Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0091-0002
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Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-01-11T05:00Z

1
Renewal
­
Ambient
Air
Quality
Surveillance
40
CFR
58
OMB
#
2060­
0084,
EPA
ICR
#
940.17
December
2002
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Supporting
Statement
Section
1.
Identification
of
the
Information
Collection
2
Section
2.
Need
For
and
Use
of
the
Collection
3
Section
3.
Nonduplication,
Consultations,
and
Other
Collection
Criteria
5
Section
4.
The
Respondents
and
the
Information
Requested
8
Section
5.
The
Information
Collected­­
Agency
Activities,
Collection
Methodology,
and
Information
Management
12
Section
6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
the
Collection
15
Appendix.
Tables
of
burden
estimates.
2
1.
IDENTIFICATION
OF
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
1(
a)
Title
Of
The
Information
Collection
Renewal
­
Ambient
Air
Quality
Surveillance
40
CFR
58
1(
b)
Short
Characterization/
Abstract
This
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
includes
ambient
air
monitoring
data
reporting
and
recordkeeping
activities
associated
with
the
40
CFR
58
Ambient
Air
Quality
Surveillance
rule.
These
data
and
information
are
collected
by
various
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
and
reported
to
the
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards
within
the
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation,
U.
S.
EPA.

This
ICR
reflects
a
minor
revision
of
the
previous
ICR
update
of
1999,
and
it
covers
the
period
of
2003­
2005.
The
1999
submission
included
estimates
based
on
the
recently
deployed
PM
2.5
monitoring
networks
which
were
initiated
in
1999
and
constituted
a
major
change
in
monitoring
operations
and
associated
burden
incurred
by
State
and
local
agency
organizations.
The
number
of
monitoring
stations,
sampling
parameters
and
frequency
of
data
collection
and
submittal
is
expected
to
remain
stable
from
2000
through
2005,
after
a
period
of
marked
change
in
the
late
1990'
s.
Accordingly,
the
current
ICR
projects
year
1999
network
costs,
inflated
based
upon
the
Gross
Domestic
Product
(
GDP)
price
indices
as
reported
in
the
OMB
report
available
at
http://
www.
whitehouse.
gov/
omb/
budget/
fy2003/
msr03.
html.

Significant
change
in
the
networks
is
expected
after
2005.
Over
the
last
two
years
EPA
with
State,
local
agency
and
Tribal
participants
have
developed
a
National
Ambient
Air
Monitoring
Strategy
(
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ttn/
amtic/
stratdoc.
html)
currently
under
review
by
the
Clean
Air
Scientific
Advisory
Committee
(
CASAC).
The
strategy
includes
a
series
of
recommended
changes
in
the
nation's
networks
and
includes
a
revision
of
the
monitoring
regulations
(
40
CFR
part
58,
basis
for
this
ICR)
to
be
promulgated
in
2004.
Implementation
of
significant
components
of
the
strategy
is
projected
to
start
after
2005.
Accordingly,
more
updated
cost
estimates
will
be
needed
to
better
reflect
new
directions
in
air
monitoring.
EPA
is
undertaking
a
major
revision
of
monitoring
cost
estimates
which
should
be
available
over
the
next
year,
and
included
in
a
revised
ICR
as
appropriate.

The
data
collected
through
this
information
collection
consist
of
ambient
air
concentration
measurements
for
the
six
air
pollutants
with
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standards
(
i.
e.,
ozone,
sulfur
dioxide,
nitrogen
dioxide,
lead,
carbon
monoxide,
and
particulate
matter),
ozone
precursors,
and
meteorological
variables
at
a
select
number
of
sites.
Accompanying
the
pollutant
concentration
data
are
quality
assurance/
quality
control
data
and
air
monitoring
network
design
information.

The
U.
S.
EPA
and
others
(
e.
g.,
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies,
3
environmental
groups,
academic
institutions,
industrial
groups)
use
the
ambient
air
quality
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
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
and
local
agencies
with
responsibility
for
reporting
ambient
air
quality
data
and
information
as
requested
in
this
ICR
submit
these
data
electronically
to
the
U.
S.
EPA's
Air
Quality
Subsystem
(
AQS)
database.
Quality
assurance/
quality
control
records
and
monitoring
network
documentation
are
also
maintained
by
each
State
and
local
agency,
in
AQS
electronic
format
where
possible.

