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Supporting Statement

Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations for Ozone

EPA ICR # 0940

PART A

1. Identification of the Information Collection

 (a) Title of the Information Collection

 “Revisions to Ambient Air Monitoring Regulations for Ozone (Proposed Rule)”

(b) Short Characterization/Abstract

This Information Collection Request (ICR) includes ambient air monitoring data 

reporting and recordkeeping activities associated with the 40 CFR part 58 Ambient Air Quality 

Surveillance regulations. These data and information are collected by State, local, and Tribal air 

quality management agencies and reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 

As part of the Ozone NAAQS proposed rulemaking, EPA is proposing revisions to the 

length of the required O3 monitoring season (see section VI) of the preamble). Unlike the 

ambient monitoring requirements for other criteria pollutants that mandate year-round 

monitoring, the currently required O3 monitoring seasons vary in length due to the dependence of 

ozone-forming photochemical activity on seasonally-dependent factors such as ambient 

temperature, strength of insulation, and length of day. The changes in the proposed rule affect 

the following states by changing the length of the required ozone season by the listed number of 

months:

 Add one month (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, 

Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, 

New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South 

Carolina, Texas (northern portion), Virginia, West Virginia)

 Add two months, (Indiana, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)

 Add four months (Florida, South Dakota)

 Add five months (Colorado)

 Add seven months (Utah)

 Add 1.5 months (Wisconsin)

Additionally, O3 monitors at NCore stations currently operate on a year-round basis, i.e., 

January to December, regardless of the length of the required O3 season for the state in which the 

NCore station is located. EPA is proposing that the length of the ozone monitoring season for 

NCore be year round.
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O3 monitors will be required to operate according to the revised monitoring season 

requirements effective January 1, 2017, or the first day of the required monitoring season in 

2017.

The EPA is also proposing changes to the PAMS network design and method collection 

requirements. The EPA recognizes that the proposed changes to the PAMS requirement will 

require resources and a reasonable implementation schedule if they are promulgated. The 

implementation of these changes, if finalized, will occur beyond the time frame of this ICR with 

likely implementation dates between late 2017 and 2019, depending on the resulting schedule of 

any mandatory O3 designations triggered if the level of the O3 NAAQS is revised. Accordingly, 

the cost estimates for the PAMS network (including proposed revisions) will be captured in 

future routine updates to the Ambient Air Surveillance ICR that are required every 3 years by the 

Office of Management and Budget. At this time, the EPA believes that the current national 

funding level of the PAMS program is sufficient to support these proposed changes, especially in 

light of the staggered compliance schedule described above. An additional discussion of PAMS 

funding issues is included in section VI.C of the O3 NAAQS preamble.. 

EPA and others (e.g., State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies, 

environmental groups, academic institutions, and industrial groups) use ambient monitoring data 

for many purposes. Some of the more prominent uses include informing the public and other 

interested parties of an area's air quality, judging an area's (e.g., county, city, neighborhood) air 

quality in comparison with the established health or welfare standards (including both national 

and local standards), evaluating an air quality management agency's progress in achieving or 

maintaining air pollutant levels below the national and local standards, developing and revising 

State Implementation Plans (SIPs) in accordance with 40 CFR part 51, evaluating air pollutant 

control strategies, developing or revising national control policies, providing data for air quality 

model development and validation, supporting enforcement actions, documenting episodes and 

initiating episode controls, air quality trends assessment, and air pollution research.

The State, local, and tribal air quality management agencies with responsibility for 

reporting ambient air quality data and information as requested in this ICR submit these data 

electronically to the EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) and AIRNow databases. Quality 

assurance/quality control records and monitoring network documentation are also maintained by 

each State, local, and Tribal agency, in AQS electronic format where possible.

Although the State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies are responsible for 

the operation of the air monitoring networks, the EPA funds a portion of the total costs through 

federal grants. Some of these grants require an appropriate level of contribution, or match from 

the State/local air quality management agencies. The costs shown in this ICR are the total costs 

incurred for the monitoring program regardless of the source of the funding. 

