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before October 7, 2005, or at any of the
three scoping meetings to be held in
September 2005.
Dated: September 1, 2005.
Craig Manson,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks.
[FR Doc. 05–18160 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO–134–1610–DQ]
Notice of Call for Nominations for the
McInnis Canyons National
Conservation Area (NCA) Advisory
Council
Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is requesting
nominations for ten membership
positions on the McInnis Canyons
National Conservation Area Advisory
Council. The Council advises the
Secretary and the BLM on resource
management issues associated with the
McInnis Canyons NCA and Black Ridge
Canyons Wilderness.
DATES: Submit a completed nomination
form and nomination letters to the
address listed below no later than
October 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Send completed
nominations to: McInnis Canyons NCA
Manager, Grand Junction Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H
Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Peck, NCA Manager, (970) 244–3049,
paul_peck@co.blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any
individual or organization may
nominate one or more persons to serve
on the McInnis Canyons NCA Advisory
Council. Individuals may nominate
themselves for Council membership.
You may obtain nomination forms at the
BLM Grand Junction Field Office, or by
contacting the McInnis Canyons NCA
Manager (see ADDRESSES and FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above).
To make a nomination, you must submit
a completed nomination form, letters of
reference from the represented interests
or organizations, as well as any other
information that speaks to the
nominee’s qualifications to the McInnis
Canyons NCA Manager, Grand Junction
Field Office, address listed above. You
may make nominations for the following
categories of interest:
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(1) A member of, or nominated by, the
Mesa County Board of County
Commissioners.
(2) A member of, or nominated by, the
Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory
Council.
(3) A member nominated by the
permittees holding grazing allotments
within the NCA or the Black Ridge
Canyons Wilderness.
(4) Seven members residing in, or
within reasonable proximity to, Mesa
County, Colorado, with recognized
backgrounds reflecting—
(A) The purposes for which the NCA
or Wilderness was established; and
(B) The interests of the stakeholders
that are affected by the management of
the NCA and Wilderness.
The specific category the nominee
would like to represent should be
identified in the letter of nomination
and on the nomination form. The
McInnis Canyons NCA—Grand Junction
Field Office will collect the nomination
forms and letters of reference, and
distribute them to the officials
responsible for reviewing and
recommending nominations (Board of
County Commissioners—Mesa County,
the Northwest Colorado Resource
Advisory Council, and the BLM). The
BLM will then forward recommended
nominations to the Secretary of the
Interior who has responsibility for
making the final decision to appoint
individual appointments.
The purpose of the McInnis Canyons
NCA Advisory Council is to advise the
BLM on the management of the McInnis
Canyons NCA and Black Ridge Canyons
Wilderness. Each member will be a
person who, as a result of training and
experience, has knowledge or special
expertise which qualifies that
individual to provide advice from
among the categories of interest listed
above. Members will serve without
monetary compensation but will be
reimbursed for travel and per diem
expenses at current rates for
Government employees.
Paul Peck,
Manager, McInnis Canyons National
Conservation Area.
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BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
AGENCY:
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Notice of a revision of a
currently approved information
collection (OMB Control Number 1010–
0139).
ACTION:
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, we are inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The new title for this ICR is ‘‘30 CFR
Part 216—Production Accounting,
Subpart A—General Provisions, and
Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General; and
Part 210—Forms and Reports (Forms
MMS–4054, Oil and Gas Operations
Report, and MMS–4058, Production
Allocation Schedule Report).’’ The
previous title was ‘‘30 CFR Part 216,
Production Accounting, Subparts A and
B; and Part 210—Forms and Reports.’’
DATES: Submit written comments on or
before November 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead Regulatory
Specialist, Minerals Management
Service, Minerals Revenue Management,
P.O. Box 25165, MS 302B2, Denver,
Colorado 80225. If you use an overnight
courier service or wish to hand-carry
your comments, our courier address is
Building 85, Room A–614, Denver
Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and
Kipling Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80225.
You may also e-mail your comments to
us at mrm.comments@mms.gov. Include
the title of the information collection
and the OMB control number in the
‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment. Also,
include your name and return address.
Submit electronic comments as an
ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption.
