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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: 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
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
BOEMRE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (703)
787–1025.
Dated: November 1, 2010.
Doug Slitor,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–28278 Filed 11–8–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement
[Docket No. BOEM–2010–0053]

BOEMRE Information Collection
Activity: 1010–0067, Oil and Gas WellCompletion Operations, Extension of a
Collection; Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0067).
AGENCY:

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 E, ‘‘Oil and Gas
Well Completion Operations.’’ This
notice also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the

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paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.
DATES: Submit written comments by
December 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either
fax (202) 395–5806 or e-mail.
([email protected]) directly
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior (1010–0067). Please also submit
a copy of your comments to BOEMRE by
any of the means below.
• Electronically: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter docket ID
BOEM–2010–0053 then click search.
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments and view supporting and
related materials available for this
collection. BOEMRE will post all
comments.
• E-mail:
[email protected]. Mail or
hand-carry comments to: Department of
the Interior; Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ICR 1010–0067 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
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 250, subpart E, Oil and
Gas Well-Completion Operations.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0067.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.
and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., requires the
Secretary of the Interior to preserve,
protect, and develop oil and gas
resources in the OCS 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;
balance orderly energy resources
development with protection of the
human, marine, and coastal
environment; ensure the public a fair
and equitable return on OCS resources;
and preserve and maintain free
enterprise competition. Section 1332(6)
of the OCS Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1332)
requires that ‘‘operations in the [O]uter
Continental Shelf should be conducted
in a safe manner by well-trained
personnel using technology,
precautions, and techniques sufficient
to prevent or minimize the likelihood of
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spillages, physical obstruction 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.’’
This authority and responsibility are
among those delegated to BOEMRE. To
carry out these responsibilities,
BOEMRE issues regulations governing
oil and gas and sulphur operations in
the OCS. This ICR addresses the 30 CFR
250, subpart E, regulations
implementing these responsibilities.
BOEMRE analyzes and evaluates the
information and data collected to ensure
that planned well-completion
operations will protect personnel and
natural resources. They use the analysis
and evaluation results in the decision to
approve, disapprove, or require
modification to the proposed wellcompletion operations. Specifically,
BOEMRE uses the information to
ensure: (a) Compliance with personnel
safety training requirements; (b) crown
block safety device is operating and can
be expected to function to avoid
accidents; (c) proposed operation of the
annular preventer is technically correct
and provides adequate protection for
personnel, property, and natural
resources; (d) well-completion
operations are conducted on well
casings that are structurally competent;
and (e) sustained casing pressures are
within acceptable limits.
Subpart E was revised by rulemaking
that became effective June 3, 2010 (75
FR 23582), and addresses the
procedures and requirements necessary
to monitor, report, and ameliorate
sustained casing pressure (SCP)
conditions. BOEMRE uses the
information to determine whether
production from wells with SCP
continues to afford the greatest possible
degree of safety under these conditions
and to require corrective action in
specified cases that pose an ongoing
safety hazard.
Responses are mandatory. No
questions of a sensitive nature are
asked. BOEMRE protects information
considered proprietary according to
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552) and its implementing regulations
(43 CFR 2), and 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public or for limited inspection.’’
Frequency: Varies by section, but is
mostly on occasion or annual.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal oil, 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
41,879 hours. The following chart

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details the individual components and
estimated hour burdens. In calculating
the burdens, we assumed that
Citation 30 CFR 250
Subpart E

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.

Hour
burden

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Average number of
annual responses

Annual
burden
hours

Requests
502 ........................................
512 ........................................
500–530 ................................

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

Request an exception to shutting in producible wells before moving a well-completion rig or related equipment.
Request establishment, amendment, or cancellation of
well-completion field rules.
General departure and alternative compliance requests
not specifically covered elsewhere in Subpart E regulations.
............................................................................................

5

100 exceptions ....................

500

10

3 field rules ..........................

30

2

15 requests ..........................

30

................

118 responses .....................

560

647 completions × 4 meetings = 2,588.
647 completions × 2 recordings = 1,294.
647 completions × 4 recordings = 2,588.
54 recordings .......................
647 completions × 4 recordings = 2,588.
647 completions × 4 recordings = 2,588.

1,294

Record Records
506 ........................................

Record dates and times of well-completion operations
safety meetings.
Record results of weekly traveling-block safety device in
operations log.
Record all your BOP test pressures ..................................

12

12

516(i)(1) .................................

Record reason for postponing BOP test in driller’s report
Record time, date, and results of all pressure tests, crew
drills, actuations, and inspections in driller’s report.
Record BOP test pressure on pressure charts .................

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

............................................................................................

................

511 ........................................
516(c)(1) ................................
516(e) ....................................
516(i) .....................................

⁄

1
⁄

34

⁄
5
2

11,700 responses ................

1,294
1,941
27
12,940
5,176
22,672

Submittals
513; 515(a); 525 ...................

Submit Forms MMS–123, MMS–123S, MMS–124, and
MMS–125 and all accompanying information to conduct well-completion operations.

Burden included under 1010–0141.

0

517(b) ....................................

