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(76 FR 3922), then extended the
comment period to March 21, 2011, in
response to public requests for more
review time. We received comments on
the Draft CCP/EIS from 213 individuals,
agencies, and groups. We addressed the
comments in the Final CCP/EIS,
primarily by changing parts of
Alternative 2, our preferred alternative.
The changes we made to Alternative 2
follow.
• On the South Bay Units, we would
restore 621 acres of historic estuarine
habitats (open water, intertidal flats, and
salt marsh), instead of the 749 acres
previously identified in the Draft CCP/
EIS, restoring only parts of the units’
estuarine habitat. Also on the Riekkola
Unit, instead of removing all of the short
grass fields, we would manage 93 acres
of short-grass fields for Canada geese
and Roosevelt elk.
• Instead of removing all goose
hunting blinds from the Riekkola Unit,
we would maintain three goose hunting
blinds, including a barrier-free blind,
and add two waterfowl hunting blinds,
including a barrier free blind, to the
unit. Walk-in access to the blinds for
hunting would be provided in
accordance with State hunting
regulations. During the nonhunting
season, all Refuge visitors could use the
blinds.
• In addition to previously proposed
opportunities for wildlife observation,
photography, and interpretive trails; the
parking area, cartop boat launch, and a
new trail to Porter Point would be open
year round to all Refuge visitors.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to the methods in
you can view our Final
CCP/EIS at the following libraries.
• Ilwaco Timberland Library, 158 1st
Ave. North, Ilwaco, WA 98624.
• South Bend Timberland Library,
West 1st and Pacific, South Bend, WA
98586.
• Ocean Park Timberland Library,
1308 256th Place, Ocean Park, WA
98640.
• Astoria Public Library, 450 10th St.,
Astoria, OR 97103.
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ADDRESSES,
Dated: June 23, 2011.
Robyn Thorson,
Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR
1506.10.
Bureau of Land Management
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Amy Lueders,
BLM Nevada Acting State Director.
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Notice of Extension of Public
Comment Period for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement,
Including a Draft Programmatic
Agreement, for the Clark, Lincoln, and
White Pine Counties Groundwater
Development Project, Nevada
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is extending the
public comment period for thirty (30)
days on the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), including a Draft
Programmatic Agreement, for the
Southern Nevada Water Authority’s
(SNWA) proposed Clark, Lincoln, and
White Pine Counties Groundwater
Development Project. A notice
published in the Federal Register on
June 10, 2011 (76 FR 34097), provided
for a 90-day public comment period
ending on September 8, 2011.
SUMMARY:
Public comments on the Draft
EIS and Draft Programmatic Agreement
will now be accepted through October
11, 2011. Comments received or
postmarked after October 11, 2011, will
be considered to the extent practicable.
DATES:
You may submit comments
related to the Draft EIS or Draft
Programmatic Agreement for the SNWA
Project by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: nvgwprojects@blm.gov.
• Fax: (775) 861–6689.
• Mail: SNWA Project, Bureau of
Land Management, Attn: Penny Woods,
P.O. Box 12000, Reno Nevada 89520.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Penny Woods, Project Manager,
telephone (775) 861–6466; address P.O.
Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520; e-mail
penny_woods@blm.gov. You also may
visit the project Web site at https://
www.blm.gov/5w5c.
The BLM
received numerous requests from
individuals and organizations to extend
the comment period on the Draft EIS
and Draft Programmatic Agreement. In
response to those requests, the BLM is
extending the public comment and
review period 30 days, through October
11, 2011.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0006]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue (ONRR), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
AGENCY:
Notice of Extension.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. 2011–20490 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am]
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 this ICR titled ‘‘30 CFR
Part 1220, OCS Net Profit Share
Payment Reporting.’’ This notice also
provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.
SUMMARY:
Submit written comments on or
before September 12, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
by either FAX (202) 395–5806 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 1012–0009).
Please also submit a copy of your
comments by one of the following
methods:
• Electronically go to https://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ONRR–
2011–0006, and then click search.
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments. The ONRR will post all
comments.
