83_FR_44832 83 FR 44662 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Royalty and Production Reporting

83 FR 44662 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Royalty and Production Reporting

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 170 (August 31, 2018)

Page Range44662-44669
FR Document2018-18927

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), are proposing to renew an information collection.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 170 (Friday, August 31, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2018)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18927]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Natural Resources Revenue

[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0020; DS63644000 DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2; OMB 
Control Number 1012-0004]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Royalty and Production 
Reporting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Natural Resources Revenue, 
Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), are proposing to renew 
an information collection.

DATES: You must submit your written comments on or before October 30, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this ICR to ONRR by using one of 
the following three methods (please reference ``ICR 1012-0004'' in the 
subject line of your comments):
    1. Electronically go to http://www.regulations.gov. In the entry 
titled ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter ``ONRR-2011-0020'' and then click 
``Search.'' Follow the instructions to submit public comments. ONRR 
will post all comments.
    2. Mail comments to Mr. Armand Southall, Regulatory Specialist, 
ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver, Colorado 80225-0165.
    3. Hand-carry or mail comments, using an overnight courier service, 
to ONRR. Our courier address is Building 85, Entrance N-1, Denver 
Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 80225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on technical issues, 
contact Ms. Lee-Ann Martin, Program Manager, Reference and Reporting 
Management, ONRR, telephone (303) 231-3313, or email 
[email protected]. For other questions, contact Mr. Armand 
Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, telephone (303) 231-3221, or 
email to [email protected]. You may also contact Mr. Southall to 
obtain copies (free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated 
forms, and (3) the regulations that require us to collect the 
information.

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 mentioned in the OMB regulations at 5 CFR 
1320.8(d)(1): (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper functions 
of ONRR; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely 
manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might ONRR 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (5) how might ONRR 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. ONRR will post all comments, including names and 
addresses of respondents at http://www.regulations.gov. We will include 
or summarize each comment in our request to the Office of Management 
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Budget (OMB) to approve this ICR. Before including your Personally 
Identifiable Information (PII), such as your address, phone number, 
email address, or other personal identifying information in your 
comment(s), you should be aware that your entire comment, including 
PII, may be made available to the public at any time. While you can ask 
us, in your comment, to withhold your PII from public view, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so. We also will post the ICR at 
https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/ICR0139.htm.
    Abstract: The Secretary of the United States Department of the 
Interior is responsible for mineral resource development on Federal and 
Indian lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Under various laws, 
the Secretary's responsibility is to manage mineral resources 
production on Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, collect royalties 
due, and distribute the funds collected. The Secretary also has trust 
responsibility to manage Indian lands and seek advice and information 
from Indian beneficiaries. ONRR performs the minerals revenue 
management functions for the Secretary and assists the Secretary in 
carrying out the Department's trust responsibility for Indian lands. 
Public laws pertaining to mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands 
are available at http://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/PubLaws/index.htm.
    Information collections that we cover in this ICR are found at 
title 30 CFR part 1210, subparts B, C, and D, which pertain to 
reporting oil, gas, and geothermal resources royalties and oil and gas 
production; and part 1212, subpart B, which pertains to recordkeeping.
    When a company or an individual enters into a lease to explore, 
develop, produce, and dispose of minerals from Federal or Indian lands, 
that company or individual agrees to pay the lessor a share in an 
amount or value of production from the leased lands. The lessee, or its 
designee, must report various kinds of information to the lessor 
relative to the disposition of the leased minerals. Such information is 
available within the records of the lessee or others involved in 
developing, transporting, processing, purchasing, or selling such 
minerals. The information that ONRR collects includes data necessary to 
ensure that the lessee accurately values and appropriately pays all 
royalties and other mineral revenues due.
    Reporters submit information into the ONRR financial accounting 
system that includes royalty, rental, bonus, and other payment 
information; sales volumes and values; and other royalty values. ONRR 
uses the accounting system to compare production volumes with royalty 
volumes to verify that companies reported and paid proper royalties for 
the minerals produced. Additionally, we share the data electronically 
with the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs, and Tribal and State governments so that they can perform 
their land and lease management responsibilities.
    We use the information collected in this ICR to ensure that 
companies properly pay royalties based on accurate production 
accounting on oil, gas, and geothermal resources that they produce from 
Federal and Indian leases. Production data is also used to determine 
whether a lease is producing in paying quantities and therefore has not 
expired, and to track total production from Federal and Indian lands by 
lease, communitization agreement, unit, field or area, State, 
reservation, and nationally. The requirement to report accurately and 
timely is mandatory. Please refer to the chart for all reporting 
requirements and associated burden hours.

