Agency Information Collection Activities: Solid Minerals and Geothermal Collections-OMB Control Number 1012-0010; Comment Request, 95183-95185 [2016-31063]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2016 / Notices Waukesha County Genesee Woolen Mill Site, W308 S4484 and W308 S4473 WI 83, Genesee, SG100000521 Nashotah House Theological Seminary, 2777 Mission Rd., Delafield, SG100000523 WYOMING Sublette County Lander Road-New Fork River Crossing, 1371 Paradise Rd., 23–136 (West Side of New Fork River), Boulder vicinity, SG100000525 A request for removal has been made for the following resource(s): KANSAS Rice County Beckett, Charles K., House, 210 W. Main, Sterling, OT08001350 Sumner County Spring Creek School, 4 mi. N of US 81, approximately 4 mi. NE of Caldwell, Corbin vicinity, OT97000410 Salt Lake County Hotel Albert, (Salt Lake City Business District MRA MPS), 121 SW Temple St., Salt Lake City, OT82004142 A request to move has been received for the following resource(s): DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA District of Columbia Lockkeeper’s House, C & O Canal Extension, SW corner of 17th St. and Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, MV73000218 Please note the numbering system has changed in our new database. Authority: 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60. Dated: December 8, 2016. Barbara Wyatt, Acting Chief, National Register of Historic Places/National Historic Landmarks Program. [FR Doc. 2016–30680 Filed 12–23–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Natural Resources Revenue [Docket No. ONRR–2011–0001; DS63644000 DR2PS0000.CH7000 167D0102R2] asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities: Solid Minerals and Geothermal Collections—OMB Control Number 1012–0010; Comment Request Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), Interior. ACTION: Notice of renewal of an existing information collection. AGENCY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ONRR is notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:45 Dec 23, 2016 Jkt 241001 OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information collection request but may respond after 30 days; therefore, you should submit your public comments to OMB by January 26, 2017 for the assurance of consideration. DATES: UTAH SUMMARY: Information Collection Request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), parts 1202, 1206, 1210, 1212, 1217, and 1218. This ICR pertains to royalty and production reporting on solid minerals and geothermal leases on Federal and Indian lands. There are four forms associated with this information collection: ONRR–4430 [Solid Minerals Production and Royalty Report], ONRR– 4292 [Coal Washing Allowance Report], ONRR–4293 [Coal Transportation Allowance Report], and ONRR–4440 [Solid Minerals Sales Summary]. This notice also provides the public with a second opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements. Submit comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of Interior (1012–0010), by telefax at (202) 395–5806 or via email to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Also, please send a copy of your comments to Mr. Luis Aguilar, Regulatory Specialist, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver, Colorado 80225. Please reference ‘‘ICR 1012–0010’’ in your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues contact Mr. Michael Anspach, Solid Minerals, ONRR, telephone at (303) 231–3618, or email to michael.anspach@onrr.gov. For other questions, contact Mr. Luis Aguilar, telephone at (303) 231–3418, or email to luis.aguilar@onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. Aguilar to obtain copies (free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated forms, and (3) the regulations that require the subject collection of information. You may also review the Information Collection Request online at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. ADDRESSES: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract The Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior is responsible for mineral resource development on Federal and Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary’s responsibility, according to various laws, is to (1) manage mineral resource production from Federal and Indian PO 00000 Frm 00086 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 95183 lands and the OCS; (2) collect the royalties and other mineral revenues due; and (3) distribute the funds collected under those laws. We have posted those laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS at https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_ R_D/PubLaws/default.htm. The Secretary also has a trust responsibility to manage Indian lands and seek advice and information from Indian beneficiaries. ONRR performs the minerals revenue management functions for the Secretary and assists the Secretary in carrying out the Department’s trust responsibility for Indian lands. You can find the information collections covered in this ICR at 30 CFR parts: • 1202, subpart H, which pertains to geothermal resources royalties. • 1206, subparts F, H, and J, which pertain to product valuation of Federal coal, geothermal resources, and Indian coal. • 1210, subparts E and H, which pertain to production and royalty reports on solid minerals and geothermal resources leases. • 1212, subparts E and H, which pertain to recordkeeping of reports and files for solid minerals and geothermal resources leases. • 1217, subparts E, F, and G, which pertain to audits and inspections of coal, other solid minerals, and geothermal resources leases. • 1218, subparts E and F, which pertain to royalties, rentals, bonuses, and other monies payment for solid minerals and geothermal resources. All data reported is subject to subsequent audit and adjustment. General Information When a company or an individual enters into a lease to explore, develop, produce, and dispose of minerals from Federal or Indian lands, that company or individual agrees to pay the lessor a share in a value of production from the leased lands. The lessee or designee must report various kinds of information to the lessor relative to the disposition of the leased minerals. Such information is