Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Final Rule)

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IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
24829	Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Final Rule)	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2060-0580	ICR Reference No: 200806-2060-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 200601-2060-002
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2170.02
Title: Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Final Rule)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Withdrawn	Conclusion Date: 07/28/2008
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/02/2008
Terms of Clearance: This ICR is withdrawn as the result of a court decision vacating the CAIR rule, elements of which are reflected both in this ICR and the final rule associated with this ICR.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date		36 Months From Approved
Responses	0	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	0	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The EPA is promulgating the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) rule that includes new reporting requirements and combines these new requirements with existing requirements from the Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (Clean Air Interstate Rule) (CAIR), the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR), the Emission Reporting Requirements for Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions Relating to Statewide Budgets for NOX Emissions to Reduce Regional Transport of Ozone (NOX SIP Call) and the Acid Rain Program under Title IV of the CAA Amendments of 1990. Each of these four existing requirements has an approved ICR in place. This supporting statement and ICR is being submitted to account for the incremental burden associated with the AERR. As such, this supporting statement references the burden analysis included in currently approved ICRs and estimates the change in burden resulting from the final AERR on each of these ICRs. In all States, the AERR expands the definition of what sources must report in point source format, so that fewer sources would be included in nonpoint source emissions. This change may require more sources than at present to be reported as point sources every third year. The new AERR requirements begin with the 2008 inventory year, the report for which will be due to EPA by June 1, 2010. Additional changes will alter reporting requirements on States or provide them with additional options.

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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

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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

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

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Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: We are consolidating reporting dates under the NOx SIP Call and CERR rules, combining separate reporting lists under earch rule and deleting several redundant data elements, removing requirements for reporting annual and typical ozone season biogenic emissions, deleting the existing requirement that all states report emissions for a Winter work week day and restricting the reporting of summer day emissions to ozone nonattainment areas and areas where we have made a finding of significant contribution to ozone attainment in another state.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

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]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

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: 05/28/2008

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