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occur in association with activities
necessary for the construction of the
residential development. The site
includes approximately 180 acres of
suitable upland habitat for the
California tiger salamander. The HCP
includes avoidance and minimization
measures for the covered species and
mitigation for unavoidable loss of
occupied upland habitat through the
purchase of mitigation credits at a
Service-approved conservation bank.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur
d’Alene District Resource Advisory
Council, Idaho
October 27, 2017
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that issuance of the
incidental take permit is neither a major
Federal action that will significantly
affect the quality of the human
environment within the meaning of
section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.; NEPA), nor will it
individually or cumulatively have more
than a negligible effect on the species
covered in the HCP. The Service
considers the impacts of the project on
the California tiger salamander to be
minor as the affected habitat is moderate
to low quality and does not provide
connectivity between breeding ponds.
Therefore, the permit qualifies for a
categorical exclusion under NEPA.
Public Comments
If you wish to comment on the permit
application, draft HCP, and associated
documents, you may submit comments
by one of the methods in ADDRESSES.
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personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
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to withhold your personal identifying
information from public view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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Authority
We provide this notice under section
10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: October 5, 2017.
Stephen P. Henry,
Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife
Office, Ventura, California.
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In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, and the Federal
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of
2004, the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) Coeur d’Alene District Resource
Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as
indicated below.
DATES: The Coeur d’Alene District RAC
will hold a public meeting on Thursday,
October 19, 2017. The meeting will
begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than
3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the BLM Coeur d’Alene District Office,
3815 Schreiber Way, Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho 83815.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne Endsley, Coeur d’Alene
District, Idaho, 3815 Schreiber Way,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815, (208) 769–
5004. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may contact Ms. Endsley by
calling the Federal Relay Service (FRS)
at (800) 877–8339. The FRS is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave
a message or question with Ms. Endsley.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member RAC advises the Secretary of
the Interior, through the Bureau of Land
Management, on a variety of planning
and management issues associated with
public land management in Idaho. The
meeting agenda will include updates
from the Cottonwood and Coeur d’Alene
Field Offices; presentations from the
Nez Perce/Clearwater and the Idaho
Panhandle National Forests regarding
potential new recreation fees and/or
increased fee rates; information on
vegetation treatment projects and
recreation enhancements. Additional
agenda topics or changes to the agenda
will be announced in local news
releases. More information is available
at https://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/get_
involved/resource_advisory/coeur_d_
alene_district.html. RAC meetings are
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open to the public. A public comment
period will be available on October 19
from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. during the
meeting. Depending on the number of
persons wishing to comment and time
available, the time for individual oral
comments may be limited.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please 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.
Individuals who plan to attend and
need special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation, should contact
the BLM as provided above.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2.
Linda Clark,
BLM Coeur d’Alene District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0006; DS63644000
DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2; OMB
Control Number 1012–0009]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; OCS Net Profit Share
Payment Reporting
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension.
AGENCY:
To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we, the Office of Natural
Resources Revenue (ONRR), are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
written comments on this information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget’s Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior by
email to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov; or via facsimile to (202)
395–5806. Please mail a copy of your
comments to Mr. Armand Southall,
Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, P.O. Box
25165, MS 64400, Denver, Colorado
80225–0165, or by email to
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Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. Please
reference ‘‘OMB Control Number 1012–
0009’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on technical issues, contact
Mr. Roman Geissel, Deputy Program
Manager, Audit and Compliance
Management (ACM), ONRR, at (303)
231–3226, or email to Roman.Geissel@
onrr.gov. For other questions, contact
Mr. Armand Southall, at (303) 231–
3221, or email to Armand.Southall@
onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr.
Southall to obtain copies, at no cost, of
(1) the ICR and (2) the regulations that
require us to collect the information.
You may view the ICR at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
and select ‘‘Information Collection
Review,’’ then select ‘‘Department of the
Interior’’ in the drop-down box under
‘‘Currently Under Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We published a notice, with a 60-day
public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information, in the Federal Register on
May 5, 2017 (82 FR 21261). We received
the following comments in response to
the notice: ‘‘The burden hour estimate
of 2,400 hours annually for the current
14 lessees of producing NPSLs is a
reasonable estimate. The instructions on
the handling of NPSLs are clear. The
recordkeeping requirements are easy to
understand. The reporting format
follows the standard ONRR–2014 format
so it’s easy to understand.’’
