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OSU. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary
object is a faunal talus bone.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by Oregon State
University, NAGPRA Office
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0020; DS63644000
DR2000000.CH7000 190D1113RT; OMB
Control Number 1012–0004]
Officials of Oregon State University,
NAGPRA Office have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of four
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the two objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as
part of the death rite or ceremony.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously
listed as the Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Dawn Marie Alapisco,
Oregon State University, NAGPRA
Office, 106 Gilkey Hall, Corvallis, OR
97331 telephone (541) 737–4075, email
dawnmarie.alapisco@oregonstate.edu,
by April 29, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Confederated Tribes of
Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously
listed as the Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation) may proceed.
Oregon State University, NAGPRA
Office is responsible for notifying The
Consulted and Notified Tribes that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: February 25, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Office of Natural Resources Revenue
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Royalty and Production
Reporting
Office of the Secretary, Office
of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
(ONRR) is proposing to renew an
information collection with revisions.
ONRR seeks renewed authority to
collect information by which lessees use
three forms necessary to report the
production and royalties on minerals
produced from Federal and Indian lands
and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit written comments on or before
April 29, 2019.
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 to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or by
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to Mr.
Armand Southall, Regulatory Specialist,
ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B,
Denver, Colorado 80225–0165; or by
email to Armand.Southall@onrr.gov.
Please reference ‘‘OMB Control Number
1012–0004’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Lee-Ann Martin at (303) 231–3313, or
email to LeeAnn.Martin@onrr.gov. 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 that 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
SUMMARY:
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comments on this collection of
information, in the Federal Register on
August 31, 2018 (83 FR 44662). During
the 60-day period, we specifically
reached out to seven companies
impacted by this information collection
renewal (ICR) to request input. In
response to the outreach, we received
seven responsive comments.
The first comment that we received
stated the following:
‘‘I’ve looked at the FRN material and the
amount of time in the document is pretty
accurate with the amount of time it takes me
to submit my monthly OGORS and PASRs.
648 lines submit monthly
7,776 lines submit yearly
25% lines require manual intervention
3 minutes:
1,944 lines done manually
5,832 minutes per year on manual lines
97.2 hours per year on manual lines’’
The second comment that we received
stated the following:
‘‘I have read the attached FRN 44662 and
have no comments at this time.’’
The third comment that we received
stated the following:
‘‘Hope all is well. I reviewed the FRN and
I currently have no questions.’’
The fourth comment that we received
stated the following:
‘‘[We] reviewed the highlighted (pink)
paragraphs and we agree that we are
currently submitting Form 4054 Oil and Gas
Operations Report and Form 4058
Production Allocation Schedule Report. We
have no problems submitting these reports
each month to ONRR. Let me know if you
need anything else.’’
The fifth comment that we received
stated the following:
‘‘Because of the size of our reporting, we
spend more time on both OGORs and 2014
reporting and I entered the estimated burden
hours and sent it back. I don’t have no other
comments or questions at this time.’’
The sixth comment that we received
stated the following:
‘‘I have surveyed the royalty reporting
group and the only comments offered is
listed below.’’
Suggested improvement for the Data
Warehouse.
The analysts would like to be able to have
Product Code as one of the selection criteria
on the first screen of the ‘Basic Royalty
Report’.
No comments related to the 2014 royalty
reports.’’
The seventh comment that we
received stated the following:
‘‘Thank you for reaching out to us. We
have no additional updates/comments that
we see fit to be made at this time.’’
Once again, we are soliciting
comments on this proposed ICR that is
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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
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 can 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
Federal and Indian lands and the 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.
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.
When a company or an individual
enters into a lease to explore, develop,
produce, and sell or otherwise 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 generally 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.
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Public laws pertaining to mineral
leases on Federal and Indian lands and
the OCS 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 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(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.
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 financial
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, certain rents, and other leaserelated transactions (for example,
transportation and processing
allowances, lease adjustments, and
quality and location differentials). On a
royalty report, reporters submit a line of
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data for each type of product produced
from each Federal or Indian property.
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 to the ONRR
financial accounting system if they
operate a Federal or Indian onshore or
offshore oil and gas lease or federally
approved unit or communitization
agreement. ONRR uses the 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 the Outer
Continental Shelf, onshore 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 the 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. Other Federal
government agencies use the monthly
data to monitor and inspect lease
operations.
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 (such as State lease
production) before the production is
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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
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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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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: Revision 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
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(420,241) by 60 to obtain the total
annual burden minutes. Then the total
annual burden minutes (25,214,460)
divided by the estimated annual number
of data lines submitted from the table
below (12,873,046) equals the average
completion time.
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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Respondents' Estimated Annual Burden Hours
Title
30 CFR
Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirement
Hour
Burden
Average
Number of
Annual
Responses
(lines of
data)
Annual
Burden
Hours
30 CFR Part 121 0-FORMS AND REPORTS
Subpart B-Royalty Reports-Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources
1210.53
(a), (b),
and (c)
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1210.54
(a), (b),
and (c)
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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.
