81_FR_11878 81 FR 11834 - Information Collection Activities: Oil and Gas Production Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

81 FR 11834 - Information Collection Activities: Oil and Gas Production Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security; Proposed Collection; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 44 (March 7, 2016)

Page Range11834-11837
FR Document2016-05052

To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is inviting comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The information collection request (ICR) concerns a renewal to the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Subpart L, Oil and Gas Production Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

[Docket ID BSEE-2016-0002; OMB Control Number 1014-0002; 16XE1700DX 
EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE500000]


Information Collection Activities: Oil and Gas Production 
Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: 60-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 inviting 
comments on a collection of information that we will submit to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The 
information collection request (ICR) concerns a renewal to the 
paperwork requirements in the regulations under Subpart L, Oil and Gas 
Production Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security.

DATES: You must submit comments by May 6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods 
listed below.
     Electronically: go to http://www.regulations.gov and 
search for BSEE-2016-0002. Follow the instructions to submit public 
comments and view all related materials. We will post all comments.
     Email [email protected]. Mail or hand-carry comments to 
the Department of the Interior; BSEE; Regulations and Standards Branch; 
ATTN: Kelly Odom; 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166. Please 
reference ICR 1014-0002 in your comment and include your name and 
return address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Odom, Regulations and Standards 
Branch at (703) 787-1775 to request additional information about this 
ICR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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    Title: 30 CFR part 250, subpart L, Oil and Gas Production 
Measurement, Surface Commingling, and Security.
    OMB Control Number: 1014-0002.
    Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (the Act), as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), authorizes 
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to prescribe rules and 
regulations necessary for the administration of the leasing provisions 
of the Act related to the mineral resources on the Outer Continental 
Shelf (OCS). Such rules and regulations will apply to all operations 
conducted under a lease. 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.
    The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 
1701, et seq.) at section 1712(b)(2) prescribes that an operator will 
``develop and comply with such minimum site security measures as the 
Secretary deems appropriate, to protect oil or gas produced or stored 
on a lease site or on the Outer Continental Shelf from theft.''
    The Independent Offices Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the 
Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104-133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26, 
1996), and OMB Circular A-25, authorize Federal agencies to recover the 
full cost of services that confer special benefits. Under the 
Department of the Interior's implementing policy, BSEE is required to 
charge fees for services that provide special benefits or privileges to 
an identifiable non-Federal recipient above and beyond those which 
accrue to the public at large. Applications for surface commingling and 
measurement applications are subject to cost recovery and BSEE 
regulations specify service fees for these requests.
    Regulations at 30 CFR part 250, subpart L, implement these 
statutory requirements. We use the information to ensure that the 
volumes of hydrocarbons produced are measured accurately, and royalties 
are paid on the proper volumes. Specifically, we need the information 
to:
     Determine if measurement equipment is properly installed, 
provides accurate measurement of production on which royalty is due, 
and is operating properly;
     Obtain rates of production data in allocating the volumes 
of production measured at royalty sales meters, which can be examined 
during field inspections;
     Ascertain if all removals of oil and condensate from the 
lease are reported;
     Determine the amount of oil that was shipped when 
measurements are taken by gauging the tanks rather than being measured 
by a meter;
     Ensure that the sales location is secure and production 
cannot be removed without the volumes being recorded; and
     Review proving reports to verify that data on run tickets 
are calculated and reported accurately.
    We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary 
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its 
implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under regulations at 30 
CFR 250.197, Data and information to be made available to the public or 
for limited inspection. No items of a sensitive nature are collected. 
Responses are mandatory.
    Frequency: Varies by section, but primarily monthly, or on 
occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Potential respondents comprise Federal 
oil, gas and sulphur lessees and/or operators.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The currently 
approved annual reporting burden for this collection is a total of 
30,856 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.

