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information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to NPS Information
Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR–
ICCO), 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive,
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to phadrea_ponds@nps.gov (email).
Please reference OMB Control Number
1024–0232 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Diane Miller, National
Program Manager, National
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(telephone). Individuals in the United
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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 February
16, 2022 (87 FR 8874). We did not
receive any comments in response to
that Notice.
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
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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.
(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: The National Underground
Railroad Network to Freedom Act of
1998 (54 U.S.C. 308301, et seq.)
authorizes the NPS to collect
information from applicants requesting
to join the Network to Freedom Program
(the Network). The NPS uses Form 10–
946, National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Application, to
evaluate potential participants and
determine eligibility to become part of
the Network. Through the Network, we
coordinate preservation and education
efforts nationwide and are working to
integrate local historical sites, museums,
and interpretive programs associated
with the Underground Railroad
movement.
All entities that apply to join the
Network must have a verifiable
association with the historic
Underground Railroad movement and
complete NPS Form 10–946, ‘‘National
Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Application,’’ available at
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/ugrr/
index.htm (website). Respondents must
(1) verify associations and
characteristics through descriptive texts
that are the result of historical research
and (2) submit supporting
documentation (e.g., copies of rare
documents, photographs, and maps).
Network to Freedom Program Partners
work with the NPS to help validate the
efforts of local and regional
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organizations, making it easier for them
to share their expertise and
communicate with us and each other.
Prospective partners must submit a
letter with the following information:
• Name and address of the agency
(company or organization)
• Name, address, and phone, fax, and
email information of principal contact
• Abstract not to exceed 200 words
describing the partner’s activity or
mission statement
• Brief description of the entity’s
association to the Underground
Railroad
Title of Collection: National
Underground Railroad Network to
Freedom Program.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0232.
Form Number: NPS Form 10–946,
‘‘National Underground Railroad
Network to Freedom Application.’’
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals; businesses; nonprofit
organizations; and Federal, State, tribal,
and local governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 42.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 40 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,601.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0020; DS63644000
DR2000000.CH7000 234D1113RT; OMB
Control Number 1012–0004]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Royalty and Production
Reporting
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue, Interior.
AGENCY:
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Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(‘‘PRA’’), the Office of Natural Resources
Revenue (‘‘ONRR’’) is proposing to
revise a currently approved information
collection to expand its scope to include
the mineral estate underlying Osage
County, Oklahoma (‘‘Osage Mineral
Estate’’).
SUMMARY:
You must submit your written
comments on or before March 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: All comment submissions
must (1) reference ‘‘OMB Control
Number 1012–0004’’ in the subject line;
(2) be sent to ONRR before the close of
the comment period listed under DATES;
and (3) be sent using the following
method:
Electronically via the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Please visit https://
www.regulations.gov. In the Search Box,
enter the Docket ID Number for this ICR
renewal (‘‘ONRR–2011–0020’’) and click
‘‘search’’ to view the publications
associated with the docket folder.
Locate the document with an open
comment period and click the
‘‘Comment Now!’’ button. Follow the
prompts to submit your comment prior
to the close of the comment period.
Docket: To access the docket folder to
view the ICR Federal Register
publications, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and search
‘‘ONRR–2011–0020’’ to view renewal
notices recently published in the
Federal Register, publications
associated with prior renewals, and
applicable public comments received
for this ICR. ONRR will make the
comments submitted in response to this
notice available for public viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov.
OMB ICR Data: OMB also maintains
information on ICR renewals and
approvals. You may access this
information at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRASearch. Please use the
following instructions: Under the ‘‘OMB
Control Number’’ heading enter ‘‘1012–
0004’’ and click the ‘‘Search’’ button
located at the bottom of the page. To
view the ICR renewal or OMB approval
status, click on the latest entry (based on
the most recent date). On the ‘‘View
ICR—OIRA Conclusion’’ page, check the
box next to ‘‘All’’ to display all available
ICR information provided by OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, please contact Donna Myles,
Data Intake, Solutioning, and
Coordination, ONRR, by email at
Donna.Myles@onrr.gov or by telephone
(214) 640–9057. Individuals in the
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United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech
disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through
this revision, ONRR seeks authority to
collect information related to the
paperwork requirements under 30 CFR
part 1210, subparts B, C, and D; part
1212, subpart B, and the Bureau of
Indian Affairs’ (‘‘BIA’’) proposed
regulations at 25 CFR part 226, subparts
F and I. ONRR uses forms ONRR–2014,
ONRR–4054, and ONRR–4058 as part of
these information collection
requirements.
Pursuant to the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501,
et seq., and 5 CFR 1320.5, all
information collections, as defined in 5
CFR 1320.3, require approval by OMB.
