[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10067-10068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5394]


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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 of revision of a currently 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) 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 April 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and suggestions directly to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Interior Department (1010-0041), 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, 
D.C. 20503.
    Send a copy of your comments to: Rules Processing, Mail Stop 4700, 
Engineering and Operations Division, Minerals Management Service, 381 
Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart K, Oil and Gas Production Rates.
    OMB Number: 1010-0041.
    Abstract: Respondents provide information and maintain records on 
the production of oil and gas. The MMS uses the information in its 
efforts to conserve natural resources, prevent waste, and protect 
correlative rights including the Government's royalty interest. 
Responses to this collection of information are mandatory. The revision 
to the currently approved collection pertains to Sec. 250.175, Flaring 
or venting gas and burning liquid hydrocarbons. This section was 
revised in two separate rulemaking actions. The collections of 
information associated with each notice of proposed rulemaking were 
previously approved by OMB in 1993 and 1995. There were only minor 
comments with respect to the information collections in the proposed 
rules and no significant changes resulted in the notices of final 
rulemaking published on May 20, 1996 (61 FR 25147) and January 27, 1997 
(62 FR 3793).
    Description of Respondents: Federal Outer Continental Shelf oil and 
gas and sulphur lessees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 130.
    Frequency: The reporting and recordkeeping requirements and number 
of responses vary for each section and are mostly on occasion.

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    Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: Reporting burden of 3,224 
hours; recordkeeping burden of 10,426 hours; for a total of 13,650 
burden hours.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Comments: OMB is required to make a decision within 60 days after 
receiving the MMS request for approval of the collection of information 
and the publication of this notice. However, OMB shall provide at least 
30 days for public comment. Therefore, 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: February 13, 1997.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 97-5394 Filed 3-4-97; 8:45 am]
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