81 FR 72612 - Information Collection Activities: Decommissioning Activities; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 203 (October 20, 2016)
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 203 (October 20, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 203 (Thursday, October 20, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 72612-72615] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-25371] [[Page 72612]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement [Docket ID BSEE-2016-0005; OMB Control Number 1014-0010; 17XE1700DX EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000] Information Collection Activities: Decommissioning Activities; Submitted for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request ACTION: 30-day Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Subpart Q, Decommissioning Activities. This notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the revised paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements. DATES: You must submit comments by November 21, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either fax (202) 395-5806 or email ([email protected]) directly to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior (1014-0010). Please provide a copy of your comments to BSEE by any of the means below.Electronically go to http://www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, enter BSEE-2016-0005 then click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view all related materials. We will post all comments. Email [email protected], fax (703) 787-1546, or mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the Interior; Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; Regulations and Standards Branch; ATTN: Nicole Mason; 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166. Please reference ICR 1014-0010 in your comment and include your name and return address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Mason, Regulations and Standards Branch, (703) 787-1607, to request additional information about this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR submitted to OMB, go to http://www.reginfo.gov (select Information Collection Review, Currently Under Review). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30 CFR part 250, subpart Q, Decommissioning Activities. OMB Control Number: 1014-0010. Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act at 43 U.S.C. 1334 authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to prescribe rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the leasing provisions of that Act related to mineral resources on the OCS. Such rules and regulations will apply to all operations conducted under a lease, right-of-way, or a right-of-use and easement. Operations on the OCS must preserve, protect, and develop oil and natural gas resources in a manner that is consistent with the need to make such resources available to meet the Nation's energy needs as rapidly as possible; to balance orderly energy resource development with protection of human, marine, and coastal environments; to ensure the public a fair and equitable return on the resources of the OCS; and to preserve and maintain free enterprise competition. In addition to the general rulemaking authority of the OCSLA at 43 U.S.C. 1334, section 301(a) of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (FOGRMA), 30 U.S.C. 1751(a), grants authority to the Secretary to prescribe such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out FOGRMA's provisions. While the majority of FOGRMA is directed to royalty collection and enforcement, some provisions apply to offshore operations. For example, section 108 of FOGRMA, 30 U.S.C. 1718, grants the Secretary broad authority to inspect lease sites for the purpose of determining whether there is compliance with the mineral leasing laws. Section 109(c)(2) and (d)(1), 30 U.S.C. 1719(c)(2) and (d)(1), impose substantial civil penalties for failure to permit lawful inspections and for knowing or willful preparation or submission of false, inaccurate, or misleading reports, records, or other information. Because the Secretary has delegated some of the authority under FOGRMA to BSEE, 30 U.S.C. 1751 is included as additional authority for these requirements. 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, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (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. Respondents pay cost recovery fees when removing a platform or other facility, or for decommissioning a pipeline lease term or a right-of-way. This authority and responsibility are among those delegated to BSEE. The regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q, concern decommissioning of platforms, wells, and pipelines, as well as site clearance and platform removal and are the subject of this collection. This request also covers the related Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) that BSEE issues to clarify, supplement, or provide additional guidance on some aspects of our regulations. Responses to this collection are mandatory and are generally submitted on occasion, depending on the requirement. No questions of a sensitive nature are asked. BSEE will protect any confidential commercial or proprietary information according to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and DOI's implementing regulations (43 CFR 2); section 26 of OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1352); 30 CFR 250.197, Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection; and 30 CFR part 252, OCS Oil and Gas Information Program. The BSEE uses the information collected under Subpart Q primarily for the following reasons: To determine the necessity for allowing a well to be temporarily abandoned, the lessee/operator must demonstrate that there is a reason for not permanently plugging the well, and the temporary abandonment will not interfere with fishing, navigation, or other uses of the OCS. We use the information and documentation to verify that the lessee/operator is diligently pursuing the final disposition of the well and has performed the temporary plugging of the wellbore. To ensure the information submitted in initial decommissioning plans in the Alaska and Pacific OCS Regions will permit BSEE to become involved in the initial planning stages of platform removals anticipated to occur in these OCS regions. To ensure