Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Final Rule)

OMB Control No: 2060-0580	ICR Reference No: 200812-2060-003
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 200806-2060-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2170.03
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: Preapproved	Conclusion Date: 04/16/2009
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/09/2008
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2012	36 Months From Approved
Responses	104	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	51,095	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 Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR), the Emissions 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 Clean Air Act 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 AERR. As such, this supporting statement references the burden analysis included in the 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? 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 Request	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	0	0	104	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	51,095	0	0	51,095	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

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: The net change in emission reporting burden as compared with the approved ICRs for the CERR and NOX SIP Call is a decrease of 1,373 hours. The change in the AERR point source definition resulted in an increase in burden, but this change only impacts 8 respondents. By combining the reporting dates for both the CERR and the NOX SIP Call, a burden reduction results that impacts 20 respondents. The elimination of the CERR triennial requirement that States report biogenic emissions will impact 55 respondents.

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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

Agency Contact: Dennis Beauregard 919 541-5512 [email protected]

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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: 12/09/2008

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