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Principal Meridian, Colorado, were
accepted on December 22, 2008.
Randall M. Zanon,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Colorado.
[FR Doc. E9–514 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket No. MMS–2008–MRM–0019]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection,
Comment Request

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AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension of a
currently approved information
collection (OMB Control Number 1010–
0162).
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements under the Chief Financial
Officers Act of 1990 (CFO). This notice
also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of the regulatory
requirements. This ICR is titled
‘‘Accounts Receivable Confirmations.’’
DATES: Submit written comments on or
before February 13, 2009.
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 1010–0162).
Please submit copies of your
comments to MMS by one of the
following methods:
• Electronically go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the ‘‘Comment
or Submission’’ column, enter ‘‘MMS–
2008–MRM–0019’’ to view supporting
and related materials for this ICR. Click
on ‘‘Send a comment or submission’’
link to submit public comments.
Information on using Regulations.gov,
including instructions for accessing
documents, submitting comments, and
viewing the docket after the close of the
comment period, is available through
the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ link. All
comments submitted will be posted to
the docket.
• Mail comments to Hyla Hurst,
Regulatory Specialist, Minerals
Management Service, Minerals Revenue

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Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS
302B2, Denver, Colorado 80225. Please
reference ICR 1010–0162 in your
comments.
• Hand-carry comments or use an
overnight courier service. Our courier
address is Building 85, Room A–614,
Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave.
and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado
80225. Please reference ICR 1010–0162
in your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hyla
Hurst, telephone (303) 231–3495, or email [email protected]. You may also
contact Hyla Hurst to obtain copies, at
no cost, of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated
forms, and (3) the regulations that
require the subject collection of
information.
Title:
Accounts Receivable Confirmations.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0162.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S.
Department of the Interior is responsible
for mineral resource development on
Federal and Indian lands and the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary
is required by various laws to manage
mineral resource production on Federal
and Indian lands and the OCS, collect
the royalties and other mineral revenues
due, and distribute the funds in
accordance with those laws. Applicable
laws pertaining to mineral leases on
Federal and Indian lands are posted on
our Web site at http://
www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/
PublicLawsAMR.htm.
The Secretary also has a trust
responsibility to manage Indian lands
and seek advice and information from
Indian beneficiaries. The MMS performs
the minerals revenue management
functions and assists the Secretary in
carrying out the Department’s trust
responsibility for Indian lands.
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 is required to report various kinds
of information to the lessor relative to
the disposition of the leased minerals.
Such information is generally available
within the records of the lessee or others
involved in developing, transporting,
processing, purchasing, or selling of
such minerals. The information
collected includes data necessary to
ensure that the royalties are accurately
valued and appropriately paid.
Every year, under the CFO, the
Department’s Office of Inspector
General, or its agent (agent), audits the

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Department’s financial statements. The
Department’s goal is to receive an
unqualified opinion. Accounts
receivable confirmations are a common
practice in the audit business. Due to
continuously increasing scrutiny on
financial audits, third-party
confirmation on the validity of MMS
financial records is necessary.
Companies submit financial information
on Form MMS–2014, Report of Sales
and Royalty Remittance (OMB Control
Number 1010–0140, expires November
30, 2009) and on Form MMS–4430,
Solid Minerals Production and Royalty
Report (OMB Control Number 1010–
0120, expires December 31, 2010).
As part of CFO audits, the agent
requests, by a specified date, third-party
confirmation responses confirming that
MMS accounts receivable records agree
with royalty payor records, for the
following items: Customer
identification; royalty/invoice number;
payor-assigned document number; date
received; original amount reported; and
remaining balance due MMS as of a
specified date. In order to meet this
requirement, MMS must mail letters on
MMS letterhead, signed by the Deputy
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue
Management, to royalty payors selected
by the agent at random, asking them to
respond to the agent, confirming the
accuracy and/or validity of selected
royalty receivable items and amounts.
Verifying the amounts reported and the
balances due requires time for research
and analysis by payors.
This collection does not require
proprietary, trade secret, or other
confidential information not protected
by agency procedures. No items of a
sensitive nature are collected. The
requirement to respond is voluntary.
The MMS is requesting OMB’s
approval to continue to collect this
information. Failure to collect this
information would limit the Secretary’s
ability to discharge the duties of the
office. Failure to collect this information
could be considered a scope limitation
for CFO audits.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 100 Federal and Indian oil
and gas and solid mineral royalty
payors.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 25
hours.
We estimate that each response will
take 15 minutes for payors to complete.
There are no additional recordkeeping
costs associated with this information
collection. We have not included in our
estimates certain requirements
performed in the normal course of

