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702 N. Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301,
775–289–1800, email [email protected].
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
877–8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business
hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to leave a message
or question with the above individual.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
The
Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 4301) states that
significant caves on Federal lands are an
invaluable and irreplaceable part of the
Nation’s natural heritage. In some
instances, these significant caves are
threatened due to improper use,
increased recreational demands, urban
spread, and lack of specific statutory
protection. As provided by the Act, it is
also the policy of the United States that
Federal lands be managed in a manner
that protects and maintains, to the
extent practical, significant caves.
The Ely District encompasses 11.4
million acres of public land in eastcentral Nevada, on which there are
about 40 known undeveloped caves. In
addition to the known caves, it is
possible that there are many caves left
to be discovered. With increasing
visitation and increased vandalism,
additional measures are needed to
effectively protect caves in the District.
The Ely District Office has completed
the Ely District Cave and Karst
Management Plan (Plan) and
Environmental Assessment. The Plan
provides guidance for cave management
and protection in accordance with the
Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
of 1988, while providing for recreation
within caves across the District. The
Plan also establishes direction for longterm management, planning, and
oversight of the District’s cave
resources, while identifying site-specific
management actions for recreational
use, scientific research, and
management of cave resources.
The Ely District Office determined
which caves to select for closure based
on visitor use monitoring and
identification of significant resource
values. Monitoring of caves in the
District has resulted in resource damage
concerns resulting from recreational
pressures. The new ISRP (referred to as
a cave use permit system in the Ely
District Plan) is being established to
better manage recreational use while
providing an opportunity to educate the
public on the importance of protecting
critical cave resources.

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Application procedures for ‘‘private
noncommercial individual use of
special areas’’ are established here in
accordance with 43 CFR 2932.22(b) and
OMB control number 1004–0119.
Visitors may obtain an office-issued
permit in person at the Ely District
Office. A permit may also be obtained
by phone, or by downloading the
application from the Ely District Office
Web site and returning it by email, fax
or U.S. mail. Self-issued permit stations
will be established at Pescio Cave and
Leviathan Cave. Each party is required
to display the cave use permit on their
vehicle’s dashboard during their visit to
the cave. A limit on the frequency of
visitation is set for Cave Valley Cave,
Goshute Cave, and Whipple Cave as
determined in the site-specific
management actions for those caves in
the Plan. Based on our understanding of
the carrying capacity of caves on the
District, the Ely District Office will limit
the number of visits and size of groups
in the following caves: Cave Valley
Cave, Goshute Cave, Leviathan Cave,
Pescio Cave, and Whipple Cave.
Notice is also given that the Rose
Guano Bat Cave will be closed each year
during the bat maternity and migratory
season (April 1–November 1); the Cave
Valley Cave’s side-passage will be
closed to protect maternity colonies;
and two significant caves on the District
(NV–040–003 and NV–040–010) will be
closed to protect cave integrity, cultural
resources and Native American tribal
concerns.
These restrictions do not apply to:
(1) Any Federal, State or local
government officer or member of an
organized rescue or fire fighting force
while in the performance of an official
duty.
(2) Any Bureau of Land Management
employee, agent, contractor, or
cooperator while in the performance of
an official duty.
(3) Any Federal, State, local, or
contract law enforcement officer, while
in the performance of their official
duties, or while enforcing this closure
notice.
Violation of the requirement to obtain
a permit is punishable by a fine and/or
imprisonment for a Class A
misdemeanor in accordance with 18
U.S.C. 3571 and 3581 et seq.
Any person who violates this closure
may be tried before a United States
Magistrate and fined in accordance with
18 U.S.C. 3571, imprisoned no more
than 12 months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a)
and 43 CFR 8360.0–7, or both. In
accordance with 43 CFR 8365.1–7, State
or local officials may also impose
penalties for violations of Nevada law.

