Information Collection Request

Supporting Statement for the

PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard Implementation Rule

EPA ICR Number 2258.01

Prepared by:

Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards 

Office of Air and Radiation

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711

March 2007

Initial EPA Information Collection Request for the

PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard Implementation Rule



Table of Contents

Identification of the Information Collection
Request…...............……page 3

Need for and Use of the
Collection…………………………………...page 5

Non-Duplication, Consultation, and other Collection Criteria………
page 6

Respondents and the Information
Requested…………………………page 10

Information Collected—Agency Activities, Collection Methodology and
Information
Management……………………………………………..page 16

Estimating the Burden and Cost of the
Collection……………………page 17

Identification of the Information Collection Request

1(a)	Title of the Information Collection

		The title of the Information Collection Request is PM2.5 National
Ambient Air Quality Standard Implementation Rule, ICR number 2258.01,
and OMB Control Number ____-____, expiration date:  April 4, 2011.

1(b)	Abstract/Executive Summary

	The Paperwork Reduction Act requires the information found in this
Information Collection Request (ICR) number 2258.01, to assess the
burden (in hours and dollars) of the PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS) Implementation Rule as well as the periodic reporting
and record keeping necessary to maintain the rule.  The PM2.5 NAAQS rule
applies to particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5) which
are also referred to as "fine” particles.  The final FRN title is
Clean Air Fine Particle Implementation Rule.

On July 18, 1997, EPA revised the NAAQS for particulate matter to add
new standards for fine particles, using PM2.5 as the indicator.  The EPA
established health-based (primary) annual and 24-hour standards for
PM2.5 (62 FR 38652).  The annual standard was set a level of 15
micrograms per cubic meter, based on the 3-year average of annual mean
PM2.5 concentrations.  The 24-hour standard was set a level of 65
micrograms per cubic meter, based on the 3-year average of the 98th
percentile of 24-hour concentrations. 

 

  The EPA established the PM2.5 standards based on evidence and numerous
health studies demonstrating that serious health effects are associated
with exposures to elevated levels of PM2.5.  Estimates show that
attainment of the PM2.5 standards would be likely to result in tens of
thousands fewer premature deaths each year, tens of thousands fewer
hospital admissions each year, and hundreds of thousands fewer doctor
visits, absences from work and school, and respiratory illnesses in
children annually.  

This PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard Implementation rule was
proposed November 1, 2005 (70 FR 65983) and is scheduled to be
promulgated in April 2007.  The preamble to the proposed and final
regulation addresses the administrative burden in general terms.   The
preamble to the final rule states that an ICR will be prepared.

	

The time period covered in this ICR is a three year period from April 5,
2008 (the date that State implementation plans for attaining the PM2.5
standards are due) through April 4, 2011.  This rule provides the
framework for the States to develop SIPs to achieve the new PM2.5 NAAQS.
 This framework reflects the requirements prescribed in CAA sections 110
and part D, subpart 1 of title I.  A PM2.5 SIP contains rules and other
requirements designed to achieve the NAAQS by the deadlines established
under the CAA, and it also contains a demonstration that the State’s
requirements will in fact result in attainment.  The SIP must meet the
CAA requirements in subpart 1 to adopt reasonably available control
measures (RACM) and reasonably available control technology (RACT) and
provide for reasonable further progress (RFP) toward attainment for the
period prior to the area’s attainment date.  After a State submits a
SIP, the CAA requires EPA to approve or disapprove the SIP.

	The incremental administrative burden for the areas and activities
covered by this ICR is mitigated by 3 factors.

Some States may use some parts of EPA analyses conducted as part of the
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), 2006 PM NAAQS Review, and the PM2.5
NAAQS Implementation Rule.  Included in these analyses were emissions
projections and air quality modeling design value predictions and
interpolations for 2010, 2015, 2020, etc.    

Promulgated federal rules which reduce future emissions of particle
matter precursors.  As a consequence:

Some designated non-attainment areas are projected to attain and
maintain the PM2.5 NAAQS without additional State emission reducing
regulations or programs.

Some designated non-attainment areas will not design and adopt
additional State rules to fulfill RFP requirements set forth by the
PM2.5 NAAQS Implementation rule.  The emission reductions associated
with federal emission reducing rules are creditable toward RFP
requirements. 

Experience with meeting the requirements of the PM10 and 8-hour Ozone
NAAQS.  Ten of the original 39 PM2.5 nonattainment areas were also PM10
nonattainment areas.  Thirty-two of the original 39 PM2.5 nonattainment
areas were also 8-hour ozone non-attainment areas.  Of the remaining 7
PM2.5 areas, 4 were designated 8-hour ozone nonattainment but are using
an early action compact agreement to defer the designation effective
date.    Hence, there is familiarity with SIP activities for meeting
nonattainment NAAQS requirements.  Furthermore, many of these areas
completed attainment demonstrations and fulfilled RFP and some RACT and
RACM obligations for the PM10 or 8-hour Ozone NAAQS.  

The Agency anticipates additional administrative burden for State
governments and the Agency of 630,000 hours and 69,300 hours,
respectively.  Fifty percent of the hours are expended in the first year
with the remainder evenly divided between the second and third years of
the ICR period.  Tribes are not required to conduct attainment
demonstrations or submit the RFP, RACT, or RACM requirements.  

The present value of the total additional costs for State governments,
the respondents, estimated at $33.4 million for the 3 year period.   On
an equivalent annual basis that is $12.7 million per year during the 3
year period of the ICR.    

The present value of the Agency administrative cost burden is estimated
at $3.7 million dollars for the 3 year period.  This is equivalent to
equal annual basis of $1.4 million per year during the three year
period.

