80 FR 38734 - Information Collection Activities; Well Control and Production Safety Training; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 129 (July 7, 2015)

Page Range		38734-38736
FR Document		2015-16599

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under subpart O, Well Control and Production Safety Training. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the revised paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

[Docket ID BSEE-2015-0004; OMB Control Number 1014-0008; 15XE1700DX
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Information Collection Activities; Well Control and Production
Safety Training; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is notifying the
public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request
(ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the
regulations under subpart O, Well Control and Production Safety
Training. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to
comment on the revised paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.

DATES: You must submit comments by August 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either fax (202) 395-5806 or email
(OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov) directly to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of
the Interior (1014-0008). Please provide a copy of your comments to
BSEE by any of the means below.
Electronically go to http://www.regulations.gov. In the
Search box, enter BSEE-2015-0004 then click search. Follow the
instructions to submit public comments and view all related materials.
We will post all comments.
Email cheryl.blundon@bsee.gov, fax (703) 787-1546, or mail
or hand-carry comments to the Department of the Interior; Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement; Regulations and Standards Branch;
ATTN: Cheryl Blundon; 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166. Please
reference ICR 1014-0008 in your comment and include your name and
return address.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787-1607, to request additional information
about this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR submitted to OMB, go to
http://www.reginfo.gov (select Information Collection Review, Currently
Under Review).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart O, Well control and Production Safety
Training.
OMB Control Number: 1014-0008.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act, as amended
(43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to prescribe rules and regulations necessary
for the administration of the leasing provisions of the Act related to
mineral resources on the OCS. Such rules and regulations will apply to
all operations conducted under a lease, pipeline right-of-way, or a
right-of-use and easement. Operations on the OCS must preserve,
protect, and develop oil and natural gas resources in a manner that is
consistent with the need to make such resources available to meet the
Nation's energy needs as rapidly as possible; to balance orderly energy
resource development with protection of human, marine, and coastal
environments; to ensure the public a fair and equitable return on the
resources of the OCS; and to preserve and maintain free enterprise
competition.
In addition to the general rulemaking authority of the OCSLA at 43
U.S.C. 1334, section 301(a) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Management Act (FOGRMA), 30 U.S.C. 1751(a), grants authority to the
Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as are reasonably
necessary to carry out FOGRMA's provisions. While the majority of
FOGRMA is directed to royalty collection and enforcement, some
provisions apply to offshore operations. For example, section 108 of
FOGRMA, 30 U.S.C. 1718, grants the Secretary broad authority to inspect
lease sites for the purpose of determining whether there is compliance
with the mineral leasing laws. Section 109(c)(2) and (d)(1), 30 U.S.C.
1719(c)(2) and (d)(1), impose substantial civil penalties for failure
to permit lawful inspections and for knowing or willful preparation or
submission of false, inaccurate, or misleading reports, records, or
other information. Because the Secretary has delegated some of the
authority under FOGRMA to BSEE, 30 U.S.C. 1751 is included as
additional authority for these requirements.
Section 1332(6) of the OCS Lands Act requires that ``operations in
the [O]uter Continental Shelf should be conducted in a safe manner by
well trained personnel using technology, precautions, and other
techniques sufficient to prevent or minimize the likelihood of
blowouts, loss of well control, fires, spillages, physical obstructions
to other users of the waters or subsoil and seabed, or other
occurrences which may cause damage to the environment or to property or
endanger life or health.''
It should be noted, that due to the regulatory requirements in 30
CFR 250, subpart S (SEMS), the 30 CFR 250, subpart O, audits ceased.
The training audits fall under the requirements defined in Sec.
250.1915. However, BSEE keeps subpart O documents and regulations
active, because the subpart O regulatory requirements give BSEE the
authority and ability to test employees on the effectiveness of their
own training program with respect to well control and production
safety.
This authority and responsibility are among those delegated to the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). The regulations
at 30 CFR 250, subpart O, Well Control and Production Safety Training,
concern training requirements for certain personnel working on the OCS
and is the subject of this collection. This request also covers the
related Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) that BSEE issues to
clarify, supplement, or provide additional guidance on some aspects of
our regulations.
BSEE will use the information collected under subpart O regulations
to ensure that workers in the OCS are properly trained with the
necessary skills to perform their jobs in a safe and pollution-free
manner.
In some instances, we may conduct oral interviews of offshore
employees to evaluate the effectiveness of a company's training
program. The oral interviews are used to gauge how effectively the
companies are implementing their own training program.
Responses are mandatory or are required to obtain or retain a
benefit. No questions of a sensitive or private nature are asked. If
however, we did collect any such information, BSEE protects information
considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552) and DOIs implementing regulations (43 CFR 2), and under
regulations at 30 CFR part 250.197, Data and information to be made
available to the public or for limited inspection, 30 CFR part 252, OCS
Oil and Gas Information Program.
The information collected under subpart O is used to ensure that
workers in the OCS are properly trained with the necessary skills to
perform their jobs in a safe and pollution-free manner.
In some instances, we may conduct oral interviews of offshore
employees to evaluate the effectiveness of a company's training
program. The oral interviews are used to gauge how effectively the
companies are implementing their own training program.
Frequency: On occasion and as required by regulations.
Description of Respondents: Potential respondents comprise OCS
Federal oil, gas, or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The estimated
annual hour burden for this information collection is a total of 202
hours. The following chart details the individual components and
estimated hour burdens. In calculating the burdens, we assumed that
respondents perform certain requirements in the normal course of their
activities. We consider these to be usual and customary and took that
into account in estimating the burden.