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Authority: 43 CFR 2932.13, 2932.22, and
8364.1(a).
Michael J. Herder,
Ely District Manager.
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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0006; DS63644000
DR2000000.CH7000 178D0102R2]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: OCS Net Profit Share
Payment Reporting—OMB Control
Number 1012–0009; Comment Request
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue (ONRR), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension.
AGENCY:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), ONRR is inviting comments on a
collection of information requests that
we will submit to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This Information
Collection Request (ICR) covers the
paperwork requirements in the
regulations under title 30, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR). Also, this
ICR pertains to royalties or net profit
share payments from oil and gas leases
on submerged Federal lands on the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
DATES: You must submit your written
comments on or before July 5, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this ICR to ONRR by using one of the
following three methods. Please
reference ‘‘ICR 1012–0009’’ in your
comments.
1. Electronically go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter ‘‘ONRR–
2011–0006,’’ then click ‘‘Search.’’
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments. ONRR will post all
comments.
2. Email comments to Mr. Armand
Southall, Regulatory Specialist, at
[email protected].
3. Hand-carry or mail comments,
using an overnight courier service, to
ONRR. Our courier address is Building
53, entrance E–20, Denver Federal
Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling St.,
Denver, Colorado 80225. Visitor parking
is available near entrance E–20, with a
phone to request entry. Call Mr.
Armando Salazar at (303) 231–3585 or
Ms. Janet Giron at (303) 231–3088 to
gain entrance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on technical issues, contact
SUMMARY:

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Roman Geissel, Deputy Program
Manager, Audit Program Management,
ONRR, at (303) 231–3473 or email to
[email protected]. For other
questions, contact Mr. Armand Southall,
telephone (303) 231–3221, or email to
[email protected]. You may
also contact Mr. Southall to obtain
copies, at no cost, of (1) the ICR and (2)
the regulations that require us to collect
the information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Abstract: The Secretary of the United
States Department of the Interior is
responsible for collecting royalties from
lessees who produce minerals from
leased Federal and Indian lands and the
OCS. Under various laws, the
Secretary’s responsibility is to manage
mineral resource production on Federal
and Indian lands and the OCS, collect
the royalties and other mineral revenues
due, and distribute the funds collected.
ONRR performs the royalty management
functions and assists the Secretary in
carrying out the Department’s
responsibility. We have posted those
laws pertaining to mineral leases on
Federal and Indian lands and the OCS
at http://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/
PubLaws/default.htm.
I. General Information
ONRR collects and uses this
information to determine all allowable
direct and allocable joint costs and
credits under § 1220.011 incurred
during the lease term, appropriate
overhead allowance permitted on these
costs under § 1220.012, and allowances
for capital recovery calculated under
§ 1220.020. ONRR also collects this
information to ensure that royalties or
net profit share payments are accurately
valued and appropriately paid. This ICR
affects only oil and gas leases on
submerged Federal lands on the OCS.
II. Information Collections

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Title 30 CFR part 1220 covers the net
profit share lease (NPSL) program and
establishes reporting requirements for
determining the net profit share base
under § 1220.021 and calculating of net
profit share payments due to the Federal
government for the production of oil
and gas from leases under § 1220.022.

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A. NPSL Bidding System
To encourage exploration and
development of oil and gas leases on
submerged Federal lands on the OCS,
the Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM) promulgated
regulations at 30 CFR part 260—Outer
Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing.
Also, BOEM promulgated specific
implementing regulations for the NPSL
bidding system at § 260.110(d). BOEM
established the NPSL bidding system to
balance a fair market return to the
Federal government for the lease of its
public lands with a fair profit to
companies risking their investment
capital. The system provides an
incentive for early expeditious
exploration and development and
provides for sharing the risks by the
lessee and the Federal government. The
NPSL bidding system incorporates a
fixed capital recovery system as a means
through which the lessee recovers costs
of exploration and development from
production revenues, along with a
reasonable return on investment.

reporting the controllable material
under § 1220.031.
D. NPSL Audits
When non-operators of an NPSL call
for an audit, they must notify ONRR.
When ONRR calls for an audit, the
lessee must notify all non-operators on
the lease. These requirements are
located at § 1220.033.
III. OMB Approval
The information we collect under this
ICR is essential in order to determine
when net profit share payments are due
and to ensure that lessees properly
value and pay royalties or net profit
share payments.
We will request OMB approval to
continue to collect this information. Not
collecting this information would limit
the Secretary’s ability to discharge
fiduciary duties and may also result in
the inability to confirm the accurate
royalty value. ONRR protects the
proprietary information received and
does not collect items of a sensitive
nature.