Although
the
State
and
local
air
pollution
control
agencies
are
responsible
for
the
operation
of
the
air
monitoring
networks,
the
EPA
funds
a
portion
a
portion
of
the
total
costs
through
federal
grants.
These
grants
generally
require
an
appropriate
level
of
contribution,
or
"
match",
from
the
State/
local
agencies.
The
costs
shown
in
this
renewal
are
the
total
costs
incurred
for
the
monitoring
program
regardless
of
the
source
of
the
funding.
This
practice
of
using
the
total
cost
is
consistent
with
prior
ICR
submittals
and
renewals.

This
Information
Collection
is
estimated
to
involve
130
respondents
for
a
total
cost
of
approximately
$
196,406,813
(
total
capital,
and
labor
and
non­
labor
operation
and
maintenance)
plus
a
total
burden
of
2,404,606.
The
labor
costs
associated
with
the
2,404,606
hours
is
$
115,079,003.
Included
in
the
$
196,406,813
total
are
other
costs
of
non­
labor
operations
and
maintenance
of
$
18,537,047
and
equipment
and
contract
costs
of
$
62,790,763.
In
addition
to
the
costs
at
the
State
and
local
air
pollution
control
agencies,
there
is
a
burden
to
EPA
of
221,430
hours
and
$
11,402,187
(
see
Tables
1
and
2
in
Appendix).

2.
NEED
FOR
AND
USE
OF
THE
COLLECTION
2(
a)
Need/
Authority
For
The
Collection
The
information
requirements
included
within
this
ICR
are
necessary
to
provide
the
U.
S.
EPA
with
ambient
air
quality
surveillance
data
to
determine
the
United
States'
air
quality
status,
to
make
attainment
decisions
with
respect
to
the
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standards,
to
assist
in
developing
necessary
control
strategies
to
ensure
attainment
of
the
National
Ambient
Air
Quality
Standards
(
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
U.
S.
EPA's
goal
of
attaining
the
NAAQS
in
all
areas
of
the
United
States
is
directly
dependent
upon
4
the
availability
of
ambient
air
quality
data
requested
in
this
information
collection.
Additionally,
the
U.
S.
EPA,
State
and
local
agencies,
environmental
groups,
industrial
groups,
and
academic
organizations
use
these
data
to
study
atmospheric
chemistry,
e.
g.,
the
formation
of
ozone,
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
58
Ambient
Air
Quality
Surveillance
regulation
was
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
ozone
precursors,
ozone
formation,
ozone
transport,
regional
influences
on
urban
ozone,
regional
ozone
trends,
and
interactions
of
ozone
with
other
pollutants.

Section
7410
(
a)
contains
the
State
Implementation
Plan
(
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.

Section
7511a
(
c)(
1)
states
that
the
Administrator
will
promulgate
rules
requiring
that
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
conduct
enhanced
monitoring
of
ozone
and
its
precursors
(
oxides
of
nitrogen
and
volatile
organic
compounds)
in
serious,
severe,
or
extreme
ozone
nonattainment
areas.

2(
b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
Of
The
Data
The
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
the
NAAQS
for
ozone,
sulfur
dioxide,
nitrogen
dioxide,
carbon
monoxide,
lead,
and
particulate
matter.
For
areas
that
do
not
attain
the
NAAQS
for
one
or
more
pollutants,
the
OAQPS,
the
affected
U.
S.
EPA
Regional
Office,
and
the
affected
State
or
local
air
quality
management
agency
will
work
to
develop
an
appropriate
control
strategy
plan
(
State
Implementation
Plan)
to
address
how
the
area's
air
quality
can
be
improved.

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
and
local
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
5
standards
they
have
established.
For
example,
California
has
established
a
State
ozone
air
quality
standard
that
is
more
stringent
than
the
U.
S.
EPA
national
ambient
air
quality
standard
for
ozone;
therefore,
they
use
ambient
air
data
to
determine
compliance
with
both
standards.

