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and private land. The strategy broadly
identifies restoration methods and
provides guidelines for implementing
site specific treatments over a 50-year
timeframe. The Modoc National Forest
is issuing a companion Record of
Decision (ROD) and both agencies will
work closely with county governments
to implement the strategy in a
cooperative and coordinated manner.
BLM officially initiated the planning
process for the Draft Sage Steppe EIS
with the publishing of the Notice of
Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS in the
Federal Register on July 18, 2005. A
Public Scoping Notice was distributed
following the NOI and a public notice
was published in the Modoc Record on
July 28, 2005. The Notice of Availability
of the DEIS was published in the
Federal Register on August 31, 2007.
During the comment period nine public
meetings, presentations and field trips
were offered and 23 comment letters
were received. Based upon public
comments on the DEIS an additional
alternative was added to the FEIS. This
new alternative was identified by the
agencies as the Preferred Alternative, as
it best meets the purpose and need for
the project. The Notice of Availability of
the Final EIS was published in the
Federal Register on May 9, 2008.
Any party adversely affected by the
BLM’s decision(s) to implement the
Sage Steppe Ecosystem Restoration
Strategy may appeal within 30 days of
publication of this Notice of
Availability. The appeal must be filed
with the field office manager whose
decision is being appealed at the above
listed addresses. Please consult 43 CFR,
part 4 for further information on the
IBLA appeal process.
Dayne Barron,
Field Manager.
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MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–0059, Oil and Gas Production
Safety Systems, Extension of a
Collection; Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0059).

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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 paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
30 CFR 250, subpart H, Oil and Gas
Production Safety Systems. This notice
also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.
DATE: Submit written comments by
January 20, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You should submit
comments directly to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (1010–0059),
either by fax (202) 395–6566 or e-mail
([email protected]).
Please also send a copy to MMS by
either of the following methods:
• http://www.regulations.gov. Under
the tab More Search Options, click
Advanced Docket Search, then select
Minerals Management Service from the
agency drop-down menu, then click
submit. In the Docket ID column, select
MMS–2008–OMM–0030 to submit
public comments and to view
supporting and related materials
available for this rulemaking.
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. Submit
comments to regulations.gov by January
20, 2009. The MMS will post all
comments.
• 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–
0059 in your subject line and mark your
message for return receipt. Include your
name and return address in your
message text.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (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 250, Subpart H, Oil
and Gas Production Safety Systems.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0059.
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

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(Secretary) to prescribe rules and
regulations to manage the mineral
resources of the OCS. Such rules and
regulations will apply to all operations
conducted under a lease, right-of-use
and easement, and pipeline right-ofway. 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 1332(6) states that
‘‘operations in the [O]uter Continental
Shelf should be conducted in a safe
manner by well trained personnel using
technology, precautions, and other
techniques sufficient to prevent or
minimize the likelihood of blowouts,
loss of well control, fires, spillages,
physical obstructions to other users of
the waters or subsoil and seabed, or
other occurrences which may cause
damage to the environment or to
property or endanger life or health.’’
Regulations implementing these
responsibilities are under 30 CFR part
250, subpart H. Responses are submitted
to MMS on occasion and are mandatory.
No questions of a sensitive nature are
asked. The MMS protects proprietary
information according to the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
implementing regulations (43 CFR Part
2), 30 CFR part 252, OCS Oil and Gas
Information Program, and 30 CFR
250.197, Data and information to be
made available to the public or for
limited inspection.
The MMS uses the information
collected under subpart H to evaluate
equipment and/or procedures that
lessees and/or operators propose to use
during production operations, including
evaluation of requests for departures or
use of alternative procedures.
Information is also used to verify that
production operations are safe and
protect the human, marine, and coastal
environment. The MMS inspectors
review the records maintained to verify
compliance with testing and minimum
safety requirements.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 130
potential Federal oil or gas or sulphur
lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
estimated annual hour burden for this
information collection is a total of
47,021 hours. The following chart

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details the individual components and
estimated hour burdens. 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.
Non-hour cost burdens

Citation 30 CFR 250
subpart H and NTL(s)

Reporting and recordkeeping requirement

Average No. of annual
responses

Hour burden

Annual burden hours

Submittals
800; 801; 802; 803 ....

Submit application for a production safety
system with > 125 components.

8 .................................

2 .................................

16.

$5,030 per submission × 2 = $10,060; $13,238 per offshore visit × 2 =
$26,476; $6,884 per shipyard visit × 1 = $6,884.
25–125 components .......................................

7 .................................

21 ...............................

147.

$1,218 per submission × 21 = $25,578; $8,313 per offshore visit × 8 =
$66,504; $4,766 per shipyard visit × 1 = $4,766.
< 25 components ...........................................

