[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70282-70283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32558]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of 
Management and Budget Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection requests.

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.), we are notifying you that an information collection request 
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval. We are also soliciting your comments on the 
ICR describing the information collection, its expected costs and 
burdens, and how the data will be collected.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before January 18, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Office of 
Information and

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Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Interior 
Department (OMB Control Number 1010-0063), 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, D.C. 20503. You should also send copies of these comments 
to us. Our mailing address for written comments regarding this 
information collection is David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and Publications 
Staff, Minerals Management Service, Royalty Management Program, P.O. 
Box 25165, MS 3021, Denver, Colorado 80225. Courier or overnight 
delivery address is Building 85, Room A-613, Denver Federal Center, 
Denver, Colorado 80225. Email address is RMP.[email protected].

Public Comment Procedure

    Your comments and copies of your comments may be submitted to the 
addresses listed above. Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII 
file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. 
Please also include Attn: Production Accounting and Auditing System 
Reports on Solid Minerals, OMB Control Number 1010-0063, Forms MMS-
4050, MMS-4051-S, MMS-4059 and MMS-4060, and your name and return 
address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation 
from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact 
David S. Guzy directly at (303) 231-3432.
    We will post public comments after the comment period closes on the 
Internet at http://www.rmp.mms.gov. You may arrange to view paper 
copies of the comments by contacting David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and 
Publications Staff, telephone (303) 231-3432, FAX (303) 231-3385. Our 
practice is to make comments, including names and addresses of 
respondents, available for public review on the Internet and during 
regular business hours at our offices in Lakewood, Colorado. Individual 
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from the 
rulemaking record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. 
There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the 
rulemaking record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you 
wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your comment. However, we will not 
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis C. Jones, Rules and 
Publications Staff, phone (303) 231-3046, FAX (303) 231-3385, email 
Dennis.C.J[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Production Accounting and Auditing System Reports on Solid 
Minerals.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0063.
    Abstract: The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for 
collecting royalties from leases producing minerals from leased Federal 
and Indian lands. The Secretary is required by various laws to manage 
the production of mineral resources on Indian lands and Federal onshore 
and offshore leases, to collect the royalties due, and to distribute 
the funds in accordance with those laws; we perform these royalty 
management functions for the Secretary.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Operators of solid mineral leases.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly, quarterly, annually.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 170.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 2,763 
hours.

Comments

    Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act requires each 
agency ``* * * to provide notice * * * and otherwise consult with 
members of the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed 
collection of information * * *.'' Agencies must specifically solicit 
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the agency to perform its duties, 
including whether the information is useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (c) enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden on the 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Send your comments directly to the offices listed under the 
ADDRESSES section of this notice. OMB has up to 60 days to approve or 
disapprove the information collection but may respond after 30 days. 
Therefore, to ensure maximum consideration, OMB should receive public 
comments by January 18, 2000.
    MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach, 
(202) 208-7744.

    Dated: December 9, 1999.
Lawrence E. Cobb,
Acting Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 99-32558 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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