Notice2024-11806
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Air Pollution Regulations for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities (Renewal)
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Published
May 30, 2024
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Air Pollution Regulations for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities (EPA ICR Number 1601.11, 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 May 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 8, 2024, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46885-46886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11806]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742; FRL-12009-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget 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 1601.11, 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 May 31, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on February 8, 2024, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before July 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2011-0742, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred method), by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6c78bc7c8c28bd48bc2c9c5cdc3d2e6c3d6c788c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f697db979892db84db9299959d9382b6938697d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. 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 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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, Post Office Box 12055, Research
Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-1358; fax number:
(919) 541-4028; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c9aea8bbbea6a6ade7abaca789acb9a8e7aea6bf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1c6c0d3d6cecec58fc3c4cfe1c4d1c08fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through May 31, 2024. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on February 8, 2024, during a 60-day comment period (89 FR 8677). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is (202)
566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Section 328 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) gives the EPA
responsibility for regulating air pollution from OCS sources located
offshore of the States along the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts (except
the North Slope Borough of Alaska), and along the Gulf Coast off the
State of Florida eastward of longitude 87 degrees and 30 minutes (i.e.,
off the coast of Florida). In general, these OCS sources must obtain
OCS permits that comply with the New Source Review preconstruction
permit program and title V operating permit program among other
requirements, and then maintain ongoing compliance with their permit
conditions. Industry respondents must prepare permit applications and,
after receiving their permits, conduct testing, monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting as required by their permits. The EPA has
delegated the authority to implement and enforce the OCS regulations to
four local air pollution control agencies in California and three State
air pollutions control agencies (Delaware Maryland, and Virginia).
These agency respondents must review sources' permit applications and
reports, issue permits, observe performance tests and conduct
inspections to ensure that the sources off their coasts are meeting all
the requirements that apply to them. The type and quantity of
information required will depend on the circumstances surrounding the
action but may include that required in applicability determinations,
Notices of Intent (NOI), New Source Review (NSR) preconstruction
permitting requirements, Part 70 Title V (Title V) operating permit
requirements, New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and some National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) promulgated
under section 112 of the CAA. In addition, inner OCS sources could be
subject to other requirements as those that would be applicable if the
source were located in the corresponding onshore area (COA). Sources
locating beyond 25 nautical miles from the State seaward boundary
(outer OCS) are subject to Federal air quality requirements which could
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include the EPA's PSD preconstruction permit program, Part 71 Title V
operating permit program, NSPS and NESHAP promulgated under section 112
of the CAA. 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 that must apply for and obtain an OCS 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 (CFR part 55).
Estimated number of respondents: 74 industrial facilities and 7
State and local permitting agencies.
Frequency of response: On occasion, as necessary.
Total estimated burden: 36,001 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $3,755,783.00 (per year), includes $380,372
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in estimates: There is a projected increase of 15,778 hours
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This increase is primarily due to the
projected number of OCS sources subject to the program mainly related
to alternative energy sources including new wind power farms along the
eastern seaboard of the United States.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-11806 Filed 5-29-24; 8:45 am]
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