Burden Table
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Reporting &
Citation 30 CFR 250 Subpart recordkeeping Hour burden Average number of annual Annual burden
O requirement responses hours
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1503(a), (c)................ Develop training 120............. 1......................... 120
plans. Note:
Existing lessees/
respondents already
have training plans
developed. This
number reflects
development of
plans for any new
lessees.

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1503(d)(1).................. Upon request, 16.............. 1......................... 16
provide BSEE with
copies of training
documentation for
personnel involved
in well control,
deepwater well
control, or
production safety
operations within
the past 5 years.
1503(d)(2).................. Upon request, 16.............. 1......................... 16
provide BSEE with a
copy of your
training plan.
1507(b)..................... Employee oral 2............... 1......................... 2
interview conducted
by BSEE..
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1507(c), (d); 1508; 1509.... Written testing Not considered information collection under 0
conducted by BSEE 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(7).
or authorized
representative.
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1510(b)..................... Revise training plan 40.............. 1......................... 40
and submit to BSEE..
250.1500-1510............... General departure or 8............... 1......................... 8
alternative
compliance requests
not specifically
covered elsewhere
in subpart O.
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Total Hour Burden....... .................... ................ 6......................... 202
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Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: We have
not identified any non-hour cost burdens associated with this
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,)
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Until OMB approves a collection of information, you are not obligated
to respond.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et
seq.,) requires each agency ``. . . to provide notice . . . and
otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies
concerning each proposed collection of information . . .'' Agencies
must specifically solicit comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
collection is necessary or useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the
burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected;
and (d) minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of
technology.
To comply with the public consultation process, on April 10, 2015,
we published a Federal Register notice (80 FR 19352) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In addition, Sec. 250.199 provides the
OMB Control Number for the information collection requirements imposed
by the 30 CFR 250, subpart O regulations and forms. The regulation also
informs the public that they may comment at any time on the collections
of information and provides the address to which they should send
comments. We received one comment in response to the Federal Register
notice or unsolicited comments from respondents covered under these
regulations. The comment was from a private citizen and it was not
germane to the paperwork burden of this ICR.
Public Availability of Comments: 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.

