Pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.11, the proposed revision of this collection of information is not approved. Prior to submission of the final rule, EPA should present the respondent hour burden that will be borne by contractors as labor hours rather than as an operations and maintenance cost. Additionally, EPA should clarify the relationship between the emissions monitoring hour and cost estimates provided in the supporting statement and the total burden estimates listed under this control number on the submission form. Also, EPA should include the annualized capital cost of purchasing monitoring equipment, described in the 1993 RIA, in the ICR associated with the final rule, and in future ICRs under this control number. EPA should calculate all cost estimates on the submission form and in the supporting statement in current dollars. Finally, pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(iii) and (vi), EPA should revise forms 7610-12 and 7610-14 to include: (a) an estimate of the average burden of the collection, together with a request that the public direct to the agency comments concerning the accuracy of the burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden; and (b) notification that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/1999
01/31/1999
09/30/1999
10,404
0
10,404
2,839,120
0
0
44,660,000
0
0
The information to be collected under this ICR is necessary to implement the Acid Rain Program. Respondents are utilities subject to acid rain requirements under title IV of the Clean Air Act. Respondents must submit monitoring plans, certify monitoring systems, conduct and quality-assure monitoring, submit quarterly reports and other occasional notifications, and maintain records. The EPA will use this information to ensure compliance with emission limitations and tract us of allowances under the market-based Acid Rain trading program.
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.
Information Collection Request for the Acid Rain Program under Title IV of the Clean Air Act with the Proposed Monitoring Revisions