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significance of the nominated properties
under the National Register criteria for
evaluation.
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.
Nominations submitted by State
Historic Preservation Officers:
ARIZONA
Maricopa County
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Church,
3817 N Brown Ave., Scottsdale,
SG100002979
Stout’s Hotel, 133 E Pima St., Gila Bend,
SG100002980
Pima County
West University Historic District (Boundary
Increase), S side o E 5th St. between N 5th
& N 7th Aves., Tucson, BC100002981
GEORGIA
Fulton County
Fort Peace, 87 15th St., Atlanta,
SG100002982
VERMONT
Rutland County
Hubbardton Battlefield, Address Restricted,
Hubbardton vicinity, AD71000059
Nomination submitted by Federal
Preservation Officer:
The State Historic Preservation
Officer reviewed the following
nominations and responded to the
Federal Preservation Officer within 45
days of receipt of the nominations and
supports listing the property in the
National Register of Historic Places.
VIRGINIA
Harrisonburg Independent City
United States Post Office and Court House,
116 N Main St., Harrisonburg (I),
SG100002992
Authority: Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60.
Dated: August 21, 2018.
Julie H. Ernstein,
Acting Chief, National Register of Historic
Places/National Historic Landmarks Program
and Deputy Keeper of the National Register
of Historic Places.
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
Clayton County
Farmers’ State Bank, 502 Washington St.,
Volga vicinity, SG100002983
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
PENNSYLVANIA
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0020; DS63644000
DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2; OMB
Control Number 1012–0004]
Philadelphia County
Carroll, Charles, Public School (Public
Schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1938–1980 MPS), 2700 E Auburn St.,
Philadelphia, MP100002986
Stanton, M. Hall, Public School (Public
Schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1938–1980 MPS), 2539 N 16th St.,
Philadelphia, MP100002987
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Royalty and Production
Reporting
VIRGINIA
Bath County
Warm Springs and West Warm Springs
Historic District, Jct. of US 220 & VA 39,
W Warm Springs Dr with adjoining rds.,
Warm Springs, SG100002991
A request for removal has been made
for the following resource:
TEXAS
Sabine County
Toole Building, 202 Main St., Hemphill,
OT02001568
Additional documentation has been
received for the following resources:
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Office of the Secretary, Office
of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
York County
Whiteford, Hugh and Elizabeth Ross, House,
306 Broad St., Delta, SG100002988
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Meeker County
Litchfield Commercial Historic District, 134
N Sibley Ave., Litchfield, AD96000192
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IOWA
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MINNESOTA
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Natural Resources Revenue
(ONRR), are proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: You must submit your written
comments on or before October 30,
2018.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
on this ICR to ONRR by using one of the
following three methods (please
reference ‘‘ICR 1012–0004’’ in the
subject line of your comments):
1. Electronically go to https://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘ONRR–
ADDRESSES:
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2011–0020’’ and then click ‘‘Search.’’
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments. ONRR will post all
comments.
2. Mail comments to Mr. Armand
Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR,
P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver,
Colorado 80225–0165.
3. Hand-carry or mail comments,
using an overnight courier service, to
ONRR. Our courier address is Building
85, Entrance N–1, Denver Federal
Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St.,
Denver, Colorado 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on technical issues, contact
Ms. Lee-Ann Martin, Program Manager,
Reference and Reporting Management,
ONRR, telephone (303) 231–3313, or
email LeeAnn.Martin@onrr.gov. For
other questions, contact Mr. Armand
Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR,
telephone (303) 231–3221, or email to
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 us to collect the
information.
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 are soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues mentioned in the OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1): (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
burden accurate; (4) how might ONRR
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be 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. ONRR will post all
comments, including names and
addresses of respondents at https://
www.regulations.gov. We will include
or summarize each comment in our
request to the Office of Management and
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Budget (OMB) to approve this ICR.
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 can ask us, in your comment,
to withhold your PII from public view,
we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so. We also will post the ICR
at https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/
FRNotices/ICR0139.htm.
