Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation (43 CFR parts 3160 and 3170)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form 3160-5 Leak Detection -- Annual Reporting of Inspections Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Leak Detection -- Operator Request for Exemption Allowing Use of Alternative Leak-Deterction Program that Does Not Meet Specified Criteria Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Leak Detection - Request to Use an Alternative Monitoring Device and Protocol Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Showing in Support of Replacement of Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump within 3 Years Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Showing that Cost of Compliance Would Cause Cessation of Production and Abandonment of Oil Reserves (Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump) Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Notification of Functional Needs for a Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Showing that a Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump was Operated on Fewer than 90 Individual Days in Prior Calendar Year Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Showing in Support of Replacement of Pneumatic Controller within 3 Years Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Showing that Cost of Compliance Would Cause Cessation of Production and Abandonment of Oil Reserves (Pneumatic Controller) Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Request for Approval of Alternative Capture Requirement Form and Instruction	New
Form 3160-5 Certification in Support of Exemption from Volume Limits Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 3160-5 Leak Detection -- Notification of Delay in Repairing Leaks Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Leak Detection -- Request to Use an Alternative Leak-Detection Program Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Leak Detection -- Compliance with EPA Regulations Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Downhole Well Maintenance and Liquids Unloading -- Notification of Excessive Duration or Volume Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Downhole Well Maintenance and Liquids Unloading -- Documentation and Reporting Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Storage Vessels Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Pneumatic Pump Report Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 3160-5 Notification of Functional Needs for a Pneumatic Controller Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Report of Vanting or Flaring Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Request for Extension of Royalty-Free Flaring During Subsequent Well Testing Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Request for Extension of Royalty-Free Flaring During Initial Production Testing Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-5 Well Completion and Related Operations Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 3160-5 Request for Approval of Alternative Volume Limits Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 3160-5 Request for Prior Approval for Royalty-Free Uses On-Lease or Off-Lease Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 3160-3 Plan to Minimize Waste of Natural Gas Form and Instruction	Modified
Supporting statement 11 15 2016.doc Supporting Statement A	2016-11-15
USCODE-2014-title42-chap55.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-01-28
USCODE-2014-title25-chap23.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-01-28
USCODE-2014-title25-chap12-sec396.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-01-28
USCODE-2014-title30-chap29.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-01-28
USCODE-2014-title30-chap7.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-01-28
USCODE-2011-title30-chap3A-subchapIV.pdf Supplementary Document	2016-01-28

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
224281	Notification of Choice to Comply on County- or State-wide Basis	New
224279	Leak Detection -- Annual Reporting of Inspections Form and Instruction	New
224278	Leak Detection -- Operator Request for Exemption Allowing Use of Alternative Leak-Deterction Program that Does Not Meet Specified Criteria Form and Instruction	New
224277	Leak Detection - Request to Use an Alternative Monitoring Device and Protocol Form and Instruction	New
224273	Showing in Support of Replacement of Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump within 3 Years Form and Instruction	New
224272	Showing that Cost of Compliance Would Cause Cessation of Production and Abandonment of Oil Reserves (Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump) Form and Instruction	New
224271	Notification of Functional Needs for a Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump Form and Instruction	New
224270	Showing that a Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump was Operated on Fewer than 90 Individual Days in Prior Calendar Year Form and Instruction	New
224269	Showing in Support of Replacement of Pneumatic Controller within 3 Years Form and Instruction	New
224264	Showing that Cost of Compliance Would Cause Cessation of Production and Abandonment of Oil Reserves (Pneumatic Controller) Form and Instruction	New
224262	Request for Approval of Alternative Capture Requirement Form and Instruction	New
219603	Certification in Support of Exemption from Volume Limits Form and Instruction	Removed
219379	Leak Detection -- Inspection Recordkeeping and Reporting	Modified
219378	Downhole Well Maintanance and Liquids Unloading -- Recordkeeping	Removed
219365	Leak Detection -- Notification of Delay in Repairing Leaks Form and Instruction	Modified
219363	Leak Detection -- Request to Use an Alternative Leak-Detection Program Form and Instruction	Modified
219361	Leak Detection -- Compliance with EPA Regulations Form and Instruction	Modified
219360	Downhole Well Maintenance and Liquids Unloading -- Notification of Excessive Duration or Volume Form and Instruction	Modified
219359	Downhole Well Maintenance and Liquids Unloading -- Documentation and Reporting Form and Instruction	Modified
219358	Storage Vessels Form and Instruction	Modified
219357	Pneumatic Pump Report Form and Instruction	Removed
219356	Notification of Functional Needs for a Pneumatic Controller Form and Instruction	Modified
219338	Report of Vanting or Flaring Form and Instruction	Modified
219337	Request for Extension of Royalty-Free Flaring During Subsequent Well Testing Form and Instruction	Modified
219336	Request for Extension of Royalty-Free Flaring During Initial Production Testing Form and Instruction	Modified
219335	Well Completion and Related Operations Form and Instruction	Removed
219334	Request for Approval of Alternative Volume Limits Form and Instruction	Removed
219329	Request for Prior Approval for Royalty-Free Uses On-Lease or Off-Lease Form and Instruction	Modified
219328	Plan to Minimize Waste of Natural Gas Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1004-0211	ICR Reference No: 201701-1004-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201611-1004-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation (43 CFR parts 3160 and 3170)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/17/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/17/2017
Terms of Clearance: This collection of information is approved for one year. BLM has agreed to provide OIRA for review the draft guidance to implement the collection of information requirements of the final rule, Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation (1004-AE14). The guidance must be submitted as a supplementary document and reviewed as a change request to 1004-0211 or subsequent control number. The guidance should provide a clear explanation regarding the phrase 'abandon significant oil reserves' and discuss information necessary to determine whether the capture requirements would cause the operator to shut in the wells on the lease under current market conditions and for the reasonably foreseeable future, taking into account uncertainty regarding the long-term recoverable potential of the lease and reservoir. The guidance should also provide a clear explanation of what an operator would be required to show with respect to obtaining exemptions from multiple requirements of the rule. It should explain how an operator could take into account, as part of the baseline, the costs of any requirements of 43 CFR 3179 for which an exemption is not being requested.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2018	36 Months From Approved
Responses	63,200	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	82,170	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The BLM is finalizing a rule that updates standards to reduce wasteful venting, flaring, and leaks of natural gas from onshore wells. The final rule applies to Federal and Indian (except Osage Tribe) oil and gas leases. The information collection activities address well completions, production tests, well purging, gas conservation plans, storage vessel and tank emissions, pneumatic devices, and leak detection and repair.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 351-360 Name of Law: Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands
   US Code: 30 USC 1701-1759 Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act
   US Code: 25 USC 396 and 396a Name of Law: Indian Mineral Leasing Act
   US Code: 30 USC 221-237 Name of Law: Subchapter IV of the Mineral Leasing Act
   US Code: 25 USC 2101-2108 Name of Law: Indian Mineral Development Act
   US Code: 42 USC 4321-4370h Name of Law: National Enfironmental Policy Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1004-AE14	Final or interim final rulemaking	81 FR 83008	11/18/2016