ONRR 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 ONRR’s continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, ONRR is inviting the public
and other Federal agencies to comment
on new, proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information in
accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1). This helps ONRR to assess
the impact of its information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand ONRR’s information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
ONRR is especially interested in
public comments addressing the
following:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of ONRR’s 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.
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Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. ONRR will include or
summarize each comment in its 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 ONRR in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, ONRR cannot guarantee that it
will be able to do so.
Abstract: (a) General Information: The
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Management Act of 1982 (‘‘FOGRMA’’)
directs the Secretary of the Interior
(‘‘Secretary’’) to ‘‘establish a
comprehensive inspection, collection
and fiscal and production accounting
and auditing system to provide the
capability to accurately determine oil
and gas royalties, interest, fines,
penalties, fees, deposits, and other
payments owed, and to collect and
account for such amounts in a timely
manner.’’ See 30 U.S.C. 1711. ONRR
performs these and other mineral
revenue management responsibilities for
the Secretary. See U.S. Department of
the Interior Departmental Manual, 112
DM 34.1 (Sept. 9, 2020). FOGRMA and
ONRR’s regulations at 30 CFR Chapter
XII do not apply to the Osage Mineral
Estate.
The Osage Mineral Estate is held in
trust by the United States for the benefit
of the Osage Nation. See Osage
Allotment Act of June 28, 1906, Public
Law 59–321, 3, 34 Stat. 539, as
amended. BIA’s regulations at 25 CFR
part 226 contain requirements specific
to the Osage Mineral Estate, and,
historically, BIA has performed
compliance activities related to those
requirements. In conjunction with this
ICR, BIA has published a proposed rule
in the Federal Register on January 13,
2023 (88 FR 2430) that would require a
lessee of the Osage Mineral Estate to
submit to ONRR certain forms already
authorized in this ICR for Federal and
non-Osage Indian lands. Accordingly,
this ICR revision adds information
collections specific to oil and gas
royalty and production reporting for the
Osage Mineral Estate.
This ICR remains unchanged in its
application and effect as to all leases
previously subject to the information
collections described below in (b)(2)
and (3), which includes all Federal
leases onshore and offshore and all
Indian leases held in trust by the United
States, except for the Osage Mineral
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Estate. The information collection
related to the Osage Mineral Estate is
described below in (b)(1).
ONRR uses the production, royalty,
and other information collected in this
ICR to ensure that a lessee properly pays
royalty and other mineral revenues due
on oil, gas, and geothermal resources
produced from Federal and Indian
lands. ONRR shares the data with the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of
Land Management, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, Bureau of Safety
and Environmental Enforcement, and
Tribal and State governments for their
land and lease management
responsibilities. The requirement to
report accurately and timely is
mandatory.
(b) Information Collections: This ICR
covers the paperwork requirements
under 30 CFR part 1210, subparts B, C,
and D; part 1212, subpart B and
proposed regulations under 25 CFR part
226, subparts F and I as follows:
(1) Osage Mineral Estate Royalty and
Production Reporting: The proposed
regulations at 25 CFR part 226, subparts
F and I require a lessee to submit
information to ONRR specific to the
Osage Mineral Estate’s royalties, rental,
bonuses, and other payment
information, including sales volumes
and values. Lessees are required to
submit this information by using one of
the forms identified by ONRR. ONRR
uses the information collected to ensure
companies properly pay royalties based
on accurate production accounting on
oil, gas, and geothermal resources that
they produce from leases of the Osage
Mineral Estate.
(2) Royalty Reporting: Regulations at
30 CFR part 1210, subparts B and D and
part 1212, subpart B, require a lessee to
report and remit royalty on oil, gas, and
geothermal resources, and to make,
retain, and, upon request, provide for
inspection accurate and complete
records demonstrating proper royalty
and other payment. A lessee submits
form ONRR–2014, Report of Sales and
Royalty Remittance, monthly to report
royalty on oil, gas, and geothermal
leases. Each line contains the royalty
owed and the basic elements necessary
to calculate the royalty, such as lease
number, agreement number, unit
number, product code, sales type, sales
volume, sales value, processing
allowances, transportation allowances,
royalty value prior to allowances, and
royalty value less allowances. A lessee
also uses the form to report certain
rents.
(3) Production Reporting: Regulations
at 30 CFR part 1210, subparts C and D
and part 1212, subpart B, require an
operator to submit production reports if
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it operates a Federal or Indian oil and
gas lease or federally approved unit or
communitization agreement, and to
make, retain, and, upon request, provide
for inspection accurate and complete
records for demonstrating royalty
payment. An operator uses the
following forms for production
accounting and reporting:
(i) Form ONRR–4054, Oil and Gas
Operations Report: An operator submits
this report monthly. Part A tracks the oil
and gas volume produced from each
Federal or Indian well. Part B tracks
disposition of the oil and gas. Part C
tracks the oil and gas inventory on the
property. ONRR compares the
production information with the sales
and other royalty data that a lessee
submits on form ONRR–2014 to ensure
that the lessee paid and reported the
proper royalty on the reported oil and
gas production. ONRR also uses the
information from 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.
