80 FR 52497 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Accounts Receivable Confirmations-OMB Control Number 1012-0001; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 168 (August 31, 2015)
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 168 (August 31, 2015)
| Page Range | 52497-52498 | |
| FR Document | 2015-21621 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 52497-52498] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-21621] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Natural Resources Revenue [Docket No. ONRR-2011-0019; DS63610000 DR2PS0000.CH7000 156D0102R2] Agency Information Collection Activities: Accounts Receivable Confirmations--OMB Control Number 1012-0001; Comment Request AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), Interior. ACTION: Notice of renewal of an existing Information Collection. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), ONRR is inviting comments on an information collection request that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This Information Collection Request (ICR) covers the paperwork requirements under the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO). This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of the regulatory requirements. DATES: Submit written comments on or before September 30, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit your written comments directly to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior (OMB Control Number 1012- 0001), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by email to OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or telefax at (202) 395-5806. Please also mail a copy of your comments to Mr. Luis Aguilar, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 61030A, Denver, Colorado 80225- 0165, or email Luis.Aguilar@onrr.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 1012-0001 in your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues, contact Mr. Hans Meingast, Financial Management, ONRR, telephone (303) [[Page 52498]] 231-3382, or email at hans.meingast@onrr.gov. For other questions, contact Mr. Luis Aguilar, telephone (303) 231-3418, or email Luis.Aguilar@onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. Aguilar to obtain copies (free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated forms, and (3) the regulations that require the subject collection of information. You may also review the information collection request online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 1. Abstract The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior is responsible for mineral resource development on Federal and Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Under various laws, the Secretary's responsibility is to manage mineral resources production on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, collect the royalties, and other mineral revenues due, and distribute the funds collected under those laws. Public laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS are posted at http://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/PubLaws/default.htm. The Secretary also has a trust responsibility to manage Indian lands and seek advice and information from Indian beneficiaries. Minerals produced from Federal and Indian leases vary greatly in the nature of occurrence, production, and processing methods. When a company or an individual enters into a lease to explore, develop, produce, and dispose of minerals from Federal or Indian lands, that company or individual agrees to pay the lessor a share in an amount or value of production from the leased lands. The lessee is required to report various kinds of information to the lessor relative to the disposition of the 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 collected includes data necessary to ensure that production is accurately valued and that royalties are appropriately paid. Every year, under the CFO, the Department's Office of Inspector General, or its agent (agent), audits the Department's financial statements. The Department's goal is to receive an unqualified opinion. Accounts receivable confirmations are a common practice in the audit business. Due to continuously increasing scrutiny on financial audits, third-party confirmation on the validity of ONRR's financial records is necessary. As part of CFO audits, the agent requests, by a specified date, third-party confirmation responses confirming that ONRR accounts receivable records agree with royalty payor records, for the following items: customer identification; royalty/invoice number; payor-assigned document number; date received; original amount reported; and remaining balance due ONRR as of a specified date. In order to meet this requirement, ONRR must mail letters on ONRR letterhead, signed by the Deputy Director for Office of Natural Resources Revenue, to royalty payors selected by the agent at random, asking them to respond to the agent, confirming the accuracy and/or validity of selected royalty receivable items and amounts. Verifying the amounts reported and the balances due requires time for research and analysis by payors. This collection does not require proprietary, trade secret, or other confidential information not protected by agency procedures. No items of a sensitive nature are collected. The requirement to respond is voluntary. 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 the duties of the office and may also result in the loss of royalty payments. Proprietary information submitted is protected, and there are no questions of a sensitive nature included in this information collection. II. Data Title: Accounts Receivable Confirmations. OMB Control Number: 1012-0001. Bureau Form Number: None. Frequency: Annually. Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 24 randomly selected Federal and Indian oil and gas and solid mineral royalty payors. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 6 hours. We estimate that each response will take 15 minutes for payors to complete. Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour'' Cost Burden: We have identified no ``non-hour'' cost burden associated with the collection of information. III. Request for Comments Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires each agency to ``. . . publish a 60-day notice in the Federal Register . . . 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 proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate 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 automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. To comply with the public consultation process, we published a notice in the Federal Register on February 10, 2015 (80 FR 7494), announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the required 60-day comment period. We received no comments in response to the notice. If you wish to comment in response to this notice, you may send your comments to the offices listed under the ADDRESSES section of this notice. The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information collection but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure maximum consideration, OMB should receive public comments by September 30, 2015. Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that 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. Public Comment Policy: ONRR will post all comments, including names and addresses of respondents at http://www.regulations.gov. Before including Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as your address, phone number, email address, or other personal 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 may ask us in your comment to withhold PII from public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Dated: August 27, 2015. Gregory J. Gould, Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue. [FR Doc. 2015-21621 Filed 8-28-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4335-30-P
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human remains should submit a written Dallas Archeological Society in 1963, human remains to the Caddo Nation of
request with information in support of and the subsequent report describes the Oklahoma or the Wichita and Affiliated
the request to the Dallas Water Utilities site as being very extensive, 400 yards Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
at the address in this notice by by 150 yards, and is in the west end of Tawakoni) may proceed.
