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 ICRâwhich is to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stageâa 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.
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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