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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: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
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.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on January 23,
2007, we published a Federal Register
notice (72 FR 2901) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
control number for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR Part 250 regulations. The
regulation also informs the public that
they may comment at any time on the
collections of information and provides
the address to which they should send
comments. We have received no
comments in response to these efforts.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. OMB
has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by November 1, 2007.
Public Availability of Comments:
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: June 1, 2007.
William S. Hauser,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
Editorial Note: This document was
received at the Office of the Federal Register
on September 26, 2007.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a revision of a
currently approved information
collection (OMB Control Number 1010–
0090).
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the information
collection requirements in the
regulations at 30 CFR 216MRM1.57. This
notice also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements. We shortened the title of
this ICR to accommodate OMB
requirements. The previous title was
‘‘30 CFR 216, Subpart B—Oil and Gas,
General, § 216.57 Stripper Royalty Rate
Reduction Notification.’’ The new title
is ‘‘30 CFR 216.57, Stripper Royalty Rate
Reduction Notification.’’ Form MMS–
4377, Stripper Royalty Rate Reduction
Notification, is used to collect the
information.

Submit written comments on or
before November 1, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
by either FAX (202) 395–6566 or e-mail
([email protected]) directly to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior (OMB
Control Number 1010–0090).
Please also send a copy of your
comments to MMS via e-mail at
[email protected]. Include the
title of the information collection and
the OMB control number in the
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‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment. Also
include your name and return address.
If you do not receive a confirmation that
we have received your e-mail, contact
Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 231–3211.
You may also mail a copy of your
comments to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead
Regulatory Specialist, Minerals
Management Service, Minerals Revenue
Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS
302B2, Denver, Colorado 80225. If you
use an overnight courier service or wish
to hand-deliver your comments, our
courier address is Building 85, Room A–
614, Denver Federal Center, West 6th
Ave. and Kipling Blvd., Denver,
Colorado 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303)
231–3211, FAX (303) 231–3781, e-mail
[email protected]. You may
also contact Sharron Gebhardt to obtain
copies, at no cost, of (1) the ICR, (2) any
associated forms, and (3) regulations
that require the subject collection of
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR 216.57, Stripper Royalty
Rate Reduction Notification.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0090.
Bureau Form Number: Form MMS–
4377.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior is responsible
for matters relevant to mineral resource
development on Federal and Indian
lands and the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS). The Secretary, under the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 1923) and the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1353), is responsible for
managing the production of minerals
from Federal and Indian lands and the
OCS, collecting royalties from lessees
who produce minerals, and distributing
the funds collected in accordance with
applicable laws. The MMS performs the
royalty management functions for the
Secretary. Public laws pertaining to
mineral royalties are located on our Web
site at http://www.mrm.mms.gov/
Laws_R_D/PublicLawsAMR.htm.
Under 43 CFR 3103.4–2, the Stripper
Royalty Rate Reduction Program was
established by the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), the surface
management agency for Federal onshore
leases. As a benefit under this program,
BLM approved royalty rate reductions
for operators of stripper oil properties
for applicable sales periods from
October 1, 1992, through January 31,
2006. Effective February 1, 2006, the
benefits of reduced royalty rates under
this program were terminated, although
this change is not currently reflected in
the CFR.

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For production through January 31,
2006, reporters used Form MMS–4377,
Stripper Royalty Rate Reduction
Notification, to notify MMS of royalty
rate changes. Although the benefits were
terminated, MMS continues to verify
previously submitted notifications and
may require the operator to submit an
amended Form MMS–4377.
The MMS requests OMB approval to
continue to collect this information. Not

Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 180
hours.
We have not included in our
estimates certain requirements
performed in the normal course of
business and considered usual and
customary. The following chart shows
the estimated burden hours by CFR
section and paragraph:

collecting this information would limit
the Secretary’s ability to discharge his/
her duties and may also result in loss of
royalty payments. Proprietary
information submitted is protected, and
there are no questions of a sensitive
nature included in this information
collection.
Frequency: As requested.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 150 lessees/lessors.

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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
30 CFR 216
subpart B

Reporting and recordkeeping requirement

216.57 ...............

Stripper royalty rate reduction notification ...................................................
In accordance with its regulations at 43 CFR 3103.4–1, titled ‘‘Waiver,
suspension, or reduction of rental, royalty, or minimum royalty,’’ the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) may grant reduced royalty rates to
operators of low producing oil leases to encourage continued production. Operators who have been granted a reduced royalty rate(s) by
BLM must submit a Stripper Royalty Rate Reduction Notification (Form
MMS–4377) to MMS for each 12-month qualifying period that a reduced royalty rate(s) is granted.
[58 FR 64903, Dec. 10, 1993]
Please note the BLM citation and title changed to 43 CFR 3103.4–2
Stripper well royalty reductions.

Total Burden

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Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost
Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burden associated with the
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that 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.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA 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.
To comply with the public
consultation process, we published a
notice in the Federal Register on

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Average number of annual
responses

Annual burden
hours

1.2

150

180

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150

180

Hour burden

November 6, 2006 (71 FR 64978),
announcing that we would submit this
ICR to OMB for approval. The notice
provided the required 60-day comment
period. We received no comments in
response to the notice.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by November 1, 2007.
Public Comment Policy: We will post
all comments in response to this notice
on our Web site at http://
www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/InfoColl/
InfoColCom.htm. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail 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. We will
also make copies of the comments
available for public review, including
names and addresses of respondents,
during regular business hours at our
offices in Lakewood, Colorado. Upon
request, we will withhold an individual
respondent’s home address from the
public record, as allowable by law.

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There also may be circumstances in
which we would withhold a
respondent’s identity, as allowable by
law. If you request that we withhold
your name and/or address, state your
request prominently at the beginning of
your comment. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We
will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: July 30, 2007.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a
currently approved information
AGENCY:

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