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Carlsbad, NM 88220; BLM Roswell
Field Office, 2909 West Second Street,
Roswell, NM 88201. The current RMPs/
EISs, and all other documents relevant
to this planning process, are available
for public review at the Field Offices at
the above addresses.
Dated: June 6, 2006.
Linda S.C. Rundell,
New Mexico State Director.
[FR Doc. E6–17452 Filed 10–19–06; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ES–960–1910–BK, Group 26, Maine]
Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey;
Maine
The plat of the dependent resurvey of
the boundaries of lands held in trust by
the United States, for the Aroostook
Band of Micmacs, in Presque Isle,
Aroostook County, Maine, known as the
‘‘Bonaire Housing Complex’’, will be
officially filed in Eastern States,
Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days
from the date of publication in the
Federal Register.
The survey was requested by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs.
All inquiries or protests concerning
the technical aspects of the survey must
be sent to the Chief Cadastral Surveyor,
Eastern States, Bureau of Land
Management, 7450 Boston Boulevard,
Springfield, Virginia 22153.
Copies of the plat will be made
available upon request and prepayment
of the reproduction fee of $2.75 per
copy.
Michael Young,
Cadastral Chief, Eastern States.
[FR Doc. E6–17560 Filed 10–19–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a revision of a
currently approved information
collection (OMB Control Number 1010–
0140).
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
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Title: 30
CFR Part 210—Forms and Reports.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0140.
Bureau Form Number: Form MMS–
2014.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior is responsible
for matters relevant to mineral resource
development on Federal and Indian
lands and the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS). The Secretary, under the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 1923) and the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1353), is responsible for
managing the production of minerals
from Federal and Indian lands and the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
15:52 Oct 19, 2006
Submit written comments on or
before November 20, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
by either FAX (202) 395–6566 or e-mail
(OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov) directly to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior (OMB
Control Number 1010–0140).
Please also send a copy of your
comments to MMS via e-mail 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.
If you do not receive a confirmation that
we have received your e-mail, contact
Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 231–3211.
You may also mail a copy of your
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-deliver your comments, our
courier address is Building 85, Room A–
614, Denver Federal Center, West 6th
Ave. and Kipling Blvd., Denver,
Colorado 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303)
231–3211, FAX (303) 231–3781, e-mail
Sharron.Gebhardt@mms.gov. You may
also contact Sharron Gebhardt to obtain,
at no cost, copies of (1) the ICR, (2) any
associated forms, and (3) regulations
that require the subject collection of
information.
DATES:
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we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
30 CFR Part 210—Forms and Reports,
regarding Form MMS–2014, Report of
Sales and Royalty Remittance. This
notice also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.
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OCS, collecting royalties from lessees
who produce minerals, and distributing
the funds collected in accordance with
applicable laws.
The Secretary 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.
The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Management Act (FOGRMA) of 1982, 30
U.S.C. 1701 et seq., states in Section
101(a) that the Secretary ‘‘* * * shall
establish a comprehensive inspection,
collection, and fiscal and production
accounting and auditing system to
provide the capability to accurately
determine oil and gas royalties, interest,
fines, penalties, fees, deposits, and other
payments owed, and collect and
account for such amounts in a timely
manner.’’ The MMS collects the
information on Form MMS–2014,
Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance,
which is the only document used for
reporting oil and gas royalties, certain
rents, and other lease-related
transactions (e.g., transportation and
processing allowances, lease
adjustments, and quality and location
differentials). The information collected
includes data necessary to ensure that
the royalties are paid appropriately.
The persons or entities described
under FOGRMA at 30 U.S.C. 1713 are
required to make reports and submit
reasonable information as defined by
the Secretary. 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.
Public laws pertaining to mineral
royalties are located on our Web site at
https://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/
PublicLawsAMR.htm.
The MMS is requesting OMB’s
approval to continue to collect this
information using Form MMS–2014.