Using
the
Air
Quality
Index
(
AQI)
reporting
system
outlined
within
the
40
CFR
58
regulation
(
on
which
this
ICR
is
based),
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
report
air
quality
to
the
public
in
all
metropolitan
areas
with
a
population
greater
than
200,000.
Details
on
the
AQI
system
can
be
found
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
airnow.
The
AQI
reporting
mediums
can
vary
depending
upon
the
location;
however,
it
is
generally
reported
in
newspapers,
on
local
television
news
stations,
through
a
central
telephone
number,
and/
or
by
radio.

The
U.
S.
EPA,
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies,
the
regulated
community
(
e.
g.,
industrial
groups),
environmental
groups,
and
air
pollution
researchers
(
such
as
those
at
the
Georgia
Institute
of
Technology
and
the
Harvard
School
of
Public
Health)
use
ambient
air
pollutant
and
meteorological
data
to
study
the
emission
of
air
pollutants,
the
formation
of
secondary
air
pollutants
(
e.
g.,
ozone,
fine
particles),
the
transport
of
these
pollutants
over
large
distances,
and
the
effects
of
various
pollutants
on
the
public's
health
and
welfare.
The
Photochemical
Assessment
Monitoring
Station
(
PAMS)
program,
which
is
included
within
this
information
collection,
is
designed
specifically
to
assist
the
U.
S.
EPA
and
these
same
groups
with
the
study
of
ozone
formation
and
accumulation
in
areas
with
significant
ambient
ozone
pollution
problems.
These
areas
are
defined
within
the
Clean
Air
Act
Amendments
of
1990
as
serious,
severe,
and
extreme
ozone
NAAQS
nonattainment
areas.

Given
the
significant
impact
of
ambient
air
data
upon
the
air
pollution
program,
it
is
essential
that
the
U.
S.
EPA
provide
the
means
for
ensuring
that
the
ambient
air
quality
data
are
of
a
high
quality.
The
means
for
accomplishing
this
take
on
several
forms,
such
as
the
requirements
that
State
and
local
agencies
report
precision
and
accuracy
testing
results,
incorporate
quality
assurance/
quality
control
procedures
in
their
daily
monitoring
site
operation,
conduct
equipment
and
procedure
audits
through
the
National
Performance
Audit
Program,
and
work
with
the
U.
S.
EPA
to
conduct
systems
audits
periodically.
Records
detailing
the
operation
and
maintenance
practices
for
each
ambient
air
monitoring
site
are
necessary
in
order
to
meet
the
quality
assurance/
quality
control
requirements
and
recommendations.

3.
NONDUPLICATION,
CONSULTATIONS,
AND
OTHER
COLLECTION
CRITERIA
3(
a)
Nonduplication
This
collection
is
not
unnecessarily
duplicative
of
information
otherwise
reasonably
accessible
to
the
agency.
The
AQS
system,
which
contains
information
based
solely
on
this
collection,
is
the
only
national
air
quality
data
repository
available
to
the
U.
S.
EPA.
The
ambient
air
quality
surveillance
data
and
related
information
collected
through
this
information
collection
are
not
otherwise
reasonably
accessible
to
the
U.
S.
EPA.
6
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
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
use
the
AQS
as
their
primary
repository
for
all
air
quality
data.

3(
b)
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
In
compliance
with
the
1995
PRA,
any
agency
developing
a
non­
rule
related
ICR
must
solicit
public
comments
for
a
60­
day
period
prior
to
submitting
the
ICR
to
OMB.
The
notice
for
this
renewal
was
published
in
the
Federal
Register
on
March
7,
2002.
No
comments
were
received.

3(
c)
Consultations
During
the
development
of
the
1999
ICR
renewal,
the
EPA
consulted
with
the
following
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agency
contacts:

