31
respondents'
required
reporting
and
recordkeeping
activities.
A
proposed
rule
will
soon
be
finalized
and
may
reduce
the
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
some
FRP­
regulated
facilities.

6(
g)
Burden
Statement
The
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
to
all
respondents
are
presented
in
Exhibit
15.
These
burdens
include
the
time
required
to
review
instructions,
search
existing
data
sources,
gather
and
maintain
the
data
needed,
estimate
the
information
required,
and
complete
and
review
the
collection
of
information.
The
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burdens
to
newly
regulated
facilities
not
required
to
prepare
FRPs
(
i.
e.,
facilities
that
certify
that
they
do
not
meet
the
"
substantial
harm"
criteria)
are
0.1
hours
for
recordkeeping
and
0.5
hours
for
reporting
per
year.
The
annual
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burdens
to
newly
regulated
facilities
required
to
prepare
FRPs
(
i.
e.,
first­
year
costs
for
plan
development)
are
8.3
hours
and
239
hours,
respectively.
The
average
annual
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burdens
to
facilities
maintaining
FRPs
(
i.
e.,
subsequent
year
costs
for
annual
plan
maintenance)
are
1.2
hours
and
98
hours,
respectively.

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.
An
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
Part
9
and
48
CFR
Chapter
1.

Send
comments
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
through
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques
to
the
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
2822),
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
D.
C.
20460;
and
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.
Include
the
EPA
ICR
number
and
OMB
control
number
in
any
correspondence.
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EXHIBIT
15
RECORDKEEPING
AND
REPORTING
BURDEN
FOR
AFFECTED
FACILITIES
Total
Average
Annual
Burden
(
hours)
Number
of
Facilities
per
Year
(
Respondents)
Average
Annual
Burden
per
Respondent
(
hours)

Certification
Recordkeeping
458
4,576
0.1
Reporting
1,904
4,576
0.5
Preparation
Recordkeeping
581
69
8.3
Reporting
16,522
69
239
Maintenance
Recordkeeping
6,797
5,664
1.2
Reporting
557,150
5,664
98
