EPA and permitting authorities will
use the information required by part 64 in providing oversight and
guidance to industry on selection of monitoring and methods for
reporting compliance status. Owners and operators of emissions
units with add-on control equipment and subject to title V
operating permits must collect information in the form of
monitoring, periodic reporting, and record keeping for purposes of
compliance certification. Permitting authorities will use the
information collected and submitted in permit applications in
determining acceptability of proposed compliance assurance
monitoring. The permitting authorities will use source monitoring
data to assess compliance, as input into reports to other agencies,
and, when necessary, as evidence in enforcement
proceedings.
There is decrease of over 7.4
million hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by OMB. The main reason for this
decrease is that we found that all sources have had their title V
permits issued and, with the exception of sources required to
develop a QIP, sources were meeting the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for CAM by complying with the requirements of the
title V program. We revised some of our assumptions to account for
the additional requirements set forth under the CAM rule that are
not outlined in the title V program, while at the same time
ensuring that requirements met under the title V program were not
being re-counted in this assessment. This change results in an
estimated burden decrease of 6.2 million hours. Additionally, other
reasons for the decrease include: most facilities are now using
electronic monitoring to conduct their recording, thus, resulting
in a decrease in the number of labor hours needed and all
facilities with existing permits that include approved 40 CFR part
64 monitoring have now submitted the existing monitoring approach
in their renewal applications, therefore, significantly reducing
the costs for new monitoring development. Furthermore, in order to
reflect projected trends for the next 3 years, we updated some of
the formulas used to calculate burden. All of these factors
combined result in around 1.2 million hour per year reduction in
burden.
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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