• Mail comments to Armand
Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR,
P.O. Box 25165, MS 61013C, Denver,
Colorado 80225–0165. Please reference
ICR 1012–0009 in your comments.
• Hand-carry comments or use an
overnight courier service. Our courier
address is Building 85, Room A–614,
Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave.
and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado
80225. Please reference ICR 1012–0009
in your comments.
DATES:
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For
questions on technical issues, contact
Mary Ann Guilinger, Audit and
Compliance Management (ACM),
ONRR, telephone (303) 231–3408, or email maryann.guilinger@onrr.gov. For
other questions, contact Armand
Southall, telephone (303) 231–3221, or
e-mail armand.southall@onrr.gov. You
may also contact Mr. Southall to obtain
copies, at no cost, of (1) the ICR and (2)
the regulations that require the subject
collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30
CFR Part 1220, OCS Net Profit Share
Payment Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 1012–0009.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior is responsible
for collecting royalties from lessees who
produce minerals from leased Federal
and Indian lands and the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary
is required by various laws to manage
mineral resources production on
Federal and Indian lands and the OCS,
collect royalties due, and distribute the
funds collected under those laws. The
ONRR performs the royalty management
functions for the Secretary.
Public laws pertaining to mineral
leases on Federal and Indian lands and
the OCS are posted at https://
www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/
PublicLawsAMR.htm.
profit share payments due the Federal
Government for the production of oil
and gas from leases under § 1220.022.
I. General Information
The ONRR collects and uses this
information to determine all allowable
direct and allocable joint costs and
credits under § 1220.011 incurred
during the lease term, appropriate
overhead allowance permitted on these
costs under § 1220.012, and allowances
for capital recovery calculated under
§ 1220.020. The ONRR also collects this
information to ensure royalties or net
profit share payments are accurately
valued and appropriately paid. This ICR
affects only oil and gas leases on
submerged Federal lands on the OCS.
B. NPSL Capital Account
The Federal Government does not
receive a profit share payment from an
NPSL until the lessee shows a credit
balance in its capital account; that is,
cumulative revenues and other credits
exceed cumulative costs. Lessees
multiply the credit balance by the net
profit share rate (30 to 50 percent),
resulting in the amount of net profit
share payment due the Federal
Government.
The ONRR requires lessees to
maintain an NPSL capital account for
each lease under § 1220.010, which
transfers to a new owner when sold.
Following the cessation of production,
lessees are also required to provide
either an annual or a monthly report to
the Federal Government, using data
from the capital account until the lease
is terminated, expired, or relinquished.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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II. Information Collections
Title 30 CFR part 1220 covers the net
profit share lease (NPSL) program and
establishes reporting requirements for
determining the net profit share base
under § 1220.021 and calculating net
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A. NPSL Bidding System
To encourage exploration and
development of oil and gas leases on
submerged Federal lands on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS), the Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management,
Regulations, and Enforcement
(BOEMRE, the former Offshore Energy
and Minerals Management [OEMM] of
Minerals Management Service [MMS])
promulgated regulations at 30 CFR part
260—Outer Continental Shelf Oil and
Gas Leasing. Also, BOEMRE
promulgated specific implementing
regulations for the NPSL bidding system
at § 260.110(d). The BOEMRE
established the NPSL bidding system to
balance a fair market return to the
Federal Government for the lease of its
public lands with a fair profit to
companies risking their investment
capital. The system provides an
incentive for early and expeditious
exploration and development and
provides for sharing the risks by the
lessee and the Federal Government. The
NPSL bidding system incorporates a
fixed capital recovery system as a means
through which the lessee recovers costs
of exploration and development from
production revenues, along with a
reasonable return on investment.
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C. NPSL Inventories
The NPSL lessees must notify ONRR
of their intent to perform an inventory
and file a report after each inventory of
controllable materiel under § 1220.032.
D. NPSL Audits
When non-operators of an NPSL call
for an audit, they must notify ONRR.
When ONRR calls for an audit, the
lessee must notify all non-operators on
the lease. These requirements are
located at § 1220.033.