that all objects (wellheads, platforms, etc.) installed on the OCS are properly removed using procedures that will protect marine life and the environment during removal operations, and the site cleared so as not to conflict with or harm other uses of the OCS. To ensure that information regarding decommissioning a pipeline in place will not constitute a hazard to navigation and commercial fishing [[Page 72613]] operations, unduly interfere with other uses of the OCS, such as sand resource areas for coastal restoration projects, or have adverse environmental effects. To verify that decommissioning activities comply with approved applications and procedures and are satisfactorily completed. To evaluate and approve the adequacy of the equipment, materials, and/or procedures that the lessee or operator plans to use during well modifications and changes in equipment, etc. To help BSEE better estimate future decommissioning costs for OCS leases, rights-of-way, and rights of use and easements. BSEE's future decommissioning cost estimates may then be used by BOEM to set necessary financial assurance levels to minimize or eliminate the possibility that the government will incur abandonment liability. The information will assist BSEE and BOEM in meeting their stewardship responsibilities and in their roles as regulators. Frequency: Generally on occasion, annual, and as required by regulations. Description of Respondents: Potential respondents comprise Federal OCS oil, gas, or sulfur lessees and/or operators and holders of pipeline rights-of-way. Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The estimated annual hour burden for this information collection is a total of 15,524 hours and $1,686,396 non-hour costs. The following chart details the individual components and estimated hour burdens. In calculating the burdens, we assumed that respondents perform certain requirements in the normal course of their activities. We consider these to be usual and customary and took that into account in estimating the burden. Burden Breakdown ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Non-hour cost burdens ---------------------------------------------------- Citation 30 CFR 250 subpart Q Reporting requirement* Annual burden Hour burden Average number of hours annual responses (rounded) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1704(g); 1706(a), (f); 1712; These sections contain APM burden covered under 1014-0026. 1715; 1716; 1721(a),(d), (f)- references to (g); 1722(a), (b), (d); 1723(b); information, approvals, 1743(a); Sub G. requests, payments, etc., which are submitted with an APM, the burdens for which are covered under its own information collection. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1700 thru 1754................... General departure and Burden covered under Subpart A 1014- 0 alternative compliance 0022 requests not specifically covered elsewhere in Subpart Q regulations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1703; 1704....................... Request approval for Burden included below 0 decommissioning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1704(i), (j)..................... Submit to BSEE, within 1 820 summaries/ 820 120 days after additional completion of each information. decommissioning activity, a summary of expenditures incurred; any additional information that will support and/or verify the summary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal..................... ........................ .............. 820 responses...... 820 hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Permanently Plugging Wells ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1712............................. Required data if Requirement not considered 0 permanently plugging a Information Collection under 5 CFR well. 1320.3(h)(9). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1713............................. Notify BSEE 48 hours 0.5 725 notices........ 363 before beginning operations to permanently plug a well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal..................... ........................ .............. 725 responses...... 363 hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Temporary Abandoned Wells ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1721(f).......................... Install a protector Burden covered under Subpart I 1014- 0 structure designed 0011 according to 30 CFR 250, Subpart I, and equipped with aids to navigation. (These requests are processed via the appropriate Platform Application, 30 CFR 250 Subpart I by the OSTS.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1721(e); 1722(e), (h)(1); 1741(c) Identify and report U.S. Coast Guard requirements. 0 subsea wellheads, casing stubs, or other obstructions; mark wells protected by a dome; mark location to be cleared as navigation hazard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1722(c), (g)(2); 1704(h)......... Notify BSEE within 5 1 11 notices......... 11 days if trawl does not pass over protective device or causes damages to it; or if inspection reveals casing stub or mud line suspension is no longer protected. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 72614]] 1722(f), (g)(3).................. Submit annual report on 2.5 98 reports......... 245 plans for re-entry to complete or permanently abandon the well and inspection report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1722(h).......................... Request waiver of 1.5 4 requests......... 6 trawling test. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal..................... ........................ .............. 113 responses...... 262 hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Removing Platforms and Other Facilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1725(a).......................... Requests to maintain the Burden covered under Subpart I 1014- 0 structure to conduct 0011 other activities are processed, evaluated and permitted by the OSTS via the appropriate Platform Application process, 30 CFR 250 Subpart I. (Other activities include but are not limited to activities conducted under the grants of right-of-ways (ROWs), rights--of-use and easement (RUEs), and alternate rights-of- use and easement authority issued under 30 CFR 250 Subpart J, 30 CFR 550.160, and/or 30 CFR 585, etc.). ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1725(e).......................... Notify BSEE 48 hours 0.5 175 notices........ 88 before beginning removal of platform and other facilities. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1726; 1704(a).................... Submit initial 20 1 application...... 20 decommissioning application in the Pacific and Alaska OCS Regions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1727; 1728; 1730; 1703; 1704(b); Submit final application 28 240 applications... 6,720 1725(b). and appropriate data to remove platform or other subsea facility structures (This included alternate depth departures and/or approvals of partial removal or toppling for conversion to an artificial reef.). ---------------------------------------------------- $4,684 fee x 240 = $1,124,160 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1729; 1704(c).................... Submit post platform or 9.5 175 reports........ 1,663 other facility removal report; supporting documentation; signed statements, etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal..................... ........................ .............. 591 responses...... 8,491 Hours ------------------------------------ $1,124,160 non-hour cost burdens ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Site Clearance for Wells, Platforms, and Other Facilities ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1740; 1741(g).................... Request approval to use 12.75 30 requests/ 383 alternative methods of contacts. well site, platform, or other facility clearance; contact pipeline owner/operator before trawling to determine its condition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1743(b); 1704(f), (h)............ Verify permanently 5 200 certifications. 1,000 plugged well, platform, or other facility removal site cleared of obstructions; supporting documentation; and submit certification letter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal..................... ........................ .............. 230 Responses...... 1,383 Hours ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pipeline Decommissioning ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1750; 1751; 1752; 1754; 1704(d).. Submit application to 10 213 L/T 2,130 decommission pipeline applications. in place or remove pipeline (L/T or ROW). ---------------------------------------------------- $1,142 L/T decommission fee x 213 = $243,246 ---------------------------------------------------- 10 147 ROW 1,470 applications. ---------------------------------------------------- $2,170 ROW decommissioning fees x 147 = $318,990 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1753; 1704(e).................... Submit post pipeline 2.5 242 reports........ 605 decommissioning report. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 72615]] Subtotal..................... ........................ .............. 602 responses...... 4,205 hours ---------------------------------------------------- $562,236 non-hour cost burdens ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3,081 responses.... 15,524 hours ---------------------------------------------------- Total Burden................. ........................ .............. $1,686,396 non-hour cost burdens ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * In the future, BSEE may require electronic filing of some submissions. L/T = Lease Term. ROW = Right of Way. Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: BSEE has identified three non-hour paperwork cost burdens for this collection. Respondents pay cost recovery fees when removing a platform or other facility under Sec. 250.1727 for $4,684, or for decommissioning a pipeline under Sec. Sec. 250.1751(a) and 250.1752(a)--L/T for $1,142 or a ROW for $2,170. We estimate a total reporting non-hour cost burden of $1,686,396 for this collection. Refer to the table above for the specific non-hour paperwork cost burden breakdown. We have not identified any other non-hour cost burdens associated with this collection of information. Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,) provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Until OMB approves a collection of information, you are not obligated to respond. Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,) requires each agency ``. . . to provide notice . . . and otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of information . . .'' Agencies must specifically solicit comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the collection is necessary or useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of technology. To comply with the public consultation process, on May 19, 2016, we published a Federal Register notice (81 FR 31660) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the required 60-day comment period. In addition, Sec. 250.199 provides the OMB Control Number for the information collection requirements imposed by the 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q regulations. The regulation also informs the public that they may comment at any time on the collections of information and provides the address to which they should send comments. We received no comments in response to the Federal Register notice. Public Availability of Comments: Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment-including your personal identifying information-may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. BSEE Information Collection Clearance Officer: Nicole Mason, (703) 787-1607. Keith Good, Senior Advisor, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. [FR Doc. 2016-25371 Filed 10-19-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-VH-P
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: special benefits or privileges to an
Title: 30 CFR part 250, subpart Q, identifiable non-Federal recipient above
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Decommissioning Activities. and beyond those which accrue to the
Enforcement OMB Control Number: 1014–0010. public at large. Respondents pay cost
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf recovery fees when removing a platform
[Docket ID BSEE–2016–0005; OMB Control (OCS) Lands Act at 43 U.S.C. 1334
Number 1014–0010; 17XE1700DX or other facility, or for decommissioning
EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000]
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior a pipeline lease term or a right-of-way.
