Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (Renewal)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form 7610-5 Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone - Private Sector Voluntary Form and Instruction	Modified
Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone - Public Sector Mandatory Form and Instruction	Modified
2391ss03.docx Supporting Statement A	2014-07-17

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
194036	Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone - Private Sector Voluntary Form and Instruction	Modified
194035	Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone - Public Sector Mandatory Form and Instruction	Modified
194034	Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone - State and Local Government	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2060-0667	ICR Reference No: 201407-2060-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201108-2060-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2391.03
Title: Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/26/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/24/2014
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2018	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2015
Responses	17,398	0	17,398
Time Burden (Hours)	188,001	0	185,201
Cost Burden (Dollars)	13,150,678	0	13,150,678

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Abstract: The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to renew an information collection request for the Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (Transport Rule) to allow for future implementation of the rule. The Transport Rule was published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2011 (76 FR 48208) and compliance obligations were originally scheduled to commence on January 1, 2012. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) stayed the rule prior to implementation and subsequently issued an opinion vacating the rule. On April 29, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the D.C. Circuit opinion vacating the Transport Rule. On June 26, 2014 the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion on EPA's behalf at the D.C. Circuit seeking to have the stay lifted and to allow compliance obligations under the rule to commence as of January 1, 2015. The D.C. Circuit has not yet ruled on that motion. Once implemented, the Transport Rule's requirements would incorporate and supersede the existing requirements under the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). CAIR's requirements, in turn, incorporated certain requirements under the NOX SIP Call. The Transport Rule includes new reporting requirements and, like CAIR and the NOX SIP Call, combines these requirements with existing requirements from the Acid Rain Program (ARP) under Title IV of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 1990. Each of these existing requirements has an approved ICR in place. All data received by EPA will be treated as public information. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7401 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:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 7179	02/06/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 43042	07/24/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone - Public Sector Mandatory	NA, 7610-1, 7610-20	Electronic Signature Agreement ,   Certificate of Representation ,   Retired Unit Exemption
Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone - State and Local Government
Federal Implementation Plans to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone - Private Sector Voluntary	7610-5, 5900-172, 7610-6	General Account Form ,   Agent Notice of Delegation ,   Allowance Transfer Form

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	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	17,398	17,398	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	188,001	185,201	0	0	2,800	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	13,150,678	13,150,678	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Differences between this renewal and the previous ICR are due to revised current year labor costs, and the inclusion of 100 hours annually per state (28 states) to allocate allowances as part of the SIP process, which was inadvertently omitted from the original rule ICR Supporting Statement.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $380,306

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]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

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: 07/24/2014

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