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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices
Dated: January 11, 2007.
James A. Albano,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. E7–894 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0043).
AGENCY:

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SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The information collection request (ICR)
concerns the paperwork requirements in
the regulations under ‘‘30 CFR 250,
Subpart F, Oil and Gas Well-Workover
Operations.’’
DATES: Submit written comments by
March 26, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods listed
below. Please use the Information
Collection Number 1010–0043 as an
identifier in your message.
• E-mail MMS at
[email protected]. Identify with
Information Collection Number 1010–
0043 in the subject line.
• Fax: 703–787–1093. Identify with
Information Collection Number 1010–
0043.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ‘‘Information Collection 1010–
0043’’ in your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607.
You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the
regulations that require the subject
collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart F, Oil and
Gas Well-Workover Operations.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0043.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) to prescribe rules and
regulations to administer leasing of the
OCS. Such rules and regulations will
apply to all operations conducted under
a lease. 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.
Section 5(a) of the OCS Lands Act
requires the Secretary to prescribe rules
and regulations ‘‘to provide for the
prevention of waste, and conservation of
the natural resources of the Outer
Continental Shelf, and the protection of
correlative rights therein’’ and to
include provisions ‘‘for the prompt and
efficient exploration and development
of a lease area.’’ These authorities and
responsibilities are among those
delegated to the Minerals Management
Service (MMS) to ensure that operations
in the OCS will meet statutory
requirements; provide for safety and
protection of the environment; and
result in diligent exploration,
development, and production of OCS
leases. This information collection
request addresses the regulations at 30
CFR 250, Subpart F, Oil and Gas WellWorkover Operations and the associated
supplementary Notices to Lessees and
Operators (NTLs) intended to provide
clarification, description, or explanation
of these regulations.
MMS District Managers use the
information collected to analyze and
evaluate planned well-workover
operations to ensure that operations
result in personnel safety and protection
of the environment. They use this
evaluation in making decisions to
approve, disapprove, or to require
modification to the proposed wellworkover operations. For example,
MMS uses the information to:

• Review log entries of crew meetings
to verify that safety procedures have
been properly reviewed.
• Review well-workover procedures
relating to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to
ensure the safety of the crew in the
event of encountering H2S.
• Review well-workover diagrams
and procedures to ensure the safety of
well-workover operations.
• Verify that the crown block safety
device is operating and can be expected
to function and avoid accidents.
• Verify that the proposed operation
of the annular preventer is technically
correct and will provide adequate
protection for personnel, property, and
natural resources.
• Verify the reasons for postponing
blowout preventer (BOP) tests, verify
the state of readiness of the equipment
and to ascertain that the equipment
meets safety standards and
requirements, ensure that BOP tests
have been conducted in the manner and
frequency to promote personnel safety
and protect natural resources. Specific
testing information must be recorded to
verify that the proper test procedures
were followed.
• Assure that the well-workover
operations are conducted on well casing
that is structurally competent.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR Part 2) and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public.’’ No items of a sensitive
nature are collected. Responses are
mandatory.
Frequency: On occasion, weekly,
monthly, varies by section.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 130
Federal OCS lessees and operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 19,459
hours. The following chart details the
individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this ICR. 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.

Citation 30 CFR 253

Reporting requirement

602 ..................................................................
602 ..................................................................

Request exceptions prior to moving well-workover equipment. ........
Notify MMS of any rig mvoement within Gulf of Mexico (Form
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Citation 30 CFR 253

Reporting requirement

605; 613; 615(a), (e)(4); 616(d) ......................