Name
Affiliation
Telephone
Jerry
Sheehan
Massachusetts
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
(
617)
727­
9015,
Extension
309
Charles
Pietarinen
New
Jersey
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
(
609)
633­
1151
Neil
Isabelle
New
York
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
(
518)
457­
9137
Jeffery
Miller
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
(
717)
787­
6548
Ken
Stroud
California
Air
Resources
Board
(
916)
324­
7591
Terry
Sweitzer
Illinois
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
217)
782­
7438
Daniel
E.
Harman
North
Dakota
Department
of
Health
(
701)
328­
5188
George
Murray
North
Carolina
Division
of
Environmental
Management
(
919)
733­
1487
Celeste
Koon
Missouri
Department
of
Natural
Resources
(
573)
526­
3363
Through
the
course
of
planning,
monitoring,
and
improving
upon
this
collection
and
its
associated
regulation,
the
U.
S.
EPA
regularly
consults
with
affected
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
through
various
methods
including
the
regulatory
process,
regular
7
meetings,
and
training
courses.
The
U.
S.
EPA
conducts
annual
work
shops
and
training
on
the
AQS
reporting
system,
e.
g.,
the
annual
AIRS
Users
Conference.
The
U.
S.
EPA
Regional
Offices
conduct
annual
ambient
air
monitoring
meetings
with
their
affected
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
to
assist
these
affected
agencies
with
this
collection
and
its
associated
regulation.
The
U.
S.
EPA's
OAQPS
also
meets
twice
annually
with
the
Standing
Air
Monitoring
Work
Group
(
SAMWG)
to
discuss
the
nation's
ambient
air
monitoring
program
and
this
collection.
(
SAMWG
consists
of
members
from
the
U.
S.
EPA,
the
State
and
Territorial
Air
Pollution
Program
Administrators
and
the
Administrators
of
Local
Air
Pollution
Control
Officers.)
Starting
in
1999,
the
Clean
Air
Scientific
Advisory
Committee
(
CASAC)
established
the
subcommittee
on
fine
particle
monitoring
to
provide
advice
to
EPA
on
various
implementation
aspects
of
the
PM
monitoring
networks.
In
addition,
CASAC
also
has
established
a
monitoring
strategy
subcommittee
to
extend
consultation
to
the
entire
network
3(
d)
Effects
Of
Less
Frequent
Collection
In
most
cases,
State
and
local
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
accrue
to
State
or
local
air
quality
management
agencies
that
fail
to
meet
these
requirements.
The
40
CFR
58
regulation
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
difficultly
in
identifying
and
repairing
problems
with
an
ambient
air
monitor­­
i.
e.,
data
are
used
as
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
U.
S.
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
In
following
the
OMB's
general
guidelines
for
information
collections,
this
ICR
and
its
associated
regulation
require:

(
1)
data
reporting
on
a
quarterly
basis;

(
2)
record
retention
for
no
more
than
3
years
(
most
records
are
kept
by
the
U.
S.
EPA
data
8
repository,
not
the
affected
State
or
local
agencies);

(
3)
maintain
and
provide
information
in
the
standardized
electronic
AQS
format;

3(
f)
Confidentiality
Information
that
is
considered
personal,
private,
proprietary,
or
confidential
are
not
required
in
this
collection.
One
purpose
of
collecting
ambient
air
data
through
the
AQS
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.

Measures
are
taken
to
secure
the
AQS
electronic
database
to
prevent
tampering
with
the
database
by
limiting
the
access
to
the
AQS
mainframe.
The
U.
S.
EPA
also
provides
a
secure
data
input
area
for
State
and
local
agencies
who
collect
ambient
air
data
that
they
do
not
want
to
provide
to
the
general
public
(
e.
g.,
special
study
data
or
industrial
data).
These
data
are
not
required
to
be
collected
under
this
ICR;
nonetheless,
this
secured
area
is
available
to
each
State
and
local
agency
that
wishes
to
use
the
AQS
as
a
repository
for
these
data.

3(
g)
Sensitive
Questions
This
section
does
not
apply.

4.
THE
RESPONDENTS
AND
THE
INFORMATION
REQUESTED
4(
a)
Respondents/
SIC
Codes
This
ICR
affects
State
and
local
governments
(
SIC
code
951,
Administration
of
Environmental
Quality
Program)
that
are
currently
operating
and
maintaining
established
ambient
air
quality
networks.
The
40
CFR
58
rule
associated
with
this
request
requires
that
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
conduct
the
ambient
air
quality
surveillance
and
report
the
data
to
the
U.
S.
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
in
this
information
collection.

