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Dated: September 14, 2010.
Tracey Denning,
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Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2010–23349 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement
[Docket No. BOEM–2010–0040]
BOEMRE Information Collection
Activity: 1010–0172, Open and
Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and
Gas Pipelines, Extension of a
Collection; Comment Request
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an
information collection (1010–0172).
AGENCY:
To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), BOEMRE 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 30 CFR Part 291, Open
and Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil
and Gas Pipelines under the OCS Lands
Act.
DATES: Submit written comments by
November 19, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Arlene Bajusz, Policy and Management
Improvement at (703) 787–1025. You
may also contact Arlene Bajusz to obtain
a copy, at no cost, of the information
collection.
SUMMARY:
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
‘‘BOEM–2010–0040,’’ then click search.
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments and view supporting and
related materials available for this
collection. The BOEMRE will post all
comments.
• E-mail: arlene.bajusz@boemre.gov.
Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
and Enforcement; Attention: Arlene
Bajusz; 381 Elden Street, MS–4020;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ICR 1010–0172 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR Part 291, Open and
Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and
Gas Pipelines under the OCS Lands Act.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0172.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.), as amended, requires the Secretary
of the Interior to preserve, protect, and
develop OCS oil, gas, and sulphur
resources; make such resources
available to meet the Nation’s energy
needs; balance orderly energy resources
development with protection of the
human, marine, and coastal
environments; ensure the public a fair
and equitable return on the resources
offshore; and preserve and maintain free
enterprise competition.
Section 1334(f)(1) states ‘‘Except as
provided in paragraph (2), every permit,
license, easement, right-of-way, or other
grant of authority for the transportation
by pipeline on or across the Outer
Continental Shelf of oil or gas shall
require that the pipeline be operated in
accordance with the following
ADDRESSES:
competitive principles: (A) The pipeline
must provide open and
nondiscriminatory access to both owner
and non-owner shippers * * *.’’
These responsibilities are among
those delegated to the BOEMRE, which
replaced the Minerals Management
Service (MMS) on June 18, 2010. In
order to provide shippers with a
methodology to file complaints alleging
denial of access or that access is
discriminatory access, the MMS
promulgated regulations at 30 CFR Part
291. The BOEMRE will use the
information submitted during the
complaint process to determine whether
the shipper has been denied such access
or to initiate a more detailed
investigation into the specific
circumstances of the complainant’s
allegation. The complaint information
will be provided to the alleged
offending party. The BOEMRE may
request additional information upon
completion of the initial investigation.
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). No items of
a sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are required to obtain a
benefit.
Frequency: The frequency is on
occasion.
Description of Respondents: Shippers
who do business on the OCS and
companies that pay royalties on the
OCS.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved hour burden for this
collection is 254 hours. Refer to the
table below for a break down of the
complete burden. This includes the time
for reviewing instructions, gathering
and maintaining data, and completing
and reviewing the information.
Citation 30 CFR
291
Reporting amd recordkeeping requirement
Hour burden
105, 106, 108, 109,
111.
Submit complaint (with fee) to BOEMRE and affected parties. Request confidential treatment and respond to BOEMRE decision.
50 ..........................
5.
$7,500 processing
fee.
1 ............................
4.
Request waiver or reduction of fee .....................................................................
104(b), 107, 111 ...
Submit response to a complaint. Request confidential treatment and respond
to BOEMRE decision.
110 ........................
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106(b), 109 ...........
Submit required information for BOEMRE to make a decision.
114, 115(a) ...........
Average number annual responses
Submit appeal on BOEMRE final decision.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified a ‘‘non-hour’’ cost
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is opened against a specific entity is exempt under the PRA (5 CFR 1320.4).
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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 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
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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.
BOEMRE Information Collection
Clearance Office: Arlene Bajusz (703)
787–1025.
Dated: September 13, 2010.
George F. Triebsch,
Associate Director, Policy and Management
Improvement.
[FR Doc. 2010–23424 Filed 9–17–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLNVS03000 L51010000.ER0000 LVRWF09
F8770 241A; 10–08807; MO# 4500014131;
TAS: 14X5017]
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the NextLight Renewable Power, LLC,
Silver State Solar Project, Clark
County, NV
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for the Silver State Solar Project,
Clark County, Nevada, and by this
notice is announcing its availability.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final
decision on the Silver State Solar
Project for a minimum of 30 days after
the date that the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its notice
of availability in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Silver State
Solar Project Final EIS will be mailed to
individuals, agencies, organizations, or
companies who previously requested
copies or who responded to the BLM on
the Draft EIS. Printed copies or a
compact disc of the Final EIS are
available on request from the BLM
Southern Nevada District Office, 4701
N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas,
Nevada 89130, phone (702) 515–5000,
or e-mail:
nextlight_primm_nv_sep@blm.gov.
Interested persons may also review the
SUMMARY:
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Final EIS at the following Web site:
https://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/lvfo/
blm_programs/energy.html. Copies of
the Final EIS are available for public
inspection at the following locations:
• BLM Nevada State Office, 1340
Financial Blvd., Reno, Nevada.
• BLM Southern Nevada District
Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines Drive, Las
Vegas, Nevada.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Helseth, Renewable Energy
Project Manager, phone: (702) 515–
5173; address: BLM Southern Nevada
District Office, 4701 N. Torrey Pines
Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130; e-mail:
Gregory_Helseth@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NextLight
Renewable Power, LLC, applied to the
BLM for a right-of-way on public lands
to construct a solar photovoltaic (PV)
facility approximately 2 miles southeast
of Primm, Nevada, in Clark County. As
originally proposed, the project
included 6,320 acres of BLM managed
lands and was expected to operate for
approximately 50 years. The proposed
project would be capable of producing
400 megawatts of electricity.
