[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54374-54377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22186]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement

[Docket No. MMS-2010-OMM-0025]


BOEMRE Information Collection Activity: 1010-0112, Performance 
Measures Data, Revision of a Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement 
(BOEMRE), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a revision of an information collection (1010-0112).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
BOEMRE is 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 Performance Measures Data, Form MMS-131.

DATES: Submit written comments by November 8, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and 
Standards Branch at (703) 787-1607. You may also contact Cheryl Blundon 
to obtain a copy, at no cost, of the information collection. The form 
and its instructions are printed at the end of this notice.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods 
listed below.
     Electronically: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. In the 
entry titled Enter Keyword or ID, enter docket ID MMS-2010-OMM-0025 
then click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments 
and view supporting and related materials available for this 
collection. The BOEMRE will post all comments.
     E-mail: [email protected]. Mail or hand-carry 
comments to the Department of the Interior; Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management, Regulation, and Enforcement; Attention: Cheryl Blundon; 381 
Elden Street, MS-4024; Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Please reference 
ICR 1010-0112 in your comment and include your name and return address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Performance Measures Data, Form MMS-131.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0112.
    Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1331 et seq.), as amended, requires the Secretary of the Interior to 
preserve, protect, and develop OCS oil, gas, and sulphur resources; 
make such resources available to meet the Nation's energy needs as 
rapidly as possible; balance orderly energy resources development with 
protection of the human, marine, and coastal environments; ensure the 
public a fair and equitable return on the resources offshore; and 
preserve and maintain free enterprise competition. These 
responsibilities are among those delegated to the BOEMRE. The BOEMRE 
generally issues regulations to ensure that operations in the OCS will 
meet statutory requirements; provide for safety and protect the 
environment; and result in diligent exploration, development, and 
production of OCS leases.
    Beginning in 1991, BOEMRE has promoted, on a voluntary basis, the 
implementation of a comprehensive Safety and Environmental Management 
Program (SEMP) for the offshore oil and gas industry as a complement to 
current regulatory efforts to protect people and the environment during 
OCS oil and gas exploration and production activities.
    From the beginning, BOEMRE, the industry as a whole, and individual 
companies realized that at some point they would want to know the 
effect of SEMP on safety and environmental management of the OCS. The 
natural consequence of this interest was the establishment of 
performance measures. The BOEMRE will be requesting OMB approval for a 
revision of the performance measures data on Form MMS-131. Respondents 
submit Form MMS-131 annually during the first quarter of each calendar 
year. This collection is considered a revision since BOEMRE is changing 
the way respondents will need to fill out the form. Respondents will 
break out the information quarterly on the form, but submittal will 
continue to be once a year. We have attached instructions and the 
revised form at the end of this document as an Appendix.
    The responses to this collection of information are voluntary, 
although we consider the information to be critical for assessing the 
effects of the OCS

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Safety and Environmental Management Program. We can better focus our 
regulatory and research programs on areas where the performance 
measures indicate that operators are having difficulty meeting BOEMRE 
expectations. We are more effective in leveraging resources by 
redirecting research efforts, promoting appropriate regulatory 
initiatives, and shifting inspection program emphasis. Also, the 
responses will bring the United States into the mainstream with other 
nations' oil and gas regulatory authorities. Because the oil and gas 
development and production industry is international, operators at work 
domestically are also at work internationally. It is important for the 
BOEMRE to be able to compare injury and illness outcomes from domestic 
production to those outcomes from other domestic industries as well as 
to outcomes from hydrocarbon development and production activities 
elsewhere in the world.
    Operators also use the data to make individual comparisons of their 
results to those of the industry as a whole and evaluate trends. 
Knowing how the offshore operators, as a group, are doing and where 
their own company ranks, provides company management with information 
to focus their own continuous improvement efforts. This leads to more 
cost-effective prevention actions and, therefore, better cost 
containment.
    We will protect 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 250.197, ``Data and information to be made available to the public 
or for limited inspection.'' No items of a sensitive nature are 
collected. Responses are voluntary. We intend to release data collected 
on Form MMS-131 only in a summary format that is not company-specific.
    Frequency: The frequency is annual, during the first quarter of the 
year.
    Description of Respondents: Federal OCS oil and gas or sulphur 
lessees and/or operators.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The 
currently approved hour burden for Form MMS-131 is 280 hours. We 
estimate the public reporting burden for the revised form will average 
10 hours per response. This includes the time for reviewing 
instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and 
reviewing the information.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 
We have identified no non-hour cost burden associated with Form MMS-
131.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an 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 Procedures: Before including your address, phone 
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in 
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including 
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available 
at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    BOEMRE Information Collection Clearance Office: Arlene Bajusz, 
(202) 208-7744.