For the purpose of this ICR, the burden figures represent the burden estimate based on the 

requirements contained in the proposed rule. The burden estimates are for the 3-year period of 

2015 through 2017. ICR burden estimates are associated with the current O3 monitoring portion 

of ICR #0940 (2060-0084).
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This Information Collection is estimated to involve 158 respondents for a total average 

cost of approximately $24,115,182 (total capital, and labor and operation and maintenance)

plus a total burden of 339,930 hours for the support of all operational aspects of the entire ozone 

monitoring network. The labor costs associated with these hours are $19,813,692. Also 

included in the total are other costs of operations and maintenance of $2,210,132 and equipment 

and contract costs of $2,091,358. EPA typically funds 60 percent of the $24,115,182 through 

grants to the State/local agencies. In addition to the costs at the State, local, and Tribal air 

quality management agencies, there is a burden to EPA of 41,418 hours and $2,617,591. 

The actual labor cost increase associated with the proposed changes to the ozone 

monitoring season is $1,668,433 from the previously approved ICR.

2. Need for and Use of the Collection

(a) Need/Authority for the Collection

The information requirements included within this ICR are necessary to provide the EPA 

with ambient air quality surveillance data to determine the United States' air quality status, to 

make attainment decisions with respect to the NAAQS, to assist in developing necessary control 

strategies to ensure attainment of the NAAQS, to assess national trends in air pollution, to inform 

the public of air quality, and to determine the population's exposure to various ambient air 

pollutants. The EPA's goal of attaining the NAAQS in all areas of the United States is directly 

dependent upon the availability of ambient air quality data requested in this information 

collection. Additionally, the EPA, State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies, 

environmental groups, industrial groups, and academic organizations use these data to study 

atmospheric chemistry, e.g., the formation of O3, to determine the most appropriate and effective 

control strategies necessary to reduce air pollution.

The principal legal authority for this information collection is the Clean Air Act 42 

U.S.C.A. §§ 7403, 7410, and 7511a, from which the 40 CFR part 58 regulations were 

promulgated.

Under § 7403 (c), the Administrator is required to conduct a program of research, testing, 

and development of methods for sampling, measurement, monitoring, analysis, and modeling of 

air pollutants, specifically including a requirement to establish a national network to monitor, 

collect, and compile data with quantification of certainty in the status and trends of air emissions 

and air quality. This program will also include the development of improved methods and 

technologies to increase understanding of the sources of O3 precursors, O3 formation, O3

transport, regional influences on urban O3, regional O3 trends, and interactions of O3 with other 

pollutants. 

Section 7410 (a) contains the SIP requirements, which include a requirement that each 

State submit a SIP that provides for the establishment and operation of appropriate devices, 

methods, systems, and procedures necessary to monitor, compile, analyze, and make available to 

the Administrator data on ambient air quality. 
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Section 7511a (c)(1) states that the Administrator will promulgate rules requiring that 

State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies conduct enhanced monitoring of O3 and 

its precursors (oxides of nitrogen and volatile organic compounds) in serious, severe, or extreme 

O3 nonattainment areas. 

2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data

The EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) uses the ambient air 

quality data included within this collection to make attainment decisions with respect to each air 

pollutant subject to NAAQS. For those areas that do not attain the NAAQS for one or more 

pollutants, the OAQPS, the affected EPA Regional Office, and the affected State or local air 

quality management agency will work to develop an appropriate SIP to address how the area's air 

quality can be improved to meet the applicable NAAQS.

To identify how the nation is progressing in improving air quality, the OAQPS prepares 

annually the National Air Quality and Emissions Trends report (http://www.epa.gov/airtrends) 

using the ambient air quality data collected through this ICR. The State, local, and Tribal air 

quality management agencies use these data for multiple purposes including tracking their 

progress toward achieving and maintaining air quality within the established NAAQS and any 

statewide standards they have established. For example, the State of California has established a 

separate statewide O3 air quality standard that is more stringent than the NAAQS for O3; 

therefore, they use ambient air data to determine compliance with both standards. 

3. NON-DUPLICATION, CONSULTATIONS, AND OTHER COLLECTION CRITERIA

3(a) Non-duplication

This collection is not unnecessarily duplicative of information otherwise reasonably 

accessible to the agency. The AQS and AIRNow systems, which contain information based 

solely on this collection, are the only national air quality data repositories available to the EPA. 

The ambient air quality surveillance data and related information collected through this 

information collection are not otherwise reasonably accessible to the EPA.

A few State and local air quality management agencies have their own data storage 

systems (e.g., the California Air Resources Board); however, most State, local, and Tribal air 

quality management agencies use the AQS and AIRNow as their primary repositories for all air 

quality data.

