[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25622-25625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11815]



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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 a currently approved information 
collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0140).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 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) is titled ``30 CFR 
part 210--Forms and Reports and Part 206--Product Valuation (Form MMS-
2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance).''

DATES: Submit written comments on or before July 14, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Regulatory 
Specialist, 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. You may also 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 we have received your email, contact Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 
231-3211.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303) 
231-3211, FAX (303) 231-3781 or email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30 CFR part 206--Product Valuation 
(Form MMS-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance).
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0140.
    Bureau Form Number: Form MMS-2014.
    Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior 
(DOI) is responsible for collecting royalties from lessees who produce 
minerals from leased Federal and Indian lands. The Secretary is 
required by various laws to manage mineral resources production on 
Federal and Indian lands, collect the royalties due, and distribute the 
funds in accordance with those laws. The Secretary also has an Indian 
trust responsibility to manage Indian lands and seek advice and 
information from Indian beneficiaries. MMS performs the royalty 
management functions and assists the Secretary in carrying out DOI's 
Indian trust responsibility.
    The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act (FOGRMA) of 1982, 30 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq., states in section 101(a) that the Secretary ``* * 
* shall establish a comprehensive inspection, collection, and fiscal 
and production accounting and auditing system to provide the capability 
to accurately determine oil and gas royalties, interest, fines, 
penalties, fees, deposits, and other payments owed, and collect and 
account for such amounts in a timely manner.'' The persons or entities 
described at 30 U.S.C. 1713 are required to make reports and provide 
reasonable information as defined by the Secretary.
    Form MMS-2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance, is the only 
document used for reporting oil and gas royalties, certain rents, and 
other lease-related transactions to MMS (e.g., transportation and 
processing allowances, lease adjustments, and quality and location 
differentials). These transactions represent only a few of the 
transactions identified for this form.
    MMS is requesting OMB's approval to continue to collect information 
using Form MMS-2014. No proprietary information will be submitted to 
MMS under this collection. No items of a sensitive nature are 
collected. The requirement to respond is mandatory.
    Frequency of Response: Monthly.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 1,600 payors
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 
125,856 hours.
    The following chart shows the breakdown of the estimated burden 
hours by CFR section and paragraph:

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                                       Respondent Annual Burden Hour Chart
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  30 CFR Section Parts 210 and                            Burden hours per   Annual number of    Annual burden
              206                 Reporting requirement       response          responses            hours
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210.20(a); 210.21(c)(1);         You must submit Form    .1167 (Manual 1%)             24,840              2,898
 210.50; and 210.52(a)(1), (2),   MMS-2014 * * * to MMS  .05 (Electronic            2,459,160            122,958
 (b), (c), and (d); 210.354       electronically. * * *   99%).
                                  You must submit an
                                  electronic sample of
                                  your report for MMS
                                  approval * * *
                                  Records may be
                                  maintained in
                                  microfilm,
                                  microfiche, or other
                                  recorded media * * *
                                  You must submit a
                                  completed Form MMS-
                                  2014 (Report of Sales
                                  and Royalty
                                  Remitttance) to MMS
                                  with (1) All royalty
                                  payments; and (2)
                                  Rents on nonproducing
                                  leases, . . . When
                                  you submit Form MMS-
                                  2014 data
                                  electronically, you
                                  must not submit the
                                  form itself;
                                  Completed Forms MMS-
                                  2014 for royalty
                                  payments are due by
                                  the end of the month
                                  following the
                                  production month; . .
                                  . completed Forms MMS-
                                  2014 for rental
                                  payments are due no
                                  later than the
                                  anniversary date of
                                  the lease. . . . . A
                                  completed Report of
                                  Sales and Royalty
                                  Remittance (Form MMS-
                                  2014) must be
                                  submitted each month
                                  once sales or
                                  utilization of
                                  production occur, . .
                                  . This report is due
                                  on or before the last
                                  day of the month
                                  following the month
                                  in which production
                                  was sold or utilized,
                                  . ..
206.55(c)(4)...................  Transportation                   Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  allowances must be
                                  reported as a
                                  separate line item on
                                  Form MMS-2014.
206.55(e)(2)...................  For lessees                      Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  transporting
                                  production from
                                  Indian leases, the
                                  lessee must submit a
                                  corrected Form MMS-
                                  2014 to reflect
                                  actual costs, . ..
206.110(c)(1) and 206.111(l)(2)  You may use your                 Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  proposed procedure to
                                  calculate a
                                  transportation
                                  allowance until MMS
                                  accepts or rejects
                                  your cost allocation.
                                  If MMS rejects your
                                  cost allocation, you
                                  must amend your Form
                                  MMS-2014 for the
                                  months that you used
                                  the rejected method .
                                  ..
206.114 and 206.115(a).........  You or your affiliate            Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  must use a separate
                                  entry on Form MMS-
                                  2014 to notify MMS of
                                  an allowance based on
                                  transportation costs
                                  you or your affiliate
                                  incur.
206.157(a)(1)(i); 206.157(b)(1)  Arm's-length                     Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  transportation
                                  contracts and non-
                                  arm's length or no
                                  contract. The lessee
                                  must claim a
                                  transportation
                                  allowance by
                                  reporting it as a
                                  separate line entry
                                  on the Form MMS-2014.
206.157(c)(1)(i) and (c)(2)(i);  Arm's-length contracts           Burden hours included in hours above.
 206.159(c)(1)(i) and (c)(2)(i).  and non-arm's length
                                  or no contract. The
                                  lessee must notify
                                  MMS of an allowance
                                  based on incurred
                                  costs by using a
                                  separate line entry
                                  on the Form MMS-2014.
206.157(e)(2)                    For lessees                      Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  transporting
                                  production from
                                  onshore Federal
                                  leases, the lessee
                                  must submit a
                                  corrected Form MMS-
                                  2014 to reflect
                                  actual costs, . ..

