[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 154 (Monday, August 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48261-48263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17405]


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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.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing to renew an 
information collection with revisions.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
October 9, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) to the BOEM Information Collection Clearance Officer, Anna 
Atkinson, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM-
DIR, Sterling, Virginia 20166 (mail); or by email to 
[email protected]. 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, 703-787-1205, or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact 
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format.
    BOEM is soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described 
below. BOEM is especially interested in public 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 our 
request to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of this 
ICR. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personally identifiable information in your comment, you should 
be aware that your entire comment--including your personally 
identifiable information--may be made publicly available at any time. 
In order for BOEM to withhold from disclosure your personally 
identifiable information, you must identify any information contained 
in the submittal of your comments that, if released, would constitute a 
clearly unwarranted invasion of your personal privacy. You must also 
briefly describe any possible harmful consequences of the disclosure of 
information, such as embarrassment, injury, or other harm. While you 
can ask us in your comment to withhold your personally identifiable 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    Abstract: Section 5(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands 
Act, 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 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 the OCS Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1334(a)(8)) 
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 with revisions concerns information that is 
submitted in response to regulatory requirements, such as the 
regulations at 30 CFR part 550, subpart C, Pollution Prevention and 
Control that implement section 5(a)(8) and related Notices to Lessees 
and Operators (NTLs) that clarify and provide additional guidance on 
some aspects of these regulations. BOEM uses the 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 OCS Lands 
Act, 43 U.S.C. 1334(a)(8), and to implement the requirement at 30 CFR 
550.303(k) and 550.304(g). BOEM begins this effort by issuing an NTL 
with instructions about how lessees can submit basic information about 
their operations that are subject to sec. 5(a)(8) regulations, from 
which BOEM's software calculates emissions information. BOEM is 
planning to issue the next such guidance in the Fall for a collection 
period in calendar year 2021. These emission inventories provide BOEM 
with the essential input needed to assess offshore OCS oil and gas 
activity impacts to the states as mandated by the OCSLA. They also 
provide the states the essential tools needed to perform their State 
Implementation Plan demonstrations to the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency (USEPA), and they provide the operators essential data for their 
mandatory reporting of greenhouse gases to the USEPA.
    BOEM is developing and planning to implement a web-based solution 
that will allow operators to submit their platform and non-platform 
activity data electronically, instantaneously calculate monthly and 
annual emissions, quality assure and control data, and generate 
reports, such as emission inventory reports, and data graphics to the 
operators and to BOEM. To collect the necessary emissions data from 
companies, BOEM currently uses the Gulfwide Offshore Activity Data 
System (GOADS) software. This software is out of date and resides on a 
platform that BOEM is no longer able to utilize satisfactorily. 
Therefore, BOEM plans to implement a new web-based solution that would 
allow users to input their information directly into the system, which 
in turn will allow BOEM to access the data and create reports needed to 
assess oil and gas source impacts to States. Unlike the existing tool, 
the new solution will make it easy for users to enter activity data, 
calculate emissions data in real-time for users, and leverage built-in 
validation features to quality check the calculations prior to 
submission.
    BOEM protects proprietary information according to the Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of the 
Interior's

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implementing FOIA regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under regulations at 
30 CFR 550.197, ``Data and information to be made available to the 
public or for limited inspection,'' promulgated pursuant to sec. 26 of 
OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1352(c).''
    Title of Collection: 30 CFR Part 550, Subpart C, Pollution 
Prevention and Control.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0057.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Potential respondents comprise Federal 
OCS oil and gas or sulphur lessees 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: We estimate the 
annual burden for this collection to be 35,200 hours, which are the 
same hours estimated in past reports accepted by OMB. The following 
table details the individual BOEM components and respective hour burden 
estimates of this ICR.

                                                  Burden Table
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                                      Reporting and                          Average number
Citation 30 CFR 550 subpart C and     recordkeeping         Hour burden         of annual    Annual burden hours
          related NTL(s)               requirement                              responses
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                                Facilities described in new or revised EP or DPP
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303; 304(a), (f).................  Submit, modify, or   Burden covered under 1010-0151 (30   0
                                    revise Exploration   CFR Part 550, Subpart B).
                                    Plans and
                                    Development and
                                    Production Plans;
                                    submit information
                                    required under 30
                                    CFR Part 550,
                                    Subpart B.
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303(k); 304(a), (g); NTL.........  Collect and report   44 hrs per facility  794 facilities  34,936
                                    (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).
303(l); 304(h)...................  Collect and submit   8..................    1 submission  8
                                    (in manner
                                    specified)
                                    meteorological
                                    data (not
                                    routinely
                                    collected);
                                    emission data for
                                    existing
                                    facilities to a
                                    State.
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    Subtotal.....................  ...................  ...................             795  34,944
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                                               Existing Facilities
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304(a), (f)......................  Affected State may   16.................      5 requests  80
                                    submit request
                                    with required
                                    information to
                                    BOEM for basic
                                    emission data from
                                    existing
                                    facilities to
                                    update State's
                                    emission inventory.
304(e)(2)........................  Submit compliance    40.................      1 schedule  40
                                    schedule for
                                    application of
                                    best available
                                    control technology
                                    (BACT).
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304(e)(2)........................  Apply for            Burden covered under BSEE 1014-0022  0
                                    suspension of        (30 CFR 250.174)
                                    operations.
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304(f)...........................  Submit information   16.................    1 submission  16
                                    to demonstrate
                                    that exempt
                                    facility is not
                                    significantly
                                    affecting air
                                    quality of onshore
                                    area of a State.
                                    Submit additional
                                    information, as
                                    required.
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    Subtotal.....................  ...................  ...................               7  136
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                                                     General
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303-304..........................  Departure and        24.................      5 requests  120
                                    alternative
                                    compliance
                                    requests not
                                    specifically
                                    covered elsewhere
                                    in subpart C
                                    regulations.
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    Subtotal.....................  ...................  ...................               5  120
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        Total Burden.............  ...................  ...................             807  35,200
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    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, Regulations, and Analysis.
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