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one State lease application per year.
Section 250.171 requests a fee for either
a Suspension of Operations or
Production Request (SOO/SOP). We
have not identified any other non-hour
paperwork cost burdens associated with
this collection of information.
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
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
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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: March 10, 2010.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–6106 Filed 3–19–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket no. MMS–2010–OMM–0011]
MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–0142, Decommissioning
Activities, Extension of a Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0142).
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 250,
Subpart Q, ‘‘Decommissioning
Activities.’’
DATES: Submit written comments by
May 21, 2010.
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
regulation that requires 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
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‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter docket ID
MMS–2010–OMM–0011 then click
search. Follow the instructions to
submit public comments and view
supporting and related materials
available for this collection. 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 ICR 1010–0142 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart Q,
Decommissioning Activities.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0142.
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.
Section 1332(6) states that ‘‘operations
in the [O]uter Continental Shelf should
be conducted in a safe manner by well
trained personnel using technology,
precautions, and other techniques
sufficient to prevent or minimize the
likelihood of blowouts, loss of well
control, fires, spillages, physical
obstructions to other users of the waters
or subsoil and seabed, or other
occurrences which may cause damage to
the environment or to property or
endanger life or health.’’
This authority and responsibility are
among those delegated to the Minerals
Management Service (MMS). The
regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q,
concern decommissioning of platforms,
wells, and pipelines, as well as site
clearance and platform removal and are
the subject of this collection.
Regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q,
implement these statutory requirements.
We use the information for the
following reasons:
• To determine the necessity for
allowing a well to be temporarily
abandoned, the lessee/operator must
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demonstrate that there is a reason for
not permanently abandoning the well,
and the temporary abandonment will
not constitute a significant threat to
fishing, navigation, or other uses of the
seabed. We use the information and
documentation to verify that the lessee
is diligently pursuing the final
disposition of the well, and the lessee
has performed the temporary plugging
of the wellbore.
• The information submitted in
‘‘initial’’ decommissioning plans in the
Alaska and Pacific OCS Regions will
permit MMS to become involved on the
ground floor planning of the world-class
platform removals anticipated to occur
in these OCS regions.
• Site clearance and platform or
pipeline removal information ensures
that all objects (wellheads, platforms,
etc.) installed on the OCS are properly
removed using procedures that will
protect marine life and the environment
during removal operations, and the site
cleared so as not to conflict with or
harm other uses of the OCS.
• Decommissioning a pipeline in
place is needed to ensure that it will not
constitute a hazard to navigation and
commercial fishing operations, unduly
interfere with other uses of the OCS, or
have adverse environmental effects.
• The information is necessary to
verify that decommissioning activities
comply with approved applications and
procedures and are satisfactorily
completed.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, Data and
information to be made available to the
public or for limited inspection. No
items of a sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are mandatory.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal oil, gas,
or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 17,991
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 250
subpart Q
Reporting requirement
Non-hour cost
burden
General
1700 thru 1754 .........................................
1703; 1704 ................................................
1704(g); 1712; 1716; 1717; 1721(a), (d),
(f), (g); 1722(a), (b), (d); 1723(b);
1743(a).
General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered
elsewhere in subpart Q regulations.
Request approval for decommissioning—burden included below ............................
Submit form MMS–124 to plug wells; provide subsequent report; request alternate
depth departure; request procedure to protect obstructions above seafloor; report within 30 days, results of trawling; certify area cleared of obstructions; remove casing stub or mud line suspension equipment and subsea protective
covering; or other departures.
3
0
Burden included
under 1010–
0141.
Permanently Plugging Wells
1711 ..........................................................
1713 ..........................................................
Required data if permanently plugging a well (requirement not considered IC
under 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(9)).
Notify MMS 48 hours before beginning operations to permanently plug a well .......
0
.25
Temporary Abandoned Wells
1721(e); 1722(e), (h)(1); 1741(c) .............
Identify and report subsea wellheads, casing stubs, or other obstructions; mark
wells protected by a dome; mark location to be cleared as navigation hazard.
1722(c), (g)(2) ...........................................
Notify MMS within 5 days if trawl does not pass over protective device or causes
damages to it; or if inspection reveals casing stub or mud line suspension is no
longer protected.
Submit annual report on plans for re-entry to complete or permanently abandon
the well and inspection report.
Request waiver of trawling test .................................................................................
1722(f), (g)(3) ...........................................
