[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34715-34716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16385]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


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

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of a currently approved collection (OMB 
Control Number 1010-0110).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, we 
are submitting to OMB for review and approval an information collection 
request (ICR) titled ``Training and Outreach Evaluation Forms (Forms 
MMS-4420 A-H) (OMB Control Number 1010-0110). This ICR was originally 
titled ``Training and Outreach Evaluation Questionnaires.'' We are

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requesting an extension of OMB's approval to continue to collect this 
information. We are also soliciting your comments on this ICR which 
describes the information collection, its expected costs and burden, 
and how the data will be collected.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before July 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of 
the Interior (OMB Control Number 1010-0110), 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503. Also, please submit copies of your comments to 
Carol P. Shelby, Regulations and FOIA Team, Minerals Management 
Service, Minerals Revenue Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS 320B2, Denver, 
Colorado 80225. If you use an overnight courier service, our courier 
address is Building 85, Room A-614, Denver Federal Center, Denver, 
Colorado 80225.

PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURE: Please 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, 
the OMB Control Number in the ``Attention'' line of your comments, and 
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 Ms. Shelby at (303) 231-3151, FAX (303) 231-3385. We will post 
all comments for public review at http://www.mrm.mms.gov.
    Also, contact Ms. Shelby to review paper copies of the comments. 
Our practice is to make comments, including names and addresses of 
respondents, 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 comments. 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: Carol P. Shelby, telephone (303) 231-
3151, FAX (303) 231-3385, email [email protected]. You may also 
contact Ms. Shelby to obtain at no cost a copy of our submission to 
OMB, which includes Forms MMS-4420 A-H.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Training and Outreach Evaluation Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0110.
    Bureau Form Number: Forms MMS-4420 A-H .
    Abstract: The Department of the Interior 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.
    MMS frequently provides training and outreach to its constituents 
to facilitate their compliance with laws and regulations and to ensure 
that they are well informed. We present training sessions to the oil 
and gas payors and solid minerals reporters on various aspects of 
royalty reporting, production reporting, newly reengineered reporting 
forms, and new valuation regulations. 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.
    MMS asks participants to complete and return evaluation forms at 
the end of each training or outreach session. Some questions are 
uniform across all of the evaluation forms. However, we also ask 
questions specific to each type of training or outreach or questions 
specific to that particular group of participants. We use the feedback 
from these evaluation forms to enhance future training and outreach 
sessions and to improve our services. Responses are voluntary. No 
proprietary, confidential, or sensitive information is collected.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 5,000 industry 
representatives; State auditors; Indian Tribes, allottees, and 
auditors; MMS contractors and employees.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 350 
hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour Cost'' 
Burden: There are no ``non-hour costs'' burdens identified for this 
collection.
    Comments: The PRA 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. 
Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 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.
    To comply with the public consultation process, we published a 
Federal Register Notice on August 1, 2000 (65 FR 46942), with the 
required 60-day comment period, soliciting comments on this information 
collection. No comments were received.
    If you wish to comment in response to this Notice, 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 response after 30 days. Therefore, to 
ensure maximum consideration, OMB should receive public comments by 
July 30, 2001.
    MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach, 
telephone (202) 208-7744.

    Dated: June 21, 2001.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
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