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206.157(e)(3)                    For lessees                      Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  transporting gas
                                  production from
                                  leases on the OCS, .
                                  . . the lessee must
                                  submit a corrected
                                  Form MMS-2014 to
                                  reflect actual costs.
206.157(f)(1); 206.178(f)(1)...  You must modify the              Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  Form MMS-2014 by the
                                  amount received or
                                  credited for the
                                  affected reporting
                                  period.
206.159(a)(1)(i) and (b)(1)....  Arm's-length                     Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  processing contracts
                                  and non-arm's-length
                                  or no contract. The
                                  lessee must claim a
                                  processing allowance
                                  by reporting it as a
                                  separate line entry
                                  on the Form MMS-2014.
206.159(e)(3)                    For lessees processing           Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  pas production from
                                  leases on the OCS, .
                                  . . the lessee must
                                  submit a corrected
                                  Form MMS-2014 to
                                  reflect actual costs,
                                  . ..
206.172(e)(6)(ii)                You must pay and                 Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  report on Form MMS-
                                  2014 additional
                                  royalties due . ..
206.174(a)(4)(ii)..............  If the major portion             Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  value is higher, you
                                  must submit an
                                  amended Form MMS-2014
                                  to MMS . ..
206.178(d)(2)..................  You must report                  Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  transportation
                                  allowances as a
                                  separate line item on
                                  Form MMS-2014.
206.180(c)(2)..................  You must report gas              Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  processing allowances
                                  as a separate line
                                  item on Form MMS-2014.
206.353(d)(2); 206.354(d)(2)     Lessees must submit              Burden hours included in hours above.
                                  corrected Forms MMS-
                                  2014 to reflect
                                  adjustments to
                                  royalty payments . ..
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    Total......................  ......................  .................          2,484,000            125,856
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    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour Cost'': We 
have identified no ``non-hour'' cost burdens.
    Comments: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides an agency may 
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. 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.
    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 for this information collection. 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, sampling, testing equipment; and record 
storage facilities. Generally, 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.
    We will summarize written responses to this notice and address them 
in our ICR submission for OMB approval, including appropriate 
adjustments to the estimated burden. We will provide a copy of the ICR 
to you without charge upon request and the ICR will also be posted on 
our Web site at http://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm.
    Public Comment Policy: We will post all comments in response to 
this notice on our Web site at http://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. We will also make copies of the comments 
available for public review, including names and addresses of 
respondents, during regular business hours at our offices in Lakewood, 
Colorado. Individual respondents may request we withhold their home 
address from the public

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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 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.
    MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach, 
(202) 208-7744.

    Dated: May 6, 2003.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 03-11815 Filed 5-12-03; 8:45 am]
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