3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

The 1995 Paperwork Reduction Act requires that any agency developing a non-rule 

related ICR must solicit public comments for a 60-day period prior to submitting the ICR to 

OMB. This section is not applicable to this ICR because this is a rule-related ICR. 

3(c) Consultations
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Through the course of planning, monitoring, and improving upon this collection and its 

associated regulation, the EPA regularly consults with affected State, local, and Tribal air quality 

management agencies through various methods including the regulatory process, regular 

meetings, and training courses. The EPA routinely conducts workshops and training on the AQS 

reporting system. The EPA Regional Offices conduct annual ambient air monitoring meetings 

with their affected State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies to assist these 

affected agencies with this collection and its associated regulation. The EPA’s OAQPS also 

meets regularly with leading State and local air monitoring managers to discuss the Nation’s 

ambient air monitoring program and this collection, via large monthly phone calls and smaller in 

person meetings two or three times per year. Key advisory committees include the Monitoring 

Steering Committee of NACAA (National Association of Clean Air Agencies) and the Ambient 

Monitoring & Methods Subcommittee (AMMS) of CASAC. EPA meets with these committees 

on a regular basis to exchange information on ambient monitoring requirements.

3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection

State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies would collect and report ambient 

air quality data without the 40 CFR 58 regulation associated with this collection. Sanctions do 

not automatically accrue to State or local air quality management agencies that fail to meet these 

requirements. The 40 CFR part 58 regulations and this associated collection do provide for a 

consistent system for reporting and record keeping that would not exist without these 

requirements. The effects of less frequent collection include:

• A national database that is not consistently updated and available for public 

consumption;

• Less timely attainment designations with respect to the NAAQS;

• More difficulty in identifying and repairing problems with an ambient air monitor--

i.e., data are used to check a monitor’s operating condition, and reporting data less 

frequently would delay a State or local agency’s ability to recognize a problem with a 

monitor or a laboratory procedure; and

• The EPA would not be able to consistently answer questions from the public in a 

timely fashion regarding air quality in various areas of the country.

3(e) General Guidelines

All of the OMB's general guidelines for information collections in 5 CFR 1320.6 are met 

by this ICR. None of the guidelines are exceeded.

• Data reporting on a quarterly basis is the requirement. Nearly all respondents 

voluntarily report on a monthly basis.

• Record retention is for no more than 3 years (most records are kept by the EPA data 

repository, not the affected State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies)
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• Information is maintained and reported in the standardized electronic AQS format.

3(f) Confidentiality

Information that is considered personal, private, proprietary, or confidential is not 

required for this collection. One purpose of collecting ambient air data through AQS and 

AIRNow is to inform the public of general air quality in ambient air (air considered generally 

accessible to the public), and as such, does not present a need for maintaining a confidential 

nature. Security measures are taken to prevent tampering with the AQS electronic database by 

limiting the access to the AQS mainframe only to authorized users

3(g) Sensitive Questions

This section is not applicable to this ICR because no information involving matters of a 

sensitive nature is collected.

4. THE RESPONDENTS AND THE INFORMATION REQUESTED

4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes

This ICR affects State, local, and Tribal governments (SIC code 951, Administration of 

Environmental Quality Program) that are currently operating and maintaining established 

ambient air quality networks. The 40 CFR part 58 regulations associated with this request 

require that State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies conduct the ambient air 

quality surveillance and report the data to the EPA's AQS. Although industrial, environmental, 

and research organizations may use the data available through the AQS, they are not required to 

report any information for this information collection. Data submittal to AIRNow is voluntary 

for all organizations, but most State, local and Tribal agencies reporting to AQS also report to 

AIRNow.

4(b) Information Requested

(i) Data items, including record keeping requirements

These data items are submitted electronically to EPA's AQS as required by 40 CFR part 

58. These data are stored electronically within the EPA's AQS, and separate records kept by the 

State or local air quality management agency are not required.

• Hourly ambient air pollutant concentrations of O3 collected at SLAMS/PAMS and 

tribal sites.

• Ozone precursor and meteorological data collected at PAMS.

• Precision and accuracy data for all SLAMS sites, PAMS, and Special Purpose 

Monitors (SPM).
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• SLAMS monitoring network description information, including the site AQS 

identification number, site location, sampling and analysis method, operating 

schedule, monitoring objective, site's scale of representation, identity of the urban 

area represented, and quality assurance plan.