Once again, we are soliciting
comments on this ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of
ONRR; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of the burden
accurate; (4) how might ONRR enhance
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of
the information collected; and (5) how
might ONRR minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
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Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
Personally Identifiable Information (PII),
such as your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying 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 your PII from
public view, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
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
resource 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
responsibility. 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
ONRR collects and uses this
information to determine all allowable
direct and allocable joint costs and
credits under § 1220.011 incurred
during the lease term, appropriate
overhead allowance permitted on these
costs under § 1220.012, and allowances
for capital recovery calculated under
§ 1220.020. ONRR also collects this
information to ensure that royalties or
net profit share payments are accurately
valued and appropriately paid. This ICR
affects only oil and gas leases on
submerged Federal lands on the OCS.
II. Information Collections
Title 30 CFR part 1220 covers the net
profit share lease (NPSL) program and
establishes reporting requirements for
determining the net profit share base
under § 1220.021 and calculating the net
profit share payments due to the Federal
government for the production of oil
and gas from leases under § 1220.022.
A. NPSL Bidding System
To encourage exploration and
development of oil and gas leases on
submerged Federal lands on the OCS,
the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) promulgated
regulations at 30 CFR part 560—Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing.
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BOEM also promulgated specific
implementing regulations for the NPSL
bidding system at § 560.202(d). BOEM
established the NPSL bidding system to
balance a fair market return to the
Federal government for the lease of its
public lands with a fair profit to
companies risking their investment
capital. The system provides an
incentive for early and expeditious
exploration and development and
provides for sharing the risks by the
lessee and the Federal government. The
NPSL bidding system incorporates a
fixed capital recovery system as a means
through which the lessee recovers costs
of exploration and development from
production revenues, along with a
reasonable return on investment.
B. NPSL Capital Account
The Federal government does not
receive a profit share payment from an
NPSL until the lessee shows a credit
balance in its capital account; that is,
cumulative revenues and other credits
exceed cumulative costs. Lessees
multiply the credit balance by the net
profit share rate (30 to 50 percent),
resulting in the amount of net profit
share payment due to the Federal
government.
ONRR requires lessees to maintain an
NPSL capital account for each lease
under § 1220.010, which transfers to a
new owner when sold. Following the
cessation of production, lessees are also
required to provide either an annual or
a monthly report to the Federal
government, using data from the capital
account until the lease is terminated,
expired, or relinquished.
C. NPSL Inventories
The NPSL lessees must notify BOEM
of their intent to perform an inventory
and file a report after each inventory of
controllable materiel under §§ 1220.032
and 1220.031, respectively.
D. NPSL Audits
When non-operators of an NPSL call
for an audit, they must notify ONRR.
When ONRR calls for an audit, the
lessee must notify all non-operators on
the lease. These requirements are
located at § 1220.033.
III. OMB Approval
The information we collect under this
ICR is essential in order to determine
when net profit share payments are due
and to ensure that lessees properly
value and pay royalties or net profit
share payments.
We are requesting OMB approval to
continue to collect this information. Not
collecting this information would limit
the Secretary’s ability to discharge
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fiduciary duties and may also result in
the inability to confirm the accurate
royalty value. ONRR protects the
proprietary information received and
does not collect items of a sensitive
nature.
IV. Data
Title: OCS Net Profit Share Payment
Reporting, 30 CFR part 1220.
OMB Control Number: 1012–0009.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 14 lessees.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 267.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 9 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,451 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Annually,
monthly, and on occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
All fourteen lessees report monthly
because all current NPSLs are in
producing status. Because the
requirements for establishment of
capital accounts at § 1220.010(a) and
capital account annual reporting at
§ 1220.031(a) are necessary only during
the non-producing status of a lease,
ONRR included only one response
annually for these requirements, in case
a new NPSL is established. We have not
included in our estimates certain
requirements performed in the normal
course of business that are considered
usual and customary. The following
table shows the estimated annual
burden hours by CFR section and
paragraph.
RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Citation 30 CFR Part
1220
Number of
annual
responses
Hour
burden
Reporting & recordkeeping requirement
Annual burden
hours
Part 1220—Accounting Procedures for Determining Net Profit Share Payment for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases
§ 1220.010
1220.010(a) ................
