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.
table that charts list comparision
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 queryâs 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) â Summaries â General, we added 500 responses and 500 burden hours, and under 250.1704(i) â 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