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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).
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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
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Bureau of Land Management
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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:
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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:
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 ....................................................................................................................................
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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.
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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
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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
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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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