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AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend existing approvals to collect certain information from lessees, operators, record title holders, operating rights owners, and the general public on oil and gas and operations on Federal lands.
DATES:
You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or before January 20, 2009. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments postmarked or received after the above date.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Director (630), Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop 401 LS, 1849 C St., NW., (Attention: 1004-0185), Washington, DC 20240.
Personal or messenger delivery: 1620 L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington, DC 20036.
E-mail: information_collection@blm.gov (Attn.: 1004-0185).
Comments will be available for public review at the L Street address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Start Further InfoFOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
You may contact Barbara Gamble, Division of Fluid Minerals, on (202) 452-0338 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to contact Ms. Gamble.
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5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a collection of information to solicit comments on:
(1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper functioning of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we use;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who are required to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA), 30 U.S.C. 191 et seq., gives the Secretary of the Interior responsibility for oil and gas leasing on approximately 570 million acres of public lands and national forests, and private lands where the mineral rights are reserved by the Federal government. The Act of May 21, 1930 (30 U.S.C. 301-306), authorizes the leasing of oil and gas deposits under railroads and other rights-of-way. The Act of August 7, 1947 (Mineral Leasing Act of Acquired Lands), authorizes the Secretary to lease lands acquired by the United States (30 U.S.C. 341-359). The regulations under 43 CFR part 3000 et al. authorize BLM to manage the oil and gas leasing and exploration activities. Without the information, BLM would not be able to analyze and approve oil and gas leasing and exploration activities.
BLM collects nonform information on oil and gas leasing and exploration activities when the lessee, record title holder, operating rights owner, or operator files any of the following information for BLM to adjudicate:
43 CFR Information collection requirements Reporting Total hours Number of responses hours per respondent 3100.3-1 Notice of option holdings 30 1 30 3100.3-3 Option statement 50 1 50 3101.2-4(a) Excess acreage petition 10 1 10 3101.2-6 Showings statement 10 1.5 15 31.1.3-1 Joinder evidence statement 50 1 50 Start Printed Page 70364 3103.4-1 Waiver, suspension, reduction of rental, etc 20 2 40 3105.2 Communitization or drilling agreement 150 2 300 3105.3 Operating, drilling, development contracts interest statement 50 2 100 3105.4 Joint operations; transportation of oil applications 20 1 20 3105.5 Subsurface storage application 50 1 50 3106.8-1 Heirs and devisee statement 40 1 40 3106.8-2 Change of name report 60 1 60 3106.8-3 Corporate merger notice 100 2 200 3107.8 Lease renewal application 30 1 30 3108.1 Relinquishments 150 0.5 75 3108.2 Reinstatement petition 500 0.5 250 3109.1 Leasing under rights-of-way application 20 1 20 3120.1-1(e) Lands available for leasing 280 2.5 700 3120.1-3 Protests and appeals 90 1.5 135 3152.1 Oil and gas exploration in Alaska application 20 1 20 3152.6 Data collection 20 1 20 3152.7 Completion of operations report 20 1 20 Totals 1,770 2,235 BLM collects the information in the regulations that address oil and gas drainage and no form is required.
Type of drainage analysis Number of analyses Hours Preliminary 1,000 2,000 Detailed 100 2,400 Additional 10 200 Total 1,110 4,600 Based upon our experience managing oil and gas activities, we estimate for the information collection 2,880 responses per year with an annual information burden of 6,835 hours.
BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.
Start SignatureDated: November 13, 2008.
Ted Hudson,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. E8-27630 Filed 11-19-08; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 11/20/2008
- Department:
- Land Management Bureau
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice and request for comments.
- Document Number:
- E8-27630
- Pages:
- 70363-70364 (2 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- LLWO32000. L13100000.PC0000.24-1A
- PDF File:
- e8-27630.pdf