This ICR is being submitted to renew
EPA's authority to collect emissions related information from State
and local air pollution control agencies. EPA has reviewed the
analysis done under the Consolidated Emissions Reporting - Final
Rule supporting statement and updated the assumptions with respect
to labor rates and point source reporting using the latest
available data. Under the final CERR ICR, 55 State and Territorial
air quality agencies, including the District of Columbia (DC), as
well as an estimated 49 local air quality agencies, must annually
submit emissions data for point sources emitting specified levels
of VOCs, NOx,CO, SO2, PM10, PM2.5,and NH3. Every 3 years, states
will be required to submit a point source inventory, as well as a
statewide stationary nonpoint, nonroad mobile, onroad mobile, and
biogenic source inventory for all criteria pollutants and their
precursors. The emissions data submitted for the annual and 3-year
cycle inventories for stationary point, nonpoint, nonroad mobile,
and onroad mobile sources will be used by EPA's OAQPS to assist in
developing ambient air quality emission standards, performing
regional modeling, and preparing national trends assessments and
other special analyses and reports This ICR also estimates burden
hours and costs incurred by a portion of industry sources to
estimate and report PM2.5 and NH3 point source emissions. The
burden estimates for industry to report PM2.5 and NH3 emissions
were included in the original CERR ICR to address this new
Statewide reporting requirement. These estimates have been retained
in this renewal although reporting PM2.5 and NH3 emissions is no
longer a new requirement and reporting these emissions continues to
be the responsibility of the states.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
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Consolidated Emissions Reporting - State Agencies