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(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Form I–133,
U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individual or
Households, Business or other nonprofit. The data collected on this form
is used by ICE to ensure accuracy in
correspondence between ICE and the
obligor. The form serves the purpose of
standardizing obligor notification of any
changes in their address, and will
facilitate communication with the
obligor.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: 12,000 responses at 15 minutes
(.25 hours) per response.
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 3,000 annual burden hours.
Dated: November 27, 2013.
Scott Elmore,
Forms Management, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, Department of
Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2013–28884 Filed 12–2–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0008; OMB Control
Number 1014–NEW; 134E1700D2
EEEE500000 ET1SF0000.DAQ000]

Information Collection Activities:
Application for Permit To Drill;
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:

60-day Notice.

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
submission of this information
collection request (ICR) is necessary so
that both industry and BSEE have a
better understanding of the regulatory
requirements associated with all
supporting data and information that is
submitted with an Application for
Permit to Drill (APD), a Revised APD,
and the Supplemental APD Information
Sheet under the multiple subparts. This

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ICR will separate out the hours and nonhour cost burdens associated with APDs
and Supplemental APDs from its
currently approved IC into its own
separate collection; it will also reflect
more accurate burden estimates.
DATES: You must submit comments by
February 3, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods listed
below.
• Electronically: go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
enter BSEE–2013–0008 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: Cheryl Blundon; 381 Elden
Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia
20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014–
NEW in your comment and include
your name and return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607 to
request additional information about
this ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR part 250, Application for
Permit to Drill and all supporting
documentation.
Forms: BSEE–0123 and BSEE–0123S.
OMB Control Number: 1014–NEW.
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 to
administer leasing of mineral resources
on the OCS. Such rules and regulations
will apply to all operations conducted
under a lease, right-of-way, or a right-ofuse and easement. Operations on the
OCS must preserve, protect, and
develop oil and natural gas resources in
a manner that is consistent with the
need to make such resources available
to meet the Nation’s energy needs as
rapidly as possible; to balance orderly
energy resource development with
protection of human, marine, and
coastal environments; to ensure the
public a fair and equitable return on the
resources of the OCS; and to preserve
and maintain free enterprise
competition. Section 1332(6) states that
‘‘operations in the Outer Continental
Shelf should be conducted in a safe
manner by well trained personnel using
technology, precautions, and other
techniques sufficient to prevent or
minimize the likelihood of blowouts,
loss of well control, fires, spillages,

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physical obstructions to other users of
the waters or subsoil and seabed, or
other occurrences which may cause
damage to the environment or to
property or endanger life or health.’’
In addition to the general rulemaking
authority of the OCSLA at 43 U.S.C.
1334, 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 108 of
FOGRMA, 30 U.S.C. 1718, grants the
Secretary broad authority to inspect
lease sites for the purpose of
determining whether there is
compliance with the mineral leasing
laws. 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. Because the Secretary has
delegated some of the authority under
FOGRMA to BSEE, 30 U.S.C. 1751 is
included as additional authority for
these requirements.
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. Under the Department
of the Interior’s implementing policy,
BSEE is required to charge fees for
services that provide special benefits or
privileges to an identifiable non-Federal
recipient above and beyond those which
accrue to the public at large.
Applications for permits to drill are
subject to cost recovery, and BSEE
regulations specify service fees for these
requests.
Regulations implementing these
responsibilities are among those
delegated to BSEE. The regulations at 30
CFR part 250 stipulate the various
requirements that must be submitted
with an APD, Revised APD, (Form
BSEE–0123) and a Supplemental APD
Information Sheet (Form BSEE–0123S)
which is the subject of this collection.
Currently, an APD is covered only
under 30 CFR part 250, subpart D,
1014–0018, and when discussed in
Subparts A, E, H, and P, they are cross
referenced. It is difficult to correlate the
APD burden requirements in the other
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By putting APDs, Revised APDs, and the
supplemental APD information sheet,
along with all the required
documentation throughout the various
subparts into one ICR, we feel that this
situation will be alleviated and will
reflect more accurate burden estimates.
This request also covers the related
Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs)
that we issue to clarify, supplement, or
provide additional guidance on some
aspects of our regulations.
In this ICR, we have included a
certification statement on both forms to
state that false submissions are subject
to criminal penalties. Also, we clarified
some sections of the Form BSEE–0123.
This poses minor edits and they are as
follows:
Question #17—facility name was
added;
Question #25—revised the citations
for accuracy;
Question #33—added new question—
H) Has the drilling rig been approved for
the use of digital BOP testing? If yes,
which version?
The forms that are submitted and
their purposes are: Application for
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Supplemental APD Information Sheet
(Casing Design), BSEE–0123S. We use
the information that is submitted with
these forms to determine the conditions
of a drilling site to avoid hazards
inherent in drilling operations.
Specifically, we use the information to
evaluate the adequacy of a lessee’s or
operator’s plan and equipment for
drilling, sidetracking, or deepening
operations. This includes the adequacy
of the proposed casing design, casing
setting depths, drilling fluid (mud)
programs, cementing programs and
blowout preventer (BOP) systems to
ascertain that the proposed operations
will be conducted in an operationally
safe manner that provides adequate
protection for the environment. The
BSEE also reviews the information to
ensure conformance with specific
provisions of the lease. In addition,
except for proprietary data, BSEE is
required by the OCS Lands Act to make
available to the public certain
information submitted on these forms.
The BSEE will protect proprietary
information according to the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
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2); 30 CFR 250.197, Data and
information to be made available to the
public or for limited inspection; and 30
CFR part 252, OCS Oil and Gas
Information Program. No items of a
sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are required to obtain or
retain a benefit or they are mandatory.
Frequency: On occasion and as
required in the regulations.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal oil, gas,
or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: In this
submission, we are estimating 47,800
burden 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.
Note: In the Burden Table, a Revised APD
hour burden is preceded by the letter R.
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Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified one non-hour cost
burden for this collection. The 30 CFR
part 250 regulations require a $2,123
cost recovery fee (non-hour cost burden)
for APD submittals. The application fee
is required to recover the Federal
Government’s processing cost, and we
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total reporting non-hour cost burden of
$866,184 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
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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
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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.
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.
Dated: November 22, 2013.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2013–28835 Filed 12–2–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0005; OMB Control
Number 1014–NEW; 134E1700D2
EEEE500000 ET1SF0000.DAQ000]

