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Pursuant
to the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, the Final SEIS documents
the potential direct, indirect, and
cumulative environmental and
socioeconomic effects of the proposed
action to construct a municipal, rural
and industrial (MR&I) water system to
provide drinking water to local
communities and rural water systems in
northwestern North Dakota. The Project
is sized to serve projected population
growth through the year 2060. Water
provided by the Project would be
treated to meet the primary drinking
water standards established by the Safe
Drinking Water Act. The Project would
supply water to specific delivery points.
Each community or rural water system
would be responsible for connecting to
the distribution line and delivering
water through their water system to end
users. The Project was authorized by the
Garrison Diversion Reformulation Act of
1986 and the Dakota Water Resources
Act of 2000 as part of the MR&I Grant
Program.
Four action alternatives were
evaluated in the Final SEIS. These
alternatives fall into two categories—
those using only inbasin water sources
(Souris River and groundwater) and
those proposing to use water from the
Missouri River (Lake Sakakawea). The
preferred alternative, Missouri River
and Groundwater Alternative, would
use Lake Sakakawea as the primary
water source. This water would be
conveyed to the biota water treatment
plant where it would be treated using
conventional treatment processes. After
treatment at the biota water treatment
plant, the water would be conveyed in
a buried pipeline to the Minot water
treatment plant and blended with water
from the Minot and Sundre aquifers.
Following this treatment, water would
be supplied to Project members through
a distribution pipeline system.
Some of the resources potentially
affected by the proposed action that are
evaluated in the Final SEIS include:
Surface water and groundwater
resources, water quality, aquatic
invasive species, threatened and
endangered species, socioeconomics,
environmental justice and historic
properties. The geographic scope of
analysis generally covers the Missouri
and Souris river basins, and carries
analysis into Canada as directed by the
U.S. District Court.
A Notice of Availability of the Draft
SEIS was published in the Federal
Register on June 27, 2014 (79 FR 36556).
The written comment period for the
Draft SEIS was extended 30 days and
concluded on September 10, 2014 (79
FR 45459). The Final SEIS contains

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responses to all substantive comments
received, and reflects comments and
additional information received during
the review period.
Copies of the Final SEIS are available
for public review at the following
locations:
• Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas
Area Office, 304 East Broadway Avenue,
Bismarck, ND 58501.
• Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains
Regional Office, 316 North 26th Street,
Billings, MT 59101.
• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver
Office Library, Building 67, Room 167,
Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling,
Denver, CO 80225.
• Natural Resources Library, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street
NW., Main Interior Building,
Washington, DC 20240–0001.
• Bismarck Public Library, 515 North
5th Street, Bismarck, ND 58501.
• Bottineau City Hall, 115 West 6th
Street, Bottineau, ND 58318.
• Minot Public Library, 516 2nd
Avenue SW., Minot, ND 58701.
• Mohall Public Library, 115 Main
Street West, Mohall, ND 58761.
• North Dakota State Library, 604 East
Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND
58505.
Dated: April 2, 2015.
John F. Soucy,
Deputy Regional Director, Great Plains
Region.
[FR Doc. 2015–08142 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4332–90–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2015–0003; OMB Control
Number 1014–0016; 15XE1700DX
EX1SF0000.DAQ000 EEEE500000]

Information Collection Activities:
Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way
(ROW); Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:

60-day notice.

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), 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 J, Pipelines and Pipeline Rightsof-Way (ROW).
DATES: You must submit comments by
June 9, 2015.
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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–2015–0003 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; Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement;
Regulations and Standards Branch;
ATTN: Cheryl Blundon; 45600
Woodland Rd., Sterling, VA 20166.
Please reference ICR 1014–0016 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 J,
Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way
(ROW).
Form(s): BSEE–0149.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0016.
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 to
necessary for the administration of the
leasing provisions of the Act related to
mineral resources on the OCS. Such
rules and regulations apply to all
operations conducted under a lease,
pipeline right-of-way (ROW), or a rightof-use and easement. Section 1334(e)
authorizes the Secretary to grant ROWs
through the submerged lands of the OCS
for pipelines ‘‘. . . for the transportation
of oil, natural gas, sulphur, or other
minerals, or under such regulations and
upon such conditions as may be
prescribed by the Secretary, . . .
including (as provided in Section
1347(b) of this title) assuring maximum
environmental protection by utilization
of the best available and safest
technologies, including the safest
practices for pipeline burial. . . .’’
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
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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 (DOI) 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. Pipeline and
assignment applications are subject to
cost recovery, and BSEE regulations
specify the service fees.
Regulations implementing these
responsibilities are among those
delegated to BSEE. The regulations
under 30 CFR 250, Subpart J, pertain to
pipelines and pipeline rights-of-way
(ROWs), a form, and related Notices to
Lessees (NTLs) and Operators.
We use the information to ensure that
lessees and pipeline ROW holders
design the pipelines that they install,
maintain, and operate are performed in