III. OMB Approval
The information we collect under this
ICR is essential in order to determine
when net profit share payments are due
and to ensure lessees properly value and
pay royalties or net profit share
payments.
We are requesting OMB approval to
continue to collect this information. Not
collecting this information would limit
the Secretary’s ability to discharge
fiduciary duties and may also result in
the inability to confirm the accurate
royalty value. Proprietary information
submitted to ONRR under this
collection is protected, and no items of
a sensitive nature are included in this
information collection.
Frequency: Annually, monthly, and
on occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 6 lessees.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 1,046
hours.
All six lessees report monthly because
all current NPSLs are in producing
status. Because the requirements for
establishment of capital accounts at
§ 1220.010(a) and capital account
annual reporting at § 1220.031(a) are
necessary only during non-producing
status of a lease, we included only one
response annually for these
requirements, in case a new NPSL is
established. We have not included in
our estimates certain requirements
performed in the normal course of
business, which are considered usual
and customary. The following table
shows the estimated annual burden
hours by CFR section and paragraph.
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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Citation 30 CFR 1220
Reporting & recordkeeping requirement
Number of
annual
responses
Hour burden
Annual
burden hours
Part 1220—Accounting Procedures for Determining Net Profit Share Payment for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases
§ 1220.010 NPSL capital account
1220.010(a) ......................
(a) For each NPSL tract, an NPSL capital account shall be established and maintained by the lessee for NPSL operations
* * *.
1
1
1
1
6
6
§ 1220.030 Maintenance of records
1220.030(a) and (b) .........
(a) Each lessee * * * shall establish and maintain such records
as are necessary * * *.
§ 1220.031 Reporting and payment requirements
1220.031(a) ......................
(a) Each lessee subject to this part shall file an annual report
during the period from issuance of the NPSL until the first
month in which production revenues are credited to the NPSL
capital account * * *.
1
1
1
1220.031(b) ......................
(b) Beginning with the first month in which production revenues
are credited to the NPSL capital account, each lessee * * *
shall file a report for each NPSL, not later than 60 days following the end of each month * * *.
13
72 1
936
1220.031(c) ......................
(c) Each lessee subject to this Part 220 shall submit, together
with the report required * * * any net profit share payment
due * * *.
1220.031(d) ......................
(d) Each lessee * * * shall file a report not later than 90 days
after each inventory is taken * * *.
8
6
48
1220.031(e) ......................
(e) Each lessee * * * shall file a final report, not later than 60
days following the cessation of production * * *.
4
6
24
1
6
6
Burden hours covered under § 1220.031(b).
§ 1220.032 Inventories
1220.032(b) ......................
(b) At reasonable intervals, but at least once every three years,
inventories of controllable materiel shall be taken by the lessee. Written notice of intention to take inventory shall be
given by the lessee at least 30 days before any inventory is to
be taken so that the Director may be represented at the taking of inventory * * *.
§ 1220.033 Audits
1220.033(b)(1) .................
(b)(1) When nonoperators of an NPSL lease call an audit in accordance with the terms of their operating agreement, the Director shall be notified of the audit call * * *.
2
6
12
1220.033(b)(2) .................
(b)(2) If DOI determines to call for an audit, DOI shall notify the
lessee of its audit call and set a time and place for the audit
* * * The lessee shall send copies of the notice to the nonoperators on the lease * * *.
2
6
12
1220.033(e) ......................
(e) Records required to be kept under § 1220.030(a) shall be
made available for inspection by any authorized agent of DOI
* * *.
The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined that
the audit process is exempt from the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 because MMS
staff asks non-standard questions to resolve
exceptions.
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TOTAL BURDEN ..............................................................................................................................................
1 (6
110
1,046
NPSL reports × 12 months = 72 reports)
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost
Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens.
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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, and
a person is not required to respond to,
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displays a currently valid OMB Control
Number.
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Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
requires each agency to ‘‘* * * provide
60-day notice in the Federal Register
* * * 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 March
25, 2011 (76 FR 16816), announcing that
we would submit this 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 September 12,
2011.