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business and considered usual and
customary.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost
Burden:
We have identified no ‘‘non-hour’’
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 ‘‘* * *
publish a 60-day notice in the Federal
Register * * * 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 April
29, 2008 (73 FR 23269), 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 February 13, 2009.
Public Comment Policy: We will post
all comments in response to this notice
at http://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/
FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. We also will
post all comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, at http://
www.regulations.gov. Before including
your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, be
advised that your entire comment—
including your personal identifying
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available at any time. While you can ask
us in your comment to withhold from
public review your personal identifying
information, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: December 4, 2008.
Greg Gould,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue
Management.
[FR Doc. E9–575 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service (MMS)
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Central
Planning Area (CPA) Gulf of Mexico
(GOM) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Final Notice of Sale (NOS) 208.
SUMMARY: On Wednesday, March 18,
2009, the MMS will open and publicly
announce bids received for blocks
offered in CPA Oil and Gas Lease Sale
208, pursuant to the OCS Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331–1356, as amended) and the
regulations issued thereunder (30 CFR
Part 256). The Final Notice of Sale 208
Package (Final NOS 208 Package)
contains information essential to
bidders, and bidders are charged with
the knowledge of the documents
contained in the Package.
DATES: Public bid reading for the CPA
Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208 will begin
at 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2009,
at the Louisiana Superdome, 1500
Sugarbowl Drive, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70112. The lease sale will be
held in the St. Charles Club Room on
the second floor (Loge Level). Entry to
the Superdome will be on the Poydras
Street side of the building through Gate
A on the Ground or Plaza Level, and
parking should be available at Garage 6.
All times referred to in this document
are local New Orleans times, unless
otherwise specified.
ADDRESSES: Bidders can obtain a Final
NOS 208 Package containing this Notice
of Sale and several supporting and
essential documents referenced herein
from the MMS Gulf of Mexico Region
Public Information Unit, 1201 Elmwood
Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
70123–2394, (504) 736–2519 or (800)
200–GULF, or via the MMS GOM
Homepage Address on the Internet at:
http://www.gomr.mms.gov.
Filing of Bids: Bidders must submit
sealed bids to the Regional Director

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(RD), MMS Gulf of Mexico Region, 1201
Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70123–2394, between 8 a.m.
and 4 p.m. on normal working days, and
from 8 a.m. to the Bid Submission
Deadline of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March
17, 2009, the day before the lease sale.
If bids are mailed, please address the
envelope containing all of the sealed
bids as follows: Attention: Supervisor,
Sales and Support Unit (MS 5422),
Leasing Activities Section, MMS Gulf of
Mexico Region, 1201 Elmwood Park
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
70123–2394.
Contains Sealed Bids for CPA Oil and
Gas Lease Sale 208 Please Deliver to
Ms. Nancy Kornrumpf, 6th Floor,
Immediately
Please note: Bidders mailing bid(s) are
advised to call Ms. Nancy Kornrumpf
immediately after putting their bid(s) in the
mail at (504) 736–2726.

If the RD receives bids later than the
time and date specified above, he will
return those bids unopened to bidders.
Should an unexpected event such as
flooding or travel restrictions be
significantly disruptive to bid
submission, the MMS Gulf of Mexico
Region may extend the Bid Submission
Deadline. Bidders may call (504) 736–
0557 or access our Web site at: http://
www.gomr.mms.gov for information
about the possible extension of the Bid
Submission Deadline due to such an
event.
Areas Offered for Leasing: The MMS
is offering for leasing in CPA Oil and
Gas Lease Sale 208, all blocks and
partial blocks listed in the document
‘‘List of Blocks Available for Leasing’’
included in the Final NOS 208 Package.
All of these blocks are shown on the
following leasing maps and Official
Protraction Diagrams (OPD’s):
Outer Continental Shelf Leasing
Maps—Louisiana Map Numbers 1
through 12 (These 30 Maps Sell for
$2.00 each)
LA1 West Cameron Area (Revised
November 1, 2000)
LA1A West Cameron Area, West
Addition (Revised February 28, 2007)
LA1B West Cameron Area, South
Addition (Revised February 28, 2007)
LA2 East Cameron Area (Revised
November 1, 2000)
LA2A East Cameron Area, South
Addition (Revised November 1, 2000)
LA3 Vermilion Area (Revised
November 1, 2000)
LA3A South Marsh Island Area
(Revised November 1, 2000)
LA3B Vermilion Area, South Addition
(Revised November 1, 2000)

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