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                                                                                    Hour burden
Citation 30 CFR  part 250 subpart L   Reporting or recordkeeping -----------------------------------------------
                                             requirement                       Non-hour cost burdens
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                                         Liquid Hydrocarbon Measurement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1202(a)(1), (b)(1); 1203(b)(1);                                   7 (7 hours x 1 application)
                                                                  Non-Hour $1,271
                                                                  ($1,271 simple fee x 1 application).
1204(a)(1)......................................................
Submit application for liquid hydrocarbon or gas measurement
 procedures or changes; or for commingling of production or
 changes.
No fee.............................  Submit meter status and      2 (2 hrs. x 1 notification).
                                      replacement notifications.
1202(a)(4).........................  Copy and send pipeline       0.
                                      (retrograde) condensate
                                      volumes upon request.
1202(c)(1), (2); 1202(e)(4);         Record observed data,        0.
 1202(h)(1), (2), (3), (4);           correction factors and net
 1202(i)(1)(iv), (2)(iii); 1202(j).   standard volume on royalty
                                      meter and tank run tickets.
                                     Record master meter
                                      calibration runs.
                                     Record mechanical-
                                      displacement prover,
                                      master meter, or tank
                                      prover proof runs.
                                     Record liquid hydrocarbon
                                      royalty meter malfunction
                                      and repair or adjustment
                                      on proving report; record
                                      unregistered production on
                                      run ticket.
                                     List Cpl and Ctl factors on
                                      run tickets.
1202(c)(4) *.......................  Copy and send all liquid     120 (20 min. x 360 tickets).
                                      hydrocarbon run tickets
                                      monthly.
1202(d)(1) (d)(4); (k)(9);           Permit BSEE to witness       2 (2 x 1 well test request).
 1204(b)(1).                          testing; request approval
                                      for proving on a schedule
                                      other than monthly;
                                      request approval for well
                                      testing on a schedule
                                      other than every 60 days.
1202(d)(5) *.......................  Copy and submit liquid       68 (20 min. x 204 reports).
                                      hydrocarbon royalty meter
                                      proving reports monthly
                                      and request waiver as
                                      needed.

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1202(f)(2) *.......................  Copy and submit mechanical-  .33 (20 min. x 1 report).
                                      displacement prover and
                                      tank prover calibration
                                      reports.
1202(l)(2) *.......................  Copy and submit royalty      0.
                                      tank calibration charts
                                      before using for royalty
                                      measurement.
1202(l)(3) *.......................  Copy and submit inventory    0.
                                      tank calibration charts
                                      upon request; retain
                                      charts for as long as
                                      tanks are in use.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Subtotal.......................  ...........................  199.33 burden hours.
                                     ...........................  1,271 non-hour cost burdens.
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                                                 Gas Measurement
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1203(b)(6), (8), (9) *.............  Copy and submit gas quality  28 (20 min. x 84 statements).
                                      and volume statements
                                      monthly or as requested.
1203(c)(1).........................  Request approval for gas     0.
                                      calibration on a schedule
                                      other than monthly.
1203(c)(4) *; (c)(5)...............  Copy and submit gas meter    1 (7.5 min. x 8 reports).
                                      calibration reports upon
                                      request; retain for 2
                                      years; permit BSEE to
                                      witness calibrations.
1203(e)(1) *.......................  Copy and submit gas          0.
                                      processing plant records
                                      upon request.
1203(f)(5).........................  Copy and submit measuring    0.
                                      records of gas lost or
                                      used on lease upon request.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Subtotal.......................  ...........................  29 burden hours.
                                     ...........................  0 non-hour cost burdens.
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                                               Surface Commingling
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1204(a)(2).........................  Provide state production     0.
                                      volumetric and/or
                                      fractional analysis data
                                      upon request.
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1205(a)(2).........................  Post signs at royalty or     0.
                                      inventory tank used in
                                      royalty determination
                                      process.
1205(a)(4).........................  Report security problems     0.
                                      (telephone).
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Subtotal.......................  ...........................  0 burden hours.
                                     ...........................  0 non-hour cost burdens.
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                                         Miscellaneous and Recordkeeping
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1200 thru 1205.....................  General departure and        1.3 (1.3 hrs. x 1 request).
                                      alternative compliance
                                      requests not specifically
                                      covered elsewhere in
                                      subpart L.
1202(e)(6).........................  Retain master meter          0.
                                      calibration reports for 2
                                      years.
1202(k)(5).........................  Retain liquid hydrocarbon    4 (10 min. x 24 responses).
                                      allocation meter proving
                                      reports for 2 years.
1203(f)(4).........................  Document and retain          7.5 (15 min. x 30 responses).
                                      measurement records on gas
                                      lost or used on lease for
                                      2 years at field location
                                      and minimum 7 years at
                                      location of respondent's
                                      choice.
1204(b)(3).........................  Retain well test data for 2  97.37 (6.7 min. x 872 responses).
                                      years.
1205(b)(3), (4)....................  Retain seal records for 2    .66 (5 min. x 8 responses).
                                      years; make records
                                      available for BSEE
                                      inspection.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
    Subtotal.......................  ...........................  110.83 burden hours.
                                     ...........................  0 non-hour cost burdens.
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
        Total Burden                 ...........................  339.2 burden hours.
                                     ...........................  $1,271 non-hour cost burdens.
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* Respondents gather this information as part of their normal business practices. BSEE only requires copies of
  readily available documents. There is no burden for testing, meter reading, etc.