If you do not receive a confirmation that
we have received your e-mail, contact
Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 231–3211.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303)
231–3211, FAX (303) 231–3781, or email sharron.gebhardt@mms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30
CFR Part 216—Production Accounting,
Subpart A—General Provisions, and
Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General; and
Part 210–Forms and Reports (Forms
MMS–4054, Oil and Gas Operations
Report, and MMS–4058, Production
Allocation Schedule Report).
OMB Control Number: 1010–0139.
Bureau Form Number: Forms MMS–
4054 and MMS–4058.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior is responsible
for collecting royalties from lessees who
produce minerals from leased Federal
and Indian lands. The Secretary is
required by various laws to manage
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mineral resources production on
Federal and Indian lands, collect the
royalties due, and distribute the funds
in accordance with those laws.
The Secretary also has a trust
responsibility to manage Indian lands
and seek advice and information from
Indian beneficiaries. The MMS performs
the royalty management functions and
assists the Secretary in carrying out the
Department’s trust responsibility for
Indian lands.
When a company or an individual
enters into a lease to explore, develop,
produce, and dispose of minerals from
Federal or Indian lands, that company
or individual agrees to pay the lessor a
share (royalty) of the value received
from production from the leased lands.
The lease creates a business relationship
between the lessor and the lessee. The
lessee is required to report various kinds
of information to the lessor relative to
the disposition of the leased minerals.
Such information is similar to data
reported to private and public mineral
interest owners and is generally
available within the records of the
lessee or others involved in developing,
transporting, processing, purchasing, or
selling of such minerals. The
information collected includes data
necessary to ensure that the royalties are
accurately valued and appropriately
paid.
The MMS financial accounting system
is an integrated computer system that
includes production reports submitted
by lease/agreement operators and is
designed to track minerals produced
from Federal and Indian lands from the
point of production to the point of
disposition, or royalty determination,
and/or point of sale. The financial
accounting system also includes
payment and sales volumes and values,
as reported by payors. The production
and royalty volumes are compared to
verify that proper royalties are received
for the minerals produced.
The production reports provide MMS
with ongoing information on lease, unit,
or communitization agreement (lease/
agreement) and facility production,
sales volumes, and inventories. The
reports summarize all operations on a
lease/agreement or facility during a
reporting period. They identify
production by the American Petroleum
Institute well number and sales by
product. Data collected are used as a
method of cross-checking reported
production with reported sales. Failure
to collect this information will prevent
MMS from ensuring that all royalties
owed on lease production are accurately
valued and appropriately paid.
Additionally, the data is shared
electronically with the Bureau of Land
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Management, MMS’s Offshore Minerals
Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
and tribal and state governments so they
can perform their lease management
responsibilities. The requirement to
report accurately and timely is
mandatory.
Form MMS–4054, Oil and Gas
Operations Report (OGOR)
This three-part form, submitted
monthly, identifies all oil and gas lease
production and dispositions. The form
is used for all production reporting for
Outer Continental Shelf, Federal and
Indian lands. Monthly production
information is compared with monthly
sales and royalty data submitted on
Form MMS–2014, Report of Sales and
Royalty Remittance (OMB Control
Number 1010–0140, expires October 31,
2006) to ensure proper royalties are paid
on the oil and gas production reported
to MMS. To modify previously
submitted reports, the operator has the
option of modifying the reporting line
(delete/add by detail line) or replacing
(overlaying) the previous report. The
MMS uses the information from Parts A,
B, and C of the OGOR to track all oil and
gas from the point of production to the
point of first sale or other disposition.
OGOR Part A—Well Production. All
operators submit Part A for each lease
or agreement with active wells until
such wells are abandoned and
inventories are disposed. Each line
identifies a well/producing interval
combination showing well status; days
on production; volumes of oil, gas, and
water produced; and any volumes
injected during the report month.
OGOR Part B—Product Disposition.
For any month with production
volumes, operators submit Part B to
identify the sales, transfers, and lease
use of production reported on Part A. A
separate line for each disposition shows:
(1) The volume of oil, gas, or water; (2)
the sales meter or other meter identifier;
(3) the gas plant for instances where gas
was processed prior to royalty
determination; and (4) the quality of
production sold.
OGOR Part C—Product Sales from
Facility. The lease operators who store
their production before selling it must
submit Part C. Separate lines for each
product identify the storage facility,
sales meter if applicable, quality of
production sold, beginning and ending
storage inventory, volume of sales, and
volumes of other gains and losses to
inventory.
