81 FR 94414 - States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 247 (December 23, 2016)
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 247 (December 23, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-30925 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 94414-94415] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-30925] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Natural Resources Revenue [Docket No. ONRR-2011-0002; DS63610000 DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2] States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Final regulations that ONRR published on September 13, 2004 (69 FR 55076) provide two types of accounting and auditing relief for Federal onshore or Outer Continental Shelf lease production from marginal properties. As the regulations require, for each calendar year ONRR provides, by October 31 preceding the calendar year, a list of qualifying marginal Federal oil and gas properties to States that receive a portion of Federal royalties. Each State then decides whether to participate in one or both relief options. For calendar year 2017, we provide in this notice the affected States' decisions to allow one or both types of relief. DATES: Effective January 1, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lindsay Goldstein, Economic and Market Analysis Office, at (303) 231-3301; or email at [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations, codified at 30 CFR part 1204, subpart C, implement certain provisions of section 7 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 (RSFA) (30 U.S.C. 1726), which allows States to relieve the lessees of marginal properties from certain reporting, accounting, and auditing requirements. States make an annual determination of whether or not to allow relief. Two options for relief are provided: (1) Notification- based relief [[Page 94415]] for annual reporting and (2) other requested relief, as industry proposed and ONRR and the affected State approved. The regulations require ONRR to publish by December 1 of each year a list of the States and their decisions regarding marginal property relief. To qualify for the first relief option (notification-based relief) for calendar year 2016, properties must produce less than 1,000 barrels-of-oil-equivalent (BOE) per year for the base period (July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015). Annual reporting relief will begin January 1, 2017, with the annual report and payment due February 28, 2018, or March 31, 2018, if you have an estimated payment on file. To qualify for the second relief option (other requested relief), the combined equivalent production of the marginal properties during the base period must equal an average daily well production of less than 15 BOE per well, per day calculated under 30 CFR 1204.4(c). The following table shows the States that have qualifying marginal properties and the States' decisions to allow one or both forms of relief. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notification-based Request-based relief (less than relief (less than State 1,000 BOE per 15 BOE per well year) per day) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alabama......................... No................ No. Arkansas........................ Yes............... Yes. California...................... No................ No. Colorado........................ No................ No. Kansas.......................... No................ No. Louisiana....................... Yes............... Yes. Michigan........................ Yes............... Yes. Mississippi..................... No................ No. Montana......................... No................ No. Nebraska........................ No................ No. Nevada.......................... No................ No. New Mexico...................... No................ Yes. North Dakota.................... No................ No. Oklahoma........................ Yes............... Yes. South Dakota.................... No................ No. Utah............................ No................ No. Wyoming......................... Yes............... No. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Federal oil and gas properties located in all other States where ONRR does not share a portion of Federal royalties with the State are eligible for relief if they qualify as marginal under the regulations (see section 117(c) of RSFA, 30 U.S.C. 1726(c)). For information on how to obtain relief, please refer to 30 CFR 1204.205 or to the published rule, which you may view at http://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/PDFDocs/55076.pdf. Unless the information that ONRR received is proprietary data, all correspondence, records, or information that we receive in response to this notice may be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.). If applicable, please highlight the proprietary portions, including any supporting documentation, or mark the page(s) that contain proprietary data. We protect the proprietary information under the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. 1905), FOIA Exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)), and the Department of the Interior's FOIA regulations (43 CFR part 2). Dated: December 13, 2016. Gregory J. Gould, Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue. [FR Doc. 2016-30925 Filed 12-22-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4335-30-P
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Title: Application for Designation as 1003 Application for Designation as institutions; nonprofit organizations;
National Recreation Trail or National National Recreation Trail’’. state, tribal, and local governments; and
Water Trail. Type of Request: Existing collection in Federal agency land units.
Form(s): Web-based forms: 10–1002, use without OMB approval. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
‘‘Application for Designation as Description of Respondents: Private obtain or retain benefits.
