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Dated: June 25, 2014.
Collette Pollard,
Department Reports Management Office,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nicole Mason, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1605, to
request additional information about
this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR
submitted to OMB, go to http://
www.reginfo.gov (select Information
Collection Review, Currently Under
Review).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0012; OMB Control
Number 1014–0022; 14XE1700DX
EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000]

Information Collection Activities: Oil
and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the
OCS—General; Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
ACTION:

30-day Notice.

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is
notifying the public that we have
submitted to OMB an information
collection request (ICR) for review and
approval of the paperwork requirements
in the regulations under Subpart A, Oil
and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the
OCS—General. This notice also
provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the revised
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.

SUMMARY:

You must submit comments by
July 30, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either
fax (202) 395–5806 or email (OIRA_
[email protected]) directly to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior (1014–
0022). Please provide a copy of your
comments to BSEE by any of the means
below:
• Electronically go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box,
enter BSEE–2013–0012 then click
search. Follow the instructions to
submit public comments and view all
related materials. We will post all
comments.
• Email [email protected], fax
(703) 787–1546, or mail or hand-carry
comments to the Department of the
Interior; BSEE; Regulations and
Standards Branch; ATTN: Nicole
Mason; 381 Elden Street, HE3313;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ICR 1014–0022 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.

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Title: 30 CFR part 250, Subpart A, Oil
and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the
OCS—General.
Form(s): BSEE–0011, BSEE–0132,
BSEE–0143, BSEE–1832.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0022.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act at 43 U.S.C. 1334
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to prescribe rules and regulations
necessary for the administration of the
leasing provisions of the Act related to
mineral resources on the OCS. Such
rules and regulations will apply to all
operations conducted under a lease,
right-of-way, or a right-of-use 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.
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
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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. A request
for approval required in 30 CFR
250.171(e) is subject to cost recovery,
and BSEE regulations specify service
fees for these requests in 30 CFR
250.125.
Regulations implementing these
responsibilities are among those
delegated to BSEE. The regulations at 30
CFR Part 250, Subpart A, concern the
general regulatory requirements of oil,
gas, and sulphur operations in the OCS
(including the associated forms), and are
the subject of this collection. This
request also covers any related Notices
to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) that
BSEE issues to clarify, supplement, or
provide additional guidance on some
aspects of our regulations.
The BSEE uses the information
collected under the Subpart A
regulations to ensure that operations on
the OCS are carried out in a safe and
pollution-free manner, do not interfere
with the rights of other users on the
OCS, and balance the protection and
development of OCS resources.
Specifically, we use the information
collected to:
• Review records of formal crane
operator and rigger training, crane
operator qualifications, crane
inspections, testing, and maintenance to
ensure that lessees/operators perform
operations in a safe and workmanlike
manner and that equipment is
maintained in a safe condition. The
BSEE also uses the information to make
certain that all new and existing cranes
installed on OCS fixed platforms must
be equipped with anti-two block safety
devices, and to assure that uniform
methods are employed by lessees for
load testing of cranes.
• Review welding plans, procedures,
and records to ensure that welding is
conducted in a safe and workmanlike
manner by trained and experienced
personnel.
• Provide lessees/operators greater
flexibility to comply with regulatory
requirements through approval of
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demonstrate equal or better compliance
with the appropriate performance
standards.
• Ensure that injection of gas
promotes conservation of natural
resources and prevents waste.
• Record the agent and local agent
empowered to receive notices and
comply with regulatory orders issued.
• Provide for orderly development of
leases through the use of information to
determine the appropriateness of lessee/
operator requests for suspension of
operations, including production.
• Improve safety and environmental
protection on the OCS through
collection and analysis of accident
reports to ascertain the cause of the
accidents and to determine ways to
prevent recurrences.
• Ascertain when the lease ceases
production or when the last well ceases
production in order to determine the
180th day after the date of completion
of the last production. The BSEE will
use this information to efficiently
maintain the lessee/operator lease
status.
• Allow lessees/operators who
exhibit unacceptable performance an
incremental approach to improving
their overall performance prior to a final
decision to disqualify a lessee/operator
or to pursue debarment proceedings
through the execution of a performance
improvement plan (PIP). The Subpart A
regulations do not address the actual
process that we will follow in pursuing
the disqualification of operators under
§§ 250.135 and 250.136; however, our
internal enforcement procedures
include allowing such operators to
demonstrate a commitment to
acceptable performance by the
submission of a PIP.
This information collection request
has current forms and a new form
associated with this collection. We have
addressed any and all issues/changes to
the forms as follows:
• New Form BSEE–0011, iSEE,
Internet-Based Safety and
Environmental Enforcement Reporting
System, was created to clarify what