Request approval to begin subsea well-workover operations; submit
Forms MMS–124 (include, if required, alternate procedures and
equipment; stump test procedures plan) and MMS–125.
Instruct crew members in safety requirements of operations to be
performed; document meeting (weekly for 2 crews × 2 weeks per
workover = 4).
Perform operational check of traveling-block safety device; document results (weekly × 2 weeks per workover = 2).
Request establishment/amendment/cancellation of field wellworkover rules.
Post number of stands of drill pipe or workover string and drill collars that may be pulled prior to filling the hole and equivalent
well-control fluid volume.
Request exception to rated working pressure of the BOP equipment; request exception to annular-type BOP testing.
Perform BOP pressure tests, actuations, inspections & certifications; record results; retain records 2 years following completion of workover activities (when installed; at a minimum every 7
days × 2 weeks per workover = 2).
Test blind or blind-shear rams; document results (every 30 days
during operations). (Note: this is part of BOP test when BOP test
is conducted.).
Record reason for postponing BOP system tests ..............................
Perform crew drills; record results (weekly for 2 crews × 2 weeks
per workover = 4).
Pressure test, caliper, or otherwise evaluate tubing & wellhead
equipment casing; submit results (every 30 days during prolonged operations).
Notify MMS if sustained casing pressure is observed on a well .......
General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered elsewhere in subpart F regulations.

606 ..................................................................
611 ..................................................................
612 ..................................................................
614 ..................................................................
616(a) ..............................................................
616(a), (b), (f), (g) ...........................................

616(b)(2) .........................................................
616(b)(2) .........................................................
616(c) ..............................................................
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617(c) ..............................................................
600–618 ..........................................................

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens for this collection.
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: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
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
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate 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
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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recordkeepers resulting from the
collection of information. Therefore, if
you have costs to generate, maintain,
and disclose this information, you
should comment and provide your total
capital and startup cost components or
annual operation, maintenance, and
purchase of service components. You
should describe the methods you use to
estimate major cost factors, including
system and technology acquisition,
expected useful life of capital
equipment, discount rate(s), and the
period over which you incur costs.
Capital and startup costs include,
among other items, computers and
software you purchase to prepare for
collecting information, monitoring, and
record storage facilities. You should not
include estimates for equipment or
services purchased: (i) Before October 1,
1995; (ii) to comply with requirements
not associated with the information
collection; (iii) for reasons other than to
provide information or keep records for
the Government; or (iv) as part of
customary and usual business or private
practices.
We will summarize written responses
to this notice and address them in our
submission for OMB approval. As a
result of your comments, we will make
any necessary adjustments to the burden
in our submission to OMB.
Public Comment Procedures: MMS’s
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names and addresses of respondents,
available for public review. If you wish
your name and/or address to be
withheld, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comment. MMS will honor this request
to the extent allowable by law; however,
anonymous comments will not be
considered. There may be circumstances
in which we would withhold from the
record a respondent’s identity, as
allowable by the law. If you wish us to
withhold your name and/or address,
you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comment. In addition,
you must present a rationale for
withholding this information. This
rationale must demonstrate that
disclosure ‘‘would constitute an
unwarranted invasion of privacy.’’
Unsupported assertions will not meet
this burden. In the absence of
exceptional, documentable
circumstances, this information will be
released. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public inspection in
their entirety.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices
Dated: January 11, 2007.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. E7–941 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0106).

