[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 57309] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-28730] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Minerals Management Service Agency Information Collection Activities: Approved Collection AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior. ACTION: Notice of approval of information collection (1010-0106). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, this notice informs the public and other Federal agencies that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the collection of information in the Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities final regulations. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis London, Rules Processing Team, telephone (703) 787-1600. You may also contact Alexis London to obtain a copy of this collection of information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 1010-0106. Title: 30 CFR Part 253, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities. Abstract: On August 11, 1998, we published a final rule on this collection (RIN 1010-AC33, 63 FR 42699) with an effective date of October 13, 1998. The preamble to the final rule stated that the information collection aspects of this rule would not take effect until approved by OMB and the preamble established the required 60-day comment period. On October 7, 1998, OMB approved the collection of information requirements and MMS forms required in 30 CFR part 253 with an expiration date of October 31, 2001. The cover sheet to the approved forms contains the required Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Statement. The forms covered under this approval include: Form MMS-1016, Designated Applicant Information Form MMS-1017, Designation of Applicant Form MMS-1018, Self-insurance or Indemnity Information Form MMS-1019, Insurance Certificate Form MMS-1020, Surety Bond Form MMS-1021, Covered Offshore Facilities Form MMS-1022, Covered Offshore Facility Changes These forms are located on our website at www.gomr.mms.gov/homepg/ lsesale/osfr.html in PDF format. You may also obtain copies by contacting Pat Clancy in the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Adjudication Unit, at (504) 736-2600. MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach (202) 208-7744. Dated: October 16, 1998. E.P. Danenberger, Chief, Engineering and Operations Division. [FR Doc. 98-28730 Filed 10-26-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-MR-P