[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27356-27357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12409]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[OMB Control Number 1010-0176; Docket ID: BOEM-2017-0016]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Renewable 
Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer 
Continental Shelf

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing to renew an 
information collection with revisions.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior by email at [email protected]; or 
via facsimile to 202-395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments 
to the BOEM Information Collection Clearance Officer, Anna Atkinson, 
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, 
Virginia, 20166; or by email to [email protected]. Please 
reference Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1010-
0176 in the subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Anna Atkinson by email, or by telephone at 703-
787-1025. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact 
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
February 11, 2019 (84 FR 3232). No comments were received.
    We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is 
described below. We are especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the 
proper functions of BOEM; (2) will this information be processed and 
used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) 
how might BOEM enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (5) how might BOEM minimize the burden 
of this collection on the respondents, including minimizing the burden 
through the use of information technology?
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of this ICR. 
You should be aware that your entire comment--including your address, 
phone number, email address, or other personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. In order for 
BOEM to withhold from disclosure your personally identifiable 
information, you must identify any information contained in the 
submittal of your comments that, if released, would clearly constitute 
an unwarranted invasion of your personal privacy. You must also briefly 
describe any possible harmful consequences of the disclosure of your 
information, such as embarrassment, injury, or other harm. While you 
can ask us in your comment to withhold your personally identifiable 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    BOEM protects proprietary information in accordance with the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the Department of the 
Interior's FOIA regulations (43 CFR part 2), and 30 CFR 585.113.
    Abstract: This information collection request concerns the 
paperwork requirements in the regulations under 30 CFR part 585, 
Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer 
Continental Shelf (OCS) issued pursuant to the OCS Lands Act, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.). The OCS Lands Act at subsection 8(p) 
(43 U.S.C. 1337(p)) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue 
leases, easements, or rights-of way on the OCS for activities that 
produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of 
energy from sources other than oil and gas, including renewable energy. 
Subsection 8(p) directs the Secretary of the Interior to issue any 
necessary regulations to carry out the OCS renewable energy program. 
The Secretary delegated this authority to BOEM. BOEM has issued 
regulations for OCS renewable energy activities at 30 CFR part 585; 
this notice concerns the reporting and recordkeeping elements required 
under these regulations.
    Respondents are lessees and grantees submitting plans for 
commercial and noncommercial renewable energy projects on the OCS, and, 
if such plans are approved, constructing, operating, maintaining, and 
decommissioning. BOEM must ensure that these activities are carried out 
in a manner that provides for, among other things, safety, protection 
of the environment, and consideration of other users of the OCS. In 
order to execute its duties, BOEM requires information regarding, inter 
alia, potential purchasers of leases, grants, and rights-of-way; their 
proposed activities; and their payments to the Treasury and financial 
assurance.
    BOEM uses forms to collect some information to ensure proper and 
efficient administration of OCS renewable energy leases and grants and 
to document the financial responsibility

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of lessees and grantees. Forms BOEM-0002, BOEM-0003, BOEM-0004, and 
BOEM-0006 are used by renewable energy entities on the OCS to assign a 
lease interest, designate an operator, and assign or relinquish a lease 
or grant. Form BOEM-0005 was designed to be used to document a surety's 
guarantee of the performance of the regulatory obligations of OCS 
lessees and grantees. BOEM maintains the submitted forms as official 
lease and grant records.
    Title of Collection: 30 CFR 585, Renewable Energy and Alternate 
Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0176.
    Form Number:
     BOEM-0002, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy 
Assignment of Grant;
     BOEM-0003, Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal 
OCS Renewable Energy Lease;
     BOEM-0004, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy 
Lease or Grant Relinquishment Application;
     BOEM-0005, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy 
Lessee's, Grantee's, and Operator's Bond; and
     BOEM-0006, Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy 
Lease or Grant Designation of Operator.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Companies interested in renewable 
energy-related uses on the OCS and holders of leases and grants under 
30 CFR part 585.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 265 responses.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 18,783 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory or Required to Obtain or Retain 
a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion or annually.
    Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $3,816,000 non-hour 
costs. The non-hour cost burdens consist of service fees for BOEM 
document/study preparation, costs for paying a contractor instead of 
BOEM, and costs for a site-specific study and report to evaluate the 
cause of harm to natural resources.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The estimated 
annual hour burden for this collection is 18,783 hours. In calculating 
the cost for the hour burdens, we assumed that respondents perform 
certain requirements in the normal course of their activities. We 
consider some information collection activities to be usual and 
customary, and took that into account in estimating the burden.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka,
Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2019-12409 Filed 6-11-19; 8:45 am]
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