98-123. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of Management and Budget Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 253-254]
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[FR Doc No: 98-123]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of 
Management and Budget Review; Comment Request

    Title: Training and Outreach Evaluation Questionnaires
    Comments: This collection of information has been submitted to the 
Office of Management and Budget for approval. In compliance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Section 3506(c)(2)(A), we are 
notifying

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you, members of the public and affected agencies, of this collection of 
information and are inviting your comments. Is this information 
collection necessary for us to properly do our job? Have we accurately 
estimated the public's burden for responding to this collection? Can we 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information we 
collect? Can we lessen the burden of this information collection on the 
respondents by using automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology?
    Comments should be made directly to the Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Interior Department, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503; telephone (202) 
395-7340. Copies of these comments should also be sent to us. The U.S. 
Postal Service address is Minerals Management Service, Royalty 
Management Program, Rules and Publications Staff, P.O. Box 25165, MS 
3021, Denver, Colorado, 80225-0165; the courier address is Building 85, 
Room A-613, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225; and the e-
Mail address is [e-mail]. OMB has up to 60 days to approve 
or disapprove the information collection but may respond after 30 days; 
therefore, public comments should be submitted to OMB within 30 days in 
order to assure their maximum consideration.
    Copies of the proposed information collection and related 
explanatory material may be obtained by contacting Dennis C. Jones, 
Rules and Publications Staff, telephone [phone], FAX (303) 231-
3385, e-Mail [e-mail].

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before February 4, 
1998.

SUMMARY: The Royalty Management Program (RMP) provides training and 
outreach sessions to its constituents to facilitate their compliance 
with laws and regulations and to ensure that constituents are well 
informed. During the last few minutes of each training or outreach 
session, RMP asks participants to complete and return evaluation 
questionnaires. Participant response is voluntary. We use the feedback 
from these questionnaires to enhance future training and outreach 
sessions and to improve RMP's overall service.
    Description of Respondents: Oil and gas and solid minerals 
reporters, individual Indian minerals owners, Indian tribes, State and 
tribal auditors, Federal Government financial and systems contractors, 
and Federal Government employees.
    Frequency of Response: At the end of training/outreach sessions.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 6 minutes.
    Annual Responses: 1,260 responses.
    Annual Burden Hours: 126 hours.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach, [phone].

    Dated: November 19, 1997.
Joan Killgore,
Acting Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 98-123 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]
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