The EPA on Wednesday, July 29, 2009, submitted to OMB a proposal to add New Jersey and Delaware to the list of states that are subject to the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) because of their PM2.5 impact on other states.

The proposal would require that Delaware and New Jersey report all of the emissions-related data required by CAIR. (Delaware and New Jersey are already affected by ozone-related requirements in CAIR.) These emissions data reporting requirements include reporting requirements and combine these reporting requirements with existing requirements from the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR), the Emission Reporting Requirements for Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions Relating to Statewide Budgets for NO_X Emissions to Reduce Regional Transport of Ozone (NO_X SIP Call), the Acid Rain Program under Title IV of the CAA Amendments of 1990, and the Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (Clean Air Interstate Rule, CAIR).

Each of these four existing requirements has an approved ICR in place. The current ICRs are: for the CERR, EPA ICR 0916.12 (OMB 2060-0088), for the NO_X SIP Call, EPA ICR 1857.04 (OMB 2060-0445), for the Acid Rain Program, EPA ICR 1633.14 (OMB 2060-0258), and for CAIR, EPA ICR 2152.03 (OMB 2060-0570).

Comments are due by Aug. 28, 2009.