4(
b)
Information
Requested
(
i)
Data
items,
including
record
keeping
requirements
Report
on
these
data
items
to
be
submitted
electronically
to
the
U.
S.
EPA's
AQS
as
required
by
40
CFR
58
(
www.
epa.
gov/
ttn/
amtic):

!
Hourly
ambient
air
pollutant
concentrations
of
ozone,
sulfur
dioxide,
nitrogen
dioxide,
and
carbon
monoxide,
collected
at
State
and
Local
Air
Monitoring
9
Stations
(
SLAMS),
National
Air
Monitoring
Stations
(
NAMS),
and
Photochemical
Assessment
Monitoring
Stations
(
PAMS)*.

!
Daily
(
24­
hour)
concentration
values
of
particulate
matter
and
lead
collected
at
SLAMS
and
NAMS*.

!
Ozone
precursor
and
meteorological
data
collected
at
PAMS*.

!
Precision
and
accuracy
data
for
all
SLAMS,
NAMS,
PAMS,
and
Special
Purpose
Monitors
(
SPM)
if
the
SPM
data
are
to
be
used
for
regulatory
purposes,
such
as
those
used
for
the
Prevention
of
Significant
Deterioration
(
PSD)
Program*.
(
PSD
air
quality
surveillance
concentration
data
reporting
is
not
required
by
the
40
CFR
58
rule
associated
with
this
ICR­­
the
submission
of
these
data
is
required
under
40
CFR
51.
However,
the
precision
and
accuracy
information
for
PSD
sites
is
reported
under
the
authority
of
40
CFR
58.)

!
Ozone,
carbon
monoxide,
sulfur
dioxide,
nitrogen
dioxide,
lead,
and
particulate
matter
concentration
data
as
collected
by
SPMs,
if
these
data
are
to
be
used
for
regulatory
purposes*.
This
includes
data
collected
by
collocated
samplers
or
concurrent
monitors
as
appropriate.

!
SLAMS
and
NAMS
monitoring
network
description
information,
including
the
site
AQS
identification
number*,
the
site
location*,
the
sampling
and
analysis
method*,
the
operating
schedule*,
the
monitoring
objective*,
the
site's
scale
of
representation*,
the
identity
of
the
urban
area
represented*,
and
the
quality
assurance
plan.

!
PAMS
network
description
which
includes
an
implementation
schedule,
the
identification
of
the
monitoring
area
represented*,
the
AQS
site
identification
number*,
the
site
location*,
the
site
type*,
the
sampling
and
analysis
method*,
the
operating
schedule*,
and
an
ozone
event
forecasting
scheme
if
appropriate.

!
Results
of
the
annual
ambient
air
monitoring
network
and
quality
assurance
plan
review.

!
Annual
SLAMS
summary
report
which
includes
the
location,
date,
pollution
source,
and
duration
of
each
incident
of
air
pollution
during
which
ambient
levels
of
a
pollutant
reached
or
exceeded
the
significant
harm
levels
as
defined
in
40
CFR
§
51.151*,
the
certification
of
the
report's
accuracy
by
a
designated
State
air
pollution
control
officer,
and
various
other
summary
statistics
as
provided
by
the
AQS
system*.

!
In
metropolitan
areas
with
a
population
greater
than
200,000,
the
appropriate
10
State
or
local
air
quality
management
agency
must
report
to
the
public
through
prominent
notice
(
e.
g.,
newspaper,
radio,
local
weather
forecast,
at
a
publicly
accessible
area)
the
AQI
value
indicating
the
status
of
the
area's
air
quality
(
i.
e.,
good,
moderate,
unhealthful,
very
unhealthful,
hazardous).
This
prominent
notice
must
be
made
on
at
least
5
days
per
week.
The
AQI*
is
calculated
using
information
collected
in
this
request.

*
From
the
above
list,
those
data
marked
with
an
asterisk
are
stored
electronically
within
the
U.
S.
EPA's
AQS,
and
separate
records
kept
by
the
State
or
local
air
quality
management
agency
are
not
needed.

In
addition
to
those
items
stored
within
the
U.
S.
EPA's
AQS,
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
will
maintain
records
on
the
following
items:

!
Approved
PAMS
network
description
for
areas
designated
as
serious,
severe,
or
extreme
ozone
nonattainment
areas.

!
SLAMS
and
NAMS
site
information
that
is
not
maintained
on
the
AQS
system
(
e.
g.,
site
maps,
pictures),
and
any
siting
waiver
documentation
provided
by
the
Regional
Administrator,
the
Administrator,
or
their
designee.