Form MMS–4058, Production
Allocation Schedule Report (PASR)
This form is submitted monthly by
operators of the facilities and
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measurement points where production
from an offshore lease or metering point
is commingled with production from
other sources before it is measured for
royalty determination.
Each line identifies a lease or
metering point and allocated sales or
transferred volumes. Space is provided
on each detail line for the operator’s
property name (area/block), and a
column is provided to identify the
product that was injected into the
pipeline system. To modify previously
submitted reports, the operator has the
option of modifying (delete/add by
detail line) or replacing (overlaying) the
previous report. The MMS uses the data
to determine whether sales reported by
the lessee are reasonable.
Applicable Citations
Applicable citations of the laws
pertaining to mineral leases on Federal
and Indian lands include: 25 U.S.C.
396d (Chapter 12—Lease, Sale or
Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted
Lands); 25 U.S.C. 2103 (Indian Mineral
Development Act of 1982); Public Law
97–451—Jan. 12, 1983 (Federal Oil and
Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982
[FOGRMA]); Public Law 104–185—Aug.
13, 1996 (Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996
[RSFA]), as corrected by Public Law
104–200—Sept. 22, 1996); The Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 1923); and The
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1353).
Public laws pertaining to mineral
royalties are located on our website at
https://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/
PublicLawsAMR.htm. The Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) citations we
are covering in this ICR are 30 CFR parts
210 and 216.
No proprietary information will be
submitted to MMS under this collection.
No items of a sensitive nature are
collected.
Frequency: Monthly and as required.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 2,500 oil and gas
operators.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 76,631
hours.
We are revising this ICR to include
reporting requirements that were
overlooked in the previous renewal
(§§ 216.2 and 216.30), and we have
adjusted the burden hours accordingly.
These reporting requirements are
considered rare and/or unusual
circumstances.
The following chart details the
estimated burden hours by CFR section
and paragraph. In calculating the
burdens, we assume that respondents
perform certain requirements in the
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normal course of their business
activities. Therefore, we consider these
usual and customary, and took that into
account in estimating the burden.
RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
30 CFR parts 210 and 216
Annual
number of
responses
Burden hours
per response
Reporting requirement
Annual burden
hours
30 CFR 210—Forms and Reports
Subpart A—General Provisions
210.20(a) ...........................
§ 210.20 When is electronic reporting required?
(a) You must submit Forms * * * and MMS–4054 to
MMS electronically. You must begin reporting
electronically according to the following timetable
* * *.
210.21(c)(1) .......................
.25 hour (Electronic) .......
.25 hour (Manual) ...........
§ 210.21 How do you report electronically?
(c) Before you may begin reporting electronically: (1)
You must submit an electronic sample of your report for MMS approval * * *.
294,000
6,000
73,500
1,500
Burden covered under § 210.20(a).
30 CFR 210—Forms and Reports
Subpart B—Oil, Gas, and OCS Sulfur—General
210.50 ................................
§ 210.50 Required Recordkeeping .............................
Information required by the MMS shall be filed using
the forms prescribed in this subpart * * *.
Records may be maintained in * * * or other recorded media that is easily reproducible and readable.
Burden covered under § 210.20(a).
30 CFR 216—Production Accounting
Subpart A—General Provisions
216.2 ..................................
§ 216.2 Scope .............................................................
Burden covered under §§ 210.20(a); 216.56(a), (b), and (c);
and 216.57.
* * * Reporters are required to submit certain production reports to MMS asset forth in this part.
216.11 ................................
216.16(a) ...........................
216.21 ................................
216.40(d) ...........................
216.30 ................................
§ 216.11 Electronic reporting ......................................
You must submit your Oil and Gas Operations Report, Form MMS–4054, in accordance with electronic reporting requirements in 30 CFR part 210.
§ 216.16 Where to report.
(a) All reporting forms * * * should be mailed to the
Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue
Management * * *.
§ 216.21 General obligations of the reporter.
The reporter shall submit accurately, completely, and
timely * * * all information forms and other information required by MMS * * *.
§ 216.40 Assessments for incorrect or late reports
and failure to report.
(d) * * * The reporter shall have the burden of proving that a reporting problem was unavoidable.
§ 216.30 Special forms and reports ............................
When special form and reports * * * are necessary
* * *. Such requests will be made in conformity
with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, and are expected to involve less than
10 respondents annually.
