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

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form BOEM-0005 OCS Renewable Energy Lessee's, Grantee's, and Operator's Bond	Form	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-0002 OCS Renewable Energy, Assignment of Grant	Form	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-0006 OCS Renewable Energy Lease or Grant Designation of Operator	Form	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-0004 OCS Renewable Energy Lease or Grant Relinquishment Application	Form	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-0003 OCS Renewable Energy Assignment of Interest in Lease	Form	Modified	Available
2019-12409_30 day notice_6.12.19.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-06-12	Available
Published 60 FRN.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-02-11	Available
CFR-2017-title30-vol2-part585.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2018-03-16	Available
Supporting Statement_1010-0176_Final.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2020-03-05	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
183986	30 CFR 585.1004-1016 - Subpart J - RUEs for Energy and Marine-Related Activities Using Existing OCS Facilities		Modified
183984	30 CFR 585.902-912 - Subpart I - Decommissioning		Modified
183980	30 CFR 585.801-833; 614; 627; 632; 651; 902; - Subpart H - Environmental and Safety Management, Inspections, and Facility Assessments for Activities Conducted Under SAPs, COPs, and GAPs		Modified
183978	30 CFR 585.700-714 - Subpart G - Facility Design, Fabrication, and Installation		Modified
183977	30 CFR 585.600-659;238; 810; 907; - Subpart F - Plans and Information Requirements		Modified
183976	30 CFR 585.500-541; 1011 - Subpart E - Payments and Financial Assurance Requirements	Form	Modified	OCS Renewable Energy Lessee's, Grantee's, and Operator's Bond
183975	30 CFR 585.400-437; 235; 652a; 658c(2); - Subpart D - Lease and Grant Administration	Form	Modified	OCS Renewable Energy, Assignment of Grant
183975	30 CFR 585.400-437; 235; 652a; 658c(2); - Subpart D - Lease and Grant Administration	Form	Modified	OCS Renewable Energy Lease or Grant Designation of Operator
183975	30 CFR 585.400-437; 235; 652a; 658c(2); - Subpart D - Lease and Grant Administration	Form	Modified	OCS Renewable Energy Lease or Grant Relinquishment Application
183975	30 CFR 585.400-437; 235; 652a; 658c(2); - Subpart D - Lease and Grant Administration	Form	Modified	OCS Renewable Energy Assignment of Interest in Lease
183974	30 CFR 585.302-316 - Subpart C - ROW Grants and RUE Grants for Alternative Energy Activities		Modified
183973	30 CFR 585.200-238; - Subpart B - Issuance of OCS Alternative Energy Leases		Modified
183972	30 CFR 585.100-118; 213e; 225b; 230f; 302a; 408b(7); 409c; 436; 437; 527c; 530b; 705c2; 1005d; 1007c; 1013b(7); 1016 - Subpart A - General Requirements		Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1010-0176	ICR Reference No: 201803-1010-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201512-1010-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BOEM	Agency Tracking No: 1010-0176
Title: 30 CFR 585 - Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the OCS
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/05/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/12/2019
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2023	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2020
Responses	265	0	290
Time Burden (Hours)	18,783	0	25,688
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,816,000	0	3,816,000

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Abstract: 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.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 43 USC 1331 - 1801 Name of Law: OCSLA
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 3232	02/11/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 27356	06/12/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 10

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
30 CFR 585.100-118; 213e; 225b; 230f; 302a; 408b(7); 409c; 436; 437; 527c; 530b; 705c2; 1005d; 1007c; 1013b(7); 1016 - Subpart A - General Requirements
30 CFR 585.1004-1016 - Subpart J - RUEs for Energy and Marine-Related Activities Using Existing OCS Facilities
30 CFR 585.200-238; - Subpart B - Issuance of OCS Alternative Energy Leases
30 CFR 585.302-316 - Subpart C - ROW Grants and RUE Grants for Alternative Energy Activities
30 CFR 585.400-437; 235; 652a; 658c(2); - Subpart D - Lease and Grant Administration	BOEM-0003, BOEM-0002, BOEM-0004, BOEM-0006	OCS Renewable Energy Assignment of Interest in Lease ,   OCS Renewable Energy Lease or Grant Relinquishment Application ,   OCS Renewable Energy Lease or Grant Designation of Operator ,   OCS Renewable Energy, Assignment of Grant
30 CFR 585.500-541; 1011 - Subpart E - Payments and Financial Assurance Requirements	BOEM-0005	OCS Renewable Energy Lessee's, Grantee's, and Operator's Bond
30 CFR 585.600-659;238; 810; 907; - Subpart F - Plans and Information Requirements
30 CFR 585.700-714 - Subpart G - Facility Design, Fabrication, and Installation
30 CFR 585.801-833; 614; 627; 632; 651; 902; - Subpart H - Environmental and Safety Management, Inspections, and Facility Assessments for Activities Conducted Under SAPs, COPs, and GAPs
30 CFR 585.902-912 - Subpart I - Decommissioning

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	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

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: 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).

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,671,687

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 06/12/2019

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