[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 105 (Thursday, May 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46885-46886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], 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 
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, Post Office Box 12055, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-1358; fax number: 
(919) 541-4028; email address: [email protected].

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 https://www.regulations.gov 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 
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    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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