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The information collection request (ICR)
concerns the paperwork requirements in
the regulations under ‘‘30 CFR Part 253,
Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for
Offshore Facilities.’’
DATES: Submit written comments by
March 26, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods listed
below. Please use the Information
Collection Number 1010–0106 as an
identifier in your message.
• E-mail MMS at
[email protected]. Identify with
Information Collection Number 1010–
0106 in the subject line.
• Fax: 703–787–1093. Identify with
Information Collection Number 1010–
0106.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ‘‘Information Collection 1010–
0106’’ in your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607.
You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the
regulation that requires the subject
collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30
CFR Part 253, Oil Spill Financial
Responsibility for Offshore Facilities.
Forms: MMS–1016, 1017, 1018, 1019,
1020, 1021, and 1022.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0106.
Abstract: Title I of the Oil Pollution
Act of 1990 (OPA) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
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324), provides at section 1016 that oil
spill financial responsibility (OSFR) for
offshore facilities be established and
maintained according to methods
determined acceptable to the President.
Section 1016 of OPA supersedes the
offshore facility oil spill financial
responsibility provisions of the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act
Amendments of 1978. These authorities
and responsibilities are among those
delegated to the Minerals Management
Service (MMS) under which MMS
issues regulations governing oil and gas
and sulphur operations in the OCS.
This information collection request
addresses the regulations at 30 CFR Part
253, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility
for Offshore Facilities, including any
supplementary Notices to Lessees and
Operators (NTLs) that provide
clarification, description, or explanation
of these regulations, and forms MMS–
1016 through MMS–1022. We have
made a few minor changes to headings
on the forms. There are no data element
changes.
The MMS will use the information
collected under 30 CFR Part 253 to
verify compliance with section 1016 of
OPA. The information is necessary to
confirm that applicants can pay for
clean-up and damages from oil-spill
discharges from Covered Offshore
Facilities (COFs). The information will
be used routinely: (a) To establish
approval and eligibility of applicants for
an Oil Spill Financial Responsibility
(OSFR) certification; and (b) as a
reference source for clean-up and
damage claims associated with oil-spill
discharges from COFs; the names,
addresses, and telephone numbers of
owners, operators, and guarantors;
designated U.S. agents for service of
process; and persons to contact. To
collect most of the information, MMS
developed standard forms. The forms
and their purposes are:
Cover Sheet: The forms will be
distributed in a package that includes a
cover sheet that displays the required
OMB Control Number, Expiration Date,
and Paperwork Reduction Act
statement. This cover sheet will
accompany the forms as part of a
package or will be included with any
copies of a particular form that
respondents may request.
Form MMS–1016, Designated
Applicant Information Certification:
The designated applicant uses this form
to provide identifying information
(company legal name, MMS
qualification number and region,
address, contact name and title,
telephone and fax numbers) and to
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form is required for each new or
renewed OSFR certification application.
Form MMS–1017, Designation of
Applicant: When there is more than one
responsible party for a COF, they must
select a designated applicant. Each
responsible party, as defined in the
regulations, must use this form to notify
MMS of the designated applicant. This
form is also used to designate the U.S.
agent for service of process for the
responsible party(ies) if claims from an
oil-spill discharge exceed the amount
evidenced by the designated applicant;
identifies and provides pertinent
information about the responsible
party(ies); and lists the COFs for which
the responsible party is liable for OSFR
certification. The form identifies each
COF by State or OCS region; lease,
permit, right of use and easement or
pipeline number; aliquot section; area
name; and block number. This form
must be submitted with each new OSFR
application or with an assignment
involving a COF in which there is at
least one responsible party who is not
the designated applicant for a COF.
Form MMS–1018, Self-Insurance or
Indemnity Information: This form is
used if the designated applicant is selfinsuring or using an indemnity for
OSFR evidence. As appropriate, either
the designated applicant or the
designated applicant’s indemnitor
completes the form to indicate the
amount of OSFR coverage and effective
and expiration dates. The form also
provides pertinent information about
the self-insurer or indemnitor and is
used to designate a U.S. agent for
service of process for claims up to the
evidenced amount. This form must be
submitted each time new evidence of
OSFR is submitted using either selfinsurance or an indemnification.
Form MMS–1019, Insurance
Certificate: The designated applicant
(representing himself as a direct
purchaser of insurance) or his insurance
agent or broker and the named insurers
complete this form to provide OSFR
evidence using insurance. The number
of forms to be submitted will depend
upon the number of layers of insurance
to evidence the total amount of OSFR
required. One form is required for each
layer of insurance. The form provides
pertinent information about the
insurer(s) and designates a U.S. agent
for service of process. This form must be
submitted at the beginning of the term
of the insurance coverage for the
designated applicant’s COFs or at the
time COFs are added, with the
scheduled option selected, to OSFR
coverage.
Form MMS–1020, Surety Bond: Each
bonding company that issues a surety

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