September 30, 2015. a terrace adjacent to the East Fork of the The Dallas Water Utilities is
ADDRESSES: Terry Hodgins, 405 Long Trinity River. During those excavations, responsible for notifying the Caddo
Creek Road, Sunnyvale, TX 75182, the Dallas Archeological Society Nation of Oklahoma and Wichita and
telephone (214) 670–8658, email encountered nine burials, shell pits, Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco
terry.hodgins@dallascityhall.com. shell cooking pits, and numerous & Tawakoni) that this notice has been
artifacts including pottery, lithic debris, published.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
points, beads, awls, bone needles, and Dated: July 31, 2015.
hereby given in accordance with the
bone pins. The burials included
Native American Graves Protection and Melanie O’Brien,
cremated and primary interments, some
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
with funerary objects such as conch
3003, of the completion of an inventory [FR Doc. 2015–21490 Filed 8–28–15; 8:45 am]
shell beads. The site was excavated
of human remains under the control of again in 1966 by the Texas BILLING CODE 4312–50P
the Dallas Water Utilities. The human Archeological Salvage Project.
remains were removed from Lake Ray Approximately nine trenches were
Hubbard, Rockwall County, TX. placed across the site and excavation by DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
This notice is published as part of the hand occurred. Two primary interments
National Park Service’s administrative Office of Natural Resources Revenue
were excavated that included a broken
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 sherd, worked mussel shell, gar scales, [Docket No. ONRR–2011–0019; DS63610000
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in and fish vertebrae in one grave and DR2PS0000.CH7000 156D0102R2]
this notice are the sole responsibility of small shell beads and large conch shell
the museum, institution, or Federal beads, near the neck of the other burial. Agency Information Collection
agency that has control of the Native Additional non-funerary items included Activities: Accounts Receivable
American human remains. The National bifaces, knives, pottery, and beads Confirmations—OMB Control Number
Park Service is not responsible for the among others. 1012–0001; Comment Request
determinations in this notice. Given the location and age of the site, AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources
Consultation a relationship of shared group identity Revenue (ONRR), Interior.
can be reasonably traced between the ACTION: Notice of renewal of an existing
A detailed assessment of the human
human remains and the Caddo Nation of Information Collection.
remains was made by AR Consultants,
Oklahoma and the Wichita and
Inc. and Dallas Water Utilities
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco SUMMARY: To comply with the
professional staff in initial consultation
& Tawakoni). Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
with representatives of the Caddo
(PRA), ONRR is inviting comments on
Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita Determinations Made by the Dallas
an information collection request that
and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Water Utilities
we will submit to the Office of
Waco & Tawakoni). Officials of the Dallas Water Utilities Management and Budget (OMB) for
History and Description of the Remains and AR Consultants, Inc. have review and approval. This Information
determined that: Collection Request (ICR) covers the
In November 2011 and in the fall of • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
2013, human remains representing, at paperwork requirements under the
human remains described in this notice Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990
minimum, six individuals were represent the physical remains of a
removed from site 41RW2 in Rockwall (CFO). This notice also provides the
minimum number of six individuals of public a second opportunity to
County, TX, near the Shores Golf Native American ancestry. comment on the paperwork burden of
Course. The human remains were found • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there the regulatory requirements.