Dated: June 16, 2015.
Keith Good,
Acting Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-16599 Filed 7-6-15; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.C. 1719(c)(2) and (d)(1), impose skills to perform their jobs in a safe and
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and substantial civil penalties for failure to pollution-free manner.
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607, to permit lawful inspections and for In some instances, we may conduct
request additional information about knowing or willful preparation or oral interviews of offshore employees to
this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR submission of false, inaccurate, or evaluate the effectiveness of a
submitted to OMB, go to http:// misleading reports, records, or other company’s training program. The oral
www.reginfo.gov (select Information information. Because the Secretary has interviews are used to gauge how
Collection Review, Currently Under delegated some of the authority under effectively the companies are
Review). FOGRMA to BSEE, 30 U.S.C. 1751 is implementing their own training
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: included as additional authority for program.
Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart O, Well these requirements. Responses are mandatory or are
control and Production Safety Training. Section 1332(6) of the OCS Lands Act required to obtain or retain a benefit. No
OMB Control Number: 1014–0008. requires that ‘‘operations in the [O]uter questions of a sensitive or private nature
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf Continental Shelf should be conducted are asked. If however, we did collect
(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. in a safe manner by well trained any such information, BSEE protects
1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), personnel using technology, information considered proprietary
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior precautions, and other techniques under the Freedom of Information Act
to prescribe rules and regulations sufficient to prevent or minimize the (5 U.S.C. 552) and DOIs implementing
necessary for the administration of the likelihood of blowouts, loss of well regulations (43 CFR 2), and under
leasing provisions of the Act related to control, fires, spillages, physical regulations at 30 CFR part 250.197, Data
mineral resources on the OCS. Such obstructions to other users of the waters and information to be made available to
rules and regulations will apply to all or subsoil and seabed, or other the public or for limited inspection, 30
operations conducted under a lease, occurrences which may cause damage to CFR part 252, OCS Oil and Gas
pipeline right-of-way, or a right-of-use the environment or to property or Information Program.
and easement. Operations on the OCS endanger life or health.’’ The information collected under
must preserve, protect, and develop oil It should be noted, that due to the
subpart O is used to ensure that workers
and natural gas resources in a manner regulatory requirements in 30 CFR 250,
in the OCS are properly trained with the
that is consistent with the need to make subpart S (SEMS), the 30 CFR 250,
necessary skills to perform their jobs in
such resources available to meet the subpart O, audits ceased. The training
a safe and pollution-free manner.
Nation’s energy needs as rapidly as audits fall under the requirements
possible; to balance orderly energy defined in § 250.1915. However, BSEE In some instances, we may conduct
resource development with protection keeps subpart O documents and oral interviews of offshore employees to
of human, marine, and coastal regulations active, because the subpart evaluate the effectiveness of a
environments; to ensure the public a fair O regulatory requirements give BSEE company’s training program. The oral
and equitable return on the resources of the authority and ability to test interviews are used to gauge how
the OCS; and to preserve and maintain employees on the effectiveness of their effectively the companies are
free enterprise competition. own training program with respect to implementing their own training
In addition to the general rulemaking well control and production safety. program.
authority of the OCSLA at 43 U.S.C. This authority and responsibility are Frequency: On occasion and as
1334, section 301(a) of the Federal Oil among those delegated to the Bureau of required by regulations.
and Gas Royalty Management Act Safety and Environmental Enforcement Description of Respondents: Potential
(FOGRMA), 30 U.S.C. 1751(a), grants (BSEE). The regulations at 30 CFR 250, respondents comprise OCS Federal oil,
authority to the Secretary to prescribe subpart O, Well Control and Production gas, or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
such rules and regulations as are Safety Training, concern training Estimated Reporting and
reasonably necessary to carry out requirements for certain personnel Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
FOGRMA’s provisions. While the working on the OCS and is the subject estimated annual hour burden for this
majority of FOGRMA is directed to of this collection. This request also information collection is a total of 202
royalty collection and enforcement, covers the related Notices to Lessees hours. The following chart details the
some provisions apply to offshore and Operators (NTLs) that BSEE issues individual components and estimated
operations. For example, section 108 of to clarify, supplement, or provide hour burdens. In calculating the
FOGRMA, 30 U.S.C. 1718, grants the additional guidance on some aspects of burdens, we assumed that respondents
Secretary broad authority to inspect our regulations. perform certain requirements in the
lease sites for the purpose of BSEE will use the information normal course of their activities. We
determining whether there is collected under subpart O regulations to consider these to be usual and
compliance with the mineral leasing ensure that workers in the OCS are customary and took that into account in
laws. Section 109(c)(2) and (d)(1), 30 properly trained with the necessary estimating the burden.

BURDEN TABLE
Citation 30 CFR 250 Average number of Annual burden
Reporting & recordkeeping requirement Hour burden
Subpart O annual responses hours
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1503(a), (c) .......................... Develop training plans. Note: Existing lessees/respond- 120 .............. 1 ................................ 120
ents already have training plans developed. This
number reflects development of plans for any new
lessees.

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BURDEN TABLE—Continued
Citation 30 CFR 250 Average number of Annual burden
Reporting & recordkeeping requirement Hour burden
Subpart O annual responses hours

1503(d)(1) ............................ Upon request, provide BSEE with copies of training 16 ................ 1 ................................ 16
documentation for personnel involved in well control,
deepwater well control, or production safety oper-
ations within the past 5 years.
1503(d)(2) ............................ Upon request, provide BSEE with a copy of your train- 16 ................ 1 ................................ 16
ing plan.
1507(b) ................................ Employee oral interview conducted by BSEE. ................ 2 .................. 1 ................................ 2

1507(c), (d); 1508; 1509 ..... Written testing conducted by BSEE or authorized rep- Not considered information collection 0
resentative. under 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(7).

1510(b) ................................ Revise training plan and submit to BSEE. ...................... 40 ................ 1 ................................ 40
250.1500–1510 .................... General departure or alternative compliance requests 8 .................. 1 ................................ 8
not specifically covered elsewhere in subpart O.