Royalty Reporting

    Payors (Reporters) must report, according to various regulations, 
and remit royalties on oil, gas, and geothermal resources that they 
produced from leases on Federal and Indian lands. The reporters use the 
following form for royalty reporting:
    Form ONRR-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance. Reporters 
submit this form monthly to report royalties on oil, gas, and 
geothermal leases. On a royalty report, reporters submit a line of data 
for each type of product produced from each Federal or Indian property. 
A royalty report is also used to report certain rents. Each line 
contains the royalty owed and the basic elements necessary to calculate 
the royalty. For example, each line of a royalty report will include 
the volume produced from the lease, the value of that production, and 
any allowances claimed by the reporter which reduced the royalty owed.

Production Reporting

    Operators (Reporters) must submit, according to various 
regulations, production reports if they operate a Federal or Indian 
onshore or offshore oil and gas lease or federally approved unit or 
communitization agreement. We use the ONRR financial accounting system 
to track minerals produced from Federal and Indian lands, from the 
point of production to the point of disposition or royalty 
determination and/or point of sale. The reporters use the following 
forms for production accounting and reporting:
    Form ONRR-4054, Oil and Gas Operations Report (OGOR). Reporters 
submit this form monthly for all production reporting for Outer 
Continental Shelf, Federal, and Indian leases. On part A of the OGOR 
production report, reporters submit a line of data indicating the 
volumes produced from each Federal or Indian well. On part B, reporters 
submit a line of data for each commodity, indicating the disposition of 
the volumes. On part C, reporters submit a line of data for each 
Federal or Indian property indicating any change in the volume of the 
inventory remaining on the property. ONRR compares the production 
information with sales and royalty data that reporters submit on form 
ONRR-2014 to ensure that the reporters paid and reported the proper 
royalties on the oil and gas production reported to ONRR. ONRR uses the 
information from OGOR parts A, B, and C to track all oil and gas from 
the point of production to the point of first sale or other 
disposition.
    Form ONRR-4058, Production Allocation Schedule Report (PASR). 
Reporters submit this form monthly to provide allocation information 
for Federal offshore production. This reporting is required when a 
facility operator manages a measurement point where they commingle the 
production from an offshore Federal lease or metering point with 
production from other sources (i.e., State lease production) before the 
production is measured for a royalty determination. On each PASR, the 
reporter submits a line of data containing the volume of commingled oil 
or gas. ONRR uses the data to determine if the payors reported accurate 
sales volumes on the OGOR. Reporters also use the PASR to corroborate 
data reflected on the OGOR that the OCS lease operators submit.

OMB Approval

    We are requesting OMB's approval to continue to collect this 
information. Not collecting this information would limit the 
Secretary's ability to discharge fiduciary duties and may also result 
in the loss of royalty payments. ONRR protects the proprietary 
information that it receives, and does not collect items of a sensitive 
nature. It is mandatory that the reporters submit forms ONRR-2014, 
ONRR-4054, and ONRR-4058.

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II. Data

    Title of Collection: Royalty and Production Reporting, 30 CFR parts 
1210 and 1212.
    OMB Control Number: 1012-0004.
    Form Numbers: ONRR-2014, ONRR-4054, and ONRR-4058.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 3,870 oil, gas, and 
geothermal reporters.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 12,873,046 lines of 
data.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies between 1 and 7 
minutes per line, depending on the activity. The average completion 
time is 1.96 minutes per line. The average completion time is 
calculated by first multiplying the estimated annual burden hours from 
the table below (420,241) by 60 to obtain the total annual burden 
minutes. Then the total annual burden minutes (25,214,460) is divided 
by the estimated annual number of lines submitted from the table below 
(12,873,046).
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 420,241 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Frequency of Collection: Monthly.
    Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: We have identified no 
``non-hour cost'' burden associated with this collection of 
information.
    We have not included in our estimates certain requirements that 
companies perform in the normal course of business that ONRR considers 
usual and customary. We display the estimated annual burden hours by 
CFR section and paragraph in the following chart.
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    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.

    Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.).

Gregory J. Gould,
Director for Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2018-18927 Filed 8-30-18; 8:45 am]
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44662 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices significance of the nominated properties MINNESOTA 2011–0020’’ and then click ‘‘Search.’’ under the National Register criteria for Meeker County Follow the instructions to submit public evaluation. comments. ONRR will post all Litchfield Commercial Historic District, 134 Before including your address, phone comments. N Sibley Ave., Litchfield, AD96000192 number, email address, or other 2. Mail comments to Mr. Armand personal identifying information in your VERMONT Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, comment, you should be aware that Rutland County P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver, your entire comment—including your Colorado 80225–0165. Hubbardton Battlefield, Address Restricted, personal identifying information—may Hubbardton vicinity, AD71000059 3. Hand-carry or mail comments, be made publicly available at any time. using an overnight courier service, to While you can ask us in your comment Nomination submitted by Federal ONRR. Our courier address is Building to withhold your personal identifying Preservation Officer: 85, Entrance N–1, Denver Federal information from public review, we The State Historic Preservation Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St., cannot guarantee that we will be able to Officer reviewed the following Denver, Colorado 80225. do so. nominations and responded to the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Nominations submitted by State Federal Preservation Officer within 45 questions on technical issues, contact Historic Preservation Officers: days of receipt of the nominations and Ms. Lee-Ann Martin, Program Manager, supports listing the property in the Reference and Reporting Management, ARIZONA National Register of Historic Places. ONRR, telephone (303) 231–3313, or Maricopa County VIRGINIA email LeeAnn.Martin@onrr.gov. For Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission Church, other questions, contact Mr. Armand 3817 N Brown Ave., Scottsdale, Harrisonburg Independent City Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, SG100002979 United States Post Office and Court House, Stout’s Hotel, 133 E Pima St., Gila Bend, telephone (303) 231–3221, or email to 116 N Main St., Harrisonburg (I), SG100002980 SG100002992 Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. Southall to obtain Pima County Authority: Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60. copies (free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) West University Historic District (Boundary any associated forms, and (3) the Dated: August 21, 2018. Increase), S side o E 5th St. between N 5th regulations that require us to collect the & N 7th Aves., Tucson, BC100002981 Julie H. Ernstein, Acting Chief, National Register of Historic information. GEORGIA Places/National Historic Landmarks Program SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Fulton County and Deputy Keeper of the National Register accordance with the Paperwork Fort Peace, 87 15th St., Atlanta, of Historic Places. Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the SG100002982 [FR Doc. 2018–18938 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] general public and other Federal BILLING CODE 4312–52–P agencies with an opportunity to IOWA comment on new, proposed, revised, Clayton County and continuing collections of Farmers’ State Bank, 502 Washington St., DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR information. This helps us assess the Volga vicinity, SG100002983 impact of our information collection Office of Natural Resources Revenue requirements and minimize the public’s PENNSYLVANIA [Docket No. ONRR–2011–0020; DS63644000 reporting burden. It also helps the Philadelphia County DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2; OMB public understand our information Carroll, Charles, Public School (Public Control Number 1012–0004] collection requirements and provide the Schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, requested data in the desired format. 1938–1980 MPS), 2700 E Auburn St., Agency Information Collection We are soliciting comments on the Philadelphia, MP100002986 Activities: Royalty and Production proposed ICR that is described below. Stanton, M. Hall, Public School (Public Reporting We are especially interested in public Schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office comment addressing the following 1938–1980 MPS), 2539 N 16th St., Philadelphia, MP100002987 of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior. issues mentioned in the OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1): (1) Is York County ACTION: Notice of information collection; the collection necessary to the proper Whiteford, Hugh and Elizabeth Ross, House, request for comment. functions of ONRR; (2) will this 306 Broad St., Delta, SG100002988 information be processed and used in a SUMMARY: In accordance with the VIRGINIA Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, timely manner; (3) is the estimate of the Office of Natural Resources Revenue burden accurate; (4) how might ONRR Bath County enhance the quality, utility, and clarity Warm Springs and West Warm Springs (ONRR), are proposing to renew an information collection. of the information to be collected; and Historic District, Jct. of US 220 & VA 39, (5) how might ONRR minimize the W Warm Springs Dr with adjoining rds., DATES: You must submit your written burden of this collection on the Warm Springs, SG100002991 comments on or before October 30, respondents, including through the use A request for removal has been made 2018. of information technology. for the following resource: ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Comments that you submit in daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES TEXAS on this ICR to ONRR by using one of the response to this notice are a matter of following three methods (please public record. ONRR will post all Sabine County comments, including names and reference ‘‘ICR 1012–0004’’ in the Toole Building, 202 Main St., Hemphill, subject line of your comments): addresses of respondents at http:// OT02001568 1. Electronically go to http:// www.regulations.gov. We will include Additional documentation has been www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled or summarize each comment in our received for the following resources: ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘ONRR– request to the Office of Management and VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Aug 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00101 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 44663 Budget (OMB) to approve this ICR. other payment information; sales to track minerals produced from Federal Before including your Personally volumes and values; and other royalty and Indian lands, from the point of Identifiable Information (PII), such as values. ONRR uses the accounting production to the point of disposition or your address, phone number, email system to compare production volumes royalty determination and/or point of address, or other personal identifying with royalty volumes to verify that sale. The reporters use the following information in your comment(s), you companies reported and paid proper forms for production accounting and should be aware that your entire royalties for the minerals produced. reporting: comment, including PII, may be made Additionally, we share the data Form ONRR–4054, Oil and Gas available to the public at any time. electronically with the Bureau of Safety Operations Report (OGOR). Reporters While you can ask us, in your comment, and Environmental Enforcement, submit this form monthly for all to withhold your PII from public view, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, production reporting for Outer we cannot guarantee that we will be Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Continental Shelf, Federal, and Indian able to do so. We also will post the ICR Indian Affairs, and Tribal and State leases. On part A of the OGOR at https://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/ governments so that they can perform production report, reporters submit a FRNotices/ICR0139.htm. their land and lease management line of data indicating the volumes Abstract: The Secretary of the United responsibilities. produced from each Federal or Indian States Department of the Interior is We use the information collected in well. On part B, reporters submit a line responsible for mineral resource this ICR to ensure that companies of data for each commodity, indicating development on Federal and Indian properly pay royalties based on accurate the disposition of the volumes. On part lands and the Outer Continental Shelf production accounting on oil, gas, and C, reporters submit a line of data for (OCS). Under various laws, the geothermal resources that they produce each Federal or Indian property Secretary’s responsibility is to manage from Federal and Indian leases. indicating any change in the volume of mineral resources production on Production data is also used to the inventory remaining on the Federal and Indian lands and the OCS, determine whether a lease is producing property. ONRR compares the collect royalties due, and distribute the in paying quantities and therefore has production information with sales and funds collected. The Secretary also has not expired, and to track total royalty data that reporters submit on trust responsibility to manage Indian production from Federal and Indian form ONRR–2014 to ensure that the lands and seek advice and information lands by lease, communitization reporters paid and reported the proper from Indian beneficiaries. ONRR agreement, unit, field or area, State, royalties on the oil and gas production performs the minerals revenue reservation, and nationally. The reported to ONRR. ONRR uses the management functions for the Secretary requirement to report accurately and information from OGOR parts A, B, and and assists the Secretary in carrying out timely is mandatory. Please refer to the C to track all oil and gas from the point the Department’s trust responsibility for chart for all reporting requirements and of production to the point of first sale Indian lands. Public laws pertaining to associated burden hours. or other disposition. mineral leases on Federal and Indian lands are available at http:// Royalty Reporting Form ONRR–4058, Production www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/PubLaws/ Payors (Reporters) must report, Allocation Schedule Report (PASR). index.htm. according to various regulations, and Reporters submit this form monthly to Information collections that we cover remit royalties on oil, gas, and provide allocation information for in this ICR are found at title 30 CFR part geothermal resources that they Federal offshore production. This 1210, subparts B, C, and D, which produced from leases on Federal and reporting is required when a facility pertain to reporting oil, gas, and Indian lands. The reporters use the operator manages a measurement point geothermal resources royalties and oil following form for royalty reporting: where they commingle the production and gas production; and part 1212, Form ONRR–2014, Report of Sales from an offshore Federal lease or subpart B, which pertains to and Royalty Remittance. Reporters metering point with production from recordkeeping. submit this form monthly to report other sources (i.e., State lease When a company or an individual royalties on oil, gas, and geothermal production) before the production is enters into a lease to explore, develop, leases. On a royalty report, reporters measured for a royalty determination. produce, and dispose of minerals from submit a line of data for each type of On each PASR, the reporter submits a Federal or Indian lands, that company