to prescribe rules and regulations This authority and responsibility are
Information Collection Activities: necessary for the administration of the among those delegated to BSEE. The
Decommissioning Activities; leasing provisions of that Act related to regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q,
Submitted for Office of Management mineral resources on the OCS. Such concern decommissioning of platforms,
and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment rules and regulations will apply to all wells, and pipelines, as well as site
Request operations conducted under a lease, clearance and platform removal and are
right-of-way, or a right-of-use and the subject of this collection. This
ACTION: 30-day Notice. easement. Operations on the OCS must request also covers the related Notices
preserve, protect, and develop oil and to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) that
SUMMARY: To comply with the natural gas resources in a manner that BSEE issues to clarify, supplement, or
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 is consistent with the need to make such provide additional guidance on some
(PRA), the Bureau of Safety and resources available to meet the Nation’s aspects of our regulations.
Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is energy needs as rapidly as possible; to Responses to this collection are
notifying the public that we have balance orderly energy resource mandatory and are generally submitted
submitted to OMB an information development with protection of human, on occasion, depending on the
collection request (ICR) to renew marine, and coastal environments; to requirement. No questions of a sensitive
approval of the paperwork requirements ensure the public a fair and equitable nature are asked. BSEE will protect any
in the regulations under Subpart Q, return on the resources of the OCS; and confidential commercial or proprietary
Decommissioning Activities. This notice to preserve and maintain free enterprise information according to the Freedom of
also provides the public a second competition. Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and
opportunity to comment on the revised In addition to the general rulemaking DOI’s implementing regulations (43 CFR
paperwork burden of these regulatory authority of the OCSLA at 43 U.S.C. 2); section 26 of OCSLA (43 U.S.C.
requirements. 1334, section 301(a) of the Federal Oil 1352); 30 CFR 250.197, Data and
DATES: You must submit comments by
and Gas Royalty Management Act information to be made available to the
November 21, 2016. (FOGRMA), 30 U.S.C. 1751(a), grants public or for limited inspection; and 30
authority to the Secretary to prescribe CFR part 252, OCS Oil and Gas
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either such rules and regulations as are
fax (202) 395–5806 or email (OIRA_ Information Program.
reasonably necessary to carry out The BSEE uses the information
Submission@omb.eop.gov) directly to FOGRMA’s provisions. While the collected under Subpart Q primarily for
the Office of Information and Regulatory majority of FOGRMA is directed to the following reasons:
Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer royalty collection and enforcement, • To determine the necessity for
for the Department of the Interior (1014– some provisions apply to offshore allowing a well to be temporarily
0010). Please provide a copy of your operations. For example, section 108 of abandoned, the lessee/operator must
comments to BSEE by any of the means FOGRMA, 30 U.S.C. 1718, grants the demonstrate that there is a reason for
below. Secretary broad authority to inspect not permanently plugging the well, and
• Electronically go to http:// lease sites for the purpose of the temporary abandonment will not
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, determining whether there is interfere with fishing, navigation, or
enter BSEE–2016–0005 then click compliance with the mineral leasing other uses of the OCS. We use the
search. Follow the instructions to laws. Section 109(c)(2) and (d)(1), 30 information and documentation to
submit public comments and view all U.S.C. 1719(c)(2) and (d)(1), impose verify that the lessee/operator is
related materials. We will post all substantial civil penalties for failure to diligently pursuing the final disposition
comments. permit lawful inspections and for of the well and has performed the
• Email kye.mason@bsee.gov, fax knowing or willful preparation or temporary plugging of the wellbore.