generally available within the records of the lessee or others involved in developing, transporting, processing, purchasing, or selling such minerals. Information Collections ONRR, acting for the Secretary, uses the information that we collect to ensure that lessees accurately value and appropriately pay all royalties based on the correct product valuation. ONRR and other Federal Government entities, E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1 95184 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2016 / Notices including the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and State and Tribal governmental entities, use the information for audit purposes and for evaluating the reasonableness of product valuation or allowance claims that lessees submit. Please refer to the burden hour chart for all reporting requirements and associated burden hours. A. Solid Minerals Producers of coal and other solid minerals from any Federal or Indian lease must submit current form ONRR– 4430 and other associated data formats such as form ONRR–4440. These companies also report certain data on form ONRR–2014 (OMB Control Number 1012–0004). Producers of coal from any Indian lease must also submit forms ONRR–4292 and ONRR–4293, if they wish to claim allowances on form ONRR–4430; the information that ONRR requests is the minimum necessary to carry out our mission and places the least possible burden on respondents. B. Geothermal Resources This ICR also covers some of the information collections for geothermal II. Data resources, which ONRR groups by usage (electrical generation, direct use, and byproduct recovery), and by disposition of the resources (arm’s-length (unaffiliated) contract sales, non-arm’slength contract sales, and no contract sales) within each use group. ONRR relies primarily on data that payors report on form ONRR–2014 for the majority of our business processes, including geothermal information. In addition to using the data to account for royalties that payors report, ONRR uses the data for monthly distribution of mineral revenues and for audit and compliance reviews. Title: Solid Minerals and Geothermal Collections—30 CFR parts 1202, 1206, 1210, 1212, 1217, and 1218. OMB Control Number: 1012–0010. Bureau Form Number: Forms ONRR– 4430, ONRR–4292, ONRR–4293, and ONRR–4440. Frequency: Monthly, annually, and on occasion. Estimated Number of Respondents: 100 reporters. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 3,884 hours. We have not included in our estimates certain requirements that companies perform in the normal course of business and that ONRR considers usual and customary. This 30-day Federal Register notice burden chart shows an adjustment increase of +450 burden hours from the previous 60-day notice; this adjustment is based on a new requirement to submit additional information for the sales summaries in form ONRR–4440. We display the estimated annual burden hours by CFR section and paragraph in the following chart. OMB Approval We will request OMB approval to continue to collect this information. Not collecting this information would limit the Secretary’s ability to discharge fiduciary duties and may also result in the loss of royalty payments. We protect the proprietary information that ONRR receives and do not collect items of a sensitive nature. Reporters must submit forms ONRR–4430 and ONRR–4440. Also, ONRR requires that reporters submit forms ONRR–4292 and ONRR– 4293 to claim allowances on form ONRR–4430. SUMMARY OF INFORMATION COLLECTIONS Number of annual responses Information collections (and 30 CFR references *) Requirement to respond Frequency of response Annual burden hours 1. Reporting Formats ................................................................................. • Form ONRR–4430, Solid Minerals Production and Royalty Report • Associated Data (sales summary, facility data) (1206.257, 1206.259, 1206.262, 1206.264, 1206.265, 1206.456, 1206.463, 1206.464; 1210.201, 1210.203, 1210.204; 1218.201 [1206.457, 1206.460]; 1218.203). • Form ONRR–4440, Solid Minerals Sales Summary (1201.202) .... 2. Allowance Forms: • Form ONRR–4292, Coal Washing Allowance Report (1206.458) Mandatory ........ Monthly ............. 3,599 1,557 Mandatory ......... Monthly ............. 900 900 Required to obtain a benefit. ........................... Annually ............ 3 4 On occasion ..... 4 5 • Form ONRR–4293, Coal Transportation Allowance Report (1206.461). 3. Geothermal Resources (1206.353, 1206.354, 1206.356, 1206.359, 1206.364; 1210.352; 1218.306). 4. Recordkeeping (1206.253, 1206.254, 1206.257; 1212.200) ................. Mandatory ......... On occasion ..... 48 62 Mandatory ........ As requested .... 4,880 1,356 Total .................................................................................................... ........................... ........................... 9,434 3,884 asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Note: Audit Process—The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined that the audit process is exempt from the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 because ONRR staff asks non-standard questions to resolve exceptions. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour’’ cost burdens associated with the collection of information. III. Request for Comments Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires each agency to ‘‘* * * provide 60-day notice in the Federal Register * * * and otherwise consult with VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:45 Dec 23, 2016 Jkt 241001 members of the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of information * * *.’’ Agencies must specifically solicit comments to (a) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 information; (c) enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information that ONRR collects; and (d) minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. To comply with the public consultation process, we published a notice in the Federal Register on April 14, 2016 (81 FR 22106), announcing that E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 248 / Tuesday, December 27, 2016 / Notices we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the required 60-day comment period. We received no unsolicited comments in response to the notice. Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor— and a person is not required to respond to—a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. If you wish to comment in response to this notice, you may send your comments to the offices listed under the ADDRESSES section of this notice. OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information collection, but they may respond after 30 days. Public Comment Policy: ONRR will post all comments, including names and addresses of respondents at https:// www.regulations.gov. Before including Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as your address, phone number, email address, or other personal information in your comment(s), you should be aware that your entire comment (including PII) may be made available to the public at any time. While you may ask us, in your comment, to withhold PII from public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: December 13, 2016. Gregory J. Gould, Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue. [FR Doc. 2016–31063 Filed 12–23–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4335–30–P to the general public, media, or industry. Instead, the bid opening will be available for public viewing on BOEM’s Web site at www.boem.gov via live-streaming video beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the date of the sale. The use of live-streaming video will provide greater access to a wider national and international audience while ensuring the security of BOEM staff. BOEM will also post the results on its Web site after bid opening and reading are completed. All times referred to in this document are Central Standard Time, unless otherwise specified. Bid Submission Deadline: BOEM must receive all sealed bids during normal business hours, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. through March 20, 2017, and from 8:00 a.m. to the Bid Submission Deadline of 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, the day before the lease sale. For more information on bid submission, see Section VII, ‘‘Bidding Instructions,’’ of this document. Pensacola (OPD NH 16–05) Interested parties, upon request, may obtain a compact disc (CD– ROM) containing the Final Notice of Sale (NOS) package by contacting the BOEM Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Region at: Gulf of Mexico Region Public Information Office, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, (504) 736–2519 or (800) 200–GULF, or can download the Final NOS package by visiting the BOEM Web site at https://www.boem.gov/Sale-247/. Partial Blocks: 114, 158, 202, 246, 290, 334, 335, 378, 379, 422, and 423 Blocks that are adjacent to or beyond the United States Exclusive Economic Zone in the area known as the northern portion of the Eastern Gap: ADDRESSES: Table of Contents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Gulf of Mexico Central Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 247; MMAA104000 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior. ACTION: Final notice of sale. AGENCY: On Wednesday, March 22, 2017, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will open and publicly announce bids received for blocks offered in the Gulf of Mexico Central Planning Area (CPA) Lease Sale 247 (CPA Sale 247.. The CPA Sale 247 Final Notice of Sale (NOS) package contains information essential to potential bidders. DATES: Public Bid reading for CPA Sale 247 will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana. The venue will not be open asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:45 Dec 23, 2016 Jkt 241001 95185 This Final NOS includes the following sections: I. Lease Sale Area II. Statutes and Regulations III. Lease Terms and Economic Conditions IV. Lease Stipulations V. Information to Lessees VI. Maps VII. Bidding Instructions VIII. Bidding Rules and Restrictions IX. Forms X. The Lease Sale XI. Delay of Sale I. Lease Sale Area Blocks Offered for Leasing: BOEM will offer for bid in this lease sale all of the available unleased acreage in the CPA, except those blocks listed in ‘‘Blocks Not Offered for Leasing’’ below. Blocks Not Offered for Leasing: The following whole and partial blocks are not offered for lease in this sale: Whole and partial blocks deferred by the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006, Public Law 109–432: PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Whole Blocks: 751 through 754, 793 through 798, 837 through 842, 881 through 886, 925 through 930, and 969 through 975 Destin Dome (OPD NH 16–08) Whole Blocks: 1 through 7, 45 through 51, 89 through 96, 133 through 140, 177 through 184, 221 through 228, 265 through 273, 309 through 317, 353 through 361, 397 through 405, 441 through 450, 485 through 494, 529 through 538, 573 through 582, 617 through 627, 661 through 671, 705 through 715, 749 through 759, 793 through 804, 837 through 848, 881 through 892, 925 through 936, and 969 through 981 DeSoto Canyon (OPD NH 16–11) Whole Blocks: 1 through 15, 45 through 59, and 92 through 102 Partial Blocks: 16, 60, 61, 89 through 91, 103 through 105, and 135 through 147 Henderson (OPD NG 16–05) Lund South (OPD NG 16–07) Whole Blocks: 128, 129, 169 through 173, 208 through 217, 248 through 261, 293 through 305, and 349 Henderson (OPD NG 16–05) Whole Blocks: 466, 508 through 510, 551 through 554, 594 through 599, 637 through 643, 679 through 687, 722 through 731, 764 through 775, 807 through 819, 849 through 862, 891 through 905, 933 through 949, and 975 through 992 Partial Blocks: 467, 511, 555, 556, 600, 644, 688, 732, 776, 777, 820, 821, 863, 864, 906, 907, 950, 993, and 994 Florida Plain (OPD NG 16–08) Whole Blocks: 5 through 24, 46 through 67, 89 through 110, 133 through 154, 177 through 197, 221 through 240, 265 through 283, 309 through 327, and 363 through 370 The lease status of the following block is currently under appeal; should the appeal be resolved prior to publishing the Final NOS, the block may be available for lease in the CPA 247 Sale: West Cameron (Leasing Map LA1) Block 171 II. Statutes and Regulations In accordance with the provisions of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Natural Resources Revenue

