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Air Quality Control, Reporting, and Compliance
Part II
Proposed Rules
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This proposed rule would amend existing BOEM regulations related to air quality measurement, evaluation, and control with respect to oil, gas, and sulphur operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the United States (U.S.), in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and the area offshore the North Slope Borough of the State of Alaska, as part of the BOEM approval process for offshore oil and gas exploration and development plans, right-of-use and easement (RUE), pipeline rights-of-way (ROW), and lease term pipeline applications. The proposed rule would: (1) Fulfill BOEM's statutory responsibility under section 5(a)(8) of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) by addressing all relevant criteria and major precursor air pollutants and by cross-referencing BOEM standards and benchmarks for those pollutants to those of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); (2) change the manner in which lessees would evaluate and model vessel emissions attributed to OCS facilities; (3) change the methods for measuring and evaluating air emissions including measuring their impacts over State submerged lands; (4) provide a process by which exemption thresholds are established and updated; (5) change the circumstances when emission reduction measure(s) (ERM), including Best Available Control Technology (BACT), are required, and establish new criteria for the application of ERM; (6) formalize requirements for the consolidation of emissions from multiple facilities; (7) consistent with BOEM's existing regulatory authority, articulate a schedule and requirements for ensuring that all plans, including those previously approved, will remain compliant on an ongoing basis with these updated regulations; and (8) include an air quality component in the submission of RUE, ROW, and lease term pipeline applications. Key policy changes include the following: (1) Aligning the list of pollutants that are subject to an air quality review with the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and cross-referencing the ambient air quality standards and benchmarks (AAQSB) for those pollutants to those of the USEPA; (2) formalizing the concept and application of the term ``attributed emissions;'' (3) changing the locations where air emissions will be measured and evaluated; and (4) modifying the process by which exemption thresholds are established and updated. This rulemaking would be the first major re-write of the OCS air quality regulations in 35 years.
81 FR 19718
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2016-06310
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RIN 1010-AD82
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Docket ID: BOEM-2013-0081
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https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-04-05/html/2016-06310.htm
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-04-05/pdf/2016-06310.pdf
Administrative Practice and Procedure
Air Pollutant
Air Pollution
Air Quality
Arctic
Attainment Area
Continental Shelf
Compliance
Criteria Pollutants
Development Plan
Development and Production Plan
Environmental Assessments
Environmental Impact Statements
Environmental Protection
Exploration Plan
Federal Lands
Federal Land Manger
Greenhouse Gasses
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Incorporation by Reference
New Source Review
Non-Attainment Area
Oil and Gas Exploration
Oil and Gas Development
Oil Pollution
Oil Production
Outer Continental Shelf
Ozone
Penalties
Pipelines
Precursor Pollutants
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements
Sulphur
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Regulation Identification Number 1010-AD82
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Air Quality Control, Reporting, and Compliance; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue
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2016-06310
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
2016-06-06
Docket ID: BOEM-2013-0081
4310-MR-C
2016-06310
Proposed rule.
This proposed rule would amend existing BOEM regulations related to air quality measurement, evaluation, and control with respect to oil, gas, and sulphur operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the United States (U.S.), in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and the area offshore the North Slope Borough of the State of Alaska, as part of the BOEM approval process for offshore oil and gas exploration and development plans, right-of-use and easement (RUE), pipeline rights-of-way (ROW), and lease term pipeline applications. The proposed rule would: (1) Fulfill BOEM's statutory responsibility under section 5(a)(8) of Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) by addressing all relevant criteria and major precursor air pollutants and by cross-referencing BOEM standards and benchmarks for those pollutants to those of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); (2) change the manner in which lessees would evaluate and model vessel emissions attributed to OCS facilities; (3) change the methods for measuring and evaluating air emissions including measuring their impacts over State submerged lands; (4) provide a process by which exemption thresholds are established and updated; (5) change the circumstances when emission reduction measure(s) (ERM), including Best Available Control Technology (BACT), are required, and establish new criteria for the application of ERM; (6) formalize requirements for the consolidation of emissions from multiple facilities; (7) consistent with BOEM's existing regulatory authority, articulate a schedule and requirements for ensuring that all plans, including those previously approved, will remain compliant on an ongoing basis with these updated regulations; and (8) include an air quality component in the submission of RUE, ROW, and lease term pipeline applications. Key policy changes include the following: (1) Aligning the list of pollutants that are subject to an air quality review with the current National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and cross-referencing the ambient air quality standards and benchmarks (AAQSB) for those pollutants to those of the USEPA; (2) formalizing the concept and application of the term ``attributed emissions;'' (3) changing the locations where air emissions will be measured and evaluated; and (4) modifying the process by which exemption thresholds are established and updated. This rulemaking would be the first major re-write of the OCS air quality regulations in 35 years.
Submit comments on the substance of this rulemaking by June 6, 2016. Send your comments on the substance of the proposed rule to the Department as directed in the ADDRESSES section below. Submit comments on the information collection (IC) burden in this rulemaking to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) by May 5, 2016.
Peter Meffert, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Office of Policy, Regulation, and Analysis, at Peter.Meffert@boem.gov or mail to 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166; or call (703) 787-1610.
Administrative Practice and Procedure
Air Pollutant
Air Pollution
Air Quality
Arctic
Attainment Area
Continental Shelf
Compliance
Criteria Pollutants
Development Plan
Development and Production Plan
Environmental Assessments
Environmental Impact Statements
Environmental Protection
Exploration Plan
Federal Lands
Federal Land Manger
Greenhouse Gasses
Hazardous Air Pollutants
Incorporation by Reference
New Source Review
Non-Attainment Area
Oil and Gas Exploration
Oil and Gas Development
Oil Pollution
Oil Production
Outer Continental Shelf
Ozone
Penalties
Pipelines
Precursor Pollutants
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements
Sulphur
Air Quality Control, Reporting, and Compliance
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