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Posted Date: 2003-04-18T04:00Z

SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
1
ABSTRACT
­
This
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
deals
with
reports
required
by
40
CFR
51.321,
51.322,
and
51.323.
The
respondents
(
States)
are
required
to
annually
update
information
on
stationary
sources
emitting
at
least
threshold
amounts
of
pollutants
regulated
by
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standards
(
NAAQS).
EPA's
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards
(
OAQPS)
uses
the
annual
emission
reports
to
update
the
national
data
base
of
emissions
from
stationary
sources
which
it
has
maintained
since
1974.
The
data
are
used
in
developing
emission
standards,
applying
dispersion
models,
and
in
preparing
national
trend
assessments
and
other
special
analyses
and
reports.

1.
NEED
FOR
CURRENT
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
ACTIVITIES
While
the
Clean
Air
Act
does
not
provide
a
specific
authorization
for
a
national
emissions
data
base,
the
Act
provides
the
EPA
ample
legislative
authority
for
acquiring
such
data.
Emission
data
are
of
vital
importance
to
the
EPA
for
fulfilling
a
host
of
monitoring,
standard­
setting,
rulemaking,
reviewing,
and
reporting
duties.
Section
110
and
301(
a)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
provide
a
primary
authority
for
a
national
emissions
data
base.
Section
110
requires
each
State
to
prepare
a
plan
which
provides
for
implementation,
maintenance
and
enforcement
of
the
primary
standard
for
each
pollutant
for
which
air
quality
criteria
have
been
issued.
This
plan
must
include
provisions
for
periodic
reports
identifying
sources
and
listing
amounts
of
emissions.
Section
301(
a)
authorizes
the
Administrator
to
promulgate
necessary
regulations.

Congressional
support
for
collecting
and
reporting
emissions
data
is
demonstrated
in
three
sections
of
the
Clean
Air
Act.
Section
110(
2)(
F)
requires
that
each
State
provide
for
periodic
reports
on
the
nature
and
amounts
of
emissions
of
criteria
pollutants
from
stationary
sources.
Section
172(
b)
requires
that
each
State
plan
include
an
emissions
inventory
and
that
it
be
revised
and
resubmitted
as
frequently
as
necessary.
Furthermore,
Section
114(
1)
gives
authority
to
the
EPA
Administrator
to
require
sources
to
establish
and
maintain
records
and
to
sample
emissions,
and
for
the
Administrator
to
have
access
to
such
records.

In
addition
to
the
activities
authorized
in
these
Sections,
national
emission
data
bases
are
critical
to
the
development
of
New
Source
Performance
Standards
(
Section
111),
Maximum
Achievable
Control
Technology
Standards
(
Section
112),
in
refining
and
applying
the
air
quality
models
described
in
Section
320,
and
in
preparing
national
trends
assessments
and
reports.

2.
DESCRIPTION
OF
USES
AND
USERS
OF
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
2
Emissions
data
and
related
information
on
major
stationary
sources
are
routinely
used
by
the
OAQPS
and
the
EPA
Regional
Offices
in
carrying
out
a
variety
of
activities.
These
activities
support
regulatory
functions
as
well
as
functions
that
are
more
programmatic
in
nature
such
as
trends
analyses.
Such
projects
include:

!
Evaluation
of
proposed
control
strategies
for
States
and
larger
areas,
including
applications
of
the
EPA's
Regional
Oxidant
Model
(
ROM);

!
Development
of
national
control
strategies
and
preparation
of
Regulatory
Impact
Analyses;

!
Preparation
and
publication
of
national
summaries
of
emissions
including
trend
analyses;

!
As
a
data
base
to
assist
in
the
identification
of
important
source
categories
for
future
regulation;

!
Preparation
of
the
stationary
source
portion
of
a
report
to
Congress
on
sulfur
dioxide
(
SO
2)
emissions.
This
report
is
required
by
Section
406
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
and
is
due
on
a
five­
year
cycle
that
began
on
January
1,
1995.
The
report
must
contain
an
inventory
of
national
annual
SO
2
emissions
from
industrial
sources
(
as
defined
in
Title
IV
of
the
Clean
Air
Act);
and
!
Assistance
to
States
in
performing
case­
by­
case
maximum
achievable
control
technology
(
MACT)
determinations.

