(a) You must comply with the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7409) and its implementing regulations, according to the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) in the Gulf of Mexico west of include in your plan any
87.5[deg] west longitude (western Gulf information required for BOEM
of Mexico). to make the appropriate air
quality determinations for
your project.(2) anywhere else on the OCS........... follow the appropriate
implementing regulations as
promulgated by the EPA under
40 CFR part 55.------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) For air quality modeling that you perform in support of the activities proposed in your plan, you should contact the appropriate regulatory agency to establish a modeling protocol to ensure that the agency's needs are met and that the meteorological files used are acceptable before initiating the modeling work. In the western Gulf of Mexico (west of 87.5[deg] west longitude), you must submit to BOEM three copies of the modeling report and three sets of digital files as supporting information. The digital files must contain the formatted meteorological files used in the modeling runs, the model input file, and the model output file.