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• Maximize leveraged opportunities
by identifying and pursuing funding for
projects of mutual interest and benefit.
• Develop best practices for external
engagement that illustrates success in
forming and nurturing coalitions and
partnerships that support the Service’s
mission.
• Coordinate within Service
programs, including the Refuge System,
Ecological Services, Fish and Aquatic
Conservation, hatcheries, and Migratory
Birds during the development of
regional long-range and project-level
plans.
2. Asset Management: The program
will operate and maintain a functional,
financially sustainable, and resilient
transportation network to satisfy current
and future land management needs in
the face of a changing climate.
Objectives:
• Use asset management principles to
maintain important infrastructure at an
appropriate condition level.
• Prioritize work programs through
the project selection process detailed in
this plan or an adaptation thereof.
• Evaluate life-cycle costs when
considering new assets to determine
long-term financial sustainability.
• Consider the impacts of increased
climate variability in the planning and
management of transportation assets.
3. Safety: The program’s network will
provide a superior level of safety for all
users and all modes of transportation to
and within Service lands.
Objectives:
• Identify safety issue ‘‘hot spots’’
within the Service’s transportation
system with the Safety Analysis Toolkit.
• Implement appropriate safety
countermeasures to resolve safety issues
and reduce the frequency and severity
of crashes (also with the Safety Analysis
Toolkit).
• Address wildlife-vehicle collisions
with design solutions (Environmental
Enhancements).
• Use cooperation and
communication among the 4E’s of
safety, including engineering,
education, enforcement, and emergency
medical services.
4. Environmental: Transportation
infrastructure will be landscape
appropriate and play a key role in the
improvement of environmental
conditions in and around Service lands.
Objectives:
• Follow the Roadway Design
Guidelines for best practices in design,
planning, management, maintenance,
and construction of transportation
assets.
• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions
and air pollutants by increasing
transportation options and use of
alternative fuels.
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• Protect wildlife corridors, reduce
habitat fragmentation, and enhance
terrestrial and aquatic organism passage
on and adjacent to Service lands to
conserve fish, wildlife, and plant
populations.
5. Access, Mobility, and Connectivity:
The program will ensure that units open
to public visitation have adequate
transportation options for all users,
including underserved,
underrepresented, and mobility-limited
populations.
Objectives:
• Offer a wide range of transportation
modes and linkages for on and offsite
access.
• Provide a clear way finding
information both on and off Service
lands.
• Through the Urban Wildlife
Conservation Program, integrate Service
transportation facilities with local
community transportation systems in a
way that encourages local visitation and
provides economic benefits to partner
and gateway communities.
• Through coordinated planning,
provide context-appropriate
transportation facilities that address the
specific needs of local visitor groups
and respect the natural setting of the
refuge or hatchery.
• Address congestion issues to and
within Service units.
6. Visitor Experience: The program
will enhance the visitation experience
through improvement and investment in
the transportation network.
Objectives:
• Integrate interpretation, education,
and resource stewardship principles
into the transportation experience.
• Evaluate the feasibility of
alternative transportation systems at all
stations and implement where
appropriate.
• Encourage connections with
existing and planned public and private
transportation services.
• Design infrastructure in such a way
that highlights the landscape and not
the transportation facility.
Next Steps
After this comment period ends, we
will analyze the comments and address
them in the form of a final LRTP.
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Before including your address,
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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
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identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Dated: February 4, 2016.
Deborah Rocque,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE)
[Docket ID BSEE–2016–0002; OMB Control
Number 1014–0002; 16XE1700DX
EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE500000]
Information Collection Activities: Oil
and Gas Production Measurement,
Surface Commingling, and Security;
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is
inviting comments on a collection of
information that we will submit to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The
information collection request (ICR)
concerns a renewal to the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
Subpart L, Oil and Gas Production
Measurement, Surface Commingling,
and Security.
DATES: You must submit comments by
May 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods listed
below.
• Electronically: go to https://
www.regulations.gov and search for
BSEE–2016–0002. Follow the
instructions to submit public comments
and view all related materials. We will
post all comments.
