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represented in commodity, noncommodity, and local interests. The 

RAC serves in an advisory capacity to 

BLM and USDA Forest Service officials 

concerning planning and management 

of public land and national forest 

resources located, in whole or part, 

within the State of Idaho. 

Agenda items for the April meeting 

include management of wildland fire 

and fuels and outdoor recreation; review 

of and/or recommendations regarding 

proposed actions by the BLM’s Boise, 

Twin, Falls, Idaho Falls, and/or Coeur 

d’Alene Districts and USDA Forest 

Service units; and any other business 

that may reasonably come before the 

RAC. Agenda items for the August 

meeting will be formalized at the 

conclusion of the April meeting. 

Final agendas will be posted online 2 

weeks in advance of each meeting at 

https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/ 

resource-advisory-council/near-you/ 

idaho. All meetings are open to the 

public in their entirety. Public comment 

periods will be held in the afternoon on 

each meeting day. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to speak, 

and the time available, the time for 

individual comments may be limited. 

Comments can be mailed to: BLM Idaho 

State Office; Attn: MJ Byrne; 1387 South 

Vinnell Way; Boise, ID 83709. All 

comments received will be provided to 

the Idaho RAC members. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comments, please be aware that your 

entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee we will be able to do 

so. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2) 

John F. Ruhs, 

Idaho State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[OMB Control Number 1010–0057; Docket 

ID: BOEM–2017–0016] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Pollution Prevention and 

Control 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) proposes to renew its 

information collection control number 

1010–0057 through the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

should be sent to OMB’s Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior at 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice. Find this ICR by selecting 

‘‘Department of the Interior’’ in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ pulldown menu under 

‘‘Currently under Review’’, clicking the 

box marked ‘‘Only Show ICR For Public 

Comment’’ near the top left-hand side of 

the resulting web page, and scrolling 

down to OMB Control Number 1010– 

0057. Alternatively, the search function 

may be used. Please provide a copy of 

your comments to the BOEM 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Anna Atkinson, by mail service 

addressed to her at Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, 45600 Woodland 

Road, Sterling, Virginia, 20166; or by 

email to anna.atkinson@boem.gov. 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

1010–0057 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Anna Atkinson by 

email or by telephone at 703–787–1025. 

You may also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, BOEM provides 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps BOEM assess 

the impact of the information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand BOEM’s information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

Abstract: Section 5(a) of the Outer 

Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 

as amended (43 U.S.C. 1334(a)), 

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) to prescribe rules and 

regulations to manage the mineral 

resources of the Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS). Such rules and regulations apply 

to all operations conducted under a 

lease, right-of-use and easement, and 

pipeline right-of-way. 

Section 5(a)(8) of OCSLA requires that 

regulations prescribed by the Secretary 

include provisions ‘‘for compliance 

with the national ambient air quality 

standards pursuant to the Clean Air Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), to the extent 

that activities authorized under this 

subchapter significantly affect the air 

quality of any State.’’ This information 

collection renewal concerns information 

that is submitted to BOEM under 30 

CFR part 550, subpart C, ‘‘Pollution 

Prevention and Control,’’ which 

implements section 5(a)(8), and related 

notices to lessees and operators (NTLs), 

which clarify and provide additional, 

nonbinding guidance on aspects of the 

regulations. BOEM uses this information 

to inform its decisions on plan approval, 

to ensure operations are conducted 

according to all applicable regulations 

and plan conditions of approval, and to 

inform State and regional planning 

organizations’ modeling efforts. 

BOEM prepares an emissions 

inventory every three years to help 

ensure that its regulations comply with 

section 5(a)(8) of OCSLA and to 

implement the requirements at 30 CFR 

550.303(k) and 550.304(g). These 

emission inventories provide the 

essential input that BOEM needs to 

assess the impacts of OCS oil and gas 

activity on the States as mandated by 

the OCSLA. Also, these inventories 

provide the States with essential 

information needed to perform their 

implementation plan demonstrations to 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (USEPA) and the operators with 

essential data for their mandatory 

reporting of greenhouse gases to the 

USEPA. 

BOEM began planning for the next 

emissions inventory, scheduled for 

calendar year 2021, by issuing NTL No. 

2020–N03, 2021 OCS Emissions 

Inventory—Western Gulf of Mexico 

(GOM) and Adjacent to the North Slope 

Borough of the State of Alaska, on 

October 1, 2020. The NTL instructed 

lessees and operators on submitting 

information about their facility 

operations, as required by OCSLA and 

BOEM’s regulations, through BOEM’s 

new, web-based emissions reporting 

tool, the OCS Air Quality System (OCS 

AQS). OCS AQS allows operators to 

submit their facility activity data 

electronically into the system, 

instantaneously calculates monthly and 

annual emissions, assures and controls 

data quality, generates reports, such as 

emission inventory reports, and creates 

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information system (GIS) maps for 

operators and BOEM. 

