Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Proposed Rule for Revisions to Lead (Pb) Reporting Threshold and Clarifications to Technical Reporting Details)
Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Proposed Rule for Revisions to Lead (Pb) Reporting Threshold and Clarifications to Technical Reporting Details)
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is withholding approval at this time. Prior to publication of the final rule, the agency must submit to OMB a summary of all comments related to the information collection contained in the proposed rule and the agency response. The agency should clearly indicate any changes made to the information collection as a result of these comments.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
06/30/2015
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2015
104
0
104
68,192
0
68,192
116,480
0
116,480
The information to be collected under this ICR would 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 proposed amendments would 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 proposed amendments would 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 would remain in other regulations. Lastly, the proposed amendments would 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.
This ICR includes 3 changes that reduce burden. 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.
The third proposed 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. 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.
$1,550,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Kim Paylor 919 541-5474 paylor.kim@epa.gov
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.
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Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR)