[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]


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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).

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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]
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