EPA's
Office
of
Research
and
Development
uses
stationary
source
data
in
determining
priorities
for
control
technology
research
and
as
a
key
data
component
in
application
of
the
Regional
Atmospheric
Deposition
Model.
The
EPA's
Regional
Offices
use
emissions
and
other
source
parameters
to
support
source
inspections
and
in
the
analyses
of
the
impact
of
new
or
modified
sources
within
an
area.
Both
the
OAQPS
and
the
Regional
Offices
respond
to
numerous
requests
for
reports
on
stationary
sources
and
typically
this
is
done
under
the
Freedom
of
Information
Act.
Most
requests
come
from
contractors
and
consultants
involved
in
special
studies;
a
smaller
number
come
from
universities
and
others
involved
in
research.

3.
DESCRIPTION
OF
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
3
With
the
AIRS
Facility
Subsystem
(
AFS),
the
States
have
two
options
for
making
their
updates:

!
On­
line
Update
(
direct
entry
to
AFS)

!
Batch
Submittal
of
AFS
batch
transactions
Currently,
nineteen
States
are
considered
to
be
direct
AFS
emission
users
and
either
use
AFS
on­
line
data
entry
procedures
or
submit
AFS
batch
transactions.
For
these
agencies,
AFS
serves
as
the
State's
sole
(
or
at
least
primary)
emission
data
system
and
the
effort
required
to
make
AFS
updates
is
not
really
separable
from
efforts
they
would
make
to
maintain
emission
files
for
State
regulatory
programs.
For
the
"
non­
direct"
States,
submissions
are
typically
done
by
file
transfer
(
i.
e.,
data
sets
are
uploaded
over
the
EPA
network
or
the
Internet)
in
the
form
of
AFS
batch
transaction.

EPA
is
participating
in
a
joint
effort
with
State
and
local
air
pollution
control
agencies
known
as
the
Emission
Inventory
Improvement
Program
(
EIIP)
to
develop
a
common
format
for
exchanging
data
from
one
agency
to
another
(
example:
State
to
State,
State
to
EPA).
The
need
for
such
a
format
has
increased
with
the
increase
in
regional
air
quality
modeling
efforts
that
require
data
sharing
by
multiple
States.
When
this
common
format
is
completed,
it
will
be
supported
by
EPA
as
an
additional
mechanism
for
submitting
emissions
data
to
EPA.

4.
NONDUPLICATION
AND
CONSULTATIONS
OF
DATA
REPORTING
4(
a)
AFS
has
the
capability
to
store
both
emissions
and
compliance
data
for
facilities.
When
AFS
began
operation
in
1990,
the
initial
load
of
data
came
from
separate
compliance
and
emission
data
systems.
The
AFS
system
included
capabilities
to
merge
the
separate
data
together
and
create
one
integrated
facility.
In
addition,
new
data
can
be
created
in
an
integrated
fashion.

Since
the
initial
startup
of
AFS,
users
have
been
working
at
integrating
their
data
in
the
system.
For
the
most
part,
these
efforts
have
been
completed.
As
a
result
of
having
merged
data,
any
reported
data
common
to
both
emissions
and
compliance
reporting
need
only
be
reported
once
under
the
integrated
facility.