information is needed when someone
reports an apparent violation
(§ 250.193). This reporting system
provides members of the offshore oil
and gas industry, as well as the public,
with the ability for the electronic
reporting of suspected violations of, or
noncompliance with, any and all safety
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or noncompliance with any associated
lease, plan, or permit requirements that
occur offshore. Information on Form
BSEE–0011:
—The first 4 parts of the form are
optional and for the purposes of
asking follow-up questions if
necessary.
• Last Name
• First Name
• Email Address
• Phone number
—The Category of Information section is
used to specify what type of
potential violation is being reported
so that it can be routed internally to
the appropriate BSEE personnel.
—The Region section is used to specify
which region the potential violation
occurred in so that it can be routed
internally to the appropriate BSEE
personnel.
—The Location Information provides
BSEE with the ability to locate (using
various data options as entered by the
reporting party) where the potential
violation took place.
• Company Name
• Area Block
• Lease Number
• Production Facility Name
• Drilling Rig Name
• GPS Coordinate Latitude and
Longitude
• Date of Offense
• Other
—A Detailed Description of Problem or
Event is used to facilitate BSEE in
determining whether the potential
violation warrants an investigation.
• Revisions to Form BSEE–1832,
Incident(s) of Noncompliance (INCs),
are due to BSEE developing a new
electronic process to issue INCs and
handle acknowledgements of INCs. The
changes on the form pertain to giving
the operator options on how to report
back to BSEE for reporting the
resolution of the issues identified in the
INC, either via paper or electronically.
The BSEE will continue the option to
issue paper INCs and mail paper INCs;
however, our inspectors will stop
issuing hand-written INCs for most
normal inspection violations and,
instead, generate an INC on the
inspector’s tablet PCs. After marking a
Preliminary-INC as a violation, the
inspector will be able to generate an INC
on the tablet and ask the operator to
‘‘sign’’ the tablet. The application will
capture the signature and the inspector
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added a certification to reflect that false
statements may be subject to criminal
penalties.
Form BSEE–0132, Hurricane and
Tropical Storm Evacuation and
Production Curtailment Statistics, is
used in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
(GOMR) to obtain general information
such as company name, contact, date,
time, telephone number; as well as
number of platforms and drilling rigs
evacuated and not evacuated, and
production shut-in statistics for oil
(BOPD) and gas (MMSCFD). We added
a certification to reflect that false
statements may be subject to criminal
penalties.
Form BSEE–0143, Facility/Equipment
Damage Report, is used to assess initial
damage and then be aware of changes
until the damaged structure or
equipment is returned to service; as well
as production rate at time of shut-in
(BPD and/or MMCFPD), cumulative
production shut-in (BPD and/or
MMCFPD), and estimated time to return
to service (in days). We added a
certification to reflect that false
statements may be subject to criminal
penalties.
Most responses are mandatory, while
others are required to obtain or retain
benefits, or voluntary. No questions of a
sensitive nature are asked. The BSEE
protects information considered
proprietary under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and
DOI’s 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, and 30 CFR part 252,
OCS Oil and Gas Information Program.
Frequency: On occasion, daily,
weekly, monthly, and varies by section.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal OCS oil,
gas, and sulphur lessees/operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
estimated annual hour burden for this
information collection is a total of
84,391 hours. The following chart
details the individual components and
estimated hour burdens. 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 one non-hour cost
burden. Requests for a Suspension of
Operations or a Suspension of
Production (§ 250.171) requires a cost
recovery fee of $2,123. We estimate a
total reporting non-hour cost burden of
$1,371,458. 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: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,)
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)
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respondents, including the use of
technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, we published a
Federal Register notice on March 26,
2014 (79 FR 16810), announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
Control Number for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR Part 250, Subpart A regulations
and forms. The regulation also informs
the public that they may comment at
any time on the collections of
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Between the last collection submitted
and this collection, we received one
comment from a private citizen
concerning BSEE not having any
options for electronic submission of
Form BSEE–0132, Hurricane and
Tropical Storm Evacuation and
Production Curtailment Statistics
(GOMR). Our response: An electronic
option does exist. The BSEE provides a
secure alternative for operators to report
the information required on BSEE–0132
in eWell.
Form BSEE–0011, iSEE, was out for
comment and published in the Federal
Register on November 18, 2013 (78 FR
69118); and on March 26, 2014 (79 FR
16810). We received two comments
from a private citizen (submitted same
comment for both 60-day notices) that
Form BSEE–0011 should include the
same or something similar as
admonition to the reporter against false
reporting. Our response: The BSEE
would like some kind of a report of
what individuals have encountered.
There could be situations in which
people think they saw something but
aren’t sure—we still would like them to
report so BSEE can further investigate.
With the statement on the form, we feel
that this would deter individuals from
reporting. Even without the statement
on the form, the individuals/submitters
are still subject to penalties for false
statements, so we could still penalize
any abuse or malicious intent of the
system.
Public Availability of Comments:
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.
Information Collection Clearance
Officer: Cheryl Blundon, 703–787–1607.
Dated: June 19, 2014.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[F–14910–D, F–14910–K; LLAK940000–
L14100000–HY0000–P]

