In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting statement of the next ICR--to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage--a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR.
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Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the states and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) each have certain authorities and responsibilities. Each state must have a state implementation plan (SIP) that provides for the implementation, maintenance, and enforcement of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), and the EPA must assure that SIPs satisfy the CAA requirements. These authorities and responsibilities are further described in this documents section 2(a), Need/Authority for the Collection. The EPA promulgated regulations at Part 51, Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of Implementation Plans, that specify the minimum requirements that each state must include in its SIP. State and local air pollution control agencies are the main users of the Part 51 regulations, which are referred to in brief as the EPAs SIP preparation regulations. Appendix P to Part 51 (cited from 40 CFR 51.214) sets forth minimum continuous emission monitoring and reporting requirements that each SIP must include for sources among four source categories. These four Appendix P source categories are: fossil fuel-fired steam generators; fluid bed catalytic cracking unit catalyst regenerators (at petroleum refineries); sulfuric acid plants; and nitric acid plants.
The information collection being addressed in this document corresponds to a proposed rule revising Appendix P and titled, Revisions to Appendix P to 40 CFR Part 51. The EPA notes that the subject rule, by generally relaxing a minimum reporting frequency specification for SIPs from quarterly to semiannually, would be a revision only of the minimum requirement, and so the rule would not require that any state change the actual reporting frequency requirement in its SIP that applies to Appendix P sources. Therefore, to comply with the subject rules requirements, each state may choose to prepare and submit a SIP revision but would not be required to do so.
The new burden included in this ICR results from a proposed rule that revises Appendix P to 40 CFR Part 51, which relaxes the minimum reporting frequency specification for SIPs from quarterly to semiannually. For those states that chose to do so, this ICR addresses the burden to prepare and submit a SIP revision that is consistent with the provisions of the proposed rule.
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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Revisions to Appendix P to 40 CFR Part 51