along the lakebed exposed by low is a relationship of shared group
reservoir water levels. The lake is DATES: Submit written comments on or
identity that can be reasonably traced
property of the City of Dallas, but the before September 30, 2015.
between the Native American human
area in which the remains were found remains and the Caddo Nation of ADDRESSES: You may submit your
is in Rockwall County. Human remains Oklahoma and Wichita and Affiliated written comments directly to the Desk
on the surface of the lakebed were Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Officer for the Department of the
collected and released to the Dallas Tawakoni). Interior (OMB Control Number 1012–
County Medical Examiner’s Office for 0001), Office of Information and
identification. Once the remains were Additional Requestors and Disposition Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by email to
determined to be of no forensic Lineal descendants or representatives OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or
significance, Dallas Water Utilities was of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian telefax at (202) 395–5806. Please also
notified of their presence. Dallas Water organization not identified in this notice mail a copy of your comments to Mr.
Utilities contacted Dr. Catrina Banks that wish to request transfer of control Luis Aguilar, Regulatory Specialist,
Whitley of AR Consultants, Inc. to of these human remains should submit ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 61030A,
conduct skeletal analysis and to assist in a written request with information in Denver, Colorado 80225–0165, or email
tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
determining potential disposition support of the request to Terry Hodgins, Luis.Aguilar@onrr.gov. Please reference
options. No known individuals were 405 Long Creek Road, Sunnyvale, TX, OMB Control Number 1012–0001 in
identified. No associated funerary 75182, telephone (214) 670–8658, email your comments.
objects are present. terry.hodgins@dallascityhall.com, by FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
Site 41RW2, the Upper Rockwall Site, September 30, 2015. After that date, if questions on technical issues, contact
is a Wiley Focus Site dating from A.D. no additional requestors have come Mr. Hans Meingast, Financial
1 to 1500. The site was excavated by the forward, transfer of control of the Management, ONRR, telephone (303)
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231–3382, or email at hans.meingast@ confirmation responses confirming that proposed collection of information is
onrr.gov. For other questions, contact ONRR accounts receivable records agree necessary for the agency to perform its
Mr. Luis Aguilar, telephone (303) 231– with royalty payor records, for the duties, including whether the
3418, or email Luis.Aguilar@onrr.gov. following items: customer information is useful; (b) evaluate the
You may also contact Mr. Aguilar to identification; royalty/invoice number; accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
obtain copies (free of charge) of (1) the payor-assigned document number; date burden of the proposed collection of
ICR, (2) any associated forms, and (3) received; original amount reported; and information; (c) enhance the quality,
the regulations that require the subject remaining balance due ONRR as of a usefulness, and clarity of the
collection of information. You may also specified date. In order to meet this information to be collected; and (d)
review the information collection requirement, ONRR must mail letters on minimize the burden on the
request online at http:// ONRR letterhead, signed by the Deputy respondents, including the use of
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Director for Office of Natural Resources automated collection techniques or
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Revenue, to royalty payors selected by
other forms of information technology.
the agent at random, asking them to
1. Abstract To comply with the public
respond to the agent, confirming the
The Secretary of the U.S. Department accuracy and/or validity of selected consultation process, we published a
of the Interior is responsible for mineral royalty receivable items and amounts. notice in the Federal Register on
resource development on Federal and Verifying the amounts reported and the February 10, 2015 (80 FR 7494),
Indian lands and the Outer Continental balances due requires time for research announcing that we would submit this
Shelf (OCS). Under various laws, the and analysis by payors. ICR to OMB for approval. The notice
Secretary’s responsibility is to manage This collection does not require provided the required 60-day comment
mineral resources production on proprietary, trade secret, or other period. We received no comments in
Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, confidential information not protected response to the notice.