Need For and Use of the Collection

2(a)	Need/Authority for the Collection

The Clean Air Act, which was last amended in 1990, requires EPA to set
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for wide-spread
pollutants from numerous and diverse sources considered harmful to
public health and the environment.   Part D of Title I of the Clean Air
Act sets forth the plan (implementation) requirements for areas
designated non-attainment with a promulgated National Ambient Air
Quality Standard.  The EPA is charged under Section 110 of the Clean Air
Act (CAA), as amended, to assist each State with a non-attainment area
to develop a plan which provides for implementation, maintenance and
enforcement of such primary standard.  

As a result of litigation and subsequent court decisions, an
implementation framework was developed for the PM2.5 NAAQS. The PM2.5
NAAQS Implementation Rule is scheduled to be published in April 2007. 
When the review and comment periods on the draft and final federal
implementation rules close, the affected parties could begin to assess
the milestones and begin the planning process.

This ICR is developed in response to the implementation framework to
fulfill requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

2(b)	User/Users of the Data 

The data collected from the State or local air agency respondents will
include the required SIP elements prescribed in CAA sections 110 and
part D, subpart 1 of title I for Implementation plans and the
requirements in this Implementation Rule.  The PM2.5 SIP  will contains
rules and other requirements designed to achieve the NAAQS by the
deadlines established under the CAA, and it also contains a
demonstration that the State’s requirements will in fact result in
attainment.  The SIP must meet the requirements in subpart 1 to adopt
RACM, RACT, and provide for RFP toward attainment for the period prior
to the area’s attainment date.  

The regional and headquarters EPA use the information as part of their
review of the attainment demonstration, RFP, RACM, and RACT requirements
of the PM2.5 implementation plan adequacy. After a State submits a SIP
with the technical supporting documentation, the CAA requires EPA to
approve or disapprove the SIP.  The attainment demonstration must meet
the requirements of (51.112 and Part 51, Appendix W and must include
inventory data, modeling results, and emission reduction analyses on
which the State has based its projected attainment date.  The attainment
date justified by the demonstration must be consistent with the
requirements of 40 CFR 51.1004(a).  The modeled strategies must be
consistent with requirements in §51.1009 for reasonable further
progress (RFP) and in §51.1010 for reasonably available control
technology (RACT) and reasonably available control measures (RACM).  The
attainment demonstration and supporting air quality modeling should be
consistent with EPA’s PM2.5 modeling guidance.

The States use the attainment demonstrations, RFP, RACT and RACM
determinations to inform their citizenry, including potentially
regulated entities.  They also use this information and analysis to
fulfill federal obligations under Title I, Subpart D of the Clean Air
Act and the PM2.5 Implementation Rule.   

The potentially regulated entities use this information in assessing
future emission reduction requirements.

   Emission reducing regulations developed by the States and approved by
the EPA are federally enforceable.   

Non-Duplication, Consultations, and Other Collection Criteria

3(a)	Non-Duplication

	The State respondent will submit a implementation plan for each
nonattainment area that will need to include a number of elements,
including an evaluation of RACT and RACM, an attainment demonstration
showing how the area will attain the standards as expeditiously as
practicable, and a plan showing that the area will make reasonable
further progress from the date the area's SIP is due to its attainment
date.  The four parts to the information collection for this ICR can be
contained in the respondents one PM2.5 SIP submission - the attainment
demonstration and the RFP, RACT, and RACM requirements.

	There are other activities covered by existing ICRs which complement
the activities required for the attainment demonstration, RFP, RACT, and
RACM.  One example is the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule. 
Salient ICRs and their titles are identified below.     

Requirements for Preparation, Adoption, and Submittal of Implementation
Plans

51.121-51.122  NOx SIP Call……………………………..2060-0445

51.160-51.166  New Source
Review.......................………2060-0003

51.321-51.323  Air Quality Data Reporting………………2060-0088

51.353-51.354  Inspection/Maintenance………………….2060-0252

51.365-51.366  Inspection/Maintenance………………….2060-0252

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans

52.21 Prevention of Significant Deterioration…..………...2060-0003

52.741 O3 Control Strategy for Chicago, IL-6 counties…..2060-0203

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods

53.4
………………………………………………………..2080-00
05

53.9(f),(h),(i)……………………………………………….20
80-0005

53.14……………………………………………………….208
0-0005

53.15
………………………………………………………2080-0005

53.16(a)-(d),(f)……………………………………………..208
0-0005

Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations

55.4-55.8
…………………………………………………..2060-0249

55.11-55.14
………………………………………………..2060-0249

Ambient Air Quality Surveillance

58.11-58.14
………………………………………………..2060-0084

58.20-58.23
………………………………………………..2060-0084

58.25-58.28
………………………………………………..2060-0084

58.30-58.31
………………………………………………..2060-0084

58.33
……………………………………………………….2060-008
4

58.35
……………………………………………………….2060-008
4

58.40-58.41
………………………………………………...2060-0084

58.43
……………………………………………………….2060-008
4

58.45
……………………………………………………….2060-008
4

58.50
……………………………………………………….2060-008
4

Determining Conformity of Federal Actions to State or Federal
Implementation Plans

91.150-93.160
……………………………………………..2060-0279

8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Implementation Rule

2236.02…………………………………………………….2060
– 0594

	Attainment Demonstration.   The attainment demonstration requirement
appears as 40 CFR 51.1007 which implements Clean Air Act subsection
172(c)(1).  The attainment demonstration for the PM2.5 NAAQS is unique
and does not duplicate other implementation plan requirements.  However,
the States are encouraged to build upon related implementation planning
processes they used for the Ozone NAAQS, regional haze rule, and/or PM
NAAQS.   Taking such steps, where appropriate, may reduce the
incremental administrative burden and enable identification of control
strategies that achieve requisite multi-pollutant environmental progress
at a lower cost.

	RFP.  This unique requirement is described in 40 CFR 51.1009.  Although
the RFP submission does not duplicate other plan requirements, the RFP
submission may complement them.  For example, the emission reductions
associated with the RFP SIP may also demonstrate attainment.  