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 24

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Leak Detection -- Compliance with EPA Regulations	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Request for Approval of Alternative Volume Limits	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Leak Detection -- Inspection Recordkeeping and Reporting
Plan to Minimize Waste of Natural Gas	3160-3	Application for Permit to Drill or re-Enter
Request for Extension of Royalty-Free Flaring During Initial Production Testing	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Report of Vanting or Flaring	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Request for Prior Approval for Royalty-Free Uses On-Lease or Off-Lease	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Downhole Well Maintanance and Liquids Unloading -- Recordkeeping
Well Completion and Related Operations	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Forms for Wells
Request for Approval of Alternative Capture Requirement	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Showing that Cost of Compliance Would Cause Cessation of Production and Abandonment of Oil Reserves (Pneumatic Controller)	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Showing in Support of Replacement of Pneumatic Controller within 3 Years	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Showing that a Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump was Operated on Fewer than 90 Individual Days in Prior Calendar Year	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Notification of Functional Needs for a Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Showing that Cost of Compliance Would Cause Cessation of Production and Abandonment of Oil Reserves (Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump)	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Showing in Support of Replacement of Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump within 3 Years	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Certification in Support of Exemption from Volume Limits	3160-5	Sundry Notice and Reporting on Wells
Leak Detection - Request to Use an Alternative Monitoring Device and Protocol	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Leak Detection -- Operator Request for Exemption Allowing Use of Alternative Leak-Deterction Program that Does Not Meet Specified Criteria	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Leak Detection -- Annual Reporting of Inspections	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Notification of Choice to Comply on County- or State-wide Basis
Pneumatic Pump Report	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Request for Extension of Royalty-Free Flaring During Subsequent Well Testing	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Leak Detection -- Request to Use an Alternative Leak-Detection Program	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Leak Detection -- Notification of Delay in Repairing Leaks	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Notification of Functional Needs for a Pneumatic Controller	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Storage Vessels	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Downhole Well Maintenance and Liquids Unloading -- Documentation and Reporting	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells
Downhole Well Maintenance and Liquids Unloading -- Notification of Excessive Duration or Volume	3160-5	Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	63,200	0	0	63,705	-505	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	82,170	0	0	84,180	-2,010	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The final rule will result in program changes that are necessary to update, authorize, and regulate standards to reduce wasteful venting, flaring, and leaks of natural gas from onshore wells.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,347,119

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 11/15/2016

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