[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-193]


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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 February 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and suggestions directly to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Department of the Interior (1010-0057), 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 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 250, Subpart C, Pollution Prevention and Control.
    OMB Number: 1010-0057.
    Abstract: The information collected consists of information that 
MMS uses to assess the ability of a lessee to prevent or contain 
pollution in offshore waters. Responses to this collection of 
information are mandatory.
    Description of Respondents: Federal Outer Continental Shelf oil, 
gas, and sulphur lessees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 130.
    Frequency: The reporting and recordkeeping requirements and number 
of respondents vary by section and are on occasion or monthly.
    Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: Reporting burden of 12,440 
hours and recordkeeping burden of 137,070 hours, for a total of 149,510 
burden hours. The average burden per respondent for both reporting and 
recordkeeping is estimated to be 1,150 hours.
    Estimated Annual Other Costs to Respondents: $250,000 annualized 
one-time cost for the collection of meteorological data from selected 
sites to determine cumulative impacts of air quality within the 100-
kilometer radius of the Breton National Wilderness Area.
    Type of Request: Emergency reinstatement without change of a 
previously approved collection and subsequent extension of a currently 
approved collection of information.
    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 120 days.
    During that period of emergency approval, MMS will immediately 
resubmit a request to OMB for a standard 3-year extension of this 
collection of information. OMB may make a decision to approve or 
disapprove this collection of information after 30 days from receipt of 
that request. Therefore, your comments are best ensured of being 
considered by OMB if OMB receives them within that time period.
    The publication of this notice for comments will serve as notice 
for both submissions to OMB. All comments will become a matter of 
public record.
    On July 11, 1996, MMS provided an opportunity for comments (61 FR 
36565) as required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d). No comments were received in 
response to that notice.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole de Witt (703) 787-1242.

    Dated: December 4, 1996.
E.P. Danenberger,
Acting Deputy Associate Director for Operations and Safety Management.
[FR Doc. 97-193 Filed 1-3-97; 8:45 am]
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