[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1047-1048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00070]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO301000.L13400000.PQ0000.LXSIGEOT0000.15X]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection; Control Number 1004-
0034

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) invites public comments on, and plans to request 
approval to continue, the collection of information about transfers and 
assignments of leases for oil, gas, and geothermal resources. The 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has assigned control number 1004-
0034 to this information collection.

DATES: Please submit comments on the proposed information collection by 
March 9, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or electronic mail. 
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 202-245-0050. Electronic mail: 
[email protected]. Please indicate ``Attn: 1004-0034'' regardless 
of the form of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Spencer at 202-912-7146 (oil 
and gas) or Lorenzo Trimble at 775-861-6567 (geothermal resources). 
Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf may call the 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339, to leave a message 
for Ms. Spencer or Mr. Trimble.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which 
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521, require that interested members of the public and affected 
agencies be given an opportunity to comment on information collection 
and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)). 
This notice identifies an information collection that the BLM plans to 
submit to OMB for approval. The Paperwork Reduction Act 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.
    The BLM will request a 3-year term of approval for this information 
collection

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activity. Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the collection of 
information for the performance of the functions of the agency; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's burden estimates; (3) Ways to enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 
Ways to minimize the information collection burden on respondents, such 
as the use of automated means of collection of the information. A 
summary of the public comments will accompany our submission of the 
information collection requests to OMB.
    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.
    The following information pertains to this request:
    Title: Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources: Transfers and 
Assignments.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0034.
    Summary: When a holder of a Federal lease for oil, gas, or 
geothermal resources assigns the lease or transfers the operating 
rights, the BLM must collect information about that transaction. Each 
assignment or transfer is a contract between private parties but must 
be approved by the BLM under the relevant statutory authority.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Forms:
     Form 3000-3, Assignment of Record Title Interest in a 
Lease for Oil and Gas or Geothermal Resources; and
     Form 3000-3a, Transfer of Operating Rights (Sublease) in a 
Lease for Oil and Gas or Geothermal Resources.
    Description of Respondents: Lessees who want to assign record title 
interest or transfer operating rights in a Federal lease for oil and 
gas or geothermal resources.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 14,041.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 7,020.5.
    Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: $1,263,690.
    The estimated annual burdens are itemized in the following table:

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                                           B. Number of                                D. Total time (column B x
          A. Type of response               responses        C. Time per response              column C)
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Assignment of Record Title Interest/Oil           6,316   30 minutes                  3,158 hours
 and Gas Leases 43 CFR 3106.4-1 Form
 3000-3.
Assignment of Record Title Interest/                 28   30 minutes                  14 hours
 Geothermal Resources 43 CFR 3216.14
 Form 3000-3.
Transfer of Operating Rights/Oil and              7,696   30 minutes                  3,848 hours
 Gas Leases 43 CFR 3106.4-1 Form 3000-
 3a.
Transfer of Operating Rights/Geothermal               1   30 minutes                  30 minutes
 Resources 43 CFR 3216.14 Form 3000-3a.
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    Totals.............................          14,041                               7,020.5 hours
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Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-00070 Filed 1-7-15; 8:45 am]
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