    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: The 
currently approved non-hour cost burden total in this collection of 
information is $344,279. The cost burdens are for:
    1. Filing fees associated with submitting requests for approval of 
simple applications (applications to temporarily reroute production 
(for a duration not to exceed 6 months); production tests prior to 
pipeline construction; departures related to meter proving, well 
testing, or sampling frequency ($1,271 per application)) or,
    2. Submitting a request for approval of a complex application 
(creation of new facility measurement points (FMPs); association of 
leases or units with existing FMPs; inclusion of production from 
additional structures; meter updates which add buyback gas meters or 
pigging meters; other applications which request deviations from the 
approved allocation procedures).
    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.

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    Comments: Before submitting an ICR to OMB, PRA section 
3506(c)(2)(A) 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.
    Agencies must also estimate the non-hour paperwork cost burdens to 
respondents or recordkeepers resulting from the collection of 
information. Therefore, if you have other than hour burden costs to 
generate, maintain, and disclose this information, you should comment 
and provide your total capital and startup cost components or annual 
operation, maintenance, and purchase of service components. For further 
information on this burden, refer to 5 CFR 1320.3(b)(1) and (2), or 
contact the Bureau representative listed previously in this notice.
    We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them 
in our submission for OMB approval. As a result of your comments, we 
will make any necessary adjustments to the burden in our submission to 
OMB.
    Public Comment Procedures: 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.
    Acting BSEE Information Collection Clearance Officer: Kelly Odom 
(703) 787-1775.