• PAMS network description which includes an implementation schedule, 

identification of the monitoring area represented, AQS site identification number, site 

location, site type, sampling and analysis method, operating schedule, and an O3

event forecasting scheme, if appropriate.

• Results of the annual ambient air monitoring network and quality assurance plan 

review.

(ii) Respondent Activities

A model respondent would engage in the following activities to comply with this 

information request:

• Read the 40 CFR part 58 regulatory provisions and other EPA guidance (for example, 

please reference our Internet site at www.epa.gov/ttn/amtic.)

• Plan ambient air monitoring activities, such as developing a quality assurance plan 

for the network operation and maintenance, developing and reviewing the ambient air 

quality surveillance network design, planning where to locate sites, planning how to 

maintain and operate each site, developing a data reporting and validation plan.

• Write the quality assurance plan for network operation and maintenance, the ambient 

air quality surveillance network plan, and the data reporting and validation plan. 

Submit these plans to the EPA Regional or Headquarters office for review, and 

approval if appropriate.

• Obtain on-site leases or agreements to locate ambient air quality surveillance 

equipment.

• Investigate vendors, and procure equipment necessary to meet the ambient air quality 

network plan.

• Receive training for site operation and maintenance, quality assurance procedures, 

and data processing and reporting.

• Make arrangements for appropriate utility hookups for each ambient air quality 

surveillance site, i.e., electricity, telephones, data lines for electronic submission of 

concentrations from automated analyzers.
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• Install ambient air quality surveillance equipment and equipment shelter. Ensure 

security of the site.

• Conduct ambient air quality monitoring, incorporating all appropriate quality 

assurance procedures such as calibrations, precision and accuracy checks, and, if 

necessary, concurrent monitoring.

• Validate the ambient air data for quality assurance considerations.

• Electronically submit the complete and validated ambient air data to the AQS and/or 

AIRNow data repositories.

• Prepare and submit to EPA annually the SLAMS sites summary report. 

Each of these activities are conducted using existing reporting and recordkeeping 

practices, including electronic submittal to the AQS and to AIRNow . If the 40 CFR part 58 

regulations did not exist, and presumably the related AQS and AIRNow, the quality assurance 

procedures, and the siting guidance did not exist, the State, local, and Tribal air quality 

management agencies would in a majority of cases conduct monitoring; however, methods used 

by each agency would vary and data would not be readily available to EPA and the public. The 

influence of the 40 CFR part 58 regulations has been to provide a nationally consistent 

mechanism for collecting ambient air quality data including uniform quality assurance 

procedures, data collection and storage mediums (AQS), and uniform methodology. Without 

these regulations and associated ICRs, managing and maintaining a national air quality program 

would be extremely difficult, if possible.

5. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED--AGENCY ACTIVITIES, COLLECTION

METHODOLOGY, AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

5(a) Agency Activities

The EPA conducts the following activities to implement this ICR and associated 

regulation:

• Periodically review the 40 CFR part 58 regulations to update the information 

collection and monitoring requirements in light of new technological developments 

or new air pollutant standards. Develop revisions to the regulations in response to 

legislative action and program changes.

• Establish, maintain, and support the AQS and AIRNow as the national repositories 

for all State, local, and Tribal air quality management agency ambient air quality data 

and monitoring information. Periodically evaluate and improve upon this system as 

new technologies, and new regulatory requirements would dictate.
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• Answer respondent (generally State, local, and Tribal air quality management 

agencies, but also industrial organizations, environmental groups, and others) 

questions about ambient air monitoring, the 40 CFR part 58 regulatory requirements, 

and the AQS and AIRNow. This includes the establishment of the Ambient 

Monitoring Technology Information Center bulletin board, the AQS toll-free hotline, 

and other written or verbal communication.

• Support the quality assurance program by working within the EPA and with the 

respondents to evaluate precision and accuracy data, oversee the National 

Performance Audit Program, participate in systems audits, and conduct data 

validation checks on the AQS data submittal.

• Provide within the AQS mechanisms for statistical calculations, such as the number 

of times a particular ambient air quality monitoring site exceeds the NAAQS. 

Distribute the AQS data in various ways including upon written request, by Freedom 

of Information Act request, by press release, and in the annual National Air Quality 

and Emissions Trends Report. 

• Provide adequate electronic storage space within the AQS for all ambient air quality 

surveillance data and information.