[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0001; DS63644000 DR2PS0000.CH7000 167D0102R2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Solid Minerals and 
Geothermal Collections--OMB Control Number 1012-0010; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of an existing information collection.

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ONRR 
is notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) an Information Collection Request (ICR) to 
renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 
title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), parts 1202, 1206, 1210, 
1212, 1217, and 1218. This ICR pertains to royalty and production 
reporting on solid minerals and geothermal leases on Federal and Indian 
lands. There are four forms associated with this information 
collection: ONRR-4430 [Solid Minerals Production and Royalty Report], 
ONRR-4292 [Coal Washing Allowance Report], ONRR-4293 [Coal 
Transportation Allowance Report], and ONRR-4440 [Solid Minerals Sales 
Summary]. This notice also provides the public with a second 
opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these regulatory 
requirements.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection request but may respond after 30 days; therefore, you should 
submit your public comments to OMB by January 26, 2017 for the 
assurance of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Department of Interior (1012-0010), by telefax at (202) 395-5806 or 
via email to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. Also, please send a copy of 
your comments to Mr. Luis Aguilar, Regulatory Specialist, Office of 
Natural Resources Revenue, P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver, Colorado 
80225. Please reference ``ICR 1012-0010'' in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues 
contact Mr. Michael Anspach, Solid Minerals, ONRR, telephone at (303) 
231-3618, or email to michael.anspach@onrr.gov. For other questions, 
contact Mr. Luis Aguilar, telephone at (303) 231-3418, or email to 
luis.aguilar@onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. Aguilar to obtain 
copies (free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated forms, and 
(3) the regulations that require the subject collection of information. 
You may also review the Information Collection Request online at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior is 
responsible for mineral resource development on Federal and Indian 
lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary's 
responsibility, according to various laws, is to (1) manage mineral 
resource production from Federal and Indian lands and the OCS; (2) 
collect the royalties and other mineral revenues due; and (3) 
distribute the funds collected under those laws. We have posted those 
laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands and the 
OCS at https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/PubLaws/default.htm.
    The Secretary also has a trust responsibility to manage Indian 
lands and seek advice and information from Indian beneficiaries. ONRR 
performs the minerals revenue management functions for the Secretary 
and assists the Secretary in carrying out the Department's trust 
responsibility for Indian lands.
    You can find the information collections covered in this ICR at 30 
CFR parts:
     1202, subpart H, which pertains to geothermal resources 
royalties.
     1206, subparts F, H, and J, which pertain to product 
valuation of Federal coal, geothermal resources, and Indian coal.
     1210, subparts E and H, which pertain to production and 
royalty reports on solid minerals and geothermal resources leases.
     1212, subparts E and H, which pertain to recordkeeping of 
reports and files for solid minerals and geothermal resources leases.
     1217, subparts E, F, and G, which pertain to audits and 
inspections of coal, other solid minerals, and geothermal resources 
leases.
     1218, subparts E and F, which pertain to royalties, 
rentals, bonuses, and other monies payment for solid minerals and 
geothermal resources.
    All data reported is subject to subsequent audit and adjustment.

