83 FR 17840 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Drainage Protection
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 79 (April 24, 2018)
Bureau of Land Management
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 79 (April 24, 2018)
| Page Range | 17840-17841 | |
| FR Document | 2018-08533 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 17840-17841] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-08533] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [LLWO31000.L13100000.PB0000.18X; OMB Control Number 1004-0185] Agency Information Collection Activities; Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Drainage Protection AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are proposing to renew an information collection. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before June 25, 2018. ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request (ICR) by mail to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM, Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Jean Sonneman; or by email to [email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1004-0185 in the subject line of your comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information about this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 202-912-7146. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper functions of the BLM; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the BLM enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the BLM minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this ICR. 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. Abstract: The BLM collects information under control number 1004- 0185 in order to monitor and enforce compliance with drainage protection and other requirements pertaining to Federal and Indian oil and gas leasing and operations (except on the Osage Reservation). Collecting the information is necessary for compliance with several statutes, including the Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) and the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (30 U.S.C. 1701-1758). Title of Collection: Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Drainage Protection. OMB Control Number: 1004-0185. Form Number: None. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents/Affected Public: Onshore Federal and Indian oil and gas lessees (except on the Osage [[Page 17841]] Reservation), operators, and operating rights owners. Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 19,711. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 19,711. Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 1 to 24 hours, depending on activity. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 42,935. Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit. Frequency of Collection: On occasion, except for the activity titled ``Option statement,'' which is required twice a year. Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $2,976,683.55. The following table details the individual components and respective hour burdens of this information collection request: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total hours Type of response Number of Hours per (Column B x responses response Column C) A. B. C. D. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice of option holdings, 43 CFR 3100.3-1(b)................... 1 1 1 Option statement, 43 CFR 3100.3-3............................... 1 1 1 Proof of acreage reduction, 43 CFR 3101.2-4(a).................. 1 1 1 Excess acreage petition, 43 CFR 3101.2-4(a)..................... 1 1 1 Ad hoc acreage statement, 43 CFR 3101.2-6....................... 1 1 1 Joinder evidence statement, 43 CFR 3101.3-1..................... 50 1 50 Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty, 43 CFR 453 2 906 3103.4-1....................................................... Communitization or drilling agreements, 43 CFR 3105.2........... 178 2 356 Operating, drilling, or development contracts, 43 CFR 3105.3.... 1 1 1 Application to combine interests for joint refining or 1 1 1 transportation of oil, 43 CFR 3105.4........................... Subsurface storage application, 43 CFR 3105.5................... 1 1 1 Consolidation of leases, 43 CFR 3105.6.......................... 12 1 12 Heirs and devisees, 43 CFR 3106.8-1............................. 86 1 86 Change of name, 43 CFR 3106.8-2................................. 10,668 1 10,668 Corporate merger notice, 43 CFR 3106.8-3........................ 4,184 1 4,184 Lease renewal application, 43 CFR 3107.8........................ 1 1 1 Relinquishment, 43 CFR 3108.1................................... 176 1 176 Class I reinstatement petition, 43 CFR 3108.2-2................. 11 3 33 Class II reinstatement petition, 43 CFR 3108.2-3................ 66 3 198 Class III reinstatement petition, 43 CFR 3108.2-4............... 1 1 1 Application for lease under right-of-way, 43 CFR 3109.1......... 38 8 304 Lands available for competitive leasing, 43 CFR 3120.1-1(e)..... 1,380 8 11,040 Protests and appeals, 43 CFR 3120.1-3........................... 1,289 8 10,312 Preliminary drainage protection report, 43 CFR 3162.2-9......... 1,000 2 2,000 Detailed drainage protection report, 43 CFR 3162.2-9............ 100 24 2,400 Additional drainage protection report, 43 CFR 3162.2-9.......... 10 20 200 ----------------------------------------------- Totals...................................................... 19,711 .............. 42,935 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). Jean Sonneman, Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 2018-08533 Filed 4-23-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-84-P
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period ended March 27, 2018. The BLM (sublease) in a lease for oil and gas or SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
received no comments. We are again geothermal resources. accordance with the Paperwork
soliciting comments on the proposed Total Estimated Number of Annual Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
ICR that is described below. We are Respondents: 17,626. general public and other Federal
especially interested in public comment Total Estimated Number of Annual agencies with an opportunity to
addressing the following issues: (1) Is Responses: 17,626. comment on new, proposed, revised,
the collection necessary to the proper Estimated Completion Time per and continuing collections of
functions of the BLM; (2) will this Response: 30 minutes. information. This helps us assess the
information be processed and used in a Total Estimated Number of Annual impact of our information collection
timely manner; (3) is the estimate of Burden Hours: 8,813. requirements and minimize the public’s
burden accurate; (4) how might the BLM Respondent’s Obligation: Required to reporting burden. It also helps the
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity obtain or retain a benefit. public understand our information
of the information to be collected; and Frequency of Collection: On occasion. collection requirements and provide the
(5) how might the BLM minimize the Total Estimated Annual Nonhour requested data in the desired format.
