Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf (30 CFR 585 and 586)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/03/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2026
483
200
81,104
9,876
43,198,580
1,908,000
This information collection request addresses the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR parts 585 and 586 issued pursuant to the OCS Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). The OCS Lands Act at subsection 8(p) (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue leases, easements, or rights-of-way on the OCS for activities that produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas, including renewable energy. Subsection 8(p) directs the Secretary to issue any necessary regulations to carry out the OCS renewable energy program. The Secretary delegated this authority to BOEM. BOEM issued regulations for OCS renewable energy activities at 30 CFR parts 585 and 586; this notice concerns the reporting and recordkeeping elements required by these regulations.
The current approved annual burden hours for OMB Control Number 1010-0176 are equal to 9,876 hours, 200 annual responses, and $1,908,000 non-hour cost burdens.
BOEM is updating the overall burden number for this OMB control number to align with the recent increase in development activity and to reflect more realistically the manner by which conditional approvals have been used to increase the number and scope of compliance requirements compared to previous estimates. BOEM sets conditions of approval for activities on the OCS to ensure compliance with regulations and project-specific requirements. BOEM has several projects under current leases that recently entered the planning phase, and therefore, these annual burden hours were not counted in the last ICR renewal.
The majority of burden increases fall under the requirements in Subpart G, Plans and Information. BOEM is increasing the annual burden hours to reflect the increase related to the terms and conditions of approval of these projects. This ICR increases the annual burdens by 71,228 hours to a total of 81,104 hours and the non-hour cost burdens by $41,290,580 to $43,198,580.
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.