Public Comment Policy: We post all
comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, at https://
www.regulations.gov. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, be
advised 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 view, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
ONRR Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Hyla Hurst (303) 231–
3495.
Dated: August 2, 2011.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director for Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 731–TA–461 (Third
Review)]
Gray Portland Cement and Cement
Clinker From Japan; Scheduling of an
Expedited Five-Year Review
Concerning the Antidumping Duty
Order on Gray Portland Cement and
Cement Clinker From Japan
United States International
Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Commission hereby gives
notice of the scheduling of an expedited
review pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
§ 1675(c)(3)) (the Act) to determine
whether revocation of the antidumping
duty order on gray portland cement and
cement clinker from Japan would be
likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of material injury within a
reasonably foreseeable time. For further
information concerning the conduct of
this review 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, D, E, and
F (19 CFR part 207).
DATES: Effective Date: August 5, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Messer (202–205–3193), 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
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its Internet server (https://
www.usitc.gov). The public record for
this review may be viewed on the
Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS)
at https://edis.usitc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background.—On August 5, 2011, the
Commission determined that the
domestic interested party group
response to its notice of institution (76
FR 24519, May 2, 2011) of the subject
five-year review was adequate and that
the respondent interested party group
response was inadequate.1 The
Commission did not find any other
SUMMARY:
1 Commissioner Dean A. Pinkert did not
participate.
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circumstances that would warrant
conducting a full review.2 Accordingly,
the Commission determined that it
would conduct an expedited review
pursuant to section 751(c)(3) of the Act.
Staff report.—A staff report
containing information concerning the
subject matter of the review will be
placed in the nonpublic record on
September 12, 2011, and made available
to persons on the Administrative
Protective Order service list for this
review. A public version will be issued
thereafter, pursuant to section
207.62(d)(4) of the Commission’s rules.
Written submissions.—As provided in
section 207.62(d) of the Commission’s
rules, interested parties that are parties
to the review and that have provided
individually adequate responses to the
notice of institution,3 and any party
other than an interested party to the
review may file written comments with
the Secretary on what determination the
Commission should reach in the review.
Comments are due on or before October
3, 2011 and may not contain new factual
information. Any person that is neither
a party to the five-year review nor an
interested party may submit a brief
written statement (which shall not
contain any new factual information)
pertinent to the review by October 3,
2011. However, should the Department
of Commerce extend the time limit for
its completion of the final results of its
review, the deadline for comments
(which may not contain new factual
information) on Commerce’s final
results is three business days after the
issuance of Commerce’s results. If
comments contain business proprietary
information (BPI), they must conform
with the requirements of sections 201.6,
207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s
rules. The Commission’s rules do not
authorize filing of submissions with the
Secretary by facsimile or electronic
means, except to the extent permitted by
section 201.8 of the Commission’s rules,
as amended, 67 FR 68036 (November 8,
2002). Even where electronic filing of a
document is permitted, certain
2 A record of the Commissioners’ votes, the
Commission’s statement on adequacy, and any
individual Commissioner’s statements will be
available from the Office of the Secretary and at the
Commission’s Web site.
3 The Commission has found the responses
submitted by the Committee For Fairly Traded
Japanese Cement; the International Brotherhood of
Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths,
Forgers and Helpers; the United Steel, Paper &
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers International Union;
the International Union of Operating Engineers; and
Local Lodge 93, International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers to be
individually adequate. Comments from other
interested parties will not be accepted (see 19 CFR
207.62(d)(2)).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0006]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a currently approved information
collection.
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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 this ICR titled ``30 CFR Part 1220, OCS Net Profit
Share Payment Reporting.'' 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 September 12, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments by either FAX (202) 395-5806 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 1012-0009).
Please also submit a copy of your comments by one of the following
methods:
Electronically go to https://www.regulations.gov. In the
entry titled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter ONRR-2011-0006, and then
click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments. The
ONRR will post all comments.
Mail comments to Armand Southall, Regulatory Specialist,
ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 61013C, Denver, Colorado 80225-0165. Please
reference ICR 1012-0009 in your comments.
Hand-carry comments or use an overnight courier service.
