Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742-0017
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Air Pollution Regulations for Outer Continental Shelf Activities
Posted Date: 2020-07-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46088-46089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16576]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742; FRL-10013-150-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Air Pollution Regulations for Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Air Pollution Regulations for 
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities (EPA ICR Number 1601.09, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0249) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through September 30, 2020. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register on January 15, 2020, during a 60-day comment 
period. This notice allows for 30 days for public comments. A fuller 
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden 
and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 31, 
2020.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2011-0724, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method) or by email at a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the public docket without change 
including any personal information provided, unless the comment 
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Garwood, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C504-03, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 
telephone number: (919) 541-1358; fax number: (919) 541-4028; email 
address: garwood.ben@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-
566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Section 328 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) gives the EPA 
responsibility for regulating air pollution from Outer Continental 
Shelf (OCS) sources located offshore of the states along the Atlantic 
and Pacific Coasts, and along the eastern Gulf of Mexico coast (off the 
coast of Florida). In general, OCS sources must obtain OCS permits 
complying with the EPA's preconstruction permit program (usually 
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) requirements) and title V 
operating permit program and then maintain ongoing compliance with 
their permit conditions. Industry respondents (OCS permit applicants) 
include owners or operators of existing and new or modified OCS 
sources. These owners or operators submit permit applications to the 
EPA or other delegated reviewing authority. After the EPA or delegated 
reviewing authority reviews and approves a permit, the owners or 
operators are required to conduct testing, monitoring, recordkeeping 
and reporting that will allow the EPA to determine whether these 
sources are or are not, meeting all applicable standards.
    The EPA has delegated the authority to implement and enforce the 
OCS regulations for sources located off the coast of California to four 
local air pollution control agencies, although only three of these 
agencies currently have jurisdiction over OCS sources. The EPA has 
delegated the authority to implement and enforce the OCS regulations 
for sources located off a portion of the Atlantic Coast to three state 
agencies and anticipates approving such delegation to a fourth state in 
the near future. Delegated authorities review sources' permit 
applications and reports, issue permits, observe performance tests and 
conduct inspections to ensure that the sources are meeting all the 
applicable requirements. Section 176(c) of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.) requires that all federal actions conform with the State 
Implementation Plans to attain and maintain the National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards.
    The type and quantity of information required under the OCS program 
will depend on the circumstances surrounding the permit's application. 
First, the applicant and reviewing authority must determine if the new 
or modified source requires an OCS permit and, if so, which permit 
programs need to be addressed (such as PSD, major source nonattainment 
New Source Review (NSR), minor source NSR and/or the title V operating 
permit program). If the source is located within 25 miles of the 
state's seaward boundary (as established in the regulations) the 
requirements are the same as those that would be applicable in the 
corresponding onshore area. Sources locating beyond 25 nautical miles 
from the state seaward boundary are subject to federal air quality 
requirements including those outlined in the EPA's PSD preconstruction 
permit program, Part 71 title V operating permit program, New Source 
Performance Standards and some standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 
promulgated under section 112 of the CAA. Where the EPA is the 
reviewing authority, state and local air pollution control agencies are 
usually requested to provide information concerning regulation of 
offshore sources and are provided opportunities to comment on the 
proposed determinations. The public is also provided an opportunity to 
comment on the proposed determinations.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities that must apply for and 
obtain an OCS permit pursuant the OCS permit program as well as state 
and local agencies that have been delegated authority to implement and 
enforce the OCS permit program.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 55).
    Estimated number of respondents: 29 industrial facilities and 7 
state and local permitting agencies (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion, as necessary.
    Total estimated burden: 20,223 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,876,567 (per year), includes $21,496 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is a decrease of 6,707 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is primarily due to

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a decrease in the projected number of OCS sources subject to the 
program.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.

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