• Email kelly.odom@bsee.gov. Mail or
hand-carry comments to the Department
of the Interior; BSEE; Regulations and
Standards Branch; ATTN: Kelly Odom;
45600 Woodland Road, Sterling,
Virginia 20166. Please reference ICR
1014–0002 in your comment and
include your name and return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Odom, Regulations and Standards
Branch at (703) 787–1775 to request
additional information about this ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Title: 30 CFR part 250, subpart L, Oil
and Gas Production Measurement,
Surface Commingling, and Security.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0002.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (the Act), as amended (43
U.S.C. 1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.), authorizes the Secretary of the
Interior (Secretary) to prescribe rules
and regulations necessary for the
administration of the leasing provisions
of the Act related to the mineral
resources on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS). Such rules and regulations
will apply to all operations conducted
under a lease. Operations on the OCS
must preserve, protect, and develop oil
and natural gas resources in a manner
that is consistent with the need to make
such resources available to meet the
Nation’s energy needs as rapidly as
possible; to balance orderly energy
resource development with protection
of human, marine, and coastal
environments; to ensure the public a fair
and equitable return on the resources of
the OCS; and to preserve and maintain
free enterprise competition.
The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C.
1701, et seq.) at section 1712(b)(2)
prescribes that an operator will
‘‘develop and comply with such
minimum site security measures as the
Secretary deems appropriate, to protect
oil or gas produced or stored on a lease
site or on the Outer Continental Shelf
from theft.’’
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 OMB Circular A–25,
authorize Federal agencies to recover
the full cost of services that confer
special benefits. Under the Department
of the Interior’s implementing policy,
BSEE is required to charge fees for
services that provide special benefits or
privileges to an identifiable non-Federal
recipient above and beyond those which
accrue to the public at large.
Applications for surface commingling
and measurement applications are
subject to cost recovery and BSEE
regulations specify service fees for these
requests.
Regulations at 30 CFR part 250,
subpart L, implement these statutory
requirements. We use the information to
ensure that the volumes of
hydrocarbons produced are measured
accurately, and royalties are paid on the
proper volumes. Specifically, we need
the information to:
• Determine if measurement
equipment is properly installed,
provides accurate measurement of
production on which royalty is due, and
is operating properly;
• Obtain rates of production data in
allocating the volumes of production
measured at royalty sales meters, which
can be examined during field
inspections;
• Ascertain if all removals of oil and
condensate from the lease are reported;
Citation 30 CFR
part 250
subpart L
• Determine the amount of oil that
was shipped when measurements are
taken by gauging the tanks rather than
being measured by a meter;
• Ensure that the sales location is
secure and production cannot be
removed without the volumes being
recorded; and
• Review proving reports to verify
that data on run tickets are calculated
and reported accurately.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, Data and
information to be made available to the
public or for limited inspection. No
items of a sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are mandatory.
Frequency: Varies by section, but
primarily monthly, or on occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal oil, gas
and sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is a total of
30,856 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.
Hour burden
Reporting or recordkeeping
requirement
Non-hour cost burdens
Liquid Hydrocarbon Measurement
7 (7 hours × 1 application)
Non-Hour $1,271
($1,271 simple fee × 1 application).
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1202(a)(1), (b)(1); 1203(b)(1);
1204(a)(1).
Submit application for liquid hydrocarbon or gas measurement procedures or changes; or for commingling of
production or changes.
No fee .............................................. Submit meter status and replacement notifications ................................
1202(a)(4) ........................................ Copy and send pipeline (retrograde) condensate volumes upon request.
1202(c)(1),
(2);
1202(e)(4); Record observed data, correction factors and net standard volume on
1202(h)(1),
(2),
(3),
(4);
royalty meter and tank run tickets.
1202(i)(1)(iv), (2)(iii); 1202(j).
Record master meter calibration runs .....................................................
Record mechanical-displacement prover, master meter, or tank prover
proof runs.
Record liquid hydrocarbon royalty meter malfunction and repair or adjustment on proving report; record unregistered production on run
ticket.
List Cpl and Ctl factors on run tickets .....................................................