1722(h) .....................................................
U.S. Coast
Guard requirements.
.25
2
2
Removing Platforms and Other Facilities
1726; 1704(a) ...........................................
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1725; 1727; 1728; 1730; 1704(b) .............
1725(e) .....................................................
1729; 1704(c) ...........................................
1731(c) ......................................................
Submit initial decommissioning application in the Pacific OCS Region and Alaska
OCS Region.
Submit final application and appropriate data to remove platform or other subsea
facility structures (including alternate depth departure) or approval to maintain,
to conduct other operations, or to convert to artificial reef.
Notify MMS 48 hours before beginning removal of platform and other facilities .....
Submit post platform or other facility removal report; supporting documentation;
signed statements, etc.
Request deferral of facility removal subject to RUE issued under 30 CFR 285.
20
20
$4,342 application fee
.25
8
Site Clearance for Wells, Platforms, and Other Facilities
1740 ..........................................................
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Request approval to use alternative methods of well site, platform, or other facility
clearance.
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Hour burden
Citation 30 CFR 250
subpart Q
Reporting requirement
1743(b); 1704(f) ........................................
Verify permanently plugged well, platform, or other facility removal site cleared of
obstructions; supporting information; submit certification letter.
Non-hour cost
burden
18
Pipeline Decommissioning
1750; 1751; 1752; 1754; 1704(d) .............
Submit application to decommission pipeline in place or remove pipeline (L/T or
ROW).
10
$1,059 L/T application fee.
$2,012 ROW
application
fee.
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1753; 1704(e) ...........................................
Submit post pipeline decommissioning report ..........................................................
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified three non-hour
paperwork cost burdens for this
collection. Respondents pay filing fees
when removing a platform or other
facility under § 250.1727 for $4,342, or
for decommissioning a pipeline under
§ 250.1751(a)—L/T for $1,059 or a ROW
for $2,012. The application filing fees
are required to recover the Federal
Government’s processing costs. We have
not identified any other ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
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
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
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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,
email 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.
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MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: March 15, 2010.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–6110 Filed 3–19–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket No. MMS–2010–OMM–0010]
MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–0043, Oil and Gas Well-Workover
Operations, Renewal of a Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of an
information collection (1010–0043).
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 250,
Subpart F, ‘‘Oil and Gas Well-Workover
Operations.’’
DATES: Submit written comments by
May 21, 2010.
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
regulation that requires the subject
collection of information.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket no. MMS-2010-OMM-0011]
MMS Information Collection Activity: 1010-0142, Decommissioning
Activities, Extension of a Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0142).
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 250, Subpart Q,
``Decommissioning Activities.''
DATES: Submit written comments by May 21, 2010.
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 regulation that requires 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-2010-OMM-0011
then click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments
and view supporting and related materials available for this
collection. 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
ICR 1010-0142 in your comment and include your name and return address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart Q, Decommissioning Activities.
OMB Control Number: 1010-0142.
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.
Section 1332(6) states that ``operations in the [O]uter Continental
Shelf should be conducted in a safe manner by well trained personnel
using technology, precautions, and other techniques sufficient to
prevent or minimize the likelihood of blowouts, loss of well control,
fires, spillages, physical obstructions to other users of the waters or
subsoil and seabed, or other occurrences which may cause damage to the
environment or to property or endanger life or health.''
This authority and responsibility are among those delegated to the
Minerals Management Service (MMS). The regulations at 30 CFR 250,
Subpart Q, concern decommissioning of platforms, wells, and pipelines,
as well as site clearance and platform removal and are the subject of
this collection.
Regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q, implement these statutory
requirements. We use the information for the following reasons:
To determine the necessity for allowing a well to be
temporarily abandoned, the lessee/operator must
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demonstrate that there is a reason for not permanently abandoning the
well, and the temporary abandonment will not constitute a significant
threat to fishing, navigation, or other uses of the seabed. We use the
information and documentation to verify that the lessee is diligently
pursuing the final disposition of the well, and the lessee has
performed the temporary plugging of the wellbore.
The information submitted in ``initial'' decommissioning
plans in the Alaska and Pacific OCS Regions will permit MMS to become
involved on the ground floor planning of the world-class platform
removals anticipated to occur in these OCS regions.
Site clearance and platform or pipeline removal
information ensures that all objects (wellheads, platforms, etc.)
installed on the OCS are properly removed using procedures that will
protect marine life and the environment during removal operations, and
the site cleared so as not to conflict with or harm other uses of the
OCS.