During previous emission inventories, 

BOEM used the Gulfwide Offshore 

Activity Data System (GOADS) software 

to collect the necessary emissions data 

from lessees and operators. This 

software is outdated and resides on a 

platform that BOEM is no longer able to 

utilize satisfactorily. Unlike GOADS, 

OCS AQS makes it easy for users to 

enter activity data, calculate emissions 

data in real-time, and leverage built-in 

validation features to quality check 

calculations prior to submission. 

Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 550, 

subpart C, Pollution Prevention and 

Control. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0057. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Potential respondents comprise Federal 

OCS oil and gas or sulfur lessees and 

operators and States. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 807. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory 

or required to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency: Every three years. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: None. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: BOEM 

estimates the annual burden for this 

collection to be 51,080 hours. In view of 

industry comment to the 60-day notice 

regarding this ICR, BOEM recalculated 

its estimated information collection 

burden hours per OCS facility and 

concluded that an increase of 20 hours 

per facility was warranted based, in 

part, on industry feedback to account for 

reporting responsibilities for certain 

drilling rig and construction vessel 

emissions. This recalculation resulted in 

an increase of 15,880 burden hours over 

OMB’s currently approved 35,200 

burden hours for control number 1010– 

0057. The following table details the 

individual BOEM information 

collections under control number 1010– 

0057 and respective hour burden 

estimates for this ICR. Any changes to 

the annual burden hours compared with 

the already-approved IC are bolded. 

BURDEN TABLE

Citation 

30 CFR 550 

subpart C 

and related 

NTL(s) 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirement 

Hour 

burden 

Average number of 

annual responses 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Facilities described in new or revised EP or DPP 

303; 304(a), (f) .......................................... Submit, modify, or revise Exploration 

Plans and Development and Production Plans; submit information required 

under 30 CFR Part 550, Subpart B.

Burden covered under 1010–0151 (30 

CFR Part 550, Subpart B). 

0 

303(k); 304(a), (g); NTL ........................... Collect and report (in manner specified) 

air quality emissions related data 

(such as facility, equipment, fuel 

usage, and other activity information) 

during each specified calendar year 

for input into BOEM’s impacts assessments, and State and regional planning organizations’ modeling through 

specified software. (NTL OCS Emissions Inventory).

64 hrs per facility .... 794 facilities ........... 50,816 

303(l); 304(h) ............................................ Collect and submit (in manner specified) 

meteorological data (not routinely collected); emission data for existing facilities to a State..

8 ............................. 1 submission .......... 8 

Subtotal ............................................. ................................................................. 795 responses ........ 50,824.

Existing Facilities 

304(a), (f) .................................................. Affected State may submit request, with 

supporting information to BOEM, for 

basic emission data from existing facilities to update State’s emission inventory.

16 ........................... 5 requests .............. 80 

304(e)(2) ................................................... Submit compliance schedule for application of best available control technology (BACT).40 ........................... 1 schedule .............. 40 

304(e)(2) ................................................... Apply for suspension of operations ........ Burden covered under BSEE 1014–0022 

(30 CFR 250.174). 

0 

304(f) ........................................................ Submit information to demonstrate that 

exempt facility is not significantly affecting air quality of onshore area of a 

State. Submit additional information to 

determine if controls are required..

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BURDEN TABLE—Continued 

Citation 

30 CFR 550 

subpart C 

and related 

NTL(s) 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirement 

Hour 

burden 

Average number of 

annual responses 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Subtotal ..................................................... ................................................................. 7 responses ............ 136.

General 

303–304 .................................................... Departure and alternative compliance 

(as cited in 550.142) requests from 

303 and 304 not specifically covered 

elsewhere in subpart C regulations.

24 ........................... 5 requests .............. 120 

Subtotal ............................................. ................................................................. 5 responses ............ 120.

Total Burden ............................... ................................................................. ................................. 807 responses ........ 51,080 

BOEM issued a Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day public comment 

period soliciting comments on this 

proposed ICR, which was published on 

August 10, 2020 (85 FR 48261). The 

Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) 

submitted the only comments. This 

organization commented on the burden 

estimates and OCS AQS functionality. 

Based on OOC’s input, BOEM updated 

OCS AQS to address the system’s 

technical issues and modified the 

burden estimates. 

The OOC comments and BOEM’s 

responses are summarized below. For 

additional details, please review the 

comment and responses by searching for 

OMB Control Number 1010–0057 on 

regsinfo.gov. 