Not collecting this information would
limit the Secretary’s ability to discharge
his/her duties and may also result in
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loss of royalty payments. Any
proprietary information submitted is
protected, and there are no questions of
a sensitive nature included in this
information collection. The requirement
to respond is mandatory.
Frequency: Monthly and as required.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 2,070 lessees.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 158,821
hours.
We have not included in our
estimates certain requirements
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performed in the normal course of
business and considered usual and
customary. The following chart shows
the estimated burden hours by CFR
section and paragraph:
RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
30 CFR part 210
Reporting and recordkeeping requirement
Average number
of annual responses
Hour burden
Annual burden
hours
Electronic (99 percent)
210.20(a); 210.21(c)(1);
210.50; 210.52(a)(1),
(a)(2), (b), (c), and (d);
and 210.354.
210.20 When is electronic reporting required?
(a) You must submit Form MMS–2014 * * * to MMS
electronically. * * *
210.21 How do you report electronically?
(c)(1) You must submit an electronic sample of your
report for MMS approval * * *
1 0.05
3,103,265
155,163
Manual (1 percent)
210.50 Required recordkeeping.
* * * Records may be maintained in microfilm,
microfiche, or other recorded media * * *
210.52 Report of sales and royalty remittance.
(a) You must submit a completed Form MMS–2014
(Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance) to MMS
with:
(1) All royalty payments; and
(2) Rents on nonproducing leases * * *
(b) When you submit Form MMS–2014 data electronically, you must not submit the form itself.
(c) Completed Forms MMS–2014 for royalty payments are due by the end of the month following
the production month.
(d) * * * completed Forms MMS–2014 for rental
payments are due no later than the anniversary
date of the lease.
210.354 Monthly report of sales and royalty.
A completed * * * (Form MMS–2014) must be submitted each month once sales or utilization of production occur * * * This report is due on or before
the last day of the month following the month in
which production was sold or utilized * * *
210.351
210.351
Required recordkeeping.
2 0.1167
31,346
3,658
Burden hours covered under § 210.354 above
* * * Records may be maintained on microfilm,
microfiche, or other recorded media that are easily
reproducible and readable. * * *
Burden Hour Total ..............................................................................................
..............................
3,134,611
158,821
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minutes.
2 7 minutes.
Note.—Each line is considered one response/report.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost
Burden:
We have identified no ‘‘non-hour
cost’’ burden associated with the
collection of information.
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.
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15:52 Oct 19, 2006
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Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA 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
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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.
To comply with the public
consultation process, we published a
notice in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2005 (70 FR 70092),
announcing that we would submit this
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ICR to OMB for approval. The notice
provided the required 60-day comment
period. We received no comments in
response to the notice.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by November 20,
2006.
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/InfoColl/
InfoColCom.htm. We will also 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.
accomplished to include private
property that the owner wishes to sell
to the United States for the use of
Sequoia National Park and which the
National Park Service has concluded
would be a valuable addition to the
park. The real property added to the
park is depicted as Tract 05–110 on
Drawing No. 102/80,034, Sheet 6 of 8,
Segment Map 05, dated January 3, 2005.
This map is on file and available for
inspection at the following locations:
National Park Service, Land Resources
Program Center, Pacific West Region,
1111 Jackson St., Suite 700, Oakland,
CA 94607, and National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, Washington,
DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Park Service, Chief, Pacific
Land Resources Program Center, Pacific
West Region, 1111 Jackson St., Suite
700, Oakland, CA 94607, (510) 817–
1414.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act of
November 10, 1978 provides that, after
notifying the House Committee on
Resources and the Senate Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources, the
Secretary of the Interior may make
minor revisions to the boundary of
Sequoia National Park by publication of
a revised map or description in the
Federal Register.
Dated: June 14, 2006.
Shirley M. Conway,
Acting Associate Director for Minerals
Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. E6–17538 Filed 10–19–06; 8:45 am]
Notice of Availability for the Final
General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for
the North Unit of Badlands National
Park, SD
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, the National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of the
Final General Management Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/
EIS) for Badlands National Park—North
Unit.