burden of this collection on the Burden Cost: $1,674,470. We are soliciting comments on the
respondents, including through the use An agency may not conduct or proposed ICR that is described below.
of information technology. sponsor and a person is not required to We are especially interested in public
Comments that you submit in respond to a collection of information comment addressing the following
response to this notice are a matter of unless it displays a currently valid OMB issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
public record. Before including your control number. the proper functions of the BLM; (2) will
address, phone number, email address, The authority for this action is the this information be processed and used
or other personal identifying Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
information in your comment, you U.S.C. 3501 et seq). of burden accurate; (4) how might the
should be aware that your entire BLM enhance the quality, utility, and
Jean Sonneman,
comment—including your personal clarity of the information to be
Bureau of Land Management, Information
identifying information—may be made collected; and (5) how might the BLM
Collection Clearance Officer.
publicly available at any time. While minimize the burden of this collection
[FR Doc. 2018–08534 Filed 4–23–18; 8:45 am]
you can ask us in your comment to on the respondents, including through
BILLING CODE 4310–84–P
withhold your personal identifying the use of information technology.
information from public review, we Comments that you submit in
cannot guarantee that we will be able to response to this notice are a matter of
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR public record. We will include or
do so.
Abstract: This collection of Bureau of Land Management summarize each comment in our request
information enables the BLM to process to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
[LLWO31000.L13100000.PB0000.18X; OMB including your address, phone number,
assignments of record title interest and Control Number 1004–0185]
transfers of operating rights in a lease email address, or other personal
for oil and gas or geothermal resources. identifying information in your
Agency Information Collection
Each assignment or transfer is a contract comment, you should be aware that
Activities; Onshore Oil and Gas
between private parties but, by law, your entire comment—including your
Leasing and Drainage Protection
must be approved by the Secretary. The personal identifying information—may
BLM uses information about AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, be made publicly available at any time.
assignments and transfers to prevent Interior. While you can ask us in your comment
unlawful extraction of mineral ACTION: Notice of information collection; to withhold your personal identifying
resources, to ensure prompt payment of request for comment. information from public review, we
rentals and royalties for the rights cannot guarantee that we will be able to
obtained under a Federal lease, and to SUMMARY: In accordance with the do so.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, Abstract: The BLM collects
ensure that leases are not encumbered
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), information under control number
with agreements that cause the minerals
are proposing to renew an information 1004–0185 in order to monitor and
to be uneconomical to produce,
collection. enforce compliance with drainage
resulting in lost revenues to the Federal
DATES: Interested persons are invited to protection and other requirements
Government. The information also
submit comments on or before June 25, pertaining to Federal and Indian oil and
enables the BLM to ensure the assignee
2018. gas leasing and operations (except on
or transferee is in compliance with the
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
the Osage Reservation). Collecting the
bonding requirements, when necessary,
this information collection request (ICR) information is necessary for compliance
before approval of the transfer or
by mail to the U.S. Department of the with several statutes, including the
assignment.
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 181 et
Title of Collection: Oil, Gas, and
1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM, seq.) and the Federal Oil and Gas
Geothermal Resources: Transfers and
Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Jean Royalty Management Act (30 U.S.C.
Assignments.
Sonneman; or by email to jesonnem@ 1701–1758).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0034. Title of Collection: Onshore Oil and
Form Numbers: 3000–3 and 3000–3a. blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Gas Leasing and Drainage Protection.
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Type of Review: Extension of a Number 1004–0185 in the subject line of OMB Control Number: 1004–0185.
currently approved collection. your comments. Form Number: None.
Respondents/Affected Public: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To Type of Review: Extension of a
Assignors and assignees of record title request additional information about currently approved collection.
interest in a lease for oil and gas or this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by Respondents/Affected Public:
geothermal resources; and transferors email at j35spenc@blm.gov, or by Onshore Federal and Indian oil and gas
and transferees of operating rights telephone at 202–912–7146. lessees (except on the Osage
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Reservation), operators, and operating Total Estimated Number of Annual Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
rights owners. Burden Hours: 42,935. Burden Cost: $2,976,683.55.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondent’s Obligation: Required to The following table details the
Respondents: 19,711.