!
The
network
quality
assurance
plan
for
the
measurement
of
ozone,
nitrogen
dioxide,
sulfur
dioxide,
lead,
carbon
monoxide,
and
particulate
matter.
This
includes
operational
procedures
for
the
entire
network,
e.
g.,
the
selection
of
methods;
training;
equipment
installation;
selection
and
control
of
calibration
standards;
calibration;
zero/
span
checks
and
adjustments
of
automated
analyzers;
control
checks
and
their
frequency;
control
limits
for
zero,
span
and
other
control
checks,
and
respective
corrective
actions
when
such
limits
are
surpassed;
calibration
and
zero/
span
checks
for
multiple
range
analyzers;
preventive
and
remedial
maintenance;
quality
control
procedures
for
air
pollution
episode
monitoring;
recording
and
validating
data;
data
quality
assessment
(
precision
and
accuracy);
and
quality
control
documentation.

(
ii)
Respondent
Activities
A
model
respondent
would
engage
in
the
following
activities
to
comply
with
this
information
request:

!
Read
the
40
CFR
58
regulatory
provisions
and
other
U.
S.
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
11
air
quality
surveillance
network
design,
planning
where
to
locate
sites,
plan
how
to
maintain
and
operate
each
site,
develop
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
U.
S.
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.

!
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.

!
For
particulate
matter
and
lead,
conduct
necessary
filter
collection
and
analyses
to
obtain
concentration
data.

!
Report
ambient
air
pollutant
concentration
data
electronically
if
from
an
automated
analyzer
(
generally,
this
includes
ozone,
nitrogen
dioxide,
sulfur
dioxide,
and
carbon
monoxide
measurements),
and
from
a
central
location,
such
as
a
laboratory,
if
for
particulate
matter,
ozone
precursors,
or
lead
samplers.

!
Validate
the
ambient
air
data
for
quality
assurance
considerations.

!
Electronically
submit
the
complete
and
validated
ambient
air
data
to
the
AQS
data
repository.

!
Provide
the
U.
S.
EPA
with
the
SLAMS
summary
report
annually.
12
Each
of
these
activities
are
conducted
using
existing
reporting
and
recordkeeping
practices,
including
electronic
submittal
to
the
AQS.
If
the
40
CFR
58
regulation
did
not
exist,
and
presumably
the
related
AQS,
quality
assurance
procedures,
and
siting
guidance
did
not
exist,
the
State
and
local
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
58
regulation
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
this
regulation
and
associated
ICR,
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
U.
S.
EPA
conducts
the
following
activities
to
implement
this
ICR
and
associated
regulation:

!
Periodically
review
the
40
CFR
58
regulation
to
update
the
information
collection
and
monitoring
requirements
in
light
of
new
technological
developments
or
new
air
pollutant
standards.
Develop
revisions
to
the
regulation
in
response
to
legislative
action
and
program
changes.

!
Establish,
maintain,
and
support
the
AQS
as
the
national
repository
for
all
State
and
local
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.

!
Answer
respondent
(
generally
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies,
but
also
industrial
organizations,
environmental
groups,
and
others)
questions
about
ambient
air
monitoring,
the
40
CFR
58
regulatory
requirements,
and
the
AQS.
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
U.
S.
EPA
and
with
the
respondents
to
evaluate
precision
and
accuracy
data,
oversee
the
National
Performance
Audit
Program,
participate
in
systems
audits,
and
conduct
weekly
data
validation
checks
on
the
AQS
data
submittal.

!
Provide
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies
with
a
section
of
the
AQS
for
confidential,
secured
data.
These
data
are
not
accessible
by
anyone,
including
13
U.
S.
EPA
personnel,
without
the
expressed
consent
of
the
agency
providing
the
data.
(
This
ICR
does
not
require
or
request
that
any
confidential
data
be
provided
to
the
U.
S.
EPA.
This
feature
in
AQS
is
provided
at
the
request
of
various
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies.)

!
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.