product produced from each Federal or line of data containing the volume of or individual agrees to pay the lessor a Indian property. A royalty report is also commingled oil or gas. ONRR uses the share in an amount or value of used to report certain rents. Each line data to determine if the payors reported production from the leased lands. The contains the royalty owed and the basic accurate sales volumes on the OGOR. lessee, or its designee, must report elements necessary to calculate the Reporters also use the PASR to various kinds of information to the royalty. For example, each line of a corroborate data reflected on the OGOR lessor relative to the disposition of the royalty report will include the volume that the OCS lease operators submit. leased minerals. Such information is produced from the lease, the value of OMB Approval available within the records of the that production, and any allowances lessee or others involved in developing, claimed by the reporter which reduced We are requesting OMB’s approval to transporting, processing, purchasing, or the royalty owed. continue to collect this information. Not selling such minerals. The information collecting this information would limit that ONRR collects includes data Production Reporting the Secretary’s ability to discharge daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES necessary to ensure that the lessee Operators (Reporters) must submit, fiduciary duties and may also result in accurately values and appropriately according to various regulations, the loss of royalty payments. ONRR pays all royalties and other mineral production reports if they operate a protects the proprietary information that revenues due. Federal or Indian onshore or offshore oil it receives, and does not collect items of Reporters submit information into the and gas lease or federally approved unit a sensitive nature. It is mandatory that ONRR financial accounting system that or communitization agreement. We use the reporters submit forms ONRR–2014, includes royalty, rental, bonus, and the ONRR financial accounting system ONRR–4054, and ONRR–4058. 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44664 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices II. Data Estimated Completion Time per Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. Title of Collection: Royalty and Response: Varies between 1 and 7 Frequency of Collection: Monthly. Production Reporting, 30 CFR parts minutes per line, depending on the activity. The average completion time is Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour 1210 and 1212. Burden Cost: We have identified no OMB Control Number: 1012–0004. 1.96 minutes per line. The average completion time is calculated by first ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden associated with Form Numbers: ONRR–2014, ONRR– this collection of information. 4054, and ONRR–4058. multiplying the estimated annual Type of Review: Extension of a burden hours from the table below We have not included in our currently approved collection. (420,241) by 60 to obtain the total estimates certain requirements that Respondents/Affected Public: annual burden minutes. Then the total companies perform in the normal course Businesses. annual burden minutes (25,214,460) is of business that ONRR considers usual Total Estimated Number of Annual divided by the estimated annual number and customary. We display the Respondents: 3,870 oil, gas, and of lines submitted from the table below estimated annual burden hours by CFR geothermal reporters. (12,873,046). section and paragraph in the following Total Estimated Number of Annual Total Estimated Number of Annual chart. Responses: 12,873,046 lines of data. Burden Hours: 420,241 hours. BILLING CODE 4335–30–P daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES EN31AU18.010</GPH> VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Aug 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 44665 1210.52 1210.52 What royalty reports must I Form ONRR-2014 (a) and (b) submit? Electronic* (approximately 99.97 You must submit a completed form percent) ONRR-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance, to ONRR with: 3 min. per 6,160,687 308,034 (a) All royalty payments; and line (b) Rents on nonproducing leases, where specified in the lease. Manual* (approximately 0.03 percent) Average Number of Annual 30 CFR Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Annual Burden Part 1210 Requirement Burden Responses Hours (lines of data) 1210.53 121 0.53 When are my royalty reports (a), (b), and payments due? 7 min. per 1,702 199 and (c) (a) Completed forms ONRR-2014 for line royalty payments and the associated payments are due by the end of the month following the production month (see also§ 1218.50 ofthis chapter). (b) Completed forms ONRR-2014 for rental payments, where applicable, and the associated payments are due as specified by the lease terms (see also § 1218.50 ofthis chapter). (c) You may submit reports and payments early. 1210.54 1210.54 Must I submit this royalty (a), (b), report electronically? and (c) (a) You must submit form ONRR-2014 electronically unless you qualify for an exception under§ 121 0.55(a). (b) As of December 31, 2011, all reporters/payors must report to ONRR electronically via the eCommerce Reporting Web site. All reporters/payors also must report royalty data directly or upload files using the ONRR electronic web form located at https:l/onrrreporting.onrr.gov * * * (c) Refer to our electronic reporting guidelines in the ONRR Minerals Revenue Reporter Handbook, for the most current reporting options, instructions, and security measures. The handbook may be found on our Internet Web site or you may call your ONRR customer service representative * * * * * * * * SUBTOTAL FOR ROYALTY REPORTING 6,162,389 308,233 daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Subpart C-Production Reports-Oil and Gas EN31AU18.011</GPH> VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Aug 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

