30 CFR Part 556, Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas in the OCS; 30 CFR 550, Subpart J, Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way; 30 CFR 560, OCS Oil and Gas Leasing

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form BOEM-152 Relinquishment of Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-151 Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease	Form	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-150 Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease	Form	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-2028A Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Supplemental Plugging and Abandonment Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-2028 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form BOEM-2030 OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant Bond	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
2014-02195.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2014-02-03	Available
0006 SS 1-27-14 exp 3-2014.doc	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2014-01-27	Available
30_CFR_550 Subpart_J[1].pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2014-01-13	Available
30 CFR 556.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2014-01-09	Available
0006 60-day FR notice.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2013-12-04	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
46497	30 CFR Part 556 - subpart K		Modified
46495	30 CFR 556 - subpart K - BOEM-152 - Relinquishment of Federal OCS O&G Leases	Form and Instruction	Modified	Relinquishment of Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease
46493	30 CFR 556 - subpart J - BOEM-150 & BOEM-151 - Assignment of Record Title/Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS O&G Lease	Instruction	Modified
46493	30 CFR 556 - subpart J - BOEM-150 & BOEM-151 - Assignment of Record Title/Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS O&G Lease	Form	Modified	Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease
46493	30 CFR 556 - subpart J - BOEM-150 & BOEM-151 - Assignment of Record Title/Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS O&G Lease	Form	Modified	Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease
38128	30 CFR 556 - subpart I - Forms BOEM-2028 & BOEM-2028A	Form and Instruction	Modified	Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Supplemental Plugging and Abandonment Bond
38128	30 CFR 556 - subpart I - Forms BOEM-2028 & BOEM-2028A	Form and Instruction	Modified	Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Bond
199131	550.1011(a) Bond Requirements for Pipeline Right-of-Way Holders	Form and Instruction	Modified	OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant Bond
191742	30 CFR 556 - subpart J - Required document filings		Modified
191739	30 CFR 556 - subpart J - Non-required document filings		Modified
191728	30 CFR 556 - subpart I w/o forms		Modified
191723	30 CFR 556 - subpart G		Modified
191722	30 CFR 556 - subparts A-F		Modified
186940	30 CFR 556 - subpart N		Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1010-0006	ICR Reference No: 201312-1010-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201109-1010-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BOEM	Agency Tracking No: 0006 Renewal
Title: 30 CFR Part 556, Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas in the OCS; 30 CFR 550, Subpart J, Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way; 30 CFR 560, OCS Oil and Gas Leasing
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/07/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/03/2014
Terms of Clearance:

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2014
Responses	19,730	0	9,606
Time Burden (Hours)	17,882	0	15,755
Cost Burden (Dollars)	613,994	0	393,345

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Abstract: BOEM uses the information to determine if the applicant filing for a lease in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is qualified to hold such a lease, to verify qualification of bidders and eligibility of joint bidders, and to verify lessees have adequate bonding coverage. Respondents are Federal OCS sulphur or oil and gas lessees and bidders on OCS lease sales.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 31 USC 9701 Name of Law: IOAA
   US Code: 43 USC 1331 and 1801 Name of Law: OCSLA
   US Code: 42 USC 6213(C) Name of Law: Energy Policy and Conservation Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	78 FR 66066	11/04/2013
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 6214	02/03/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 11

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
30 CFR 556 - subpart G
30 CFR 556 - subpart I - Forms BOEM-2028 & BOEM-2028A	BOEM-2028, BOEM-2028A	Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Bond ,   Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Supplemental Plugging and Abandonment Bond
30 CFR 556 - subpart I w/o forms
30 CFR 556 - subpart J - BOEM-150 & BOEM-151 - Assignment of Record Title/Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS O&G Lease	BOEM-150, BOEM-151	Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease ,   Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease
30 CFR 556 - subpart J - Non-required document filings
30 CFR 556 - subpart J - Required document filings
30 CFR 556 - subpart K - BOEM-152 - Relinquishment of Federal OCS O&G Leases	BOEM-152	Relinquishment of Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease
30 CFR 556 - subpart N
30 CFR 556 - subparts A-F
30 CFR Part 556 - subpart K
550.1011(a) Bond Requirements for Pipeline Right-of-Way Holders	BOEM-2030	OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant Bond

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list of burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	19,730	9,606	0	149	9,975	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	17,882	15,755	0	596	1,531	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	613,994	393,345	0	0	220,649	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This ICR requests adjustments to both the hour burden and the non-hour cost burdens. (a) Hour Burden: We are reporting 17,882 burden hours, which is an increase of 2,127 hours from the previous submission. We made an adjustment increase of 1,531 hours as a result of reestimating the number of annual responses. We are reporting as a program change an increase of 596 hours for two regulatory requirements in Subparts B and D (see table in item 12) that were overlooked and not included in our previous submission. (b) Non-Hour Cost Burdens: The currently approved OMB inventory is $393,345 in non-hour burden costs. This submission requests an adjustment increase of $220,649 for a total of $613,994. The increase is due to a change in the number of respondents and the adjustment in fees for inflation, in accordance with a previously approved fee schedule.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,051,470

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/03/2014

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