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identify the management decisions that
are best suited to local, regional, and
national needs and concerns.
The BLM will utilize and coordinate
the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill
the public involvement process under
the National Historic Preservation Act
(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36
CFR 800.2(d)(3). The information about
historic and cultural resources within
the area potentially affected by the
proposed action will assist the BLM in
identifying and evaluating impacts to
such resources.
The BLM will consult with Indian
tribes on a government-to-government
basis in accordance with Executive
Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal
concerns, including impacts on Indian
trust assets and potential impacts to
cultural resources, will be given due
consideration. Federal, State, and local
agencies, along with tribes and other
stakeholders that may be interested in or
affected by the proposed action that the
BLM is evaluating, are invited to
participate in the scoping process and,
if eligible, may request or be requested
by the BLM to participate in the
development of the environmental
analysis as a cooperating agency.
The BLM will use an interdisciplinary
approach to develop the plan in order
to consider the variety of resource issues
and concerns identified. Specialists
with expertise in the following
disciplines will be involved in the
planning process: Recreation, Fisheries,
Wildlife, Vegetation, Soil, Water, Air
Quality, Geology, Minerals, Forestry,
Livestock Grazing, Wilderness, Cultural
Resources, Tribal Relations, Ecology,
Social Sciences, Economics, Wildland
Fire, Fuels, and Realty.
Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2
Thomas Pogacnik,
Deputy State Director.
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[Docket ID BSEE–2016–0008; OMB Number
1014–0001; 17XE17000DX EEEE500000
EX1SF0000.DAQ000]

Information Collection Activities: Oil
and Gas Well-Workover Operations;
Submitted for Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment
Request
ACTION:

30-day Notice.

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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
in the regulations under Subpart F, Oil
and Gas Well-Workover Operations.
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
December 7, 2016.
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–
0001). Please provide a copy of your
comments to BSEE by any of the means
below.
• Electronically: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov and search for
BSEE–2016–0008. 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: Department of the
Interior; Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement;
Regulations and Standards Branch;
Attention: Kelly Odom; 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
Please reference 1014–0001 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Odom, Regulations and Standards
Branch, (703) 787–1775, 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).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart F, Oil and
Gas Well-Workover Operations.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0001.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act at 43 CFR 1334
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to prescribe rules and regulations to
administer leasing of mineral resources
on the OCS. Such rules and regulations
will apply to all operations conducted
under a lease, right-of-way, or a right-ofuse 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
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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
delegated some of the authority under
FOGRMA to BSEE, 30 U.S.C. 1751 is
included as additional authority for
these requirements.
These authorities and responsibilities
are among those delegated to BSEE. The
regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart F,
concern oil and gas well-workover
operations and are the subject of this
collection. This request also covers the
related Notices to Lessees and Operators
(NTLs) that BSEE issues to clarify,
supplement, or provide additional
guidance on some aspects of our
regulations.
BSEE uses the information collected
under Subpart F in our efforts to analyze
and evaluate planned well-workover
operations to ensure that these
operations result in personnel safety
and protection of the environment. They
use this evaluation in making decisions
to approve, disapprove, or to require
modification to the proposed wellworkover operations. Specifically, BSEE
uses the information collected to:
• Review log entries of crew meetings
to verify that safety procedures have
been properly reviewed.
• review well-workover procedures
relating to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to
ensure the safety of the crew in the
event of encountering H2S.

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• review well-workover diagrams and
procedures to ensure the safety of wellworkover operations.
• verify that the crown block safety
device is operating and can be expected
to function and avoid accidents.
• assure that the well-workover
operations are conducted on well casing
that is structurally competent.
Frequency: On occasion.
Citation 30 CFR 250,
subpart F

Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal OCS oil,
gas, and sulfur lessees and/or operators,
and holders of pipeline rights-of-way.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
estimated annual hour burden for this
information collection is a total of 5,284
hours. Responses are mostly mandatory
and one requirement is to retain/

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maintain a benefit. 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.

Average number of annual
reponses

Hour burden

Annual
burden
hours
rounded)

Requests
600–620 ............................

General departure and alternative compliance requests
not specifically covered elsewhere in Subpart F regulations.

611 ....................................

Document results weekly of traveling-block safety device in the operations log.
Request establishment/amendment/cancellation of field
well-workover rules.

612 ....................................

2
6.5

365 workovers x 3 results =
1,095.
20 requests ........................

041

2190
130

613; 616(a)(4); 619(f) ........

These sections contain references to information, approvals, requests, payments, etc., which are submitted with an APM, the burdens for which are covered under its own information collection.

Burden covered under 1014–0026

0

613(d) ................................

Submit to District Manager on Form BSEE–0125, End
of Operations Report, an operation resulting in the
initial recompletion of a well into a new zone, include
a new schematic of the tubing subsurface equipment
if subsurface equipment has been changed.

Burden covered under 1014–0018

0

614(b) ................................

Post number of stands of drill pipe or workover string
and drill collars that may be pulled prior to filing the
hole and equivalent well-control fluid volume.
Notify BSEE if sustained casing pressure is observed
on a well.

1.13

291 postings .......................

329

5

527 notifications .................

2,635

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

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

1,933 Responses ...............

5,284

619(b) ................................
Total Burden ..............

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Burden covered under 1014–0022

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
There are no non-hour cost burdens
associated with this collection.
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
accuracy of the burden of the proposed
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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 July 8, 2016,
we published a Federal Register notice
(81 FR 44657) 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 250, Subpart F regulations. The
regulation also informs the public that
they may comment at any time on the
collection of information and provides
the address to which they should send
comments. We did not receive any
comments in response to the Federal
Register notice.
Public Availability of Comments:
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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.
BSSE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Nicole Mason (703)
787–1607.
Keith Good,
Senior Advisor, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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