[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 157 (Monday, August 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54123-54125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19310]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[OMB Control Number 1010-0106]


Information Collection: Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for 
Offshore Facilities; Proposed Collection for OMB Review; Comment 
Request MMAA104000

ACTION: 60-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 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 for 30 CFR 
553, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities, as 
well as the associated forms. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
has assigned control number 1010-0106 to this information collection.

DATES: Submit written comments by October 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments on this ICR to the BOEM 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of 
Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road,

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Sterling, Virginia 20166 (mail); or [email protected]; or 703-787-
1209 (fax). Please reference OMB Control Number 1010-0106 in your 
comment and include your name and return address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Atkinson, Office of Policy, 
Regulations, and Analysis at 703-787-1025 to request additional 
information about this ICR.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following information pertains to this 
request:
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0106.
    Title: 30 CFR 553, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore 
Facilities.
    Forms:
     BOEM-1016, Designated Applicant Information Collection;
     BOEM-1017, Appointment of Designated Applicant;
     BOEM-1018, Self-Insurance Information;
     BOEM-1019, Insurance Certificate;
     BOEM-1020, Surety Bond;
     BOEM-1021, Covered Offshore Facilities;
     BOEM-1022, Covered Offshore Facility Changes;
     BOEM-1023, Financial Guarantee; and
     BOEM-1025, Independent Designated Applicant Information 
Certification.
    Abstract: This information collection request addresses the 
regulations at 30 CFR 553, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility (OSFR) 
for Offshore Facilities, including any supplementary notices to lessees 
and operators that provide clarification, description, or explanation 
of these regulations, and forms BOEM-1016 through 1023 and BOEM-1025.
    BOEM uses the information collected under 30 CFR 553 to verify 
compliance with section 1016 of the Oil Pollution Act, as amended. The 
information is necessary to confirm that applicants can pay for cleanup 
and damages resulting from oil spills and other hydrocarbon discharges 
that originate from Covered Offshore Facilities.
    The BOEM uses forms to collect some information to ensure proper 
and efficient administration of Oil Spill Financial Responsibility. 
BOEM collects information to:
    1. Provide a standard method for establishing eligibility for oil 
spill financial responsibility (OSFR) for offshore facilities;
    2. Identify and maintain a record of those offshore facilities that 
have a potential oil spill liability;
    3. Establish and maintain a continuous record, over the liability 
term specified in Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, of 
financial evidence and instruments established to pay claims for oil 
spill cleanup and damages resulting from operations conducted on 
offshore facilities and the transportation of oil from offshore 
platforms and wells;
    4. Establish and maintain a continuous record of Responsible 
Parties, as defined in Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and 
their agents or Authorized Representatives for oil spill financial 
responsibility for offshore facilities; and
    5. Establish and maintain a continuous record, over the liability 
term specified in Title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, of persons 
to contact and U.S. Agents for Service of Process for claims associated 
with oil spills from offshore facilities.
    We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary 
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing 
regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under regulations at 30 CFR 550.197, 
``Data and information to be made available to the public or for 
limited inspection.'' No items of a sensitive nature are collected. 
Responses are mandatory.
    Frequency: On occasion or annual.
    Description of Respondents: Holders of leases, permits, and rights 
of use and easement in the Outer Continental Shelf and in State coastal 
waters who will appoint designated applicants. Other respondents will 
be the designated applicants' insurance agents and brokers, bonding 
companies, and guarantors. Some respondents may also be claimants.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The estimated 
annual hour burden for this collection is 22,132 hours. The following 
table details the individual components and respective hour burden 
estimates of this ICR.

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                                                                                  Average number
         Citation 30 CFR 553            Reporting requirement *     Hour burden      of annual     Annual burden
                                                                                     reponses          hours
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Various sections.....................  The burdens for all references to submitting evidence of                0
                                        OSFR, as well as required or supporting information, are
                                        covered with the forms below.
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                                        Applicability and Amount of OSFR
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11(a)(1); 40; 41.....................  Form BOEM-1016--                        1             200             200
                                        Designated Applicant
                                        Information
                                        Certification.
11(a)(1); 40; 41.....................  Form BOEM-1017--                        9             600           5,400
                                        Appointment of
                                        Designated Applicant.
11(a)(2).............................  Form BOEM-1025--                        1             200             200
                                        Independent Designated
                                        Applicant Information
                                        Certification.
12...................................  Request for determination               2               5              10
                                        of OSFR applicability.
                                        Provide required and
                                        supporting information.
15...................................  Notify BOEM of change in                1               1               1
                                        ability to comply.
15(f)................................  Provide claimant written                1              15              15
                                        explanation of denial.
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    Subtotal.........................  .........................  ..............           1,021           5,826
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                                         Methods for Demonstrating OSFR
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21; 22; 23; 24; 26; 27; 30; 40; 41;    Form BOEM-1018--Self-                   1              50              50
 43.                                    Insurance Information,               1.5              25              38
                                        including renewals.
                                       Form BOEM-1023--Financial
                                        Guarantee.
29; 40; 41; 43.......................  Form BOEM-1019--Insurance             120             120          14,400
                                        Certificate.
31; 40; 41; 43.......................  Form BOEM-1020--Surety                 24               4              96
                                        Bond.
32...................................  Proposal and supporting               120               1             120
                                        information for
                                        alternative method to
                                        evidence OSFR
                                        (anticipate no
                                        proposals, but
                                        regulations provide the
                                        opportunity).
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    Subtotal.........................  .........................  ..............             200          14,704
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                                  Requirements for Submitting OSFR Information
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40; 41; 43...........................  Form BOEM-1021--Covered                 6             200           1,200
                                        Offshore Facilities.
40; 41; 42...........................  Form BOEM-1022--Covered                 1             400             400
                                        Offshore Facility
                                        Changes.
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    Subtotal.........................  .........................  ..............             600           1,600
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                                 Claims for Oil-Spill Removal Costs and Damages
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Subpart F............................  Claims: BOEM is not involved in the claims process.                     0
                                        Assessment of burden for claims against the Oil Spill
                                        Liability Trust Fund (30 CFR parts 135, 136, 137) falls
                                        under the responsibility of the U.S. Coast Guard.
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60(d)................................  Claimant request for BOEM               2               1               2
                                        assistance to determine
                                        whether a guarantor may
                                        be liable for a claim.
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    Subtotal.........................  .........................  ..............               1               2
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        Total Burden.................  .........................  ..............           1,822          22,132
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* In the future, BOEM may require specified electronic filing of financial/bonding submissions.

    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: We have 
identified no reporting and recordkeeping non-hour cost burdens for 
this collection.
    Public Disclosure Statement: 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 BOEM 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.
    Comments: The BOEM will request a 3-year term of approval for this 
information collection 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 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.
    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 costs or annual 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: (a) Before October 1, 
1995; (b) to comply with requirements not associated with the 
information collection; (c) for reasons other than to provide 
information or keep records for the Government; or (d) 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 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.

    Dated: August 8, 2016.
Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka,
Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and Analysis.
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