No
other
EPA
data
systems
are
built
on
a
universe
of
significant
emitters
of
all
NAAQS
pollutants.
A
system
being
operated
by
the
EPA's
Office
of
Atmospheric
Programs
contains
emissions
information
for
the
Acid
Rain
Program,
however,
its
focus
is
on
SO
2
and
oxides
of
nitrogen
(
NO
x)
sources
being
regulated
under
Title
IV.
The
OAQPS
has
identified
this
system
as
one
for
possible
future
integration.
Several
collections
maintained
by
the
Department
of
Energy's
Energy
Information
Agency
do
include
information
on
air
emissions,
however,
no
one
database
is
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
4
structured
on
the
same
comprehensive
universe
as
that
described
in
this
ICR.
As
the
EPA's
AFS
files
become
integrated,
the
use
of
emission
data
from
another
Federal
Department
will
become
a
less
viable
option,
since
such
use
would
require
the
EPA
to
undertake
substantial
efforts
to
reconcile
those
acquired
data
with
data
in
AFS.

4(
b)
CONSULTATIONS
EPA
has
discussed
this
information
with
the
following
state
contacts:

!
David
Asseilmeier
­
Illinois
­
Bureau
of
Air
Compliance
&
System
Management
Phone:
(
217)
782­­
5811
!
Sally
Otterson
­
Washington
­
Department
of
Ecology
Phone:
(
360)
407­
6806
!
John
Anderson
­
Washington
­
Puget
Sound
Air
Pollution
Control
Agency
(
PSAPCA)
Phone:
(
206)
689­
4051
!
Ralph
Johnston
­
Oregon
­
Lane
Regional
Air
Pollution
Authority
(
LRAPA)
Phone:
(
541)
726­
2514
5.
MINIMIZATION
OF
BURDEN
FOR
SMALL
ENTITIES
Most
State
control
agencies
are
not
considered
to
be
small
entities.
To
support
States
with
fewer
sophisticated
processing
capabilities,
the
EPA
has
developed
mainframe
and
PC
software
to
facilitate
State
efforts
in
storing,
maintaining
and
reporting
source
data.
A
number
of
Territories
and
smaller
States
have
adopted
these
and
use
them
to
make
their
submissions.
By
providing
a
number
of
means
whereby
the
respondents
can
make
their
submissions,
respondents
are
able
to
select
those
which
minimize
their
efforts
and
costs
and
still
use
some
type
of
electronic
technology.
The
high
level
of
user
support
provided
to
direct
users
of
AFS
has
been
especially
attractive
to
agencies
in
small
States
having
only
modest
automated
data
processing
(
ADP)
capabilities
and
a
few
agencies
in
larger
states.

6.
CONSEQUENCES
OF
LESS
FREQUENT
COLLECTION
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
5
If
this
information
collection
were
not
carried
out
annually,
the
EPA's
Air
Program
would
be
unable
to
update
the
national
data
base
on
stationary
sources
which
it
has
maintained
since
1974.
The
existing
files
would
be
useful
for
several
years
for
a
limited
number
of
functions
such
as
national
assessments
of
the
emissions
contributed
by
specified
source
categories
and
efforts
to
characterize
the
relative
size
of
individual
categories.
For
most
of
the
uses
described
above,
however,
out
of
date
data
would
be
unsatisfactory.

7.
SPECIAL
CIRCUMSTANCES
None
8.
FEDERAL
REGISTER
NOTICE
COMMENTS
AND
RESPONSES
The
first
Federal
Register,
announcing
the
renewal
of
the
ICR,
was
published
on
June
13,
2001.
No
comments
were
received.

9.
PAYMENTS
AND
GIFTS
TO
RESPONDENTS
No
payments
or
gifts
are
given
to
respondents.

10.
HANDLING
OF
CONFIDENTIAL
DATA
AND
SENSITIVE
QUESTIONS
As
required
by
Section
114
of
the
Clean
Air
Act,
estimates
or
measurements
of
emissions
must
be
treated
as
non­
confidential.
Under
Agency
procedures,
several
data
items
relating
to
the
computation
of
emissions
may
be
identified
as
sensitive
by
a
State
and
are
then
treated
as
"
Statesensitive
by
the
EPA.
The
potentially
State­
sensitive
items
include
the
following:
process
rate,
boiler
design
capacity,
emission
estimation
codes,
percent
space
heat,
annual
operating
rate
and
maximum
operation
rate/
Hr.
Other
than
State­
sensitive
data,
this
collection
does
not
involve
any
sensitive
questions.

