[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52919-52920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19651]


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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 an extension of a currently approved information 
collection (OMB Control Number 1010-0110).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we 
are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information 
collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork 
requirements in accordance with Executive Order 12862, dated September 
11, 1993, Setting Customer Service Standards. This notice also provides 
the public a second opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of 
these requirements. The ICR is titled ``Training and Outreach 
Evaluation Form (Form MMS-4420A-E).'' We changed the title of this ICR 
because we reorganized the parts of the form. The previous title was 
``Training and Outreach Evaluation Form (Form MMS-4420A-H.''

DATES: Submit written comments on or before September 29, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments by either FAX (202) 395-6566 or e-
mail ([email protected]) directly to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department 
of the Interior (OMB Control Number 1010-0110). Mail or hand-carry a 
copy of your comments to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead Regulatory 
Specialist, Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue Management, 
P.O. Box 25165, MS 302B2, 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 e-mail 
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 that we have received your e-mail, contact Ms. Gebhardt at 
(303) 231-3211.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303) 
231-3211, FAX (303) 231-3781, e-mail [email protected]. You may 
also contact Sharron Gebhardt to obtain a copy of the Form MMS-4420A-E 
at no cost.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: ``Training and Outreach Evaluation Form (Form MMS-4420A-
E).''
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0110.
    Bureau Form Number: Form MMS-4420A-E.
    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 Department 
of the Interior under The Mineral Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 1923) and The 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1353) is responsible for 
managing the production of minerals from Federal and Indian lands and 
the OCS, collecting royalties from lessees who produce minerals, and 
distributing the funds collected in accordance with applicable laws. 
The Secretary has an Indian trust responsibility to manage Indian lands 
and seek advice and information from Indian beneficiaries. The MMS 
performs the royalty management functions and assists the Secretary in 
carrying out the Department's Indian trust responsibility.
    The MMS frequently provides training and outreach sessions to its 
constituents to facilitate their compliance with laws and regulations 
and to ensure that they are well informed. We present training sessions 
to oil and gas and solid minerals reporters on various aspects of 
royalty reporting, production reporting, and valuation. Additionally, 
we provide training sessions to our financial and systems contractors 
and State and tribal auditors. We use training and outreach evaluation 
forms to survey our customers and to improve our training and outreach 
efforts, as directed in Executive Order 12862, Setting Customer Service 
Standards (September 11, 1993).
    We ask participants to complete and return evaluation forms during 
the last few minutes of each training or outreach session. Participant 
response is voluntary. Some questions are uniform across all of the 
evaluation forms; however, some questions are specific to

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the audience or to each type of training or outreach.
    The MMS collects this information using our Training and Outreach 
Evaluation Form MMS-4420, which we have modified and reorganized. We 
combined in-house training evaluation under one part. We deleted the 
Indian outreach evaluation because MMS is currently working with 
Departmental bureaus and offices to implement the Department's 
Comprehensive Trust Management Plan. The MMS will be involved in a 
Department-wide outreach process for American Indian beneficiaries, and 
any Indian outreach evaluation form will be developed and coordinated 
with the other bureaus for Department-wide use.
    The MMS is requesting OMB's approval to continue to collect 
information relevant to our training and outreach efforts. Not 
collecting this information would limit our ability to obtain feedback 
and to improve our training and outreach, which could affect our 
customers' knowledge of laws and regulations and their ability to 
comply.
    No proprietary information is submitted, and no questions of a 
sensitive nature are included in this information collection. The 
requirement to respond is voluntary.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 950 industry 
representatives, State and tribal auditors, and MMS contractors.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 95 
hours.
    We are reducing the number of burden hours from the current OMB 
inventory of 126 hours to 95 hours. This reduction reflects a decrease 
in the number of responses, which is primarily the result of deleting 
the Indian outreach evaluation.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-hour'' Cost 
Burden: We have identified no ``non-hour'' cost burdens.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that 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.
    Comments: 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 
notice in the Federal Register on December 29, 2003 (68 FR 74968), 
announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The 
notice provided the required 60-day comment period. We received no 
comments in response to the notice.
    If you wish to comment in response to this notice, you may send 
your comments 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 respond after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure maximum 
consideration, OMB should receive public comments by September 29, 
2004.
    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/InfoColl/InfoColCom.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. Upon request, we will withhold an individual respondent's 
home address from the public record, as 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 your request 
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: Arlene Bajusz (202) 
208-7744.

    Dated: May 21, 2004.
Richard Adamski,
Acting Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
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