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to Resonance Research, Inc., a company
incorporated under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
having its headquarters in Billerica,
Massachusetts. The United States of
America is the assignee of the rights of
the above inventions. The contemplated
exclusive license may be granted in a
field of use limited to electron
paramagnetic resonance devices and
systems for oximetry.
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devices and systems for in vivo
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phase-encoding approach. This
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of the availability of non-toxic watersoluble trityl and deuterated trityl based
spin probes which have reasonable T1
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Dated: October 25, 2011.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE)
[Docket ID No. BOEM–2011–0068; OMB
Number 1014–0003]
Information Collection Activities: Oil
and Gas Production Safety Systems;
Submitted for Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment
Request
ACTION:
30-day Notice.
To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
Subpart H, ‘‘Oil and Gas Production
Safety Systems.’’ This notice also
provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the revised
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.
DATES: You must submit comments by
November 30, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either
fax (202) 395–5806 or email
(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) directly
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior (1014–0003). Please provide a
copy of your comments to BSEE by any
of the means below.
• Electronically: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled,
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter BOEM–
2011–0068 then click search. Follow the
instructions to submit public comments
and view all related materials. We will
post all comments.
• Email cheryl.blundon@bsee.gov.
Mail or hand-carry comments to:
Department of the Interior; Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement;
Regulations Development Branch;
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Attention: Cheryl Blundon 381 Elden
Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817.
Please reference 1014–0003 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon by email at
cheryl.blundon@bsee.gov or by
telephone at (703) 787–1607, to request
additional information about this ICR.
To see a copy of the entire ICR
submitted to OMB, go to https://
www.reginfo.gov (select Information
Collection Review, Currently Under
Review).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart H, Oil and
Gas Production Safety Systems.
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 to prescribe
rules and regulations necessary for the
administration of the leasing provisions
of that Act related to mineral resources
on the OCS. Such rules and regulations
will apply to all operations conducted
under a lease, pipeline right-of-way, or
a right-of-use and easement. 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.’’
The Independent Offices
Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the
Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L.
104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26,
1996), and Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Circular A–25, authorize
Federal agencies to recover the full cost
of services that confer special benefits.
Facility Production Safety System
Applications are subject to cost recovery
and BSEE regulations specify filing fees
for these applications.
This submittal also removes an IC
requirement that was inadvertently
included in this collection. The
requirement pertains to the Pacific
Region’s Emergency Action Plans that
are submitted to local air quality
agencies, which is included in the IC for
30 CFR 550, subpart C (§ 550.304).
Regulations implementing these
responsibilities are under 30 CFR 250,
subpart H. Responses are mandatory. No
questions of a sensitive nature are
asked. BSEE protects information
considered proprietary according to the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552) and its implementing regulations
(43 CFR 2), 30 CFR part 252, OCS Oil
and Gas Information Program, and 30
CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data and information to
be made available to the public or for
limited inspection.’’
BSEE uses the information collected
under subpart H to evaluate equipment
and/or procedures that lessees and
operators propose to use during
production operations, including
evaluation of requests for departures or
use of alternate procedures or
equipment. Information is also used to
verify that production operations are
safe and protect the human, marine, and
coastal environment. BSEE inspectors
review the records required by this
subpart to verify compliance with
testing and minimum safety
requirements.
The Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
(GOMR) has a policy regarding approval
of requests to use a chemical-only fire
prevention and control system in lieu of
a water system. BSEE may require
additional information be submitted to
maintain approval. The information is
used to determine if the chemical-only
system provides the equivalent
protection of a water system for the
egress of personnel should a fire occur.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal oil, gas,
or sulphur lessees, operators, and
holders of pipeline rights-of-way.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
estimated annual hour burden for this
information collection is a total of
62,963 hours. The following chart
details the individual components and
estimated hour burdens. 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.
Non-hour cost burdens*
Reporting and recordkeeping requirement
Citation 30 CFR 250 subpart H and NTL(s)
Hour burden
Average No.
of annual
responses
Annual
burden Hours
16 .....................
1 ...................
16
Submittals
800; 801; 802; 803 ......................................................................
Submit application, and all
required/supporting information, for a production
safety system with > 125
components.
5,030 per submission × 1 = $5,030
$13,238 per offshore visit × 1 = $13,238
$6,884 per shipyard visit × 1 = $6,884
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25–125 components. ..........
13 .....................
10 .................
