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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 140 / Monday, July 24, 2017 / Notices meetings discussed above. Comments will not be accepted by email or in any other method than those specified above. Comments in any format (hard copy or electronic) submitted on behalf of others will not be accepted. 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. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. Dated: July 18, 2017. Laura E. Joss, Regional Director, Pacific West. [FR Doc. 2017–15482 Filed 7–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Natural Resources Revenue [Docket No. ONRR–2011–0009; DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2] Agency Information Collection Activities: Collection of Monies Due the Federal Government Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ONRR is inviting comments on a collection of information requests that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This Information Collection Request (ICR) covers the paperwork requirements in title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 1218. This ICR pertains to cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest; a lessee’s designation of designee; and Tribal permission for recoupment on Indian oil and gas leases. SUMMARY: You must submit your written comments on or before September 22, 2017. mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES DATES: You may submit comments on this ICR to ONRR by using one of the following three methods. Please reference ‘‘ICR 1012–0008’’ in your comments. • Electronically go to https:// www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘ONRR– ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Jul 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 2011–0009,’’ then click ‘‘Search.’’ Follow the instructions to submit public comments. ONRR will post all comments. • Email comments to Mr. Armand Southall, Regulatory Specialist, at Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. • Hand-carry or mail comments, using an overnight courier service, to ONRR. Our courier address is Building 53, entrance E–20, Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 80225. Visitor parking is available near entrance E–20, with a phone to request entry. Call Mr. Armando Salazar at (303) 231–3585 or Ms. Janet Giron at (303) 231–3088 to gain entrance. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues, contact Mr. Hans Meingast, Financial Services, FM, ONRR, telephone (303) 231–3382, or email Hans.Meingast@onrr.gov. For other questions, contact Mr. Armand Southall, telephone (303) 231–3221, or email Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. Southall 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: Abstract: The Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior is responsible for collecting royalties from lessees who produce minerals from leased Federal and Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Under various laws, the Secretary’s responsibility is to manage mineral resources production on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, collect the royalties and other mineral revenues due, and distribute the funds collected. ONRR performs the royalty management functions and assists the Secretary in carrying out the Department’s responsibilities. 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. I. 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 an amount or value of production from the leased lands. The lessee is required to report various kinds of information to the lessor relative to the disposition of the minerals. Such information is generally available PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 34333 within the records of the lessee or others involved in developing, transporting, processing, purchasing, or selling such minerals. The information collected includes data necessary to ensure that production is accurately valued and that royalties are appropriately paid. II. Information Collections This ICR covers unique reporting circumstances, including (1) cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest; (2) a lessee’s designation of a designee; and (3) Tribal permission for recoupment on Indian oil and gas leases. A. Cross-Lease Netting in Calculation of Late-Payment Interest Regulations at § 1218.54 require ONRR to assess interest on unpaid or underpaid amounts. ONRR distributes these interest revenues to States, Indian Tribes, and the U.S. Treasury based on financial lease distribution information. Current regulations at § 1218.42 provide that an overpayment on a lease or leases may be offset against an underpayment on a different lease or leases to determine the net payment subject to interest when certain conditions are met. This process is called cross-lease netting. The payor must demonstrate that a cross-lease netting exception exists by submitting production reports, pipeline allocation reports, or other similar documentary evidence. This information is necessary in order for ONRR to determine the correct amount of interest that the lessee owes and to ensure that we collect in full all monies owed to the Federal government. B. Designation of Designee The Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act (RSFA) defines a ‘‘lessee’’ to include both the owner of operating rights and the owner of record title. Under RSFA, owners of operating rights are primarily liable, and owners of lease record title secondarily liable for making royalty and related payments on Federal oil and gas leases (see 30 CFR 1218.52). It is common however, for a payor other than a lessee to make these payments. When a payor makes payments on behalf of a lessee, RSFA section 6(g) requires that the lessee designate the payor as its designee and notify ONRR of its designation in writing. We designed form ONRR–4425, Designation Form for Royalty Payment Responsibility, to request all the information necessary for lessees to comply with these RSFA requirements when choosing to designate an agent to pay for them. We require this information to ensure proper mineral revenue collection. E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1 34334 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 140 / Monday, July 24, 2017 / Notices C. Tribal Permission for Recoupment on Indian Oil and Gas Leases Overpayments on Tribal Indian leases may be recouped against royalties or other revenues owed in a month under other leases for which that Tribe is a lessor. To do so, lessees must comply with regulations at 30 CFR 12l8.53(b), allowing only lessees with written permission from the Tribe to recoup overpayments on one lease against a different lease for which the Tribe is the lessor. The payor must provide ONRR with a copy of the Tribe’s written permission. III. OMB Approval We are requesting OMB’s approval to continue to collect this information. Not collecting this information would limit the Secretary’s ability to discharge the duties of the office and may also result in the loss of royalty payments. Proprietary information submitted is protected, and there are no questions of a sensitive nature included in this information collection. IV. Data Title: Collection of Monies Due the Federal Government—30 CFR part 1218. OMB Control Number: 1012–0008. Bureau Form Number: Form ONRR– 4425. Frequency: On occasion. Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 35 Federal and Indian lessees. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 59 hours. We have not included in our estimates certain requirements performed in the normal course of business, which are considered usual and customary. The following table shows the estimated burden hours by CFR section and paragraph: RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS Citation 30 CFR Part 1218 Reporting and recordkeeping requirement Average number of annual responses Hour burden Annual burden hours Subpart A—General Provisions—Cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest 1218.42(b) and (c) .................. Cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest. (b) Royalties attributed to production from a lease or leases which should have been attributed to production from a different lease or leases may be offset . . . if . . . the payor submits production reports, pipeline allocation reports, or other similar documentary evidence pertaining to the specific production involved which verifies the correct production information . . . (c) If ONRR assesses late-payment interest and the payor asserts that some or all of the interest is not owed . . . the burden is on the payor to demonstrate that the exception applies . . . 2 25 50 5 4 Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General—How does a lessee designate a Designee? 1218.52 (a), (c), and (d) ......... How does a lessee designate a Designee? (a) If you are a lessee under 30 U.S.C. 1701(7), and you want to designate a person to make all or part of the payments due under a lease on your behalf . . . you must notify ONRR . . . in writing of such designation . . . (c) If you want to terminate a designation . . . you must provide [the following] to ONRR in writing . . . (d) ONRR may require you to provide notice when there is a change in the percentage of your record title or operating rights ownership. ONRR currently uses Form ONRR–4425, Designation Form for Royalty Payment Responsibility, to collect this information. 0.75 Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General—Recoupment of overpayments on Indian mineral leases Recoupment of overpayments on Indian mineral leases. (b) With written permission authorized by tribal statute or resolution, a payor may recoup an overpayment against royalties or other revenues owed . . . under other leases . . . A copy of the tribe’s written permission must be furnished to ONRR . . . 1 5 5 Total Burden .................... mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES 1218.53 (b) ............................. ................................................................................................. ........................ 35 59 Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burden associated with this collection of information. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:33 Jul 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 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 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 displays a currently valid OMB control number. V. Request for Comments Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires each agency to ‘‘* * * provide E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1 mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 140 / Monday, July 24, 2017 / Notices 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. The PRA also requires agencies to estimate the total annual reporting ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden to respondents or record-keepers resulting from the collection of information. If you have 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. You should describe the methods that you use to estimate (1) major cost factors, including system and technology acquisition, (2) expected useful life of capital equipment, (3) discount rate(s), and (4) the period over which you incur costs. Capital and startup costs include, among other items, computers and software that you purchase to prepare for collecting information and monitoring, sampling, and testing equipment, and record-storage facilities. Generally, your estimates should not include equipment or services purchased (i) before October 1, 1995; (ii) to comply with requirements not associated with the information collection; (iii) for reasons other than to provide information or keep records for the Federal government; or (iv) as part of customary and usual business, or private practices. We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them in our ICR submission for OMB approval, including appropriate adjustments to the estimated burden. We will provide a copy of the ICR to you, without charge, upon request. We also will post the ICR at https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_ D/FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Jul 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 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. ONRR Information Collection Coordinator: Armand Southall (303) 231–3221. Authority The authorities for this action are the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 192), Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1353), Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97– 382—Dec. 22, 1982), and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Gregory J. Gould, Director for Office of Natural Resources Revenue. 34335 the civil penalty for the City’s violations will be established separately. The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on the Partial Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer to United States v. The City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio and The State of Ohio, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–1–1–10457. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty (30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be submitted either by email or by mail: To submit comments: Send them to: By email ....... pubcomment-ees.enrd@ usdoj.gov. Assistant Attorney General, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. By mail ......... 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The Partial Consent Decree requires Cleveland Heights to perform a comprehensive study of its sewer system and submit a plan, for EPA approval, to eliminate sanitary sewer overflows. The agreement also requires certain early action projects to reduce sanitary sewage overflows and improvements to the City’s sewer system operations. The Partial Consent Decree does not resolve the United States’ claims. The schedule for implementing the approved plan and PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 During the public comment period, the Partial Consent Decree may be examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https:// www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of the Partial Consent Decree upon written request and payment of reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044–7611. Please enclose a check or money order for $22.75 (25 cents per page reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury. For a paper copy without the exhibits and signature pages, the cost is $12.25. Randall M. Stone, Acting Assistant Section Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division. [FR Doc. 2017–15450 Filed 7–21–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–15–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request National Science Foundation. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request. AGENCY: ACTION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is inviting the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on this proposed continuing information collection. This SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\24JYN1.SGM 24JYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Natural Resources Revenue

