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new target areas in the grantee’s
geography must be not less than the
lesser of 17 or the 20th percentile most
needy score in an individual state. The
scores for target areas approved prior to
May 21, 2013 will not be included in
the average combined index score for
the new target areas and grantees may
continue to use NSP3 funds in those
prior approved target areas.
Dated: May 10, 2013.
Mark Johnston,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0001; OMB Control
Number 1014–0010; 134E1700D2
EEEE500000 ET1SF0000.DAQ000]

Information Collection Activities:
Decommissioning Activities, Proposed
Collection; Comment Request

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ACTION:

60-day notice.

SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is
inviting comments on a collection of
information that we will submit to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The
information collection request (ICR)
concerns a renewal to the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
Subpart Q, Decommissioning Activities.
DATES: You must submit comments by
July 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods listed
below.
• Electronically: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
Enter Keyword or ID, enter BSEE–2013–
0001 then click search. Follow the
instructions to submit public comments
and view all related materials. We will
post all comments.
• Email [email protected]. Mail
or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; BSEE;
Regulations and Standards Branch;
Attention: Nicole Mason; 381 Elden
Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia
20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014–
0010 in your comment and include your
name and return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Mason, Regulations and

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Standards Branch at (703) 787–1605 to
request additional information about
this ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart Q,
Decommissioning Activities.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0010.
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
to prescribe rules and regulations
necessary for the administration of the
leasing provisions of that Act related to
mineral resources on the OCS.
In addition to the general authority of
OCSLA, section 301(a) of the Federal
Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act
(FOGRMA), 30 U.S.C. 1751(a), grants
authority to the Secretary to prescribe
such rules and regulations as are
reasonably necessary to carry out
FOGRMA’s provisions. While the
majority of FOGRMA is directed to
royalty collection and enforcement,
some provisions apply to offshore
operations. For example, section
109(c)(2) and (d)(1), 30 U.S.C. 1719(c)(2)
and (d)(1), impose substantial civil
penalties for failure to permit lawful
inspections and for knowing or willful
preparation or submission of false,
inaccurate, or misleading reports,
records, or other information. The
Secretary has delegated some of the
authority under FOGRMA to BSEE.
The Independent Offices
Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the
Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L.
104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26,
1996), and OMB Circular A–25,
authorize Federal agencies to recover
the full cost of services that confer
special benefits. Applications for
permits to drill and modification
approvals are subject to cost recovery,
and BSEE regulations specify service
fees for these requests.
This authority and responsibility are
among those delegated BSEE. The
regulations at 30 CFR 250, subpart Q,
concern decommissioning of platforms,
wells, and pipelines, as well as site
clearance and platform removal and are
the subject of this collection. This
request also covers the related Notices
to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) that
BSEE issues to clarify, supplement, or
provide additional guidance on some
aspects of our regulations.
Regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q,
implement these statutory requirements.
We use the information for the
following reasons:
• To determine the necessity for
allowing a well to be temporarily
abandoned, the lessee/operator must

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demonstrate that there is a reason for
not permanently abandoning the well,
and the temporary abandonment will
not constitute a significant threat to
fishing, navigation, or other uses of the
seabed. We use the information and
documentation to verify that the lessee
is diligently pursuing the final
disposition of the well, and the lessee
has performed the temporary plugging
of the wellbore.
• The information submitted in initial
decommissioning plans in the Alaska
and Pacific OCS Regions will permit
BSEE to become involved on the ground
floor planning of platform removals
anticipated to occur in these OCS
regions.
• Site clearance and platform or
pipeline removal information ensures
that all objects (wellheads, platforms,
etc.) installed on the OCS are properly
removed using procedures that will
protect marine life and the environment
during removal operations, and the site
cleared so as not to conflict with or
harm other uses of the OCS.
• Decommissioning a pipeline in
place is needed to ensure that it will not
constitute a hazard to navigation and
commercial fishing operations, unduly
interfere with other uses of the OCS, or
have adverse environmental effects.
• The information is necessary to
verify that decommissioning activities
comply with approved applications and
procedures and are satisfactorily
completed.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, Data and
information to be made available to the
public or for limited inspection. No
items of a sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are mandatory.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal oil, gas,
or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 19,613
hours. The following chart details the
individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this ICR. 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.

