[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3908-3909]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2021]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-310-1310-02-PB-24 1A]


OMB Approval Number 1004-0184; Information Collection Submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act

    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted the proposed 
collection of information listed below to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.). On July 31, 2001, the 
BLM published a notice in the Federal Register (66 FR 39527) requesting 
comments on the collection. The comment period ended October 1, 2001. 
No comments were received. You may obtain copies of the proposed 
collection of information and related explanatory material by 
contacting the BLM Information Clearance Officer at the telephone 
number listed below.
    OMB is requred to respond to this request within 60 days but may 
respond after 30 days. For maximum consideration, your comments and 
suggestions on the requirement should be made within 30 days directly 
to the Office of Management and Budget, Interior Department Desk 
Officer (1004-0184), Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Washington, DC 20503. Please provide a copy of your comments to the 
Bureau Information Collection Clearance Officer (WO-630) 1849 C St., 
N.W., Mail Stop 401 LS, Washington, DC 20240.
    Nature of Comments: We specifically request your comments on the 
following:
    1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the Bureau of Land Management, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection 
burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we 
use;
    3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; and
    4. How to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    Title: Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing and Operations, 43 CFR Part 
3100.
    OMB Approval Number: 1004-09184.

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    Abstract: Federal and Indian (except Osage) oil and gas lessees and 
operators or operating rights owners are required to retain and/or 
provide data so that proposed operations may be approved or compliance 
with granted approvals may be monitored. Respondents are oil and gas 
companies, lessees, operators, operating rights owners, and 
individuals.
    Form Number: None.
    Frequency: On occasion; nonrecurring.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals, small businesses, large 
corporations.
    Estimated Completion Time: For ease of reference, this table 
summarizes the burden items in this information collection request:

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                                                                                      Reporting
     Information collection                   Requirement                 Total       hours per     Total burden
                                                                       respondents    respondent       hours
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3121.12.........................  Competitive leasing nomination....         1,400            .25         350
3124.32.........................  Lease consolidation...............            10           2             20
3125.11.........................  Lease exchange....................            25            .25           6.25
3103.10(aa); 3153.37............  LACT meter proving report.........           200      \1\ 10             33.33
3103.10(bb); 3154.33............  Gas charts; meter proving reports.         1,000            .25         250
3103.10(dd).....................  Meter proving or calibration......         5,000       \1\ 5            416.67
3103............................  Oral notification.................         6,000       \1\ 5            500
    3103.10(i)..................   Construction start-up....
    3103.10(j)..................   Spud notice..............
    3103.10(m)..................   Running surface casing;
                                   BOP test.
    3103.10(o)..................   Reserve pit closure......
    3103.10(x)..................   Theft; production
                                   mishandling.
    3103.10(z)..................   LACT meter proving.......
    3103.10(ee).................   Leak detection system....
    3103.10(ff).................   Produced water pit
                                   completion.
    3103.10(gg).................   Spill; accident..........
    3103.10(ii).................   Well abandonment.........
    3103.10(ll).................   Concentrations of H2S....
    3145.43.....................
3136.10.........................  Drainage agreement................             5          10             50
3137.13.........................  Unit Agreement....................            60          40          2,400
3137.64.........................  Participating Area................            45          12            540
3145.18.........................  Notice of Staking.................         1,500            .25         375
3145.51(a)(3)...................  Remediation.......................           100           5            500
3151.10(c)......................  Off-lease measurement.............           300           1            300
3151.10(d)......................  Commingling.......................           500            .5          250
3164.15.........................  Civil penalties...................           100            .5           50
3107.53.........................  Bond decrease.....................           100           1            100
3107.56 and 3145.23.............  Bond increase.....................         6,600            .5        3,300
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    Annual Responses: 22,945.
    Annual Burden Hours: 9,441.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Michael H. Schwartz (202) 452-5033.

    Dated: December 21, 2001.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
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