The Minerals Management Service (MMS)
is responsible for the royalty management functions assigned to the
Secretary who is required by various laws to manage mineral
resources production on Federal and Indian lands, collect the
royalties due, and distribute the funds in accordance with those
laws. The Report of sales and Royalty Remittance, Form MMS-2014, is
used for reporting oil and gas royalties, certain rents, and other
lease-related transactions to MMS (e.g., transportation and
processing allowances, lease adjustments, and quality and location
differentials).
US Code:
25
USC 396d Name of Law: Indian Lands
US Code: 30
USC 359 Name of Law: Acquired Lands
US Code: 43
USC 1334 Name of Law: Outer Continental Shelf Lands
PL:
Pub.L. 104 - 185 1-11 Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996
PL:
Pub.L. 104 - 200 1 Name of Law: as corrected, Federal Oil and
Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996
PL:
Pub.L. 97 - 451 101a Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Management Act of 1982
The adjustment increase of
32,965 burden hours is due to an increase in the number of
responses. The program decrease of 288 burden hours is due to a
requirement in the proposed Federal oil rule(68 FR 50087) [proposed
210.53(c)(1) and (2)], which was inadvertently kept on the records.
The citation was eliminated in the final rulemaking (69 FR 24959),
and MMS never collected the information.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.