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Citation 30 CFR 250;
application for permit
to drill
(APD)

Reporting or recordkeeping requirement

Average number of
responses

Hour burden

65403
Annual burden
hours
(rounded)

Non-hour cost burden
Subpart P
Note that for Sulphur Operations, while there may be 45 burden hours listed, we have not had any sulphur leases for numerous years, therefore, we have submitted minimal burden.
1605(b)(3) ................

Submit information on the fitness of the drilling unit .................

4

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

4

1617 .........................

(a) Request approval before drilling a well ...............................
(b) Include rated capacities of the proposed drilling unit and of
major drilling equipment.
(c) Include a fully completed Form BSEE–0123 and the requirements of this section.

1
3

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

1
3

34

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

34

Submit description of well-completion or workover procedures,
schematic, and if H2S is present.

3

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

3

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

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

5 responses ...............

45

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

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

10,373 responses ......

47,800

1622(b) ....................
Subpart P subtotal.
Total Burden.

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$862,104 non-hour cost burden

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified one non-hour cost
burden associated with the collection of
information for a total of $862,104.
There is a service fee of $2,113 required
to recover the Federal Government’s
processing costs of the APD. We have
not identified any other non-hour 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.
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.

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Therefore, if you have other non-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
of service components. For further
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 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
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
BSEE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Nicole Mason, (703)
787–1607.
Dated: September 16, 2016.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE)
[Docket ID BSEE–2016–0015; OMB Number
1014–0012; 16XE1700DX EEEE500000
EX1SF0000.DAQ000]

Information Collection Activities: Open
and Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil
and Gas Pipelines Under the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request
ACTION:

60-day notice.

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (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
30 CFR 291, Open and
Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and
Gas Pipelines Under the OCS Lands Act.
DATES: You must submit comments by
November 21, 2016.
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–2016–0015 then click
search. Follow the instructions to
submit public comments and view all
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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: Nicole Mason; 45600 Woodland
Road, Sterling, VA 20166. Please
reference ICR 1014–0012 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Mason, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607, to
request additional information about
this ICR.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 291, Open and
Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and
Gas Pipelines Under the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0012.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act (OCSLA) 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-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
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.
The OCSLA requires open and
nondiscriminatory access to oil and gas
pipelines; as well as provides the
Secretary of the Interior the authority to
issue and enforce rules to assure open
and nondiscriminatory access to
pipelines. These regulations provide a
mechanism for entities who believe they
have been denied open and
nondiscriminatory access to pipelines
on the OCS. The BSEE established a
process, via the subject regulations, to
submit complaints alleging denial of
access or discriminatory access for a
shipper transporting oil or gas
production from Federal leases on the
OCS. The complaint should include
certain minimal data in order for BSEE
to begin an investigation. Upon
completion of an investigation, BSEE
will propose a remedial action.
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 implementing policy,
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. Regulations
at §§ 291.106(b) and 291.108 require a
nonrefundable processing fee of $7,500
that a shipper must pay when filing a
complaint to BSEE.

The responses are voluntary and some
are required to obtain or retain a benefit.
No questions of a sensitive nature are
asked. BSEE will protect proprietary
information according to the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and
DOI’s implementing regulations (43 CFR
2); 30 CFR part 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.
The BSEE uses the submitted
information to initiate a more detailed
investigation into the specific
circumstances associated with a
complainant’s allegation of denial of
access or discriminatory access to
pipelines on the OCS. The complaint
information will be provided to the
alleged offending party. The BSEE may
request additional information upon
completion of the initial investigation.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents include Federal OCS oil,
gas, or sulfur lessees and/or operators
and holders of pipeline rights-of-way.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 51 hours
and $7,500 non-hour costs. 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 BREAKDOWN
Citation 30 CFR 291

Average
number of
annual
responses

Hour
burden

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements

Annual burden
hours

Non-hour cost burden
105, 106, 108, 109, 111 .........

Submit complaint (with fee) to BSEE and affected parties.
Request confidential treatment and respond to BSEE decision.

50

1

50

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$7,500 fee × 1 = $7,500
106(b), 109 .............................

Request waiver or reduction of fee ........................................

104(b), 107, 111 .....................
110 .........................................
114, 115(a) .............................

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

1

1

1

Submit response to a complaint. Request confidential treatment and respond to BSEE decision.
Submit required information for BSEE to make a decision ....
Submit appeal on BSEE final decision ...................................

Information required after an investigation is opened against
a specific entity is exempt
under the PRA (5 CFR
1320.4(a)(2), (c)).

0

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

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

2

51

$7,500 Non-Hour Cost Burden

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Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified one non-hour cost
burden of $7,500. The BSEE requires
that shippers pay a nonrefundable fee of
$7,500 for a complaint submitted to
BSEE (30 CFR 291.106). The fee is
required to recover the Federal
Government’s processing costs.
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 non-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
of service components. For further
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 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
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

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BSEE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Nicole Mason, (703)
787–1607.
Dated: September 16, 2016.
Robert W. Middleton,
Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2016–22842 Filed 9–21–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental
Enforcement (BSEE)
[Docket ID BSEE–2016–0013; OMB Control
Number 1014–0026; 16XE1700DX
EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000]

Information Collection Activities:
Application for Permit To Modify (APM)
and Supporting Documentation;
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request
ACTION:

60-day notice.

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Safety and
Environmental Enforcement (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
30 CFR 250 where it pertains to an
Application for Permit to Modify (APM)
and all supporting documentation.
DATES: You must submit comments by
November 21, 2016.
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–2016–0013 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: Nicole Mason; 45600 Woodland
Road, Sterling, VA 20166. Please
reference ICR 1014–0026 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Mason, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607, to
request additional information about
this ICR.
SUMMARY:

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR 250, Application for
Permit to Modify (APM) and all
supporting documentation.
Form(s): BSEE–0124.
OMB Control Number: 1014–0026.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act (OCSLA) 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-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
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.
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 implementing policy,

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