130
$1,218 per submission × 10 = $12,180
$8,313 per offshore visit × 1 = $8,313
$4,766 per shipyard visit × 1 = $4,766
< 25 components ................
8 .......................
20 .................
160
$604 per submission × 20 = $12,080
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Non-hour cost burdens*
Reporting and recordkeeping requirement
Citation 30 CFR 250 subpart H and NTL(s)
Submit modification to application for production
safety system with >125
components.
Hour burden
Average No.
of annual
responses
Annual
burden Hours
9 .......................
180 ...............
1,620
$561 per submission × 180 = $100,980
25–125 components. ..........
7 .......................
758 ...............
5,306
$201 per submission × 758 = $152,358
< 25 components. ...............
5 .......................
329 ...............
1,645
$85 per submission × 329 = $27,965
801(a) ..........................................................................................
Submit application for a determination that a well is
incapable of natural flow.
6 .......................
803(b)(2) .....................................................................................
Submit required documentation for unbonded
flexible pipe.
Burden is submitted with application § 250.802(e)
0
803(b)(8); related NTLs ..............................................................
Request approval to use
chemical only fire prevention and control system in
lieu of a water system.
22 .....................
682
807 ..............................................................................................
Submit detailed info regarding installing SSVs in an
HPHT environment with
your APD, APM, DWOP
etc..
Burden is covered under 1010–
0141.
Subtotal ...............................................................................
41 .................
31 .................
1,370
responses
246
0
9,805 hours
$343,794 non-hour costs
General
Identify well with sign on
wellhead that subsurface
safety device is removed;
flag safety devices that
are out of service.
≤Usual/customary safety procedure for removing or identifying out-of-service safety devices
802(e), (f), (h)(3); 803(b)(2); .......................................................
Specific alternate approval
requests requiring District
Manager approval..
Burden covered under 1010–
0114.
803(b)(8)(iv); (v) ..........................................................................
Post diagram of firefighting
system; furnish evidence
firefighting system suitable for operations in
subfreezing climates..
5 .......................
38 .................
190
804(a)(12); 800 ...........................................................................
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801(h)(2); 803(c) .........................................................................
Notify BSEE prior to production when ready to
conduct pre-production
test and inspection; upon
commencement of production for a complete inspection.
1 .......................
76 .................
76
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Non-hour cost burdens*
Reporting and recordkeeping requirement
Citation 30 CFR 250 subpart H and NTL(s)
Hour burden
Average No.
of annual
responses
Annual
burden Hours
806(c) ..........................................................................................
Request evaluation and approval of other quality assurance programs covering manufacture of
SPPE.
2 .......................
1 ...................
2
Subtotal ...............................................................................
.............................................
...........................
115 responses.
268 hours
Recordkeeping
801(h)(2); 802(e); 804(b) ............................................................
Maintain records for 2
years on subsurface and
surface safety devices to
include approved design
& installation features,
testing, repair, removal,
etc; make records available to BSEE.
36 .....................
615 ...............
22,140
803(b)(1)(iii), (b)(2)(i) ..................................................................
Maintain pressure-recorder
charts.
23 .....................
615 ...............
14,145
803(b)(4)(iii) .................................................................................
Maintain schematic of the
emergency shutdown
(ESD) which indicates
the control functions of all
safety devices.
15 .....................
615 ...............
9,225
803(b)(11) ...................................................................................
Maintain records of wells
that have erosion-control
programs and results for
2 years; make available
to BSEE upon request..
12 .....................
615 ...............
7,380
Subtotal ...............................................................................
.............................................
...........................
2,460 responses.
52,890 hours
Total Burden Hours ....................................................
.............................................
...........................
3,945 responses.
62,963 hours
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$343,794 Non-hour cost burdens
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified 10 non-hour cost
burdens, all of which are cost recovery
fees required under § 250.802(e).
However, the actual fee amounts are
specified in 30 CFR 250.125, which
provides a consolidated table of all of
the fees required under the 30 CFR 250
regulations. The total non-hour cost
burdens (cost recovery fees) in this IC
request are $343,794.
The non-hour cost burdens required
in 30 CFR 250, subpart H (and
respective cost-recovery fee amount per
transaction) are required as follows:
• Submit application for a production
safety system with > 125 components—
$5,030 per submission; $13,238 per
offshore visit; and $6,884 per shipyard
visit.
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• Submit application for a production
safety system with 25—125
components—$1,218 per submission;
$8,313 per offshore visit; and $4,766 per
shipyard visit.
• Submit application for a production
safety system with < 25 components—
$604 per submission.