	The States are encouraged to build upon related analyses for federal
emission reducing rules as well as salient PM-10 and ozone NAAQS and
regional haze implementation requirements where appropriate.  Taking
such steps may reduce the incremental administrative burden.   For
example, the temporal and spatial nature of emission reductions
associated with the federal rules may be sufficient to meet the RFP
requirements.  Hence, the need to identify additional emission
reductions to meet RFP requirements may be mitigated in some instances. 


	In addition, States are encouraged, where appropriate, to take into
account similar analyses and planning efforts to meet certain PM10 and
ozone NAAQS and regional haze implementation requirements.  Such actions
may result in RFP plans which achieve requisite multi-pollutant
environmental progress at a lower cost.  

	RACT and RACM.  These unique requirements are described in 40 CFR
51.1010 which implements CAA subsection 172(c)(1).  For each PM2.5
nonattainment area, the State shall submit with the attainment
demonstration a SIP revision demonstrating that it has adopted all
reasonably available control measures (including RACT for stationary
sources) necessary to demonstrate attainment as expeditiously as
practicable and to meet any RFP requirements.  The SIP revision shall
contain the list of the potential measures considered by the State, and
information and analysis sufficient to support the State’s judgment
that it has adopted all RACM, including RACT. 

 The States are encouraged to take into account the related   analyses
and planning efforts to meet certain PM10 and ozone NAAQS and regional
haze implementation requirements where appropriate.  Taking such steps
can reduce administrative burden and foster achievement of
multi-pollutant environmental progress at a lower cost.

3(b)	Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)

	The preamble for the final PM2.5 NAAQS implementation rule will state
that an ICR would be prepared.

3(c)	Consultations

	The EPA solicited comment on the proposed PM2.5 implementation rules
including public hearings. The EPA will solicit comment on the final
PM2.5 implementation rules including public hearing after publication

3(d)	Effects of Less Frequent Collection

	The collections under 40 CFR 51.1007, 51.1009, and 51.1010 are
necessary to provide assurances that identified level of emission
reductions are adequate to ensure timely attainment and maintenance of
the PM2.5 NAAQS while adhering to the mandatory measures and
requirements for areas whose attainment dates are beyond 5 years after
designation

3(c) 	General Guidelines 

These reporting or recordkeeping requirements do not violate any of the
regulations promulgated by OMB under 5 CFR part 1320, section 1320.5.

	

The Agency used the Information Collection Request Review and Approval
System (ICRAS) module for submitting ICRs to OMB/OIRA.  The ICRAS
replaces the RISC/OIRA Consolidated Information System (ROCIS) ICR
module that had replaced the previous OMB form 83-1.  The ICRAS
submission meets the current the Paperwork Reduction Act Submission in
accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Office of Management and
Budget.  Those guidelines reflect the requirements of 5 CFR 1320.6.  The
final PM2.5 NAAQS implementation rule does not require:

reporting more than once a year;

respondents to participate in a statistical survey;  

responses to Agency inquiries in less than 30 days;

respondents to receive remuneration for preparation of reports; 

records to be kept more than 3 years,and, 

manual methods of reporting.

3(f)		Confidentiality

	The information is requested from the States.  To fulfill the
attainment demonstration, RFP, RACT and RACM requirements, the States
will use emissions levels and control efficiency data provided by
certain facilities in the private and public sector.   This information
is available from a variety of sources.   It is the assimilation and
analysis of that data that is required in the attainment demonstration,
RFP, RACT and RACM determinations.

	There are 39 non-attainment areas that must prepare an attainment
demonstration as well as meet the RFP, RACT and RACM requirements. 
States should already have information from emission sources, as
facilities should have provided this information to meet other NAAQS SIP
requirements, operating permits, and/or emissions reporting
requirements.  Such information does not generally reveal the details of
production processes.   But, to the extent it may, the affected
facilities are protected.   Specifically, the completion of the
emissions and control efficiency information that is confidential,
proprietary, and trade secret is protected from disclosure under the
requirements of subsections 503(e) and 114 (c) of the Clean Air Act.

3(g)	Sensitive Information

	The requested attainment demonstration, RFP, RACT and RACM submissions
do not include questions whose answers would require sensitive
information.

The Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a)	Respondents and the Non-Attainment areas

	Table 1 lists the States affected by the attainment demonstration, RFP,
RACT and RACM requirements for the 39 PM2.5 non-attainment areas. 
Local, State, and federal agencies are part of the North American
Industrial Classification System code number 924110.

	There are other entities that may be indirectly affected, as they may
comment on the draft submissions before they are forwarded to EPA’s
Regional Offices.  These include potentially regulated entities,
representatives of special interest groups, and individuals.  
Consideration of the burden on these entities is beyond the scope of the
Paperwork Reduction Act. 



Table 1.  Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Nonattainment Areas  

 (see http://www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/greenbk/qnc.html) 

                                                                        
                                        

      HYPERLINK "http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/greenbk/qnca.html" \l
"0520"  Atlanta, GA                                                     
                                                                        
      

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"0720"  Baltimore, MD                                                   
                                                                        
      

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"1000"  Birmingham, AL                                                  
                                                                        
      

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"1321"  Canton-Massillon, OH                                            
                                                                        
      

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"1480"  Charleston, WV                                                  
                                                                        
      

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"1561"  Chattanooga, AL-TN-GA                                           
                                                                        
      

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"1602"  Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN                                 
                                                                        
      

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"1642"  Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN                                   
                                                                        
      

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"1681"  Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH                                      
                                                                        
      

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"1840"  Columbus, OH                                                    
                                                                        
      

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"2000"  Dayton-Springfield, OH                                          
                                                                        
      

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"2162"  Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI                                           
                                                                        
      

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"2440"  Evansville, IN                                                  
                                                                        
      