The solar field and infrastructure
would consist of fixed panels, an
underground and overhead electrical
power collection system, two step-up
transformers, 230-kilovolt (kV) and 220kV transmission lines, an operation and
maintenance area, a switchyard, paved
access and maintenance roads, flood
and drainage controls, and a fire break.
The Final EIS describes and analyzes
site-specific impacts of the proposed
project on air quality; biological,
cultural, water, soil, visual,
paleontological, and geological
resources; recreation; land use; noise;
public health; socioeconomics; and
traffic and transportation.
The Final EIS analyzes three
alternatives, including the no action
alternative (Alternative 1) and 2 action
alternatives. Alternative 2, the proposed
action and the BLM’s preferred
alternative, would disturb up to 2,967
acres of BLM managed land and would
include the use of berms to reduce
erosion. Alternative 3 would disturb up
to 4,818 acres of BLM managed land and
would employ an alternate drainage and
flood control design to control erosion.
The Final EIS describes the different
types of solar arrays and trackers that
were considered and their respective
impacts.
On April 16, 2010, the BLM published
the Notice of Availability for the Draft
EIS for this project in the Federal
Register [75 FR19990]. The BLM held 3
public meetings and accepted written
comments during a 45-day comment
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
[Docket No. BOEM-2010-0040]
BOEMRE Information Collection Activity: 1010-0172, Open and
Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and Gas Pipelines, Extension of a
Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
(BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1010-
0172).
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
BOEMRE 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 30 CFR Part 291, Open and Nondiscriminatory
Access to Oil and Gas Pipelines under the OCS Lands Act.
DATES: Submit written comments by November 19, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlene Bajusz, Policy and Management
Improvement at (703) 787-1025. You may also contact Arlene Bajusz to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the information collection.
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 ``BOEM-2010-0040,''
then click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments
and view supporting and related materials available for this
collection. The BOEMRE will post all comments.
E-mail: arlene.bajusz@boemre.gov. Mail or hand-carry
comments to the Department of the Interior; Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and Enforcement; Attention: Arlene Bajusz; 381
Elden Street, MS-4020; Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Please reference
ICR 1010-0172 in your comment and include your name and return address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR Part 291, Open and Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil
and Gas Pipelines under the OCS Lands Act.
OMB Control Number: 1010-0172.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq.), as amended, requires the Secretary of the Interior to
preserve, protect, and develop OCS oil, gas, and sulphur resources;
make such resources available to meet the Nation's energy needs;
balance orderly energy resources development with protection of the
human, marine, and coastal environments; ensure the public a fair and
equitable return on the resources offshore; and preserve and maintain
free enterprise competition.
Section 1334(f)(1) states ``Except as provided in paragraph (2),
every permit, license, easement, right-of-way, or other grant of
authority for the transportation by pipeline on or across the Outer
Continental Shelf of oil or gas shall require that the pipeline be
operated in accordance with the following competitive principles: (A)
The pipeline must provide open and nondiscriminatory access to both
owner and non-owner shippers * * *.''
These responsibilities are among those delegated to the BOEMRE,
which replaced the Minerals Management Service (MMS) on June 18, 2010.
In order to provide shippers with a methodology to file complaints
alleging denial of access or that access is discriminatory access, the
MMS promulgated regulations at 30 CFR Part 291. The BOEMRE will use the
information submitted during the complaint process to determine whether
the shipper has been denied such access or to initiate a more detailed
investigation into the specific circumstances of the complainant's
allegation. The complaint information will be provided to the alleged
offending party. The BOEMRE may request additional information upon
completion of the initial investigation.
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). No items of a sensitive
nature are collected. Responses are required to obtain a benefit.
Frequency: The frequency is on occasion.
Description of Respondents: Shippers who do business on the OCS and
companies that pay royalties on the OCS.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved hour burden for this collection is 254 hours. Refer
to the table below for a break down of the complete burden. This
includes the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining
data, and completing and reviewing the information.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reporting amd recordkeeping Average number annual
Citation 30 CFR 291 requirement Hour burden responses
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
105, 106, 108, 109, 111............ Submit complaint (with fee) 50.................... 5.
to BOEMRE and affected
parties. Request
confidential treatment and
respond to BOEMRE decision.
$7,500 processing fee.
106(b), 109........................ Request waiver or reduction 1..................... 4.
of fee.
-----------------------------------------------
104(b), 107, 111................... Submit response to a Information required after an investigation is
complaint. Request opened against a specific entity is exempt
confidential treatment and under the PRA (5 CFR 1320.4).
respond to BOEMRE decision.
110................................ Submit required information
for BOEMRE to make a
decision.
-----------------------------------------------
114, 115(a)........................ Submit appeal on BOEMRE
final decision.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified a ``non-hour'' cost burden of $37,500. The BOEMRE
requires that shippers pay a nonrefundable fee of $7,500 for each
complaint submitted to recover the Federal Government's processing
costs.
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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 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.
BOEMRE Information Collection Clearance Office: Arlene Bajusz (703)
787-1025.
Dated: September 13, 2010.
George F. Triebsch,
Associate Director, Policy and Management Improvement.
[FR Doc. 2010-23424 Filed 9-17-10; 8:45 am]
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