Alaska Native Claims Selection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of decision approving
lands for conveyance.
AGENCY:

As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
will issue an appealable decision to
NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.,
Successor in Interest to Putoo
Corporation. The decision approves the
surface estate in the lands described
below for conveyance pursuant to the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(ANCSA) (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.). The
subsurface estate in these lands will be
conveyed to NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc. when the surface
estate is conveyed to NANA Regional
Corporation, Inc., as Successor in
Interest to Putoo Corporation. Putoo
Corporation was the original ANCSA
corporation for the village of Noorvik,
but merged with the NANA Regional
Corporation in 1976 under the authority
of Public Law 94–204. The lands are in
the vicinity of Noorvik, Alaska, and are
located in:

SUMMARY:

Kateel River Meridian, Alaska

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Joe J. Labay,
Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Division
of Lands and Cadastral.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[F–14900–A2; F–14926–A2; LLAK940000–
L14100000–HY0000–P]

Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of decision approving
lands for conveyance.
AGENCY:

Notice of the decision will also be
published once a week for four
consecutive weeks in the Arctic
Sounder.
DATES: Any Cparty claiming a property
interest in the lands affected by the
decision may appeal the decision in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4 within the following time
limits:
1. Unknown parties, parties unable to
be located after reasonable efforts have
been expended to locate, parties who
fail or refuse to sign their return receipt,
and parties who receive a copy of the
decision by regular mail which is not
certified, return receipt requested, shall
have until July 30, 2014 to file an
appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the
decision by certified mail shall have 30
days from the date of receipt to file an
appeal.

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Parties who do not file an appeal in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4 shall be deemed to have
waived their rights. Notices of appeal
transmitted by electronic means, such as
facsimile or email, will not be accepted
as timely filed.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
be obtained from: BLM, Alaska State
Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, #13,
Anchorage, AK 99513–7504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
BLM by phone at 907–271–5960 or by
email at blm_ak_akso_public_room@
blm.gov. Persons who use a
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the BLM during normal
business hours. In addition, the FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
BLM. The BLM will reply during
normal business hours.

Alaska Native Claims Selection

T. 15 N., R. 10 W.,
Sec. 3.
Containing 598.99 acres.
T. 15 N., R. 11 W.,
Secs. 1, 2, 11, and 12.
Containing 2,351.65 acres.
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As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
will issue an appealable decision to The
Kuskokwim Corporation, Successor in
Interest to Napamute Limited and
Chuathbaluk Company. The decision
approves the surface estate in the lands
described below for conveyance
pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq).
The subsurface estate in these lands will
be conveyed to Calista Corporation
when the surface estate is conveyed to
The Kuskokwim Corporation, Successor
in Interest to Napamute Limited and
Chuathbaluk Company. The lands are in
the vicinity of Napaimute and
Chuathbaluk, Alaska, and are located in:

SUMMARY:

Seward Meridian, Alaska
T. 16 N., R. 51.W.,
Sec. 29.
Containing 617.38 acres.

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