5(
b)
Collection
Methodology
And
Management
All
State
and
local
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
national
data
repository.
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
AIRS
Graphics
systems
which
enhance
the
utility
of
the
information
for
consumption
by
the
public
and
all
affected
State
and
local
air
quality
management
agencies.
In
submitting
ambient
air
data
into
the
AQS
national
repository,
we
ensure
that
the
data
are
publicly
available,
electronically
stored,
and
electronically
retrievable.
State
and
local
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
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
U.
S.
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:
(
1)
establishing
differing
compliance
or
reporting
requirements
or
timetables
that
take
into
14
account
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
or
local
air
quality
management
agency
and
the
U.
S.
EPA
with
consideration
of
the
respondent's
resources);

(
2)
the
clarification,
consolidation,
or
simplification
of
compliance
and
reporting
requirements
(
e.
g.,
by
establishing,
maintaining,
and
improving
as
needed
the
AQS
national
repository
for
ambient
air
quality
data
and
information);

(
3)
an
exemption
from
coverage
of
the
collection
of
information,
or
any
part
thereof
(
e.
g.,
the
U.
S.
EPA
negotiates
with
State
and
local
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
ozone,
carbon
monoxide,
nitrogen
dioxide,
sulfur
dioxide,
lead,
and
particulate
matter
are
submitted
according
to
the
schedule
defined
in
40
CFR
§
§
58.28,
58.35,
and
58.45.
This
current
regulation
requires
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.
The
PAMS
volatile
organic
compound
data
is
reported
within
6
months
following
the
end
of
each
quarterly
reporting
period
as
in
40
CFR
§
58.45.

The
annual
SLAMS
report
is
submitted
by
July
1
of
each
year
for
data
collected
from
January
1
through
December
31
of
the
previous
year
in
accordance
with
40
CFR
§
58.26.
This
certification
also
implies
that
all
SPM
monitoring
data
to
be
used
for
regulatory
purposes
by
the
affected
State
or
local
air
quality
management
agency
have
been
submitted
by
July
1.

The
annual
air
quality
surveillance
network
reviews
are
conducted
and
reports
are
submitted
to
the
U.
S.
EPA
on
a
schedule
that
is
determined
by
the
affected
State
or
local
air
quality
management
agency
and
the
U.
S.
EPA
Regional
Office.

Serious,
severe,
and
extreme
ozone
nonattainment
areas
that
are
subject
to
the
PAMS
monitoring
requirements
under
40
CFR
§
58.40
must
provide
the
PAMS
network
design
plan
within
6
months
of
their
designation
as
a
serious,
severe,
or
extreme
ozone
nonattainment
area.

Ambient
air
quality
data
and
information
are
made
available
to
the
public
at
any
time
in
various
ways,
including:

!
Upon
request
to
the
appropriate
U.
S.
EPA
Regional
office,
or
to
the
OAQPS;
15
!
By
Freedom
of
Information
Act
Request
to
the
appropriate
U.
S.
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;

!
By
obtaining
access,
through
appropriate
U.
S.
EPA
channels,
to
the
AQS
to
obtain
the
data
electronically;

!
Through
U.
S.
EPA
public
reports,
such
as
the
annual
"
National
Air
Quality
and
Emissions
Trends
Report";
or
!
Through
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
included
within
Tables
1
and
2
of
the
Appendix.
As
discussed
in
Section
1,
this
ICR
reflects
a
modest
update
of
the
previous
1999
ICR
submittal.

The
detailed
burden
hour
estimates
for
the
1999
ICR
were
based
on
estimates
provided
in
the
Guidance
for
Estimating
Ambient
Air
Monitoring
Costs
for
Criteria
Pollutants
and
Selected
Air
Toxic
Pollutants,
EPA­
454/
R­
93­
042.
We
conferred
with
nine
affected
State
and
local
agencies
to
examine
the
burden
estimates
and
to
compare
these
values
with
hourly
burdens
experienced
by
their
agencies.
These
nine
agencies
are
representative
of
those
affected
State
and
local
agencies
that
respond
to
this
collection.

The
ICR
burden
estimates
contained
within
this
renewal
are
based
upon
the
original
1999
program
estimates
with
the
addition
of
inflationary
increases.