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). Under various laws, the
Secretary’s responsibility is to manage
mineral resources production on
Federal and Indian lands and the OCS,
collect royalties due, and distribute the
funds collected. The Secretary also has
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. Public laws pertaining to
mineral leases on Federal and Indian
lands are available at https://
www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/PubLaws/
index.htm.
Information collections that we cover
in this ICR are found at title 30 CFR part
1210, subparts B, C, and D, which
pertain to reporting oil, gas, and
geothermal resources royalties and oil
and gas production; and part 1212,
subpart B, which pertains to
recordkeeping.
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, or its designee, must report
various kinds of information to the
lessor relative to the disposition of the
leased minerals. Such information is
available within the records of the
lessee or others involved in developing,
transporting, processing, purchasing, or
selling such minerals. The information
that ONRR collects includes data
necessary to ensure that the lessee
accurately values and appropriately
pays all royalties and other mineral
revenues due.
Reporters submit information into the
ONRR financial accounting system that
includes royalty, rental, bonus, and
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other payment information; sales
volumes and values; and other royalty
values. ONRR uses the accounting
system to compare production volumes
with royalty volumes to verify that
companies reported and paid proper
royalties for the minerals produced.
Additionally, we share the data
electronically with the Bureau of Safety
and Environmental Enforcement,
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, and Tribal and State
governments so that they can perform
their land and lease management
responsibilities.
We use the information collected in
this ICR to ensure that companies
properly pay royalties based on accurate
production accounting on oil, gas, and
geothermal resources that they produce
from Federal and Indian leases.
Production data is also used to
determine whether a lease is producing
in paying quantities and therefore has
not expired, and to track total
production from Federal and Indian
lands by lease, communitization
agreement, unit, field or area, State,
reservation, and nationally. The
requirement to report accurately and
timely is mandatory. Please refer to the
chart for all reporting requirements and
associated burden hours.
Royalty Reporting
Payors (Reporters) must report,
according to various regulations, and
remit royalties on oil, gas, and
geothermal resources that they
produced from leases on Federal and
Indian lands. The reporters use the
following form for royalty reporting:
Form ONRR–2014, Report of Sales
and Royalty Remittance. Reporters
submit this form monthly to report
royalties on oil, gas, and geothermal
leases. On a royalty report, reporters
submit a line of data for each type of
product produced from each Federal or
Indian property. A royalty report is also
used to report certain rents. Each line
contains the royalty owed and the basic
elements necessary to calculate the
royalty. For example, each line of a
royalty report will include the volume
produced from the lease, the value of
that production, and any allowances
claimed by the reporter which reduced
the royalty owed.
Production Reporting
Operators (Reporters) must submit,
according to various regulations,
production reports if they operate a
Federal or Indian onshore or offshore oil
and gas lease or federally approved unit
or communitization agreement. We use
the ONRR financial accounting system
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to track minerals produced from Federal
and Indian lands, from the point of
production to the point of disposition or
royalty determination and/or point of
sale. The reporters use the following
forms for production accounting and
reporting:
Form ONRR–4054, Oil and Gas
Operations Report (OGOR). Reporters
submit this form monthly for all
production reporting for Outer
Continental Shelf, Federal, and Indian
leases. On part A of the OGOR
production report, reporters submit a
line of data indicating the volumes
produced from each Federal or Indian
well. On part B, reporters submit a line
of data for each commodity, indicating
the disposition of the volumes. On part
C, reporters submit a line of data for
each Federal or Indian property
indicating any change in the volume of
the inventory remaining on the
property. ONRR compares the
production information with sales and
royalty data that reporters submit on
form ONRR–2014 to ensure that the
reporters paid and reported the proper
royalties on the oil and gas production
reported to ONRR. ONRR uses the
information from OGOR parts A, B, and
C to track all oil and gas from the point
of production to the point of first sale
or other disposition.
Form ONRR–4058, Production
Allocation Schedule Report (PASR).
Reporters submit this form monthly to
provide allocation information for
Federal offshore production. This
reporting is required when a facility
operator manages a measurement point
where they commingle the production
from an offshore Federal lease or
metering point with production from
other sources (i.e., State lease
production) before the production is
measured for a royalty determination.
On each PASR, the reporter submits a
line of data containing the volume of
commingled oil or gas. ONRR uses the
data to determine if the payors reported
accurate sales volumes on the OGOR.