1202(c)(4) * ...................................... Copy and send all liquid hydrocarbon run tickets monthly .....................
1202(d)(1) (d)(4); (k)(9); 1204(b)(1)
Permit BSEE to witness testing; request approval for proving on a
schedule other than monthly; request approval for well testing on a
schedule other than every 60 days.
1202(d)(5) * ...................................... Copy and submit liquid hydrocarbon royalty meter proving reports
monthly and request waiver as needed.
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2 (2 hrs. × 1 notification).
0.
0.
120 (20 min. × 360 tickets).
2 (2 × 1 well test request).
68 (20 min. × 204 reports).
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Citation 30 CFR
part 250
subpart L
Reporting or recordkeeping
requirement
1202(f)(2) * .......................................
Copy and submit mechanical-displacement prover and tank prover
calibration reports.
Copy and submit royalty tank calibration charts before using for royalty
measurement.
Copy and submit inventory tank calibration charts upon request; retain
charts for as long as tanks are in use.
.33 (20 min. × 1 report).
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
199.33 burden hours.
1,271 non-hour cost burdens.
1202(l)(2) * .......................................
1202(l)(3) * .......................................
Subtotal ....................................
Hour burden
Non-hour cost burdens
0.
0.
Gas Measurement
1203(b)(6), (8), (9) * .........................
1203(c)(1) ........................................
1203(c)(4) *; (c)(5) ...........................
1203(e)(1) * ......................................
1203(f)(5) .........................................
Subtotal ....................................
Copy and submit gas quality and volume statements monthly or as requested.
Request approval for gas calibration on a schedule other than monthly
Copy and submit gas meter calibration reports upon request; retain for
2 years; permit BSEE to witness calibrations.
Copy and submit gas processing plant records upon request ...............
Copy and submit measuring records of gas lost or used on lease upon
request.
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
28 (20 min. × 84 statements).
0.
1 (7.5 min. × 8 reports).
0.
0.
29 burden hours.
0 non-hour cost burdens.
Surface Commingling
1204(a)(2) ........................................
Provide state production volumetric and/or fractional analysis data
upon request.
0.
1205(a)(2) ........................................
Post signs at royalty or inventory tank used in royalty determination
process.
Report security problems (telephone) .....................................................
0.
0.
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
0 burden hours.
0 non-hour cost burdens.
1205(a)(4) ........................................
Subtotal ....................................
Miscellaneous and Recordkeeping
1200 thru 1205 ................................
1202(e)(6) ........................................
1202(k)(5) ........................................
1203(f)(4) .........................................
1204(b)(3) ........................................
General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically
covered elsewhere in subpart L.
Retain master meter calibration reports for 2 years ...............................
Retain liquid hydrocarbon allocation meter proving reports for 2 years
Document and retain measurement records on gas lost or used on
lease for 2 years at field location and minimum 7 years at location
of respondent’s choice.
Retain well test data for 2 years .............................................................
1.3 (1.3 hrs. × 1 request).
0.
4 (10 min. × 24 responses).
7.5 (15 min. × 30 responses).
97.37 (6.7 min. × 872
sponses).
.66 (5 min. × 8 responses).
1205(b)(3), (4) .................................
Retain seal records for 2 years; make records available for BSEE inspection.
Subtotal ....................................
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
110.83 burden hours.
0 non-hour cost burdens.
..................................................................................................................
..................................................................................................................
re-
339.2 burden hours.
$1,271 non-hour cost burdens.
Total Burden
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* Respondents gather this information as part of their normal business practices. BSEE only requires copies of readily available documents.
There is no burden for testing, meter reading, etc.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
The currently approved non-hour cost
burden total in this collection of
information is $344,279. The cost
burdens are for:
1. Filing fees associated with
submitting requests for approval of
simple applications (applications to
temporarily reroute production (for a
duration not to exceed 6 months);
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production tests prior to pipeline
construction; departures related to
meter proving, well testing, or sampling
frequency ($1,271 per application)) or,
2. Submitting a request for approval of
a complex application (creation of new
facility measurement points (FMPs);
association of leases or units with
existing FMPs; inclusion of production
from additional structures; meter
updates which add buyback gas meters
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or pigging meters; other applications
which request deviations from the
approved allocation procedures).
