BSEE will
instruct respondents to identify confidential commercial or
proprietary information when they submit to BSEE, and this
information will be protected according to the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and DOI’s implementing regulations
(43 CFR 2); section 26 of OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1352); 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. This collection of information is approved for
three years. If BSEE requests an extension it must include with the
supporting statement a report on the types of platforms and
pipelines for which it has sufficient information to estimate
decommissioning costs, and the amount of additional information
required to estimate the remaining types of platforms and
pipelines.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2020
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2017
3,081
0
4,867
15,524
0
29,437
1,686,396
0
2,152,644
BSEE uses the information to (1)
determine the necessity for allowing a well to be temporarily
abandoned and there is a definitive reason for not permanently
plugging the well;(2) verify that respondents are diligently
pursuing the final disposition of a well and have performed
temporary plugging of the wellbore;(3) ensure platform or pipeline
removal activities are properly performed; (4) ensure that
decommissioning a platform in place will not be a hazard to
navigation and commercial fishing operations or interfere with
other uses of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and (5) to help
BSEE better estimate future decommissioning costs for OCS leases,
rights-of-way, and rights of use and easements.
US Code:
43
USC 1334 Name of Law: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
US Code: 31
USC 9701 Name of Law: Independent Offices Appropriations
Act
US Code: 30
USC 1751 Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management
Act
The current OMB approved annual
hour burden is 29,437 burden hours for this collection of
information. This submission requests 15,524 burden hours. The
adjustment decrease of 13,913 hours is due to re-estimating the
average annual responses and the amount of time required to respond
based on outreach (decreased by -550 burden hours); and the
publication of the final blowout preventer regulations which moved
many of the requirements of Subpart Q into the new Subpart G
regulations, Well Operations and Equipment (decreased by -14,183
burden hours). Also, BSEE published a final rule (80 FR 75806),
Decommissioning Costs, to require respondents submit a summary of
actual decommissioning expenditures for each activity (increased by
+820 burden hours). The current OMB approved annual reporting and
recordkeeping non-hour cost burden is $2,152,644 for this
collection of information. This submission requests $1,686,396. The
adjustment decrease of $466,248 is due to re-estimating the average
number of annual decommissioning applications that have associated
cost recovery fees.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
30-day FR Notice published 10-20-16 [81 FR 72612].pdf
0010-16-SS.docx
250.1753; 1704(e) - Post Pipeline Report - Pipeline Decommissioning