(a) For each NPSL tract, an NPSL capital account shall be established and maintained by the lessee for NPSL operations . . .
§ 1220.030
1220.030(a) and (b) ....
NPSL capital account
1
1
1
14
14
Maintenance of records
(a) Each lessee . . . shall establish and maintain such records as
are necessary . . .
§ 1220.031
1
Reporting and payment requirements
1220.031(a) ................
(a) Each lessee subject to this part shall file an annual report during the period from issuance of the NPSL until the first month in
which production revenues are credited to the NPSL capital account . . .
1
14
14
1220.031(b) ................
(b) Beginning with the first month in which production revenues are
credited to the NPSL capital account, each lessee . . . shall file
a report for each NPSL, not later than 60 days following the end
of each month . . .
13
1 168
2,184
1220.031(c) .................
(c) Each lessee subject to this Part 1220 shall submit, together with
the report required . . . any net profit share payment due . . .
1220.031(d) ................
(d) Each lessee . . . shall file a report not later than 90 days after
each inventory is taken . . .
(e) Each lessee . . . shall file a final report, not later than 60 days
following the cessation of production . . .
1220.031(e) ................
§ 1220.032
1220.032(b) ................
8
14
112
4
14
56
1
14
14
Inventories
(b) At reasonable intervals, but at least once every three years, inventories of controllable materiel shall be taken by the lessee.
Written notice of intention to take inventory shall be given by the
lessee at least 30 days before any inventory is to be taken so
that the Director may be represented at the taking of inventory
. . .
§ 1220.033
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Burden hours covered under § 1220.031(b).
Audits
1220.033(b)(1) ............
(b)(1) When nonoperators of an NPSL lease call an audit in accordance with the terms of their operating agreement, the Director
shall be notified of the audit call . . .
2
14
28
1220.033(b)(2) ............
(b)(2) If DOI determines to call for an audit, DOI shall notify the lessee of its audit call and set a time and place for the audit . . .
The lessee shall send copies of the notice to the nonoperators
on the lease . . .
2
14
28
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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued
Citation 30 CFR Part
1220
Reporting & recordkeeping requirement
Hour
burden
1220.033(e) ................
(e) Records required to be kept under § 1220.030(a) shall be made
available for inspection by any authorized agent of DOI . . .
267
2,451
NPSL reports × 12 months = 168 reports).
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.
ONRR Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Armand Southall
(303) 231–3221.
Authority
The authorities for this action are the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1337)
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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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[MMAA104000; OMB Control Number 1010–
0082; Docket ID: BOEM–2018–0016]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; 30 CFR 581, Leasing of
Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, Sulphur
in the Outer Continental Shelf
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(BOEM) is proposing to renew an
information collection with revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
SUMMARY:
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Annual burden
hours
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.
Total Burden .....................................................................................................................................................
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annual
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OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, VAM–DIR, Sterling,
Virginia 20166; or by email to
anna.atkinson@boem.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1010–
0082 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Anna Atkinson, Office
of Policy, Regulations, and Analysis by
email, or by telephone at 703–787–1025.
You may also view the ICR at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on April 14,
2017 (82 FR 18008). No comments were
received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of
BOEM; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might BOEM enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might BOEM minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
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including through the use of
information technology?
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (Act), as amended (43 U.S.C.
1334 and 43 U.S.C. 1337(k)), authorizes
the Secretary of the Interior to
administer the provisions relating to the
leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS), and to prescribe such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to carry
out such provisions. Additionally, the
Act authorizes the Secretary to
implement regulations to grant to
qualified persons, offering the highest
cash bonuses on the basis of competitive
bidding, leases of any mineral other
than oil, gas, and sulphur. This applies
to any area of the OCS not then under
lease for such mineral upon such
royalty, rental, and other terms and
conditions as the Secretary may
prescribe at the time of offering the area
for lease.
Regulations at 30 CFR part 581
implement these statutory requirements.
There has been no leasing activity on
the OCS for minerals other than oil, gas,
or sulphur under these regulations for
several years, and BOEM has not
received information under this Part of
its regulation. However, there is
potential for a person, entity, or
company to request that minerals other
than oil, gas, or sulfur be offered for
lease. Therefore, we are renewing OMB
approval for this information collection.