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Citation 30 CFR 250 Subpart Q

Reporting requirement

Hour burden

General
1700 thru 1754 .....................
1703; 1704 ...........................
1704(g); 1707(d); 1712;
1715; 1716; 1717;
1721(a), (d), (f), (g);
1722(a), (b), (d); 1723(b);
1743(a).
1705 .....................................

1705(e)(2)(ii) ........................
1706(a) .................................
1706(f)(4) .............................
1707(a)(2) ............................
1707(b)(2) ............................
1707(b)(2) ............................
1707(f) ..................................
1707(f) ..................................
1707(g) .................................

1707(h)(1) ............................
1707(h)(1)(ii) ........................
1707(h)(2)(ii) ........................
1708(a), (b) ..........................
1708(a) .................................
1709 .....................................

General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered
elsewhere in subpart Q regulations.
Request approval for decommissioning .......................................................................
Submit form BSEE–0124 to plug wells; provide subsequent report; request alternate depth departure; request procedure to protect obstructions above seafloor;
report within 30 days, results of trawling; certify area cleared of obstructions; remove casing stub or mud line suspension equipment and subsea protective covering; other departures; and all supporting or additional information required.
Submit a description of your Blowout Preventer (BOP) and its components; schematic drawings; independent third party verification and all supporting information
(evidence showing appropriate licenses, has expertise/experience necessary to
perform required verifications, etc.) with your Application for Permit to Modify
(APM).
Allow BSEE access to witness testing, inspections, and information verification. Notify District Manager at least 72 hours prior to shearing ram tests.
Request approval of well abandonment operations; procedures indicating how the
annular preventer will be utilized and how pressure limitations will be applied during each mode of pressure control, with your APM.
Request approval of the District Manager to conduct operations without downhole
check values; describe procedures/equipment in APM.
Request approval from District Manager to test all BOP system components to
rated working pressure; annular BOP less than 70 percent rated working pressure.
State reason for postponing test in operations logs ....................................................
Request approval from District Manager for alternate test frequencies if condition/
BOP warrant.
Request alternative method to record test pressures .................................................
Record test pressures during BOP and coiled tubing on a pressure chart or w/digital recorder; certify charts are correct.
Record or reference in operations log all pertinent information listed in this requirement; make all documents pertaining to BOP tests, actuations and inspections
available for BSEE review at facility for duration of well abandonment activity; retain all records for 2 years at a location conveniently available for the District
Manager.
Submit test procedures with your APM for District Manager approval .......................
Document all ROV intervention test results; make available to BSEE upon request
Document all autoshear and deadman function test results; make available to
BSEE upon request.
Document BOP inspection and maintenance procedures used; record results of
BOP inspections and maintenance actions; maintain records for 2 years or longer
if directed by BSEE; make available to BSEE upon request.
Request alternative method to inspect marine risers ..................................................
Request approval from the District Manager to displace kill-weight fluids in an unbalanced state; submit detailed written procedures with your APM.

3.
Burden included below.
Burden covered under
1014–0018.

15.

0.25.
0.25.
1.
0.25.
0.25.
0.25.
0.25.
1.
0.5.

1.
0.5.
0.25.
1.
0.25.
2.

Permanently Plugging Wells
1711 .....................................
1712(f), (g); 1721(h) .............
1712(g); 1721(h) ..................

1713 .....................................

Required data if permanently plugging a well. Requirement not considered Information Collection under 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(9).
Submit with your APM, archaeological and sensitive biological features; professional engineer certification.
Submit evidence from the Registered Professional Engineer/firm of the well abandonment design and procedures; plugs in the annuli meet requirements of
§ 250.1715; 2 independent barriers etc; has the expertise and experience necessary to perform the verification(s), submit with the APM.
Notify BSEE 48 hours before beginning operations to permanently plug a well ........