    Dated: June 25, 2010.
William S. Hauser,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.

Appendix

    Instructions on how to fill out Form MMS-131--Performance 
Measures Data.
    1. On the line titled, ``Company Name(s),'' enter the name(s) of 
the operating company(ies) that are the owners of the data that need 
to be entered on the remainder of this form.
    2. Directly across from your entry on ``Company Names,'' please 
enter the name of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, 
and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Region where your operating company(ies) 
have worked and generated the data to be entered on the remainder of 
this form.
    3. On the line titled, ``Operator Code(s),*'' please enter all 
the known operator codes for the company name or names that you have 
entered above.
    4. Directly across from your entry on ``Operator Codes,'' please 
enter the Calendar Year the data to be entered on the remainder of 
the form was generated.
    5. On the line titled, ``Contact Name,'' please enter the name 
of your chosen contact person. This person should be knowledgeable 
about the data your company has submitted on this form as they will 
be the first person the BOEMRE contacts should the bureau have any 
questions about the data you have provided.
    6. Directly across from your entry on ``Contact Name,'' please 
input an active, valid email address for your ``Contact Name.''
    7. Enter an active and valid telephone number on the line 
titled, ``Telephone.'' This telephone number should belong to your 
``Contact Name.''
    8. Enter an active and valid fax number on the line titled, 
``Fax.'' This fax number should be accessible to your ``Contact 
Name.''
    9. Enter the date this form was submitted to the BOEMRE on the 
line titled, ``Date Submitted.''
    10. On line A, in the column labeled, ``Production Operations,'' 
enter the total number of company employee recordable injuries and 
illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the calendar year. 
Only the total number of recordable injuries and illnesses suffered 
by operating company employees while they were in engaged in 
production operations may be entered here.

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    11. On line A, in the column labeled, ``Drilling** Operations,'' 
enter the total number of company employee recordable injuries and 
illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the calendar year. 
Only the total number of recordable injuries and illnesses suffered 
by operating company employees while they were engaged in drilling 
operations may be entered here.
    12. On line A, in the column labeled, ``Construction 
Operations,'' enter the total number of company employee recordable 
injuries and illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the 
calendar year. Only the total number of recordable injuries and 
illnesses suffered by operating company employees while they were 
engaged in construction operations may be entered here.
    13. On line B, in the column labeled, ``Production Operations,'' 
enter the total number of contract employee recordable injuries and 
illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the calendar year. 
Only the total number of recordable injuries and illnesses suffered 
by contract employees while they were engaged in production 
operations may be entered here.
    14. On line B, in the column labeled, ``Drilling** Operations,'' 
enter the total number of contract employee recordable injuries and 
illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the calendar year. 
Only the total number of recordable injuries and illnesses suffered 
by contract employees while they were engaged in drilling operations 
may be entered here.
    15. On line B, in the column labeled, ``Construction 
Operations,'' enter the total number of contract employee recordable 
injuries and illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the 
calendar year. Only the total number of recordable injuries and 
illnesses suffered by contract employees while they were engaged in 
construction operations may be entered here.
    16. On line C, in the column labeled, ``Production Operations,'' 
enter the total number of company employee DART recordable injuries 
and illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the calendar 
year. Only the total number of DART recordable injuries and 
illnesses suffered by operating company employees while they were 
engaged in production operations may be entered here.
    17. On line C, in the column labeled, ``Drilling** Operations,'' 
enter the total number of company employee DART recordable injuries 
and illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the calendar 
year. Only the total number of DART recordable injuries and 
illnesses suffered by operating company employees while they were 
engaged in drilling operations may be entered here.
    18. On line C, in the column labeled, ``Construction 
Operations,'' enter the total number of company employee DART 
recordable injuries and illnesses accrued in each of the four 
quarters of the calendar year. Only the total number of DART 
recordable injuries and illnesses suffered by operating company 
employees while they were engaged in construction operations may be 
entered here.
    19. On line D, in the column labeled, ``Production Operations,'' 
enter the total number of contract employee DART recordable injuries 
and illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the calendar 
year. Only the total number of DART recordable injuries and 
illnesses suffered by contract employees while they were engaged in 
production operations may be entered here.
    20. On line D, in the column labeled, ``Drilling** Operations,'' 
enter the total number of contract employee DART recordable injuries 
and illnesses accrued in each of the four quarters of the calendar 
year. Only the total number of DART recordable injuries and 
illnesses suffered by contract employees while they were engaged in 
drilling operations may be entered here.
    21. On line D, in the column labeled, ``Construction 
Operations,'' enter the total number of contract employee DART 
recordable injuries and illnesses accrued in each of the four 
quarters of the calendar year. Only the total number of DART 
recordable injuries and illnesses suffered by contract employees 
while they were engaged in construction operations may be entered 
here.
    22. On line E, in the column labeled, ``Production Operations,'' 
enter the total number of hours that company employees worked on 
production operations during each of the four quarters of the 
calendar year.
    23. On line E, in the column labeled, ``Drilling** Operations,'' 
enter the total number of hours company employees worked on drilling 
operations during each of the four quarters of the calendar year.
    24. On line E, in the column labeled, ``Construction 
Operations,'' enter the total number of hours that company employees 
worked on construction operations during each of the four quarters 
of the calendar year.
    25. On line F, in the column labeled, ``Production Operations,'' 
enter the total number of hours that contract employees worked on 
production operations during each of the four quarters of the 
calendar year.
    26. On line F, in the column labeled, ``Drilling** Operations,'' 
enter the total number of hours contract employees worked on 
drilling operations during each of the four quarters of the calendar 
year.
    27. On line F, in the column labeled, ``Construction 
Operations,'' enter the total number of hours that contract 
employees worked on construction operations during each of the four 
quarters of the calendar year.
    28. On line G, enter the total number of EPA NPDES non-
compliances experienced by the operating company during the calendar 
year.
    29. On line H, for oil spills of less then 1 bbl:
    a. Count every occurrence of such a spill individually and tally 
that sum. On line 1, enter the total number of oil spills less than 
1 bbl that you have tallied.
    For each individual spill, estimate the volume of oil lost. Sum 
the estimates for each spill and enter the final amount of oil lost 
(in bbls) on line 2.