Obtain or Retain a Benefit. individual components and respective
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 19,711. Frequency of Collection: On occasion, hour burdens of this information
Estimated Completion Time per except for the activity titled ‘‘Option collection request:
Response: Varies from 1 to 24 hours, statement,’’ which is required twice a
depending on activity. year.
Total hours
Type of Number of Hours per (Column B ×
response responses response Column C)
A. B. C. D.
Notice of option holdings, 43 CFR 3100.3–1(b) .......................................................................... 1 1 1
Option statement, 43 CFR 3100.3–3 .......................................................................................... 1 1 1
Proof of acreage reduction, 43 CFR 3101.2–4(a) ....................................................................... 1 1 1
Excess acreage petition, 43 CFR 3101.2–4(a) ........................................................................... 1 1 1
Ad hoc acreage statement, 43 CFR 3101.2–6 ........................................................................... 1 1 1
Joinder evidence statement, 43 CFR 3101.3–1 .......................................................................... 50 1 50
Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty, 43 CFR 3103.4–1 .................................. 453 2 906
Communitization or drilling agreements, 43 CFR 3105.2 ........................................................... 178 2 356
Operating, drilling, or development contracts, 43 CFR 3105.3 ................................................... 1 1 1
Application to combine interests for joint refining or transportation of oil, 43 CFR 3105.4 ........ 1 1 1
Subsurface storage application, 43 CFR 3105.5 ........................................................................ 1 1 1
Consolidation of leases, 43 CFR 3105.6 .................................................................................... 12 1 12
Heirs and devisees, 43 CFR 3106.8–1 ....................................................................................... 86 1 86
Change of name, 43 CFR 3106.8–2 ........................................................................................... 10,668 1 10,668
Corporate merger notice, 43 CFR 3106.8–3 ............................................................................... 4,184 1 4,184
Lease renewal application, 43 CFR 3107.8 ................................................................................ 1 1 1
Relinquishment, 43 CFR 3108.1 ................................................................................................. 176 1 176
Class I reinstatement petition, 43 CFR 3108.2–2 ....................................................................... 11 3 33
Class II reinstatement petition, 43 CFR 3108.2–3 ...................................................................... 66 3 198
Class III reinstatement petition, 43 CFR 3108.2–4 ..................................................................... 1 1 1
Application for lease under right-of-way, 43 CFR 3109.1 ........................................................... 38 8 304
Lands available for competitive leasing, 43 CFR 3120.1–1(e) ................................................... 1,380 8 11,040
Protests and appeals, 43 CFR 3120.1–3 .................................................................................... 1,289 8 10,312
Preliminary drainage protection report, 43 CFR 3162.2–9 ......................................................... 1,000 2 2,000
Detailed drainage protection report, 43 CFR 3162.2–9 .............................................................. 100 24 2,400
Additional drainage protection report, 43 CFR 3162.2–9 ........................................................... 10 20 200
Totals .................................................................................................................................... 19,711 ........................ 42,935
An agency may not conduct or DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Collection Clearance Officer, National
sponsor and a person is not required to Park Service, 12201 Sunrise Valley
respond to a collection of information National Park Service Drive, MS–242, Reston, VA 20192
unless it displays a currently valid OMB (mail); or by email to tim_goddard@
[NPS–WASO–CR–25249; PPWOCRADI0, nps.gov. Please reference OMB Control
control number. PCU00RP14.R50000 (188); OMB Control
Number 1024–0018 in the subject line of
The authority for this action is the Number 1024–0018]
your comments.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
Agency Information Collection FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Activities; Nomination of Properties for request additional information about
Jean Sonneman, Listing in the National Register of this ICR, contact Lisa Deline,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Historic Places Architectural Historian, National
Collection Clearance Officer. Register of Historic Places, by email at
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Lisa_Deline@nps.gov, or by telephone at
[FR Doc. 2018–08533 Filed 4–23–18; 8:45 am]
ACTION: Notice of Information 202–354–2239.
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Collection; request for comment. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
National Park Service (NPS), in
SUMMARY: In accordance with the accordance with the Paperwork
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Reduction Act of 1995, provide the
National Park Service is proposing to general public and other Federal
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renew an information collection. agencies with an opportunity to
DATES: Interested persons are invited to comment on proposed, revised, and
submit comments on or before June 25, continuing collections of information.
2018. This helps us assess the impact of our
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the information collection requirements and
Information Collection Request (ICR) by minimize the public’s reporting burden.
mail to Tim Goddard, Information It also helps the public understand our
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| Dates | Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before June 25, 2018. | |
| Contact | To request additional information about this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 202-912-7146. | |
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