Our courier address is Building 85, Room A-614, Denver Federal Center,
West 6th Ave. and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 80225. Please reference
ICR 1012-0009 in your comments.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues,
contact Mary Ann Guilinger, Audit and Compliance Management (ACM),
ONRR, telephone (303) 231-3408, or e-mail maryann.guilinger@onrr.gov.
For other questions, contact Armand Southall, telephone (303) 231-3221,
or e-mail armand.southall@onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. Southall
to obtain copies, at no cost, of (1) the ICR and (2) the regulations
that require the subject collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30 CFR Part 1220, OCS Net Profit
Share Payment Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 1012-0009.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior is
responsible for collecting royalties from lessees who produce minerals
from leased Federal and Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS). The Secretary is required by various laws to manage mineral
resources production on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, collect
royalties due, and distribute the funds collected under those laws. The
ONRR performs the royalty management functions for the Secretary.
Public laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian
lands and the OCS are posted at https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/PublicLawsAMR.htm.
I. General Information
The ONRR collects and uses this information to determine all
allowable direct and allocable joint costs and credits under Sec.
1220.011 incurred during the lease term, appropriate overhead allowance
permitted on these costs under Sec. 1220.012, and allowances for
capital recovery calculated under Sec. 1220.020. The ONRR also
collects this information to ensure royalties or net profit share
payments are accurately valued and appropriately paid. This ICR affects
only oil and gas leases on submerged Federal lands on the OCS.
II. Information Collections
Title 30 CFR part 1220 covers the net profit share lease (NPSL)
program and establishes reporting requirements for determining the net
profit share base under Sec. 1220.021 and calculating net profit share
payments due the Federal Government for the production of oil and gas
from leases under Sec. 1220.022.
A. NPSL Bidding System
To encourage exploration and development of oil and gas leases on
submerged Federal lands on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulations, and Enforcement
(BOEMRE, the former Offshore Energy and Minerals Management [OEMM] of
Minerals Management Service [MMS]) promulgated regulations at 30 CFR
part 260--Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing. Also, BOEMRE
promulgated specific implementing regulations for the NPSL bidding
system at Sec. 260.110(d). The BOEMRE established the NPSL bidding
system to balance a fair market return to the Federal Government for
the lease of its public lands with a fair profit to companies risking
their investment capital. The system provides an incentive for early
and expeditious exploration and development and provides for sharing
the risks by the lessee and the Federal Government. The NPSL bidding
system incorporates a fixed capital recovery system as a means through
which the lessee recovers costs of exploration and development from
production revenues, along with a reasonable return on investment.
B. NPSL Capital Account
The Federal Government does not receive a profit share payment from
an NPSL until the lessee shows a credit balance in its capital account;
that is, cumulative revenues and other credits exceed cumulative costs.
Lessees multiply the credit balance by the net profit share rate (30 to
50 percent), resulting in the amount of net profit share payment due
the Federal Government.
The ONRR requires lessees to maintain an NPSL capital account for
each lease under Sec. 1220.010, which transfers to a new owner when
sold. Following the cessation of production, lessees are also required
to provide either an annual or a monthly report to the Federal
Government, using data from the capital account until the lease is
terminated, expired, or relinquished.
C. NPSL Inventories
The NPSL lessees must notify ONRR of their intent to perform an
inventory and file a report after each inventory of controllable
materiel under Sec. 1220.032.
D. NPSL Audits
When non-operators of an NPSL call for an audit, they must notify
ONRR. When ONRR calls for an audit, the lessee must notify all non-
operators on the lease. These requirements are located at Sec.
1220.033.
III. OMB Approval
The information we collect under this ICR is essential in order to
determine when net profit share payments are due and to ensure lessees
properly value and pay royalties or net profit share payments.
We are requesting OMB approval to continue to collect this
information. Not collecting this information would limit the
Secretary's ability to discharge fiduciary duties and may also result
in the inability to confirm the accurate royalty value. Proprietary
information submitted to ONRR under this collection is protected, and
no items of a sensitive nature are included in this information
collection.
