In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years. Pursuant to 1320.8(b)(1) and (b)(3)(iii), BSEE should
include the expiration date and the estimated average burden per
response for this collection on the portal in eWell when it renews
1014-0025 and 1014-0026.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2023
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2020
3,245
0
3,081
11,677
0
15,524
1,143,556
0
1,686,396
BSEE uses the information to (1)
determine the necessity for allowing a well to be temporarily
abandoned and there is a definitive reason for not permanently
plugging the well;(2) verify that respondents are diligently
pursuing the final disposition of a well and have performed
temporary plugging of the wellbore;(3) ensure platform or pipeline
removal activities are properly performed; (4) ensure that
decommissioning a platform in place will not be a hazard to
navigation and commercial fishing operations or interfere with
other uses of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and (5) to help
BSEE better estimate future decommissioning costs for OCS leases,
rights-of-way, and rights of use and easements.
US Code:
43
USC 1334 Name of Law: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
US Code: 31
USC 9701 Name of Law: Independent Offices Appropriations
Act
US Code: 30
USC 1751 Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management
Act
The current OMB approved annual
hour burden is 15,524 burden hours for this collection of
information. This submission requests 11,677 burden hours. The
adjustment decrease of 4,366 hours is due to re-estimating the
average annual responses (BSEE query’s through eWell/TIMSWeb) and
the amount of time required to respond based on Industry
outreach/consultation required in No. 8 of this Supporting
Statement A. The program increase of 519 hours is due to BSEE
publishing final rule 1014-AA32 (81 FR 80587), Decommissioning
Costs for Pipelines, on November 16, 2016, to require respondents
submit a summary of actual decommissioning expenditures for each
activity, including pipelines. Under § 250.1704(i) and (j) –
Summaries – General, we added 500 responses and 500 burden hours,
and under 250.1704(i) – Request extension, we added 75 responses
and 19 hours. No costs associated with these requirements. The
current OMB approved annual reporting and recordkeeping non-hour
cost burden is $1,686,396 for this collection of information. This
submission requests $1,143,556. The adjustment decrease of $542,840
is due to re-estimating the average number of annual
decommissioning applications BSEE received that have associated
cost recovery fees.
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:
(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;
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.
1014-0010 Published 30 Day Notice - 84 FR 65420.pdf
BSEE 1014-0010-SS-2019 SM nm clean.docx
250.1704(i) NTL - Request extension