1
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OAR­
2005­
0118,
FRL­
]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Air
Pollution
Regulations
for
Outer
Continental
Shelf
Activities
(
Renewal);
EPA
ICR
Number
1601.06,
OMB
Control
Number
2060­
0249
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
ACTION:
Notice.

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
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
October
31,
2005.
Under
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
This
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.

DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
[
INSERT
DATE
30
DAYS
AFTER
PUBLICATION
IN
THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER].

ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
docket
ID
number
OAR­
2005­
0118,
to
(
1)

EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
a­
and­
r­
Docket@
epa.
gov,
to:

Environmental
Protection
Agency,
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center,
6102T
,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503.
2
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
David
Sanders,
Office
of
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Standards,
Mail
Drop
539­
02,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina
27711;
telephone
number:
(
919)
541­
3356;
fax
number:
(
919)

541­
0824;
email
address:
sanders.
dave@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
submitted
the
following
ICR
to
OMB
for
review
and
approval
according
to
the
procedures
prescribed
in
5
CFR
1320.12.
On
May
20,

2005
(
70
FR
29305),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
has
addressed
the
comments
received.

EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2005­
0118,

which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
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
and
Radiation
Docket
is
(
202)

566­
1742.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
"
search,"
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.

Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
confidential
business
3
information
(
CBI),
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,

see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,

2002),
or
go
to
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.

Title:
Air
Pollution
Regulations
for
Outer
Continental
Shelf
Activities
(
Renewal)

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
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).

The
U.
S.
Department
of
Interior's
Minerals
Management
Service
retained
the
responsibility
for
regulating
air
pollution
from
sources
located
in
the
western
Gulf
of
Mexico.
To
comply
with
the
requirements
of
section
328
of
the
CAA,
EPA,
on
September
4,
1992
at
57
FR
40792,

promulgated
regulations
to
control
air
pollution
from
OCS
sources
in
order
to
attain
and
maintain
Federal
and
State
ambient
air
quality
standards
and
to
comply
with
the
provisions
of
part
C
of
title
I
of
the
CAA.
Sources
located
within
25
miles
of
a
State=
s
seaward
boundary
must
comply
with
the
same
State/
local
air
pollution
control
requirements
as
would
be
applicable
if
the
source
were
located
in
the
corresponding
onshore
area.
Sources
located
more
than
25
miles
from
a
State=
s
seaward
boundary
must
comply
with
EPA
air
pollution
control
regulations.
The
4
regulations
are
codified
as
part
55
of
chapter
I
of
title
40
of
the
Code
of
Federal
Regulations
(
CFR).
On
September
2,
1997,
EPA
made
two
court­
ordered
revisions
to
the
regulations.
The
need
and
authority
for
this
information
collection
is
contained
in
section
328
of
the
CAA
and
in
EPA
OCS
Air
Regulations,
codified
as
title
40
CFR
part
55.
The
way
such
information
is
planned
to
be
and/
or
has
been
used
to
further
the
proper
performance
of
the
functions
of
the
agency
is
through
the
Administrator
who
must
update
the
requirements
as
necessary
to
maintain
consistency
with
onshore
regulations.
Each
requirement
established
under
section
328
is
treated,

for
purposes
of
sections
113
(
Federal
Enforcement),
114
(
Inspections,
Monitoring,
and
Entry),

116
(
Retention
of
State
Authority),
120
(
Noncompliance
Authority),
and
304
(
Citizen
Suits)
of
the
CAA,
as
a
standard
under
section
111
and
a
violation
of
any
such
requirements
will
be
considered
a
violation
of
section
111(
e)
of
the
CAA.
Responses
to
the
collection
of
information
are
voluntary.

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
in
40
CFR
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.

Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
549
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
5
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:
Entities
potentially
affected
by
this
action
are
all
outer
continental
shelf
sources
except
those
located
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
west
of
87.5
degrees
longitude
(
near
the
border
of
Florida
and
Alabama).
For
sources
located
within
25
miles
of
States'
seaward
boundaries,
the
requirements
are
the
same
as
those
that
would
be
applicable
if
the
source
were
located
in
the
corresponding
onshore
area.
In
States
affected
by
this
rule,
State
boundaries
extend
three
miles
from
the
coastline,
except
off
the
coast
of
the
Florida
Panhandle,
where
the
State's
boundary
extends
three
leagues
(
about
nine
miles)
from
the
coastline.

Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
49
Frequency
of
Response:
On
occasion
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
34,024
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
1,858,350,
which
includes
$
0
annualized
capital/
startup
costs,
$
17,886
annual
O&
M
costs,
and
$
1,840,464
annual
labor
costs.

Changes
in
the
Estimates:
There
is
an
increase
of
375
hours
in
the
total
estimated
burden
currently
identified
in
the
OMB
Inventory
of
Approved
ICR
Burdens.
This
increase
is
due
to
two
main
factors:

 
Minerals
Management
Service
has
projected
an
increase
in
the
number
of
Outer
Continental
Shelf
existing
development/
production
sources
in
need
of
equipment
modifications
over
the
course
of
the
next
three
years,
which
is
significantly
greater
than
estimates
at
the
time
of
the
original
and
past
ICR.
Although
there
is
6
an
increase
in
modifications
on
existing
sources,
there
are
no
new
sources
of
development/
production
and,
therefore,
no
capital
cost
burden.
As
a
result,
the
total
burden
shows
a
reduction
in
cost
when
compared
to
the
previous
ICR
burden.

 
Adjustments
to
the
estimate
are
in
2005
dollars.

Dated:
______________________

_____________________________
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division