4

82 results .............................

328

525(a); 526 ............................
525(a); 529(a) .......................
525(b); 527 ............................
529(b) ....................................

Submit results of casing pressure testing, callipering, and
other evaluations.
Submit notification of corrective action ..............................
Submit a corrective action plan .........................................
Submit a casing pressure request .....................................
Submit the casing pressure diagnostic test data ..............

11⁄2
11
9
1

66 actions ............................
130 plans .............................
1,235 requests .....................
65 submittals .......................

99
1,430
11,115
65

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

............................................................................................

................

1,578 responses ..................

13,037

12

⁄

639 postings ........................

*320

11⁄2

647 records ..........................

*971

2

647 records ..........................

1,294

1

3,025 records .......................

3,025

Post/Retain
514(c) ....................................
516(i)(6) .................................

516(i)(7) .................................

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Post the number of stands of drill pipe/collars that may
be pulled and equivalent well-control fluid volume.
Retain all records including pressure charts, driller’s report, referenced documents pertaining to BOP tests,
actuations, and inspections at the facility for duration of
the activity.
After completion of well, retain all records for 2 years at
location conveniently available to BOEMRE.
Retain records of casing pressure and diagnostic tests
for 2 years or until the well is abandoned.

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

............................................................................................

................

4,958 responses ..................

5,610

Total Hour Burden .........

............................................................................................

................

18,354 responses ................

41,879

* Rounded.

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified no paperwork nonhour cost burdens associated with the
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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

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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.)

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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 April 12, 2010,
we published a Federal Register notice
(75 FR 18545) 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 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. 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 December 9, 2010.
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
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
BOEMRE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (703)
787–1025.

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Dated: October 21, 2010.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–28277 Filed 11–8–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R1–ES–2010–N210; 10120–1112–
0000–F2]

Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement for Issuance of an
Incidental Take Permit for the
Proposed Kauai Seabird Habitat
Conservation Plan on Kauai, HI
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent and notice of
meeting.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), advise the
public that we intend to prepare a joint
Federal/State Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), in
coordination with the Hawaii
Department of Land and Natural
Resources (DLNR), for the proposed
Kauai Seabird Habitat Conservation
Plan (KSHCP) and the expected
applications from public and private
entities on Kaua’i for incidental take
permits (ITPs, or permits). The proposed
KSHCP is being prepared under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA). The ITPs would
authorize incidental take of the
Federally endangered Hawaiian petrel
(Pterodroma sandwichensis), the
Federally threatened Newell’s
(Townsends) shearwater (Puffinus
auricularis newelli), and the bandrumped storm-petrel (Oceanodroma
castro), a Federal candidate species that
could become listed during the term of
the permit (collectively, these three
species are hereafter referred to as the
‘‘Covered Species’’). The DLNR is
preparing the KSHCP under which
numerous applicants are anticipated to
apply for incidental take of the Covered
Species due to adverse effects of light
attraction and these birds colliding with
utility lines and associated structures.
We provide this notice to announce
the initiation of a public scoping period
during which we invite other agencies
and the public to attend a public
meeting and submit oral and written
comments that provide suggestions and
information on the scope of issues and
alternatives to be addressed in the joint
EIS.

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Comments: To ensure
consideration, please submit your
comments by December 9, 2010.
Public Meeting Dates and Locations:
One Monday, November 10, 2010, 6–
8 p.m at the Chiefess Kamakahelei
Middle School Cafeteria, 4431 Nuhou
Street, Lihue, HI 96766.
ADDRESSES: Oral and written comments
will be accepted during the meeting.
You may also submit comments by one
of the following methods:
U.S. mail or hand-delivery to: Bill
Standley, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Pacific Islands Fish and
Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana Blvd.,
Room 3–122, Honolulu, HI 96850.
Facsimile: (808) 792–9580 (Attention:
Bill Standley).
Electronic mail (e-mail):
[email protected].
Comments received will be available
for public inspection by appointment
during normal business hours (Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) at
the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill
Standley, Fish and Wildlife Biologist,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see
ADDRESSES above), telephone (808) 792–
9400.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:

Reasonable Accommodation
Persons needing reasonable
accommodation in order to attend and
participate in the public meeting should
contact Bill Standley, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, as soon as possible (see
ADDRESSES), or at (808) 792–9400. In
order to allow sufficient time to process
requests, please call no later than one
(1) week before the public meeting.
Information regarding this proposed
action is available in alternative formats
upon request.
Background
Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538)
and Federal regulations prohibit the
take of fish and wildlife species listed
as endangered or threatened. The term
‘‘take’’ means to harass, harm, pursue,
hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture,
or collect, or to attempt to engage in any
such conduct. However, under section
10(a) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1539 (a)), we
may issue permits to authorize
incidental take of listed fish and
wildlife species. Incidental take is
defined as take that is incidental to, and
not the purpose of, carrying out an
otherwise lawful activity. Regulations
governing ITPs for threatened and
endangered species are found at 50 CFR
17.32 and 17.22. If the permits are
issued, each permittee approved under
the KSHCP would receive assurances

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