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.