a safe manner. BSEE needs information
concerning the proposed pipeline and
safety equipment, inspections and tests,
and natural and manmade hazards near
the proposed pipeline route. BSEE uses
the information to review pipeline
designs prior to approving an
application for an ROW or lease term
pipeline to ensure that the pipeline, as
constructed, will provide for safe
transportation of minerals through the
submerged lands of the OCS. BSEE
reviews proposed pipeline routes to
ensure that the pipelines would not
conflict with any State requirements or
unduly interfere with other OCS
activities. BSEE reviews proposals for
taking pipeline safety equipment out of
service to ensure alternate measures are
used that will properly provide for the
safety of the pipeline and associated
facilities (platform, etc.). BSEE reviews
notifications of relinquishment of ROW
grants and requests to decommission
pipelines for regulatory compliance and
to ensure that all legal obligations are
met. BSEE monitors the records
concerning pipeline inspections and
tests to ensure safety of operations and
protection of the environment and to
schedule witnessing trips and
inspections. Information is also
necessary to determine the point at
which DOI or Department of
Transportation (DOT) has regulatory
responsibility for a pipeline and to be
informed of the identified operator if
not the same as the pipeline ROW
holder.
We use the information in Form
BSEE–0149, Assignment of Federal OCS
Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant, to track
the holdership of pipeline ROWs; as
well as use this information to update
the corporate database that is used to
determine what leases are available for
a Lease Sale and the ownership of all

OCS leases. However, we made a minor
revision to this form. Under Part A—
Assignment—we added in the under
legal description, ‘‘and any accessory
information’’. Under § 250.1012,
pipeline ROW grants can include
accessories. Therefore, when
transferring a Pipeline ROW grant, the
description of the pipeline ROW grant
should identify everything. This will
help facilitate BSEE’s review when an
application has been submitted.
No questions of a sensitive nature are
asked. 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); also under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, Data and
information to be made available to the
public or for limited inspection, and 30
CFR 252, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Oil and Gas Information Program.
Responses are mandatory or are
required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency: On occasion and as a
result of the requirements.
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 55,072
burden hours and $1,824,851 non-hour
cost burden. In this submission, we are
requesting a total of 36,564 burden
hours and $1,508,968 non-hour cost
burdens. 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.

BURDEN TABLE
Non-hour cost burdens
Citation 30 CFR 250
Subpart J and related
NTL(s)

Reporting & recordkeeping requirement *

Average no. of
annual responses

Hour burden

Annual burden
hours
(rounded)

Lease Term (L/T) Pipeline (P/L) Applications
1000(b)(1); 1004(b)(5);
1007(a).

Submit application and all required information
and notices to install new L/T P/L.

92 ...........................

61-new L/T P/L applications.

5,612

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$3,541 × 61 L/T P/L applications = $216,001
1000(b)(1); 1007(b) ........

Submit application and all required information
and notices to modify a L/T P/L.

30 ...........................

102 modifications ...........

3,060

$2,056 × 102 L/T P/L applications = $209,712
1000(b)(1); .....................

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BURDEN TABLE—Continued
Non-hour cost burdens

Citation 30 CFR 250
Subpart J and related
NTL(s)

Reporting & recordkeeping requirement *

Average no. of
annual responses

Hour burden

Subtotal ............................................................................................................................................

Annual burden
hours
(rounded)

163 responses ...............

8,672

$425,713 non-hour cost burdens
Right of Way (ROW) P/L Applications and Grants
1000(b)(2), (d);
1004(b)(5); 1007(a);
1009(a); 1015; 1016.

