[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 18 (Friday, January 27, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4294-4295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1746]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742; FRL 9511-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission 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: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 27, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2011-0742, to (1) the EPA on-line at www.regulations.gov, or by 
mail to: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Air 
and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) the OMB at: 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Painter, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy Division (C504-03), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-5515; fax number: (919) 541-5509; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has submitted the following ICR to 
the OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed 
in 5 CFR 1320.12. On September 20, 2011 (76 FR 58273), EPA sought 
comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 
comments. EPA completed an active consultation with the U.S. Department 
of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) (formerly the 
Minerals Management Service) in November 2011. Three comments were 
received, and the EPA has addressed the comments. Any

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additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to the EPA and the 
OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket 
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 
Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number 
for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for 
the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.
    Use the EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index 
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in 
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, 
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above. Please note that the EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as the EPA receives them and 
without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, 
confidential business information (CBI), or other information whose 
public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further information 
about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Air Pollution Regulations for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
Activities (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1601.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0249.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on January 
31, 2012. Under OMB regulations, the agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at the OMB. 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 OMB control numbers for the 
EPA's regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the 
Federal Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are 
displayed either by publication in the Federal Register or by other 
appropriate means, such as on the related collection instrument or 
form, if applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    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, Arctic 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 EPA can determine whether these sources are 
meeting all the requirements that apply to them. 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.
    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 boundaries 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.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 124 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain or disclose 
or provide information to or for a federal agency. This includes the 
time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install and 
utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, 
validating and verifying information, processing and maintaining 
information and disclosing and providing information; adjust the 
existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and 
requirements which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be 
able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; 
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or 
otherwise disclose the information.
    Estimated Total Number of Potential Respondents: 42 (38 sources and 
4 local agencies).
    Estimated Number of Responses: 228.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 28,174.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,532,877, which includes no 
annualized capital/startup costs, $34,900 in O&M costs and $2,497,977 
in annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,623 hours and 
$7,856 in capital/startup and O&M costs in the total estimated burden 
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This 
decrease has occurred because projections from BOEM and other 
considerations have resulted in changes in the number, mix and types of 
sources projected to occur in the upcoming clearance period. As a 
result of the decrease in annual burden hours, which is partially 
offset by updated 2011 wage rates, the estimated annual labor cost has 
decreased by $70,212.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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