[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 76 (Monday, April 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21885-21886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08305]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

[Docket ID BSEE-2019-0010; EEEE500000 20XE1700DX EX1SF0000.EAQ000; OMB 
Control Number 1014-0025]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Application 
for Permit To Drill (APD), Revised APD, Supplemental APD Information 
Sheet, and All Supporting Documentation

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) are proposing 
to renew an information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 20, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Please 
provide a copy of your comments to Kye Mason, BSEE ICCO, 45600 Woodland 
Road, Sterling, VA 20166; or by email to [email protected]. Please 
reference OMB Control Number 1014-0025 in the subject line of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Kye Mason by email at [email protected], or by 
telephone at (703) 787-1607. 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 (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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 
January 22, 2020 (85 FR 3716). One comment was received but was not 
germane to the collection of information.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other 
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are

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especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
    (1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. 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.
    Abstract: Throughout the regulations in 30 CFR part 250, BSEE 
requires the submissions of an Application for Permit to Drill (APD), 
Revised APD, Supplemental APD Information Sheet, and all supporting 
documentation on Forms BSEE-0123 and BSEE-0123S. The BSEE uses the 
information to ensure safe drilling operations and to protect the 
human, marine, and coastal environment. Among other things, BSEE 
specifically uses the information to ensure: the drilling unit is fit 
for the intended purpose; the lessee or operator will not encounter 
geologic conditions that present a hazard to operations; equipment is 
maintained in a state of readiness and meets safety standards; each 
drilling crew is properly trained and able to promptly perform well-
control activities at any time during well operations; compliance with 
safety standards; and the current regulations will provide for safe and 
proper field or reservoir development, resource evaluation, 
conservation, protection of correlative rights, safety, and 
environmental protection. We also review well records to ascertain 
whether drilling operations have encountered hydrocarbons or H2S and to 
ensure that H2S detection equipment, personnel protective equipment, 
and training of the crew are adequate for safe operations in zones 
known to contain H2S and zones where the presence of H2S is unknown. 
Furthermore, we use the information to evaluate the adequacy of a 
lessee's or operator's plan and equipment for drilling, sidetracking, 
or deepening operations. This includes the adequacy of the proposed 
casing design, casing setting depths, drilling fluid (mud) programs, 
cementing programs, and blowout preventer (BOP) systems to ascertain 
that the proposed operations will be conducted in an operationally safe 
manner that provides adequate protection for the environment. BSEE also 
reviews the information to ensure conformance with specific provisions 
of the lease. In addition, except for proprietary data, BSEE is 
required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to make available to 
the public certain information submitted on Forms BSEE-0123 and -0123S.
    Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 250, Application for Permit to 
Drill (APD), Revised APD, Supplemental APD Information Sheet, and all 
supporting documentation.
    OMB Control Number: 1014-0025.
    Form Number: BSEE-0123 and BSEE-0123S.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Potential respondents are comprised of 
Federal OCS oil, gas, and sulfur lessees/operators and holders of 
pipeline rights-of-way.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: Not all the potential 
respondents will submit information at any given time, and some may 
submit multiple times.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 11,327.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: .5 hour to 150 hours, 
depending on activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 77,937.
    Respondent's Obligation: Most responses are mandatory; while others 
are required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion and varies by section.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $4,400,470.
    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).

Amy White,
Acting Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch.
[FR Doc. 2020-08305 Filed 4-17-20; 8:45 am]
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