[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 79 (Thursday, April 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20168-20169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10156]



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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 extension of an information collection (1010-0091).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we 
are inviting comments on a collection of information that we will 
submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval. The information collection request (ICR) concerns the 
paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR part 254, ``Oil-
Spill Response Requirements for Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast 
Line.''

DATES: Submit written comments by June 23, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand carry comments to the Department of the 
Interior; Minerals Management Service; Attention: Rules Processing 
Team; Mail Stop 4024; 381 Elden Street; Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. 
If you wish to e-mail comments, the address is: [email protected]. 
Reference ``Information Collection 1010-0091'' in your e-mail subject 
line and mark your message for return receipt. Include your name and 
return address in your message.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlene Bajusz, Rules Processing Team 
(703) 787-1600. You may also contact Arlene Bajusz to obtain a copy, at 
no cost, of the regulations that require the subject collection of 
information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 30 CFR part 254, Oil-Spill Response Requirements for 
Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast Line.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0091.
    Abstract: The Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by 
the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), requires that a spill-response 
plan be submitted for offshore facilities prior to February 18, 1993. 
The OPA specifies that after that date, an offshore facility may not 
handle, store, or transport oil unless a plan has been submitted. This 
authority and responsibility have been delegated to the Minerals 
Management Service (MMS). Regulations at 30 CFR part 254 establish 
requirements for spill-response plans for oil-handling facilities 
seaward of the coast line, including associated pipelines.
    The MMS uses the information collected under 30 CFR part 254 to 
determine compliance with OPA by owners/operators. Specifically, MMS 
needs the information to:
    [sbull] Determine effectiveness of the spill-response capability of 
owners/operators;
    [sbull] Review plans prepared under the regulations of a State and 
submitted to MMS to satisfy the requirements of this rule to ensure 
that they meet minimum requirements of OPA;
    [sbull] Verify that personnel involved in oil-spill response are 
properly trained and familiar with the requirements of the spill-
response plans and to witness spill-response exercises;
    [sbull] Assess the sufficiency and availability of contractor 
equipment and materials;
    [sbull] Verify that sufficient quantities of equipment are 
available and in working order;
    [sbull] Oversee spill-response efforts and maintain official 
records of pollution events; and
    [sbull] Assess the efforts of owners/operators to prevent oil 
spills or prevent substantial threats of such discharges.
    No proprietary, confidential, or sensitive information is 
collected. However, we will protect any information from respondents 
considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 
552) and its implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under 
regulations at 30 CFR parts 250, 251, and 252. Responses are mandatory 
or required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency: On occasion and annual.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Approximately 193 
owners or operators of facilities located in both State and Federal 
waters seaward of the coast line.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: The 
currently approved annual reporting burden for this collection is 
42,233 hours. The following chart details the individual components and 
respective hour burden estimates of this ICR. In calculating the 
burdens, we assumed that respondents perform certain requirements in 
the normal course of their activities. We consider these to be usual 
and customary and took that into account in estimating the burden.

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                                  Reporting and recordkeeping      Hour
      Citation 30 CFR 254                 requirement             burden
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254.1(a) thru (d); 254.2(a);    Submit spill response plan for       120
 254.3 thru 254.5; 254.7;        OCS facilities and related
 254.20 thru 254.29; 254.44(b).  documents.
254.1(e)......................  Request MMS jurisdiction over        0.5
                                 facility landward of coast
                                 line (no recent request
                                 received).
254.2(b)......................  Submit certification of               10
                                 capability to respond to worst
                                 case discharge or substantial
                                 threat of such.
254.2(c); 254.30..............  Submit revised spill response         25
                                 plan for OCS facilities at
                                 least every 2 years.
254.8.........................  Appeal MMS orders or decisions.        0
                                 (Burden covered under 30 CFR
                                 290 [1010-0121]).
254.41........................  Conduct annual training; retain       40
                                 training records for 2 years.
254.42(a) thru (e)............  Conduct triennial response plan      110
                                 exercise; retain exercise
                                 records for 3 years.
254.42(f).....................  Inform MMS of the date of any          1
                                 exercise (triennial).
254.43........................  Inspect response equipment             3
                                 monthly; retain inspection &
                                 maintenance records for 2
                                 years.
254.46(a).....................  Notify NRC of all oil spills           0
                                 from owner/operator facility
                                 (Burden included in the NRC
                                 inventory).
254.46(b).....................  Notify MMS of oil spills of 1          1
                                 barrel or more from owner/
                                 operator facility; submit
                                 follow-up report.
254.46(c).....................  Notify MMS & responsible party         1
                                 of oil spills from operations
                                 at another facility.
254.50; 254.51................  Submit response plan for              45
                                 facility in State waters by
                                 modifying existing OCS plan.
254.50; 254.52................  Submit response plan for             100
                                 facility in State waters
                                 following format for OCS plan.
254.50; 254.53................  Submit response plan for              93
                                 facility in State waters
                                 developed under State
                                 requirements.
254.54........................  Submit description of oil-spill        5
                                 prevention procedures.
Part 254......................  General departure or                   2
                                 alternative compliance
                                 requests not specifically
                                 covered elsewhere in part 254.
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    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have identified no non-hour cost burdens for this collection.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an

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agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it 
displays a currently valid OMB control number. Until OMB approves a 
collection of information, you are not obligated to respond.
    Comments: Before submitting an ICR to OMB, PRA section 
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.
    Agencies must also estimate the ``non-hour cost'' burdens to 
respondents or recordkeepers resulting from the collection of 
information. Therefore, if you have costs to generate, maintain, and 
disclose this information, you should comment and provide your total 
capital and startup cost components or annual operation, maintenance, 
and purchase of service components. 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, and record storage 
facilities. You should not include estimates for 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.
    We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them 
in our submission for OMB approval. As a result of your comments, we 
will make any necessary adjustments to the burden in our submission to 
OMB.
    Public Comment Policy: Our practice is to make comments, including 
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review 
during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that 
we withhold their home address from the record, which we will honor to 
the extent allowable by law. There may be circumstances in which we 
would withhold from the record a respondent's identity, as allowable by 
the 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.
    MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach, 
(202) 208-7744.

    Dated: April 17, 2003.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 03-10156 Filed 4-23-03; 8:45 am]
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