    Dated: February 24, 2016.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016-05052 Filed 3-4-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                       • Maximize leveraged opportunities                      • Protect wildlife corridors, reduce               identifying information from public
                                                    by identifying and pursuing funding for                 habitat fragmentation, and enhance                    review, we cannot guarantee that we
                                                    projects of mutual interest and benefit.                terrestrial and aquatic organism passage              will be able to do so.
                                                       • Develop best practices for external                on and adjacent to Service lands to                     Dated: February 4, 2016.
                                                    engagement that illustrates success in                  conserve fish, wildlife, and plant                    Deborah Rocque,
                                                    forming and nurturing coalitions and                    populations.
                                                    partnerships that support the Service’s                                                                       Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region.
                                                                                                               5. Access, Mobility, and Connectivity:
                                                    mission.                                                                                                      [FR Doc. 2016–04987 Filed 3–4–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            The program will ensure that units open
                                                       • Coordinate within Service                          to public visitation have adequate                    BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
                                                    programs, including the Refuge System,                  transportation options for all users,
                                                    Ecological Services, Fish and Aquatic                   including underserved,
                                                    Conservation, hatcheries, and Migratory                 underrepresented, and mobility-limited                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    Birds during the development of                         populations.
                                                    regional long-range and project-level                                                                         Bureau of Safety and Environmental
                                                                                                               Objectives:                                        Enforcement (BSEE)
                                                    plans.                                                     • Offer a wide range of transportation
                                                       2. Asset Management: The program                     modes and linkages for on and offsite
                                                    will operate and maintain a functional,                 access.                                               [Docket ID BSEE–2016–0002; OMB Control
                                                    financially sustainable, and resilient                     • Provide a clear way finding                      Number 1014–0002; 16XE1700DX
                                                    transportation network to satisfy current                                                                     EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE500000]
                                                                                                            information both on and off Service
                                                    and future land management needs in                     lands.                                                Information Collection Activities: Oil
                                                    the face of a changing climate.                            • Through the Urban Wildlife                       and Gas Production Measurement,
                                                       Objectives:                                          Conservation Program, integrate Service
                                                       • Use asset management principles to                 transportation facilities with local
                                                                                                                                                                  Surface Commingling, and Security;
                                                    maintain important infrastructure at an                                                                       Proposed Collection; Comment
                                                                                                            community transportation systems in a                 Request
                                                    appropriate condition level.                            way that encourages local visitation and
                                                       • Prioritize work programs through
                                                                                                            provides economic benefits to partner                 AGENCY:  Bureau of Safety and
                                                    the project selection process detailed in
                                                                                                            and gateway communities.                              Environmental Enforcement, Interior.
                                                    this plan or an adaptation thereof.                        • Through coordinated planning,
                                                       • Evaluate life-cycle costs when                                                                           ACTION: 60-Day notice.
                                                                                                            provide context-appropriate
                                                    considering new assets to determine
                                                                                                            transportation facilities that address the            SUMMARY:   To comply with the
                                                    long-term financial sustainability.
                                                       • Consider the impacts of increased                  specific needs of local visitor groups                Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
                                                    climate variability in the planning and                 and respect the natural setting of the                (PRA), the Bureau of Safety and
                                                    management of transportation assets.                    refuge or hatchery.                                   Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is
                                                       3. Safety: The program’s network will                   • Address congestion issues to and                 inviting comments on a collection of
                                                    provide a superior level of safety for all              within Service units.                                 information that we will submit to the
                                                    users and all modes of transportation to                   6. Visitor Experience: The program                 Office of Management and Budget
                                                    and within Service lands.                               will enhance the visitation experience                (OMB) for review and approval. The
                                                       Objectives:                                          through improvement and investment in                 information collection request (ICR)
                                                       • Identify safety issue ‘‘hot spots’’                the transportation network.                           concerns a renewal to the paperwork
                                                    within the Service’s transportation                        Objectives:                                        requirements in the regulations under
                                                    system with the Safety Analysis Toolkit.                   • Integrate interpretation, education,             Subpart L, Oil and Gas Production
                                                       • Implement appropriate safety                       and resource stewardship principles                   Measurement, Surface Commingling,
                                                    countermeasures to resolve safety issues                into the transportation experience.                   and Security.
                                                    and reduce the frequency and severity                      • Evaluate the feasibility of
                                                                                                            alternative transportation systems at all             DATES: You must submit comments by
                                                    of crashes (also with the Safety Analysis
                                                                                                            stations and implement where                          May 6, 2016.
                                                    Toolkit).
                                                       • Address wildlife-vehicle collisions                appropriate.                                          ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
                                                    with design solutions (Environmental                       • Encourage connections with                       by either of the following methods listed
                                                    Enhancements).                                          existing and planned public and private               below.
                                                       • Use cooperation and                                transportation services.                                • Electronically: go to http://
                                                    communication among the 4E’s of                            • Design infrastructure in such a way              www.regulations.gov and search for
                                                    safety, including engineering,                          that highlights the landscape and not                 BSEE–2016–0002. Follow the
                                                    education, enforcement, and emergency                   the transportation facility.                          instructions to submit public comments
                                                    medical services.                                                                                             and view all related materials. We will
                                                                                                            Next Steps
                                                       4. Environmental: Transportation                                                                           post all comments.
                                                    infrastructure will be landscape                          After this comment period ends, we                    • Email kelly.odom@bsee.gov. Mail or
                                                    appropriate and play a key role in the                  will analyze the comments and address                 hand-carry comments to the Department
                                                    improvement of environmental                            them in the form of a final LRTP.                     of the Interior; BSEE; Regulations and
                                                    conditions in and around Service lands.                 Public Availability of Comments                       Standards Branch; ATTN: Kelly Odom;
                                                       Objectives:                                                                                                45600 Woodland Road, Sterling,
                                                       • Follow the Roadway Design                             Before including your address,
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                                                                                                                                                                  Virginia 20166. Please reference ICR
                                                    Guidelines for best practices in design,                telephone number, email address, or
                                                                                                                                                                  1014–0002 in your comment and
                                                    planning, management, maintenance,                      other personal identifying information
                                                                                                                                                                  include your name and return address.
                                                    and construction of transportation                      in your comment, you should be aware
                                                    assets.                                                 that your entire comment–including                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                       • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions                    your personal identifying information–                Kelly Odom, Regulations and Standards
                                                    and air pollutants by increasing                        may be made publicly available at any                 Branch at (703) 787–1775 to request
                                                    transportation options and use of                       time. While you can ask us in your                    additional information about this ICR.
                                                    alternative fuels.                                      comment to withhold your personal                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:



