[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64560-64561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25409]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

[OMB Control Number 1010-0106; Docket ID: BOEM-2017-0016]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Oil Spill 
Financial Responsibility

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 request with revisions.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 23, 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 1010-0106 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, BOEM provides the general public and other Federal 
agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps BOEM assess the 
impact of the information collection requirements and minimize the 
public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand BOEM's 
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 proposed information collection request was 
published on August 23, 2019 (84 FR 44328). No comments were received.
    BOEM is again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is 
described below. BOEM is especially interested in public comment 
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the 
proper functions of BOEM; (2) what can BOEM do to ensure

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this information will 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. BOEM will include or summarize each comment in its 
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 BOEM in your comment to withhold your personally identifiable 
information from public review, BOEM cannot guarantee that it will be 
able to do so.
    BOEM protects proprietary information in accordance with the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and the Department of the 
Interior's implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under 
regulations at 30 CFR parts 550 and 552 promulgated pursuant to the 
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) at 43 U.S.C. 1352(c).
    Abstract: This information collection request concerns the 
paperwork requirements in the regulations in 30 CFR part 553, Oil Spill 
Financial Responsibility 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 forms to collect information to ensure proper and 
efficient administration of Oil Spill Financial Responsibility. BOEM 
collects information to:
     Provide a standard method for establishing eligibility for 
oil spill financial responsibility for offshore facilities;
     Identify and maintain a record of those offshore 
facilities that have a potential oil spill liability;
     Establish and maintain a continuous record of financial 
evidence accepted to assure payment of claims for oil spill cleanup and 
damages resulting from operations conducted on covered offshore 
facilities and the transportation of oil from covered offshore 
facilities;
     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 covered offshore facilities; and
     Establish and maintain a continuous record of persons to 
contact and U.S. Agents for Service of Process for claims associated 
with oil spills from covered offshore facilities.
    Title of Collection: 30 CFR 553, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility 
for Offshore Facilities.
    OMB Control Number: 1010-0106.
    Form Number:
     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.
    Type of Review: Renewal with revisions of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Holders of leases, permits, right-of-
way grants, and right-of-use and easement grants in the OCS and in 
State coastal waters who are responsible parties and/or who will 
appoint designated applicants. Other respondents may be the designated 
applicants' insurance agents and brokers, bonding companies, and 
guarantors. Some respondents may also be claimants.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,823 responses.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 22,133 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion or annual.
    Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: None.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The current 
annual burden hours for this collection are 22,132 hours. BOEM proposes 
to increase the annual burden hours to 22,133 hours to account for a 
requirement under 30 CFR 553.62 not previously counted. BOEM, under 30 
CFR 553.62, requires the designated applicant to notify their 
guarantors and responsible parties within 15 calendar days of receiving 
a claim for removal costs and damages. BOEMs plans to add one annual 
burden hour under 30 CFR 553.62 to account for the burden. The burden 
was not previously counted in this OMB control number, because it was 
thought to overlap with the U.S. Coast Guard's requirements.
    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.

    Authority:  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. 2019-25409 Filed 11-21-19; 8:45 am]
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