Burden covered under § 210.20(a).
1 ......................................
1
1
30 CFR 216—Production Accounting
Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General
216.53 (a), (b), and (c) ......
216.56(a), (b), and (c) .......
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§ 216.53 Oil and Gas Operations Report. ..................
(a) You must file an Oil and Gas Operations Report,
Form MMS–4054 * * *.
(b) You must submit a Form MMS–4054 for each
well for each calendar month * * *.
(c) MMS must receive your completed Form MMS–
4054 * * *.
(1) Electronically * * *.
(2) Other than electronically * * *.
§ 216.56 Production Allocation Schedule Report .......
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.1167 hour (Electronic) ...
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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Annual
number of
responses
30 CFR parts 210 and 216
Reporting requirement
Burden hours
per response
.25 hour (Manual) ...........
216.57 ................................
(a) Any operator of an offshore Facility Measurement
Point * * * must file a Production Allocation
Schedule Report (Form MMS–4058) * * *.
(b) You must submit a Production Allocation Schedule Report, Form MMS–4058, for each calendar
month * * *.
(c) MMS must receive your Form MMS–4058 * * *.
(1) Electronically * * *.
(2) Other than electronically * * *.
§ 216.57 Stripper royalty rate reduction notification ...
Annual burden
hours
3,120
780
Burden covered under OMB Control Number 1010–0090
(expires October 31, 2007).
* * * Operators who have been granted a reduced
royalty rate(s) * * * must submit a Stripper Royalty Rate.
Reduction Notification (Form MMS–4377) to MMS
* * *.
Total ............................
.....................................................................................
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost
Burden: Reporters require access to the
Internet through a subscription to an
Internet provider service. The annual
subscription is estimated at $240 per
reporter.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that 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.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA Section 3506(c)(2)(A)
requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide
notice * * * and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information * * *.’’
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
The PRA also requires agencies to
estimate the total annual reporting
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden to respondents
or recordkeepers resulting from the
collection of information. We have not
identified non-hour cost burdens for
this information collection. If you have
costs to generate, maintain, and disclose
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this information, you should comment
and provide your total capital and
startup cost components or annual
operation, maintenance, and purchase
of service components. You should
describe the methods you use to
estimate major cost factors, including
system and technology acquisition,
expected useful life of capital
equipment, discount rate(s), and the
period over which you incur costs.
Capital and startup costs include,
among other items, computers and
software you purchase to prepare for
collecting information; monitoring,
sampling, and testing equipment; and
record storage facilities. Generally, your
estimates should not include equipment
or services purchased: (i) Before October
1, 1995; (ii) to comply with
requirements not associated with the
information collection; (iii) for reasons
other than to provide information or
keep records for the Government; or (iv)
as part of customary and usual business
or private practices.
We will summarize written responses
to this notice and address them in our
ICR submission for OMB approval,
including appropriate adjustments to
the estimated burden. We will provide
a copy of the ICR to you without charge
upon request. The ICR also will be
posted on our Web site at https://
www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/
FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm.
Public Comment Policy: We will post
all comments in response to this notice
on our Web site at https://
www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/
FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. We also will
make copies of the comments available
for public review, including names and
addresses of respondents, during regular
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76,631
business hours at our offices in
Lakewood, Colorado. Upon request, we
will withhold an individual
respondent’s home address from the
public record, as allowable by law.
There also may be circumstances in
which we would withhold a
respondent’s identity, as allowable by
law. If you request that we withhold
your name and/or address, state your
request prominently at the beginning of
your comment. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We
will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: August 29, 2005.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska
Region, Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas
Lease Sale 193 for Year 2007
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare
an environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: A Call for Information and
Nominations was published in the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information
collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0139).
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, we
are inviting comments on a collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. The new title for this ICR is ``30 CFR Part 216--Production
Accounting, Subpart A--General Provisions, and Subpart B--Oil and Gas,
General; and Part 210--Forms and Reports (Forms MMS-4054, Oil and Gas
Operations Report, and MMS-4058, Production Allocation Schedule
Report).'' The previous title was ``30 CFR Part 216, Production
Accounting, Subparts A and B; and Part 210--Forms and Reports.''
