30-day published 1014-0013 GPS for MODUs

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30-day published 1014-0013 GPS for MODUs

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 165 / Wednesday, August 26, 2015 / Notices

Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE–2015–0007; OMB Control
Number 1014–0013; 15XE1700DX
EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000]

Information Collection Activities:
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) for
Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs)
NTL; 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) to renew
approval of the paperwork requirements
associated with subpart A, General, and
related documents. This notice also
provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the revised
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.
DATES: You must submit comments by
September 25, 2015.
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–
0013). 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–2015–0007 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; Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement;
Regulations and Standards Branch;
ATTN: Cheryl Blundon; 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
Please reference ICR 1014–0013 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607, 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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Title:
Notice to Lessees and/or Operators
(NTL)—Gulf of Mexico OCS Region—
GPS (Global Positioning System) for
MODUs (Mobile Offshore Drilling
Units).
OMB Control Number: 1014–0013.
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 that 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; to
preserve and maintain free enterprise
competition; and to ensure that the
extent of oil and natural gas resources
of the OCS is assessed at the earliest
practicable time. Section 43 U.S.C.
1332(6) states that ‘‘operations in the
outer Continental Shelf should be
conducted in a safe manner by welltrained personnel using technology,
precautions, and techniques sufficient
to prevent or minimize the likelihood of
blowouts, loss of well control, fires,
spillages, physical obstruction 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.’’
To carry out these responsibilities, the
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE) issues regulations
to ensure that operations in the OCS
will meet statutory requirements;
provide for safety and protect the
environment; and result in diligent
exploration, development, and
production of OCS leases. In addition,
we also issue Notice to Lessees (NTLs)
that provide clarification, explanation,
and interpretation of our regulations.
These NTLs are used to convey purely
informational material and to cover
situations that might not be adequately
addressed in our regulations.
The subject of this information
collection (IC) request is an NTL, GPS
(Global Positioning System) for MODUs
(Mobile Offshore Drilling Units). This
NTL requires MODUs to be equipped
with multiple tracking/location devices
so that during a storm event (hurricane)
the respondent, as well as BSEE, will

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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have the capability to monitor their
locations. This NTL also provides BSEE
GPS data access thereby granting BSEE
real-time location information as needed
for the Hurricane Response Team (HRT).
The primary regulation for this IC is
30 CFR 250, subpart A, approved under
the OMB Control Number 1014–0013.
However, in connection with this
subpart, the burden requirements in the
NTL are in addition to the currently
approved paperwork burdens under
those requirements.
Regulations implementing these
responsibilities are among those
delegated to BSEE.
Responses are required to obtain or
retain a benefit. No questions of a
sensitive nature are asked. BSEE
protects information considered
proprietary under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and DOIs
implementing regulations (43 CFR 2),
and under regulations at 30 CFR part
250.197, Data and information to be
made available to the public or for
limited inspection, 30 CFR part 252,
OCS Oil and Gas Information Program.
After Hurricane Ike in 2008, due to
the loss of a MODU, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and US Army Corps of
Engineers conducted numerous sidesonar searches for dangerous submerged
debris in several places in and around
the Gulf of Mexico waters, including off
the Louisiana coast, the Houston Ship
Channel, and the Galveston areas. These
searches continued for numerous days,
with multiple government agencies, and
covered well over 75 square statute
miles. Nothing was found.
On March 6, 2009, a 900-ft Norwegian
flagged tank ship carrying
approximately 130K MT of crude oil,
reported listing 8 degrees and taking on
water about 65-miles offshore of
Galveston, TX. It was determined that
the tanker had hit the sunken MODU
that was submerged approximately 24
feet below the surface of the water, that
had been missing since Hurricane Ike.
The MODU was displaced off the coast
of Louisiana during Hurricane Ike and
ended up off the coast of Galveston,
roughly 105 miles away.
The information to be collected is
necessary for BSEE to assess the
whereabouts of any MODU becoming
unmoored due to extreme weather
situations; as well as, to follow the path
of that facility to determine if other
facilities/pipelines, etc., were damaged
in any way. The offshore oil and gas
industry will use the information to
determine the safest and quickest way to
either remove the obstacles or to fix and
reuse them.
Frequency: On occasion.

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 165 / Wednesday, August 26, 2015 / Notices

Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise OCS Federal oil,
gas, or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
estimated annual hour burden for this

information collection is a total of 1
hour. 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.

BURDEN TABLE
NTL–GPS for MODUs
Gulf of Mexico OCS Region

Average number of
annual responses

Hour burden

Annual burden hours

Non-Hour Cost Burdens
1—Notify BSEE with tracking/locator data access and
supporting information; notify BSEE Hurricane Response Team as soon as operator is aware a rig has
moved off location.

15 mins ..............................

1 rig * .................................

15 mins ..............................

1 notification.*

1 hour (rounded).

2—Purchase and install tracking/locator devices—
(these are replacement GPS devices or new rigs).

20 devices per year for replacement and/or new × $325.00 = $6,500.

3—Pay monthly tracking fee for GPS devices already
placed on MODUs/rig.

40 rigs at $50/month = $600/year = $24,000.

4—Rent GPS devices and pay monthly tracking fee per
rig.

40 rigs @$1,800 per year = $72,000.

Total Burden .............................................................

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

102 Responses .................

1 Hour.

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$102,500 non-hour cost burden.

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
Under this collection, the lessees and
operators have already installed the GPS
systems; therefore, we estimate a nonhour cost burden of $102,500 which
consists of:
—Replacing/repairing locator devices
and/or adding devices for new MODUs
added to the group;
—paying monthly rental fees for GPS
tracking purposes only, or
—paying rental fees for the GPS
devices themselves as well as associated
tracking information.
We have not identified any other nonhour cost burdens associated with this
collection of information. See burden
table for a breakdown of the burdens.
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: 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

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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.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on May 22, 2015,
we published a Federal Register notice
(80 FR 29743) 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 Numbers for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR 250 regulations. The regulations
also inform the public that they may
comment at any time on a collection of
information and provide the address to
which they should send comments. The
required PRA public disclosure and
comment statement is displayed on the
NTL. We received no comments in
response to the Federal Register notice
or unsolicited comments.
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

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to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: August 5, 2015.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015–21103 Filed 8–25–15; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
Solicitation of Comments Relating to
the Public Interest
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint
entitled Certain Document Cameras and
Software for Use Therewith, DN 3084;
the Commission is soliciting comments
on any public interest issues raised by
the complaint or complainant’s filing
under section 210.8(b) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR § 210.8(b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission,
SUMMARY:

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