• Submit modification to application
for production safety system with > 125
components—$561 per submission.
• Submit modification to application
for production safety system with 25–
125 components—$201 per submission.
• Submit modification to application
for production safety system with < 25
components—$85 per submission.
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
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number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
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
collection is necessary or useful; (b)
evaluate the accuracy 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
technology.
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To comply with the public
consultation process, on August 16,
2011, we published a Federal Register
notice (76 FR 50748) announcing that
we would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
control number for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR 250 regulations. The regulation
also informs the public that they may
comment at any time on the collections
of information and provides the address
to which they should send comments.
We have received one comment in
support of this collection; it did not
pertain to the paperwork burden.
Public Availability of Comments:
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.
Dated: October 19, 2011.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Amendment to the Cascade-Siskiyou
National Monument Resource
Management Plan, Oregon, and
Associated Environmental
Assessment
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
Medford District Office, Ashland
Resource Area, Medford, Oregon,
intends to prepare an Environmental
Assessment (EA) which will amend the
2008 Cascade-Siskiyou National
Monument Resource Management Plan
(CSNM RMP), and by this notice is
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announcing the beginning of the
scoping process to solicit public
comments and identify issues.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the RMP
Amendment with associated EA.
Comments on issues may be submitted
in writing until November 30, 2011. The
date(s) and location(s) of any scoping
meeting(s) will be announced at least 15
days in advance through the local news
media, mailings to interested
individuals, and on the BLM Medford
Web site at: https://www.blm.gov/or/
districts/medford/index.php. In order to
be included in the EA, all comments
must be received prior to the close of
the 30-day scoping period or 15 days
after the last public meeting, whichever
is later. The BLM will provide
additional opportunities for public
participation upon publication of the
EA.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on issues and planning criteria related
to the CSNM RMP Amendment and
associated EA by any of the following
methods:
• Email: kminor@blm.gov.
• Fax: (541) 618–2400, Attention:
Kathy Minor.
• Mail or hand delivery: Bureau of
Land Management, Medford District
Office, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford,
Oregon 97504, Attention: Kathy Minor.
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the Medford
District Office. All comments must
contain the name and address of the
submitter, regardless of delivery
method, in order to be considered.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
And/or to have your name added to our
mailing list, contact Kathy Minor,
CSNM Planner, telephone (541) 618–
2245; address Medford District Office,
3040 Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon
97504; email kminor@blm.gov. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
(800) 877–8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business
hours. This service is available 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document provides notice that the BLM
Medford District Office, Ashland
Resource Area, Medford, Oregon,
intends to prepare an RMP amendment
with an associated EA for the CascadeSiskiyou National Monument,
announces the beginning of the scoping
process, and seeks public input on
issues and planning criteria. The
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planning area is located in Jackson
County, Oregon and encompasses
approximately 55,930 acres of public
lands. The purpose of the public
scoping process is to determine relevant
issues that will influence the scope of
the environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the planning
process.
This RMP amendment and associated
EA will modify land tenure adjustment
decisions in the CSNM RMP to allow for
land exchanges that ‘‘furthers the
protective purposes of the monument,’’
where the public land involved is
located within the CSNM. Currently, the
CSNM RMP allows for exchanges only
where the public land involved is
located outside the CSNM. This
amendment would be consistent with
the Presidential Proclamation 7318,
dated June 9, 2000, which states, ‘‘All
Federal lands within the boundaries of
this monument are hereby appropriated
and withdrawn from all forms of entry,
location, selection, sale, or leasing or
other disposition under the public land
laws, including but not limited to
withdrawal from location, entry, and
patent under the mining laws, and from
disposition under all laws relating to
mineral and geothermal leasing, other
than by exchange that furthers the
protective purposes of the monument
[emphasis added].’’
The purpose of the public scoping
process is to determine relevant issues
that will influence the scope of the
environmental analysis, including
alternatives, and guide the plan
amendment process. The Medford BLM
seeks public input on issues and
planning criteria. Federal, State, and
local agencies, along with other
stakeholders that may be interested or
affected by the BLM’s decision on this
project are invited to participate in the
scoping process and, if eligible, may
request or be requested by the BLM to
participate as a cooperating agency.
BLM personnel identified one
preliminary planning issue for the
planning area. The preliminary
planning issue is that the CSNM RMP is
inconsistent with Presidential
Proclamation 7318, dated June 9, 2000.