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.
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Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
requires each agency ‘‘. . . to provide
notice . . . and otherwise consult with
members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information . . .’’.
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to:
a. Evaluate whether the 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.
Agencies must also estimate the nonhour paperwork cost burdens to
respondents or recordkeepers resulting
from the collection of information.
Therefore, if you have other than hour
burden costs to generate, maintain, and
disclose this information, you should
comment and provide your total capital
and startup cost components or annual
operation, maintenance, and purchase
of service components. For further
information on this burden, refer to 5
CFR 1320.3(b)(1) and (2), or contact the
Bureau representative listed previously
in this notice.
We will summarize written responses
to this notice and address them in our
submission for OMB approval. As a
result of your comments, we will make
any necessary adjustments to the burden
in our submission to OMB.
Public Comment Procedures: Before
including your address, phone number,
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.
Acting BSEE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Kelly Odom (703)
787–1775.
Dated: February 24, 2016.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016–05052 Filed 3–4–16; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–469 and 731–
TA–1168 (Review)]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; FEL Out of
Business Records
[OMB Number 1140–0102]
Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy
Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure
Pipe From China
Determinations
On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject five-year reviews, the
United States International Trade
Commission (‘‘Commission’’)
determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of
1930, that revocation of the
countervailing duty order and
antidumping duty order on Certain
Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from
China would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of material
injury to an industry in the United
States within a reasonably foreseeable
time.
Background
The Commission, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1675(c)), instituted these reviews
on October 1, 2015 (80 FR 59183) and
determined on January 4, 2016 that it
would conduct expedited reviews (81
FR 1966, January 14, 2016).
The Commission made these
determinations pursuant to section
751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1675(c)). It completed and filed
its determinations in these reviews on
March 2, 2016.2 The views of the
Commission are contained in USITC
Publication 4595 (February 2016),
entitled Certain Seamless Carbon and
Alloy Steel and Standard, Line, and
Pressure Pipe from China: Investigation
Nos. 701–TA–469 and 731–TA–1168
(Review).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: March 2, 2016.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19
CFR 207.2(f)).
2 The Commission has the authority to toll
statutory deadlines during a period when the
federal government is closed. Because the
Commission was closed on January 25 and 26, 2016
due to inclement weather in Washington, DC, the
Commission tolled the statutory deadline in these
reviews by two days.
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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives, Department of
Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Justice
(DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will
submit the following information
collection request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until May
6, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public
burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
Kris Howard, Program Manager,
National Tracing Center Division, 244
Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405, at
email: kris.howard@atf.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
• Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; and
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Overview of this information
collection:
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)
[Docket ID BSEE-2016-0002; OMB Control Number 1014-0002; 16XE1700DX
EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE500000]
Information Collection Activities: Oil and Gas Production
Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is inviting
comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The
information collection request (ICR) concerns a renewal to the
paperwork requirements in the regulations under Subpart L, Oil and Gas
Production Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security.
DATES: You must submit comments by May 6, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods
listed below.
Electronically: go to https://www.regulations.gov and
search for BSEE-2016-0002. Follow the instructions to submit public
comments and view all related materials. We will post all comments.
Email kelly.odom@bsee.gov. Mail or hand-carry comments to
the Department of the Interior; BSEE; Regulations and Standards Branch;
ATTN: Kelly Odom; 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166. Please
reference ICR 1014-0002 in your comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Odom, Regulations and Standards
Branch at (703) 787-1775 to request additional information about this
ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: 30 CFR part 250, subpart L, Oil and Gas Production
Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security.
OMB Control Number: 1014-0002.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (the Act), as
amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), authorizes
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to prescribe rules and
regulations necessary for the administration of the leasing provisions
of the Act related to the mineral resources on the Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS). Such rules and regulations will apply to all operations
conducted under a lease. Operations on the OCS must preserve, protect,
and develop oil and natural gas resources in a manner that is
consistent with the need to make such resources available to meet the
Nation's energy needs as rapidly as possible; to balance orderly energy
resource development with protection of human, marine, and coastal
environments; to ensure the public a fair and equitable return on the
resources of the OCS; and to preserve and maintain free enterprise
competition.
