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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 5, 2021 / Notices
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 6,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments on this information
collection request (ICR) by mail to
Darrin King, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Attention PRA Office, 440
W 200 S #500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101;
or by email to BLM_HQ_PRA_
Comments@blm.gov. Please reference
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Control Number 1004–0179 in
the subject line of your comments.
Please note that due to COVID–19, the
electronic submission of comments is
recommended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by
email at j35spenc@blm.gov, or by
telephone at 307–775–6261. Individuals
who are hearing or speech impaired
may call the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance. 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 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval
under the PRA. The BLM may not
conduct or sponsor, and you are not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies 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 especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
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(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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: This control number
authorizes the BLM to collect
information that enables in-kind sales of
helium in accordance with the Helium
Stewardship Act (50 U.S.C. 167–167q)
and 43 CFR part 3195. This request of
for OMB to renew this OMB control
number for an additional three years.
There are no program, form, or other
policy changes proposed with this
renewal request. The BLM is requesting,
however, that the burden for this OMB
control number be adjusted from 240 to
244 total annual burden hours. The
change in burden results from changes
to the number of respondents for each
information collection (form number)
approved under this OMB control
number.
Title of Collection: Helium Contracts
(43 CFR part 3195).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0179.
Form Numbers: 3195–1; 3195–2;
3195–3; and 3195–4.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Private
helium merchants that sell a major
helium requirement (i.e., an amount of
refined helium greater than 200,000
standard cubic feet of refined gaseous
helium or 7,510 liters of liquid helium)
to a Federal agency or to private helium
purchasers for use in Federal
Government contracts.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 40.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 61.
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Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 4 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 244.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Quarterly for
the Refined Helium Deliveries Detail
(Form 3195–4); Annually for the
Calculation of Excess Refining Capacity
(Form 3195–1) and Refiners’ Annual
Tolling Report (Form 3195–2); and On
occasion for the Refiners’ Tolling
Occurrence Report (Form 3195–3).
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Darrin A. King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLHQ310000.L13100000.PP0000; OMB
Control No. 1004–0034]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Oil and Gas, or Geothermal
Resources: Transfers and
Assignments
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 4,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by
SUMMARY:
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email at j35spenc@blm.gov, or by
telephone at 307–775–6261. Individuals
who are hearing or speech impaired
may call the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance. 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 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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 December
21, 2020 (85 FR 83102). No comments
were received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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
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withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: This collection of
information enables the BLM to process
assignments of record title interest and
transfers of operating rights in a lease
for oil and gas or geothermal resources.
Each assignment or transfer is a contract
between private parties but, by law,
must be approved by the Secretary. The
BLM uses information about
assignments and transfers to prevent
unlawful extraction of mineral
resources, to ensure prompt payment of
rentals and royalties for the rights
obtained under a Federal lease, and to
ensure that leases are not encumbered
with agreements that cause the minerals
to be uneconomical to produce,
resulting in lost revenues to the Federal
Government. The information also
enables the BLM to ensure the assignee
or transferee is in compliance with the
bonding requirements, when necessary,
before approval of the transfer or
assignment. Form 3000–003 is used to
transfer record title interest (i.e.,
primary ownership of a lease or the
lessee’s interest). Form 3003–003a is
used to transfer operating rights interest
(i.e., also referred to as working interest
or a sublease). This request is to extend
for an additional three years OMB’s
approval for the collections of
information under this OMB control
number.