0.
Burden covered under
1014–0018.
1.

0.5.

Temporary Abandoned Wells

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1721(e); 1722(e), (h)(1);
1741(c).
1722(c), (g)(2) ......................
1722(f), (g)(3) .......................
1722(h) .................................

Identify and report subsea wellheads, casing stubs, or other obstructions; mark
wells protected by a dome; mark location to be cleared as navigation hazard.
Notify BSEE within 5 days if trawl does not pass over protective device or causes
damages to it; or if inspection reveals casing stub or mud line suspension is no
longer protected.
Submit annual report on plans for re-entry to complete or permanently abandon the
well and inspection report.
Request waiver of trawling test ....................................................................................

U.S. Coast Guard requirements.
1.
2.5.
2.

Removing Platforms and Other Facilities
1726; 1704(a) .......................

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Citation 30 CFR 250 Subpart Q
1725; 1727; 1728; 1730;
1704(b).
1725(e) .................................
1729; 1704(c) .......................
1731(c) .................................

Reporting requirement

Hour burden

Submit final application and appropriate data to remove platform or other subsea
facility structures (including alternate depth departure) or approval to maintain, to
conduct other operations, or to convert to artificial reef.
.......................................................................................................................................
Notify BSEE 48 hours before beginning removal of platform and other facilities .......
Submit post platform or other facility removal report; supporting documentation;
signed statements, etc.
Request deferral of facility removal subject to RUE issued under 30 CFR 556 .........

22.
$4,342 fee.
0.5.
9.
1.

Site Clearance for Wells, Platforms, and Other Facilities
1740; 1741(g) .......................
1743(b); 1704(f) ...................

Request approval to use alternative methods of well site, platform, or other facility
clearance; contact pipeline owner/operator before trawling to determine its condition.
Verify permanently plugged well, platform, or other facility removal site cleared of
obstructions; supporting documentation; and submit certification letter.

15.
5.

Pipeline Decommissioning
1750; 1751; 1752; 1754;
1704(d).

Submit application to decommission pipeline in place or remove pipeline (Lease
Term (L/T) or Right-of-Way (ROW)).
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................

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1753; 1704(e) .......................

Submit post pipeline decommissioning report .............................................................

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified three non-hour
paperwork cost burdens for this
collection. Respondents pay cost
recovery fees when removing a platform
or other facility under § 250.1727 for
$4,342, or for decommissioning a
pipeline under § 250.1751(a)—L/T for
$1,059 or a ROW for $2,012. The fees
are required to recover the Federal
Government’s processing costs, and we
have not identified any others. We
estimate a total reporting non-hour cost
burden of $1,677,782 for this collection.
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
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
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 collection is
necessary or useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy 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
technology.

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Agencies must also estimate the nonhour paperwork cost burdens to
respondents or recordkeepers resulting
from the collection of information.
Therefore, if you have other than hour
burden costs to generate, maintain, and
disclose this information, you should
comment and provide your total capital
and startup cost components or annual
operation, maintenance, and purchase
of service components. For further
information on this burden, refer to 5
CFR 1320.3(b)(1) and (2), or contact the
Bureau representative listed previously
in this notice.
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,
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.
BSEE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon (703)
787–1607.

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10.
$1,059 L/T decommission
fee.
$2,012 ROW decommission
fee.
3.

Dated: May 14, 2013.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R6–ES–2013–N113; 60120–1113–
0000–C2]

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Draft Revised Supplement
to the Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan;
Extension of Public Comment Period
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; extension
of comment period.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), are extending
the public comment period for a Draft
Revised Supplement to the Grizzly Bear
Recovery Plan in the greater
Yellowstone area. If you have
previously submitted comments, please
do not resubmit them, because we have
already incorporated them in the public
record and will fully consider them in
our final Supplement.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted by June 20, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send comments by U.S.
mail to Chris Servheen, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, University Hall—

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