[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46942-46943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19340]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection, 
Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (OMB 
Control Number 1010-0110).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are 
soliciting comments on an information collection titled, Training 
Evaluation and Outreach Forms. We will submit an information collection 
request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval after this comment period closes.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before October 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and 
Publications Staff, Minerals Management Service, Royalty Management 
Program, P.O. Box 25165, MS 3021, Denver, Colorado 80225. If you use an 
overnight courier service, our courier address is Building 85, Room A-
613, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225.

PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURE:  Submit your comments to the offices listed 
in the ADDRESSES section, or email your comments to us at 
[email protected]. Include the title of the information collection 
and the OMB Control Number in the ``Attention'' line of your comment; 
also, include your name and return address. Submit electronic comments 
as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of 
encryption. If you do not receive a confirmation that we have received 
your email, contact Mr. Guzy at (303) 231-3432, FAX (303) 231-3385. We 
will post all comments at http://www.rmp.mms.gov for public review.
    Also, contact Mr. Guzy to review paper copies of the comments. The 
comments, including names and addresses of respondents, are available 
for public review during regular business hours at our offices in 
Lakewood, Colorado. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the public record, which we will honor to the 
extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we 
would withhold from the public record a respondent's identity, as 
allowable by law. If you request that we withhold your name and/or 
address, 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 
[email protected]. A copy of the ICR will be available to you 
without charge upon request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Training Evaluation and Outreach Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0110.
    Bureau Form Number: n/a.
    Abstract: The Department of the Interior (DOI) is responsible for 
matters relevant to mineral resource development on Federal and Indian 
Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary of the 
Interior (Secretary) is responsible for managing the production of 
minerals from Federal and Indian Lands and the OCS; for collecting 
royalties from lessees who produce minerals; and for distributing the 
funds collected in accordance with applicable laws. The Secretary also 
has an Indian trust responsibility to manage Indian lands and seek 
advice and information from Indian beneficiaries. We perform the 
royalty management functions and assist the Secretary in carrying out 
DOI's Indian trust responsibility.
    We provide training and outreach to our constituents to facilitate 
their compliance with laws and regulations and to ensure that 
constituents are well informed. We use training and outreach evaluation 
questionnaires to improve on our training and outreach efforts and to 
assure its continued relevance. We present training sessions to the oil 
and gas and solid minerals reporters on various aspects of royalty 
reporting, production reporting, and valuation. We also provide 
outreach sessions to individual Indian minerals owners, Indian Tribes, 
and the Bureau of Indian Affairs on Indian royalty management issues. 
Additionally, we provide training sessions to our financial and systems 
contractors and State and Tribal auditors.
    During the last few minutes of each training or outreach session, 
RMP asks participants to complete and return evaluation questionnaires. 
Participant response is voluntary. Some questions are uniform across 
all of the evaluation questionnaires; however, we also ask questions 
specific to each type of training or outreach or specific to our 
audiences. Proprietary information is not requested, and there are no 
questions of a sensitive nature included in this information 
collection.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 1800 industry 
representatives, State auditors, Indian auditors, Indian Tribes, and 
Indian allottees, MMS contractors, and MMS employees.

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    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 126 
hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour Cost'' 
Burden: n/a.
    Comments: The Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), 
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.
    The PRA also requires agencies to estimate the total annual 
reporting ``non-hour cost'' burden to respondents or recordkeepers 
resulting from the collection of information. We have not identified 
non-hour cost burdens and need to know if there are other costs 
associated with the collection of this information for either total 
capital and startup cost components or annual operation, maintenance, 
and purchase of service components. Your estimates should consider the 
costs to generate, maintain, and disclose or provide the information. 
You should describe the methods you use to estimate major cost factors, 
including system and technology acquisition, expected useful life of 
capital equipment, discount rate(s), and the period over which you 
incur costs. Capital and startup costs include, among other items, 
computers and software you purchase to prepare for collecting 
information; monitoring, sampling, drilling, and testing equipment; and 
record storage facilities.
    Your estimates should not include equipment or services purchased: 
(i) Before October 1, 1995; (ii) to comply with requirements not 
associated with the information collection; (iii) for reasons other 
than to provide information or keep records for the Government; or (iv) 
as part of customary and usual business or private practices.
    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 provides that an agency shall 
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.

    Dated: July 25, 2000.
R. Dale Fazio,
Acting Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 00-19340 Filed 7-31-00; 8:45 am]
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