Reporters also use the PASR to
corroborate data reflected on the OGOR
that the OCS lease operators submit.
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
fiduciary duties and may also result in
the loss of royalty payments. ONRR
protects the proprietary information that
it receives, and does not collect items of
a sensitive nature. It is mandatory that
the reporters submit forms ONRR–2014,
ONRR–4054, and ONRR–4058.
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II. Data
Title of Collection: Royalty and
Production Reporting, 30 CFR parts
1210 and 1212.
OMB Control Number: 1012–0004.
Form Numbers: ONRR–2014, ONRR–
4054, and ONRR–4058.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 3,870 oil, gas, and
geothermal reporters.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 12,873,046 lines of data.
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Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies between 1 and 7
minutes per line, depending on the
activity. The average completion time is
1.96 minutes per line. The average
completion time is calculated by first
multiplying the estimated annual
burden hours from the table below
(420,241) by 60 to obtain the total
annual burden minutes. Then the total
annual burden minutes (25,214,460) is
divided by the estimated annual number
of lines submitted from the table below
(12,873,046).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 420,241 hours.
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Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour
Burden Cost: We have identified no
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden associated with
this collection of information.
We have not included in our
estimates certain requirements that
companies perform in the normal course
of business that ONRR considers usual
and customary. We display the
estimated annual burden hours by CFR
section and paragraph in the following
chart.
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1210.52
(a) and (b)
1210.52 What royalty reports must I
submit?
You must submit a completed form
ONRR-2014, Report of Sales and
Royalty Remittance, to ONRR with:
(a) All royalty payments; and
(b) Rents on nonproducing leases, where
specified in the lease.
30 CFR
Part 1210
1210.53
(a), (b),
and (c)
1210.54
(a), (b),
and (c)
Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirement
308,034
Manual* (approximately 0.03 percent)
Average
Number of
Annual
Responses
(lines of
data)
Annual
Burden
Hours
7 min. per
line
1,702
199
SUBTOTAL FOR ROYALTY REPORTING
6,162,389
308,233
*
*
*
Subpart C-Production Reports-Oil and Gas
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6,160,687
3 min. per
line
Hour
Burden
121 0.53 When are my royalty reports
and payments due?
(a) Completed forms ONRR-2014 for
royalty payments and the associated
payments are due by the end of the
month following the production month
(see also§ 1218.50 ofthis chapter).
(b) Completed forms ONRR-2014 for
rental payments, where applicable, and
the associated payments are due as
specified by the lease terms (see also
§ 1218.50 ofthis chapter).
(c) You may submit reports and
payments early.
1210.54 Must I submit this royalty
report electronically?
(a) You must submit form ONRR-2014
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception under§ 121 0.55(a).
(b) As of December 31, 2011, all
reporters/payors must report to ONRR
electronically via the eCommerce
Reporting Web site. All reporters/payors
also must report royalty data directly or
upload files using the ONRR electronic
web form located at
https:l/onrrreporting.onrr.gov * * *
(c) Refer to our electronic reporting
guidelines in the ONRR Minerals
Revenue Reporter Handbook, for the
most current reporting options,
instructions, and security measures. The
handbook may be found on our Internet
Web site or you may call your ONRR
customer service representative * * *
*
Form ONRR-2014
Electronic* (approximately 99.97
percent)
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Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirement
1210.102
(a)(1 )(i)
and (ii)
1210.102 What production reports
must I submit?
(a) Form ONRR-4054, Oil and Gas
Operations Report. If you operate a
Federal or Indian onshore or OCS oil
and gas lease or federally approved unit
or communitization agreement that
contains one or more wells that are not
permanently plugged or abandoned, you
must submit form ONRR-4054 to
ONRR:
(1) You must submit form ONRR-4054
for each well for each calendar month,
beginning with the month in which you
complete drilling, unless:
(i) You have only test production from a
drilling well; or
(ii) The ONRR tells you in writing to
report differently.
(2) You must continue reporting until:
(i) The Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) and [Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement] approves
all wells as permanently plugged or
abandoned or the lease or unit or
communitization agreement is
terminated; and
(ii) You dispose of all inventory.