11.
THE
RESPONDENTS
AND
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
11(
a)
RESPONDENTS:
All
of
the
reports
submitted
under
this
ICR
are
submitted
by
State
air
pollution
control
agencies.
As
part
of
their
program
for
attaining
National
and
State
air
quality
standards,
all
State
agencies
maintain
records
on
the
emissions
and
major
physical
parameters
of
all
stationary
sources
emitting
significant
amounts
of
the
pollutants
regulated
through
these
standards.
The
compilation
of
emission
data
on
stationary
sources
is
required
by
40
CFR
51.117
(
for
lead)
and
51.114
(
for
other
pollutants)
as
a
part
of
the
inventory
which
each
State
Implementation
Plan
(
SIP)
must
contain.
Since
the
SIP
process
continues
to
be
somewhat
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
6
dynamic,
the
States
have
all
opted
to
maintain
emission
files
on
a
regular
bases
so
as
to
facilitate
future
SIP
revisions
and
to
have
the
data
in
a
form
where
it
can
be
provided
to
the
public,
if
requested.

11(
b)
INFORMATION
COLLECTED:
To
meet
the
reporting
requirements
in
51.321­
3,
each
State
is
to
furnish
annual
updates
to
the
EPA
of
emission­
related
items
which
have
changed
since
the
last
submission.
Since
most
of
the
AFS
data
which
the
States
are
required
to
update
(
area
codes,
addresses
or
other
physical
parameters)
do
not
change
often,
the
updating
of
more
than
90
percent
of
all
source
records
is
minimal
and
typically
involves
only
changes
in
emissions
and
closely
related
information
(
fuel
usage,
process
rates,
seasonal
thruput,
etc.).
The
establishment
of
a
new
record
for
a
stationary
source
requires
a
State
to
provide
data
for
approximately
40
data
elements
on
a
one­
time
basis.
It
should
be
noted
that
the
AFS
file
structure
allows
the
storage
of
numerous,
other
data
elements
to
quantify
parameters
such
as
uncontrolled
emissions,
the
flow
rates
and
temperatures
of
stack
gases,
and
data
relating
to
any
measurements
of
emissions
that
may
exist
for
the
source.
State
agencies
satisfy
the
reporting
requirements
(
as
cited
above)
by
annually
furnishing
data
and
information
on
stationary
sources
emitting
one
or
more
of
the
following
pollutants
above
a
specified
level:
PM­
10,
SO
2,
carbon
monoxide,
oxides
of
nitrogen
(
NO
x),
volatile
organic
compounds
and
lead.

As
discussed
above,
the
respondent
burdens
for
this
ICR
are
limited
to
activities
involved
with
taking
emissions
and
related
parameters
from
an
automated
file,
providing
it
to
the
EPA
through
one
of
the
update
processes
noted
above,
and
resolving
any
errors
or
anomalies
identified
through
edits
or
other
qualitative
reviews.
Thus,
the
activities
are
primarily
data
processing
and
typically
do
not
involve
the
development
of
new
data
which
does
not
already
exist
in
the
State's
files.
The
activities
itemized
on
Attachment
1
reflect
these
assumptions
and
quantify
the
hours
associated
with
each
annual
submission.
The
estimated
hours
are
for
an
"
average"
respondent.

