[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56967-56968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28381]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice to reinstate a previously approved collection.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Act) a request for emergency 
processing to reinstate the collection of information discussed below. 
The Act requires that OMB provide interested Federal agencies and the 
public an opportunity to comment on information collection requests. 
The Act also provides that 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.

DATES: Submit written comments by December 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and suggestions directly to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Department of the Interior (1010-0053), Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Send a copy of your comments to the Chief, Engineering and 
Standards Branch, Mail Stop 4700, Minerals Management Service, 381 
Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis London, Engineering and 
Standards Branch, Minerals Management Service, telephone (703) 787-
1600. You may obtain copies of the proposed collection of information 
and related forms by contacting MMS's Information Collection Clearance 
Officer at (703) 787-1242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Title: 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart D, Oil and Gas Drilling Operations.
    OMB Number: 1010-0053.
    Abstract: Respondents provide information and maintain records on 
the conditions of a drilling site in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 
MMS needs the information to determine if lessees are properly 
providing for the safety of operations and protection of human life or 
health and the environment. MMS uses the information to avoid and 
eliminate hazards inherent in drilling operations. Responses to this 
collection of information are mandatory.
    Description of Respondents: Federal OCS oil and gas lessees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 130.
    Frequency: The reporting and record- keeping requirements and 
number of respondents vary for each section and are on occasion.
    Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: Reporting burden of 2,740 
hours; recordkeeping burden of 38,243 hours; for a total of 40,983 
burden hours.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement without change of a previously 
approved collection.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Comments: The OMB is required to make a decision on a request for 
emergency processing within the time period requested by the agency 
submitting the collection of information. We requested approval within 
7 days after OMB receives our request. OMB may approve an emergency 
request for

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180 days. During that approval period MMS will request a 3-year 
extension of this collection of information. On February 6, 1996, MMS 
provided an opportunity for comments (61 FR 4481). No comments were 
received in response to that notice. A comment to OMB is best ensured 
of having its full effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
publication of this notice.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole deWitt (703) 787-1242.

    Dated: September 24, 1996.
Henry G. Bartholomew,
Deputy Associate Director for Operations and Safety Management.
[FR Doc. 96-28381 Filed 11-4-96; 8:45 am]
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