Comment: Regarding the reporting of 

non-platform data, OOC stated, 

‘‘Historically, collection of non-platform 

air emission data was the responsibility 

of BOEM. By shifting the responsibility 

of collecting and reporting non-platform 

source data to operators, BOEM is 

increasing the burden of reporting. For 

example, the Burden Table included in 

the Notice of Information Collection 

estimates 44 hours per facility to collect 

and report emissions data. As described 

in the attached comments, we estimate 

that for drilling rigs alone (exclusive of 

platforms and other support vessels) the 

estimated reporting burden is 117 hours 

per facility.’’ 

BOEM Response: BOEM requires 

emissions reporting from ‘‘facilities,’’ as 

defined in its regulations implementing 

its OCSLA authority. The projected 

emissions from these sources are 

reported in the plans review process 

and documented in the air quality 

spreadsheets (BOEM–0138 and BOEM– 

0139), which fall under OMB Control 

Number 1010–0151. 

BOEM would require the operator to 

submit activity or emissions data for all 

facilities corresponding to the definition 

of facility in BOEM’s regulation and the 

recently updated plan review process, 

which includes drilling rig emissions 

when the rig is attached to the seabed 

and construction vessel emissions when 

the vessel is engaged in construction. 

Upon further review, BOEM 

acknowledges that there will be 

additional burden hours for reporting 

emissions from these drilling rigs and 

construction vessels. BOEM will 

simplify the reporting of drilling rig data 

in OCS AQS by including a look up 

table for horsepower ratings, so that the 

operator needs to input only fuel 

throughput and total hours of drilling. 

Moreover, BOEM notes that reporting 

information on construction vessels will 

not be an altogether new burden 

because, during the plan review process, 

some construction vessels are subject to 

a standard condition of approval that 

requires submission of fuel throughput 

compliance verification to BSEE. This 

current burden is included in OMB 

Control Number 1010–0151. 

The current emissions collection and 

reporting burden is 44 hours per facility 

for platform sources. This burden will 

remain the same for the first year for 

these sources (with a chance of 

decreasing in three years due to the 

learning curve of a new reporting tool). 

Assuming one drilling rig and one 

construction vessel per facility, BOEM 

believes that an additional 20 hours per 

facility (10 hours per emission source) 

should be added to the current 44 

burden hours to reflect the new 

reporting responsibilities. Therefore, 

BOEM is increasing the burdens to 64 

hours per facility. 

Comment: It appeared to OOC that 

BOEM is requiring the reporting of data 

from drilling rigs and construction 

vessels underway within 25 miles of a 

facility. OOC indicated that drilling rigs 

and vessels underway do not meet the 

definition of ‘‘facility’’ in 30 CFR 

550.302 because, when underway, the 

rig or vessel is not attached to the 

seabed. Therefore, according to OOC, 

the rig or vessel does not fall under 

BOEM’s OCSLA authority. 

BOEM Response: BOEM requires the 

reporting of data from facilities as 

defined in its regulations, which 

includes drilling rigs attached to the 

seabed and construction vessels engaged 

in construction. BOEM will not require 

the reporting of emissions when these 

sources are otherwise underway within 

25 miles of a facility. 

Comment: Regarding potential 

changes to reporting frequencies, OOC 

stated, ‘‘It is unclear if the 3-year 

reporting frequency will change with 

the implementation of AQS. For 

example, will operators be required to 

submit monthly data on an ongoing 

basis? If that is the case, then the 

estimated burden will increase 

substantially, at least by a factor of 3 

because reporting will no longer be 

required every 3 years. If this is the 

intent of the agency, then a new burden 

estimate must be completed prior to 

implementation of the new system.’’ 

BOEM Response: BOEM intends to 

collect emissions data roughly every 

three years. However, because of the 

delay in development of OCS AQS, 

BOEM is off-cycle; its last emissions 

inventory was in 2017. BOEM is 

planning for the next inventory in 2021 

followed by another one in 2023 in 

order to align with USEPA’s emissions 

reporting cycle. 

Comment: Regarding complexities of 

reporting flare information, OOC stated 

that the complexity of how flare 

emissions data is constructed in OCS 

AQS raises concerns. 

BOEM’s Response: Operators should 

report one flare source per flare using 

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and total volume flared (including pilot 

light). BOEM will clarify this in the 

updated OCS AQS user’s manual. This 

guidance is consistent with the 2017 

emissions inventory collection and does 

not affect the burden hours. 

Comment: Regarding Oil and Gas 

Operations Report reconciliation, OOC 

stated that those reports should not be 

utilized for emissions calculations or 

emissions data quality assurance or 

control because the accounting 

standards and requirements applicable 

to the reports do not yield technically 

correct emissions estimates. 

BOEM’s Response: Oil and Gas 

Operations Reports were mentioned in 

the OCS AQS training guide, while the 

tool was under development, because 

BOEM is uploading these reports into 

OCS AQS to reconcile volumes vented 

and flared. It was a reminder to 

operators to ensure consistency in 

reporting, not an indication that report 

data was to be used in calculating or 

reporting emissions in OCS AQS. 