The Proclamation provides for
exchanges that further the protective
purposes of the monument. The CSNM
RMP precluded exchanges where the
Federal land is located within the
monument, thus making it inconsistent
with the Proclamation. Preliminary
planning criteria include:
1. The plan amendment will be
consistent with Presidential
Proclamation 7318;
2. Lands addressed in the RMP will be
public lands (including split estate
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
[Docket ID No. BOEM-2011-0068; OMB Number 1014-0003]
Information Collection Activities: Oil and Gas Production Safety
Systems; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review;
Comment Request
ACTION: 30-day Notice.
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we
are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information
collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under Subpart H, ``Oil and Gas
Production Safety Systems.'' This notice also provides the public a
second opportunity to comment on the revised paperwork burden of these
regulatory requirements.
DATES: You must submit comments by November 30, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either fax (202) 395-5806 or email
(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) directly to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of
the Interior (1014-0003). Please provide a copy of your comments to
BSEE by any of the means below.
Electronically: Go to https://www.regulations.gov. In the
entry titled, ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter BOEM-2011-0068 then click
search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view all
related materials. We will post all comments.
Email cheryl.blundon@bsee.gov. Mail or hand-carry comments
to: Department of the Interior; Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement; Regulations Development Branch;
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Attention: Cheryl Blundon 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-
4817. Please reference 1014-0003 in your comment and include your name
and return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Blundon by email at
cheryl.blundon@bsee.gov or by telephone at (703) 787-1607, to request
additional information about this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR
submitted to OMB, go to https://www.reginfo.gov (select Information
Collection Review, Currently Under Review).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart H, Oil and Gas Production Safety
Systems.
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 to prescribe rules and regulations necessary for the
administration of the leasing provisions of that Act related to mineral
resources on the OCS. Such rules and regulations will apply to all
operations conducted under a lease, pipeline right-of-way, or a right-
of-use and easement. 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.''
The Independent Offices Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the
Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104-133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26,
1996), and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-25,
authorize Federal agencies to recover the full cost of services that
confer special benefits. Facility Production Safety System Applications
are subject to cost recovery and BSEE regulations specify filing fees
for these applications.
This submittal also removes an IC requirement that was
inadvertently included in this collection. The requirement pertains to
the Pacific Region's Emergency Action Plans that are submitted to local
air quality agencies, which is included in the IC for 30 CFR 550,
subpart C (Sec. 550.304).
Regulations implementing these responsibilities are under 30 CFR
250, subpart H. Responses are mandatory. No questions of a sensitive
nature are asked. BSEE protects information considered proprietary
according to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
implementing regulations (43 CFR 2), 30 CFR part 252, OCS Oil and Gas
Information Program, and 30 CFR 250.197, ``Data and information to be
made available to the public or for limited inspection.''
BSEE uses the information collected under subpart H to evaluate
equipment and/or procedures that lessees and operators propose to use
during production operations, including evaluation of requests for
departures or use of alternate procedures or equipment. Information is
also used to verify that production operations are safe and protect the
human, marine, and coastal environment. BSEE inspectors review the
records required by this subpart to verify compliance with testing and
minimum safety requirements.
The Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (GOMR) has a policy regarding
approval of requests to use a chemical-only fire prevention and control
system in lieu of a water system. BSEE may require additional
information be submitted to maintain approval. The information is used
to determine if the chemical-only system provides the equivalent
protection of a water system for the egress of personnel should a fire
occur.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential respondents comprise Federal
oil, gas, or sulphur lessees, operators, and holders of pipeline
rights-of-way.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The estimated
annual hour burden for this information collection is a total of 62,963
hours. The following chart details the individual components and
estimated hour burdens. 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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Non-hour cost burdens*
Citation 30 CFR 250 subpart H and ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
NTL(s) Reporting and recordkeeping requirement Average No. of annual
Hour burden responses Annual burden Hours
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Submittals
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800; 801; 802; 803................. Submit application, and all required/ 16........................ 1..................... 16
supporting information, for a
production safety system with > 125
components.
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5,030 per submission x 1 = $5,030
$13,238 per offshore visit x 1 = $13,238
$6,884 per shipyard visit x 1 = $6,884
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25-125 components...................... 13........................ 10.................... 130
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$1,218 per submission x 10 = $12,180
$8,313 per offshore visit x 1 = $8,313
$4,766 per shipyard visit x 1 = $4,766
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< 25 components........................ 8......................... 20.................... 160
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$604 per submission x 20 = $12,080
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Submit modification to application for 9......................... 180................... 1,620
production safety system with >125
components.
