[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1284-1285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31999]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

30 CFR Part 250

[Docket ID: BSEE-2016-0003; 17XE1700DX EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000]
RIN 1014-AA31


Oil, Gas, and Sulfur Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf--
Adjustments to Cost Recovery Fees

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of comment period for notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is 
extending the public comment period on the proposed rule regarding 
adjustments to cost recovery fees, which was published in the Federal 
Register on November 17, 2016 (81 FR 81033). The original public 
comment period would have ended on January 17, 2017. However, BSEE has 
received multiple requests from various stakeholders to extend the 
comment period. BSEE has reviewed the extension requests and determined 
that a 30-day comment period extension--to February 16, 2017--is 
appropriate.

DATES: Written comments must be received by the extended due date of 
February 16, 2017. BSEE may not fully consider comments received after 
this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the rulemaking by any of the 
following methods. Please use the Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 
1014-AA31 as an identifier in your comments. See also Public 
Availability of Comments under Procedural Matters.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In 
the entry titled Enter Keyword or ID, enter BSEE-2016-0003 then click 
search. Follow the instructions to submit public comments and view 
supporting and related materials available for this rulemaking. BSEE 
may post all submitted comments.
     Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the 
Interior (DOI); Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; 
Attention: Regulations and Standards Branch; Mail Code VAE ORP; 45600 
Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166. Please reference Proposed Adjustment 
of Service Fees Relating to the Regulation of Oil, Gas, and Sulfur

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Activities on the Outer Continental Shelf, AA31, in your comments and 
include your name and return address.
     Comments on the information collection contained in this 
proposed rule are separate from those on the substance of the proposed 
rule. Send comments on the information collection burden in this rule 
to: OMB, Interior Desk Officer, 202-395-5806 (fax); email 
[email protected]. Please also send a copy to BSEE at 
[email protected], fax number (703) 787-1546, or by the address listed 
above.
     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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberly Monaco, Budget Analyst, 
Office of Budget at (703) 787-1658, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BSEE published a proposed rulemaking to 
adjust its cost recovery fees on November 17, 2016 (81 FR 81033). The 
proposed rule would adjust 31 existing cost recovery fees and pre-
production site visits for services BSEE provides when it receives a 
plan, application, permit, or other request from non-Federal 
recipients, including the acceptable payment type for each service. The 
proposed rule also proposed new fees for certain pre-production site 
visits to support the review and approval of production safety system 
facilities offshore and in shipyards. The proposed rule identified when 
credit cards or electronic checks for payment of fees would be 
acceptable.
    Upon publication of the proposed rule, BSEE received several 
written requests from oil and gas companies and industry groups asking 
BSEE to extend the comment period on the proposed rule by an additional 
30 days. BSEE has considered those requests and the reason provided and 
has determined that an additional 30 days is reasonable and 
appropriate. Accordingly, BSEE is extending its original 60-day comment 
period by an additional 30 days, from January 17, 2017, to February 16, 
2017.

    Dated: December 27, 2016.
Brian Salerno,
Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 2016-31999 Filed 1-4-17; 8:45 am]
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