(703) 787–1546, or mail or hand-carry submission of false, inaccurate, or • To ensure the information
comments to the Department of the misleading reports, records, or other submitted in initial decommissioning
Interior; Bureau of Safety and information. Because the Secretary has plans in the Alaska and Pacific OCS
Environmental Enforcement; delegated some of the authority under Regions will permit BSEE to become
Regulations and Standards Branch; FOGRMA to BSEE, 30 U.S.C. 1751 is involved in the initial planning stages of
ATTN: Nicole Mason; 45600 Woodland included as additional authority for platform removals anticipated to occur
Road, Sterling, VA 20166. Please these requirements. in these OCS regions.
reference ICR 1014–0010 in your The Independent Offices • To ensure that all objects
comment and include your name and Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the (wellheads, platforms, etc.) installed on
return address. Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. the OCS are properly removed using
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26, procedures that will protect marine life
Nicole Mason, Regulations and 1996), and OMB Circular A–25, and the environment during removal
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Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607, to authorize Federal agencies to recover operations, and the site cleared so as not
request additional information about the full cost of services that confer to conflict with or harm other uses of
this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR special benefits. Under the Department the OCS.
submitted to OMB, go to http:// of the Interior’s implementing policy, • To ensure that information
www.reginfo.gov (select Information the Bureau of Safety and Environmental regarding decommissioning a pipeline
Collection Review, Currently Under Enforcement (BSEE) is required to in place will not constitute a hazard to
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Non-hour cost burdens
Citation 30 CFR 250 Reporting requirement* Average Annual burden
subpart Q Hour burden number of hours
annual responses (rounded)
Subtotal ...................... .................................................................................... ........................ 602 responses ................. 4,205 hours
$562,236 non-hour cost burdens
3,081 responses .............. 15,524 hours
Total Burden .............. .................................................................................... ........................ $1,686,396 non-hour cost burdens
* In the future, BSEE may require electronic filing of some submissions.
L/T = Lease Term.
ROW = Right of Way.
Estimated Reporting and addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB criminal justice community. For law
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: Control Number for the information enforcement and corrections personnel,
BSEE has identified three non-hour collection requirements imposed by the first responders, and others who work
paperwork cost burdens for this 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q regulations. The with the public, overcoming language
collection. Respondents pay cost regulation also informs the public that barriers when working with individuals
recovery fees when removing a platform they may comment at any time on the with limited English proficiency is vital
or other facility under § 250.1727 for collections of information and provides to doing their jobs effectively. Voice
$4,684, or for decommissioning a the address to which they should send translation technology can provide a
pipeline under §§ 250.1751(a) and comments. We received no comments in practical solution. The National
250.1752(a)—L/T for $1,142 or a ROW response to the Federal Register notice. Criminal Justice Technology Research,
for $2,170. We estimate a total reporting Public Availability of Comments: Test, and Evaluation Center (NIJ RT&E
non-hour cost burden of $1,686,396 for Before including your address, phone Center) is developing a ‘‘Market Survey
this collection. Refer to the table above number, email address, or other of Voice Translation Technologies for
for the specific non-hour paperwork personal identifying information in your Criminal Justice Applications’’ to
cost burden breakdown. We have not comment, you should be aware that address this issue. This market survey
identified any other non-hour cost your entire comment–including your will be published by NIJ to assist
burdens associated with this collection personal identifying information–may agencies in their assessment of relevant
of information. be made publicly available at any time. information prior to making purchasing
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA While you can ask us in your comment decisions.
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,) provides that to withhold your personal identifying DATES: Responses to this request will be
an agency may not conduct or sponsor information from public review, we accepted through 11:59 p.m. Eastern
a collection of information unless it cannot guarantee that we will be able to Daylight Time on November 21, 2016.
displays a currently valid OMB control do so. ADDRESSES: Responses to this request
number. Until OMB approves a BSEE Information Collection may be submitted electronically in the
collection of information, you are not Clearance Officer: Nicole Mason, (703) body of or as an attachment to an email
obligated to respond. 787–1607. sent to administrator@nijrtecenter.org
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