(ii) Form ONRR–4058, Production
Allocation Schedule Report: Unless
certain conditions are met, an operator
must submit this report if it operates 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. The report is filed
monthly to allocate the production to
each source. ONRR uses the data to
verify accurate production and royalty
reporting.
Title of Collection: Royalty and
Production Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 1012–0004.
Form Numbers: ONRR–2014, ONRR–
4054, and ONRR–4058.
Type of Review: Revision to a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 3,490 oil, gas, and
geothermal reporters.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 12,827,063 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
1.72 minutes per line. The average
completion time is calculated by first
multiplying the estimated annual
burden hours from the table below
(369,379) by 60 to obtain the total
annual burden minutes. Then the total
annual burden minutes (22,162,740) is
divided by the estimated annual number
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of lines submitted from the table below
(12,827,063).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 369,379 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour
Burden Cost: ONRR identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burden associated with this
collection of information.
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.
The authority for this action is the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Howard Cantor,
Acting Director, Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0020; DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 234D1113RT; OMB
Control Number 1012-0004]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Royalty and Production
Reporting
AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(``PRA''), the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (``ONRR'') is
proposing to revise a currently approved information collection to
expand its scope to include the mineral estate underlying Osage County,
Oklahoma (``Osage Mineral Estate'').
DATES: You must submit your written comments on or before March 31,
2023.
ADDRESSES: All comment submissions must (1) reference ``OMB Control
Number 1012-0004'' in the subject line; (2) be sent to ONRR before the
close of the comment period listed under DATES; and (3) be sent using
the following method:
Electronically via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Please visit
https://www.regulations.gov. In the Search Box, enter the Docket ID
Number for this ICR renewal (``ONRR-2011-0020'') and click ``search''
to view the publications associated with the docket folder. Locate the
document with an open comment period and click the ``Comment Now!''
button. Follow the prompts to submit your comment prior to the close of
the comment period.
Docket: To access the docket folder to view the ICR Federal
Register publications, go to https://www.regulations.gov and search
``ONRR-2011-0020'' to view renewal notices recently published in the
Federal Register, publications associated with prior renewals, and
applicable public comments received for this ICR. ONRR will make the
comments submitted in response to this notice available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov.
OMB ICR Data: OMB also maintains information on ICR renewals and
approvals. You may access this information at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch. Please use the following instructions: Under the
``OMB Control Number'' heading enter ``1012-0004'' and click the
``Search'' button located at the bottom of the page. To view the ICR
renewal or OMB approval status, click on the latest entry (based on the
most recent date). On the ``View ICR--OIRA Conclusion'' page, check the
box next to ``All'' to display all available ICR information provided
by OMB.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, please contact Donna Myles, Data Intake, Solutioning,
and Coordination, ONRR, by email at [email protected] or by
telephone (214) 640-9057. Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Through this revision, ONRR seeks authority
to collect information related to the paperwork requirements under 30
CFR part 1210, subparts B, C, and D; part 1212, subpart B, and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs' (``BIA'') proposed regulations at 25 CFR part
226, subparts F and I. ONRR uses forms ONRR-2014, ONRR-4054, and ONRR-
4058 as part of these information collection requirements.
Pursuant to the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq., and 5 CFR 1320.5, all
information collections, as defined in 5 CFR 1320.3, require approval
by OMB. ONRR 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 ONRR's continuing effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burdens, ONRR is inviting the public and other Federal
agencies to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information in accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1). This helps ONRR to assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It
also helps the public understand ONRR's information collection
requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.
ONRR is especially interested in public comments addressing the
following:
(1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of ONRR's 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. ONRR will include or summarize each comment in its
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 ONRR in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, ONRR
cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.
Abstract: (a) General Information: The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Management Act of 1982 (``FOGRMA'') directs the Secretary of the
Interior (``Secretary'') to ``establish a comprehensive inspection,
collection and fiscal and production accounting and auditing system to
provide the capability to accurately determine oil and gas royalties,
interest, fines, penalties, fees, deposits, and other payments owed,
and to collect and account for such amounts in a timely manner.'' See
30 U.S.C. 1711. ONRR performs these and other mineral revenue
management responsibilities for the Secretary. See U.S. Department of
the Interior Departmental Manual, 112 DM 34.1 (Sept. 9, 2020). FOGRMA
and ONRR's regulations at 30 CFR Chapter XII do not apply to the Osage
Mineral Estate.