DATES: Submit written comments on or before November 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead
Regulatory Specialist, Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue
Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS 302B2, Denver, Colorado 80225. If you
use an overnight courier service or wish to hand-carry your comments,
our courier address is Building 85, Room A-614, Denver Federal Center,
West 6th Ave. and Kipling Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80225. You may also
e-mail your comments to us at mrm.comments@mms.gov. Include the title
of the information collection and the OMB control number in the
``Attention'' line of your comment. Also, include your name and return
address. Submit electronic comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use
of special characters and any form of encryption. If you do not receive
a confirmation that we have received your e-mail, contact Ms. Gebhardt
at (303) 231-3211.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303)
231-3211, FAX (303) 231-3781, or e-mail sharron.gebhardt@mms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30 CFR Part 216--Production
Accounting, Subpart A--General Provisions, and Subpart B--Oil and Gas,
General; and Part 210-Forms and Reports (Forms MMS-4054, Oil and Gas
Operations Report, and MMS-4058, Production Allocation Schedule
Report).
OMB Control Number: 1010-0139.
Bureau Form Number: Forms MMS-4054 and MMS-4058.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior is
responsible for collecting royalties from lessees who produce minerals
from leased Federal and Indian lands. The Secretary is required by
various laws to manage
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mineral resources production on Federal and Indian lands, collect the
royalties due, and distribute the funds in accordance with those laws.
The Secretary also has a trust responsibility to manage Indian
lands and seek advice and information from Indian beneficiaries. The
MMS performs the royalty management functions and assists the Secretary
in carrying out the Department's trust responsibility for Indian lands.
When a company or an individual enters into a lease to explore,
develop, produce, and dispose of minerals from Federal or Indian lands,
that company or individual agrees to pay the lessor a share (royalty)
of the value received from production from the leased lands. The lease
creates a business relationship between the lessor and the lessee. The
lessee is required to report various kinds of information to the lessor
relative to the disposition of the leased minerals. Such information is
similar to data reported to private and public mineral interest owners
and is generally available within the records of the lessee or others
involved in developing, transporting, processing, purchasing, or
selling of such minerals. The information collected includes data
necessary to ensure that the royalties are accurately valued and
appropriately paid.
The MMS financial accounting system is an integrated computer
system that includes production reports submitted by lease/agreement
operators and is designed to track minerals produced from Federal and
Indian lands from the point of production to the point of disposition,
or royalty determination, and/or point of sale. The financial
accounting system also includes payment and sales volumes and values,
as reported by payors. The production and royalty volumes are compared
to verify that proper royalties are received for the minerals produced.
The production reports provide MMS with ongoing information on
lease, unit, or communitization agreement (lease/agreement) and
facility production, sales volumes, and inventories. The reports
summarize all operations on a lease/agreement or facility during a
reporting period. They identify production by the American Petroleum
Institute well number and sales by product. Data collected are used as
a method of cross-checking reported production with reported sales.
Failure to collect this information will prevent MMS from ensuring that
all royalties owed on lease production are accurately valued and
appropriately paid. Additionally, the data is shared electronically
with the Bureau of Land Management, MMS's Offshore Minerals Management,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and tribal and state governments so they can
perform their lease management responsibilities. The requirement to
report accurately and timely is mandatory.
Form MMS-4054, Oil and Gas Operations Report (OGOR)
This three-part form, submitted monthly, identifies all oil and gas
lease production and dispositions. The form is used for all production
reporting for Outer Continental Shelf, Federal and Indian lands.
Monthly production information is compared with monthly sales and
royalty data submitted on Form MMS-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty
Remittance (OMB Control Number 1010-0140, expires October 31, 2006) to
ensure proper royalties are paid on the oil and gas production reported
to MMS. To modify previously submitted reports, the operator has the
option of modifying the reporting line (delete/add by detail line) or
replacing (overlaying) the previous report. The MMS uses the
information from Parts A, B, and C of the OGOR to track all oil and gas
from the point of production to the point of first sale or other
disposition.
OGOR Part A--Well Production. All operators submit Part A for each
lease or agreement with active wells until such wells are abandoned and
inventories are disposed. Each line identifies a well/producing
interval combination showing well status; days on production; volumes
of oil, gas, and water produced; and any volumes injected during the
report month.
