Renewal of Approved Information Collection; OMB Control No. 1004-0185, 41057-41059 [2015-17230]

Download as PDF 41057 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 134 / Tuesday, July 14, 2015 / Notices monitoring survey, and 90 minutes per focus group meeting participant. Total annual burden hours: 14,772. A. B. C. D. Type of response Number of responses Time per response (minutes) Total hours (Col. B × Col. C/60 min) Pre-RMP, onsite contact .............................................................................................................. Pre-RMP, onsite survey (95% of above) ..................................................................................... Pre-RMP follow-up contacts (100% of above) ............................................................................ Pre-RMP follow-up completion of survey (65% of above) .......................................................... 20729 19692 19692 12800 0.5 5 1 20 173 1641 328 4267 Total for Pre-RMP ................................................................................................................ ........................ ........................ 6409 A. B. C. D. Type of response Number of responses Time per response (minutes) Total hours (Col. B × Col. C/60 min) Post-RMP, onsite contact ............................................................................................................ Post-RMP, onsite survey (95% of above) ................................................................................... Post-RMP follow-up contacts (100% of above) .......................................................................... Post-RMP follow-up completion of survey (65% of above) ........................................................ 2591 2462 2462 1600 0.5 1 1 6 22 41 41 160 Total for Post-RMP ............................................................................................................... ........................ ........................ 264 A. B. C. D. Type of response Number of responses Time per response (minutes) Total hours (Col. B × Col. C/60 min) Focus group ................................................................................................................................. Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ Burden: There are no identified ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens associated with this collection of information. review, we cannot guarantee that it will be done. Anna Atkinson, Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer (Acting). asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES III. Request for Comments [FR Doc. 2015–17231 Filed 7–13–15; 8:45 am] Comments are invited on: (1) The practical utility of the information being gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including use of automated information techniques or other forms of information technology. Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. 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 BLM in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public BILLING CODE 4310–84–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:01 Jul 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LL WO31000.L13100000.PB0000.15X] Renewal of Approved Information Collection; OMB Control No. 1004– 0185 Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) invites public comments on, and plans to request approval to continue, the collection of information pertaining to Federal and Indian oil and gas leasing and drainage protection (except on the Osage Reservation). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has assigned control SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 5400 90 8100 number 1004–0185 to this information collection. DATES: Submit comments on the proposed information collection by September 14, 2015. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or electronic mail. Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240. Fax: to Anna Atkinson at 202–245– 0050. Electronic mail: amatkinson@blm.gov. Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0185’’ regardless of the form of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Spencer, Division of Fluid Minerals, at 202–912–7146. Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339, to leave a message for Ms. Spencer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, require that interested members of the public and affected agencies be given an opportunity to comment on information E:\FR\FM\14JYN1.SGM 14JYN1 41058 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 134 / Tuesday, July 14, 2015 / Notices collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)). This notice identifies an information collection that the BLM plans to submit to OMB for approval. The Paperwork Reduction Act 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. The BLM will request a 3-year term of approval for this information collection activity. Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the collection of information for the performance of the functions of the agency; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the information collection burden on respondents, such as use of automated means of collection of the information. A summary of the public comments will accompany our submission of the information collection requests to OMB. The following information is provided for the information collection: Title: Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Drainage Protection (43 CFR parts 3100, 3120, 3150, and Subpart 3162). Forms: This is a nonform collection. OMB Control Number: 1004–0185. Abstract: The BLM proposes to extend the currently approved collection of information. The collection enables the BLM to monitor and enforce compliance with requirements pertaining to: 1. Statutory acreage limitations; 2. Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty payments; 3. Various types of agreements, contracts, consolidations and combinations; 4. Subsurface storage of oil and gas; 5. Transfers, name changes, and corporate mergers; 6. Lease renewal, relinquishment, termination, and cancellation; 7. Leasing under railroads and certain other types of rights-of-way; 8. Lands available for competitive leasing; and 9. Drainage protection. Frequency of Collection: All responses are submitted on occasion under this control number and are required to obtain or retain an oil and gas lease benefit. Estimated Number and Description of Respondents Annually: 6,165 Federal and Indian oil and gas lessees, operators, record title owners, and holders of options to acquire an interest in Federal or Indian leases. Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden Annually: 25,395 hours. Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ Burden Annually: $462,284. The following table details the individual components and respective hour burdens of this information collection request: A. B. C. D. Type of response Number of responses Hours per response Total hours (Column B × Column C) 1 1 1 1 1 50 130 535 1 1 1 35 90 160 1,755 1 90 35 30 1 5 1,750 380 1,000 100 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 8 8 8 2 24 20 1 1 1 1 1 50 260 1,070 1 1 1 35 90 160 1,755 1 90 105 90 1 40 14,000 3,040 2,000 2,400 200 Totals .................................................................................................................................... asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Notice of option holdings 43 CFR 3100.3–1(b) ........................................................................... Option statement 43 CFR 3100.3–3 ........................................................................................... Proof of acreage reduction 43 CFR 3101.2–4(a) ........................................................................ Excess acreage petition 43 CFR 3101.2–4(a) ............................................................................ Ad hoc acreage statement 43 CFR 3101.2–6 ............................................................................ Joinder evidence statement 43 CFR 3101.3–1 ........................................................................... Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty 43 CFR 3103.4–1 ................................... Communitization or drilling agreements 43 CFR 3105.2 ............................................................ Operating, drilling, or development contracts 43 CFR 3105.3 .................................................... Joint operations, transportation of oil application 43 CFR 3105.4 .............................................. Subsurface storage application 43 CFR 3105.5 ......................................................................... Consolidation of leases 43 CFR 3105.6 ..................................................................................... Heirs and devisees statement 43 CFR 3106.8–1 ....................................................................... Change of name 43 CFR 3106.8–2 ............................................................................................ Corporate merger 43 CFR 3106.8–3 .......................................................................................... Lease renewal application 43 CFR 3107.8 ................................................................................. Relinquishment 43 CFR 3108.1 .................................................................................................. Class I reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2–2 ........................................................................ Class II reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2–3 ....................................................................... Class III reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2–4 ...................................................................... Application for lease under right-of-way 43 CFR 3109.1 ............................................................ Lands available for competitive leasing 43 CFR 3120.1–1(e) .................................................... Protests and appeals 43 CFR 3120.1–3 ..................................................................................... Preliminary drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2–9 .......................................................... Detailed drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2–9 ............................................................... Additional drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2–9 ............................................................ 6,165 ........................ 25,395 Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other person identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your person 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. Anna Atkinson, Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management. [FR Doc. 2015–17230 Filed 7–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–84–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:01 Jul 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\14JYN1.SGM 14JYN1 41059 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 134 / Tuesday, July 14, 2015 / Notices Electronic mail: amatkinson@blm.gov. Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0004’’ regardless of the form of your comments. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLWO350000.L14400000.PN0000] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Renewal of Approved Information Collection Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments. AGENCY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue the collection of information from individuals who want to make a desert land entry to reclaim, irrigate, and cultivate arid and semiarid public lands administered by the BLM in the western States. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved this information collection activity, and assigned it control number 1004–0004. DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this information collection request within 60 days but may respond after 30 days. For maximum consideration, written comments should be received on or before August 13, 2015. ADDRESSES: Please submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior (OMB #1004– 0004), Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806, or by electronic mail at OIRA_ submission@omb.eop.gov. Please provide a copy of your comments to the BLM. You may do so via mail, fax, or electronic mail. Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: Anna Atkinson, Washington, DC 20240. Fax: to Anna Atkinson at 202–245– 0050. SUMMARY: Flora Bell, at 202–912–7347. Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1–800– 877–8339, to leave a message for Ms. Bell. You may also review the information collection request online at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 provide 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. In order to obtain and renew an OMB control number, Federal agencies are required to seek public comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the BLM published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register on February 11, 2015 (80 FR 7631), and the comment period ended April 13, 2015. The BLM received no comments. The BLM now requests comments on the following subjects: 1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper functioning of the BLM, including whether the information will have practical utility; 2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate of the burden of collecting the information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 4. How to minimize the information collection burden on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology. Please send comments as directed under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please refer to OMB control number 1004–0004 in your correspondence. 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. The following information pertains to this request: Title: Desert Land Entry Application (43 CFR part 2520). Form: Form 2520–1, Desert Land Entry Application. OMB Control Number: 1004–0004. Abstract: The BLM needs to collect the information in order to determine if an applicant is eligible to make a desert land entry to reclaim, irrigate, and cultivate arid and semiarid public lands in the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Frequency: On occasion. Description of Respondents: 3 applicants for desert land entries annually. Estimated Number of Responses Annually: 6 hours annually. Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ Burden Annually: $45 annually. The estimated burdens are itemized in the following table: A. B. C. D. Type of response Number of responses Hours per response Total hours (Column B × Column C) Desert Land Entry Application 43 CFR Part 2520 Form 2520–1 ............................................... 3 2 6 asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES . Anna Atkinson, Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management. [FR Doc. 2015–17232 Filed 7–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–84–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:01 Jul 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\14JYN1.SGM 14JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41057-41059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17230]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LL WO31000.L13100000.PB0000.15X]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection; OMB Control No. 1004-
0185

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 60-day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) invites public comments on, and plans to request 
approval to continue, the collection of information pertaining to 
Federal and Indian oil and gas leasing and drainage protection (except 
on the Osage Reservation). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has assigned control number 1004-0185 to this information collection.

