[Federal Register: June 28, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 125)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7239-3]
Agency Information Collection Request Activities: Submission for
OMB Review; Collection and Comment Request for the Outer Continental
Shelf Air Regulation
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Title: Outer Continental
Shelf Air Regulations, ICR number 1601.05, and OMB Control Number 2060-
0249, expiration date: June 30, 2002. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1601.05 and OMB
Control No. 2060-0249, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, by E-Mail at auby.susan@epa.gov
or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA
ICR No. 1601.05. For technical questions about the ICR contact David
Sanders at EPA by phone at (919) 541-3356.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulation, OMB Control Number
2060-0249, EPA ICR Number 1601.05, expiration date June 30, 2002. This
is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 328 (Air Pollution from Outer Continental Shelf
Activities) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as amended in 1990, gives EPA
responsibility for regulating air pollution from 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).
The U.S. Department of Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS)
retains the responsibility for regulating air pollution from sources
located in the western Gulf of Mexico.
There are five types of reporting requirements for the industrial
respondent: Notice of intent (NOI) to construct, Preconstruction permit
application, Compliance testing, Operating permit application, and
Record keeping and reporting tasks. The owner or operator must submit
not more than 18 months prior to submitting a permit application, a NOI
to construct to the EPA Administrator through the EPA Regional Office
and the air pollution control agency of the nearest onshore area (NOA)
and adjacent onshore areas. All major sources must comply with all
applicable preconstruction permit requirements including the need to
submit an application for a preconstruction review permit. The owner or
operator of an OCS source is responsible for developing or collecting
all relevant information not otherwise available to the permit
reviewing authority. Within 6 months of the start of operations, each
new or modified major source is required to complete initial compliance
tests to demonstrate compliance with control equipment design and
performance specifications in its preconstruction permit. In addition,
annual compliance tests are required for existing sources in
California. A second type of permit which an owner or operator of major
sources must obtain is the operating permit. The operating permits
contain information on the ownership and location of a source,
equipment and fuel parameters which cause emissions, the amount and
type of emissions from each source, control techniques used to control
emissions, and record keeping and reporting requirements to ensure that
control techniques are properly implemented. Sources, in addition are
required to monitor emissions and operating parameters to ensure
compliance with operating requirements.
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 EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on November 6,
2001; no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 410
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; 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners or operators of existing or
new or modified stationary sources associated with the recovery of oil
and gas resources.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 49.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 33,649.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $147,793.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 1601.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0249 in any
correspondence.
Dated: June 19, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-16358 Filed 6-27-02; 8:45 am]
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