[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5038-5039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01577]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Natural Resources Revenue

[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0006; DS63644000 DRT000000.CH7000 234D1113RT OMB 
Control Number 1012-0009]


Agency Information Collection Activities: OCS Net Profit Share 
Payment

AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (``ONRR''), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(``PRA''), ONRR is proposing to renew an information collection. 
Through this Information Collection Request (``ICR''), ONRR seeks 
renewed authority to collect information necessary to determine net 
profit share payments due the United States pursuant to Outer 
Continental Shelf (``OCS'') oil and gas leases.

DATES: You must submit your written comments on or before March 27, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: All comment submissions must (1) reference ``OMB Control 
Number 1012-0009'' in the subject line; (2) be sent to ONRR before the 
close of the comment period listed under DATES; and (3) be sent using 
the following method:
     Electronically via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: Please 
visit https://www.regulations.gov. In the Search Box, enter the Docket 
ID Number for this ICR renewal (``ONRR-2011-0006'') and click 
``search'' to view the publications associated with the docket folder. 
Locate the document with an open comment period and click the ``Comment 
Now!'' button. Follow the prompts to submit your comment prior to the 
close of the comment period.
    Docket: To access the docket folder to view the ICR Federal 
Register publications, go to https://www.regulations.gov and search 
``ONRR-2011-0006'' to view renewal notices recently published in the 
Federal Register, publications associated with prior renewals, and 
applicable public comments received for this ICR. ONRR will make the 
comments submitted in response to this notice available for public 
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov.
    OMB ICR Data: OMB also maintains information on ICR renewals and 
approvals. You may access this information at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRASearch. Please use the following instructions: Under the 
``OMB Control Number'' heading enter ``1012-0009'' and click the 
``Search'' button located at the bottom of the page. To view the ICR 
renewal or OMB approval status, click on the latest entry (based on the 
most recent date). On the ``View ICR--OIRA Conclusion'' page, check the 
box next to ``All'' to display all available ICR information provided 
by OMB.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, please contact Aaron Lindquist, Data Intake, 
Solutioning, and Coordination, ONRR, by email at 
[email protected] or by telephone at (303) 231-3020. Individuals 
in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United 
States should use the relay services offered within their country to 
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et 
seq., and 5 CFR 1320.5, all information collections, as defined in 5 
CFR 1320.3, require approval by OMB. ONRR may not conduct or sponsor, 
and you are not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    As part of ONRR's continuing effort to reduce paperwork and 
respondent

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burdens, ONRR is inviting the public and other Federal agencies to 
comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of 
information in accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). This 
helps ONRR to assess the impact of its information collection 
requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps 
the public understand ONRR's information collection requirements and 
provide the requested data in the desired format.
    ONRR is especially interested in public comments addressing the 
following:
    (1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of ONRR's 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. ONRR will include or summarize each comment in its 
request to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 ONRR in your comment to 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, ONRR 
cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.
    (a) Abstract--General Information: The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 
Management Act of 1982 (``FOGRMA'') directs the Secretary of the 
Interior (``Secretary'') to ``establish a comprehensive inspection, 
collection and fiscal and production accounting and auditing system to 
provide the capability to accurately determine oil and gas royalties, 
interest, fines, penalties, fees, deposits, and other payments owed, 
and to collect and account for such amounts in a timely manner.'' See 
30 U.S.C. 1711. ONRR performs these and other mineral revenue 
management responsibilities for the Secretary. See U.S. Department of 
the Interior Departmental Manual, 112 DM 34.1 (Sept. 9, 2020).
    Through this ICR, ONRR seeks continuing authority to collect 
information necessary to perform its delegated mineral revenue 
management responsibilities for Net Profit Share Leases (``NPSLs''). 
The NPSLs are OCS leases that provide for the payment to the United 
States of a percentage of the net profits from oil and gas production. 
See 30 CFR part 1220. The requirement to report the collected 
information accurately and timely is mandatory.
    (b) Information Collections: Title 30 CFR part 1220 requires an 
NPSL lessee to maintain and provide the following categories of 
information.
    (1) NPSL Capital Accounts and Reports: Sections 1220.010 and 
1220.021 require the lessee to establish and maintain a capital account 
for each NPSL. These sections require the lessee to credit the capital 
account with all production revenues attributable to the NPSL and any 
other credits arising from NPSL activities. The sections also require 
the lessee to debit the account with all allowable direct and allocable 
joint costs incurred during the term of the lease, appropriate overhead 
allowances, and allowances for capital recovery.
    Section 1220.031(a) requires the lessee to file annual reports with 
ONRR regarding the costs incurred until production revenues are 
credited to the capital account. Once production revenues are credited 
to the account, Sec.  1220.031(b) requires the lessee to file monthly 
reports with ONRR. That section requires the monthly reports to include 
the volume and disposition of all oil and gas production saved, 
removed, or sold, the production revenue, the amount and description of 
all costs and credits to the NPSL capital account, the balance of the 
NPSL capital account, the net profit share base and net profit share 
payment due the United States, and the monthly profit share of the 
lessee. Section 1220.031(e) requires the lessee to file a final report 
with ONRR upon cessation of production indicating the remaining balance 
and costs and credits to the NPSL capital account.
    (2) NPSL Inventories: Section 1220.032(a) and (b) require the 
lessee to take inventories of NPSL equipment, apparatus, and supplies 
at reasonable intervals not to exceed three years. Section 1220.032(b) 
requires the lessee to notify BOEM of its intent to take inventory so 
that BOEM's Director may be represented at the inventory taking. 
Section 1220.032(d) requires the lessee to reconcile the physical 
inventory with the NPSL capital account and to make a list of overages 
and shortages available to the BOEM Director for audit. Section 
1220.031(d) requires the lessee to file an inventory report following 
the inventory taking.
    (3) NPSL Records and Audits: Section 1220.030(a) requires an NPSL 
lessee to establish and maintain certain records related to the NPSL. 
Section 1220.033(e) authorizes ONRR to inspect these records during 
normal business hours upon request. Section 1220.033(a) authorizes ONRR 
to audit accounts of the NPSL lessee or its contractor related to NPSL 
operations. Where possible, Sec.  1220.033(a) requires ONRR to 
coordinate its audit with audit efforts of other nonoperators, if any. 
Section 1220.033(b)(1) requires nonoperators of the NPSL lease to 
notify ONRR of an audit call so that it may elect to send an auditor 
with the nonoperator's audit team in lieu of a separate audit call.
    Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 1220, OCS Net Profit Share Payment 
Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 1012-0009.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 9 lessees.
    All nine lessees report monthly because all current NPSLs are in 
producing status. ONRR estimates that these lessees will file a total 
of 180 monthly reports annually. ONRR excluded estimates of certain 
requirements performed in the normal course of business that are 
considered usual and customary.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 180.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,584 hours.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 9 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Frequency of Collection: Monthly, annually, and on occasion.
    Estimated Annual Non-hour Cost Burden: ONRR has identified no 
``non-hour'' cost burden associated with the collection of information.
    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 PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).

Howard Cantor,
Acting Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
[FR Doc. 2023-01577 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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