Frequency: Annually, monthly, and on occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 6 lessees.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 1,046
hours.
All six lessees report monthly because all current NPSLs are in
producing status. Because the requirements for establishment of capital
accounts at Sec. 1220.010(a) and capital account annual reporting at
Sec. 1220.031(a) are necessary only during non-producing status of a
lease, we included only one response annually for these requirements,
in case a new NPSL is established. We have not included in our
estimates certain requirements performed in the normal course of
business, which are considered usual and customary. The following table
shows the estimated annual burden hours by CFR section and paragraph.
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Respondents' Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Number of
Citation 30 CFR 1220 Reporting & recordkeeping Hour burden annual Annual burden
requirement responses hours
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Part 1220--Accounting Procedures for Determining Net Profit Share Payment for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and
Gas Leases
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Sec. 1220.010 NPSL capital account
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1220.010(a)....................... (a) For each NPSL tract, an 1 1 1
NPSL capital account shall
be established and
maintained by the lessee
for NPSL operations * * *.
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Sec. 1220.030 Maintenance of records
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1220.030(a) and (b)............... (a) Each lessee * * * shall 1 6 6
establish and maintain such
records as are necessary *
* *.
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Sec. 1220.031 Reporting and payment requirements
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1220.031(a)....................... (a) Each lessee subject to 1 1 1
this part shall file an
annual report during the
period from issuance of the
NPSL until the first month
in which production
revenues are credited to
the NPSL capital account *
* *.
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1220.031(b)....................... (b) Beginning with the first 13 72 \1\ 936
month in which production
revenues are credited to
the NPSL capital account,
each lessee * * * shall
file a report for each
NPSL, not later than 60
days following the end of
each month * * *.
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1220.031(c)....................... (c) Each lessee subject to Burden hours covered under Sec. 1220.031(b).
this Part 220 shall submit,
together with the report
required * * * any net
profit share payment due *
* *.
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1220.031(d)....................... (d) Each lessee * * * shall 8 6 48
file a report not later
than 90 days after each
inventory is taken * * *.
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1220.031(e)....................... (e) Each lessee * * * shall 4 6 24
file a final report, not
later than 60 days
following the cessation of
production * * *.
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Sec. 1220.032 Inventories
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1220.032(b)....................... (b) At reasonable intervals, 1 6 6
but at least once every
three years, inventories of
controllable materiel shall
be taken by the lessee.
Written notice of intention
to take inventory shall be
given by the lessee at
least 30 days before any
inventory is to be taken so
that the Director may be
represented at the taking
of inventory * * *.
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Sec. 1220.033 Audits
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1220.033(b)(1).................... (b)(1) When nonoperators of 2 6 12
an NPSL lease call an audit
in accordance with the
terms of their operating
agreement, the Director
shall be notified of the
audit call * * *.
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1220.033(b)(2).................... (b)(2) If DOI determines to 2 6 12
call for an audit, DOI
shall notify the lessee of
its audit call and set a
time and place for the
audit * * * The lessee
shall send copies of the
notice to the nonoperators
on the lease * * *.
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1220.033(e)....................... (e) Records required to be The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined
kept under Sec. that the audit process is exempt from the
1220.030(a) shall be made Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 because MMS
available for inspection by staff asks non-standard questions to resolve
any authorized agent of DOI exceptions.
* * *.
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TOTAL BURDEN................................................................ 110 1,046
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\1\ (6 NPSL reports x 12 months = 72 reports)
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour'' Cost
Burden: We have identified no ``non-hour cost'' burdens.
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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Comments: Before submitting an ICR to OMB, PRA section
3506(c)(2)(A) requires each agency to ``* * * provide 60-day notice in
the Federal Register * * * 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 March 25, 2011 (76 FR 16816),
announcing that we would submit this 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
September 12, 2011.
Public Comment Policy: We post all comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, at https://www.regulations.gov. Before
including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your comment, be advised 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 view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
ONRR Information Collection Clearance Officer: Hyla Hurst (303)
231-3495.
Dated: August 2, 2011.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director for Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2011-20510 Filed 8-11-11; 8:45 am]
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