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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket No. MMS–2009–OMM–0013]
MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–0006, Leasing of Sulphur or Oil
and Gas in the Outer Continental Shelf
and Outer Continental Shelf Oil and
Gas Leasing, Extension of a
Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0006).
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SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The information collection request (ICR)
concerns the paperwork requirements in
the regulations under 30 CFR 256,
‘‘Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas in
the Outer Continental Shelf,’’ and 30
CFR 260, ‘‘Outer Continental Shelf Oil
and Gas Leasing.’’
DATES: Submit written comments by
December 7, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607.
You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the
regulations and the forms that require
the subject collection of information.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods listed
below.
• Electronically: go to https://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter docket ID
MMS–2009–OMM–0013 then click
search. Under the tab ‘‘View by Docket
Folder’’ you can submit public
comments and view supporting and
related materials available for this
collection of information. The MMS will
post all comments.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference Information Collection 1010–
0006 in your subject line and include
your name and return address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR Part 256, ‘‘Leasing of
Sulphur or Oil and Gas in the Outer
Continental Shelf,’’ and 30 CFR Part
260, ‘‘Outer Continental Shelf Oil and
Gas Leasing.’’
Form(s): MMS–150, MMS–151,
MMS–152, MMS–2028, and MMS–
2028A.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0006.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq., and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) to prescribe rules and
regulations to administer leasing of the
OCS. Such rules and regulations will
apply to all operations conducted under
a lease. Operations on the OCS must
preserve, protect, and develop oil and
natural gas resources in a manner that
is consistent with the need to make such
resources available to meet the Nation’s
energy needs as rapidly as possible; to
balance orderly energy resource
development with protection of human,
marine, and coastal environments; to
ensure the public a fair and equitable
return on the resources of the OCS; and
to preserve and maintain free enterprise
competition. Also, the Energy Policy
and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA)
prohibits certain lease bidding
arrangements (42 U.S.C. 6213(c)).
The Independent Offices
Appropriations Act of 1952 (IOAA), 31
U.S.C. 9701, authorizes Federal agencies
to recover the full cost of services that
provide special benefits. Under the
Department of the Interior’s (DOI) policy
implementing the IOAA, the Minerals
Management Service (MMS) is required
to charge the full cost for services that
provide special benefits or privileges to
an identifiable non-Federal recipient
above and beyond those that accrue to
the public at large. Instruments of
transfer of a lease or interest are subject
to cost recovery, and MMS regulations
specify the filing fee for these transfer
applications.
These authorities and responsibilities
are among those delegated to the MMS
under which we issue regulations
governing oil and gas and sulphur
operations in the OCS. This ICR
addresses the regulations at 30 CFR Part
256, ‘‘Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas
in the OCS,’’ 30 CFR Part 260, ‘‘OCS Oil
and Gas Leasing,’’ and the associated
supplementary Notices to Lessees and
Operators (NTLs) intended to provide
clarification, description, or explanation
of these regulations. This ICR also
concerns the use of forms to process
bonds per subpart I, Bonding, the
transfer of interest in leases per subpart
J, Assignments, Transfers and
Extensions, and the filing of
relinquishments per subpart K,
Termination of Leases. The forms are:
• MMS–2028, OCS Mineral Lessee’s
and Operator’s Bond,
• MMS–2028A, OCS Mineral Lessee’s
and Operator’s Supplemental Plugging
and Abandonment Bond,
• MMS–150, Assignment of Record
Title Interest in Federal OCS Oil and
Gas Lease,
• MMS–151, Assignment of
Operating Rights Interest in Federal
OCS Oil and Gas Lease,
• MMS–152, Relinquishment of
Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease.
We will protect specific individual
replies from disclosure as proprietary
information according to section 26 of
the OCS Lands Act, the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
implementing regulations (43 CFR part
2), and 30 CFR 256.10(d). No items of
a sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are mandatory or are
required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency: The frequency of response
is mostly on occasion, annual.
Description of Respondents:
Respondents comprise Federal oil and
gas or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 17,103
hours. The following chart details the
individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this ICR. In
calculating the burdens, we assumed
that respondents perform certain
requirements in the normal course of
their activities. We consider these to be
usual and customary and took that into
account in estimating the burden.
