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is available via the link in the footer of
http://www.regulations.gov.
Note: The address listed in this notice
should only be used to submit comments
concerning this information collection.
Please do not submit requests for individual
case status inquiries to this address. If you
are seeking information about the status of
your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case
Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/
Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National
Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–5283.

Written comments and suggestions
from the public and affected agencies
should address one or more of the
following four points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
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(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
Notice of Entry of Appearance as
Attorney or Accredited Representative;
Notice of Entry of Appearance as
Attorney In Matters Outside the
Geographical Confines of the United
States.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the DHS
sponsoring the collection: G–28; G–28I;
USCIS.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Business or other forprofit. The information collected on
forms G–28 and G–28I allow an attorney
to identify their representation of person
in matters either within the
geographical confines of the United
States, or outside of the geographical
confines of the United States
respectively.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
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Dated: May 14, 2014.
Laura Dawkins,
Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division,
Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2014–0005; OMB Control
Number 1014–0015; 14XE1700DX
EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000]

Overview of This Information
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estimated for an average respondent to
respond: For the paper G–28, 2,223,700
respondents with an average response
time of .833 hour (50 minutes); for the
ELIS-filed G–28, 281,950 respondents
with and average response time of .667
hour (40 minutes); for the paper G–28I,
25,057 respondents with an average
response time of .833 hour (50 minutes).
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 2,057,943 annual burden
hours.
If you need a copy of the information
collection instrument with instructions,
or additional information, please visit
the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at:
http://www.regulations.gov. We may
also be contacted at: USCIS, Office of
Policy and Strategy, Regulatory
Coordination Division, 20
Massachusetts Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20529–2140,
Telephone number 202–272–8377.

Information Collection Activities:
Unitization; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION:

60-Day notice.

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the 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 revision to the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
Subpart M, Unitization.
DATES: You must submit comments by
July 18, 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–2014–0005 then click
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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; Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement;
Regulations and Standards Branch;
ATTN: Cheryl Blundon; 381 Elden
Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia
20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014–
0019 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, Subpart M,
Unitization.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0015.
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
(Secretary) to prescribe rules and
regulations to administer leasing of the
OCS. Section 1334(a) specifies that the
Secretary ‘‘provide for the prevention of
waste and conservation of the natural
resources of the [O]uter Continental
Shelf, and the protection of correlative
rights therein’’ and include provisions
for ‘‘unitization, pooling, and drilling
agreements.’’
In addition to the general rulemaking
authority of the OCS Lands Act 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

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Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L.
104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26,
1996), and the Office of Management
and Budget (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. Voluntary
or revised unitization requests are
required in Subpart M and are subject
to cost recovery; BSEE regulations
specify service fees for these requests.
The BSEE must approve any lessee’s
proposal to enter an agreement to
unitize operations under two or more
leases and for modifications when
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proposed unit agreement will result in
preventing waste, conserving natural
resources, and protecting correlative
rights including the government’s
interests.
This authority and responsibility are
among those delegated to BSEE. This
notice concerns the paperwork
requirements of 30 CFR Part 250,
Subpart M, Unitization, and related
documents. Responses are mandatory or
are required to obtain or retain a benefit.
No questions of a sensitive nature are
asked. We protect proprietary
information according to the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and
DOI’s implementing regulations (43 CFR
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.
Frequency: The frequency of reporting
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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
and non-hour cost burdens for this
collection are 3,348 hours and $170,728
non-hour cost burdens. In this
submission, we are requesting a total of
5,772 burden hours and $138,188 nonhour cost burdens. The following chart
details the individual components and
respective hour and non-hour cost
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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Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified three non-hour cost
burdens associated with this
information collection. Section
250.1303 requires respondents to pay
filing fees when (1) applying for a
voluntary unitization proposal or unit
expansion ($12,619), as well as a (2)
unitization revision ($896). The filing
fees are required to recover the Federal
Government’s processing costs. Section
250.1304(d) provides an opportunity for
parties notified of compulsory
unitization to request a hearing;
therefore § 250.1304(e) requires the
party seeking the compulsory
unitization to (3) pay for the court
reporter and three copies of the
verbatim transcript of the hearing
(approximately $500); for a total of
$138,188. We have not identified any
other non-hour cost burdens associated
with this collection of information.
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
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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.
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
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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: May 10, 2014.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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