[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31617-31618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-13415]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Renewal of Approved Information Collection; OMB Control No. 1004-
0034

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) 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: The OMB is required to respond to this information collection 
request within 60 days but may respond after 30 days. For maximum 
consideration, written comments should be received on or before July 6, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB #1004-0034), 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. You may do so via 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-

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877-8339, to leave a message for Ms. Spencer or Mr. Trimble. You may 
also review the information collection request online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521) and OMB regulations at 5 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. 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)).
    As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the BLM published a 60-day notice 
in the Federal Register on January 8, 2015 (80 FR 1047), and the 
comment period ended March 9, 2015. The BLM received no comments. The 
BLM now 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 1004-0034 in your correspondence. 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/             6,316  30 minutes.................  3,158 hours.
 Oil 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                 7,696  30 minutes.................  3,848 hours.
 and Gas Leases, 43 CFR 3106.4-1,
 Form 3000-3a.
Transfer of Operating Rights/                        1  30 minutes.................  30 minutes.
 Geothermal 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. 2015-13415 Filed 6-2-15; 8:45 am]
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