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"3120"  Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC                         
                                                                        
      

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"3240"  Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA                                 
                                                                        
      

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"3289"  Hickory, NC                                                     
                                                                        
      

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"3400"  Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH                                    
                                                                        
      

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"3480"  Indianapolis, IN                                                
                                                                        
      

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"3680"  Johnstown, PA                                                   
                                                                        
      

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"3840"  Knoxville, TN                                                   
                                                                        
      

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"4000"  Lancaster, PA                                                   
                                                                        
      

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"4311"  Libby, MT                                                       
                                                                        
      

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"4313"  Liberty-Clairton, PA                                            
                                                                        
      

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"4482"  Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin, CA                           
                                                                        
      

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"4520"  Louisville, KY-IN                                               
                                                                        
      

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"4680"  Macon, GA                                                       
                                                                        
      

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"4831"  Martinsburg, WV-Hagerstown, MD                                  
                                                                        
      

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"5601"  New York-N. New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT                    
                                                                        
       

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"6020"  Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH                                     
                                                                        
      

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"6164"  Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE                               
                                                                        
      

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"6281"  Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA                                    
                                                                        
      

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"6680"  Reading, PA                                                     
                                                                        
      

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"6209"  Rome, GA                                                        
                                                                        
      

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"7381"  San Joaquin Valley, CA                                          
                                                                        
      

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"7040"  St. Louis, MO-IL                                                
                                                                        
      

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"8081"  Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV                                     
                                                                        
      

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"8842"  Washington, DC-MD-VA                                            
                                                                        
      

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"9000"  Wheeling, WV-OH                                                 
                                                                        
      

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"9280"  York, PA          

	As indicated in Table 1, some areas have non-attainment area segments
in more than one State.  Furthermore, some multi-state areas span more
than one EPA Regional Office.  For example, the Philadelphia-Wilmington
non-attainment area encompasses part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and
Delaware.    Pennsylvania and Delaware are in EPA Region 3 jurisdiction,
while New Jersey is in EPA Region 2 jurisdiction.   This could increase
the administrative burden of the State’s meeting the attainment
demonstration, RFP, RACT and RACM requirements.

	The size of the list of non-attainment areas also suggests greater
administrative burden.  However, the administrative requirements for
attainment demonstrations, RFP, RACT and RACM are less for the areas
that attain the PM2.5 NAAQS within 5 years or less of the non-attainment
designation date.   Furthermore, illustrative air quality simulations
and interpolations done that considered the effects of the Clean Air
Interstate Rule (CAIR), Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) and Clean Air
Visibility Rule (CAVR) for geographic areas (excluding CA in the
simulations) showed 21 areas with predicted design values above the
PM2.5 NAAQS level in 2010.   There are 31 States required to submit the
PM2.5 SIPs to meet the requirements for the 21 areas needing additional
local control measures above the CAIR, CAMR and CAVR predicted results. 
There are 18 nonattainment areas predicted to meet the 2006 PM2.5 design
value in 2010 from the CAIR, CAMR, and CAVR simulations.  The 27 States
for these 18 areas will have less administrative requirement in
submitting the SIPs requirements.

	The numbers of non-attainment areas or parts of areas in each State and
the associated EPA Regional Office are presented in Table 2.   These
were derived from the November 1, 2006 information at:    HYPERLINK
"http://www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/greenbk/qncs.html" 
http://www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/greenbk/qncs.html .  The numbers of areas
predicted to be in attainment were derived by looking at the CAIR, CAMR,
and CAVR air quality model simulation results.  See Table 3. 

Table 2.  The Numbers of Non-Attainment Areas or Parts of Areas in Each
State and EPA Regional Office

State or District	No. of Areas or Parts of Areas	EPA Region	No. of
Nonattainment Areas Predicted in Attainment by 2010

Alabama	2	4	No such area

California	2	9	Not in simulation

Connecticut	1	1	1

District of Columbia	1	3	1

Delaware	1	3	1

Georgia	4	4	No such area

Illinois	2	5	No such area

Indiana	5	5	1

Kentucky	3	4	No such area

Maryland	3	3	3

Michigan	1	5	No such area

Missouri	1	7	No such area

Montana	1	8	No such area

North Carolina	2	4	2

New Jersey	2	2	2

New York	1	2	1

Ohio	9	5	4

Pennsylvania	8	3	7

Tennessee	2	4	No such area

Virginia	1	3	1

West Virginia	6	3	3



Table 3.  Summary of Results of CAM-X Simulations for Base Case Runs
and Interpolations which include emission reductions from the Clean Air
Interstate Rule, Clean Air Mercury Rule and Clean Air Visibility Rule*

Nonattainment Area	Projected Attainment Status in 2010

Atlanta, GA	Nonattainment

Baltimore, MD	Attainment

Birmingham,AL	Nonattainment

Canton-Masillon, OH	Attainment

Charleston, WV	Nonattainment

Chattanooga, TN-GA	Nonattainment

Chicago-Gary-Lake County,IL-IN	Nonattainment

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN	Nonattainment

Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH	Nonattainment

Columbus, OH	Nonattainment

Dayton-Springfield, OH	Attainment

Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI	Nonattainment

Evansville, IN-KY	Attainment

Floyd county, GA	Nonattainment

Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point, NC	Attainment

Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA	Attainment

Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, NC	Attainment

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	Nonattainment

Indianapolis, IN	Nonattainment

Johnstown, PA	Attainment

Knoxville, TN	Nonattainment

Lancaster, PA	Attainment

Libby, MT	Nonattainment

Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin, CA	Nonattainment

Louisville, KY-IN	Nonattainment

Macon, GA	Nonattainment

Martinsburg, WV-Hagerstown, MD	Attainment

New York-N.New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA	Attainment

Parkersburg-Marietta, WV-OH	Attainment

Philadelphia-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE	Attainment

Pittsburg-Liberty-Clairton, PA	Nonattainment

Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA	Attainment

Reading, PA	Attainment

San Joaquin Valley, CA	Nonattainment

St, Louis, MO-IL	Nonattainment

Steubenville-Weirton, OH-WV	Nonattainment

Washington, DC-MD-VA	Attainment

Wheeling, WV-OH	Attainment

York, PA	Attainment



* This is an illustrative simulation and is not necessarily a substitute
for the work undertaken by the States in response to requirements for
attainment demonstrations, RFP SIP submittals, RACT SIP submittals and
RACM SIP submittals.