B. NPSL Capital Account

IV. Data

The Federal government does not
receive a profit share payment from an
NPSL until the lessee shows a credit
balance in its capital account; that is,
cumulative revenues and other credits
exceed cumulative costs. Lessees
multiply the credit balance by the net
profit share rate (30 to 50 percent),
resulting in the amount of net profit
share payment due the Federal
government.
ONRR requires lessees to maintain an
NPSL capital account for each lease
under § 1220.010, which transfers to a
new owner when sold. Following the
cessation of production, lessees are also
required to provide either an annual or
a monthly report to the Federal
government, using data from the capital
account until the lease is terminated,
expired, or relinquished.

Title: 30 CFR part 1220, OCS Net
Profit Share Payment Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 1012–0009.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency: Annually, monthly, and
on occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 14 lessees.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 2,451
hours.
All fourteen lessees report monthly
because all current NPSLs are in
producing status. Because the
requirements for establishment of
capital accounts at § 1220.010(a) and
capital account annual reporting at
§ 1220.031(a) are necessary only during
the non-producing status of a lease,
ONRR included only one response
annually for these requirements, in case
a new NPSL is established. We have not
included in our estimates certain
requirements performed in the normal
course of business, which are
considered usual and customary. The
following table shows the estimated
annual burden hours by CFR section
and paragraph.

C. NPSL Inventories
The NPSL lessees must notify BOEM
of their intent to take inventory so that
the BOEM Director may be represented
at the taking of inventory under
§ 1220.032. Each lessee must file a
report after each inventory is taken,

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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Citation
30 CFR 1220

Reporting and recordkeeping
requirement

Number of
annual
responses

Hour
burden

Annual
burden
hours

PART 1220—Accounting Procedures for Determining Net Profit Share Payment for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases
§ 1220.010 NPSL capital account
1220.010(a) ............................

(a) For each NPSL tract, an NPSL capital account shall be
established and maintained by the lessee for NPSL operations . . .

1

1

1

1

14

14

§ 1220.030 Maintenance of records
1220.030(a) and (b) ...............

(a) Each lessee . . . shall establish and maintain such
records as are necessary . . .
§ 1220.031 Reporting and payment requirements

1220.031(a) ............................

(a) Each lessee subject to this part shall file an annual report during the period from issuance of the NPSL until the
first month in which production revenues are credited to
the NPSL capital account . . .

1

14

14

1220.031(b) ............................

(b) Beginning with the first month in which production revenues are credited to the NPSL capital account, each lessee . . . shall file a report for each NPSL, not later than
60 days following the end of each month . . .

13

1 168

2,184

1220.031(c) ............................

(c) Each lessee subject to this Part 220 shall submit, together with the report required . . . any net profit share
payment due . . .

1220.031(d) ............................

(d) Each lessee . . . shall file a report not later than 90
days after each inventory is taken . . .
(e) Each lessee . . . shall file a final report, not later than
60 days following the cessation of production . . .

1220.031(e) ............................

Burden hours covered under § 1220.031(b).

8

14

112

4

14

56

1

14

14

2

14

28

2

14

28

§ 1220.032 Inventories
1220.032(b) ............................

(b) At reasonable intervals, but at least once every three
years, inventories of controllable materiel shall be taken
by the lessee. Written notice of intention to take inventory
shall be given by the lessee at least 30 days before any
inventory is to be taken so that the BOEM Director may
be represented at the taking of inventory . . .
§ 1220.033 Audits

1220.033(b)(1) ........................
1220.033(b)(2) ........................

1220.033(e) ............................

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Total Burden ....................
1 (14

(b)(1) When nonoperators of an NPSL lease call an audit in
accordance with the terms of their operating agreement,
the ONRR Director shall be notified of the audit call . . .
(b)(2) If DOI determines to call for an audit, DOI shall notify
the lessee of its audit call and set a time and place for the
audit . . . The lessee shall send copies of the notice to
the nonoperators on the lease . . .