Comment: Regarding OCS AQS’s 

quality assurance and control (QA/QC) 

functionality, OOC indicated that the 

functionality could be streamlined to 

improve system effectiveness and 

reduce burden. 

BOEM’s Response: BOEM has 

updated OCS AQS’s QA/QC 

functionality to support the requested 

performance improvements. 

Specifically, when a user selects the 

option to submit an emissions 

inventory, a QA/QC check is 

automatically executed against that 

inventory. If any QA/QC issues are 

detected, the user is notified and 

provided with a spreadsheet detailing 

the specific issues that were identified 

by the check. This spreadsheet can be 

downloaded from OCS AQS. The user’s 

manual is being updated to reflect this 

change. 

Comment: Regarding confidentiality 

of data and defined user roles, OOC 

indicated that BOEM should clarify and 

ensure controls are integrated into OCS 

AQS so that data remains confidential 

and available only to the organization 

reporting the data. 

BOEM’s Response: BOEM agrees that 

only an operator’s designated 

representatives or agent should be able 

to access data for an assigned facility 

during the inventory reporting year. 

Operators and the public will be able to 

access the results of the final, historical 

inventory for all facilities as BOEM has 

always made this data publicly available 

and plans to continue doing so. The 

publicly available results of the 

inventory will not include any 

confidential business information. 

Comment: Regarding file naming 

conventions associated with OCS AQS’s 

import and export functions, OOC 

suggested enhancements to OCS AQS to 

allow users to define file names during 

data import and export to reduce burden 

and improve system functionality. 

BOEM’s Response: All supported 

browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Edge) 

provide this option for the user. By 

default, this option is usually set to the 

Downloads folder. However, there is an 

option to have the application ask 

where to save the file, which then 

allows the user to rename the file during 

the operation. The browser options are 

beyond the control of the OCS AQS 

software. The updated user’s manual 

will provide additional guidance. 

Comment: Regarding the 2021 initial 

inventory using OCS AQS and the 

transfer of GOADS data, OOC said it is 

unclear what GOADS data from the 

2017 inventory (the last reporting year 

using GOADS) will be transferred for 

the initial OCS AQS inventory in 2021. 

Historical activity data does not need to 

be included, but all historical 

descriptive, static data should be 

transferred to minimize company 

burden to populate. 

BOEM’s Response: As with GOADS, 

operators will receive all static data for 

platform sources from the past 

inventory (in this case, 2017), including 

complex and structure identification 

and emission sources data. As 

commented, activity data such as 

throughput and hours of operation are 

not carried forward as this information 

is expected to change year to year. 

Operators should review the static data 

to ensure its accuracy before entering 

any activity data. 

Comment: Regarding clarification on 

reporting storage tank emissions, OOC 

stated, ‘‘Reporting of data to estimate 

storage tank emissions is appropriate 

and necessary. However, changes to the 

types of storage data and the 

calculations within AQS would reduce 

burden.’’ 

BOEM’s Response: As with GOADS, 

BOEM will continue to require the 

reporting of crude oil storage tanks, but 

not other types of storage tanks. This is 

consistent with the reporting 

requirements in the plan review process 

on the air quality spreadsheets. 

In addition to these comments, OOC 

pointed out several technical errors with 

OCS AQS and other issues needing 

further clarification. BOEM appreciates 

the technical comments and 

observations, and is working with its 

contractors to update OCS AQS and the 

user’s manual, as necessary. 

Under OMB’s governing regulations, 

BOEM seeks public comments on this 

proposed ICR. BOEM is especially 

interested in comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is the collection 

necessary to the proper functions of 

BOEM; (2) what can BOEM do to ensure 

this information will be processed and 

used in a timely manner; (3) is the 

estimate of burden accurate; (4) how 

might BOEM enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (5) how might BOEM 

minimize the burden of this collection 

on the respondents, including 

minimizing the burden through the use 

of information technology? 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. BOEM will include or 

summarize each comment in its request 

to OMB for approval of this ICR. You 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally identifying information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. In order for BOEM to withhold 

your personally identifiable information 

from disclosure, you must identify any 

information contained in your comment 

that, if released, would clearly 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of 

your personal privacy. You must also 

briefly describe any possible harmful 

consequences that disclosure of your 

information would cause, such as 

embarrassment, injury, or other harm. 

While you can ask BOEM in your 

comment to withhold your personally 

identifiable information from public 

review, BOEM cannot guarantee that it 

will be able to do so. 

BOEM protects proprietary 

information in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552), the Department of the Interior’s 

implementing regulations (43 CFR part 

2), and BOEM’s regulations at 30 CFR 

550.197. 

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 authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, 

Chief, Office of Policy, Regulation, and 

Analysis. 

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