• Provide various reports and graphics for users of AIRNow.

5(b) Collection Methodology and Management

All State, local, and Tribal ambient air monitoring networks have access to and use wellestablished quality assurance procedures as defined in the Quality Assurance Handbook for Air 

Pollution Measurement Systems, Volumes I and II, EPA/600/R-94/038a & b. These documents 

ensure that all ambient air quality data are accurate and reliable. 

The EPA has provided and will continue to provide resources for the maintenance and 

operation of the AQS and AIRNow national data repositories. All data required by this 

collection are submitted electronically to reduce the burden of the collection and to improve data 

quality, agency efficiency, and responsiveness to the public. Various statistical and graphical 

summaries are also provided by the AQS and AIRNow systems which enhance the utility of the 

information for consumption by the public and all affected State, local, and Tribal air quality 

management agencies. In submitting ambient air data into the AQS and AIRNow national 

repositories, we ensure that the data are publicly available, electronically stored, and 

electronically retrievable. State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies and the EPA 

have been submitting data to the AQS since its inception in 1987.

5(c) Small Entity Flexibility --

This collection contains a minimum amount of information in order to manage the air 

quality program for the United States. The smallest entities affected by this collection are local 
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air quality management agencies, typically consisting of the governing agencies for a county or 

group of counties, or a smaller metropolitan area (e.g., cities with a population of 100,000). This 

collection reduces to the extent practicable and appropriate the burden on entities that provide 

ambient air quality data and information to or for the EPA, including with respect to small 

entities, as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601(6)), the use of such 

techniques as:

• Establishing differing compliance or reporting requirements or timetables that 

account for the resources available to those who are to respond (e.g., the monitoring 

and reporting requirements decrease as the population of an area decreases, and 

various timetables for deploying ambient air monitoring stations are negotiated 

between the affected State, local or Tribal air quality management agency and the 

EPA with consideration of the respondent's resources); 

• Clarification, consolidation, or simplification of compliance and reporting 

requirements (e.g., by establishing, maintaining, and improving as needed the AQS 

and AIRNow national repositories for ambient air quality data and information);

• Exemption from coverage of the collection of information, or any part thereof (e.g., 

the EPA negotiates with State, local, and Tribal air quality management agencies to 

determine the most effective and most efficient ambient air quality networks with 

respect to the monitoring needs, technical abilities, and resources available to each 

affected agency).

5(d) Collection Schedule

Ambient air quality surveillance data and precision and accuracy data for criteria air 

pollutants are submitted according to the schedule defined in 40 CFR 58.16. These current 

regulations require that State and local air quality management agencies report their data within 

90 days after the end of the quarter during which the data were collected. Ambient data are 

certified on annual basis by a deadline of May 1 of each year for the previous calendar year.

The annual air quality surveillance network reviews are conducted and reports are 

submitted to the EPA on a schedule that is determined by the affected State or local air quality 

management agency and the EPA Regional Office. 

Ambient air quality data and information are made available to the public at any time in 

various ways, including:

• Upon request to the appropriate EPA Regional office, or to the OAQPS;

• By Freedom of Information Act Request to the appropriate EPA Regional Office or 

the OAQPS;

• From the State or local air quality management agency responsible for collecting the 

ambient air quality data and information; 
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• By obtaining access, through appropriate EPA channels, to the AQS and AIRNow to 

obtain the data electronically; 

• Through EPA public reports, such as the annual National Air Quality and Emissions 

Trends Report; or

• Through the AIRNow data base and the AQI reporting mechanisms which include 

newspaper, television, Internet and other publicly available notices (see 

www.epa.gov/airnow).

6. ESTIMATING THE BURDEN AND COST OF THE COLLECTION

6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden

All activities listed with section 4 (b) (ii) of this ICR Supporting Statement are presented 

in Worksheet 1. The detailed burden and cost estimates for the different types of monitors are 

based on information provided in the updated version of Guidance for Estimating Ambient Air 

Monitoring Costs for Criteria Pollutants and Selected Air Toxic Pollutants (prepared by Desert 

Research Institute for the EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality 

Assessment Division, Ambient Air Monitoring Group, January 2005). The cost estimates 

presented in this guidance document are based on existing literature and direct monitoring 

experience. The costs for equipment and supplies were verified with vendors. The monitoring 

costs are based on vendor quotes for the monitor type that EPA expects respondents to use to 

comply with the requirements. Costs for level of effort estimates are verified with selected State 

and local agencies. All cost values presented in the guidance document are adjusted to 2004 

dollars, based on the average of the first two quarters. 