  4(b)	 	Information Requested

The information requested under this ICR is prescribed by 40 CFR 51.1007
(attainment demonstration), 51.1009 (RFP), and 51.1010 (RACT and RACM). 
The implementation framework set forth in the regulation does not adopt
a “one-size-fits all” approach to meeting the attainment
demonstration or RFP, RACT, and RACM requirements.   This additional
flexibility enables the States to customize, to the extent allowed by
the Clean Air Act, their approach to attaining and maintaining the PM2.5
NAAQS.

Data Items.   The emissions and control efficiency data required for the
attainment demonstration, RFP, RACT, and RACM should have been collected
as a result of reporting activities required by other OMB approved ICRs.
 For example, see the ICR associated with the Consolidated Emissions
Reporting Rule:   HYPERLINK
"http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/cerr/index.html" 
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/cerr/index.html .  

There may be other data that the States use.   For example, States may
identify economic and population growth rates, federal rules that reduce
future emissions of particulate matter precursors, and meteorological
data.   These data are presently available.  

Respondents’ Activities.  The States will compile and reference the
data, set forth the methodology, conduct analyses, develop initial
drafts, hold hearings, adopt rules, regulations, and programs, have
discussions with EPA staff as appropriate, refine the draft
demonstration and RFP, RACT, and RACM requirements as appropriate, adopt
the SIP, and forward to EPA.

Agency Activities.  EPA staff in the regional offices may facilitate
timely receipt of the attainment demonstration, RFP, RACT, and RACM
requirements by reviewing materials and answering questions from the
States regarding:   requirements, potential data sources, analysis
tools, the draft attainment demonstration and other submissions. The EPA
Regional Offices will evaluate the SIP submissions and take rulemaking
actions to approve or disapprove the SIP revisions. 

EPA headquarters staff will facilitate information flow amongst the
regions and States to foster timely attainment of acceptable
demonstrations and SIP submissions.

Reporting Protocols.  The dates for the submissions are April 5, 2008 as
set forth in Part D- Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas –
Subpart 1- Nonattainment Areas in General and the PM2.5 Implementation
rule. 

The Information Collected—Agency Activities, Collection Methodology,
and Information Management

     

     5(a)	States, EPA Regional Offices, and EPA Headquarters Offices

		States:  The States agencies’ activities include:

Forecast baseline emissions, develop and evaluate emission reduction
strategies where warranted, conduct air quality modeling to verify
maintenance and attainment of the PM2.5 NAAQS

Calculate the emission reductions necessary to fulfill RFP requirement,
determine creditable emission reductions, where necessary determine
additional emission reductions and compliance timing to meet RFP
requirement.  Draft findings, hold State hearings, make revisions as
warranted.  Submit RFP SIP as part of SIP to EPA Regional office.  Have
discussions with EPA.

Identify RACT applicable sources and their control measures under
baseline and attainment conditions; and evaluate alternatives.  Draft
findings, hold State hearings, make revisions as warranted.  Submit RACT
determinations as part of SIP to EPA Regional Office.  Have discussions
with EPA.

Identify RACM applicable sources and their control measures under
baseline and attainment conditions; and evaluate alternatives.  Draft
findings, hold State hearings, make revisions as warranted.  Submit RACM
determinations to EPA Regional Office.  Have discussions with EPA.

		EPA Regional Offices.  The regional office activities include:

Answering inquiries put forth by the States.

Reviewing data, analysis, and findings of attainment demonstration, RFP,
  RACT and RACM determinations.

Rulemaking actions approving or disapproving the SIP submissions

		EPA Headquarters.   The EPA headquarters office activities include:

Facilitating information flow and problem solving amongst the regions
regarding demonstrations and submittals from the States

Answering questions regarding application and interpretation of salient
rule provisions.

5(b)	Collection Methodology and Management

		The PM2.5 SIP meeting the attainment demonstration and RFP, RACT and
RACM requirements will set forth the data sources and analytical
methods, as well as the emission reduction and air quality improvement
verification procedures.   

     5(c)		Small Entity Flexibility

			For an approved ICR, the Agency must demonstrate that it has taken
all        

     	practical steps to develop separate and simplified requirements
for small businesses and other small entities.  See 5 CFR 1320.6(h). 
The PM2.5 NAAQS implementation regulation does not provide a direct
administrative burden on small entities.   

      5(d)	Collection Schedule 

		During the period from April 5, 2008 through April 4, 2011, the PM2.5
SIP is due on April 5, 2008 that meets the required elements for the
attainment demonstration, RFP, RACT and RACM.

		Attainment Demonstration.   The demonstration submission date is April
5, 2008 for Subpart 1 designated non-attainment areas.  

		RFP.   The RFP SIP submission date is April 5, 2008 for designated
non-attainment areas.   However, areas that demonstrate attainment as
expeditiously as practicable but no more than 5 years following
designation meet RFP.  

		RACT and RACM.  For designated non-attainment areas which demonstrate
attainment as expeditiously as practicable, but no later than 5 years
following designation, RACT and RACM are met.   For areas having an
attainment date of more than 5 years, the RACT and RACM SIP submission
date is April 5, 2008.  