Worksheet
1:
Annual
Respondent
Burden/
Cost
Estimates
Collection
Activities
Total
#
Labor
Hours
Per
Respondent
Per
Year
(
130
respondents)

1.
Network
design
656
2.
Site
installation
193
3.
Sampling
&
Analysis
4,734
4.
Maintenance
&
repairs
2,054
16
5.
Data
management
4,598
6.
Quality
assurance
3,944
7.
Supervision
2,318
TOTALS
18,497
6(
b)
Estimating
Respondent
Costs
All
activities
listed
with
section
4
(
b)
(
ii)
of
this
ICR
Supporting
Statement
are
included
within
the
Table
1
of
the
Appendix.

The
detailed
burden
and
cost
estimates
are
based
on
information
provided
in
the
Guidance
for
Estimating
Ambient
Air
Monitoring
Costs
for
Criteria
Pollutants
and
Selected
Air
Toxic
Pollutants,
EPA­
454/
R­
93­
042.
All
costs
from
this
document
for
1993
were
inflated
to
2003,
2004,
or
2005
by
using
the
Gross
Domestic
Product
(
GDP)
price
indices
as
reported
in
the
OMB
report
available
at
http://
www.
whitehouse.
gov/
omb/
budget/
fy2003/
msr03.
html.
A
summary
of
the
average
annual
respondent
burden
costs
follows.

Worksheet
2:
Annual
Respondent
Burden/
Cost
Estimates
Collection
Activities
Total
Labor
Cost
Per
Respondent
Per
Year
(
130
respondents)

1.
Network
design
$
36,219
2.
Site
installation
$
7,565
3.
Sampling
&
Analysis
$
212,216
4.
Maintenance
&
repairs
$
64,629
5.
Data
management
$
265,069
6.
Quality
assurance
$
164,774
7.
Supervision
$
134,751
TOTALS
$
885,223
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,
17
the
10
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
expenses
were
used
for
those
activities
completed
using
extramural
resources.
We
estimated
a
total
of
221,430
hours
and
$
11,402,187
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
sections
6(
b)
and
6(
c)
above
for
the
estimated
130
respondents.
The
total
hourly
burden
for
the
respondents
was
estimated
to
be
2,404,606
hours
and
$
104,204,413.

Worksheet
3:
Annual
Total
Respondent
Labor
Burden/
Cost
Estimates
for
130
Respondents
Collection
Activities
Total
#
Labor
Hours
for
U.
S.
Per
Year
Total
Labor
Cost
Per
Year
1.
Network
design
85,246
$
4,708,479
2.
Site
installation
25,107
$
983,409
3.
Sampling
&
Analysis
615,472
$
27,588,069
4.
Maintenance
&
repairs
266,995
$
8,401,782
5.
Data
management
597,789
$
34,459,022
6.
Quality
assurance
512,685
$
21,420,607
7.
Supervision
301,311
$
17,517,634
TOTALS
2,404,606
$
115,079,003
6(
e)
Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
And
Cost
Tables
(
i)
Respondent
Tally
Respondent
Total
Annual
Burden
=
2,404,606
hours
Respondent
Total
Annual
Labor
Cost
for
O
&
M
=
$
115,079,003
Respondent
Total
Annual
Cost
for
Non­
labor
O
&
M
=
$
18,537,047
Respondent
Total
Equipment/
Contract
Dollars
=
$
62,790,763
Total
Respondent
Tally
=
$
196,406,813
18
(
ii)
The
Agency
Tally
Agency
Total
Annual
Burden
=
221,430
hours
Agency
Total
Annual
Cost
=
$
11,402,187
(
iii)
Variations
In
The
Annual
Bottom
Line.

We
do
not
expect
any
significant
variations
in
the
annual
bottom
line
for
the
existing
ambient
air
monitoring
networks
(
i.
e.,
NAMS/
SLAMS
and
those
PAMS
stations
currently
operating)
for
the
clearance
period
requested.

6(
f)
Reasons
For
Change
In
Burden
The
previously
approved
ICR
estimate
of
burden
hours
is
2,404,606.
This
ICR
renewal
burden
hour
estimate
is
the
same
as
for
the
previous
submittal.

6(
g)
Burden
Statement
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
18,497
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
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
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2002­
0091
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
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
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
19
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
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.
Once
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,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Office
for
EPA.
Please
include
the
EPA
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2002­
0019
and
OMB
control
number
2060­
0084
in
any
correspondence.