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                                                       Title: 30 CFR part 250, subpart L, Oil                            The Independent Offices                                           • Determine the amount of oil that
                                                    and Gas Production Measurement,                                   Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the                          was shipped when measurements are
                                                    Surface Commingling, and Security.                                Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L.                              taken by gauging the tanks rather than
                                                       OMB Control Number: 1014–0002.                                 104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26,                                being measured by a meter;
                                                                                                                      1996), and OMB Circular A–25,                                        • Ensure that the sales location is
                                                       Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf                          authorize Federal agencies to recover                             secure and production cannot be
                                                    Lands Act (the Act), as amended (43                               the full cost of services that confer                             removed without the volumes being
                                                    U.S.C. 1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801                            special benefits. Under the Department                            recorded; and
                                                    et seq.), authorizes the Secretary of the                         of the Interior’s implementing policy,                               • Review proving reports to verify
                                                    Interior (Secretary) to prescribe rules                           BSEE is required to charge fees for                               that data on run tickets are calculated
                                                    and regulations necessary for the                                 services that provide special benefits or                         and reported accurately.
                                                    administration of the leasing provisions                          privileges to an identifiable non-Federal                            We will protect information from
                                                    of the Act related to the mineral                                 recipient above and beyond those which                            respondents considered proprietary
                                                    resources on the Outer Continental                                accrue to the public at large.                                    under the Freedom of Information Act
                                                    Shelf (OCS). Such rules and regulations                           Applications for surface commingling                              (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
                                                    will apply to all operations conducted                            and measurement applications are                                  regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under
                                                    under a lease. Operations on the OCS                              subject to cost recovery and BSEE                                 regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, Data and
                                                    must preserve, protect, and develop oil                           regulations specify service fees for these                        information to be made available to the
                                                    and natural gas resources in a manner                             requests.                                                         public or for limited inspection. No
                                                    that is consistent with the need to make                             Regulations at 30 CFR part 250,                                items of a sensitive nature are collected.
                                                    such resources available to meet the                              subpart L, implement these statutory                              Responses are mandatory.
                                                    Nation’s energy needs as rapidly as                               requirements. We use the information to                              Frequency: Varies by section, but
                                                    possible; to balance orderly energy                               ensure that the volumes of                                        primarily monthly, or on occasion.
                                                    resource development with protection                              hydrocarbons produced are measured                                   Description of Respondents: Potential
                                                    of human, marine, and coastal                                     accurately, and royalties are paid on the                         respondents comprise Federal oil, gas
                                                    environments; to ensure the public a fair                         proper volumes. Specifically, we need                             and sulphur lessees and/or operators.
                                                    and equitable return on the resources of                          the information to:                                                  Estimated Reporting and
                                                    the OCS; and to preserve and maintain                                • Determine if measurement                                     Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
                                                    free enterprise competition.                                      equipment is properly installed,                                  currently approved annual reporting
                                                       The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty                                provides accurate measurement of                                  burden for this collection is a total of
                                                    Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C.                                 production on which royalty is due, and                           30,856 hours. The following chart
                                                    1701, et seq.) at section 1712(b)(2)                              is operating properly;                                            details the individual components and
                                                    prescribes that an operator will                                     • Obtain rates of production data in                           estimated hour burdens. In calculating
                                                    ‘‘develop and comply with such                                    allocating the volumes of production                              the burdens, we assumed that
                                                    minimum site security measures as the                             measured at royalty sales meters, which                           respondents perform certain
                                                    Secretary deems appropriate, to protect                           can be examined during field                                      requirements in the normal course of
                                                    oil or gas produced or stored on a lease                          inspections;                                                      their activities. We consider these to be
                                                    site or on the Outer Continental Shelf                               • Ascertain if all removals of oil and                         usual and customary and took that into
                                                    from theft.’’                                                     condensate from the lease are reported;                           account in estimating the burden.

                                                                 Citation 30 CFR                                                                                                                                     Hour burden
                                                                                                                                     Reporting or recordkeeping
                                                                     part 250                                                               requirement
                                                                    subpart L                                                                                                                                  Non-hour cost burdens