Hour burden
Citation 30 CFR part 256 and NTLs
Reporting and/or recordkeeping requirement
Subparts A, C, E, H, L, M ...............
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Hour burden
Citation 30 CFR part 256 and NTLs
Reporting and/or recordkeeping requirement
Subparts G, H, I, J: 37; 53; 68; 70;
71; 72; 73.
Request approval for various operations or submit plans or applications. Burden included with other approved collections in 30 CFR Part 250 (1010–0114, 1010–0141,
1010–0142, 1010–0149, 1010–0151).
Submit suggestions and relevant information in response to request for comments on
proposed 5-year leasing program, including information from States/local governments. Not considered IC as defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(9).
Submit response to Call for Information and Nominations on areas for leasing of minerals in specified areas in accordance with an approved leasing program, including
information from States/local governments. Not considered IC as defined in 5 CFR
1320.3(h)(9).
States or local governments submit comments/recommendations on size, timing, or location of proposed lease sale.
Establish a Company File for qualification; submit updated information, submit qualifications for lessee/bidder, request exception.
Submit qualification of bidders for joint bids and statement or report of production, along
with supporting information/appeal.
Submit bids and required information .................................................................................
File agreement to accept joint lease on tie bids ................................................................
Request for reconsideration of bid rejection. Not considered IC as defined in 5 CFR
1320.3(h)(9).
Execute lease (includes submission of evidence of authorized agent and request for
dating of leases).
Submit authority for Regional Director to sell Treasury or alternate type of securities .....
OCS Mineral Lessee’s and Operator’s Bond (Form MMS–2028) ......................................
Demonstrate financial worth/ability to carry out present and future financial obligations,
request approval of another form of security, or request reduction in amount of supplemental bond required.
OCS Mineral Lessee’s and Operator’s Supplemental Plugging & Abandonment Bond
(Form MMS–2028A).
Notify MMS of any lapse in previous bond/action filed alleging lessee, surety, or guarantor is insolvent or bankrupt.
Provide plan/instructions to fund lease-specific abandonment account and related information; request approval to withdraw funds.
Provide third-party guarantee, indemnity agreement, financial information, related notices, reports, and annual update; notify MMS if guarantor becomes unqualified.
Notice of and request approval to terminate period of liability, cancel bond, or other security.
Provide information to demonstrate lease will be brought into compliance .......................
File application and required information for assignment or transfer for approval/comment on filing fee (Forms MMS–150 and MMS–151).
Subpart B: All sections ....................
Subpart D: All sections ...................
Subpart F: 31 ..................................
Subpart G: 35; 46(d), (e) ................
41; 43; 46(g) ....................................
44; 46 ..............................................
47(c) ................................................
47(e)(1), (e)(3) .................................
47(f), (i); 50 .....................................
Subpart I: 52(f)(2), (g)(2) .................
53(a), 53(b); 54 ...............................
53(c), (d), (f); 54(e) .........................
54 ....................................................
55 ....................................................
56 ....................................................
57 ....................................................
57(d)(3); 58 .....................................
59(c)(2) ............................................
Subpart J: 62; 63; 64; 65; 67 ..........
63; 64(a)(8) .....................................
64(a)(7) ............................................
Subpart K: 76; 92(a) .......................
77(c) ................................................
Subpart N: 92(a) .............................
95 ....................................................
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Submit non-required documents, for record purposes, which respondents want MMS to
file with the lease document. Accepted on behalf of lessees as a service, MMS does
not require nor need the filiings.
File required instruments creating or transferring working interests, etc., for record purposes.
File written request for relinquishment (Form MMS–152) ..................................................
Comment on lease cancellation (MMS expects 1 in 10 years) .........................................
Request a bonus or royalty credit; submit supporting documentation ...............................
Request approval to transfer bonus or credit to another party; submit supporting information.
Request MMS to reconsider field assignment of a lease. Exempt under 5 CFR
1230.4(a)(2), (c).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
There are three non-hour cost burdens
to industry. They are as follows:
• § 256.64, Form MMS–150—
Assignment of Record Title Interest in
Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease, $186/
per response.