Decommissioning a pipeline in place is needed to ensure
that it will not constitute a hazard to navigation and commercial
fishing operations, unduly interfere with other uses of the OCS, or
have adverse environmental effects.
The information is necessary to verify that
decommissioning activities comply with approved applications and
procedures and are satisfactorily completed.
We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under regulations at 30
CFR 250.197, Data and information to be made available to the public or
for limited inspection. No items of a sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are mandatory.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential respondents comprise Federal
oil, gas, or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The currently
approved annual reporting burden for this collection is 17,991 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 250 subpart Reporting ---------------------
Q requirement Non-hour cost burden
------------------------------------------------------------------------
General
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1700 thru 1754.............. General departure 3
and alternative
compliance requests
not specifically
covered elsewhere
in subpart Q
regulations.
1703; 1704.................. Request approval for 0
decommissioning--bu
rden included below.
1704(g); 1712; 1716; 1717; Submit form MMS-124 Burden included
1721(a), (d), (f), (g); to plug wells; under 1010-0141.
1722(a), (b), (d); 1723(b); provide subsequent
1743(a). report; request
alternate depth
departure; request
procedure to
protect
obstructions above
seafloor; report
within 30 days,
results of
trawling; certify
area cleared of
obstructions;
remove casing stub
or mud line
suspension
equipment and
subsea protective
covering; or other
departures.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Permanently Plugging Wells
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1711........................ Required data if 0
permanently
plugging a well
(requirement not
considered IC under
5 CFR 1320.3(h)(9)).
1713........................ Notify MMS 48 hours .25
before beginning
operations to
permanently plug a
well.
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Temporary Abandoned Wells
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1721(e); 1722(e), (h)(1); Identify and report U.S. Coast Guard
1741(c). subsea wellheads, requirements.
casing stubs, or
other obstructions;
mark wells
protected by a
dome; mark location
to be cleared as
navigation hazard.
1722(c), (g)(2)............. Notify MMS within 5 .25
days if trawl does
not pass over
protective device
or causes damages
to it; or if
inspection reveals
casing stub or mud
line suspension is
no longer protected.
1722(f), (g)(3)............. Submit annual report 2
on plans for re-
entry to complete
or permanently
abandon the well
and inspection
report.
1722(h)..................... Request waiver of 2
trawling test.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Removing Platforms and Other Facilities
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1726; 1704(a)............... Submit initial 20
decommissioning
application in the
Pacific OCS Region
and Alaska OCS
Region.
1725; 1727; 1728; 1730; Submit final 20
1704(b). application and $4,342 application
appropriate data to fee
remove platform or
other subsea
facility structures
(including
alternate depth
departure) or
approval to
maintain, to
conduct other
operations, or to
convert to
artificial reef.
1725(e)..................... Notify MMS 48 hours .25
before beginning
removal of platform
and other
facilities.
1729; 1704(c)............... Submit post platform 8
or other facility
removal report;
supporting
documentation;
signed statements,
etc.
1731(c)..................... Request deferral of
facility removal
subject to RUE
issued under 30 CFR
285.
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Site Clearance for Wells, Platforms, and Other Facilities
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1740........................ Request approval to 12
use alternative
methods of well
site, platform, or
other facility
clearance.
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1743(b); 1704(f)............ Verify permanently 18
plugged well,
platform, or other
facility removal
site cleared of
obstructions;
supporting
information; submit
certification
letter.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pipeline Decommissioning
------------------------------------------------------------------------
1750; 1751; 1752; 1754; Submit application 10
1704(d). to decommission
pipeline in place
or remove pipeline
(L/T or ROW).
---------------------
$1,059 L/T
application fee.
---------------------
$2,012 ROW
application fee.
---------------------
1753; 1704(e)............... Submit post pipeline 3
decommissioning
report.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: We have
identified three non-hour paperwork cost burdens for this collection.
Respondents pay filing fees when removing a platform or other facility
under Sec. 250.1727 for $4,342, or for decommissioning a pipeline
under Sec. 250.1751(a)--L/T for $1,059 or a ROW for $2,012. The
application filing fees are required to recover the Federal
Government's processing costs. We have not identified any other ``non-
hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection of information.
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 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, email 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: March 15, 2010.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010-6110 Filed 3-19-10; 8:45 am]
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