[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 58 (Friday, March 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16802-16803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7038]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LL WO31000-L13100000.PP0000-24-1A]


Extension of Approval of Information Collection, OMB Control 
Number 1004-0196

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for a 3-year renewal of OMB Control Number 1004-0196 under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. This control number covers paperwork 
requirements for operators and operating rights owners in the National 
Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (NPRA).

DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this information collection 
request within 60 days but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, 
written comments should be received on or before April 25, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1004-0196), Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
fax 202-395-5806, or by electronic mail at [email protected]. 
Please provide a copy of your comments to the BLM by mail, electronic 
mail, or fax:
    Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
1849 C Street, NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: Jean Sonneman, Washington, 
DC 20240.
    Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202-912-7102.
    Electronic mail: [email protected].
    Please indicate ``Attn: 1004-0196'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Gamble, Division of Fluid 
Minerals, at 202-912-7148. Persons who use a telecommunication device 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service 
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, to contact Ms. Gamble. You may also review 
the information collection request online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Select ``Department of the Interior'' under the 
heading, ``Currently Under Review.''

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521) and OMB regulations at 5

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CFR part 1320 provide 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 (44 U.S.C. 3506 and 3507). In order to obtain 
and renew an OMB control number, Federal agencies are required to seek 
public comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities 
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). For this control number, the BLM 
requests comments on the following subjects:
    1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the BLM, including whether the information will 
have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of the BLM's estimate of the burden of collecting 
the information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    4. How to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Please send comments as directed under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please 
refer to OMB control number 1004-0196 in your correspondence. Before 
including your address, phone number, e-mail 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.
    The following information is provided for the information 
collection:
    Title: Oil and Gas Leasing: National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska (43 
CFR part 3130).
    Forms: There are no forms associated with control number 1004-0196.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0196.
    Abstract: This control number covers paperwork requirements for 
operators and operating rights owners in the National Petroleum 
Reserve--Alaska (NPRA). In accordance with the Naval Petroleum Reserves 
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6501-6508) and regulations at 43 CFR part 
3130 (subparts 3130, 3133, 3135, 3137, and 3138), a respondent may 
apply to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for designation of an NPRA 
unit agreement and, if the BLM authorizes such an agreement, the 
respondent may operate under a unit agreement within the NPRA. The BLM 
uses the information to meet its responsibilities under the relevant 
legal provisions. There was no drilling activity in the NPRA in fiscal 
year 2010, and the BLM anticipates none in fiscal year 2011. 
Consequently, there has been no recent collection of information under 
this control number. Notwithstanding these recent developments, the BLM 
seeks renewal of this control number because of the possibility of 
future operations.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Responses are required in 
order to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 21 responses 
and 217.75 hours annually. Respondents are not required to purchase 
additional computer hardware or software to comply with these 
information requirements. There are no filing fees associated with this 
information collection. There are no capital or start-up costs involved 
with this information collection. The following table details the 
individual components and respective hour burdens of this information 
collection request:

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                                          B. Number of
          A. Type of response               responses        C. Time per response        D. Total time (B x C)
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Royalty reduction (43 CFR 3133.4)......               1  16 hours...................  16 hours.
Suspension of operations (43 CFR                      1  4 hours....................  4 hours.
 3135.3).
Notification of operations (43 CFR                    2  15 minutes.................  30 minutes.
 3135.6).
Unit designation (43 CFR 3137.21 and                  1  80 hours...................  80 hours.
 3137.23).
Notification of unit approval (43 CFR                 1  1 hour.....................  1 hour.
 3137.25).
Certification for modification (43 CFR                1  4 hours....................  4 hours.
 3137.52).
Acceptable bonding (43 CFR 3137.60)....               1  30 minutes.................  30 minutes.
Change of unit operator (43 CFR                       1  45 minutes.................  45 minutes.
 3137.61).
Certification of unit obligation (43                  1  2 hours....................  2 hours.
 CFR 3137.70).
Certification of continuing development               1  2 hours....................  2 hours.
 (43 CFR 3137.71).
Productivity for a participating area                 1  12 hours...................  12 hours.
 (43 CFR 3137.84).
Unleased tracts (43 CFR 3137.87).......               1  3 hours....................  3 hours.
Notification of productivity (43 CFR                  1  30 minutes.................  30 minutes.
 3137.88).
Notification of productivity for non-                 1  30 minutes.................  30 minutes.
 unit well (43 CFR 3137.91).
Production information (43 CFR 3137.92)               1  1 hour.....................  1 hour.
Lease extension (43 CFR 3137.111)......               1  3 hours....................  3 hours.
Inability to conduct operations                       1  2 hours....................  2 hours.
 activities (43 CFR 3137.112).
Unit termination (43 CFR 3137.130).....               1  1 hour.....................  1 hour.
Impact mitigation (43 CFR 3137.135)....               1  4 hours....................  4 hours.
Storage agreement (43 CFR 3138.11).....               1  80 hours...................  80 hours.
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    Totals.............................              21  ...........................  217.75 hours.
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    60-Day Notice: As required in 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the BLM published a 
60-day notice in the Federal Register on August 17, 2010 (75 FR 50775), 
soliciting public comments. The comment period closed on October 18, 
2010. The BLM received one comment from the public in response to this 
notice. The comment was a general invective about the Federal 
government, the Department of the Interior, and the BLM. It did not 
address, and was not germane to, this information collection.
    Therefore, we have not changed the collection in response to the 
comment.

Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-7038 Filed 3-24-11; 8:45 am]
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