• § 256.64, Form MMS–151—
Assignment of Operating Rights Interest
in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease, $186/
per response.
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• § 256.64, Non-required document
filing fee, $27/per response.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
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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
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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.
Agencies must also estimate the nonhour paperwork cost burdens to
respondents or recordkeepers resulting
from the collection of information.
Therefore, 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,
and record storage facilities. You should
not include estimates for 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
submission for OMB approval. As a
result of your comments, we will make
any necessary adjustments to the burden
in our submission to OMB.
Public Comment Procedures: Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment–including your
personal identifying information–may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: September 25, 2009.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1174–1175
(Preliminary)]
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and
Tube From China and Mexico
AGENCY: United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of antidumping
investigations and scheduling of
preliminary phase investigations.
SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives
notice of the institution of investigations
and commencement of preliminary
phase antidumping investigation Nos.
731–TA–1174–1175 (Preliminary) under
section 733(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1673b(a)) (the Act) to
determine whether there is a reasonable
indication that an industry in the
United States is materially injured or
threatened with material injury, or the
establishment of an industry in the
United States is materially retarded, by
reason of imports from China and
Mexico of seamless refined copper pipe
and tube, provided for in subheadings
7411.10.10, and 8415.90.80 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States, that are alleged to be sold
in the United States at less than fair
value. Unless the Department of
Commerce extends the time for
initiation pursuant to section
732(c)(1)(B) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
1673a(c)(1)(B)), the Commission must
reach a preliminary determination in
antidumping investigations in 45 days,
or in this case by November 16, 2009.
The Commission’s views are due at
Commerce within five business days
thereafter, or by November 23, 2009.
For further information concerning
the conduct of these investigations and
rules of general application, consult the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, part 201, subparts A through
E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207).
DATES: Effective Date: September 30,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Haines (202–205–3200), Office
of Investigations, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain
information on this matter by contacting
the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–
205–1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special
assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office
of the Secretary at 202–205–2000.
General information concerning the
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Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
these investigations may be viewed on
the Commission’s electronic docket
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background. These investigations are
being instituted in response to a petition
filed on September 30, 2009, by Cerro
Flow Products, Inc., St. Louis, MO;
Kobe Wieland Copper Products, LLC,
Pine Hall, NC; Mueller Copper Tube
Products, Inc., and Mueller Copper
Tube Company, Inc., Memphis, TN.
Participation in the investigations and
public service list. Persons (other than
petitioners) wishing to participate in the
investigations as parties must file an
entry of appearance with the Secretary
to the Commission, as provided in
sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the
Commission’s rules, not later than seven
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. Industrial users
and (if the merchandise under
investigation is sold at the retail level)
representative consumer organizations
have the right to appear as parties in
Commission antidumping
investigations. The Secretary will
prepare a public service list containing
the names and addresses of all persons,
or their representatives, who are parties
to these investigations upon the
expiration of the period for filing entries
of appearance.
Limited disclosure of business
proprietary information (BPI) under an
administrative protective order (APO)
and BPI service list. Pursuant to section
207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the
Secretary will make BPI gathered in
these investigations available to
authorized applicants representing
interested parties (as defined in 19
U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are parties to the
investigations under the APO issued in
the investigations, provided that the
application is made not later than seven
days after the publication of this notice
in the Federal Register. A separate
service list will be maintained by the
Secretary for those parties authorized to
receive BPI under the APO.
Conference. The Commission’s
Director of Investigations has scheduled
a conference in connection with these
investigations for 9:30 a.m. on October
21, 2009, at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, 500 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC. Parties wishing to
participate in the conference should
contact Elizabeth Haines (202–205–
3200) not later than October 16, 2009, to
arrange for their appearance. Parties in
support of the imposition of
antidumping duties in these
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket No. MMS-2009-OMM-0013]
MMS Information Collection Activity: 1010-0006, Leasing of
Sulphur or Oil and Gas in the Outer Continental Shelf and Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing, Extension of a Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0006).
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), MMS
is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The information collection request (ICR) concerns the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR 256, ``Leasing of Sulphur
or Oil and Gas in the Outer Continental Shelf,'' and 30 CFR 260,
``Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing.''