44666 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices Average Number of Annual 30CFR Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Annual Burden Part 1210 Requirement Burden Responses Hours (lines of data) 1210.102 1210.102 What production reports Burden hours covered under (a)(1 )(i) must I submit? § 1210.1 04(a) and (b). and (ii) (a) Form ONRR-4054, Oil and Gas Operations Report. If you operate a Federal or Indian onshore or OCS oil and gas lease or federally approved unit or communitization agreement that contains one or more wells that are not permanently plugged or abandoned, you must submit form ONRR-4054 to ONRR: (1) You must submit form ONRR-4054 for each well for each calendar month, beginning with the month in which you complete drilling, unless: (i) You have only test production from a drilling well; or (ii) The ONRR tells you in writing to 1210.102 report differently. (a)(2)(i) (2) You must continue reporting until: and (ii) (i) The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and [Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement] approves all wells as permanently plugged or abandoned or the lease or unit or communitization agreement is terminated; and (ii) You dispose of all inventory. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES EN31AU18.012</GPH> VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Aug 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 44667 Average Number of Annual 30 CFR Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Annual Burden Part 1210 Requirement Burden Responses Hours (lines of data) 1210.102 (b) Form ONRR-4058, Production Burden hours covered under (b)(1) Allocation Schedule Report. If you § 1210.1 04(a) and (b). operate an offshore facility measurement point (FMP) handling production from a Federal oil and gas lease or federally approved unit agreement that is commingled (with approval) with production from any other source prior to measurement for royalty determination, you must file form ONRR-4058. (1) You must submit form ONRR-4058 for each calendar month beginning with the month in which you first handle production covered by this section. 1210.102 (2) form ONRR-4058 is not required (b)(2)(i)- whenever all of the following conditions (vi) are met: (i) All leases involved are Federal leases; (ii) All leases have the same fixed royalty rate; (iii) All leases are operated by the same operator; (iv) The facility measurement device is operated by the same person as the leases/agreements; (v) Production has not been previously measured for royalty determination; and (vi) The production is not subsequently commingled and measured for royalty determination at an FMP for which form ONRR-4058 is required under this part. 1210.103 121 0.1 03 When are my production Burden hours covered under (a) and (b) reports due? § 1210.1 04(a) and (b). (a) The ONRR must receive your completed forms ONRR-4054 and ONRR-4058 by the 15th day of the second month following the month for which you are reporting. (b) A report is considered received when it is delivered to ONRR by 4 p.m. mountain time at the addresses specified in § 1210.105. Reports received after 4 p.m. mountain time are considered received the following business day. daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES EN31AU18.013</GPH> VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Aug 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

