83 FR 54742 - Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (Renewal)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 211 (October 31, 2018)

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) (EPA ICR No. 2170.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0580) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through December 31, 2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on July 10, 2018, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54742-54743]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23745]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0489; FRL-9984-88-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Air Emissions Reporting 
Requirements (AERR) (EPA ICR No. 2170.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0580) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through December 31, 
2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on July 10, 2018, during a 60-day comment period. This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 30, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2004-0489, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Houyoux, Air Quality Assessment 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (C339-02), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 109

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TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-3649; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is (202) 566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The EPA promulgated the Air Emissions Reporting 
Requirements (AERR) (40 CFR part 51, subpart A) to coordinate emissions 
inventory reporting requirements with existing requirements of the 
Clean Air Act and 1990 Amendments. Under this reporting, 55 state and 
territorial air quality agencies, including the District of Columbia, 
as well as an estimated 20 local air quality agencies, must submit 
emissions data every 3 years for all point, non-point, on-road mobile, 
and non-road mobile sources of volatile organic compounds, oxides of 
nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter less than 
or equal to 10 micrometers in diameter, particulate matter less than or 
equal to 2.5 micrometers in diameter, ammonia, and lead. In addition, 
the air quality agencies must submit annually emission data for point 
sources with the potential to emit at greater than specified levels of 
those pollutants.
    The data supplied to the emission reporting requirement is needed 
so that the EPA can compile and make available a national inventory of 
air pollutant emissions. A comprehensive inventory updated at regular 
intervals is essential to allow the EPA to fulfill its mandate to 
monitor and plan for the attainment and maintenance of the national 
ambient air quality standards established for criteria pollutants.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: State, territorial and local 
government air quality managements programs. Tribal governments are not 
affected unless they have sought and obtained treatment as state status 
under the Tribal Authority Rule and on that basis, are authorized to 
implement and enforce the AERR rule.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under 23 U.S.C. 101; 
42 U.S.C 7401-7671q, and the authority of the AERR.
    Estimated number of respondents: 75 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 47,248 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $4,513,390 (per year), includes $225,000 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: Change in hours/cost is due to the 
reduction of the total estimated respondents from the ICR currently 
approved by OMB.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-23745 Filed 10-30-18; 8:45 am]
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