                                                                                                                             Liquid Hydrocarbon Measurement

                                                    1202(a)(1), (b)(1); 1203(b)(1);                                                                                                                       7 (7 hours × 1 application)
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Non-Hour $1,271
                                                                                                                                                                                                          ($1,271 simple fee × 1 applica-
                                                                                                                                                                                                            tion).
                                                    1204(a)(1).
                                                    Submit application for liquid hydrocarbon or gas measurement procedures or changes; or for commingling of
                                                      production or changes.
                                                    No fee .............................................. Submit meter status and replacement notifications ................................              2 (2 hrs. × 1 notification).
                                                    1202(a)(4) ........................................ Copy and send pipeline (retrograde) condensate volumes upon re-                                   0.
                                                                                                            quest.
                                                    1202(c)(1),          (2);          1202(e)(4); Record observed data, correction factors and net standard volume on                                    0.
                                                      1202(h)(1),          (2),        (3),         (4);    royalty meter and tank run tickets.
                                                      1202(i)(1)(iv), (2)(iii); 1202(j).                  Record master meter calibration runs .....................................................
                                                                                                          Record mechanical-displacement prover, master meter, or tank prover
                                                                                                            proof runs.
                                                                                                          Record liquid hydrocarbon royalty meter malfunction and repair or ad-
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                                                                                                            justment on proving report; record unregistered production on run
                                                                                                            ticket.
                                                                                                          List Cpl and Ctl factors on run tickets .....................................................
                                                    1202(c)(4) * ...................................... Copy and send all liquid hydrocarbon run tickets monthly .....................                    120 (20 min. × 360 tickets).
                                                    1202(d)(1) (d)(4); (k)(9); 1204(b)(1)                 Permit BSEE to witness testing; request approval for proving on a                               2 (2 × 1 well test request).
                                                                                                            schedule other than monthly; request approval for well testing on a
                                                                                                            schedule other than every 60 days.
                                                    1202(d)(5) * ...................................... Copy and submit liquid hydrocarbon royalty meter proving reports                                  68 (20 min. × 204 reports).
                                                                                                            monthly and request waiver as needed.



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                                                                  Citation 30 CFR                                                                                                                                                          Hour burden
                                                                                                                                             Reporting or recordkeeping
                                                                      part 250                                                                      requirement
                                                                     subpart L                                                                                                                                                       Non-hour cost burdens

                                                    1202(f)(2) * .......................................   Copy and submit mechanical-displacement prover and tank prover                                                       .33 (20 min. × 1 report).
                                                                                                             calibration reports.
                                                    1202(l)(2) * .......................................   Copy and submit royalty tank calibration charts before using for royalty                                             0.
                                                                                                             measurement.
                                                    1202(l)(3) * .......................................   Copy and submit inventory tank calibration charts upon request; retain                                               0.
                                                                                                             charts for as long as tanks are in use.

                                                          Subtotal ....................................    ..................................................................................................................   199.33 burden hours.
                                                                                                           ..................................................................................................................   1,271 non-hour cost burdens.

                                                                                                                                                  Gas Measurement

                                                    1203(b)(6), (8), (9) * .........................       Copy and submit gas quality and volume statements monthly or as re-                                                  28 (20 min. × 84 statements).
                                                                                                             quested.
                                                    1203(c)(1) ........................................    Request approval for gas calibration on a schedule other than monthly                                                0.
                                                    1203(c)(4) *; (c)(5) ...........................       Copy and submit gas meter calibration reports upon request; retain for                                               1 (7.5 min. × 8 reports).
                                                                                                             2 years; permit BSEE to witness calibrations.
                                                    1203(e)(1) * ......................................    Copy and submit gas processing plant records upon request ...............                                            0.
                                                    1203(f)(5) .........................................   Copy and submit measuring records of gas lost or used on lease upon                                                  0.
                                                                                                             request.

                                                          Subtotal ....................................    ..................................................................................................................   29 burden hours.
                                                                                                           ..................................................................................................................   0 non-hour cost burdens.

                                                                                                                                              Surface Commingling

                                                    1204(a)(2) ........................................    Provide state production volumetric and/or fractional analysis data                                                  0.
                                                                                                             upon request.

                                                    1205(a)(2) ........................................    Post signs at royalty or inventory tank used in royalty determination                                                0.
                                                                                                             process.
                                                    1205(a)(4) ........................................    Report security problems (telephone) .....................................................                           0.

                                                          Subtotal ....................................    ..................................................................................................................   0 burden hours.
                                                                                                           ..................................................................................................................   0 non-hour cost burdens.

                                                                                                                                   Miscellaneous and Recordkeeping

                                                    1200 thru 1205 ................................        General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically                                               1.3 (1.3 hrs. × 1 request).
                                                                                                             covered elsewhere in subpart L.
                                                    1202(e)(6) ........................................    Retain master meter calibration reports for 2 years ...............................                                  0.
                                                    1202(k)(5) ........................................    Retain liquid hydrocarbon allocation meter proving reports for 2 years                                               4 (10 min. × 24 responses).
                                                    1203(f)(4) .........................................   Document and retain measurement records on gas lost or used on                                                       7.5 (15 min. × 30 responses).
                                                                                                             lease for 2 years at field location and minimum 7 years at location
                                                                                                             of respondent’s choice.
                                                    1204(b)(3) ........................................    Retain well test data for 2 years .............................................................                      97.37 (6.7 min. × 872           re-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  sponses).
                                                    1205(b)(3), (4) .................................      Retain seal records for 2 years; make records available for BSEE in-                                                 .66 (5 min. × 8 responses).
                                                                                                             spection.