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1210.102
(a)(2)(i)
and (ii)
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30CFR
Part 1210
Average
Number of
Hour
Annual
Burden
Responses
(lines of
data)
Burden hours covered under
§ 1210.1 04(a) and (b).
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Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirement
1210.102
(b)(1)
(b) Form ONRR-4058, Production
Allocation Schedule Report. If you
operate an offshore facility measurement
point (FMP) handling production from a
Federal oil and gas lease or federally
approved unit agreement that is
commingled (with approval) with
production from any other source prior to
measurement for royalty determination,
you must file form ONRR-4058.
(1) You must submit form ONRR-4058
for each calendar month beginning with
the month in which you first handle
production covered by this section.
(2) form ONRR-4058 is not required
whenever all of the following conditions
are met:
(i) All leases involved are Federal leases;
(ii) All leases have the same fixed royalty
rate;
(iii) All leases are operated by the same
operator;
(iv) The facility measurement device is
operated by the same person as the
leases/agreements;
(v) Production has not been previously
measured for royalty determination; and
(vi) The production is not subsequently
commingled and measured for royalty
determination at an FMP for which form
ONRR-4058 is required under this part.
121 0.1 03 When are my production
reports due?
(a) The ONRR must receive your
completed forms ONRR-4054 and
ONRR-4058 by the 15th day of the
second month following the month for
which you are reporting.
(b) A report is considered received when
it is delivered to ONRR by 4 p.m.
mountain time at the addresses specified
in § 1210.105. Reports received after
4 p.m. mountain time are considered
received the following business day.
1210.102
(b)(2)(i)(vi)
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1210.103
(a) and (b)
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Annual
Burden
Hours
Burden hours covered under
§ 1210.1 04(a) and (b).
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30 CFR
Part 1210
Average
Number of
Hour
Annual
Burden
Responses
(lines of
data)
Burden hours covered under
§ 1210.1 04(a) and (b).
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30 CFR
Part 1210
Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirement
1210.104
(a), (b),
and (c)
1210.104 Must I submit these
production reports electronically?
(a) You must submit forms ONRR-4054
and ONRR-4058 electronically unless
you qualify for an exception under
§ 1210.105.
(b) As of December 31, 2011, all
reporters/payors must report to ONRR
electronically via the eCommerce
Reporting Web site. All reporters/payors
also must report production data directly
or upload files using the ONRR
electronic web form located at
https:l/onrrreporting.onrr.gov * * *
(c) Refer to our electronic reporting
guidelines in the ONRR Minerals
Production Reporter Handbook, for the
most current reporting options,
instructions, and security measures. The
handbook may be found on our Internet
Web site or you may call your ONRR
customer service representative * * *
*
*
*
*
Hour
Burden
Average
Number of
Annual
Responses
(lines of
data)
Annual
Burden
Hours
Form ONRR-4054 (OGOR)
Electronic* (approximately 99.93
percent)
1 min. per
6,699,134
111,652
line
Manual* (approximately 0.07 percent)
3 min. per
4,911
246
line
TOTAL
111,898
6,704,045
OGOR
Form ONRR-4058 (PASR)
Electronic* (approximately 99.94
percent)
1 min. per
6,608
110
line
Manual* (a :>proximately 0.06 percent)
3 min. per
line
4
0
6,612
110
6,710,657
112,008
*
TOTAL
PASR
SUBTOTAL FOR PRODUCTION REPORTING
PART 1212-RECORDS AND FILES MAINTENANCE
Subpart B-Oil, Gas and OCS Sulphur-General
1212.50
1212.50 Required recordkeeping and
reports.
Burden hours covered under
§§ 1210.54(a), (b), and (c); and
1210.104(a) and (b).
[In accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1724(f),
Federal oil and gas records must be
maintained for 7 years from the date
the obligation became due.]
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All records pertaining to offshore and
onshore Federal and Indian oil and gas
leases shall be maintained by a lessee,
operator, revenue payor, or other person
for 6 years after the records are
generated unless the recordholder is
notified, in writing, that records must be
maintained for a longer period * * *.