BOEM will use the information
required by 30 CFR part 581 to
determine if statutory and regulatory
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0006; DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2; OMB
Control Number 1012-0009]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; OCS Net Profit
Share Payment Reporting
AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension.
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we,
the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), are proposing to renew
an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
November 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your written comments on this information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk
Officer for the Department of the Interior by email to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please
mail a copy of your comments to Mr. Armand Southall, Regulatory
Specialist, ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400, Denver, Colorado 80225-
0165, or by email to
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Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. Please reference ``OMB Control Number 1012-
0009'' in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues,
contact Mr. Roman Geissel, Deputy Program Manager, Audit and Compliance
Management (ACM), ONRR, at (303) 231-3226, or email to
Roman.Geissel@onrr.gov. For other questions, contact Mr. Armand
Southall, at (303) 231-3221, or email to Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. You
may also contact Mr. Southall to obtain copies, at no cost, of (1) the
ICR and (2) the regulations that require us to collect the information.
You may view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain and
select ``Information Collection Review,'' then select ``Department of
the Interior'' in the drop-down box under ``Currently Under Review.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired
format.
We published a notice, with a 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information, in the Federal
Register on May 5, 2017 (82 FR 21261). We received the following
comments in response to the notice: ``The burden hour estimate of 2,400
hours annually for the current 14 lessees of producing NPSLs is a
reasonable estimate. The instructions on the handling of NPSLs are
clear. The recordkeeping requirements are easy to understand. The
reporting format follows the standard ONRR-2014 format so it's easy to
understand.''
Once again, we are soliciting comments on this ICR that is
described below. We are especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the
proper functions of ONRR; (2) will this information be processed and
used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of the burden accurate;
(4) how might ONRR enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information collected; and (5) how might ONRR minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents, including through the use of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your Personally Identifiable
Information (PII), such as your address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying 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 your PII from public view, we cannot guarantee
that we will be able to do so.
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 resource 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 responsibility. 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
ONRR collects and uses this information to determine all allowable
direct and allocable joint costs and credits under Sec. 1220.011
incurred during the lease term, appropriate overhead allowance
permitted on these costs under Sec. 1220.012, and allowances for
capital recovery calculated under Sec. 1220.020. ONRR also collects
this information to ensure that royalties or net profit share payments
are accurately valued and appropriately paid. This ICR affects only oil
and gas leases on submerged Federal lands on the OCS.
II. Information Collections
Title 30 CFR part 1220 covers the net profit share lease (NPSL)
program and establishes reporting requirements for determining the net
profit share base under Sec. 1220.021 and calculating the net profit
share payments due to the Federal government for the production of oil
and gas from leases under Sec. 1220.022.
A. NPSL Bidding System
To encourage exploration and development of oil and gas leases on
submerged Federal lands on the OCS, the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) promulgated regulations at 30 CFR part 560--Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing. BOEM also promulgated specific
implementing regulations for the NPSL bidding system at Sec.
560.202(d). BOEM established the NPSL bidding system to balance a fair
market return to the Federal government for the lease of its public
lands with a fair profit to companies risking their investment capital.
The system provides an incentive for early and expeditious exploration
and development and provides for sharing the risks by the lessee and
the Federal government. The NPSL bidding system incorporates a fixed
capital recovery system as a means through which the lessee recovers
costs of exploration and development from production revenues, along
with a reasonable return on investment.
B. NPSL Capital Account
The Federal government does not receive a profit share payment from
an NPSL until the lessee shows a credit balance in its capital account;
that is, cumulative revenues and other credits exceed cumulative costs.
Lessees multiply the credit balance by the net profit share rate (30 to
50 percent), resulting in the amount of net profit share payment due to
the Federal government.
ONRR requires lessees to maintain an NPSL capital account for each
lease under Sec. 1220.010, which transfers to a new owner when sold.
Following the cessation of production, lessees are also required to
provide either an annual or a monthly report to the Federal government,
using data from the capital account until the lease is terminated,
expired, or relinquished.
C. NPSL Inventories
The NPSL lessees must notify BOEM of their intent to perform an
inventory and file a report after each inventory of controllable
materiel under Sec. Sec. 1220.032 and 1220.031, respectively.