National Water Trail System’’ and 10– individuals; businesses; educational Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Avg. time per Total annual
Annual Total annual response burden hours
respondents responses (hours) (rounded)
Application for Designation—National Recreation Trails
Individual .......................................................................................................... 1 1 8 8
Private Sector .................................................................................................. 5 5 8 40
State, Local, or Tribal Governments ................................................................ 6 8 8 64
Application for Designation—National Water Trails System
Individual .......................................................................................................... 1 1 11 11
Private Sector .................................................................................................. 2 2 11 22
State, Local, or Tribal Governments ................................................................ 3 3 11 33
Amendments/Updates—National Recreation Trails
Individual .......................................................................................................... 1 1 .5 1
Private Sector .................................................................................................. 1 1 .5 1
State, Local, or Tribal Governments ................................................................ 3 3 .5 2
Amendments/Updates—National Water Trails System
Individual .......................................................................................................... 1 1 .5 1
Private Sector .................................................................................................. 1 1 .5 1
State, Local, or Tribal Governments ................................................................ 1 1 .5 1
Total .......................................................................................................... 23 28 ........................ 185
Estimated Annual Reporting and comment, including your personal and auditing relief for Federal onshore
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: None. identifying information, may be made or Outer Continental Shelf lease
publicly available at any time. While production from marginal properties. As
III. Comments
you can ask OMB and us in your the regulations require, for each
On August 8 2016, we published in comment to withhold your personal calendar year ONRR provides, by
the Federal Register (81 FR 52459) a identifying information from public October 31 preceding the calendar year,
Notice of our intent to request that OMB review, we cannot guarantee that it will a list of qualifying marginal Federal oil
approve this information collection. In be done. and gas properties to States that receive
that Notice, we solicited comments for Dated: December 20, 2016. a portion of Federal royalties. Each State
60 days, ending on October 7, 2016. We then decides whether to participate in
Madonna L. Baucum,
did not receive any comments in one or both relief options. For calendar
response to that Notice. Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service. year 2017, we provide in this notice the
We again invite comments concerning affected States’ decisions to allow one or
this information collection on: [FR Doc. 2016–30965 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am]
both types of relief.
• Whether or not the collection of BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DATES: Effective January 1, 2017.
information is necessary, including
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
whether or not the information will
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Lindsay Goldstein, Economic and
have practical utility;
Market Analysis Office, at (303) 231–
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
Office of Natural Resources Revenue 3301; or email at lindsay.goldstein@
burden for this collection of
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0002; DS63610000 onrr.gov.
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
and clarity of the information to be regulations, codified at 30 CFR part
collected; and States’ Decisions on Participating in 1204, subpart C, implement certain
• Ways to minimize the burden of the Accounting and Auditing Relief for provisions of section 7 of the Federal
collection of information on Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and
respondents. Properties Fairness Act of 1996 (RSFA) (30 U.S.C.
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Comments that you submit in AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources 1726), which allows States to relieve the
response to this notice are a matter of Revenue (ONRR), Interior. lessees of marginal properties from
public record. Before including your ACTION: Notice. certain reporting, accounting, and
address, phone number, email address, auditing requirements. States make an
or other personal identifying SUMMARY: Final regulations that ONRR annual determination of whether or not
information in your comment, you published on September 13, 2004 (69 FR to allow relief. Two options for relief are
should be aware that your entire 55076) provide two types of accounting provided: (1) Notification-based relief
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for annual reporting and (2) other year 2016, properties must produce less requested relief), the combined
requested relief, as industry proposed than 1,000 barrels-of-oil-equivalent equivalent production of the marginal
and ONRR and the affected State (BOE) per year for the base period (July properties during the base period must
approved. The regulations require 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015). Annual equal an average daily well production
ONRR to publish by December 1 of each reporting relief will begin January 1, of less than 15 BOE per well, per day
year a list of the States and their 2017, with the annual report and calculated under 30 CFR 1204.4(c).
decisions regarding marginal property payment due February 28, 2018, or The following table shows the States
relief. March 31, 2018, if you have an that have qualifying marginal properties
To qualify for the first relief option estimated payment on file. To qualify and the States’ decisions to allow one or
(notification-based relief) for calendar for the second relief option (other both forms of relief.