OGOR Part B--Product Disposition. For any month with production
volumes, operators submit Part B to identify the sales, transfers, and
lease use of production reported on Part A. A separate line for each
disposition shows: (1) The volume of oil, gas, or water; (2) the sales
meter or other meter identifier; (3) the gas plant for instances where
gas was processed prior to royalty determination; and (4) the quality
of production sold.
OGOR Part C--Product Sales from Facility. The lease operators who
store their production before selling it must submit Part C. Separate
lines for each product identify the storage facility, sales meter if
applicable, quality of production sold, beginning and ending storage
inventory, volume of sales, and volumes of other gains and losses to
inventory.
Form MMS-4058, Production Allocation Schedule Report (PASR)
This form is submitted monthly by operators of the facilities and
measurement points where production from an offshore lease or metering
point is commingled with production from other sources before it is
measured for royalty determination.
Each line identifies a lease or metering point and allocated sales
or transferred volumes. Space is provided on each detail line for the
operator's property name (area/block), and a column is provided to
identify the product that was injected into the pipeline system. To
modify previously submitted reports, the operator has the option of
modifying (delete/add by detail line) or replacing (overlaying) the
previous report. The MMS uses the data to determine whether sales
reported by the lessee are reasonable.
Applicable Citations
Applicable citations of the laws pertaining to mineral leases on
Federal and Indian lands include: 25 U.S.C. 396d (Chapter 12--Lease,
Sale or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands); 25 U.S.C. 2103
(Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982); Public Law 97-451--Jan. 12,
1983 (Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 [FOGRMA]);
Public Law 104-185--Aug. 13, 1996 (Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 [RSFA]), as corrected by Public
Law 104-200--Sept. 22, 1996); The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 1923);
and The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1353).
Public laws pertaining to mineral royalties are located on our
website at https://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/PublicLawsAMR.htm. The
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) citations we are covering in this ICR
are 30 CFR parts 210 and 216.
No proprietary information will be submitted to MMS under this
collection. No items of a sensitive nature are collected.
Frequency: Monthly and as required.
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 2,500 oil and gas
operators.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden:
76,631 hours.
We are revising this ICR to include reporting requirements that
were overlooked in the previous renewal (Sec. Sec. 216.2 and 216.30),
and we have adjusted the burden hours accordingly. These reporting
requirements are considered rare and/or unusual circumstances.
The following chart details the estimated burden hours by CFR
section and paragraph. In calculating the burdens, we assume that
respondents perform certain requirements in the
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normal course of their business activities. Therefore, we consider
these usual and customary, and took that into account in estimating the
burden.
Respondents' Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Burden hours per Annual number Annual burden
30 CFR parts 210 and 216 Reporting requirement response of responses hours
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30 CFR 210--Forms and Reports
Subpart A--General Provisions
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210.20(a)....................... Sec. 210.20 When is .25 hour 294,000 73,500
electronic reporting (Electronic).
required?
(a) You must submit .25 hour (Manual). 6,000 1,500
Forms * * * and MMS-
4054 to MMS
electronically. You
must begin reporting
electronically
according to the
following timetable * *
*.
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210.21(c)(1).................... Sec. 210.21 How do you Burden covered under Sec. 210.20(a).
report electronically?
(c) Before you may begin
reporting
electronically: (1) You
must submit an
electronic sample of
your report for MMS
approval * * *.
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30 CFR 210--Forms and Reports
Subpart B--Oil, Gas, and OCS Sulfur--General
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210.50.......................... Sec. 210.50 Required Burden covered under Sec. 210.20(a).
Recordkeeping.
Information required by
the MMS shall be filed
using the forms
prescribed in this
subpart * * *. Records
may be maintained in *
* * or other recorded
media that is easily
reproducible and
readable.
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30 CFR 216--Production Accounting
Subpart A--General Provisions
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216.2........................... Sec. 216.2 Scope...... Burden covered under Sec. Sec. 210.20(a);
216.56(a), (b), and (c); and 216.57.
* * * Reporters are
required to submit
certain production
reports to MMS asset
forth in this part.
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216.11.......................... Sec. 216.11 Electronic Burden covered under Sec. 210.20(a).
reporting.
You must submit your Oil
and Gas Operations
Report, Form MMS-4054,
in accordance with
electronic reporting
requirements in 30 CFR
part 210.
216.16(a)....................... Sec. 216.16 Where to
report.