For use in preparing the burden estimates for this ICR, costs for the monitoring 

requirements were inflated to 2015, 2016, and 2017. The cost escalation factors were estimated 

based on the appropriate Gross Domestic Product (GDP) price indices. Tables showing the 

detailed burden estimate calculations are presented below. A summary of the average annual 

respondent burden costs follows.

Worksheet 1: Annual Average Respondent Burden Estimates

Collection

Activities

Total Labor Hours

Per Respondent Per Year

(158 respondents)

1. Network design 5

2. Site installation 25

3. Sampling & analysis 733
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4. Maintenance & repairs 415

5. Data management 238

6. Quality assurance 479

7. Supervision 256

TOTAL 2151

6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs

All activities listed with section 4 (b) (ii) of this ICR Supporting Statement are included 

in the Worksheet 2. A summary of the average annual respondent burden costs follows.

Worksheet 2: Annual Average Respondent Cost Estimates

Collection

Activities

Total Labor Cost 

Per Respondent Per Year 

(158 respondents)

1. Network design $373

2. Site installation $1363

3. Sampling & analysis $39,618

4. Maintenance & repairs $24,153

5. Data management $14,198

6. Quality assurance $29,247

7. Supervision $16,451

TOTAL $125,403

6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

We estimated the Agency burden and cost by using current burden and cost of the 

ambient air monitoring program related to this collection. We included burden and cost for the 

OAQPS, the ten Regional Offices, and associated contract activities. The in-house activities for 

this collection are completed by a variety of individuals with a variety of salaries; therefore, we 

used the actual salary as an average for computing the program costs. Actual contractor 
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expenses were used for those activities completed using extramural resources. We estimated a 

total of 41,418 hours and $2,617,591 total agency burden.

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

Worksheet 3 shows the total respondent hourly burdens and costs which was taken from 

section 6(b) above for the estimated 158 respondents. The total labor burden for the respondents 

was estimated to be 339,930 hours at a total cost of $19,813,692.

Worksheet 3: Annual Total Respondent Labor Burden/Cost Estimates

Collection

Activities

Total Labor Hours

Per Year

Total Labor Cost

Per Year

1. Network design 858 $58,946

2. Site installation 3958 $215,397

3. Sampling & analysis 115,730 $6,259,584

4. Maintenance & repairs 65,580 $3,816,161

5. Data management 37,612 $2,243,284

6. Quality assurance 76,687 $4,620,960

7. Supervision 50,506 $2,599,360

TOTAL 339,930 $19,813,692

6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

(i) Respondent Tally

Respondent Total Annual Burden = 339,930 hours

Respondent Total Annual Labor Cost = $19,813,692

Respondent Total Annual Cost for O & M = $2,210,132

Respondent Total Equipment/Contract Dollars = $2,091,358

Total Respondent Tally = $24,115,182

(ii) The Agency Tally

Agency Total Annual Burden = 41,418 hours

Agency Total Annual Cost = $2,617,591
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(iii) Variations In The Annual Bottom Line.

We do not expect any significant variations in the annual bottom line for the ambient air 

monitoring networks for the clearance period requested.

6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden

EPA is revising the length of the ozone monitoring season to support changes to the 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for O3 that are being proposed in December 

2014, FR . For the purpose of this ICR, we have calculated the burden for the operation and 

maintenance of the ozone monitoring network. The ICR burden estimates are associated with 

the current ozone monitoring portion of the approved ICR, 2060-0084 - "Ambient Air Quality 

Surveillance."

6(g) Burden Statement

The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 31 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information 

to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 

verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing 

information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data 

sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose 

the 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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

To allow comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the 

provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, 

including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA established a public docket for this 

ICR under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0699 which has been available for public 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The 

EPA Docket Center 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 Reading Room is (202) 566-

1744, and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center 

Docket is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available at 

www.regulations.gov. This site can be used to submit or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. When in the system, select “search,” then key in the 

Docket ID Number identified above. Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, 
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D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number 

EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0699 and OMB Control Number 2060-0084 in any correspondence.

PART B OF SUPPORTING STATEMENT

This section is not applicable to this ICR because statistical methods are not used in the 

data collection associated with the rule amendments.