11(
c)
DATA
ITEMS
INVOLVED
IN
ANNUAL
REPORTING:
There
are
required
data
elements
for
each
record
in
AFS.
They
are
listed
below
by
record
type.
The
full
set
of
required
data
elements
must
be
provided
the
first
time
a
plant
or
record
is
added
to
the
database.
The
first
step
in
a
typical
annual
update
of
emission
data
is
incrementing
year
of
inventory
to
the
new
year.
This
causes
the
previous
years'
data
to
be
archived,
as
well
as
to
remain
on
the
current
database
with
the
new
year
of
inventory.
There
are
three
options
for
copying
emissions
data
when
incrementing
the
year
of
inventory.
(
1)
copy
all
emissions
data,
including
SIP
data,
(
2)
copy
only
annual
emissions
data,
omitting
SIP
data,
and
(
3)
copy
only
plant
level
data,
excluding
emissions
data.
Options
1
and
2
allow
the
State
to
only
have
to
update
those
data
elements
which
have
changed
from
the
previous
year.
Option
3
enables
the
State
to
replace
all
their
emissions
data
for
the
previous
year.
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
7
PLANT
GENERAL
­
required
data
elements
Plant
­
ID
(
State
FIPS
code/
County
FIPS
code/
NEDS­
ID)
Plant
Name
Address
City
code
or
city
name
Primary
SIC
Year
of
emission
inventory
Longitude/
Latitude
STACK
GENERAL
­
required
data
elements
Stack
number
Stack
height
and
diameter
and/
or
plume
height
Stack
exit
temperature
Stack
exit
velocity
Stack
exit
flow
rate
POINT
GENERAL
­
required
data
elements
Point
number
NOTE:
To
successfully
add
an
emission
point
to
AFS,
at
least
one
segment
must
be
entered.

SEGMENT
GENERAL
­
required
data
elements
Point
number
Segment
number
Source
Classification
Code
(
SCC)

SEGMENT
POLLUTANT
­
required
data
elements
Point
number
Segment
number
Pollutant
code
or
Chemical
Abstract
Service
(
CAS)
number
At
least
one
complete
set
of
emissions
(
type,
value,
decimal,
units,
and
method
code
(
if
applicable))
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
8
In
addition
to
the
above
fields,
a
number
of
other
fields
are
routinely
updated
annually
for
most
sources.
These
include:
process
rate,
seasonal
percent
annual
thruput,
maximum
operation
rate/
hr.,
fuel
content
(
heat,
sulfur,
ash),
emission
factor,
boiler
design
capacity,
maximum
design
rate,
maximum
nameplate
capacity,
primary
control
efficient,
secondary
control
efficient,
rule
effectiveness,
and
time
of
operation
(
hr/
day,
day/
week,
week/
year).
Agencies
should
note
that
EPA
is
not
prepared
to
protect
confidential
data.
If
any
of
these
data
elements
are
considered
confidential,
they
should
not
be
reported
under
this
request.
Part
51.323
specifies
a
number
of
conditions
when
the
emissions
data
and
information
for
a
point
source
must
be
submitted
in
the
annual
report.
These
conditions
are
intended
to
minimize
burden;
for
example,
in
cases
where
the
emissions
from
a
point
source
have
not
changed
more
than
5
percent
from
the
most
recently
submitted
emissions
data,
the
State
is
only
required
to
submit
an
updated
year
of
record.

12.
RESPONDENT
HOUR
BURDENS
AND
COSTS
An
estimated
54
States
and
Territorial
air
pollution
control
agencies
will
be
required
to
record
and
report
emission
information
on
significant
stationary
sources
on
an
annual
basis.
Reporting
and
record
keeping
of
this
information
is
estimated
to
involve
an
average
of
212
hours
per
year
by
each
State
and
Territorial
air
pollution
control
agency
(
see
attachment).
The
respondent
burdens
for
this
ICR
are
associated
with
preparing
automated
submissions
of
data
on
significant
stationary
sources
from
files
which
all
States
maintain
as
part
of
their
own
ongoing
air
pollution
control
programs.
The
burdens,
therefore,
are
primarily
for
State
personnel
responsible
for
operating
and
maintaining
automated
data
systems
and
to
a
lesser
extent
for
mid­
level
engineering
staff
familiar
with
the
derivation
of
plant
data
in
the
State's
files.