collect the royalties, and other mineral by agency procedures. No items of a
revenues due, and distribute the funds If you wish to comment in response
sensitive nature are collected. The
collected under those laws. Public laws to this notice, you may send your
requirement to respond is voluntary.
pertaining to mineral leases on Federal comments to the offices listed under the
and Indian lands and the OCS are OMB Approval ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
posted at http://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_ We are requesting OMB’s approval to OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
D/PubLaws/default.htm. continue to collect this information. Not disapprove the information collection
The Secretary also has a trust collecting this information would limit but may respond after 30 days.
responsibility to manage Indian lands the Secretary’s ability to discharge the Therefore, to ensure maximum
and seek advice and information from duties of the office and may also result consideration, OMB should receive
Indian beneficiaries. Minerals produced in the loss of royalty payments. public comments by September 30,
from Federal and Indian leases vary Proprietary information submitted is 2015.
greatly in the nature of occurrence, protected, and there are no questions of
production, and processing methods. Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
a sensitive nature included in this (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that an
When a company or an individual information collection.
enters into a lease to explore, develop, agency may not conduct or sponsor—
produce, and dispose of minerals from II. Data and a person is not required to respond
Federal or Indian lands, that company Title: Accounts Receivable to—a collection of information unless it
or individual agrees to pay the lessor a Confirmations. displays a currently valid OMB control
share in an amount or value of OMB Control Number: 1012–0001. number.
production from the leased lands. The Bureau Form Number: None. Public Comment Policy: ONRR will
lessee is required to report various kinds Frequency: Annually. post all comments, including names and
of information to the lessor relative to Estimated Number and Description of addresses of respondents at http://
the disposition of the minerals. Such Respondents: 24 randomly selected www.regulations.gov. Before including
information is generally available Federal and Indian oil and gas and solid Personally Identifiable Information (PII),
within the records of the lessee or others mineral royalty payors.
such as your address, phone number,
involved in developing, transporting, Estimated Annual Reporting and
processing, purchasing, or selling such Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 6 hours. email address, or other personal
minerals. The information collected We estimate that each response will take information in your comment(s), you
includes data necessary to ensure that 15 minutes for payors to complete. should be aware that your entire
production is accurately valued and that Estimated Annual Reporting and comment (including PII) may be made
royalties are appropriately paid. Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost available to the public at any time.
Every year, under the CFO, the Burden: We have identified no ‘‘non- While you may ask us in your comment
Department’s Office of Inspector hour’’ cost burden associated with the to withhold PII from public view, we
General, or its agent (agent), audits the collection of information. cannot guarantee that we will be able to
Department’s financial statements. The do so.
Department’s goal is to receive an III. Request for Comments
Dated: August 27, 2015.
unqualified opinion. Accounts Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires each agency to ‘‘. . . publish a Gregory J. Gould,
receivable confirmations are a common
tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
practice in the audit business. Due to 60-day notice in the Federal Register Director, Office of Natural Resources
continuously increasing scrutiny on . . . and otherwise consult with Revenue.
financial audits, third-party members of the public and affected [FR Doc. 2015–21621 Filed 8–28–15; 8:45 am]
confirmation on the validity of ONRR’s agencies concerning each proposed BILLING CODE 4335–30–P
financial records is necessary. collection of information . . . .’’
As part of CFO audits, the agent Agencies must specifically solicit
requests, by a specified date, third-party comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of renewal of an existing Information Collection. | |
| Dates | Submit written comments on or before September 30, 2015. | |
| Contact | For questions on technical issues, contact Mr. Hans Meingast, Financial Management, ONRR, telephone (303) 231-3382, or email at [email protected] For other questions, contact Mr. Luis Aguilar, telephone (303) 231-3418, or email [email protected] You may also contact Mr. Aguilar to obtain copies (free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated forms, and (3) the regulations that require the subject collection of information. You may also review the information collection request online at http:/ /www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. | |
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