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Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Gregory J. Gould,
Director for Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2018–18927 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR–2018–0002; DS63644000
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RIN 1010–AC09
Market Centers for Use in Applying
Royalty Valuation Regulations for
Federal Oil
Office of the Secretary, Office
of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed
modifications; request for comments.
AGENCY:
BILLING CODE 4335–30–C
The Office of Natural
Resources Revenue (ONRR) is inviting
comments on proposed modifications to
the list of existing market centers that
royalty payors use to value oil produced
from Federal leases. This proposed
modification is applicable to those
valuing Federal oil production using
NYMEX prices or ANS spot prices.
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You must submit your written
comments on or before October 1, 2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this notice to ONRR by using one of
the following three methods. Please
reference ‘‘ONRR–2018–0002’’ in your
comments.
• Electronically go to https://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘ONRR–
2018–0002,’’ then click ‘‘Search.’’
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments. ONRR will post all
comments.
• Mail comments to Mr. Armand
Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR,
P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver,
Colorado 80225–0165.
• Hand-carry or mail comments using
an overnight courier service to ONRR.
Our courier address is Building 85,
Entrance N–1, Denver Federal Center,
West 6th Avenue and Kipling Street,
Denver, Colorado 80225. Visitor parking
is available in the north parking lot near
Entrance N–1, which is the only
DATES:
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[Notices]
[Pages 44662-44669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18927]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0020; DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2; OMB
Control Number 1012-0004]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Royalty and Production
Reporting
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Natural Resources Revenue,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), are proposing to renew
an information collection.
DATES: You must submit your written comments on or before October 30,
2018.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this ICR to ONRR by using one of
the following three methods (please reference ``ICR 1012-0004'' in the
subject line of your comments):
1. Electronically go to https://www.regulations.gov. In the entry
titled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter ``ONRR-2011-0020'' and then click
``Search.'' Follow the instructions to submit public comments. ONRR
will post all comments.
2. Mail comments to Mr. Armand Southall, Regulatory Specialist,
ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver, Colorado 80225-0165.
3. Hand-carry or mail comments, using an overnight courier service,
to ONRR. Our courier address is Building 85, Entrance N-1, Denver
Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues,
contact Ms. Lee-Ann Martin, Program Manager, Reference and Reporting
Management, ONRR, telephone (303) 231-3313, or email
[email protected]. For other questions, contact Mr. Armand
Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, telephone (303) 231-3221, or
email to [email protected]. 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 us to collect the
information.
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 are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following issues mentioned in the OMB regulations at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1): (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 burden accurate; (4) how might ONRR
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
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. ONRR will post all comments, including names and
addresses of respondents at https://www.regulations.gov. We will include
or summarize each comment in our request to the Office of Management
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Budget (OMB) to approve this ICR. 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 can ask
us, in your comment, to withhold your PII from public view, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so. We also will post the ICR at
https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/ICR0139.htm.
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). Under various laws,
the Secretary's responsibility is to manage mineral resources
production on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, collect royalties
due, and distribute the funds collected. The Secretary also has 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.
Public laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands
are available at https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/PubLaws/index.htm.
Information collections that we cover in this ICR are found at
title 30 CFR part 1210, subparts B, C, and D, which pertain to
reporting oil, gas, and geothermal resources royalties and oil and gas
production; and part 1212, subpart B, which pertains to recordkeeping.
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, or its
designee, must report various kinds of information to the lessor
relative to the disposition of the leased minerals. Such information is
available within the records of the lessee or others involved in
developing, transporting, processing, purchasing, or selling such
minerals. The information that ONRR collects includes data necessary to
ensure that the lessee accurately values and appropriately pays all
royalties and other mineral revenues due.
Reporters submit information into the ONRR financial accounting
system that includes royalty, rental, bonus, and other payment
information; sales volumes and values; and other royalty values. ONRR
uses the accounting system to compare production volumes with royalty
volumes to verify that companies reported and paid proper royalties for
the minerals produced. Additionally, we share the data electronically
with the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and Tribal and State governments so that they can perform
their land and lease management responsibilities.