Estimating the Burden of the Collection

	This section provides information on the cost and hours associated with
the information collection for both the respondents (the affected
States) and the Agency (regional and headquarters offices).   Hours and
costs are presented for the activities associated with each collection
item for a non-attainment area (or segment) in a given State, as well as
the equivalent annual and present value numbers.

6(a)	Estimating Respondent Burden

	The estimated respondent burden is that associated with the activities
which result in the States meeting the attainment demonstration, RFP,
RACT, and RACM SIP requirements.   

	The estimated burden is incremental to that required by other EPA
environmental reporting obligations.  The incremental burden for some
areas may be less than for others.   There are several reasons for this
disparity.   

The severity of the non-attainment problem varies among the designated
areas.

Certain areas or parts of areas may already have developed and
implemented RACT and RACM requirements.   

Some areas may have future predicted PM2.5 design values which
demonstrate attainment in expeditious and practicable fashion, within 5
years of designation, under baseline conditions.

Some areas may fulfill the RFP requirement as a result of creditable
emission reductions resulting from federal rules that reduce PM2.5
precursor emissions.

	In the course of conducting the Clean Air Interstate Rule analysis and
the economic assessment for the PM2.5 NAAQS Implementation Rule, the EPA
staff conducted air quality simulations.  Some of the results are
summarized in Table 3.   This information, together with that in Tables
1 and 2 can serve in estimating the burden hours.

Subpart 1 Non-attainment Areas.   EPA has identified 39 areas ( 
HYPERLINK "http://www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/greenbk/qnsum.html" 
www.epa.gov/air/oaqps/greenbk/qnsum.html ).  The base case air quality
modeling simulations were used to develop burden hour estimates for the
non-attainment areas. There were 2 areas omitted in those simulations. 
These were the areas in California. These simulations and interpolations
assumed no additional emission reductions as a result of the States
developing emission reductions as part of an PM2.5 NAAQS SIP. 
Furthermore, the simulations did not assume any additional emission
reductions from the Clean Air Interstate Rule.  Under these conditions,
of the 56 areas included in the analysis,  did not have a predicted
PM2.5 design value simulated to meet PM2.5 NAAQS by  the end of  2009. 
If that progress is presumed to be as expeditious as practicable, 18 of
the areas should have little problem in developing simulations
demonstrating attainment and using that information to fulfill the RACT,
RACM and RFP SIP requirements.  The States with these 18 areas may wish
to use the emission projections, air quality modeling simulations, and
design value predictions to fulfill most of their attainment
demonstration requirement.

	As a starting point for developing burden estimates, the Agency looked
at the total hours expended in related EPA level of effort work
assignments, exclusive of the air quality modeling.  The total was about
2000 hours in level of technical effort.   The potential scope of that
effort was geographically broad including all non-attainment areas
outside CA.  Examples of the specific scope of the effort included:

Design of lower cost control strategies for 16 Subpart 2 moderate and
certain Subpart 1 areas

Examination of alternative emission reduction targets and geographic
areas (e.g., staying in State but going up to 100km for VOC emissions
reductions and up to 200km for NOx emission reductions for some
non-attainment areas).

Assessment of RFP requirements for certain non-attainment areas, 

Assessment of RACT/RACM

Differences in cost, emission reductions, economic, and energy impacts
looking at alternative frameworks for Phases 1 and 2 of the
Implementation Rule.

These activities are related to but do not precisely mimic the
incremental activities undertaken by a State to fulfill the attainment
demonstration including the reasonably available control measure
analysis as well as the RACT SIP, and RFP SIP submissions for a given 1
non-attainment area.

	To avoid understating the State burden, an estimate of 3,000 hours per
non-attainment area per State was assumed and applied to the 18 areas
that were projected to be in attainment by 2009.    

	Most of this estimated burden would be incurred in the first year. 
This is because of the overlap of emission reductions associated with
the attainment demonstration, RACT requirements and the RFP
requirements.  For example, emission reductions resulting from RACT may
be creditable toward attainment and RFP.  Furthermore, for Subpart 1
areas which are projected to meet the standard in an expeditious manner
by 2009, that demonstration fulfills the RACT, RACM and RFP
requirements.   Hence, although the attainment demonstration is not due
until April 5, 2008, it benefits the State and potentially regulated
entities to make the attainment demonstration and, where appropriate,
the RACT/RACM/RFP requirements early in the implementation planning
process.  The presumed allocation of total incremental burden across
time is 50% in year 1, 25% in year 2, and 25% in year 3. 

	For the remaining 27 non-attainment area not predicted below the NAAQS
in 2009, the total incremental burden hour estimate was increased by a
factor of 6.  Specifically, the estimated burden for these areas was
18,000 hours.  This estimate may be too high.  However, directionally,
one would expect more burden for the attainment demonstration in an area
not expected to attain the standard within 5 years of designation under
base case conditions.  The estimated burden was increased for 31 States
because certain areas of the 27 areas involve multiple States.  The
allocation of burden hours across time was the same for the 27 areas as
that for the other Subpart 1 areas. 

	In the case of the 2 areas in CA, the estimated total incremental
burden was put at 13,500 hours per area per State.  The rationale for a
number lower than 18,000 hours, but higher than 3,000 is based on the
results of the base case air quality simulations for the other States. 
The 13,500 total incremental burden hours per area per State is
consistent with the assumption that on average more of these areas will
be in projected to be in non-attainment by 2009/2010 under base case. 
The presumed allocation of total incremental burden across time is the
same as for the other areas.  To wit:  50% in year, 25% in year 2, and
25% in year 3.  

	The estimated incremental burden for non-attainment areas is presented
in Table 4.   The State total burden includes some non-attainment areas
that include multiple States.  For example, the Washington PM2.5
non-attainment area requires SIP submittals from DC, MD and VA. Table 4
presents the differences between estimated burden for States predicted
to meet the PM2.5 NAAQS with Federal Control programs on the one hand
and other States with areas not predicted to meet the NAAQS.  The
difference is explained by the great incremental burden estimate for the
19 non-attainment areas.