                                            Performance Measures Data
             Provide Data on an Annual Basis for the Previous Calendar Year by March 31 of Each Year
 
 
 
Company Name(s)_____________________ BOEMRE Region___________
 
Operator Code(s)*_____________________ Calendar Year______________
 
Contact Name_______________________ E-mail Address______________
 
Telephone_______________ Fax____________ Date____________
 
 SAFETY                                       PRODUCTION               DRILLING**        CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS
                                       OPERATIONS.............  OPERATIONS.............
 
A. No. of Company Employee Recordable      1\st\ Qtr______               ______                   ______
 Injuries/Illnesses.                   2\nd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       3\rd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       4\th\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
 
B. No. of Contract Employee                1\st\ Qtr______               ______                   ______
 Recordable Injuries/Illnesses.        2\nd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       3\rd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       4\th\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
 
C. No. of Company Employee DART            1\st\ Qtr______               ______                   ______
 Injuries/Illnesses***.                2\nd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       3\rd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       4\th\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
 

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D. No. of Contract Employee DART           1\st\ Qtr______               ______                   ______
 Injuries/Illnesses***.                2\nd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       3\rd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       4\th\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
 
E. Company Employee Hours Worked.....      1\st\ Qtr______               ______                   ______
                                       2\nd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       3\rd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       4\th\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
 
F. Contract Employee Hours Worked....      1\st\ Qtr______               ______                   ______
                                       2\nd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       3\rd\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
                                       4\th\ Qtr ______.......  ______.................  ______
 
ENVIRONMENT
 
 G. No. of EPA NPDES Noncompliances...........................         _________
 
H. For Oil Spills < 1 bbl
 
     1. No. of Spills.........................................         _________
 
    2. Total Volume for Spills................................        _______ bbl
 
 * Please list all operator codes that these data represent.
** Drilling Operations include Drilling, Workover, and Allied Services.
*** Formerly Lost Time Cases that include Days Away from work, Restricted duty and Transfer situations.
 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA): The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) requires us to inform you that BOEMRE
 collects this information to carry out its responsibilities under the OCS Lands Act, as amended. The BOEMRE
 will use the information to evaluate the effectiveness of industry's continued improvement of safety and
 environmental management in the OCS. Responses are voluntary. No proprietary data are collected. We estimate
 the public reporting burden, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and
 completing and reviewing the information to average 10 hours per response. 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 Office of Management and Budget (0MB) control number. The 0MB has approved this collection of information
 and assigned 0MB control number 1010-0112. You may direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other
 aspect of this collection of information to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, Mail Stop 5438,
 Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW.,
 Washington, DC 20240.
 
             COMPANY-SPECIFIC DATA COLLECTED UNDER THIS REQUEST IS INTENDED FOR GOVERNNENT USE ONLY
 
               BOEMRE Form MMS-131 (Mo/Year Replaces all previous editions that may not be used.)
 

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