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
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Form ONRR·2014
Electronic* (approximately 99.97
percent)
3 min. per
line
6,160,687
308,034
Manual* (approximately 0.03 percent)
7 min. per
line
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1210.52
(a) and (b)
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Title
30 CFR
Hour
Burden
Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirement
Average
Number of
Annual
Responses
(lines of
data)
Annual
Burden
Hours
customer service representative * * *
*
*
*
*
*
SUBTOTAL FOR ROYALTY REPORTING
6,162,389
308,233
Subpart C-Production Reports-Oil and Gas
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1210.102
(a)(2)(i)
and (ii)
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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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Burden hours covered under
§ 1210.1 04(a) and (b).
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1210.102
(a)(1 )(i)
and (ii)
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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.
1210.103 When are my production
reports due?
(a) The ONRR must receive your
completed forms ONRR-4054 and
ON RR-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
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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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Title
30 CFR
Average
Number of
Hour
Annual
Burden
Responses
(lines of
data)
Burden hours covered under
§ 1210.1 04(a) and (b).
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Title
30 CFR
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* (approximately 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.
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Government in the Sunshine Act
Meeting Notice
United
States International Trade Commission.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
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TIME AND DATE:
April 2, 2019 at 11:00
a.m.
Room 101, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Agendas for future meetings: None.
2. Minutes.
3. Ratification List.
4. Vote on Inv. Nos. 701–TA–595–596
and 731–TA–1401, 1403, and 1405–
1406 (Final) (Large Diameter Welded
Pipe from Canada, Greece, Korea, and
Turkey). The Commission is currently
scheduled to complete and file its
determinations and views of the
Commission by April 15, 2019.
5. Outstanding action jackets: None.
In accordance with Commission
policy, subject matter listed above, not
disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
may be carried over to the agenda of the
following meeting.
PLACE:
By order of the Commission.
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Issued: March 25, 2019.
William Bishop,
Supervisory Hearings and Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–06053 Filed 3–26–19; 11:15 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
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Government in the Sunshine Act
Meeting Notice
United
States International Trade Commission.
TIME AND DATE: April 4, 2019 at 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Agendas for future meetings: None.
2. Minutes.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11827-11834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05927]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0020; DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 190D1113RT; OMB
Control Number 1012-0004]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; 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, the
Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) is proposing to renew an
information collection with revisions. ONRR seeks renewed authority to
collect information by which lessees use three forms necessary to
report the production and royalties on minerals produced from Federal
and Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on or
before April 29, 2019.
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 to [email protected]; or
by facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments
to Mr. Armand Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS
64400B, Denver, Colorado 80225-0165; or by email to
[email protected]. Please reference ``OMB Control Number 1012-
0004'' in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lee-Ann Martin at (303) 231-3313,
or email to [email protected]. 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 that 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 August 31, 2018 (83 FR 44662). During the 60-day period, we
specifically reached out to seven companies impacted by this
information collection renewal (ICR) to request input. In response to
the outreach, we received seven responsive comments.
The first comment that we received stated the following:
``I've looked at the FRN material and the amount of time in the
document is pretty accurate with the amount of time it takes me to
submit my monthly OGORS and PASRs.
648 lines submit monthly
7,776 lines submit yearly
25% lines require manual intervention
3 minutes:
1,944 lines done manually
5,832 minutes per year on manual lines
97.2 hours per year on manual lines''
The second comment that we received stated the following:
``I have read the attached FRN 44662 and have no comments at
this time.''
The third comment that we received stated the following:
``Hope all is well. I reviewed the FRN and I currently have no
questions.''
The fourth comment that we received stated the following:
``[We] reviewed the highlighted (pink) paragraphs and we agree
that we are currently submitting Form 4054 Oil and Gas Operations
Report and Form 4058 Production Allocation Schedule Report. We have
no problems submitting these reports each month to ONRR. Let me know
if you need anything else.''
The fifth comment that we received stated the following:
``Because of the size of our reporting, we spend more time on
both OGORs and 2014 reporting and I entered the estimated burden
hours and sent it back. I don't have no other comments or questions
at this time.''
The sixth comment that we received stated the following:
``I have surveyed the royalty reporting group and the only
comments offered is listed below.''
Suggested improvement for the Data Warehouse.
The analysts would like to be able to have Product Code as one
of the selection criteria on the first screen of the `Basic Royalty
Report'.
No comments related to the 2014 royalty reports.''
The seventh comment that we received stated the following:
``Thank you for reaching out to us. We have no additional
updates/comments that we see fit to be made at this time.''
Once again, we are soliciting comments on this proposed ICR that is
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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 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 can 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 Federal and Indian lands and the 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.
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.
When a company or an individual enters into a lease to explore,
develop, produce, and sell or otherwise 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 generally 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.
Public laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian
lands and the OCS 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 of the Code of Federal Regulations (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.
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 financial 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, certain rents, and other lease-related transactions
(for example, transportation and processing allowances, lease
adjustments, and quality and location differentials). On a royalty
report, reporters submit a line of data for each type of product
produced from each Federal or Indian property. 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 to the ONRR financial accounting system
if they operate a Federal or Indian onshore or offshore oil and gas
lease or federally approved unit or communitization agreement. ONRR
uses the 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 the Outer
Continental Shelf, onshore 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 the 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. Other Federal government agencies use the monthly data to
monitor and inspect lease operations.
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 (such as State lease production) before
the production is
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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.
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: Revision 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) divided by
the estimated annual number of data lines submitted from the table
below (12,873,046) equals the average completion time.
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. 2019-05927 Filed 3-27-19; 8:45 am]
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