[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17430-17431]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7257]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement

[Docket No. BOEM-2010-0040]


BOEMRE Information Collection Activities: 1010-0172, Open and 
Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and Gas Pipelines; Comment Request

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

ACTION: Notice of a renewal of an information collection (1010-0172).

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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 the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) an information collection request (ICR) to 
renew approval of the paperwork requirements in the regulations under 
30 CFR Part 291. This notice also provides the public a second 
opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these regulatory 
requirements.

DATES: Submit written comments by April 28, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either fax (202) 395-5806 or e-mail 
([email protected]) directly to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of 
the Interior (1010-0172). Please also submit a copy of your comments to 
BOEMRE by any of the means below.
     Electronically: go to http://www.regulations.gov. In the 
entry titled, ``Enter Keyword or ID,'' enter ``BOEM-2010-0040,'' then 
click search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and 
view supporting and related materials available for this collection. 
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: Arlene Bajusz; 381 
Elden Street, MS-4020; Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817. Please reference 
ICR 1010-0172 in your comment and include your name and return address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlene Bajusz, Policy and Management 
Improvement at (703) 787-1025. To see a copy of the entire ICR 
submitted to OMB, go to http://www.reginfo.gov (Information Collection 
Review, Currently Under Review, Department of the Interior, DOI-BOEM).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: 30 CFR Part 291, Open and Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil 
and Gas Pipelines under the OCS Lands Act.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0172.
    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; 
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.
    Section 1334(f)(1) states ``Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
every permit, license, easement, right-of-way, or other grant of 
authority for the transportation by pipeline on or across the outer 
Continental Shelf of oil or gas shall require that the pipeline be 
operated in accordance with the following competitive principles: (A) 
The pipeline must provide open and nondiscriminatory access to both 
owner and non-owner shippers* * * .''
    Ensuring open and nondiscriminatory access to pipelines is among 
the responsibilities delegated to BOEMRE, which replaced the Minerals 
Management Service on June 18, 2010. In order to provide shippers with 
a methodology to file complaints alleging denial of access or that 
access is discriminatory access, the BOEMRE promulgated regulations at 
30 CFR Part 291. The BOEMRE will use the information submitted during 
the complaint process to determine whether the shipper has been denied 
such access or to initiate a more detailed investigation into the 
specific circumstances of the complainant's allegation. The complaint 
information will be provided to the alleged offending party. The BOEMRE 
may request additional information upon completion of the initial 
investigation.
    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). No items of a sensitive 
nature are collected. Responses are required to obtain a benefit.
    Frequency: The frequency is on occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Shippers that do business on the OCS 
and companies that pay royalties on the OCS.
    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The 
estimated annual hour burden for this collection is 51 hours. Refer to 
the table below for a break down of the complete burden. This includes 
the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, 
and completing and reviewing the information.

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                                      Reporting and
      Citation 30 CFR 291             recordkeeping         Hour burden       Average number     Annual burden
                                       requirement                           annual responses        hours
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105, 106, 108, 109, 111........  Submit complaint (with                 50                  1                 50
                                  fee) to BOEMRE and     $7,500 processing                                $7,500
                                  affected parties.                    fee
                                  Request confidential
                                  treatment and respond
                                  to BOEMRE decision.
106(b), 109....................  Request waiver or                       1                  1                  1
                                  reduction of fee.
104(b), 107, 111...............  Submit response to a                                                          0
                                  complaint. Request
                                  confidential
                                  treatment and respond
                                  to BOEMRE decision.
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110............................  Submit required             Information required after an     .................
                                  information for          investigation is opened against a
                                  BOEMRE to make a        specific entity is exempt under the
                                  decision.                       PRA (5 CFR 1320.4)
114, 115(a)....................  Submit appeal on                                              .................
                                  BOEMRE final decision.
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    Total Burden...............  ......................  .................                  2                 51
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    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 
We have identified a ``non-hour'' cost burden of $7,500, which is a 
nonrefundable fee for each complaint submitted to recover the Federal 
Government's processing costs.
    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: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et 
seq.) 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, on September 20, 
2010, we published a Federal Register notice (75 FR 57285) announcing 
that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided 
the required 60-day comment period. The PRA (5 U.S.C. 1320) informs the 
public that they may comment at any time on the collection of 
information and BOEMRE provides the address to which they should send 
comments. We received one comment, but it did not pertain to the 
information collection; therefore, no change was made in the burden 
estimate.
    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. The 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 
April 28, 2011.
    Public Availability of Comments: 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 Officer: Arlene Bajusz 
(703) 787-1025.

     Dated: March 18, 2011.
George F. Triebsch,
Associate Director, Policy and Management Improvement.
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