The regulations provide for operators
or operating rights owners to apply for designation of NPRA unit
agreements and, if approved by BLM, to operate under an unit plan
on NPRA Federal lands. The operators are required to retain and/or
provide data and other relevant information to determine whether
proposed unit agreements meet the requirements for unitized
exploration adn development of oil and gas resources of the
NPRA.
US Code:
42
USC 6501 Name of Law: Naval Petroleum Reserves Production
Act
US Code: 43
USC 1701 Name of Law: Federal Land Policy and Management
Act
US Code: 42
USC 4321 Name of Law: National Environmental Policy Act
PL:
Pub.L. 109 - 58 all Name of Law: The Energy Policy Act of
2005
The adjustment decreases are
due to changes in agency estimates. These new estimates are based
on actual NPR-A operations activity during the past three years and
projections for the upcoming three years based on State Office
outreach, experience and knowledge of current and likely upcoming
activity. (The projected burden hours for this collection is
actually 217.5, but ROCIS reflects any response time 30 minutes and
under as 0 hours and anything between 31 and 60 minutes as 1 hour,
therefore the total shown in this database is 219 burden
hours).
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.