In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at
this time. The agency shall examine public comment in response to
the proposed rulemaking and will include in the supporting
statement of the next ICR—which is to be submitted to OMB at the
final rule stage—a description of how the agency has responded to
any public comments on the ICR, including comments on maximizing
the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the
burden.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2023
36 Months From Approved
04/30/2023
3,245
0
3,245
11,677
0
11,677
1,143,556
0
1,143,556
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 11,677 burden hours for this collection of
information. This submission requests 15,997 burden hours. The
program increase of 4,320 hours is due to this proposed rule would
require operators/predecessors to submit a work plan and schedule
as directed under new proposed §§ 250.1704(b) and 250.1708. The
current OMB approved annual reporting and recordkeeping non-hour
cost burden is $1,143,556 for this collection of information. This
proposed rule does not change the non-hour cost burden.
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.
eCFR for 1014-0010 dated 10-16-2020(1).pdf
1014-0010-SS-Financial Assurance PR 8-24-20.docx
250.1704(b), 250.1708