[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63724-63725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31475]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Approved Collections

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approval of information collections (1010-0006 and 
1010-0050).

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, this notice informs the public and other Federal 
agencies of the approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
of two collections of information. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(PRA) 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.

ADDRESSES: Direct all correspondence to the Rules Processing Team, 
Minerals Management Service, Mail Stop 4020, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, 
VA 20170-4817.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexis London, Rules Processing Team, telephone (703) 787-1600. You may 
also contact Alexis London to obtain a copy of these collections of 
information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Titles: 30 CFR 250, Subpart J, Pipelines and 
Pipeline Rights-of-Way; and 30 CFR Part 256, Leasing of Sulphur or Oil 
and Gas in the Outer Continental Shelf. OMB Control Numbers: 1010-0050 
and 1010-0006.
    Abstract: On July 24, 1997 MMS published a final rule on Pipeline 
Right-

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of-Way Applications and Assignment Fees; Requirements for Filing of 
Lease Transfers (RIN 1010-AC04, 62 FR 39773). The final rule became 
effective on September 22, 1997. In the preamble to the final rule, MMS 
stated that the information collection aspects of the rule had been 
submitted to OMB for approval and would not take effect until OMB 
approved the collections. On August 25, 1997, OMB approved both of the 
related collections of information with expiration dates of August 31, 
2000. The information collection aspects of the final rule are 
effective with the final rule.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach (202) 208-7744.

    Dated: November 21, 1997.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 97-31475 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]
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