DATES: The NPS will execute a record of
decision (ROD) no sooner than 30 days
following the publication of a notice of
availability for the final GMP/EIS in the
Federal Register by the Environmental
Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final GMP/EIS
are available upon request by writing
the Superintendent, Badlands National
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Minor Boundary Revision at Sequoia
National Park
National Park Service, Interior.
Announcement of park
boundary revision.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice is hereby given that
the boundary of Sequoia National Park
is modified to include approximately
11.83 acres of real property adjacent to
the park. This adjustment is
SUMMARY:
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Dated: August 1, 2006.
Jonathan B, Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
[FR Doc. E6–17559 Filed 10–19–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Park, P.O. Box 6, Interior, South Dakota
57750–0006. The document is also
available to be picked up at park
headquarters located at Cedar Pass in
Interior, South Dakota. In addition, the
final GMP/EIS is available on the
Internet at:
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent Paige Baker, P.O. Box 6,
Interior, South Dakota 57750–0006,
telephone 605–433–5280.
The NPS
prepared a Draft GMP/EIS for Badlands
National Park and made it available for
public review for 90 days (September
2005 to January 2006), during which
time the NPS distributed over 300
copies of the draft. The draft was
available at the Badlands National Park
and on the Internet. A total of 17 written
comments were received, and 25
participants attended 3 open houses.
The general opinion from the public
comment period is that the correct path
to pursue for future management of the
Badlands National Park is the preferred
alternative, Alternative B. Comments
from individuals and public agencies
did not require the addition of other
alternatives, significantly alter existing
alternatives, or make changes to the
impact analysis of the effects of any
alternative.
Our practice is to make comments,
including names, home addresses, home
phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of
respondents available for public review.
Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their names and/or home
addresses, etc., but if you wish us to
consider withholding this information
you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. In
addition, you must present a rationale
for withholding this information. This
rationale must demonstrate that
disclosure would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of privacy.
Unsupported assertions will not meet
this burden. In the absence of
exceptional, documentable
circumstances, this information will be
released. We will always make
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives of or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: September 1, 2006.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. E6–17558 Filed 10–19–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a revision of a currently approved information
collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0140).
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we
are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information
collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR Part 210--Forms and
Reports, regarding Form MMS-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty
Remittance. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity
to comment on the paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before November 20, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments by either FAX (202) 395-6566 or e-
mail (OIRA--Docket@omb.eop.gov) directly to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department
of the Interior (OMB Control Number 1010-0140).
Please also send a copy of your comments to MMS via e-mail 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. If you do not receive a
confirmation that we have received your e-mail, contact Ms. Gebhardt at
(303) 231-3211.
You may also mail a copy of your 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-deliver your
comments, our courier address is Building 85, Room A-614, Denver
Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling Blvd., Denver, Colorado
80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303)
231-3211, FAX (303) 231-3781, e-mail Sharron.Gebhardt@mms.gov. You may
also contact Sharron Gebhardt to obtain, at no cost, copies of (1) the
ICR, (2) any associated forms, and (3) regulations that require the
subject collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30 CFR Part 210--Forms and Reports.
OMB Control Number: 1010-0140.
Bureau Form Number: Form MMS-2014.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior is
responsible for matters relevant to mineral resource development on
Federal and Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The
Secretary, under the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 1923) and the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1353), is responsible for
managing the production of minerals from Federal and Indian lands and
the OCS, collecting royalties from lessees who produce minerals, and
distributing the funds collected in accordance with applicable laws.
The Secretary 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.
The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (FOGRMA) of 1982, 30
U.S.C. 1701 et seq., states in Section 101(a) that the Secretary ``* *
* shall establish a comprehensive inspection, collection, and fiscal
and production accounting and auditing system to provide the capability
to accurately determine oil and gas royalties, interest, fines,
penalties, fees, deposits, and other payments owed, and collect and
account for such amounts in a timely manner.'' The MMS collects the
information on Form MMS-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance,
which is the only document used for reporting oil and gas royalties,
certain rents, and other lease-related transactions (e.g.,
transportation and processing allowances, lease adjustments, and
quality and location differentials). The information collected includes
data necessary to ensure that the royalties are paid appropriately.
