BSEE uses the information to evaluate and approve or disapprove equipment and/or procedures to be used during operations on production platforms offshore. Respondents are Outer Continental Shelf Federal oil and gas and sulphur lessees.
(1)The current OMB inventory is 47,021 burden hours for this collection of information. This submission requests 62,963 burden hours. This represents: (a) a program decrease of 1 hour. This submittal removes an IC requirement that was inadvertently included in this collection. The requirement pertains to the Pacific Region's Emergency Action Plans that are submitted to local air quality agencies. This requirement is now included in the IC for 30 CFR 550, subpart C (§ 550.304); and (b) an adjustment increase of 15,942 hours. The program increase is due to re-estimating the average annual responses and the amount of time required to respond based on consultations.
(2) The current OMB non-hour cost burden inventory is $482,309. This submission requests $343,794. This represents an adjustment decrease of $138,515. The decrease is due to re-estimating the average number of annual responses multiplied by the associated non-hour cost burden.
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.