DATES: Submit comments on the proposed information collection by 
September 14, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or electronic mail.
    Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
1849 C Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: Jean Sonneman, Washington, 
DC 20240.
    Fax: to Anna Atkinson at 202-245-0050.
    Electronic mail: amatkinson@blm.gov.
    Please indicate ``Attn: 1004-0185'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Spencer, Division of Fluid 
Minerals, at 202-912-7146. Persons who use a telecommunication device 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service 
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, to leave a message for Ms. Spencer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, require that interested members of the public and affected 
agencies be given an opportunity to comment on information

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collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 
1320.12(a)). This notice identifies an information collection that the 
BLM plans to submit to OMB for approval. The Paperwork Reduction Act 
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.
    The BLM will request a 3-year term of approval for this information 
collection activity. Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the 
collection of information for the performance of the functions of the 
agency; (2) the accuracy of the agency's burden estimates; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; 
and (4) ways to minimize the information collection burden on 
respondents, such as use of automated means of collection of the 
information. A summary of the public comments will accompany our 
submission of the information collection requests to OMB.
    The following information is provided for the information 
collection:
    Title: Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Drainage Protection (43 CFR 
parts 3100, 3120, 3150, and Subpart 3162).
    Forms: This is a nonform collection.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0185.
    Abstract: The BLM proposes to extend the currently approved 
collection of information. The collection enables the BLM to monitor 
and enforce compliance with requirements pertaining to:
    1. Statutory acreage limitations;
    2. Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty payments;
    3. Various types of agreements, contracts, consolidations and 
combinations;
    4. Subsurface storage of oil and gas;
    5. Transfers, name changes, and corporate mergers;
    6. Lease renewal, relinquishment, termination, and cancellation;
    7. Leasing under railroads and certain other types of rights-of-
way;
    8. Lands available for competitive leasing; and
    9. Drainage protection.
    Frequency of Collection: All responses are submitted on occasion 
under this control number and are required to obtain or retain an oil 
and gas lease benefit.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents Annually: 6,165 
Federal and Indian oil and gas lessees, operators, record title owners, 
and holders of options to acquire an interest in Federal or Indian 
leases.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden Annually: 
25,395 hours.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden 
Annually: $462,284.
    The following table details the individual components and 
respective hour burdens of this information collection request:

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                               A.                                       B.              C.              D.
Type of response                                                       Number of       Hours per     Total hours
                                                                       responses        response     (Column B x
                                                                                                       Column C)
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Notice of option holdings 43 CFR 3100.3-1(b)....................               1               1               1
Option statement 43 CFR 3100.3-3................................               1               1               1
Proof of acreage reduction 43 CFR 3101.2-4(a)...................               1               1               1
Excess acreage petition 43 CFR 3101.2-4(a)......................               1               1               1
Ad hoc acreage statement 43 CFR 3101.2-6........................               1               1               1
Joinder evidence statement 43 CFR 3101.3-1......................              50               1              50
Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty 43 CFR                 130               2             260
 3103.4-1.......................................................
Communitization or drilling agreements 43 CFR 3105.2............             535               2           1,070
Operating, drilling, or development contracts 43 CFR 3105.3.....               1               1               1
Joint operations, transportation of oil application 43 CFR                     1               1               1
 3105.4.........................................................
Subsurface storage application 43 CFR 3105.5....................               1               1               1
Consolidation of leases 43 CFR 3105.6...........................              35               1              35
Heirs and devisees statement 43 CFR 3106.8-1....................              90               1              90
Change of name 43 CFR 3106.8-2..................................             160               1             160
Corporate merger 43 CFR 3106.8-3................................           1,755               1           1,755
Lease renewal application 43 CFR 3107.8.........................               1               1               1
Relinquishment 43 CFR 3108.1....................................              90               1              90
Class I reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2-2..................              35               3             105
Class II reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2-3.................              30               3              90
Class III reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2-4................               1               1               1
Application for lease under right-of-way 43 CFR 3109.1..........               5               8              40
Lands available for competitive leasing 43 CFR 3120.1-1(e)......           1,750               8          14,000
Protests and appeals 43 CFR 3120.1-3............................             380               8           3,040
Preliminary drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2-9..........           1,000               2           2,000
Detailed drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2-9.............             100              24           2,400
Additional drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2-9...........              10              20             200
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Totals......................................................           6,165  ..............          25,395
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    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other person identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your person 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.

Anna Atkinson,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land 
Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-17230 Filed 7-13-15; 8:45 am]
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