D. NPSL Audits
When non-operators of an NPSL call for an audit, they must notify
ONRR. When ONRR calls for an audit, the lessee must notify all non-
operators on the lease. These requirements are located at Sec.
1220.033.
III. OMB Approval
The information we collect under this ICR is essential in order to
determine when net profit share payments are due and to ensure that
lessees properly value and pay royalties or net profit share payments.
We are requesting OMB approval to continue to collect this
information. Not collecting this information would limit the
Secretary's ability to discharge
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fiduciary duties and may also result in the inability to confirm the
accurate royalty value. ONRR protects the proprietary information
received and does not collect items of a sensitive nature.
IV. Data
Title: OCS Net Profit Share Payment Reporting, 30 CFR part 1220.
OMB Control Number: 1012-0009.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 14 lessees.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 267.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 9 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,451 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Annually, monthly, and on occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
All fourteen lessees report monthly because all current NPSLs are
in producing status. Because the requirements for establishment of
capital accounts at Sec. 1220.010(a) and capital account annual
reporting at Sec. 1220.031(a) are necessary only during the non-
producing status of a lease, ONRR included only one response annually
for these requirements, in case a new NPSL is established. We have not
included in our estimates certain requirements performed in the normal
course of business that are considered usual and customary. The
following table shows the estimated annual burden hours by CFR section
and paragraph.
Respondents' Estimated Annual Burden Hours
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Number of
Citation 30 CFR Part 1220 Reporting & recordkeeping requirement Hour burden annual Annual burden
responses hours
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Part 1220--Accounting Procedures for Determining Net Profit Share Payment for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases
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Sec. 1220.010 NPSL capital account
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1220.010(a)............................. (a) For each NPSL tract, an NPSL capital account shall be 1 1 1
established and maintained by the lessee for NPSL operations
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Sec. 1220.030 Maintenance of records
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1220.030(a) and (b)..................... (a) Each lessee . . . shall establish and maintain such 1 14 14
records as are necessary . . .
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Sec. 1220.031 Reporting and payment requirements
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1220.031(a)............................. (a) Each lessee subject to this part shall file an annual 1 14 14
report during the period from issuance of the NPSL until the
first month in which production revenues are credited to the
NPSL capital account . . .
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1220.031(b)............................. (b) Beginning with the first month in which production 13 \1\ 168 2,184
revenues are credited to the NPSL capital account, each
lessee . . . shall file a report for each NPSL, not later
than 60 days following the end of each month . . .
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1220.031(c)............................. (c) Each lessee subject to this Part 1220 shall submit, Burden hours covered under Sec.
together with the report required . . . any net profit share 1220.031(b).
payment due . . .
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1220.031(d)............................. (d) Each lessee . . . shall file a report not later than 90 8 14 112
days after each inventory is taken . . .
1220.031(e)............................. (e) Each lessee . . . shall file a final report, not later 4 14 56
than 60 days following the cessation of production . . .
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Sec. 1220.032 Inventories
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1220.032(b)............................. (b) At reasonable intervals, but at least once every three 1 14 14
years, inventories of controllable materiel shall be taken by
the lessee. Written notice of intention to take inventory
shall be given by the lessee at least 30 days before any
inventory is to be taken so that the Director may be
represented at the taking of inventory . . .
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Sec. 1220.033 Audits
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1220.033(b)(1).......................... (b)(1) When nonoperators of an NPSL lease call an audit in 2 14 28
accordance with the terms of their operating agreement, the
Director shall be notified of the audit call . . .
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1220.033(b)(2).......................... (b)(2) If DOI determines to call for an audit, DOI shall 2 14 28
notify the lessee of its audit call and set a time and place
for the audit . . . The lessee shall send copies of the
notice to the nonoperators on the lease . . .
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1220.033(e)............................. (e) Records required to be kept under Sec. 1220.030(a) shall The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined
be made available for inspection by any authorized agent of that the audit process is exempt from the
DOI . . . Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 because ONRR
staff asks non-standard questions to resolve
exceptions.
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Total Burden........................................................................................................ 267 2,451
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\1\ (14 NPSL reports x 12 months = 168 reports).
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.
ONRR Information Collection Clearance Officer: Armand Southall
(303) 231-3221.
Authority
The authorities for this action are the Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1337) 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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