Implementation of Ambient Air Protocol Gas Verification Program (Renewal)

ICR 201311-2060-009

OMB: 2060-0648

Federal Form Document

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Document
Name
Status
Supporting Statement A
2013-11-07
IC Document Collections
ICR Details
2060-0648 201311-2060-009
Historical Active 201007-2060-002
EPA/OAR 2375.02
Implementation of Ambient Air Protocol Gas Verification Program (Renewal)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 12/19/2013
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 11/18/2013
Prior to submitting a request for extension, the Agency should clarify the relationship between Protocol Gas Verification Programs and consider consolidating similar collections of information (e.g. QA requirements for SLAMS, SPS, and PSD) to improve transparency and avoid duplication.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
12/31/2016 36 Months From Approved 12/31/2013
211 0 211
70 0 70
0 0 0

This ICR includes ambient air monitoring data reporting and recordkeeping activities associated with the 40 CFR part 58 Appendix A, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance Quality Assurance Regulations. These data and information are collected by state, local, and tribal air quality management agencies and reported to the EPA. The EPA Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program's quality assurance requirements in 40 CFR part 58, Appendix A, require: "2.6 Gaseous and Flow Rate Audit Standards. Gaseous pollutant concentration standards (permeation devices or cylinders of compressed gas) used to obtain test concentrations for CO, SO2, NO, and NO2 must be traceable to either a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Traceable Reference Material (NTRM), NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRM), and Netherlands Measurement Institute (NMI) Primary Reference Materials (valid as covered by Joint Declaration of Equivalence) or a NIST-certified Gas Manufacturer's Internal Standard (GMIS), certified in accordance with one of the procedures given in reference 4 of this appendix. Vendors advertising certification with the procedures provided in reference 4 of this appendix and distributing gases as "EPA Protocol Gas" must participate in the EPA Protocol Gas Verification Program or not use "EPA" in any form of advertising." These requirements give assurance to end users that all specialty gas producers selling EPA Protocol Gases are participants in a program that provides an independent assessment of the accuracy of their gases' certified concentrations. In 2010, EPA developed an Ambient Air Protocol Gas Verification Program (AA-PGVP) that helps to ensure that producers selling EPA Protocol Gases participate in the AA-PGVP and provides end users with information about participating producers and verification results. Each year, EPA compares gas cylinders from every specialty gas producer being used by ambient air monitoring organizations. EPA Regions 2 and 7 provide analytical services for verification of 40 cylinders/lab or 80 cylinders total/year. Cylinders are verified at a pre-determined time each quarter. In order to make the appropriate selection, EPA needs to know what specialty gas producers are being used by the monitoring organizations. Therefore, EPA needs to survey each primary quality assurance organization every year to collect information on specialty gas producers being used and whether the monitoring organization would like to participate in the verification for the upcoming calendar year.

US Code: 42 USC 7403, 7410, 7511a Name of Law: Clean Air Act
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  78 FR 30300 05/22/2013
78 FR 69084 11/18/2013
No

1
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Implementation of Ambient Air Protocol Gas Verification Program

  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 211 211 0 0 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 70 70 0 0 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
No
No

$5,888
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.
11/18/2013


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