Table 4.  Estimated Incremental Burden for the States Attainment
Demonstration, RACT SIP Submission, and RFP SIP Submission for the
Subpart 1 Non-Attainment Areas.

State	EPA Region	No. of Areas or Parts of Areas	Additional Hours  Year 1
Additional Hours  Year 2	Additional

Hours Year 3

Alabama	4	2	18,000	9,000	9,000

California	9	2	13,500	6,750	6,750

Connecticut	1	1	1,500	750	750

District of Columbia	3	1	1,500	750	750

Delaware	3	1	1,500	750	750

Georgia	4	4	36,000	18,000	18,000

Illinois	5	2	18,000	9,000	9,000

Indiana	5	5	37,500	18,750	18,750

Kentucky	4	3	27,000	13,500	13,500

Maryland	3	3	4,500	2,250	2,250

Michigan	5	1	9,000	4,500	4,500

Missouri	7	1	9,000	4,500	4,500

Montana	8	1	9,000	4,500	4,500

North Carolina	4	2	3,000	1,500	1,500

New Jersey	2	2	3,000	1,500	1,500

New York	2	1	1,500	750	750

Ohio	5	9	51,000	25,500	25,500

Pennsylvania	3	8	19,500	9,750	9,750

Tennessee	4	2	18,000	9,000	9,000

Virginia	3	1	1,500	750	750

West Virginia	3	6	31,500	15,750	15,750

Total	Not Applicable	58

	310,500	157,500	157,500



	

6(b)	Estimating Respondent Cost

	Labor costs are estimated for State governments using the total of
projected additional hours for the Subpart 1 areas.  These estimates do
not reflect staff experience and economies of scale.  The hourly rates
are the result of estimated directed and indirect cost per employee.  
The main source of the information is   HYPERLINK
"http://www.opm.gov/oca/payrates/index.htm" 
http://www.opm.gov/oca/payrates/index.htm 

	The estimated weighted direct salary cost per employee is $35.88 per
hour.   This results from a summation of the professional, managerial,
and support staff components.  

Hourly equivalent 2006 Salary of Permanent Professional Staff at GS 11,
Step 3 is $29.06.   This is the average of hourly equivalent rates for
the San Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. areas.

To account for permanent managerial staff, 1/11 or 9% of the hourly rate
for GS 13, Step 3 is added to the professional staff hourly rates.  The
average hourly equivalent rate for GS-13 using rates for San Francisco,
CA and Washington, D.C. is $41.42.   Nine percent of that is $3.73.

To account for permanent support staff at GS-6, Step 6, 1/8 or 16% of
the hourly rate is added to the professional staff hourly rates.   The
average hourly equivalent rate for GS-6, Step 6 using rates for San
Francisco, CA and Washington, D.C. is $19.33.  Sixteen percent of that
is $3.09. 

The estimated hourly indirect cost per employee is $20.81.  This amount
is the sum of the following:

Benefits at 16% of the weighted direct hourly equivalent salary cost per
employee or $5.74.

Sick and annual leave at 10% of the weighted direct hourly equivalent
salary cost per employee or $3.59.

General overhead at 32% of the weighed direct hourly equivalent salary
cost per employee or $11.48.

	

The estimated total weighted direct and indirect hourly equivalent
salary cost per employee is $56.69.  The additional cost in year 1 for
the 21 States to submit the SIP requirements for the 58 areas or parts
of areas is $17.9 million.   The cost estimates for years 2 and 3 are
$8.9 million.

  

6(c)	Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

The estimated agency burden is derived from the estimates for the
respondents.  Draft estimates were developed by the headquarters staff
with review by regional office staff and subsequent refinement of the
Agency burden and cost estimates.

The respondent burden was summed by EPA regional offices and a
percentage was applied to the yearly burden estimate to reflect the
actions taken on the part of the regional offices.   Once yearly burdens
were estimated for the Agency’s Regional Offices, a percentage of
those amounts are specified to derive estimates for the Agency’s
Headquarters Office Burdens.  Discussions were held with Regional Office
and Headquarters staff regarding the percentages and resulting burden
estimates.

Agency Regional Office Burden.  Table 5 summarizes total incremental
respondent burden by Regional Office and provides estimates of total
incremental Agency Regional Office burden.   The summary of total
incremental respondent burden comes from Table 4.  The Agency Regional
Office burden is presumed to be 10% of the estimated total incremental
burden for respondent by EPA Regional Office.   The total incremental
burden allocation for the Agency Regional Offices in Table 5 is 50% in
year 1, 25% in year 2, and 25% in year 3.

In discussions with Agency Regional Office staff, they indicated that
the total incremental burden estimates were ballpark.  However, some
regional office staff felt that a more reasonable allocation of total
incremental Agency Regional Office burden would be 37.5% in year 1,
37.5% in year 2, and 25% in year 3.   If that allocation were used, the
corresponding Agency Regional Office burden estimates in years 1 and 2
would be 23,625 and year 3 would be 15,750.   

Table 5.  Estimated Agency Regional Office Burden Derived by Taking 10%
of Regional Respondent Burden Total for Years 1, 2, and 3

EPA Regional Office	Year 1 Respondents’ Burden	Year 1 Agency Reg.
Office  Burden	Year 2 Agency Reg. Office Burden	Year 3 Agency Reg Office
Burden

1	1,500	150	75	75

2	4,500	450	225	225

3	60,000	6,000	3,000	3,000

4	102,000	10,200	5,100	5,100

5	115,500	11,550	5,775	5,775

6	No PM 2.5 Non-attainment areas	 	 	 

7	9,000	900	450	450

8	9,000	900	450	450

9	13,500	1,350	675	675

10	No PM 2.5 Non-attainment areas	 	 	 

Grand Total	315,000	31,500	15,750	15,750



Agency Headquarters Burden.  The Regional Office burden estimates for
years 1, 2, and 3 are multiplied by 10% to arrive at an estimate for
Headquarters burden for the same 3 years.  Resulting hours for year 1 is
3,150.  The estimates for years 2 and 3 are 1,575.   

