Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742-0009
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Pollution Regulations for Outer Continental Shelf Activities
Posted Date: 2017-05-10T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21811-21812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09168]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742; FRL-9959-69-OEI]

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

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'' 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. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
May 29, 2015, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 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 June 9, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2011-0724, to (1) the EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our

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preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    The 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.

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) 541-5509; 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 https://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is (202) 566-1744. For additional 
information about the EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Section 328 of the Clean Air Act gives EPA responsibility 
for regulating air pollution from outer continental shelf (OCS) sources 
located offshore of the states along the Pacific and Atlantic Coasts, 
and along the eastern Gulf of Mexico coast (off the coast of Florida). 
In general, these OCS sources must obtain preconstruction permits 
(usually Prevention of Significant Deterioration or ``PSD'' permits) 
and title V operating permits, and then maintain ongoing compliance 
with their permit conditions. Industry respondents include owners or 
operators of existing and new or modified OCS sources. These 
respondents must prepare permit applications and, after receiving their 
permits, conduct testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting as 
required by their permits. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements 
are necessary so that the EPA can determine whether these sources are 
meeting all the requirements that apply to them. 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, and for sources located off a portion of the Atlantic Coast 
to three state agencies. These agency respondents must review sources' 
permit applications and reports, issue permits, observe performance 
tests and conduct inspections to ensure that the sources are meeting 
all the requirements that apply to them. Section 176(c) of the Clean 
Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) requires that all federal actions 
conform with the State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to attain and 
maintain the NAAQS. Depending on the type of action, the federal 
entities must collect information themselves, hire consultants to 
collect the information or require applicants/sponsors of the federal 
action to provide the information.
    The type and quantity of information required will depend on the 
circumstances surrounding the action. First, the entity must make an 
applicability determination. 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 if the 
source were located in the corresponding onshore area. 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 potentially affected by 
this action are those which must apply for and obtain a permit pursuant 
the OCS permit program. In addition, state and local agencies that have 
been delegated authority to implement and enforce the OCS permit 
program, which must review permit applications and issue permits, are 
affected entities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (see 40 CFR part 55).
    Estimated number of respondents: 37 industrial facilities and 5 
state and local permitting agencies.
    Frequency of response: On occasion, as necessary.
    Total estimated burden: 27,018 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,365,385 (per year). This includes $30,816 
annually in Operation and Maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is a decrease of 1,156 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR most recently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is primarily due to a decrease in the 
projected number of OCS sources subject to the program.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-09168 Filed 5-9-17; 8:45 am]
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