Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Final Rule for Revisions to Lead (Pb) Reporting Threshold and Clarifications to Technical Reporting Details)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
2170ss06.docx Supporting Statement A	2015-02-19

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
24829	Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR)	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2060-0580	ICR Reference No: 201502-2060-014
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201306-2060-012
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2170.06
Title: Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Final Rule for Revisions to Lead (Pb) Reporting Threshold and Clarifications to Technical Reporting Details)
Type of Information Collection: Revision 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: 02/19/2015
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	104	0	104
Time Burden (Hours)	58,740	0	68,192
Cost Burden (Dollars)	116,480	0	116,480

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Abstract: The information to be collected under this ICR will simplify, clarify, and reduce the reporting burden of the existing EPA emission inventory reporting requirements on state, local, and tribal agencies in the current Air Emissions Reporting Requirements rule (73 FR 76539). The amendments will lower the current threshold for reporting Pb sources as point sources; eliminate the requirement for reporting emissions from wildfires and prescribed fires; and replace a requirement for reporting mobile source emissions with a requirement for reporting the input parameters that can be used to run the EPA models that generate the emissions estimates. In addition, the amendments will reduce the reporting burden on state, local, and tribal agencies by removing the requirements to report daily and seasonal emissions associated with carbon monoxide (CO), ozone (O3), and particulate matter (PM10) nonattainment areas and nitrogen oxides (NOx) State Implementation Plan (SIP) call areas, although reporting requirements for those emissions will remain in other regulations. Lastly, the amendments will clarify, remove, or simplify some current emissions reporting requirements which we believe are not necessary or are not clearly aligned with current inventory terminology and practices.

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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:
2060-AN20	Final or interim final rulemaking	80 FR 8787	02/19/2015

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR)

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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	104	104	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	58,740	68,192	0	-9,452	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	116,480	116,480	0	0	0	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: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The net change in emission reporting burden as compared with the existing approved ICR for the AERR (EPA ICR #2170.04) is shown in the table below. The existing approved ICR burden estimates were developed and documented only as incremental changes compared to two prior approved ICRs for two rules (the CERR and the NOx SIP Call) which the AERR replaced. The existing approved ICR does not contain specific bottom-line burden hour estimates for two of the three AERR changes that will reduce respondent burden. These two items are the removal of the current requirement to report emissions from wildfires and the removal of the current requirement to report non-annual emissions by states with ozone or CO non-attainment areas and states covered by the NOx SIP Call. It cannot be determined conclusively that the prior burden estimates included any estimates for the estimation of these two reporting items. This ICR, therefore, does not include any reduction estimate for the burden of these two items, although we do expect reductions in practice. The third AERR change that will reduce respondent burden is replacing the current requirement for states to report complete onroad and nonroad emission estimates with a requirement that they instead report just the emission model inputs used to estimate those emissions. As described in section 6(a) above for Triennial activities, and as shown in line 7 of Table 6-1, we estimate this change will reduce burden hours by 340 technical hours for the average state agency and by 170 technical hours for the average local agency during the triennial reporting years. Managerial hours for this task are also reduced accordingly. In addition to the burden hour reductions described above, a minor portion of the change in the cost estimate shown in Table 6-2 are due to updating the labor costs per hour to use the latest BLS values.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,550,000

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: 02/19/2015

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