Burden Reduction (BR) Initiative

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In August 2007, EPA released its first progress report on the Burden Reduction Initiative. In March 2008, EPA released a second progress report in draft form only. EPA has tried to maintain consistency between this site and the earlier progress reports because the primary audiences for this report - state and EPA personnel working on the Initiative - are familiar with the previous reports. In some instances, however, it was necessary to deviate from them. A25 is one of those instances.

This recommendation was added to this report after never appearing in a previous progress report because the original state submission did not fit under any of the existing recommendations. But, A25 is not yet addressed on this site because EPA has been focusing on the 16 priority areas. Still, it is listed here to ensure that a full list of all states' submissions is provided.

States' Original Input

Related recommendations submitted by states during the October 2006 data call by EPA:

• Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is required by the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR-40 CFR Part 51) and Air Emissions Reporting Rule (AERR) to report emissions data annually to EPA. The AERR is currently just a proposed rule. There are also annual emissions inventory requirements in the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), starting with the 2008 emission year. EPA should eliminate duplicative inventory reporting requirements by modifying these rules as appropriate. Read Iowa ’s original submission (PDF) (1 pg, 8K).