For
this
ICR,
the
respondent
labor
costs
are
assumed
to
be
$
25.73
per
man­
hour
(
times
11,448
burden
hours)
for
a
total
of
$
294,554
per
year.

13.
RESPONDENT
ANNUAL
COST
BURDEN
13(
a)
CAPITAL
COSTS:
During
the
1980s,
an
EPA
initiative
established
electronic
communication
with
each
State
environmental
agency.
This
included
a
computer
terminal
for
any
States
needing
one
in
order
to
communicate
with
the
EPA's
national
data
base
systems.
Costs
for
replacing
the
terminal
with
a
personal
computer,
when
replacement
becomes
necessary,
is
approximately
$
2,100
per
agency.
For
this
ICR
renewal,
it
is
assumed
that
20
percent
of
the
terminals
will
be
replaced
each
year.
Thus,
the
replacement
rate
would
be:
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
9
54
agencies
x
1
terminal/
agency
x
20%
replacement/
year
=
11
terminals
replaced/
year
Cost
of
terminal
replacement
equals:

$
2,100/
replacement
PC
x
11
replacements/
year
=
$
23,100/
year
Thus,
total
replacement
costs
are
$
23,100
per
year.

13(
b)
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE
COSTS:
These
costs
are
attributed
to
the
normal
maintenance
of
the
terminals
and
PC's
used
to
submit
the
annual
reports
to
AIRS.
Maintenance
costs
are
estimated
to
be
approximately
$
120
per
agency.
Thus,
total
maintenance
costs
for
the
respondents
are:

$
120
per
agency
x
54
agencies
=
$
6,480
total
estimated
maintenance
costs
per
year
14.
AGENCY
BURDENS
AND
COSTS
EPA's
costs
which
relate
to
this
collection
can
be
grouped
into
four
areas:

!
The
cost
of
maintaining
the
AIRS
Facility
Subsystem
for
storing
and
retrieving
point
source
emission
data
and
for
providing
basic
support
services
to
users;

!
The
cost
of
processing
data
submitted
by
States
including
data
editing,
coordination
of
efforts
to
resolve
errors
and
anomalies,
and
file
updating;

!
The
cost
of
computer
timesharing
associated
with
software
development
and
maintenance,
file
updating,
and
retrievals;

!
The
costs
of
preparing
reports
based
on
AFS
emission
data.

More
detailed
descriptions
of
these
four
areas
follow.

14(
a)
AFS
SUPPORT:
For
FY
1996,
approximately
five
(
5)
full
time
equivalent
positions
(
FTEs)
and
$
900,000
were
used
in
developing
and
maintaining
software
and
in
providing
support
services
to
users.
Assuming
five
positions
at
GS­
12
step
one
and
a
mark­
up
factor
of
1.6,
the
current
annual
costs
are
estimated
at
approximately
$
350,000.

14(
b)
PROCESSING
OF
DATA:
The
costs
of
processing
data
submitted
by
the
States
include
costs
relating
to
data
editing,
coordination
of
efforts
to
resolve
any
errors
or
anomalies
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
10
identified
through
the
edits
or
other
reviews
(
including
efforts
to
merge
or
reconcile
plant
level
codes),
and
updating
of
the
files
after
the
quality
assurance
and
reconciliation
assurance
efforts
have
been
completed.
Within
the
EPA,
the
Regional
Offices
annually
use
about
two
FTEs
to
coordinate
State
efforts
in
making
their
submissions,
perform
software
edits
and
other
quality
reviews,
and
if
required,
coordinate
updates
performed
by
the
OAQPS.
The
OAQPS
uses
approximately
one
FTE
to
track
and
process
annual
data.
Using
the
above
assumptions,
Agency
processing
costs
are
estimated
at
$
200,000.