                                                          Subtotal ....................................    ..................................................................................................................   110.83 burden hours.
                                                                                                           ..................................................................................................................   0 non-hour cost burdens.

                                                                Total Burden                               ..................................................................................................................   339.2 burden hours.
                                                                                                           ..................................................................................................................   $1,271 non-hour cost burdens.
                                                      * Respondents gather this information as part of their normal business practices. BSEE only requires copies of readily available documents.
                                                    There is no burden for testing, meter reading, etc.


                                                      Estimated Reporting and                                              production tests prior to pipeline                                              or pigging meters; other applications
                                                    Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:                                    construction; departures related to                                             which request deviations from the
                                                    The currently approved non-hour cost                                   meter proving, well testing, or sampling                                        approved allocation procedures).
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                                                    burden total in this collection of                                     frequency ($1,271 per application)) or,                                           Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
                                                    information is $344,279. The cost                                         2. Submitting a request for approval of                                      (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
                                                    burdens are for:                                                       a complex application (creation of new                                          agency may not conduct or sponsor a
                                                      1. Filing fees associated with                                       facility measurement points (FMPs);                                             collection of information unless it
                                                    submitting requests for approval of                                    association of leases or units with                                             displays a currently valid OMB control
                                                    simple applications (applications to                                   existing FMPs; inclusion of production                                          number. Until OMB approves a
                                                    temporarily reroute production (for a                                  from additional structures; meter                                               collection of information, you are not
                                                    duration not to exceed 6 months);                                      updates which add buyback gas meters                                            obligated to respond.


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                                                                                   Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 44 / Monday, March 7, 2016 / Notices                                            11837