The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C.
1701, et seq.) at section 1712(b)(2) prescribes that an operator will
``develop and comply with such minimum site security measures as the
Secretary deems appropriate, to protect oil or gas produced or stored
on a lease site or on the Outer Continental Shelf from theft.''
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 OMB Circular A-25, authorize Federal agencies to recover the
full cost of services that confer special benefits. Under the
Department of the Interior's implementing policy, BSEE is required to
charge fees for services that provide special benefits or privileges to
an identifiable non-Federal recipient above and beyond those which
accrue to the public at large. Applications for surface commingling and
measurement applications are subject to cost recovery and BSEE
regulations specify service fees for these requests.
Regulations at 30 CFR part 250, subpart L, implement these
statutory requirements. We use the information to ensure that the
volumes of hydrocarbons produced are measured accurately, and royalties
are paid on the proper volumes. Specifically, we need the information
to:
Determine if measurement equipment is properly installed,
provides accurate measurement of production on which royalty is due,
and is operating properly;
Obtain rates of production data in allocating the volumes
of production measured at royalty sales meters, which can be examined
during field inspections;
Ascertain if all removals of oil and condensate from the
lease are reported;
Determine the amount of oil that was shipped when
measurements are taken by gauging the tanks rather than being measured
by a meter;
Ensure that the sales location is secure and production
cannot be removed without the volumes being recorded; and
Review proving reports to verify that data on run tickets
are calculated and reported accurately.
We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under regulations at 30
CFR 250.197, Data and information to be made available to the public or
for limited inspection. No items of a sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are mandatory.
Frequency: Varies by section, but primarily monthly, or on
occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential respondents comprise Federal
oil, gas and sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The currently
approved annual reporting burden for this collection is a total of
30,856 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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Hour burden
Citation 30 CFR part 250 subpart L Reporting or recordkeeping -----------------------------------------------
requirement Non-hour cost burdens
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Liquid Hydrocarbon Measurement
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1202(a)(1), (b)(1); 1203(b)(1); 7 (7 hours x 1 application)
Non-Hour $1,271
($1,271 simple fee x 1 application).
1204(a)(1)......................................................
Submit application for liquid hydrocarbon or gas measurement
procedures or changes; or for commingling of production or
changes.
No fee............................. Submit meter status and 2 (2 hrs. x 1 notification).
replacement notifications.
1202(a)(4)......................... Copy and send pipeline 0.
(retrograde) condensate
volumes upon request.
1202(c)(1), (2); 1202(e)(4); Record observed data, 0.
1202(h)(1), (2), (3), (4); correction factors and net
1202(i)(1)(iv), (2)(iii); 1202(j). standard volume on royalty
meter and tank run tickets.
Record master meter
calibration runs.
Record mechanical-
displacement prover,
master meter, or tank
prover proof runs.
Record liquid hydrocarbon
royalty meter malfunction
and repair or adjustment
on proving report; record
unregistered production on
run ticket.
List Cpl and Ctl factors on
run tickets.
1202(c)(4) *....................... Copy and send all liquid 120 (20 min. x 360 tickets).
hydrocarbon run tickets
monthly.
1202(d)(1) (d)(4); (k)(9); Permit BSEE to witness 2 (2 x 1 well test request).
1204(b)(1). testing; request approval
for proving on a schedule
other than monthly;
request approval for well
testing on a schedule
other than every 60 days.
1202(d)(5) *....................... Copy and submit liquid 68 (20 min. x 204 reports).
hydrocarbon royalty meter
proving reports monthly
and request waiver as
needed.
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1202(f)(2) *....................... Copy and submit mechanical- .33 (20 min. x 1 report).
displacement prover and
tank prover calibration
reports.
1202(l)(2) *....................... Copy and submit royalty 0.
tank calibration charts
before using for royalty
measurement.
1202(l)(3) *....................... Copy and submit inventory 0.
tank calibration charts
upon request; retain
charts for as long as
tanks are in use.
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Subtotal....................... ........................... 199.33 burden hours.