Submit application and all required information
and notices for new P/L ROW grant and to install a new ROW P/L.

107 .........................

62-new ROW grant and
P/L applications.

6,634

$2,771 × 62 applications = $171,802
1000(b)(2), (3); 1007(b);
1017.

Submit application and all required information
and notices to modify a P/L ROW grant and to
modify an ROW P/L (includes route modifications,
cessation
of
operations,
partial
relinquishments, hot taps, and new and modified accessory platforms).

45 ...........................

190 modifications ...........

8,550

$4,169 × 190 applications = $792,110
1000(b)(3); 1010(h);
1017(b)(2)(ii); 1019.

Submit application and all required information
and notices to relinquish P/L ROW grant.

1015 ...............................

Submit application and all required information
and notices for a P/L ROW grant to convert a
lease-term P/L to an ROW P/L.

Burden covered under 1014–0010, 30 CFR
250, Subpart Q.
15 ...........................

0

15 conversions ...............

225

$236 × 15 applications = $3,540
1016 ...............................

Request opportunity to eliminate conflict when an
application has been rejected.

5 .............................

1 request ........................

5

1018 ...............................

Submit application and all required information
and notices for assignment of a pipeline ROW
grant using Form BSEE–0149 (burden includes
approximately 30 minutes to fill out form).

13 ...........................

275 assignments ............

3,575

$201 × 275 P/L ROW requests = $55,275
Subtotal ............................................................................................................................................

543 responses ...............

18,989

$1,022,727 non-hour cost burdens
Notifications and Reports
1004(b)(5) ......................
1007(a)(4)(i)(A); (B); (C)
1007(a)(4)(i)(D) ..............
1007(a)(4)(ii) ..................

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1008(a) ...........................
1008(a)
1008(b)
1008(b)
1008(c)
1008(d)

...........................
...........................
...........................
...........................
...........................

1008(e) ...........................

In lieu of a continuous volumetric comparison system, request substitution; submit any supporting
documentation if requested/required.
Provide specified information in your pipeline application if using unbonded flexible pipe.
Provide results of third party IVA review in your
pipeline application if using unbonded flexible
pipe.
Provide specified information in your pipeline application.
Notify BSEE before constructing or relocating a
pipeline.
Notify BSEE before conducting a pressure test ....
Submit L/T P/L construction report ........................
Submit ROW P/L construction report ....................
Notify BSEE of any pipeline taken out of service ..
Notify BSEE of any pipeline safety equipment
taken out of service more than 12 hours.
Notify BSEE of any repair and include procedures

35 ...........................

1 submittal .....................

35

4 .............................

20 submittals ..................

80

For risers, this verification is included in the
CVA analysis. For jumpers, it is not required.
25 ...........................

40 applications ...............

1,000

⁄ ...........................

62 notices ......................

31

...........................
...........................
...........................
...........................
...........................

87 notices ......................
28 reports .......................
17 reports .......................
415 notices ....................
2 notices ........................

44
504
323
208
1

3 .............................

156 notices ....................

468

12

1⁄2
18
19
1⁄2
1⁄2

$388 × 156 notices = $60,528

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Citation 30 CFR 250
Subpart J and related
NTL(s)
1008(e) ...........................
1008(f) ............................
1008(g) ...........................
1008(h) ...........................
1010(c) ...........................
1010(d) ...........................

Reporting & recordkeeping requirement *

Submit repair report ...............................................
Submit report of pipeline failure analysis ...............
Submit plan of corrective action and report of any
remedial action.
Submit the results and conclusions of pipe-toelectrolyte potential measurements.
Notify BSEE of any archaeological resource discovery.

Annual burden
hours
(rounded)

Hour burden

Average no. of
annual responses

4 .............................
1⁄2 ...........................
13 ...........................

132 reports .....................
4 reports .........................
19 plans/reports .............

528
2
247

1 .............................

794 results .....................

794

5 .............................

1 notices ........................

5

Notify BSEE of P/L ROW holder’s name and address changes.

Not considered IC under 5 CFR 1320.3(h).

Subtotal ............................................................................................................................................

0

1,778 responses ............