DATES: Submit written comments by December 7, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787-1607. You may also contact Cheryl Blundon
to obtain a copy, at no cost, of the regulations and the forms that
require the subject collection of information.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods
listed below.
Electronically: go to https://www.regulations.gov. In the
entry titled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter docket ID MMS-2009-OMM-0013
then click search. Under the tab ``View by Docket Folder'' you can
submit public comments and view supporting and related materials
available for this collection of information. The MMS will post all
comments.
Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the
Interior; Minerals Management Service; Attention: Cheryl Blundon; 381
Elden Street, MS-4024; Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Please reference
Information Collection 1010-0006 in your subject line and include your
name and return address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR Part 256, ``Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas in the
Outer Continental Shelf,'' and 30 CFR Part 260, ``Outer Continental
Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing.''
Form(s): MMS-150, MMS-151, MMS-152, MMS-2028, and MMS-2028A.
OMB Control Number: 1010-0006.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act, as amended
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to prescribe rules and
regulations to administer leasing of the OCS. Such rules and
regulations will apply to all operations conducted under a lease.
Operations on the OCS must preserve, protect, and develop oil and
natural gas resources in a manner that is consistent with the need to
make such resources available to meet the Nation's energy needs as
rapidly as possible; to balance orderly energy resource development
with protection of human, marine, and coastal environments; to ensure
the public a fair and equitable return on the resources of the OCS; and
to preserve and maintain free enterprise competition. Also, the Energy
Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA) prohibits certain lease
bidding arrangements (42 U.S.C. 6213(c)).
The Independent Offices Appropriations Act of 1952 (IOAA), 31
U.S.C. 9701, authorizes Federal agencies to recover the full cost of
services that provide special benefits. Under the Department of the
Interior's (DOI) policy implementing the IOAA, the Minerals Management
Service (MMS) is required to charge the full cost for services that
provide special benefits or privileges to an identifiable non-Federal
recipient above and beyond those that accrue to the public at large.
Instruments of transfer of a lease or interest are subject to cost
recovery, and MMS regulations specify the filing fee for these transfer
applications.
These authorities and responsibilities are among those delegated to
the MMS under which we issue regulations governing oil and gas and
sulphur operations in the OCS. This ICR addresses the regulations at 30
CFR Part 256, ``Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas in the OCS,'' 30 CFR
Part 260, ``OCS Oil and Gas Leasing,'' and the associated supplementary
Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) intended to provide
clarification, description, or explanation of these regulations. This
ICR also concerns the use of forms to process bonds per subpart I,
Bonding, the transfer of interest in leases per subpart J, Assignments,
Transfers and Extensions, and the filing of relinquishments per subpart
K, Termination of Leases. The forms are:
MMS-2028, OCS Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Bond,
MMS-2028A, OCS Mineral Lessee's and Operator's
Supplemental Plugging and Abandonment Bond,
MMS-150, Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal
OCS Oil and Gas Lease,
MMS-151, Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in
Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease,
MMS-152, Relinquishment of Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease.
We will protect specific individual replies from disclosure as
proprietary information according to section 26 of the OCS Lands Act,
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and 30 CFR 256.10(d). No items of a
sensitive nature are collected. Responses are mandatory or are required
to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency: The frequency of response is mostly on occasion, annual.
Description of Respondents: Respondents comprise Federal oil and
gas or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The currently
approved annual reporting burden for this collection is 17,103 hours.
The following chart details the individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this ICR. In calculating the burdens, we
assumed that respondents perform certain requirements in the normal
course of their activities. We consider these to be usual and customary
and took that into account in estimating the burden.
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Hour burden
Citation 30 CFR part 256 and Reporting and/or recordkeeping requirement ------------------------
NTLs Non-hour cost burden
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Subparts A, C, E, H, L, M....... None................................................. 0
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Subparts G, H, I, J: 37; 53; 68; Request approval for various operations or submit 0
70; 71; 72; 73. plans or applications. Burden included with other
approved collections in 30 CFR Part 250 (1010-0114,
1010-0141, 1010-0142, 1010-0149, 1010-0151).
Subpart B: All sections......... Submit suggestions and relevant information in 0
response to request for comments on proposed 5-year
leasing program, including information from States/
local governments. Not considered IC as defined in 5
CFR 1320.3(h)(9).