14(
c)
MAINFRAME
TIMESHARING:
The
cost
of
operating
and
supporting
the
EPA's
mainframe
computers
is
centrally
budgeted
by
the
Agency's
Enterprise
Technology
Service
Division
(
ETSD).
Regular
users
(
USEPA,
State
and
Territorial
agencies)
of
systems
are
provided
an
annual
budget
based
on
such
factors
as
prior
and
planned
usage,
any
special
processing
projects
anticipated,
etc.
We
estimate
that
the
total
timeshares
associated
with
AFS
support
and
annual
emissions
reporting
was
approximately
$
500,000
in
FY
1996.

14(
d)
REPORTS:
Data
from
AFS
is
used
by
a
variety
of
groups
within
the
Agency.
Most
of
these
uses
are
functionally
treated
and
budgeted
as
part
of
the
projects
they
support
and
typically
are
just
minor
costs
associated
with
the
total
analysis
being
conducted.
Such
usage
typically
is
from
data
obtained
through
standard
retrievals
which
most
users
obtain
directly
from
AFS.

15.
BURDEN
STATEMENT
Reporting
of
emission
information
on
significant
stationary
sources
is
estimated
to
involve
an
average
of
212
hours
per
year
by
State
and
Territorial
air
pollution
control
agencies.
For
all
respondents,
these
activities
include
the
resolution
of
errors
and
anomalies
identified
through
EPA
edits.
Over
a
three
year
period
all
of
the
respondents
will
also
be
involved
in
reconciling
emission
and
compliance
data
stored
in
EPA's
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS).
Approximately
one­
third
of
the
respondents
will
be
involved
in
this
reconciliation
during
any
one
year.

Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden:
In
total,
an
increased
burden
of
$
4,689
is
estimated
for
this
ICR.
The
increase
is
due
to
an
adjustment
in
the
estimated
burden
hours
and
costs
based
on
current
information
provided
by
six
State
and
Territorial
agencies.

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
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
11
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.

Send
comments
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
through
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques
to
the
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
2822),
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
D.
C.
20460;
and
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Officer
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ICR
Renewal:
Annual
Updates
of
Emission
Data
to
the
Aerometric
Information
Retrieval
System
(
AIRS)
OMB
#
2060­
0088,
EPA
ICR
#
916.11
12
Attachment
1
­

Description
of
ICR
Person­

Hours
By
Task
for
Annual
Updates
to
AIRS
Facility
Subsystem
Task
Technical
$

25.73
per
hour
(

A)

Respondent
hour
per
year
(

B)

Labor
Cost
per
year
(

C
=

A

B)

Respondents
per
year
(

D)

Total
Cost
per
year
(

E=

C

D)
1.

Planning/

Preparation
­

Read
&

Interpret
Instructions
­

Train
Staff
in
Coding/
Submissions
Techniques
$

25.73
27
$

695
54
$

37,514
2.

Time
to
Create
Information*
­

Assign
EPA
ID
Codes
to
State
Point
Records
$

25.73
45
$

1,158
54
$

62,532
3.

Time
to
Gather
Information
­

Resolution
of
Errors
&
Anomalies
­

Reconciliation
of
Emission
&

Compliance
Records
$

25.73
100
$

2,573
54
$

138,942
4.

Maintenance
of
Records
­

Maintain
Log
of
Magnetic
Tape
or
Other
Media
Submitted
$

25.73
25
$

643
54
$

34,722
5.

Prepare
Report
­

Submission
to
AFS
$

25.73
15
$

386
54
$

20,844
TOTAL
212
$

5455
54
$

294,554
Per
State
Agency
per
year
=

212
total
hours
*

54
Agencies
=

11,448
hrs/

yr/

agency.

Burden
assumes
that
all
States
must
operate
a
system
on
point
sources
of
emissions
in
order
to
operate
a
viable
air
pollution
program.

Thus,

the
burden
related
to
obtaining
updated
data
from
sources,

entering
it
in
State
systems
and
performing
quality
control
over
the
data
in
the
State
file
is
not
included.
for
EPA.
Include
the
EPA
ICR
number
and
OMB
control
number
in
any
correspondence.