Total Hour Burden ........ ........................................................................................... ..................... 6 ................................ 202

Estimated Reporting and private citizen and it was not germane Health Center of Branch County
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: to the paperwork burden of this ICR. (‘‘Branch’’), and ProMedica Health
We have not identified any non-hour Public Availability of Comments: System (‘‘ProMedica’’) that unlawfully
cost burdens associated with this Before including your address, phone allocated territories for the marketing of
collection of information. number, email address, or other competing healthcare services in
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA personal identifying information in your violation of section 1 of the Sherman
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,) provides that comment, you should be aware that Act, 15 U.S.C. 1, and section 2 of the
an agency may not conduct or sponsor your entire comment—including your Michigan Antitrust Reform Act, MCL
a collection of information unless it personal identifying information—may 445.772. The proposed Final Judgment,
displays a currently valid OMB control be made publicly available at any time. submitted at the same time as the
number. Until OMB approves a While you can ask us in your comment Complaint, prohibits the settling
collection of information, you are not to withhold your personal identifying Defendants—Hillsdale, Branch, and
obligated to respond. information from public review, we ProMedica—from agreeing with other
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of cannot guarantee that we will be able to healthcare providers to prohibit or limit
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,) do so. marketing or to divide any geographic
requires each agency ‘‘. . . to provide market or territory. The proposed Final
Dated: June 16, 2015.
notice . . . and otherwise consult with Judgment also prohibits the settling
members of the public and affected Keith Good,
Acting Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore
Defendants from communicating with
agencies concerning each proposed other Defendants about marketing plans,
collection of information . . .’’ Agencies Regulatory Programs.
with limited exceptions.
must specifically solicit comments to: [FR Doc. 2015–16599 Filed 7–6–15; 8:45 am]
Copies of the Complaint, proposed
(a) Evaluate whether the collection is BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P
Final Judgment, and Competitive Impact
necessary or useful; (b) evaluate the Statement are available for inspection at
accuracy of the burden of the proposed the Department of Justice, Antitrust
collection of information; (c) enhance DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Division, Antitrust Documents Group,
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 450 Fifth Street NW., Suite 1010,
the information to be collected; and (d) Antitrust Division
Washington, DC 20530 (telephone: 202–
minimize the burden on the United States and State of Michigan v. 514–2481), on the Department of
respondents, including the use of Hillsdale Community Health Center, et Justice’s Web site at http://
technology. al.; Proposed Final Judgment and www.justice.gov/atr, and at the Office of
To comply with the public the Clerk of the United States District
Competitive Impact Statement
consultation process, on April 10, 2015, Court for the Eastern District of
we published a Federal Register notice Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Michigan. Copies of these materials may
(80 FR 19352) announcing that we Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, be obtained from the Antitrust Division
would submit this ICR to OMB for 15 U.S.C. 16(b)–(h), that a proposed upon request and payment of the
approval. The notice provided the Final Judgment, Stipulation and Order, copying fee set by Department of Justice
required 60-day comment period. In and Competitive Impact Statement have regulations.
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB been filed with the United States Public comment on the proposed
Control Number for the information District Court for the Eastern District of Final Judgment is invited within 60
collection requirements imposed by the Michigan in United States and State of days of the date of this notice. Such
30 CFR 250, subpart O regulations and Michigan v. Hillsdale Community comments, including the name of the
forms. The regulation also informs the Health Center, et al., Civil Action No. submitter, and responses thereto, will be
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public that they may comment at any 15–cv–12311 (JEL) (DRG). On June 25, posted on the U.S. Department of
time on the collections of information 2015, the United States and the State of Justice, Antitrust Division’s internet
and provides the address to which they Michigan filed a Complaint alleging that Web site, filed with the Court and,
should send comments. We received Defendant Hillsdale Community Health under certain circumstances, published
one comment in response to the Federal Center (‘‘Hillsdale’’) entered into in the Federal Register. Comments
Register notice or unsolicited comments agreements with Defendants W.A. Foote should be directed to Peter J. Mucchetti,
from respondents covered under these Memorial Hospital, d/b/a Allegiance Chief, Litigation I Section, Antitrust
regulations. The comment was from a Health (‘‘Allegiance’’), Community Division, Department of Justice, 450

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		30-Day notice.
Dates		You must submit comments by August 6, 2015.
Contact		Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and Standards Branch, (703) 787-1607, to request additional information about this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR submitted to OMB, go to http://www.reginfo.gov (select Information Collection Review, Currently Under Review).
FR Citation		80 FR 38734

80 FR 38734 - Information Collection Activities; Well Control and Production Safety Training; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

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