                                                       Comments: Before submitting an ICR                   INTERNATIONAL TRADE                                   DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
                                                    to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)                       COMMISSION                                            [OMB Number 1140–0102]
                                                    requires each agency ‘‘. . . to provide
                                                    notice . . . and otherwise consult with                 [Investigation Nos. 701–TA–469 and 731–               Agency Information Collection
                                                    members of the public and affected                      TA–1168 (Review)]                                     Activities; Proposed eCollection
                                                    agencies concerning each proposed                                                                             eComments Requested; FEL Out of
                                                    collection of information . . .’’.                      Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy                     Business Records
                                                    Agencies must specifically solicit                      Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure
                                                                                                                                                                  AGENCY:  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
                                                    comments to:                                            Pipe From China
                                                                                                                                                                  Firearms and Explosives, Department of
                                                       a. Evaluate whether the collection is                Determinations                                        Justice.
                                                    necessary or useful;                                                                                          ACTION: 60-Day notice.
                                                       b. Evaluate the accuracy of the burden                 On the basis of the record 1 developed
                                                                                                            in the subject five-year reviews, the                 SUMMARY:   The Department of Justice
                                                    of the proposed collection of
                                                                                                            United States International Trade                     (DOJ), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
                                                    information;
                                                                                                            Commission (‘‘Commission’’)                           Firearms and Explosives (ATF), will
                                                       c. Enhance the quality, usefulness,                                                                        submit the following information
                                                                                                            determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of
                                                    and clarity of the information to be                                                                          collection request to the Office of
                                                                                                            1930, that revocation of the
                                                    collected; and                                                                                                Management and Budget (OMB) for
                                                                                                            countervailing duty order and
                                                       d. Minimize the burden on the                                                                              review and approval in accordance with
                                                                                                            antidumping duty order on Certain
                                                    respondents, including the use of                                                                             the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
                                                                                                            Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel
                                                    technology.                                                                                                   DATES: Comments are encouraged and
                                                                                                            Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from
                                                                                                                                                                  will be accepted for 60 days until May
                                                       Agencies must also estimate the non-                 China would be likely to lead to
                                                                                                                                                                  6, 2016.
                                                    hour paperwork cost burdens to                          continuation or recurrence of material
                                                                                                                                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
                                                    respondents or recordkeepers resulting                  injury to an industry in the United
                                                                                                                                                                  you have additional comments
                                                    from the collection of information.                     States within a reasonably foreseeable                especially on the estimated public
                                                    Therefore, if you have other than hour                  time.                                                 burden or associated response time,
                                                    burden costs to generate, maintain, and                                                                       suggestions, or need a copy of the
                                                    disclose this information, you should                   Background
                                                                                                                                                                  proposed information collection
                                                    comment and provide your total capital                     The Commission, pursuant to section                instrument with instructions or
                                                    and startup cost components or annual                   751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19                  additional information, please contact
                                                    operation, maintenance, and purchase                    U.S.C. 1675(c)), instituted these reviews             Kris Howard, Program Manager,
                                                    of service components. For further                      on October 1, 2015 (80 FR 59183) and                  National Tracing Center Division, 244
                                                    information on this burden, refer to 5                  determined on January 4, 2016 that it                 Needy Road, Martinsburg, WV 25405, at
                                                    CFR 1320.3(b)(1) and (2), or contact the                would conduct expedited reviews (81                   email: kris.howard@atf.gov.
                                                    Bureau representative listed previously                 FR 1966, January 14, 2016).                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
                                                    in this notice.                                                                                               comments and suggestions from the
                                                                                                               The Commission made these
                                                       We will summarize written responses                                                                        public and affected agencies concerning
                                                                                                            determinations pursuant to section
                                                    to this notice and address them in our                                                                        the proposed collection of information
                                                                                                            751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19                  are encouraged. Your comments should
                                                    submission for OMB approval. As a                       U.S.C. 1675(c)). It completed and filed
                                                    result of your comments, we will make                                                                         address one or more of the following
                                                                                                            its determinations in these reviews on                four points:
                                                    any necessary adjustments to the burden
                                                    in our submission to OMB.
                                                                                                            March 2, 2016.2 The views of the                         • Evaluate whether the proposed
                                                                                                            Commission are contained in USITC                     collection of information is necessary
                                                       Public Comment Procedures: Before                    Publication 4595 (February 2016),                     for the proper performance of the
                                                    including your address, phone number,                   entitled Certain Seamless Carbon and                  functions of the agency, including
                                                    email address, or other personal                        Alloy Steel and Standard, Line, and                   whether the information will have
                                                    identifying information in your                         Pressure Pipe from China: Investigation               practical utility;
                                                    comment, you should be aware that                       Nos. 701–TA–469 and 731–TA–1168                          • Evaluate the accuracy of the
                                                    your entire comment–including your                      (Review).                                             agency’s estimate of the burden of the
                                                    personal identifying information–may                                                                          proposed collection of information,
                                                                                                              By order of the Commission.
                                                    be made publicly available at any time.                                                                       including the validity of the
                                                                                                              Issued: March 2, 2016.
                                                    While you can ask us in your comment                                                                          methodology and assumptions used;
                                                    to withhold your personal identifying                   Lisa R. Barton,                                          • Evaluate whether and if so how the
                                                    information from public review, we                      Secretary to the Commission.                          quality, utility, and clarity of the
                                                    cannot guarantee that we will be able to                [FR Doc. 2016–04998 Filed 3–4–16; 8:45 am]            information to be collected can be
                                                    do so.                                                  BILLING CODE 7020–02–P                                enhanced; and
                                                                                                                                                                     • Minimize the burden of the
                                                       Acting BSEE Information Collection                                                                         collection of information on those who
                                                    Clearance Officer: Kelly Odom (703)                                                                           are to respond, including through the
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                                                                                                              1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the

                                                    787–1775.                                               Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19      use of appropriate automated,
                                                                                                            CFR 207.2(f)).                                        electronic, mechanical, or other
                                                      Dated: February 24, 2016.                               2 The Commission has the authority to toll
                                                    Robert W. Middleton,                                                                                          technological collection techniques or
                                                                                                            statutory deadlines during a period when the
                                                                                                            federal government is closed. Because the
                                                                                                                                                                  other forms of information technology,
                                                    Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
                                                    Programs.                                               Commission was closed on January 25 and 26, 2016      e.g., permitting electronic submission of
                                                                                                            due to inclement weather in Washington, DC, the       responses.
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–05052 Filed 3–4–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            Commission tolled the statutory deadline in these        Overview of this information
                                                    BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P                                  reviews by two days.                                  collection:


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Document Created: 2018-02-02 15:08:14
Document Modified: 2018-02-02 15:08:14
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
Action60-Day notice.
DatesYou must submit comments by May 6, 2016.
ContactKelly Odom, Regulations and Standards Branch at (703) 787-1775 to request additional information about this ICR.
FR Citation81 FR 11834 

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