General Information

    When a company or an individual enters into a lease to explore, 
develop, produce, and dispose of minerals from Federal or Indian lands, 
that company or individual agrees to pay the lessor a share in a value 
of production from the leased lands. The lessee or designee must report 
various kinds of information to the lessor relative to the disposition 
of the leased minerals. Such information is generally available within 
the records of the lessee or others involved in developing, 
transporting, processing, purchasing, or selling such minerals.

Information Collections

    ONRR, acting for the Secretary, uses the information that we 
collect to ensure that lessees accurately value and appropriately pay 
all royalties based on the correct product valuation. ONRR and other 
Federal Government entities,

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including the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
and State and Tribal governmental entities, use the information for 
audit purposes and for evaluating the reasonableness of product 
valuation or allowance claims that lessees submit. Please refer to the 
burden hour chart for all reporting requirements and associated burden 
hours.
A. Solid Minerals
    Producers of coal and other solid minerals from any Federal or 
Indian lease must submit current form ONRR-4430 and other associated 
data formats such as form ONRR-4440. These companies also report 
certain data on form ONRR-2014 (OMB Control Number 1012-0004). 
Producers of coal from any Indian lease must also submit forms ONRR-
4292 and ONRR-4293, if they wish to claim allowances on form ONRR-4430; 
the information that ONRR requests is the minimum necessary to carry 
out our mission and places the least possible burden on respondents.
B. Geothermal Resources
    This ICR also covers some of the information collections for 
geothermal resources, which ONRR groups by usage (electrical 
generation, direct use, and byproduct recovery), and by disposition of 
the resources (arm's-length (unaffiliated) contract sales, non-arm's-
length contract sales, and no contract sales) within each use group. 
ONRR relies primarily on data that payors report on form ONRR-2014 for 
the majority of our business processes, including geothermal 
information. In addition to using the data to account for royalties 
that payors report, ONRR uses the data for monthly distribution of 
mineral revenues and for audit and compliance reviews.
OMB Approval
    We will request OMB approval to continue to collect this 
information. Not collecting this information would limit the 
Secretary's ability to discharge fiduciary duties and may also result 
in the loss of royalty payments. We protect the proprietary information 
that ONRR receives and do not collect items of a sensitive nature. 
Reporters must submit forms ONRR-4430 and ONRR-4440. Also, ONRR 
requires that reporters submit forms ONRR-4292 and ONRR-4293 to claim 
allowances on form ONRR-4430.

