Nitrogen Oxides Ambient Air Monitoring (Renewal)

ICR 201304-2060-005

OMB: 2060-0638

Federal Form Document

Forms and Documents
Document
Name
Status
Supplementary Document
2013-04-22
Supporting Statement A
2013-04-23
IC Document Collections
IC ID
Document
Title
Status
189921
Modified
ICR Details
2060-0638 201304-2060-005
Historical Active 201002-2060-011
EPA/OAR 2358.04
Nitrogen Oxides Ambient Air Monitoring (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 09/25/2013
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 04/30/2013
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
09/30/2016 36 Months From Approved 09/30/2013
1,704 0 1,704
49,474 0 49,474
523,522 0 523,522

The EPA is revising the network design requirements for the oxides of nitrogen (NOX), specifically nitrogen dioxide (NO2), to support the proposed changes to the primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for NO2. Presently, States (including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and local agencies when delegated by the State are required to operate minimum numbers of EPA-approved NO2 monitors based on the population of each of their Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA) and the traffic related metrics including Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) of all the road segments in their CBSAs. EPA is proposing a two-tiered monitoring network design. The two tiers are designed to: 1) monitor in areas of expected maximum 1-hour concentrations; and 2) monitor to characterize areas with the highest expected NO2 concentrations at the neighborhood and larger spatial scales, or "area-wide" scales. The proposed network design corresponds to the revised NAAQS based on peak 1-hour daily maximum concentrations, or 1-hour NAAQS, with a level of 100 parts per billion (ppb), and the retention of the current annual averaged NAAQS which has a level of 53 ppb. The introduction of the 1-hour NAAQS is intended to protect against peak, shorter term exposure risks. These exposure risks have been found to be of particular interest in the on-road and near-road environments due to on-road mobile source emissions, which led to the proposed minimum monitoring requirements to include near-road monitors to be included in the first tier of the network design.

US Code: 42 USC 7401 et seq Name of Law: Clean Air Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  78 FR 12052 02/21/2013
78 FR 25078 04/29/2013
Yes

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Nitrogen Oxides Ambient Air Monitoring

  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 1,704 1,704 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 49,474 49,474 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 523,522 523,522 0 0 0 0
No
No

$390,012
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Laurie Trinca 919 541-0520 [email protected]

  No

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.
04/30/2013


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