Revisions to Appendix P to 40
CFR Part 51 (Proposed Rule)
New
collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)
No
Regular
09/23/2020
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
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3,080
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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.
$34,040
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Lisa Sutton 919 541-3450
sutton.lisa@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.