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Information Collection Activities:
Application for Permit To Modify;
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:

60-day notice.

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

SUMMARY:

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Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The
submission of this information
collection request (ICR) is necessary so
that both industry and BSEE have a
better understanding of the regulatory
requirements associated with all
supporting data and information that is
submitted with an Application for
Permit to Modify (APM) under the
multiple subparts. This ICR will
separate out the hours and non-hour
cost burdens associated with APMs
from its currently approved IC into its
own separate collection; it will also
reflect more accurate burden estimates.
DATES: You must submit comments by
February 3, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods listed
below.
• Electronically: go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
enter BSEE–2013–0005 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: Cheryl Blundon; 381 Elden
Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia
20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014–
0017 in your comment and include your
name and return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607 to
request additional information about
this ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, Application for
Permit to Modify (APM), BSEE–0124.
Form: BSEE–0124.
OMB Control Number: 1014–NEW.
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 to
administer leasing of mineral resources
on the OCS. Such rules and regulations
will apply to all operations conducted
under a lease, right-of-way, or a right-ofuse and easement. Operations on the
OCS must preserve, protect, and
develop oil and natural gas resources in
a manner that is consistent with the
need to make such resources available
to meet the Nation’s energy needs as
rapidly as possible; to balance orderly
energy resource development with
protection of human, marine, and
coastal environments; to ensure the
public a fair and equitable return on the
resources of the OCS; and to preserve

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and maintain free enterprise
competition. Section 1332(6) states that
‘‘operations in the Outer Continental
Shelf should be conducted in a safe
manner by well trained personnel using
technology, precautions, and other
techniques sufficient to prevent or
minimize the likelihood of blowouts,
loss of well control, fires, spillages,
physical obstructions to other users of
the waters or subsoil and seabed, or
other occurrences which may cause
damage to the environment or to
property or endanger life or health.’’
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 108 of
FOGRMA, 30 U.S.C. 1718, grants the
Secretary broad authority to inspect
lease sites for the purpose of
determining whether there is
compliance with the mineral leasing
laws. 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. Under the Department
of the Interior’s implementing policy,
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE) is required to
charge fees for services that provide
special benefits or privileges to an
identifiable non-Federal recipient above
and beyond those which accrue to the
public at large. Applications for permits
to drill are subject to cost recovery, and
BSEE regulations specify a service fee
for this request.
Regulations implementing these
responsibilities are among those
delegated to BSEE. The regulations at 30
CFR part 250 stipulate the various
requirements that must be submitted
with an Application for Permit to
Modify (APM), Form BSEE–0124, which
are the subject of this collection.
Currently, an APM is covered under 30

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