6 .................................

76 ...............................

456.

$604 per submission × 76 = $45,904.
Submit modification to application for production safety system with > 125 components.

4 .................................

324 .............................

1,296.

$561 per submission × 324 = $181,764.
25–125 components .......................................

3.5 ..............................

188 .............................

658.

$201 per submission × 188 = $37,788.
< 25 components ...........................................

3 .................................

901 .............................

2,703.

$85 per submission × 901 = $76,585.
801(a) .........................

Submit application for a determination that a
well is incapable of natural flow.

803(b)(2) ....................

Submit required documentation for unbonded
flexible pipe.

803(b)(8); related
NTLs.

Request approval to use chemical only fire
prevention and control system in lieu of a
water system.
Submit copy of state-required Emergency
Action Plan (EAP) containing test abatement plans (Pacific OCS Region).
Plan (EAP) containing test abatement plans
(Pacific OCS Region).

3 .................................

50 ...............................

Burden is covered by the application requirement in § 250.802(e).

150.
0.

8 .................................

150 .............................

1,200.

1 .................................

7 .................................

7.

Subtotal ....................................................................................................................................

1,719 responses ........

6,633 hours.

804; related NTL ........

NTL ............................

$482,309.
General
801(h)(2); 803(c) ........

Identify well with sign on wellhead that subsurface safety device is removed; flag
safety devices that are out of service.

Usual/customary safety procedure for removing
or identifying out-of-service safety devices.

0.

803(b)(8)(iv); (v) .........

Post diagram of firefighting system; furnish
evidence firefighting system suitable for
operations in subfreezing climates.
Notify MMS prior to production when ready
to conduct pre-production test and upon
commencement for a complete inspection.
Request evaluation and approval of other
quality assurance programs covering manufacture of SPPE.

2 .................................

95 ...............................

190.

34

⁄ ...............................

208 .............................

156.

2 .................................

1 .................................

2.

Subtotal ....................................................................................................................................

304 responses ...........

348 hours.

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806(c) .........................

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Non-hour cost burdens
Citation 30 CFR 250
subpart H and NTL(s)

Reporting and recordkeeping requirement
Hour burden

Average No. of annual
responses

Annual burden hours

Recordkeeping
801(h)(2); 802(e);
804(b).

20 ...............................

770 .............................

15,400.

17 ...............................
9 .................................

770 .............................
770 .............................

13,090.
6,930.

6 .................................

770 .............................

4,620.

Subtotal ....................................................................................................................................

3,080 responses ........

40,040 hours.

Total Burden Hours ..........................................................................................................

5,103 responses ........

47,021 hours.

803(b)(1)(iii), (2)(i) ......
803(b)(4)(iii) ...............
803(b)(11) ..................

Maintain records on subsurface and surface
safety devices to include approved design
& installation features, testing, repair, removal, etc.
Maintain pressure-recorder charts .................
Maintain schematic of the emergency shutdown (ESD) which indicates the control
functions of all safety devices.
Maintain records of wells that have erosioncontrol programs and results for 2 years;
make available to MMS upon request.

$482,309 non-hour burden costs.

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* Due to rulemaking (August 25, 2008, 73 FR 49942) cost recovery fees increased, effective 9/24/08.

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified 10 non-hour cost
burdens, all of which are the cost
recovery fees required under
§ 250.802(e). However, note that the
actual fee amounts are specified in 30
CFR 250.125, which provides a
consolidated table of all of the fees
required under the 30 CFR part 250
regulations. The total of the non-hour
cost burden (cost recovery fees) in this
IC request is an estimated $482,309.
The non-hour cost burdens required
in 30 CFR part 250, subpart H (and
respective cost-recovery fee amount per
transaction) are required as follows:
• Submit application for a production
safety system with > 125 components—
$5,030 per submission; $13,238 per
offshore visit; and $6,884 per shipyard
visit.
• Submit application for a production
safety system with 25–125
components—$1,218 per submission;
$8,313 per offshore visit; and $4,766 per
shipyard visit.
• Submit application for a production
safety system with < 25 components—
$604 per submission.
• Submit modification to application
for production safety system with > 125
components—$561 per submission.
• Submit modification to application
for production safety system with 25–
125 components—$201 per submission.
• Submit modification to application
for production safety system with < 25
components—$85 per submission.
We have not identified any other nonhour cost burdens associated with this
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
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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 June 18, 2008,
we published a Federal Register notice
(73 FR 34787) 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, subpart H regulation.
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
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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. 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 January 20, 2009.
Public Availability of Comments:
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: October 8, 2008.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
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