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occur in association with activities
necessary for the construction of the
residential development. The site
includes approximately 180 acres of
suitable upland habitat for the
California tiger salamander. The HCP
includes avoidance and minimization
measures for the covered species and
mitigation for unavoidable loss of
occupied upland habitat through the
purchase of mitigation credits at a
Service-approved conservation bank.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLIDC00000.17XL1109AF.L16200000.MG0
000.241A0; 4500110251]

Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur
d’Alene District Resource Advisory
Council, Idaho
October 27, 2017

Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

Our Preliminary Determination
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that issuance of the
incidental take permit is neither a major
Federal action that will significantly
affect the quality of the human
environment within the meaning of
section 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.; NEPA), nor will it
individually or cumulatively have more
than a negligible effect on the species
covered in the HCP. The Service
considers the impacts of the project on
the California tiger salamander to be
minor as the affected habitat is moderate
to low quality and does not provide
connectivity between breeding ponds.
Therefore, the permit qualifies for a
categorical exclusion under NEPA.
Public Comments
If you wish to comment on the permit
application, draft HCP, and associated
documents, you may submit comments
by one of the methods in ADDRESSES.
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 view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.

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Authority
We provide this notice under section
10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: October 5, 2017.
Stephen P. Henry,
Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife
Office, Ventura, California.
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In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, and the Federal
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of
2004, the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) Coeur d’Alene District Resource
Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as
indicated below.
DATES: The Coeur d’Alene District RAC
will hold a public meeting on Thursday,
October 19, 2017. The meeting will
begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than
3:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the BLM Coeur d’Alene District Office,
3815 Schreiber Way, Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho 83815.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Suzanne Endsley, Coeur d’Alene
District, Idaho, 3815 Schreiber Way,
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815, (208) 769–
5004. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may contact Ms. Endsley by
calling the Federal Relay Service (FRS)
at (800) 877–8339. The FRS is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave
a message or question with Ms. Endsley.
You will receive a reply during normal
business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member RAC advises the Secretary of
the Interior, through the Bureau of Land
Management, on a variety of planning
and management issues associated with
public land management in Idaho. The
meeting agenda will include updates
from the Cottonwood and Coeur d’Alene
Field Offices; presentations from the
Nez Perce/Clearwater and the Idaho
Panhandle National Forests regarding
potential new recreation fees and/or
increased fee rates; information on
vegetation treatment projects and
recreation enhancements. Additional
agenda topics or changes to the agenda
will be announced in local news
releases. More information is available
at http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/get_
involved/resource_advisory/coeur_d_
alene_district.html. RAC meetings are
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open to the public. A public comment
period will be available on October 19
from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. during the
meeting. Depending on the number of
persons wishing to comment and time
available, the time for individual oral
comments may be limited.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please 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.
Individuals who plan to attend and
need special assistance, such as sign
language interpretation, should contact
the BLM as provided above.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2.
Linda Clark,
BLM Coeur d’Alene District Manager.
[FR Doc. 2017–22047 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0006; DS63644000
DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2; OMB
Control Number 1012–0009]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; OCS Net Profit Share
Payment Reporting
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension.
AGENCY:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we, the Office of Natural
Resources Revenue (ONRR), are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
written comments on this information
collection request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget’s Desk Officer
for the Department of the Interior by
email to OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov; or via facsimile to (202)
395–5806. Please mail a copy of your
comments to Mr. Armand Southall,
Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, P.O. Box
25165, MS 64400, Denver, Colorado
80225–0165, or by email to
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[email protected]. Please
reference ‘‘OMB Control Number 1012–
0009’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on technical issues, contact
Mr. Roman Geissel, Deputy Program
Manager, Audit and Compliance
Management (ACM), ONRR, at (303)
231–3226, or email to Roman.Geissel@
onrr.gov. For other questions, contact
Mr. Armand Southall, at (303) 231–
3221, or email to Armand.Southall@
onrr.gov. 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.
You may view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain
and select ‘‘Information Collection
Review,’’ then select ‘‘Department of the
Interior’’ in the drop-down box under
‘‘Currently Under Review.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We published a notice, with a 60-day
public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information, in the Federal Register on
May 5, 2017 (82 FR 21261). We received
the following comments in response to
the notice: ‘‘The burden hour estimate
of 2,400 hours annually for the current
14 lessees of producing NPSLs is a
reasonable estimate. The instructions on
the handling of NPSLs are clear. The
recordkeeping requirements are easy to
understand. The reporting format
follows the standard ONRR–2014 format
so it’s easy to understand.’’
Once again, we are soliciting
comments on this ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of
ONRR; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of the burden
accurate; (4) how might ONRR enhance
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of
the information collected; and (5) how
might ONRR minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
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Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
Personally Identifiable Information (PII),
such as your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying 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 your PII from
public view, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
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
Outer Continental Shelf (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
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 the net
profit share payments due to the Federal
government for the production of oil
and gas from leases under § 1220.022.
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 560—Outer
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BOEM also promulgated specific
implementing regulations for the NPSL
bidding system at § 560.202(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 and 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.
B. NPSL Capital Account
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 to 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.
C. NPSL Inventories
The NPSL lessees must notify BOEM
of their intent to perform an inventory
and file a report after each inventory of
controllable materiel under §§ 1220.032
and 1220.031, respectively.
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 are requesting OMB approval to
continue to collect this information. Not
collecting this information would limit
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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.
IV. Data
Title: OCS Net Profit Share Payment
Reporting, 30 CFR part 1220.
OMB Control Number: 1012–0009.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses.

Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 14 lessees.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 267.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 9 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,451 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Annually,
monthly, and on occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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 that are considered
usual and customary. The following
table shows the estimated annual
burden hours by CFR section and
paragraph.

RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Citation 30 CFR Part
1220

Number of
annual
responses

Hour
burden

Reporting & recordkeeping requirement

Annual burden
hours

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

(a) For each NPSL tract, an NPSL capital account shall be established and maintained by the lessee for NPSL operations . . .
§ 1220.030

1220.030(a) and (b) ....

NPSL capital account
1

1

14

14

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 1220 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) ................

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

Burden hours covered under § 1220.031(b).
8

14

112

4

14

56

1

14

14

Inventories

(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 Director may be represented at the taking of inventory
. . .
§ 1220.033

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Maintenance of records

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

1

Audits

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

(b)(1) When nonoperators of an NPSL lease call an audit in accordance with the terms of their operating agreement, the Director
shall be notified of the audit call . . .

2

14

28

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

(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 . . .

2

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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued

Citation 30 CFR Part
1220

Reporting & recordkeeping requirement

Hour
burden

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

(e) Records required to be kept under § 1220.030(a) shall be made
available for inspection by any authorized agent of DOI . . .

267

2,451

NPSL reports × 12 months = 168 reports).

An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number.
ONRR Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Armand Southall
(303) 231–3221.
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.).
Gregory J. Gould,
Director for Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[MMAA104000; OMB Control Number 1010–
0082; Docket ID: BOEM–2018–0016]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; 30 CFR 581, Leasing of
Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, Sulphur
in the Outer Continental Shelf
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
(BOEM) is proposing to renew an
information collection with revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
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hours

The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined that
the audit process is exempt from the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 because ONRR
staff asks non-standard questions to resolve
exceptions.

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

Number of
annual
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[email protected]; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, VAM–DIR, Sterling,
Virginia 20166; or by email to
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1010–
0082 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Anna Atkinson, Office
of Policy, Regulations, and Analysis by
email, or by telephone at 703–787–1025.
You may also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on April 14,
2017 (82 FR 18008). No comments were
received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of
BOEM; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might BOEM enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might BOEM minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,

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including through the use of
information technology?
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
Lands Act (Act), as amended (43 U.S.C.
1334 and 43 U.S.C. 1337(k)), authorizes
the Secretary of the Interior to
administer the provisions relating to the
leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS), and to prescribe such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to carry
out such provisions. Additionally, the
Act authorizes the Secretary to
implement regulations to grant to
qualified persons, offering the highest
cash bonuses on the basis of competitive
bidding, leases of any mineral other
than oil, gas, and sulphur. This applies
to any area of the OCS not then under
lease for such mineral upon such
royalty, rental, and other terms and
conditions as the Secretary may
prescribe at the time of offering the area
for lease.
Regulations at 30 CFR part 581
implement these statutory requirements.
There has been no leasing activity on
the OCS for minerals other than oil, gas,
or sulphur under these regulations for
several years, and BOEM has not
received information under this Part of
its regulation. However, there is
potential for a person, entity, or
company to request that minerals other
than oil, gas, or sulfur be offered for
lease. Therefore, we are renewing OMB
approval for this information collection.
BOEM will use the information
required by 30 CFR part 581 to
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