We use the information collected in this ICR to ensure that
companies properly pay royalties based on accurate production
accounting on oil, gas, and geothermal resources that they produce from
Federal and Indian leases. Production data is also used to determine
whether a lease is producing in paying quantities and therefore has not
expired, and to track total production from Federal and Indian lands by
lease, communitization agreement, unit, field or area, State,
reservation, and nationally. The requirement to report accurately and
timely is mandatory. Please refer to the chart for all reporting
requirements and associated burden hours.
Royalty Reporting
Payors (Reporters) must report, according to various regulations,
and remit royalties on oil, gas, and geothermal resources that they
produced from leases on Federal and Indian lands. The reporters use the
following form for royalty reporting:
Form ONRR-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance. Reporters
submit this form monthly to report royalties on oil, gas, and
geothermal leases. On a royalty report, reporters submit a line of data
for each type of product produced from each Federal or Indian property.
A royalty report is also used to report certain rents. Each line
contains the royalty owed and the basic elements necessary to calculate
the royalty. For example, each line of a royalty report will include
the volume produced from the lease, the value of that production, and
any allowances claimed by the reporter which reduced the royalty owed.
Production Reporting
Operators (Reporters) must submit, according to various
regulations, production reports if they operate a Federal or Indian
onshore or offshore oil and gas lease or federally approved unit or
communitization agreement. We use the ONRR financial accounting system
to track minerals produced from Federal and Indian lands, from the
point of production to the point of disposition or royalty
determination and/or point of sale. The reporters use the following
forms for production accounting and reporting:
Form ONRR-4054, Oil and Gas Operations Report (OGOR). Reporters
submit this form monthly for all production reporting for Outer
Continental Shelf, Federal, and Indian leases. On part A of the OGOR
production report, reporters submit a line of data indicating the
volumes produced from each Federal or Indian well. On part B, reporters
submit a line of data for each commodity, indicating the disposition of
the volumes. On part C, reporters submit a line of data for each
Federal or Indian property indicating any change in the volume of the
inventory remaining on the property. ONRR compares the production
information with sales and royalty data that reporters submit on form
ONRR-2014 to ensure that the reporters paid and reported the proper
royalties on the oil and gas production reported to ONRR. ONRR uses the
information from OGOR parts A, B, and C to track all oil and gas from
the point of production to the point of first sale or other
disposition.
Form ONRR-4058, Production Allocation Schedule Report (PASR).
Reporters submit this form monthly to provide allocation information
for Federal offshore production. This reporting is required when a
facility operator manages a measurement point where they commingle the
production from an offshore Federal lease or metering point with
production from other sources (i.e., State lease production) before the
production is measured for a royalty determination. On each PASR, the
reporter submits a line of data containing the volume of commingled oil
or gas. ONRR uses the data to determine if the payors reported accurate
sales volumes on the OGOR. Reporters also use the PASR to corroborate
data reflected on the OGOR that the OCS lease operators submit.
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 fiduciary duties and may also result
in the loss of royalty payments. ONRR protects the proprietary
information that it receives, and does not collect items of a sensitive
nature. It is mandatory that the reporters submit forms ONRR-2014,
ONRR-4054, and ONRR-4058.
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II. Data
Title of Collection: Royalty and Production Reporting, 30 CFR parts
1210 and 1212.
OMB Control Number: 1012-0004.
Form Numbers: ONRR-2014, ONRR-4054, and ONRR-4058.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 3,870 oil, gas, and
geothermal reporters.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 12,873,046 lines of
data.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies between 1 and 7
minutes per line, depending on the activity. The average completion
time is 1.96 minutes per line. The average completion time is
calculated by first multiplying the estimated annual burden hours from
the table below (420,241) by 60 to obtain the total annual burden
minutes. Then the total annual burden minutes (25,214,460) is divided
by the estimated annual number of lines submitted from the table below
(12,873,046).
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 420,241 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: We have identified no
``non-hour cost'' burden associated with this collection of
information.
We have not included in our estimates certain requirements that
companies perform in the normal course of business that ONRR considers
usual and customary. We display the estimated annual burden hours by
CFR section and paragraph in the following chart.
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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.
Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.).
Gregory J. Gould,
Director for Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2018-18927 Filed 8-30-18; 8:45 am]
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