Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone (Renewal)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form EPA Form 7610-5 (R Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone Voluntary Industry Trading Form and Instruction	New
Form 7610-6 Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersey in the Clean Air Interstate Rule - Private Section, Voluntary Form and Instruction	Removed
2152fr05correction.docx Supplementary Document	2012-05-22
2152ss05.docx Supporting Statement A	2012-05-22

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
24820	Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone - Industry Other-User ID Access Agreement	Modified
202415	Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone Voluntary Industry Trading Form and Instruction	New
190940	Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersey in the Clean Air Interstate Rule - States	Removed
190939	Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersey in the Clean Air Interstate Rule - Private Section, Voluntary Form and Instruction	Removed
190938	Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersery in the Clean Air Interstate Rule - Private Sector, Mandatory Other-Agreement	Removed
186463	Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone - State	Removed

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2060-0570	ICR Reference No: 201205-2060-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200910-2060-003
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2152.05
Title: Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/22/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 05/23/2012
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2018	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2015
Responses	11,808	0	5,255
Time Burden (Hours)	265,292	0	407,039
Cost Burden (Dollars)	22,539,614	0	26,329,380

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Abstract: In 2005, the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone. CAIR combined its reporting requirements with existing requirements from the Emission Reporting Requirements for Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions Relating to Statewide Budgets for NOx Emissions to Reduce Regional Transport of Ozone (NOx SIP Call) and the Acid Rain Program (ARP) under Title IV of the CAA Amendments of 1990. These other requirements have approved ICRs in place. The ARP is covered under OMB Control Number 2060-0258 EPA ICR Number 1633.15. The NOx SIP Call, OMB Control Number 2060-0445, EPA ICR Number 1857.05, was revised in 2008 and sources previously subject to the NOx SIP Call requirements are now covered under CAIR. In 2009 an administrative change was made to include Delaware and New Jersey in the Clean Air Interstate Rule, EPA ICR Number 2184.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0584 is now included in this ICR. This supporting Statement and ICR is being submitted to account for the incremental burden associated with CAIR. As such, this supporting Statement references the burden analysis included in the ICRs for the NOx SIP Call and ARP and estimates the change in burden resulting from CAIR beyond the scope of these ICRs. This ICR details the ongoing burdens associated with CAIR. These changes can be logically divided into two categories: 1) annualized startup/capital and operational costs associated with CAIR affected units that are not also affected by the ARP program and 2) incremental operational costs for ARP affected units that are also subject to the CAIR program. The previous 2009-2011 ICR period contained a number of one-time costs and burdens associated with facilities/units either transitioning into the CAIR program from the NOX SIP Call program or facilities/units previously affected by ARP that were required to make changes as part of CAIR. These one-time costs and burdens were fully realized in the 2009-2011 period.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7401 et seq Name of Law: Clean Air Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 1930	01/12/2012
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 30279	05/22/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone Voluntary Industry Trading	EPA Form 7610-5 (Revised 8-2011), EPA Form 7620-4 (Revised 12-2009), EPA Form 7610-6 (Revised 8-2011)	General Account Form ,   Allowance Deduction Form ,   Allowance Transfer Form
Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersery in the Clean Air Interstate Rule - Private Sector, Mandatory	7610-1	Certificate of Representation
Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersey in the Clean Air Interstate Rule - Private Section, Voluntary	7610-6, 7610-5, 7610-20, 5900-172	Allowance Transfer Form ,   General Account Form ,   Retired Unit Exemption ,   Agent Notice of Delegation
Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone - State
Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersey in the Clean Air Interstate Rule - States
Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone - Industry	EPA Form 7610-1, EPA Form 7610-20, EPA Form 5900-172 (Revised 8-2011)	Certificate of Representation ,   Retired Unit Exemption ,   Agent Notice of Delegation

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	11,808	5,255	0	-611	7,164	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	265,292	407,039	0	-18,574	-123,173	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	22,539,614	26,329,380	0	-20,300	-3,769,466	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The burden and cost is lower than the previous CAIR ICR (2152.03) due to three major differences. 1) The previous ICR included a number of one-time transition burdens associated with the incorporation of NOx SIP Call sources and incremental changes for ARP sources. Those one time burdens were fully accounted for in the previous ICR and are not included in the 2012-2014 period. 2) The previous ICR also included a State and local reporting burden associated with annual and triennial emissions inventory reporting. This reporting requirement was removed with changes to 40 CFR Part 51.125 published in 76 FR 48353 on August 8, 2011. 3) The overall number of facilities slightly declined despite the previous administrative change to include Delaware and New Jersey.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 05/23/2012

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