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OMB Control No: 2060-0084	ICR Reference No: 202307-2060-004
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201902-2060-016
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 0940.30
Title: Ambient Air Quality Surveillance (Renewal)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/31/2023

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2024
Responses	672	672
Time Burden (Hours)	1,449,968	1,771,662
Cost Burden (Dollars)	70,147,486	81,263,356

Abstract: The data collected through this information collection consist of ambient air concentration measurements for the seven air pollutants with national ambient air quality standards (i.e., ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, carbon monoxide, PM2.5 and PM10), ozone precursors, meteorological variables at a select number of sites and other supporting measurements. 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, tribal entities, 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 areas air quality, judging an areas (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.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 42 USC 7401 et seq Name of Law: Clean Air Act of 1990

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 10315	02/17/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 10315	02/17/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Ambient Air Surveillance

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	672	672	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,449,968	1,771,662	-321,694
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	70,147,486	81,263,356	-11,115,870

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The currently approved ICR estimate of burden hours is 1,771,662. This ICR renewal burden hour estimate updates the previous submittal. There is a decrease of 321,694 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. The decrease in burden, labor costs, and capital/O&M costs from the most recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment(s). There is an adjustment decrease in the total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This decrease reflects the consolidation of monitors into fewer sites, consolidation of PAMS network burden estimates to avoid double counting, termination of unnecessary monitors, and more efficient automated procedures (e.g., moving from manual samplers to automated continuous samplers) for measuring and reporting data. The decrease is offset somewhat by the additional burden and cost estimates included for asset management and sensors.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $16,950,977

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Kevin Cavender 919 541-2364 cavender.kevin@epamail.epa.gov

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