(e) Records required to be kept under § 1220.030(a) shall be The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined that
made available for inspection by any authorized agent of
the audit process is exempt from the PaperDOI . . .
work Reduction Act of 1995 because ONRR
staff asks non-standard questions to resolve
exceptions.
..................................................................................................

267

2,451

NPSL reports × 12 months = 168 reports)

Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost
Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour’’ cost burden associated with this
collection of information.

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Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to,
a collection of information unless it

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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
V. Request for Comments
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA
requires each agency to ‘‘* * * provide

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60-day notice in the Federal Register
* * * 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
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information that ONRR collects; and (d)
minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
The PRA also requires agencies to
estimate the total annual reporting
‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden to respondents
or record-keepers resulting from the
collection of information. If you have
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. You should
describe the methods that you use to
estimate (1) major cost factors, including
system and technology acquisition, (2)
expected useful life of capital
equipment, (3) discount rate(s), and (4)
the period over which you incur costs.
Capital and startup costs include,
among other items, computers and
software that you purchase to prepare
for collecting information and
monitoring, sampling, and testing
equipment, and record-storage facilities.
Generally, your estimates should not
include equipment or services
purchased (i) before October 1, 1995; (ii)
to comply with requirements not
associated with the information
collection; (iii) for reasons other than to
provide information or keep records for
the Federal government; or (iv) as part
of customary and usual business, or
private practices.
We will summarize written responses
to this notice and address them in our
ICR submission for OMB approval,
including appropriate adjustments to
the estimated burden. We will provide
a copy of the ICR to you, without
charge, upon request. We also will post
the ICR at http://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_
D/FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm.
Public Comment Policy: ONRR will
post all comments, including names and
addresses of respondents at http://
www.regulations.gov. Before including
Personally Identifiable Information (PII),
such as your address, phone number,
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information in your comment(s), you
should be aware that your entire
comment (including PII) may be made
available to the public at any time.
While you may ask us, in your
comment, to withhold PII from public
view, we cannot guarantee that we will
be able to do so.
ONRR Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Jeffrey Parrillo (202)
208–7072.
Authority
The authorities for this action are the
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1337)
and the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: March 15, 2017.
Gregory J. Gould,
Director for Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2017–09047 Filed 5–4–17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4335–30–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[USITC SE–17–020]

Government in The Sunshine Act
Meeting Notice
United
States International Trade Commission.
TIME AND DATE: May 12, 2017 at 11:00
a.m.
PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Agendas for future meetings: None.
2. Minutes.
3. Ratification List.
4. Vote in Inv. No. 731–TA–1359
(Preliminary) (Carton Closing Staples
from China). The Commission is
currently scheduled to complete and file
its determination on May 15, 2017;
views of the Commission are currently
scheduled to be completed and filed on
May 22, 2017.
5. Outstanding action jackets: None.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[USITC SE–17–019]

Government in The Sunshine Act
Meeting Notice
United
States International Trade Commission.
TIME AND DATE: May 11, 2017 at 11:00
a.m.
PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
1. Agendas for future meetings: None.
2. Minutes.
3. Ratification List.
4. Vote in Inv. Nos. 701–TA–573–574
and 731–TA–1349–1358
(Preliminary)(Carbon and Certain Alloy
Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, Italy,
Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain,
Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab
Emirates, and the United Kingdom). The
Commission is currently scheduled to
complete and file its determinations on
May 12, 2017; views of the Commission
are currently scheduled to be completed
and filed on May 19, 2017.
5. Outstanding action jackets: None.
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

In accordance with Commission
policy, subject matter listed above, not
disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
may be carried over to the agenda of the
following meeting.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: May 3, 2017.
William R. Bishop,
Supervisory Hearings and Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017–09279 Filed 5–3–17; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission of the United States
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission Of The United States,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.

In accordance with Commission
policy, subject matter listed above, not
disposed of at the scheduled meeting,
may be carried over to the agenda of the
following meeting.

AGENCY:

By order of the Commission.
Issued: May 3, 2017.
William R. Bishop,
Supervisory Hearings and Information
Officer.

SUMMARY:

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Pursuant to the Privacy Act of
1974, the Foreign Claims Settlement
Commission of the United States
(Commission), Department of Justice,
proposes to establish a new system of
records to enable the Commission to
carry out its statutory responsibility to

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