[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 110 (Tuesday, June 8, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32039-32041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12867]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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


Extension of Approved Information Collections, OMB Control 
Numbers 1004-0145, 1004-0184, and 1004-0185

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to extend existing approvals to collect certain 
information from lessees, operators, record title holders, operating 
rights owners, and the general public on oil and gas and operations on 
Federal lands.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before August 9, 2004. BLM will not

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necessarily consider any comments received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Bureau of Land Management, (WO-
630), Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 
22153.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include ``ATTN: 1004-0145, 1004-0184, and 1004-0185'' and your name and 
return address in your Internet message.
    You may deliver comments to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Administration Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    All comments will be available for public review at the L Street 
address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.), Monday 
through Friday except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Barbara Gamble, on 
(202) 452-0338 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who use a telecommunication 
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay 
Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to 
contact Ms. Gamble.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 
60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a collection of 
information to solicit comments on:
    (1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the agency, 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) Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are required to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA), 30 U.S.C. et seq., gives the 
Secretary of the Interior responsibility for oil and gas leasing on 
approximately 570 million acres of public lands and national forests, 
and private lands where the mineral rights are reserved by the Federal 
Government. The Act of May 21, 1930 (30 U.S.C. 301-306), authorizes the 
leasing of oil and gas deposits under railroads and other rights-of-
way. The Act of August 7, 1947, (Mineral Leasing Act of Acquired 
Lands), authorizes the Secretary to lease lands acquired by the United 
States (30 U.S.C. 341-359). The regulations under 43 CFR 3000 et al. 
authorize BLM to manage the oil and gas leasing and exploration 
activities. Without the information, BLM would not be able to analyze 
and approve oil and gas leasing and exploration activities.
    BLM collects nonform information on oil and gas leasing and 
exploration activities when the lessee, record title holder, operating 
rights owner, or operator files any of the following information for 
BLM to adjudicate:

                                        Information Collection 1004-0145
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                                            Information collection      Number of    Reporting hours     Total
                43 CFR                           requirements           responses     per respondent     hours
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3100.3-1..............................  Notice of option holdings....           30                  1         30
3100.3-3..............................  Option statement.............           50                  1         50
3101.2-4(a)...........................  Excess acreage petition......           10                  1         10
3101.2-6..............................  Showings statement...........           10                1.5         15
3101.3-1..............................  Joinder evidence statement...           50                  1         50
3103.4-1..............................  Waiver, suspension, reduction           20                  2         40
                                         of rental, etc..
3105.2................................  Communitization or drilling            150                  2        300
                                         agreement.
3105.3................................  Operating, drilling,                    50                  2        100
                                         development contracts
                                         interest statement.
3105.4................................  Joint operations;                       20                  1         20
                                         transportation of oil
                                         applications.
3105.5................................  Subsurface storage                      50                  1         50
                                         application.
3106.8-1..............................  Heirs and devisee statement..           40                  1         40
3106.8-2..............................  Change of name report........           60                  1         60
3106.8-3..............................  Corporate merger notice......          100                  2        200
3107.8................................  Lease renewal application....           30                  1         30
3108.1................................  Relinquishments..............          150                 .5         75
3108.2................................  Reinstatement petition.......          500                 .5        250
3109.1................................  Leasing under rights-of-way             20                  1         20
                                         application.
3120.1-1(e)...........................  Lands available for leasing..          280                2.5        700
3120.1-3..............................  Protests and appeals.........           90                1.5        135
3152.1................................  Oil and gas exploration in              20                  1         20
                                         Alaska application.
3152.6................................  Data collection..............           20                  1         20
3152.7................................  Completion of operations                20                  1         20
                                         report.
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    Totals............................  .............................        1,770  .................      2,235
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                                        Information Collection 1004-0184
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                                                                                                         Total
               43 CFR                   Information collection       Total       Reporting hours per     burden
                                             requirements         respondents        respondent          hours
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3121.12............................  Competitive leasing                1,400  .25...................        350
                                      nomination.
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  10 minutes............      33.33
3103.10(bb); 3154.33...............  Gas charts; meter proving          1,000  .25...................        250
                                      reports.
3103.10(dd)........................  Meter proving or                   5,000  5 minutes.............     416.67
                                      calibration.
3103...............................  Oral notification..........        6,000  5 minutes.............        500

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3103.10(i).........................  &sbull 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.........  ...........  ......................  .........
                                     Leak detection system......  ...........  ......................  .........
3103.10(ee)........................  Produced water pit           ...........  ......................  .........
                                      completion.
3103.10(ff)........................  Spill; accident............  ...........  ......................  .........
103.10(gg).........................  Well abandonment...........  ...........  ......................  .........
3103.10(ii)........................  Concentration of H2S.......  ...........  ......................  .........
3103.10(ll); 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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                                      Total.....................       22,945  ......................   9,441.25
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    BLM collects the information in the regulations that address oil 
and gas drainage and no form is required.

                    Information Collection 1004-0185
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                                                     Number of
             Type of drainage analysis                analyses    Hours
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Preliminary.......................................        1,000    2,000
Detailed..........................................          100    2,400
Additional........................................           10      200
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    Total.........................................        1,110    4,600
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    Based upon our experience managing oil and gas activities, we 
estimate for the combined information collection 25,825 responses per 
year and annual information burden is 16,276 hours.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of 
public record.

    Dated: June 1, 2004.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-12867 Filed 6-7-04; 8:45 am]
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