The persons or entities described under FOGRMA at 30 U.S.C. 1713
are required to make reports and submit reasonable information as
defined by the Secretary. 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.
Public laws pertaining to mineral royalties are located on our Web
site at https://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/PublicLawsAMR.htm.
The MMS is requesting OMB's approval to continue to collect this
information using Form MMS-2014. Not collecting this information would
limit the Secretary's ability to discharge his/her duties and may also
result in
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loss of royalty payments. Any proprietary information submitted is
protected, and there are no questions of a sensitive nature included in
this information collection. The requirement to respond is mandatory.
Frequency: Monthly and as required.
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 2,070 lessees.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden:
158,821 hours.
We have not included in our estimates certain requirements
performed in the normal course of business and considered usual and
customary. The following chart shows the estimated burden hours by CFR
section and paragraph:
Respondents' Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Reporting and
30 CFR part 210 recordkeeping Hour burden Average number of Annual burden
requirement annual responses hours
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Electronic (99 percent)
--------------------------------------------------------
210.20(a); 210.21(c)(1); 210.20 When is
210.50; 210.52(a)(1), (a)(2), electronic reporting
(b), (c), and (d); and 210.354. required?
(a) You must submit
Form MMS-2014 * * *
to MMS
electronically. * * *.
210.21 How do you
report
electronically?.
(c)(1) You must submit \1\ 0.05 3,103,265 155,163
an electronic sample
of your report for
MMS approval * * *
--------------------------------------------------------
Manual (1 percent)
--------------------------------------------------------
210.50 Required
recordkeeping.
* * * Records may be \2\ 0.1167 31,346 3,658
maintained in
microfilm,
microfiche, or other
recorded media * * *
210.52 Report of sales
and royalty
remittance.
(a) You must submit a
completed Form MMS-
2014 (Report of Sales
and Royalty
Remittance) to MMS
with:
(1) All royalty
payments; and
(2) Rents on
nonproducing leases *
* *
(b) When you submit
Form MMS-2014 data
electronically, you
must not submit the
form itself.
(c) Completed Forms
MMS-2014 for royalty
payments are due by
the end of the month
following the
production month.
(d) * * * completed .................
Forms MMS-2014 for
rental payments are
due no later than the
anniversary date of
the lease.
210.354 Monthly report
of sales and royalty.
A completed * * * .................
(Form MMS-2014) must
be submitted each
month once sales or
utilization of
production occur * *
* This report is due
on or before the last
day of the month
following the month
in which production
was sold or utilized
* * *
--------------------------------------------------------
210.351 210.351 Required Burden hours covered under Sec. 210.354 above
recordkeeping.
--------------------------------------------------------
* * * Records may be
maintained on
microfilm,
microfiche, or other
recorded media that
are easily
reproducible and
readable. * * *
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Burden Hour Total.................................. ................. 3,134,611 158,821
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\1\ 3 minutes.
\2\ 7 minutes.
Note.--Each line is considered one response/report.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour'' Cost
Burden:
We have identified no ``non-hour cost'' burden associated with the
collection of information.
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: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 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.
To comply with the public consultation process, we published a
notice in the Federal Register on November 21, 2005 (70 FR 70092),
announcing that we would submit this
[[Page 62012]]
ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the required 60-day
comment period. We received no comments in response to the notice.
If you wish to comment in response to this notice, you may send
your comments to the offices listed under the ADDRESSES section of this
notice. The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the
information collection but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, to
ensure maximum consideration, OMB should receive public comments by
November 20, 2006.
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/
InfoColl/InfoColCom.htm. We will also 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: June 14, 2006.
Shirley M. Conway,
Acting Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. E6-17538 Filed 10-19-06; 8:45 am]
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