The Osage Mineral Estate is held in trust by the United States for
the benefit of the Osage Nation. See Osage Allotment Act of June 28,
1906, Public Law 59-321, 3, 34 Stat. 539, as amended. BIA's regulations
at 25 CFR part 226 contain requirements specific to the Osage Mineral
Estate, and, historically, BIA has performed compliance activities
related to those requirements. In conjunction with this ICR, BIA has
published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on January 13, 2023
(88 FR 2430) that would require a lessee of the Osage Mineral Estate to
submit to ONRR certain forms already authorized in this ICR for Federal
and non-Osage Indian lands. Accordingly, this ICR revision adds
information collections specific to oil and gas royalty and production
reporting for the Osage Mineral Estate.
This ICR remains unchanged in its application and effect as to all
leases previously subject to the information collections described
below in (b)(2) and (3), which includes all Federal leases onshore and
offshore and all Indian leases held in trust by the United States,
except for the Osage Mineral
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Estate. The information collection related to the Osage Mineral Estate
is described below in (b)(1).
ONRR uses the production, royalty, and other information collected
in this ICR to ensure that a lessee properly pays royalty and other
mineral revenues due on oil, gas, and geothermal resources produced
from Federal and Indian lands. ONRR shares the data with the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, and Tribal
and State governments for their land and lease management
responsibilities. The requirement to report accurately and timely is
mandatory.
(b) Information Collections: This ICR covers the paperwork
requirements under 30 CFR part 1210, subparts B, C, and D; part 1212,
subpart B and proposed regulations under 25 CFR part 226, subparts F
and I as follows:
(1) Osage Mineral Estate Royalty and Production Reporting: The
proposed regulations at 25 CFR part 226, subparts F and I require a
lessee to submit information to ONRR specific to the Osage Mineral
Estate's royalties, rental, bonuses, and other payment information,
including sales volumes and values. Lessees are required to submit this
information by using one of the forms identified by ONRR. ONRR uses the
information collected to ensure companies properly pay royalties based
on accurate production accounting on oil, gas, and geothermal resources
that they produce from leases of the Osage Mineral Estate.
(2) Royalty Reporting: Regulations at 30 CFR part 1210, subparts B
and D and part 1212, subpart B, require a lessee to report and remit
royalty on oil, gas, and geothermal resources, and to make, retain,
and, upon request, provide for inspection accurate and complete records
demonstrating proper royalty and other payment. A lessee submits form
ONRR-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance, monthly to report
royalty on oil, gas, and geothermal leases. Each line contains the
royalty owed and the basic elements necessary to calculate the royalty,
such as lease number, agreement number, unit number, product code,
sales type, sales volume, sales value, processing allowances,
transportation allowances, royalty value prior to allowances, and
royalty value less allowances. A lessee also uses the form to report
certain rents.
(3) Production Reporting: Regulations at 30 CFR part 1210, subparts
C and D and part 1212, subpart B, require an operator to submit
production reports if it operates a Federal or Indian oil and gas lease
or federally approved unit or communitization agreement, and to make,
retain, and, upon request, provide for inspection accurate and complete
records for demonstrating royalty payment. An operator uses the
following forms for production accounting and reporting:
(i) Form ONRR-4054, Oil and Gas Operations Report: An operator
submits this report monthly. Part A tracks the oil and gas volume
produced from each Federal or Indian well. Part B tracks disposition of
the oil and gas. Part C tracks the oil and gas inventory on the
property. ONRR compares the production information with the sales and
other royalty data that a lessee submits on form ONRR-2014 to ensure
that the lessee paid and reported the proper royalty on the reported
oil and gas production. ONRR also uses the information from 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.
(ii) Form ONRR-4058, Production Allocation Schedule Report: Unless
certain conditions are met, an operator must submit this report if it
operates 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. The report
is filed monthly to allocate the production to each source. ONRR uses
the data to verify accurate production and royalty reporting.
Title of Collection: Royalty and Production Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 1012-0004.
Form Numbers: ONRR-2014, ONRR-4054, and ONRR-4058.
Type of Review: Revision to a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 3,490 oil, gas, and
geothermal reporters.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 12,827,063 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 1.72 minutes per line. The average completion time is
calculated by first multiplying the estimated annual burden hours from
the table below (369,379) by 60 to obtain the total annual burden
minutes. Then the total annual burden minutes (22,162,740) is divided
by the estimated annual number of lines submitted from the table below
(12,827,063).
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 369,379 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: ONRR identified no
``non-hour cost'' burden associated with this collection of
information.
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.
The authority for this action is the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Howard Cantor,
Acting Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2023-01000 Filed 1-27-23; 8:45 am]
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