[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0009; DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Collection of Monies 
Due the Federal Government

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ONRR 
is inviting comments on a collection of information requests that we 
will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval. This Information Collection Request (ICR) covers the 
paperwork requirements in title 30, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 
part 1218. This ICR pertains to cross-lease netting in calculation of 
late-payment interest; a lessee's designation of designee; and Tribal 
permission for recoupment on Indian oil and gas leases.

DATES: You must submit your written comments on or before September 22, 
2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this ICR to ONRR by using one of 
the following three methods. Please reference ``ICR 1012-0008'' in your 
comments.
     Electronically go to https://www.regulations.gov. In the 
entry titled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter ``ONRR-2011-0009,'' then 
click ``Search.'' Follow the instructions to submit public comments. 
ONRR will post all comments.
     Email comments to Mr. Armand Southall, Regulatory 
Specialist, at Armand.Southall@onrr.gov.
     Hand-carry or mail comments, using an overnight courier 
service, to ONRR. Our courier address is Building 53, entrance E-20, 
Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 
80225. Visitor parking is available near entrance E-20, with a phone to 
request entry. Call Mr. Armando Salazar at (303) 231-3585 or Ms. Janet 
Giron at (303) 231-3088 to gain entrance.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues, 
contact Mr. Hans Meingast, Financial Services, FM, ONRR, telephone 
(303) 231-3382, or email Hans.Meingast@onrr.gov. For other questions, 
contact Mr. Armand Southall, telephone (303) 231-3221, or email 
Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. Southall 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: 
    Abstract: The Secretary of the United States Department of the 
Interior is responsible for collecting royalties from lessees who 
produce minerals from leased Federal and Indian lands and the Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS). Under various laws, the Secretary's 
responsibility is to manage mineral resources production on Federal and 
Indian lands and the OCS, collect the royalties and other mineral 
revenues due, and distribute the funds collected. ONRR performs the 
royalty management functions and assists the Secretary in carrying out 
the Department's responsibilities. 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.

I. 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 an 
amount or value of production from the leased lands. The lessee is 
required to report various kinds of information to the lessor relative 
to the disposition of the minerals. Such information is generally 
available within the records of the lessee or others involved in 
developing, transporting, processing, purchasing, or selling such 
minerals. The information collected includes data necessary to ensure 
that production is accurately valued and that royalties are 
appropriately paid.

II. Information Collections

    This ICR covers unique reporting circumstances, including (1) 
cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest; (2) a 
lessee's designation of a designee; and (3) Tribal permission for 
recoupment on Indian oil and gas leases.

A. Cross-Lease Netting in Calculation of Late-Payment Interest

    Regulations at Sec.  1218.54 require ONRR to assess interest on 
unpaid or underpaid amounts. ONRR distributes these interest revenues 
to States, Indian Tribes, and the U.S. Treasury based on financial 
lease distribution information. Current regulations at Sec.  1218.42 
provide that an overpayment on a lease or leases may be offset against 
an underpayment on a different lease or leases to determine the net 
payment subject to interest when certain conditions are met. This 
process is called cross-lease netting. The payor must demonstrate that 
a cross-lease netting exception exists by submitting production 
reports, pipeline allocation reports, or other similar documentary 
evidence. This information is necessary in order for ONRR to determine 
the correct amount of interest that the lessee owes and to ensure that 
we collect in full all monies owed to the Federal government.

B. Designation of Designee

    The Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act (RSFA) defines a 
``lessee'' to include both the owner of operating rights and the owner 
of record title. Under RSFA, owners of operating rights are primarily 
liable, and owners of lease record title secondarily liable for making 
royalty and related payments on Federal oil and gas leases (see 30 CFR 
1218.52). It is common however, for a payor other than a lessee to make 
these payments. When a payor makes payments on behalf of a lessee, RSFA 
section 6(g) requires that the lessee designate the payor as its 
designee and notify ONRR of its designation in writing. We designed 
form ONRR-4425, Designation Form for Royalty Payment Responsibility, to 
request all the information necessary for lessees to comply with these 
RSFA requirements when choosing to designate an agent to pay for them. 
We require this information to ensure proper mineral revenue 
collection.

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C. Tribal Permission for Recoupment on Indian Oil and Gas Leases

    Overpayments on Tribal Indian leases may be recouped against 
royalties or other revenues owed in a month under other leases for 
which that Tribe is a lessor. To do so, lessees must comply with 
regulations at 30 CFR 12l8.53(b), allowing only lessees with written 
permission from the Tribe to recoup overpayments on one lease against a 
different lease for which the Tribe is the lessor. The payor must 
provide ONRR with a copy of the Tribe's written permission.