Total Incremental Burden for the Agency.   The regional and headquarters
office burden estimate for year 1 is 34,650 hours.   The estimates for
years 2 and 3 are 17,325 hours each year.

Total Cost for the Agency.  Using the weighted direct and indirect
salary equivalent hour rate derived in section 6(b), the total
incremental burden hours are multiplied by that rate.   The result is
the total cost estimate for the Agency; see Table 6.

Table 6.  Total Cost Estimate for the Agency

Entity	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3

Regional Office	$1.79 million	$0.89 million	$0.89 million

Headquarters Office	$0.18 million	$0.09 million	$0.09 million

Total Agency Cost	$1.96 million	$0.98 million	$0.98 million



6(d)	Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Additional Burden and
Costs

	Part D of Title I of the Clean Air Act of 1990 provided plan
requirements for Subpart 1 non-attainment areas along with prescribed
requirements and schedules for those areas.   The major set of
respondents is the States, as they have over 90% of the estimated
additional burden to meet these requirements on the specified schedule. 
There is also burden imposed on the Regional and Headquarters Offices of
the Agency.   Because of the overlap in work for the attainment
demonstration, RACM SIP submittal, RACT SIP submittal, and RFP SIP
submittal, most of the cost will be incurred in year 1 of the 3 year
period covered by this ICR.   In the Agency’s roles as facilitator,
compiler, reviewer, and preparer, the estimated burden for the Agency is
also expected to be greater in the 1st year than in the 2nd or 3rd
years. 

	The total incremental respondent universe burden and cost estimates are
presented in Table 7.  

Table 7.  Total Incremental Respondent & Agency Universe Burden and Cost
Estimates 

Entity	Average Yearly Burden – (hours)	3-Year Burden –(hours)
Present Value of Costs for 3-Year Burden

States	210,000	630,000	$33,429,175

Agency	23,100	69,300	$3,677,209

Total	233,100	699,300	$37,106,385



*The estimates are in current year (2006) dollars.  Costs for years 2
and 3 are calculated using the equation Present Value = Future Value/ (1
+ interest rate)t ,where “t” is the number of years hence (i.e., 0
for year 1, 1 for year 2, 2 for year 3).  The adjusted values for years
1, 2, and 3 are then summed.

6(e)	Burden Statement

	The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 10,000 hours per State
respondent for this reporting period.  This estimate is derived by
taking 210,000 hours, the average yearly burden for the States
identified in Table 7, and dividing by 21, the number of affected
States.  Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide
information or for a Federal agency other than EPA to do so.   This
estimate includes the time and burden needed to conduct the tasks
associated each State submitting the PM2.5 SIP required for each PM2.5
nonattainment area.  The PM2.5 SIP will need to include the attainment
demonstration, RFP, RACT and RACM SIP milestones covered during this ICR
reporting period.  In meeting these milestones, such incremental efforts
may include reviewing instructions as well as verifying, processing,
maintaining, and disclosing information.  Such efforts may require
incremental development, acquisition, installation, and/or utilization
of technological systems for several purposes.  These purposes include
collecting, verifying, validating, processing, maintaining and
disclosing information associated with the each milestone.  The
incremental efforts may result from adjusting the ways to comply with
the previously applicable instructions associated with other National
Ambient Air Quality Standards such as 8-hr ozone and PM-10.  
Consequently, in meeting the milestones, there could be some incremental
burden associated with learning/training, searching data sources, and
transmitting the deliverables.

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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.   When
this ICR is approved by OMB, the Agency will publish a technical
amendment to 40 CFR part 9 in the Federal Register to display the OMB
control number for the approved information collection requirements
contained in the final implementation rule.  However, as will be stated
in the April 2007 Federal Register Notice for the PM2.5 Implementation
Rule, “.. the failure to have an approved ICR for this rule does not
affect the statutory obligation for the States to submit SIPs as
required under part D of the CAA.”

The Agency established a docket for the PM2.5 National Ambient Air
Quality Standard Implementation Rule under Docket ID No.OAR-2003-0062. 
All documents in the docket are listed in the EDOCKET index at  
HYPERLINK "http://www.epa.gov/edocket"  http://www.epa.gov/edocket  or  
HYPERLINK "http://www.regulations.gov"  http://www.regulations.gov . 
Although listed in the index, some information such as Confidential
Business Information is not publicly available.  Other information such
as copyrighted materials are not placed on the internet, but are
available in hard copy form at the EPA Docket Center (Air Docket),
EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC.  The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays.  The telephone number for the
Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744.  The telephone number for the
Office of Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center is (202)
566-1742.

 Attainment demonstrations as well as RFP, RACM and RACT are viewed as
analytical products to some; but are regulations to others.  In the
context of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the attainment demonstration and
RFP, RACM and RACT submissions are considered data.

 However, the states may choose to retain the information for more than
3 years.

 However, the states must still submit their attainment demonstration,
RFP SIP, RACT SIP and RACM SIP.

   HYPERLINK "http://www.census.gov/naics"  http://www.census.gov/naics 
 Code number 924110 includes “administration of air & water resources
& solid waste management programs

  In some instances, there are local air pollution control districts
within the states.   These local agencies work in partnership with the
states to facilitate accomplishment of the activities noted below. 

 EPA Contract No.  68-D-00-283; Work Assignments 3-53 and 4-66.

 For example, if a Subpart 1 area which is projected to attain the
standard by 2009 is in two states, the assumed burden is 6,000 hours: 
3,000 hours for each state.  If a similar Subpart 1 area is found in
only one state, the burden is assumed to be 3,000 hours.

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