Subpart D: All sections......... Submit response to Call for Information and 0
Nominations on areas for leasing of minerals in
specified areas in accordance with an approved
leasing program, including information from States/
local governments. Not considered IC as defined in 5
CFR 1320.3(h)(9).
Subpart F: 31................... States or local governments submit comments/ 4
recommendations on size, timing, or location of
proposed lease sale.
Subpart G: 35; 46(d), (e)....... Establish a Company File for qualification; submit 2
updated information, submit qualifications for
lessee/bidder, request exception.
41; 43; 46(g)................... Submit qualification of bidders for joint bids and 2
statement or report of production, along with
supporting information/appeal.
44; 46.......................... Submit bids and required information................. 5
47(c)........................... File agreement to accept joint lease on tie bids..... 3\1/2\
47(e)(1), (e)(3)................ Request for reconsideration of bid rejection. Not 0
considered IC as defined in 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(9).
47(f), (i); 50.................. Execute lease (includes submission of evidence of 1
authorized agent and request for dating of leases).
Subpart I: 52(f)(2), (g)(2)..... Submit authority for Regional Director to sell 2
Treasury or alternate type of securities.
53(a), 53(b); 54................ OCS Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Bond (Form MMS- \1/4\
2028).
53(c), (d), (f); 54(e).......... Demonstrate financial worth/ability to carry out 3\1/2\
present and future financial obligations, request
approval of another form of security, or request
reduction in amount of supplemental bond required.
54.............................. OCS Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Supplemental \1/4\
Plugging & Abandonment Bond (Form MMS-2028A).
55.............................. Notify MMS of any lapse in previous bond/action filed 1
alleging lessee, surety, or guarantor is insolvent
or bankrupt.
56.............................. Provide plan/instructions to fund lease-specific 12
abandonment account and related information; request
approval to withdraw funds.
57.............................. Provide third-party guarantee, indemnity agreement, 19
financial information, related notices, reports, and
annual update; notify MMS if guarantor becomes
unqualified.
57(d)(3); 58.................... Notice of and request approval to terminate period of \1/2\
liability, cancel bond, or other security.
59(c)(2)........................ Provide information to demonstrate lease will be 16
brought into compliance.
Subpart J: 62; 63; 64; 65; 67... File application and required information for 1
assignment or transfer for approval/comment on $186 per application.
filing fee (Forms MMS-150 and MMS-151).
63; 64(a)(8).................... Submit non-required documents, for record purposes, 0
which respondents want MMS to file with the lease $27 per filing.
document. Accepted on behalf of lessees as a
service, MMS does not require nor need the filiings.
64(a)(7)........................ File required instruments creating or transferring 1
working interests, etc., for record purposes.
Subpart K: 76; 92(a)............ File written request for relinquishment (Form MMS- 1
152).
77(c)........................... Comment on lease cancellation (MMS expects 1 in 10 1
years).
Subpart N: 92(a)................ Request a bonus or royalty credit; submit supporting 1
documentation.
95.............................. Request approval to transfer bonus or credit to 1
another party; submit supporting information.
124(a).......................... Request MMS to reconsider field assignment of a 0
lease. Exempt under 5 CFR 1230.4(a)(2), (c).
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Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: There
are three non-hour cost burdens to industry. They are as follows:
Sec. 256.64, Form MMS-150--Assignment of Record Title
Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease, $186/per response.
Sec. 256.64, Form MMS-151--Assignment of Operating Rights
Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease, $186/per response.
Sec. 256.64, Non-required document filing fee, $27/per
response.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Until OMB approves a collection of information, you are not obligated
to respond.
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
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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.
Agencies must also estimate the non-hour paperwork cost burdens to
respondents or recordkeepers resulting from the collection of
information. Therefore, 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, and record storage
facilities. You should not include estimates for 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 submission for OMB approval. As a result of your comments, we
will make any necessary adjustments to the burden in our submission to
OMB.
Public Comment Procedures: Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment-including
your personal identifying information-may be made publicly available at
any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208-7744.
Dated: September 25, 2009.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-24094 Filed 10-5-09; 8:45 am]
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