III. OMB Approval

    We are requesting OMB's approval to continue to collect this 
information. Not collecting this information would limit the 
Secretary's ability to discharge the duties of the office and may also 
result in the loss of royalty payments. Proprietary information 
submitted is protected, and there are no questions of a sensitive 
nature included in this information collection.

IV. Data

    Title: Collection of Monies Due the Federal Government--30 CFR part 
1218.
    OMB Control Number: 1012-0008.
    Bureau Form Number: Form ONRR-4425.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 35 Federal and 
Indian lessees.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 59 
hours.
    We have not included in our estimates certain requirements 
performed in the normal course of business, which are considered usual 
and customary. The following table shows the estimated burden hours by 
CFR section and paragraph:

                                   Respondents' Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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                                                                                  Average number
     Citation 30 CFR Part 1218       Reporting and recordkeeping    Hour burden      of annual     Annual burden
                                             requirement                             responses         hours
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           Subpart A--General Provisions--Cross-lease netting in calculation of late-payment interest
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1218.42(b) and (c).................  Cross-lease netting in                    2              25              50
                                      calculation of late-
                                      payment interest. (b)
                                      Royalties attributed to
                                      production from a lease or
                                      leases which should have
                                      been attributed to
                                      production from a
                                      different lease or leases
                                      may be offset . . . if . .
                                      . the payor submits
                                      production reports,
                                      pipeline allocation
                                      reports, or other similar
                                      documentary evidence
                                      pertaining to the specific
                                      production involved which
                                      verifies the correct
                                      production information . .
                                      .
                                     (c) If ONRR assesses late-
                                      payment interest and the
                                      payor asserts that some or
                                      all of the interest is not
                                      owed . . . the burden is
                                      on the payor to
                                      demonstrate that the
                                      exception applies . . ..
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                    Subpart B--Oil and Gas, General--How does a lessee designate a Designee?
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1218.52 (a), (c), and (d)..........  How does a lessee designate            0.75               5               4
                                      a Designee? (a) If you are
                                      a lessee under 30 U.S.C.
                                      1701(7), and you want to
                                      designate a person to make
                                      all or part of the
                                      payments due under a lease
                                      on your behalf . . . you
                                      must notify ONRR . . . in
                                      writing of such
                                      designation . . .
                                     (c) If you want to
                                      terminate a designation .
                                      . . you must provide [the
                                      following] to ONRR in
                                      writing . . ..
                                     (d) ONRR may require you to
                                      provide notice when there
                                      is a change in the
                                      percentage of your record
                                      title or operating rights
                                      ownership.
                                     ONRR currently uses Form
                                      ONRR-4425, Designation
                                      Form for Royalty Payment
                                      Responsibility, to collect
                                      this information.
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              Subpart B--Oil and Gas, General--Recoupment of overpayments on Indian mineral leases
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1218.53 (b)........................  Recoupment of overpayments                1               5               5
                                      on Indian mineral leases.
                                      (b) With written
                                      permission authorized by
                                      tribal statute or
                                      resolution, a payor may
                                      recoup an overpayment
                                      against royalties or other
                                      revenues owed . . . under
                                      other leases . . . A copy
                                      of the tribe's written
                                      permission must be
                                      furnished to ONRR . . .
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Total Burden...................  ...........................  ..............              35              59
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

V. Request for Comments

    Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires each agency to ``* * * 
provide

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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.
    The PRA also requires agencies to estimate the total annual 
reporting ``non-hour cost'' burden to respondents or record-keepers 
resulting from the collection of information. If you have 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. You should 
describe the methods that you use to estimate (1) major cost factors, 
including system and technology acquisition, (2) expected useful life 
of capital equipment, (3) discount rate(s), and (4) the period over 
which you incur costs. Capital and startup costs include, among other 
items, computers and software that you purchase to prepare for 
collecting information and monitoring, sampling, and testing equipment, 
and record-storage facilities. Generally, your estimates should not 
include equipment or services purchased (i) before October 1, 1995; 
(ii) to comply with requirements not associated with the information 
collection; (iii) for reasons other than to provide information or keep 
records for the Federal government; or (iv) as part of customary and 
usual business, or private practices.
    We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them 
in our ICR submission for OMB approval, including appropriate 
adjustments to the estimated burden. We will provide a copy of the ICR 
to you, without charge, upon request. We also will post the ICR at 
https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm.
    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.
    ONRR Information Collection Coordinator: Armand Southall (303) 231-
3221.

Authority

    The authorities for this action are the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 
(30 U.S.C. 192), Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1353), 
Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-382--Dec. 22, 1982), 
and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Gregory J. Gould,
Director for Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
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