44668 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices Average Number of Annual 30 CFR Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Annual Burden Part 1210 Requirement Burden Responses Hours (lines of data) 1210.104 1210.104 Must I submit these Form ONRR-4054 (OGOR) (a), (b), production reports electronically? and (c) (a) You must submit forms ONRR-4054 Electronic* (approximately 99.93 and ONRR-4058 electronically unless percent) you qualify for an exception under 1 min. per 6,699,134 111,652 § 1210.105. line (b) As of December 31, 2011, all Manual* (approximately 0.07 percent) reporters/payors must report to ONRR 3 min. per 4,911 246 electronically via the eCommerce line Reporting Web site. All reporters/payors TOTAL 6,704,045 111,898 also must report production data directly OGOR or upload files using the ONRR Form ONRR-4058 (PASR) electronic web form located at Electronic* (approximately 99.94 https:l/onrrreporting.onrr.gov * * * percent) (c) Refer to our electronic reporting 1 min. per guidelines in the ONRR Minerals 6,608 110 line Production Reporter Handbook, for the most current reporting options, Manual* (a :>proximately 0.06 percent) instructions, and security measures. The handbook may be found on our Internet Web site or you may call your ONRR 3 min. per 4 0 customer service representative * * * line * * * * * TOTAL 6,612 110 PASR SUBTOTAL FOR PRODUCTION REPORTING 6,710,657 112,008 PART 1212-RECORDS AND FILES MAINTENANCE Subpart B-Oil, Gas and OCS Sulphur-General 1212.50 1212.50 Required recordkeeping and Burden hours covered under reports. §§ 1210.54(a), (b), and (c); and 1210.104(a) and (b). All records pertaining to offshore and onshore Federal and Indian oil and gas leases shall be maintained by a lessee, operator, revenue payor, or other person for 6 years after the records are generated unless the recordholder is notified, in writing, that records must be maintained for a longer period * * *. [In accordance with 30 U.S.C. 1724(f), Federal oil and gas records must be maintained for 7 years from the date the obligation became due.] daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES EN31AU18.014</GPH> VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Aug 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4725 E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 44669 An agency may not conduct or DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATES: You must submit your written sponsor, and a person is not required to comments on or before October 1, 2018. respond to, a collection of information Office of Natural Resources Revenue ADDRESSES: You may submit comments unless it displays a currently valid OMB on this notice to ONRR by using one of control number. [Docket No. ONRR–2018–0002; DS63644000 the following three methods. Please DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2] reference ‘‘ONRR–2018–0002’’ in your Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). comments. RIN 1010–AC09 • Electronically go to http:// Gregory J. Gould, www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled Director for Office of Natural Resources Market Centers for Use in Applying ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘ONRR– Revenue. Royalty Valuation Regulations for 2018–0002,’’ then click ‘‘Search.’’ Federal Oil Follow the instructions to submit public [FR Doc. 2018–18927 Filed 8–30–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4335–30–C AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office comments. ONRR will post all of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior. comments. ACTION: Notice of proposed • Mail comments to Mr. Armand modifications; request for comments. Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, P.O. Box 25165, MS 64400B, Denver, SUMMARY: The Office of Natural Colorado 80225–0165. Resources Revenue (ONRR) is inviting • Hand-carry or mail comments using daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES comments on proposed modifications to an overnight courier service to ONRR. the list of existing market centers that Our courier address is Building 85, royalty payors use to value oil produced Entrance N–1, Denver Federal Center, from Federal leases. This proposed West 6th Avenue and Kipling Street, modification is applicable to those Denver, Colorado 80225. Visitor parking valuing Federal oil production using is available in the north parking lot near EN31AU18.015</GPH> NYMEX prices or ANS spot prices. Entrance N–1, which is the only VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:42 Aug 30, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\31AUN1.SGM 31AUN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of information collection; request for comment.
DatesYou must submit your written comments on or before October 30, 2018.
ContactFor questions on technical issues, contact Ms. Lee-Ann Martin, Program Manager, Reference and Reporting Management, ONRR, telephone (303) 231-3313, or email [email protected] For other questions, contact Mr. Armand Southall, Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, telephone (303) 231-3221, or email to [email protected] You may also contact Mr. Southall to obtain copies (free of charge) of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated forms, and (3) the regulations that require us to collect the information.
FR Citation83 FR 44662 
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