[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4414-4415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00759]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLAK930000.L13100000.PP0000]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection; OMB Control No. 1004-
0196

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 from participants 
in the oil and gas leasing program within the National Petroleum 
Reserve--Alaska (NPRA). The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 
assigned control number 1004-0196 to this information collection.

DATES: Please submit comments on the proposed information collection by 
March 14, 2017.

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: 1004-0196'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Svejnoha at 907-271-4407. 
Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf may call the 
Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message for Mr. 
Svejnoha.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR 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 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.
    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 is provided for the information 
collection:
    Title: Oil and Gas Leasing: National Petroleum Reserve--Alaska.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0196.
    Summary: This control number applies to the National Petroleum 
Reserve--Alaska (NPRA). In accordance with the Naval Petroleum Reserve 
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6501-6508) and regulations at 43 CFR part 
3130, the BLM may authorize participation in an NPRA unit agreement. 
Participants in such an agreement are required to comply with routine 
data submissions that are used to document drilling and production and 
ensure compliance with the unit agreement, lease terms, regulations, 
Onshore Oil and Gas Orders, Notices to Lessees, lease stipulations, or 
conditions of approval. In addition, participants in such an agreement 
may apply for reduction of royalty, suspension of operations or 
production, or a subsurface storage agreement.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Forms: None.
    Description of Respondents: Participants in the oil and gas leasing 
program within the NPRA.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 21.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 218 hours.
    Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: None.
    The estimated burdens are itemized in the following table:

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                                           Number of                                    Total time (Column B x
           Type of response                responses         Time per response                Column C)
A.                                                  B.  C..........................  D.
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Royalty reduction (43 CFR 3133.4).....               1  16 hours...................  16 hours.
Suspension of operations (43 CFR                     1  4 hours....................  4 hours.
 3135.3).
Notification of operations (43 CFR                   2  15 minutes.................  30 minutes.
 3135.6).
Unit designation (43 CFR 3137.21 and                 1  80 hours...................  80 hours.
 3137.23).
Notification of unit approval (43 CFR                1  1 hour.....................  1 hour.
 3137.25).
Certification for modification (43 CFR               1  4 hours....................  4 hours.
 3137.52).
Acceptable bonding (43 CFR 3137.60)...               1  30 minutes.................  30 minutes.
Change of unit operator (43 CFR                      1  1 hour.....................  1 hour.
 3137.61).
Certification of unit obligation (43                 1  2 hours....................  2 hours.
 CFR 3137.70).
Certification of continuing                          1  2 hours....................  2 hours.
 development (43 CFR 3137.71).
Productivity for a participating area                1  12 hours...................  12 hours.
 (43 CFR 3137.84).
Unleased tracts (43 CFR 3137.87)......               1  3 hours....................  3 hours.
Notification of productivity (43 CFR                 1  30 minutes.................  30 minutes.
 3137.88).
Notification of productivity for non-                1  30 minutes.................  30 minutes.
 unit well (43 CFR 3137.91).
Production information (43 CFR                       1  1 hour.....................  1 hour.
 3137.92).
Lease extension (43 CFR 3137.111).....               1  3 hours....................  3 hours.
Inability to conduct operations                      1  2 hours....................  2 hours.
 activities (43 CFR 3137.112).
Unit termination (43 CFR 3137.130)....               1  1 hour.....................  1 hour.
Impact mitigation (43 CFR 3137.135)...               1  4 hours....................  4 hours.
Storage agreement (43 CFR 3138.11)....               1  80 hours...................  80 hours.
    Totals............................              21  ...........................  218 hours.
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Mark Purdy,
Bureau of Land Management, Management Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2017-00759 Filed 1-12-17; 8:45 am]
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