Notification-based relief Request-based relief
State (less than 1,000 BOE per year) (less than 15 BOE per well per day)
Alabama ............................................................. No ..................................................................... No.
Arkansas ............................................................ Yes ................................................................... Yes.
California ............................................................ No ..................................................................... No.
Colorado ............................................................ No ..................................................................... No.
Kansas ............................................................... No ..................................................................... No.
Louisiana ........................................................... Yes ................................................................... Yes.
Michigan ............................................................ Yes ................................................................... Yes.
Mississippi ......................................................... No ..................................................................... No.
Montana ............................................................. No ..................................................................... No.
Nebraska ........................................................... No ..................................................................... No.
Nevada .............................................................. No ..................................................................... No.
New Mexico ....................................................... No ..................................................................... Yes.
North Dakota ..................................................... No ..................................................................... No.
Oklahoma .......................................................... Yes ................................................................... Yes.
South Dakota ..................................................... No ..................................................................... No.
Utah ................................................................... No ..................................................................... No.
Wyoming ............................................................ Yes ................................................................... No.
Federal oil and gas properties located DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
in all other States where ONRR does not more information on the Cook Inlet
share a portion of Federal royalties with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Lease Sale 244 Final EIS, you may
the State are eligible for relief if they contact Sharon Randall, Bureau of
qualify as marginal under the [Docket No. BOEM–2014–0001] Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS
regulations (see section 117(c) of RSFA, Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite
Final Environmental Impact Statement 500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5823;
30 U.S.C. 1726(c)). For information on for the Cook Inlet Outer Continental
how to obtain relief, please refer to 30 (907) 334–5200.
Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 244;
CFR 1204.205 or to the published rule, MMAA104000 Authority: This Notice of Availability for
which you may view at http:// the Final EIS is in compliance with the
www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/ AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
PDFDocs/55076.pdf. Management (BOEM), Interior. as amended (42 U.S.C. 4231 et seq.), and is
published pursuant to 40 CFR 1502.19.
Unless the information that ONRR ACTION: Notice of availability of a final
received is proprietary data, all environmental impact statement. Abigail Ross Hopper,
correspondence, records, or information Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the Management.
that we receive in response to this availability of the Final Environmental
notice may be subject to disclosure [FR Doc. 2016–30930 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am]
Impact Statement (Final EIS) for the
under the Freedom of Information Act BILLING CODE P
Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf Oil
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.). If and Gas Lease Sale 244 (Cook Inlet
applicable, please highlight the Lease Sale 244). The Final EIS offers a
proprietary portions, including any discussion of potential impacts of the INTERNATIONAL TRADE
supporting documentation, or mark the proposed action, provides an analysis of COMMISSION
page(s) that contain proprietary data. reasonable alternatives to the proposed [USITC SE–16–044]
We protect the proprietary information action, and identifies the Bureau’s
under the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. preferred alternative. Government in the Sunshine Act
1905), FOIA Exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. The Final EIS is available on the Meeting Notice
552(b)(4)), and the Department of the agency Web site at http://
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United
Interior’s FOIA regulations (43 CFR part www.boem.gov/Sale-244/. BOEM will
States International Trade Commission.
2). primarily distribute digital copies of the
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Final EIS on compact discs. You may TIME AND DATE: January 6, 2017 at 11:00
Dated: December 13, 2016. a.m.
request a paper copy or the location of
Gregory J. Gould, a library with a digital copy of the Final PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,
Director, Office of Natural Resources EIS from BOEM, Alaska OCS Region, Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
Revenue. 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, (202) 205–2000.
[FR Doc. 2016–30925 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am] Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5823, (907) STATUS: Open to the public.
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