II. Data

    Title: Solid Minerals and Geothermal Collections--30 CFR parts 
1202, 1206, 1210, 1212, 1217, and 1218.
    OMB Control Number: 1012-0010.
    Bureau Form Number: Forms ONRR-4430, ONRR-4292, ONRR-4293, and 
ONRR-4440.
    Frequency: Monthly, annually, and on occasion.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 100 reporters.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 3,884 
hours.
    We have not included in our estimates certain requirements that 
companies perform in the normal course of business and that ONRR 
considers usual and customary. This 30-day Federal Register notice 
burden chart shows an adjustment increase of +450 burden hours from the 
previous 60-day notice; this adjustment is based on a new requirement 
to submit additional information for the sales summaries in form ONRR-
4440. We display the estimated annual burden hours by CFR section and 
paragraph in the following chart.

                                       Summary of Information Collections
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                                                                                     Number of
Information collections (and 30   Requirement to respond   Frequency of response      annual       Annual burden
       CFR references *)                                                             responses         hours
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1. Reporting Formats...........  Mandatory..............  Monthly...............           3,599           1,557
     Form ONRR-4430,
     Solid Minerals Production
     and Royalty Report.
     Associated Data
     (sales summary, facility
     data) (1206.257, 1206.259,
     1206.262, 1206.264,
     1206.265, 1206.456,
     1206.463, 1206.464;
     1210.201, 1210.203,
     1210.204; 1218.201
     [1206.457, 1206.460];
     1218.203).
     Form ONRR-4440,     Mandatory..............  Monthly...............             900             900
     Solid Minerals Sales
     Summary (1201.202).
2. Allowance Forms:
     Form ONRR-4292,     Required to obtain a     Annually..............               3               4
     Coal Washing Allowance       benefit.
     Report (1206.458).
     Form ONRR-4293,     .......................  On occasion...........               4               5
     Coal Transportation
     Allowance Report
     (1206.461).
3. Geothermal Resources          Mandatory..............  On occasion...........              48              62
 (1206.353, 1206.354, 1206.356,
 1206.359, 1206.364; 1210.352;
 1218.306).
4. Recordkeeping (1206.253,      Mandatory..............  As requested..........           4,880           1,356
 1206.254, 1206.257; 1212.200).
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    Total......................  .......................  ......................           9,434           3,884
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Note: Audit Process--The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined that the audit process is exempt from the
  Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 because ONRR staff asks non-standard questions to resolve exceptions.

    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour'' Cost 
Burden: We have identified no ``non-hour'' cost burdens associated with 
the collection of information.

III. Request for Comments

    Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires each agency to ``* * * 
provide 60-day notice in the Federal Register * * * and otherwise 
consult with members of the public and affected agencies concerning 
each proposed collection of information * * *.'' Agencies must 
specifically solicit comments to (a) evaluate whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its 
duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) evaluate the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) enhance the quality, usefulness, and 
clarity of the information that ONRR collects; and (d) minimize the 
burden on the respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    To comply with the public consultation process, we published a 
notice in the Federal Register on April 14, 2016 (81 FR 22106), 
announcing that

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we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the 
required 60-day comment period. We received no unsolicited comments in 
response to the notice.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor--and a person is not 
required to respond to--a collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number. If you wish to comment in 
response to this notice, you may send your comments to the offices 
listed under the ADDRESSES section of this notice. OMB has up to 60 
days to approve or disapprove the information collection, but they may 
respond after 30 days.
    Public Comment Policy: ONRR will post all comments, including names 
and addresses of respondents at https://www.regulations.gov. Before 
including Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as your 
address, phone number, email address, or other personal information in 
your comment(s), you should be aware that your entire comment 
(including PII) may be made available to the public at any time. While 
you may ask us, in your comment, to withhold PII from public view, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

    Dated: December 13, 2016.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2016-31063 Filed 12-23-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4335-30-P
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