There are no changes to the
information collections (Forms 3003–
003 and 3003–003a) under OMB control
number 1004–0034. The only program
change to the information collections is
due to an increase in cost-recovery fees
from $95 to $100 per filing. The
estimated annual responses have been
adjusted downward by 8,808, from
17,626 to 8,818 responses. These
adjustments have decreased the hour
burden by 4,404, from 8,814 to 4,410
hours. Similarly, the non-hour cost
burdens have been adjusted downward
by $792,670, from $1,674,470 to
$881,800. This downward adjustment in
costs is offset by a $44,090 increase due
to an increase in cost recovery fees. The
cost recovery fees were increased
pursuant to a BLM final rule titled,
Minerals Management: Adjustment of
Cost Recovery Fees, published in the
Federal Register on October 9, 2020 (85
FR 64056). The itemized changes in
burdens are outlined in the information
collection request that has been
submitted to OMB and is available at
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
Title of Collection: Oil and Gas, or
Geothermal Resources: Transfers and
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Assignments (43 CFR Subparts 3106,
3135, and 3216).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0034.
Form Numbers: 3000–003; 3000–003a.
Type of Review: Extension with
revision of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Assignors and assignees of record title
interest in a lease for oil and gas or
geothermal resources; and transferors
and transferees of operating rights
(sublease) in a lease for oil and gas or
geothermal resources.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 8,818.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 8,818.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 30 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,410.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $881,800.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a person is not
required to respond to a collection of
information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Darrin King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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On the basis of the record 1 developed
in the subject five-year reviews, the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLHQ310000.L13100000.PP0000; OMB Control No. 1004-0034]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Oil and Gas, or
Geothermal Resources: Transfers and Assignments
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 4, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by
[[Page 23981]]
email at [email protected], or by telephone at 307-775-6261. Individuals
who are hearing or speech impaired may call the Federal Relay Service
at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY assistance. 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 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
December 21, 2020 (85 FR 83102). No comments were received.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
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: This collection of information enables the BLM to process
assignments of record title interest and transfers of operating rights
in a lease for oil and gas or geothermal resources. Each assignment or
transfer is a contract between private parties but, by law, must be
approved by the Secretary. The BLM uses information about assignments
and transfers to prevent unlawful extraction of mineral resources, to
ensure prompt payment of rentals and royalties for the rights obtained
under a Federal lease, and to ensure that leases are not encumbered
with agreements that cause the minerals to be uneconomical to produce,
resulting in lost revenues to the Federal Government. The information
also enables the BLM to ensure the assignee or transferee is in
compliance with the bonding requirements, when necessary, before
approval of the transfer or assignment. Form 3000-003 is used to
transfer record title interest (i.e., primary ownership of a lease or
the lessee's interest). Form 3003-003a is used to transfer operating
rights interest (i.e., also referred to as working interest or a
sublease). This request is to extend for an additional three years
OMB's approval for the collections of information under this OMB
control number.
There are no changes to the information collections (Forms 3003-003
and 3003-003a) under OMB control number 1004-0034. The only program
change to the information collections is due to an increase in cost-
recovery fees from $95 to $100 per filing. The estimated annual
responses have been adjusted downward by 8,808, from 17,626 to 8,818
responses. These adjustments have decreased the hour burden by 4,404,
from 8,814 to 4,410 hours. Similarly, the non-hour cost burdens have
been adjusted downward by $792,670, from $1,674,470 to $881,800. This
downward adjustment in costs is offset by a $44,090 increase due to an
increase in cost recovery fees. The cost recovery fees were increased
pursuant to a BLM final rule titled, Minerals Management: Adjustment of
Cost Recovery Fees, published in the Federal Register on October 9,
2020 (85 FR 64056). The itemized changes in burdens are outlined in the
information collection request that has been submitted to OMB and is
available at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Title of Collection: Oil and Gas, or Geothermal Resources:
Transfers and Assignments (43 CFR Subparts 3106, 3135, and 3216).
OMB Control Number: 1004-0034.
Form Numbers: 3000-003; 3000-003a.
Type of Review: Extension with revision of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Assignors and assignees of record
title interest in a lease for oil and gas or geothermal resources; and
transferors and transferees of operating rights (sublease) in a lease
for oil and gas or geothermal resources.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 8,818.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 8,818.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 30 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 4,410.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $881,800.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor and, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, a person is not required to respond to a collection
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Darrin King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-09496 Filed 5-4-21; 8:45 am]
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