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$561 per submission x 180 = $100,980
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25-125 components...................... 7......................... 758................... 5,306
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$201 per submission x 758 = $152,358
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< 25 components........................ 5......................... 329................... 1,645
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$85 per submission x 329 = $27,965
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801(a)............................. Submit application for a determination 6......................... 41.................... 246
that a well is incapable of natural
flow.
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803(b)(2).......................... Submit required documentation for Burden is submitted with application Sec. 0
unbonded flexible pipe. 250.802(e)
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803(b)(8); related NTLs............ Request approval to use chemical only 22........................ 31.................... 682
fire prevention and control system in
lieu of a water system.
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807................................ Submit detailed info regarding Burden is covered under 1010-0141. 0
installing SSVs in an HPHT environment
with your APD, APM, DWOP etc..
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Subtotal....................... 1,370 9,805 hours
responses.............
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$343,794 non-hour costs
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General
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801(h)(2); 803(c).................. Identify well with sign on wellhead >Usual/customary safety procedure for removing or 0
that subsurface safety device is identifying out-of-service safety devices
removed; flag safety devices that are
out of service.
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802(e), (f), (h)(3); 803(b)(2);.... Specific alternate approval requests Burden covered under 1010-0114. ......................
requiring District Manager approval..
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803(b)(8)(iv); (v)................. Post diagram of firefighting system; 5......................... 38.................... 190
furnish evidence firefighting system
suitable for operations in subfreezing
climates..
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804(a)(12); 800.................... Notify BSEE prior to production when 1......................... 76.................... 76
ready to conduct pre-production test
and inspection; upon commencement of
production for a complete inspection.
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806(c)............................. Request evaluation and approval of 2......................... 1..................... 2
other quality assurance programs
covering manufacture of SPPE.
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Subtotal....................... ....................................... .......................... 115 responses......... 268 hours
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Recordkeeping
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801(h)(2); 802(e); 804(b).......... Maintain records for 2 years on 36........................ 615................... 22,140
subsurface and surface safety devices
to include approved design &
installation features, testing,
repair, removal, etc; make records
available to BSEE.
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803(b)(1)(iii), (b)(2)(i).......... Maintain pressure-recorder charts...... 23........................ 615................... 14,145
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803(b)(4)(iii)..................... Maintain schematic of the emergency 15........................ 615................... 9,225
shutdown (ESD) which indicates the
control functions of all safety
devices.
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803(b)(11)......................... Maintain records of wells that have 12........................ 615................... 7,380
erosion-control programs and results
for 2 years; make available to BSEE
upon request..
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Subtotal....................... ....................................... .......................... 2,460 responses....... 52,890 hours
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Total Burden Hours......... ....................................... .......................... 3,945 responses....... 62,963 hours
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$343,794 Non-hour cost burdens
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Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: We have
identified 10 non-hour cost burdens, all of which are cost recovery
fees required under Sec. 250.802(e). However, the actual fee amounts
are specified in 30 CFR 250.125, which provides a consolidated table of
all of the fees required under the 30 CFR 250 regulations. The total
non-hour cost burdens (cost recovery fees) in this IC request are
$343,794.
The non-hour cost burdens required in 30 CFR 250, subpart H (and
respective cost-recovery fee amount per transaction) are required as
follows:
Submit application for a production safety system with >
125 components--$5,030 per submission; $13,238 per offshore visit; and
$6,884 per shipyard visit.
Submit application for a production safety system with
25--125 components--$1,218 per submission; $8,313 per offshore visit;
and $4,766 per shipyard visit.
Submit application for a production safety system with <
25 components--$604 per submission.
Submit modification to application for production safety
system with > 125 components--$561 per submission.
Submit modification to application for production safety
system with 25-125 components--$201 per submission.
Submit modification to application for production safety
system with < 25 components--$85 per submission.
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: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et
seq.) 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
collection is necessary or useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy 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
technology.
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To comply with the public consultation process, on August 16, 2011,
we published a Federal Register notice (76 FR 50748) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In addition, Sec. 250.199 provides the
OMB control number for the information collection requirements imposed
by the 30 CFR 250 regulations. The regulation also informs the public
that they may comment at any time on the collections of information and
provides the address to which they should send comments. We have
received one comment in support of this collection; it did not pertain
to the paperwork burden.
Public Availability of Comments: 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.
Dated: October 19, 2011.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-28041 Filed 10-28-11; 8:45 am]
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