4,270

$60,528 non-hour cost burdens
General
1000(c)(2) .......................

Identify in writing P/L operator on ROW if different
from ROW grant holder.

1000(c)(3) .......................

Mark specific point on P/L where operating responsibility transfers to transporting operator or depict
transfer point on a schematic located on the facility. One-time requirement after final rule published; now part of application or construction process involving no additional burdens.

0

1000(c)(4) .......................

Petition BSEE for exceptions to general operations transfer point description.
Request BSEE recognize valves landward of last
production facility but still located on OCS as
point where BSEE regulatory authority begins
(none received to date).
Petition BSEE to continue to operate under DOT
regulations upstream of last valve on last production facility (one received to date).
Transporting P/L operator petition to DOT and
BSEE to continue to operate under BSEE regulations (none received to date).

1000(c)(8) .......................

1000(c)(12) .....................
1000(c)(13) .....................

1004(c) ...........................

Place sign on safety equipment identified as ineffective and removed from service.

1000–1019 .....................

General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered elsewhere in
subpart J regulations.

Cover by applicable applications

0

5 .............................

1 petition ........................

5

1 .............................

1 request ........................

1

40 ...........................

1 petition ........................

40

40 ...........................

1 petition ........................

40

See footnote 1

0

2 .............................

200 requests ..................

400

Subtotal ............................................................................................................................................

204 responses ...............

486

5 .............................

128 lease-term P/L operators.

640

2 per month = 24 ...

3,072

5 .............................

128 lease-term P/L operators.
87 P/L ROW holders .....

Subtotal ............................................................................................................................................

343 responses ...............

4,147

Total Hour Burdens ..........................................................................................................................

3,031 responses ............

36,564

Recordkeeping
1000–1008 .....................
1005(a) ...........................

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1010(g) ...........................

Make available to BSEE design, construction, operation, maintenance, testing, and repair
records on lease-term P/Ls.2
Inspect P/L routes for indication of leakage,1
record results, maintain records 2 years.2
Make available to BSEE design, construction, operation, maintenance, testing, and repair
records on P/L ROW area and improvements.2

Total Non-Hour Cost Burdens .........................................................................................................

$1,508,968 non-hour cost burdens

1 These

activities are usual and customary practices for prudent operators.
these records is usual and customary business practice; required burden is minimal to make available to BSEE.
* In the future, BSEE will be allowing the option of electronic reporting for certain requirements.
2 Retaining

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Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified seven non-hour cost
burdens, all of which are the cost
recovery fees required under 30 CFR
250, Subpart J. However, the actual fee
amounts are specified in 30 CFR
250.125, which provides a consolidated
table of all of the fees required under the
30 CFR 250 regulations. The total of the
non-hour cost burden (cost recovery
fees) in this IC request is an estimated
$1,508,968.
The non-hour cost burdens required
in 30 CFR 250, Subpart J (and respective
cost-recovery fee amount per
transaction) are required under:
§ 250.1000(b)—New Pipeline
Application (lease term)—$3,541,
§ 250.1000(b)—Pipeline Application
Modification (lease term)—$2,056,
§ 250.1000(b)—Pipeline Application
Modification (ROW)—$4,169,
§ 250.1008(e)—Pipeline Repair
Notification—$388, § 250.1015(a)—
Pipeline ROW Grant Application—
$2,771, § 250.1015(a)—Pipeline
Conversion from Lease Term to ROW—
$236, § 250.1018(b)—Pipeline ROW
Assignment—$201.
We have not identified any other nonhour 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
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.
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
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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.
Douglas W. Morris,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015–08264 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2015–0004; OMB Control
Number 1014–0008; 15XE1700DX
EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000]

Information Collection Activities: Well
Control and Production Safety
Training; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
ACTION:

60-day notice.

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), 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 O, Well Control and Production
Safety Training.
DATES: You must submit comments by
June 9, 2015.
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–2015–0004 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
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Department of the Interior; Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement;
Regulations and Standards Branch;
ATTN: Cheryl Blundon, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
Please reference ICR 1014–0008 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 O,
Well Control and Production Safety
Training.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0008.
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 the Act related to
mineral resources on the OCS. Such
rules and regulations will apply to all
operations conducted under a lease,
pipeline 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 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

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