 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-OECA-2012-0678 and OMB Control Number 2060-0362 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 Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD)
      (Renewal)

                                 Burden Items
                                     (A) 
                                    Person 
                             hours per occurrence
                                       
                                       
                               (B) Occurrences 
                                per respondent
                                   per Year
                                       
                                     (C) 
                                    Person
                                  hours per 
                                  respondent
                                per year (AxB)
                         (D) Respondents per year (a)
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                (E) Technical 
                                    person
                             hours per year (CxD)
                                (F) Managerial 
                                    person
                            hours per year (Ex0.05)
                                (G) Clerical  
                                    person
                            hours per year (Ex0.10)
                                      (H)
                                     Total
                                   Cost per
                                    year, $
                                       
                                       
1. Applications
                                      N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Survey and Studies
                                      N/A
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Reporting Requirements
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  A. Read Instructions [c]
                                       4
                                       1
                                       4
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
  B. Required Activities
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
   Initial performance test [d] 
                                      421
                                       1
                                      421
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Repeat performance test [d,] [e]
                                      421
                                      0.2
                                     84.2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Operations, maintenance, and 
   monitoring plan [f]
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Startup, shutdown, and 
   malfunction plan [g]
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
  C. Create Information
                                    See 3B
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
  D. Gather Existing Information
                                    See 3B
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
  E. Write Reports
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
         Notification of applicability [h]
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of 
   construction/  reconstruction  [h]
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of actual startup [h]
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of special 
   compliance requirements  [h]
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of initial 
   performance test  [h]
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Notification of compliance 
   status [h]
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Request for extension of compliance adjustment to time periods, and changes in information [h]
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Report of performance test
                                    See 3B
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
   Excess emissions report [i]
                                      16
                                       2
                                      32
                                      1.2
                                     38.4
                                     1.92
                                     3.84
                                                                      $4,275.96
   Report of no excess emission [j]
                                       8
                                       2
                                      16
                                      4.8
                                     76.8
                                     3.84
                                     7.68
                                                                      $8,551.91
   Quality improvement plan [k]
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
   Startup, shutdown, and malfunction report [l]
                                       8
                                       2
                                      16
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Subtotal for Reporting
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                     132.5
                                                                     $12,827.87
4. Recordkeeping Requirements
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
  A. Read Instructions [m]
                                       4
                                       1
                                       4
                                      2.1
                                      8.4
                                     0.42
                                     0.84
                                                                        $935.37
  B. Plan Activities
                                    See 3E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
  C. Implement Activities
                                    See 3E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
  D. Develop Record System
                                    See 3E
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
  E. Time to Enter Information
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
   Records of operating parameters and emissions [n]
                                       4
                                      52
                                      208
                                       6
                                     1,248
                                     62.4
                                     124.8
                                                                    $138,968.54
  F. Time to transmit or disclose information [o]
                                     0.25
                                       2
                                      0.5
                                       6
                                       3
                                     0.15
                                      0.3
                                                                        $334.06
  G. Time to Train Personnel
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
  H. Time for Audits
                                      N/A
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
Subtotal for Recordkeeping
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                    1,448.3
                                                                    $140,237.97
Total Labor Burden and Cost (rounded)
 
 
 
 
                                     1,581
                                                                       $153,066

Assumptions:








[a]   We have assumed that the average number of respondents potentially subject to this rule is 6.  There will be no additional new sources over the three-year period of this ICR.
[b]  This ICR uses the following labor rates: $121.44 for Managerial, $100.23 for Technical, and $50.51 for Clerical.
c  We have assumed that it will take each respondent 4 hours to read instructions.
d  We have assumed that it will take 421 hours for each respondent to complete performance test based on the following: (1.7 sources per plant x 130 hours per source +200 hours for calibration, retesting, sample analysis, etc) for a total of 421 hours.
[e]  We have assumed that 20% of respondents will have to repeat performance test due to failure.
f  We have assumed that each of the respondents will take 40 hours to prepare the operation, maintenance, and monitoring plan.
[g] We have assumed that each of the respondents will take 40 hours to prepare the startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan.
[h] We have assumed that each of the respondents will take 2 hours to write reports.
[i]  We have assumed that 20% of respondents will each take 16 hours two times per year to write excess emission reports.
j  We have assumed that 80% of respondents will take 8 hours two times per year to complete the report for no excess emissions.
[k] We have assumed that 10% of facilities are required to prepare a quality improvement plan each year.
[l]  We have assumed that each respondent will take 8 hours two times per year to complete a startup, shutdown, and malfunction report.
[m] We have assumed that 35% of respondents will each take 4 hours to read instructions.
[n]  We have assumed that each respondent will take 4 hours 52 times per year to enter information.
o  We have assumed that it will take each respondent 15 minutes (0.25 hours) two times per year to transmit of disclose information.
Table 2: Average Annual EPA Burden and Cost  -  NESHAP for Mineral Wool Production (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart DDD)
     (Renewal)

                                   Activity
                                     (A) 
                           EPA Hours per occurrence
                                       
                                      (B)
                        Number of occurrences per Year
                                       
                                     (C) 
                           EPA Hours per Year (AxB)
                            (D) Plants per Year (a)
                                       
                      (E) Technical Hours per Year (CxD)
                    (F) Managerial Hours per Year (Ex0.05)
                     (G) Clerical Hours per Year (Ex0.10)
                                     (H) 
                                    Total 
                                   cost per
                                    year $
                                       
Initial performance tests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
New or modified facility
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Repeat performance tests
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
New or modified facility [c]  
                                      40
                                      0.2
                                       8
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Report review
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
Notification of applicability
                                       2
                                       1
                                       
                                       0
                                       
                                       
                                       
 
Notification of construction/ reconstruction
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Notification of actual startup
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Notification of special compliance requirements
                                       1
                                       1
                                       1
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Notification of initial performance test
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Notification of compliance status
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Request for extension of compliance, adjustment to time periods, and changes in information
                                       2
                                       1
                                       2
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Quality improvement plan [d]
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Operations, maintenance, and monitoring plan
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Startup, shutdown, and malfunction 
plan [e]
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Report of performance test
                                      40
                                       1
                                      40
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                       0
                                                                             $0
Excess emissions report [f]
                                      20
                                       2
                                      40
                                      1.2
                                      48
                                      2.4
                                      4.8
                                                                      $2,487.58
Report of no excess emissions [g]
                                       2
                                       2
                                       4
                                      4.8
                                     19.2
                                     0.96
                                     1.92
                                                                        $995.03
Startup, shutdown, and malfunction report [h]
                                      20
                                       2
                                      40
                                       6
                                      240
                                      12
                                      24
                                                                     $12,437.88
Total Labor Burden and Cost (rounded)
 
 
 
 
                                      353
                                                                        $15,920

Assumptions:








[a]   We have assumed that the average number of respondents potentially subject to this rule is 6.  There will be no additional new sources over the three-year period of this ICR.
b  This ICR uses the following labor rates: $62.27 for Managerial, $46.21 for Technical, and $25.01 for Clerical.
[c]  We have assumed that 20% of respondents will fail the performance test.
[d]  We have assumed that it will take 40 hours for each respondent to review the quality improvement plan report.
[e]  We have assumed that it will take 40 hours for each respondent to review the startup, shutdown, and malfunction plan.
f   We have assumed that 20% of respondents will take 20 hours to review the excess emissions report.
[g]   We have assumed that 80% of respondents will take 2 hours to review the report of no excess emissions.
[h]   We have assumed that each respondent will take 20 hours to review the startup, shutdown, malfunction report.