........................... 1,271 non-hour cost burdens.
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Gas Measurement
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1203(b)(6), (8), (9) *............. Copy and submit gas quality 28 (20 min. x 84 statements).
and volume statements
monthly or as requested.
1203(c)(1)......................... Request approval for gas 0.
calibration on a schedule
other than monthly.
1203(c)(4) *; (c)(5)............... Copy and submit gas meter 1 (7.5 min. x 8 reports).
calibration reports upon
request; retain for 2
years; permit BSEE to
witness calibrations.
1203(e)(1) *....................... Copy and submit gas 0.
processing plant records
upon request.
1203(f)(5)......................... Copy and submit measuring 0.
records of gas lost or
used on lease upon request.
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Subtotal....................... ........................... 29 burden hours.
........................... 0 non-hour cost burdens.
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Surface Commingling
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1204(a)(2)......................... Provide state production 0.
volumetric and/or
fractional analysis data
upon request.
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1205(a)(2)......................... Post signs at royalty or 0.
inventory tank used in
royalty determination
process.
1205(a)(4)......................... Report security problems 0.
(telephone).
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Subtotal....................... ........................... 0 burden hours.
........................... 0 non-hour cost burdens.
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Miscellaneous and Recordkeeping
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1200 thru 1205..................... General departure and 1.3 (1.3 hrs. x 1 request).
alternative compliance
requests not specifically
covered elsewhere in
subpart L.
1202(e)(6)......................... Retain master meter 0.
calibration reports for 2
years.
1202(k)(5)......................... Retain liquid hydrocarbon 4 (10 min. x 24 responses).
allocation meter proving
reports for 2 years.
1203(f)(4)......................... Document and retain 7.5 (15 min. x 30 responses).
measurement records on gas
lost or used on lease for
2 years at field location
and minimum 7 years at
location of respondent's
choice.
1204(b)(3)......................... Retain well test data for 2 97.37 (6.7 min. x 872 responses).
years.
1205(b)(3), (4).................... Retain seal records for 2 .66 (5 min. x 8 responses).
years; make records
available for BSEE
inspection.
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Subtotal....................... ........................... 110.83 burden hours.
........................... 0 non-hour cost burdens.
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Total Burden ........................... 339.2 burden hours.
........................... $1,271 non-hour cost burdens.
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* Respondents gather this information as part of their normal business practices. BSEE only requires copies of
readily available documents. There is no burden for testing, meter reading, etc.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: The
currently approved non-hour cost burden total in this collection of
information is $344,279. The cost burdens are for:
1. Filing fees associated with submitting requests for approval of
simple applications (applications to temporarily reroute production
(for a duration not to exceed 6 months); production tests prior to
pipeline construction; departures related to meter proving, well
testing, or sampling frequency ($1,271 per application)) or,
2. Submitting a request for approval of a complex application
(creation of new facility measurement points (FMPs); association of
leases or units with existing FMPs; inclusion of production from
additional structures; meter updates which add buyback gas meters or
pigging meters; other applications which request deviations from the
approved allocation procedures).
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.
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Comments: Before submitting an ICR to OMB, PRA section
3506(c)(2)(A) requires each agency ``. . . to provide notice . . . and
otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies
concerning each proposed collection of information . . .''. Agencies
must specifically solicit comments to:
a. Evaluate whether the 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.
Agencies must also estimate the non-hour paperwork cost burdens to
respondents or recordkeepers resulting from the collection of
information. Therefore, if you have other than hour burden costs to
generate, maintain, and disclose this information, you should comment
and provide your total capital and startup cost components or annual
operation, maintenance, and purchase of service components. For further
information on this burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(1) and (2), or
contact the Bureau representative listed previously in this notice.
We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them
in our submission for OMB approval. As a result of your comments, we
will make any necessary adjustments to the burden in our submission to
OMB.
Public Comment Procedures: Before including your address, phone
number, 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.
Acting BSEE Information Collection Clearance Officer: Kelly Odom
(703) 787-1775.
Dated: February 24, 2016.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-05052 Filed 3-4-16; 8:45 am]
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