ONRR uses the information collected in
this ICR to ensure that royalty is appropriately paid, based on
accurate production accounting on oil, gas, and geothermal
resources produced from Federal and Indian leases. Our integrated
financial accounting system compares royalty (Form MMS-2014)and
production volumes (Forms MMS-4054 and MMS-4058) to verify that
proper royalties are received for the minerals produced.
US Code:
25
USC 396d Name of Law: Chapter 12--Lease, Sale or Surrender of
Allotted or Unallotted Lands
US Code: 25
USC 2103 Name of Law: Indian Mineral Development Act of
1982
US Code: 30
USC 1923 Name of Law: The Mineral Leasing Act
US Code: 43
USC 1353 Name of Law: The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
PL:
Pub.L. 97 - 451 Jan. 12, 1983 Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas
Royalty Management Act of 1982
PL:
Pub.L. 104 - 185 Aug. 13, 1996 Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas
Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996
There is a program change for
this information collection, with a corresponding burden change of
84,424 hours and a burden change in responses of 2,694,238. The
increase is due to ONRR performing additional compliance
activities. Since the last renewal, ONRR has begun additional audit
actions, resulting in additional requests for new adjusted forms on
earlier Form 2014s and Form 4054s previously submitted by industry.
Since each line of each form is one additional response, ONRR
anticipates a material increase in the total number of responses we
will receive and a corresponding increase in the burden hours for
both industry and ONRR. This program change is, in part, in
response to Government Accountability Office's report numbers
GAO-08-893R and GAO-09-549, which are located at
http://www.gao.gov/assets/100/95734.pdf and
http://www.gao.gov/assets/300/292365.pdf, respectively.
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.