30 CFR 585 - Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the OCS

ICR 201803-1010-001

OMB: 1010-0176

Federal Form Document

ICR Details
1010-0176 201803-1010-001
Active 201512-1010-002
DOI/BOEM 1010-0176
30 CFR 585 - Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the OCS
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved with change 03/05/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 06/12/2019
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
03/31/2023 36 Months From Approved 03/31/2020
265 0 290
18,783 0 25,688
3,816,000 0 3,816,000

Respondents operating under these regulations conduct commercial and noncommercial technology projects that include installation, construction, operation and maintenance, and decommissioning of offshore facilities, as well as possible onshore support facilities. The BOEM must ensure that these activities and operations on the OCS are carried out in a safe and environmentally sound manner, do not interfere with the rights of other users on the OCS, and balance the protection and development of OCS resources. To do this, BOEM needs information concerning the proposed activities, facilities, safety equipment, inspections and tests, and natural and manmade hazards near the site, as well as assurance of fiscal responsibility.

US Code: 43 USC 1331 - 1801 Name of Law: OCSLA
  
None

Not associated with rulemaking

  84 FR 3232 02/11/2019
84 FR 27356 06/12/2019
No

  Total Approved Previously Approved Change Due to New Statute Change Due to Agency Discretion Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses 265 290 0 -25 0 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 18,783 25,688 0 -6,905 0 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 3,816,000 3,816,000 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
The currently approved hour burden for this ICR is 25,688 hours. With this submission, we are requesting a total of 18,783 hours. This represents an adjustment decrease of 6,905 hours. There is no change in the non-hour cost burden. The following is an explanation of the reasons, both regulatory and discretionary, why the annual burden hours decreased: 1. BOEM concludes that for the current §585.111(b)(3) the 2016 OMB approved number of burden hours for the studies were overestimated. BOEM is proposing to cut the numbers by 1/3 from 19,000 annual burden hours to 12,000 annual burden hours (-7,000 hours). 2. BOEM concludes that the current §585.113(b) is not an actual collection of information, but falls under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). Therefore, BOEM would remove four hours of annual burden hours from OMB control number 1010-0176 (-4 hours). 3. BOEM identified areas where burden hours in the 2016 OMB approval are considered exclusions to the regulatory definition of “information” under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The following regulation; §585.116 (-100 hours) is a request for information which would be excluded under 5 C.F.R. 1320.3(h)(4) (-100 hours). 4. The requirement for §585.238 is related to submissions of request for renewable energy research lease. In the past, BOEM did not specifically account for related burden hours. For research requests relating to supporting future production, transportation, or transmission of renewable energy, BOEM estimates the annual burden hour of 4 hours. (+4 hours). 5. For §585.627(c) and §585.830(d), BOEM previously did not count the annual burden hours for oil spill response plans. Oil spill response plans were assumed to be covered under BSEE regulations (30 CFR 254), which is not the case. This activity is under 33 U.S.C. 1321, and therefore BOEM will increase annual burden hours by 193 hours (+193 hours) for §585.627(c) and 2 hours (+2 hours) for §585.830(d).

$1,671,687
No
    No
    No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Anna Atkinson 202 912-7438 amatkinson@blm.gov

  No

On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (i) Why the information is being collected;
    (ii) Use of information;
    (iii) Burden estimate;
    (iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
    (v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
    (vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
 
 
 
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
06/12/2019


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