(a) All reporting forms
* * * should be mailed
to the Minerals
Management Service,
Minerals Revenue
Management * * *.
216.21.......................... Sec. 216.21 General
obligations of the
reporter.
The reporter shall
submit accurately,
completely, and timely
* * * all information
forms and other
information required by
MMS * * *.
216.40(d)....................... Sec. 216.40
Assessments for
incorrect or late
reports and failure to
report.
(d) * * * The reporter
shall have the burden
of proving that a
reporting problem was
unavoidable.
216.30.......................... Sec. 216.30 Special 1................. 1 1
forms and reports.
When special form and
reports * * * are
necessary * * *. Such
requests will be made
in conformity with the
requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, and are
expected to involve
less than 10
respondents annually.
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30 CFR 216--Production Accounting
Subpart B--Oil and Gas, General
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216.53 (a), (b), and (c)........ Sec. 216.53 Oil and Burden covered under Sec. 210.20(a).
Gas Operations Report..
(a) You must file an Oil
and Gas Operations
Report, Form MMS-4054 *
* *.
(b) You must submit a
Form MMS-4054 for each
well for each calendar
month * * *.
(c) MMS must receive
your completed Form MMS-
4054 * * *.
(1) Electronically * *
*.
(2) Other than
electronically * * *.
216.56(a), (b), and (c)......... Sec. 216.56 Production .1167 hour 7,280 850
Allocation Schedule (Electronic).
Report.
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(a) Any operator of an .25 hour (Manual). 3,120 780
offshore Facility
Measurement Point * * *
must file a Production
Allocation Schedule
Report (Form MMS-4058)
* * *.
(b) You must submit a
Production Allocation
Schedule Report, Form
MMS-4058, for each
calendar month * * *.
(c) MMS must receive
your Form MMS-4058 * *
*.
(1) Electronically * *
*.
(2) Other than
electronically * * *.
216.57.......................... Sec. 216.57 Stripper Burden covered under OMB Control Number 1010-0090
royalty rate reduction (expires October 31, 2007).
notification.
* * * Operators who have
been granted a reduced
royalty rate(s) * * *
must submit a Stripper
Royalty Rate.
Reduction Notification
(Form MMS-4377) to MMS
* * *.
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Total....................... ........................ .................. 310,401 76,631
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Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour'' Cost
Burden: Reporters require access to the Internet through a subscription
to an Internet provider service. The annual subscription is estimated
at $240 per reporter.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
provides that 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.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR to OMB, PRA Section
3506(c)(2)(A) requires each agency ``* * * to provide notice * * * and
otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies
concerning each proposed collection of information * * *.'' Agencies
must specifically solicit comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d)
minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
The PRA also requires agencies to estimate the total annual
reporting ``non-hour cost'' burden to respondents or recordkeepers
resulting from the collection of information. We have not identified
non-hour cost burdens for this information collection. If you have
costs to generate, maintain, and disclose this information, you should
comment and provide your total capital and startup cost components or
annual operation, maintenance, and purchase of service components. You
should describe the methods you use to estimate major cost factors,
including system and technology acquisition, expected useful life of
capital equipment, discount rate(s), and the period over which you
incur costs. Capital and startup costs include, among other items,
computers and software you purchase to prepare for collecting
information; monitoring, sampling, and testing equipment; and record
storage facilities. Generally, your estimates should not include
equipment or services purchased: (i) Before October 1, 1995; (ii) to
comply with requirements not associated with the information
collection; (iii) for reasons other than to provide information or keep
records for the Government; or (iv) as part of customary and usual
business or private practices.
We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them
in our ICR submission for OMB approval, including appropriate
adjustments to the estimated burden. We will provide a copy of the ICR
to you without charge upon request. The ICR also will be posted on our
Web site at https://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm.
Public Comment Policy: We will post all comments in response to
this notice on our Web site at https://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/
FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. We also will make copies of the comments
available for public review, including names and addresses of
respondents, during regular business hours at our offices in Lakewood,
Colorado. Upon request, we will withhold an individual respondent's
home address from the public record, as allowable by law. There also
may be circumstances in which we would withhold a respondent's
identity, as allowable by law. If you request that we withhold your
name and/or address, state your request prominently at the beginning of
your comment. However, we will not consider anonymous comments. We will
make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their
entirety.
MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208-7744.
Dated: August 29, 2005.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
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