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B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed 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 the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

Dated: September 17, 2014. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[RR04000000, 144R0680R1, 

RR.17549897.2014001.02] 

Draft Environmental Assessment of 

the Proposed Olmsted Hydroelectric 

Power Plant Replacement Project 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Water and Science Central 

Utah Project Completion Act Office, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior and the Central Utah Water 

Conservancy District, as joint leads, are 

evaluating the impacts of a proposed 

replacement of the Olmsted 

Hydroelectric Power Plant, and have 

prepared an associated Draft 

Environmental Assessment for public 

review. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

Draft Environmental Assessment by 

October 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

the Draft Environmental Assessment to 

Mr. Chris Elison, 355 W. University 

Parkway, Orem, UT 84058–7303; by 

email to chrise@cuwcd.com; or by 

facsimile to 801–226–7150. 

Copies of the Draft Environmental 

Assessment are available for inspection 

at: 

• Central Utah Water Conservancy 

District, 355 West University 

Parkway, Orem, Utah 84058–7303 

• Department of the Interior, Central 

Utah Project Completion Act Office, 

302 East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 

84606 

In addition, the document is available 

at www.cuwcd.com, www.cupcao.gov, or 

www.cuwcd.com/olmsted/index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

W. Russ Findlay, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act Office, 302 East 1860 

South, Provo, Utah 84606; by calling 

801–379–1084; or email at wfindlay@

usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of the Interior, and Central 

Utah Water Conservancy District are 

publishing this notice pursuant to 

Section 102(2)(c) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended. The Draft Environmental 

Assessment presents analysis of the 

anticipated environmental effects of a 

proposed replacement of the Olmsted 

Hydroelectric Power Plant. The 

Proposed Action in the Draft 

Environmental Assessment includes: 

Constructing a new powerhouse, 

replacing the penstocks, modifying 

existing operations to utilize the 10 

million gallon Olmsted Flow 

Equalization Reservoir, marketing the 

power generated, constructing operation 

and maintenance facilities, and 

improving access to the site. 

We are requesting public comment on 

the Draft Environmental Assessment. 

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. 

Dated: August 26, 2014. 

Reed R. Murray, 

Program Director, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act, Department of the Interior. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2014–0005; OMB Control 

Number 1014–0015; 14XE1700DX 

EEEE500000 EX1SF0000.DAQ000] 

Information Collection Activities: 

Unitization; Submitted for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

ACTION: 30-day Notice. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), BSEE is notifying the public that 

we have submitted to OMB an 

information collection request (ICR) for 

review approval of the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

Subpart M, Unitization. This notice also 

provides the public a second 

opportunity to comment on the revised 

paperwork burden of these regulatory 

requirements. 

DATES: You must submit comments by 

October 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either 

fax (202) 395–5806 or email 

(OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov) 

directly to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior (1014–0015). Please provide a 

copy of your comments to BSEE by any 

of the means below. 

• Electronically go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter BSEE–2014–0005 then click 

search. Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view all 

related materials. We will post all 

comments. 

• Email nicole.mason@bsee.gov, fax 

(703) 787–1546, or mail or hand-carry 

comments to the Department of the 

Interior; Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement; 

Regulations and Standards Branch; 

ATTN: Nicole Mason; 381 Elden Street, 

HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. 

Please reference ICR 1014–0015 in your 

comment and include your name and 

return address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Mason, Regulations and 

Standards Branch, (703) 787–1605, to 

request additional information about 

this ICR. To see a copy of the entire ICR 

submitted to OMB, go to http:// 

www.reginfo.gov (select Information 

Collection Review, Currently Under 

Review). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart M, 

Unitization. 


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OMB Control Number: 1014–0015. 

Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 

1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), 

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) to prescribe rules and 

regulations to administer leasing of the 

OCS. Section 1334(a) specifies that the 

Secretary ‘‘provide for the prevention of 

waste and conservation of the natural 

resources of the [O]uter Continental 

Shelf, and the protection of correlative 

rights therein’’ and include provisions 

for ‘‘unitization, pooling, and drilling 

agreements.’’ 

In addition to the general rulemaking 

authority of the OCS Lands Act at 43 

U.S.C. 1334, section 301(a) of the 

Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

Management Act (FOGRMA), 30 U.S.C. 

1751(a), grants authority to the Secretary 

to prescribe such rules and regulations 

as are reasonably necessary to carry out 

FOGRMA’s provisions. While the 

majority of FOGRMA is directed to 

royalty collection and enforcement, 

some provisions apply to offshore 

operations. For example, section 108 of 

FOGRMA, 30 U.S.C. 1718, grants the 

Secretary broad authority to inspect 

lease sites for the purpose of 

determining whether there is 

compliance with the mineral leasing 

laws. Section 109(c)(2) and (d)(1), 30 

U.S.C. 1719(c)(2) and (d)(1), impose 

substantial civil penalties for failure to 

permit lawful inspections and for 

knowing or willful preparation or 

submission of false, inaccurate, or 

misleading reports, records, or other 

information. Because the Secretary has 

delegated some of the authority under 

FOGRMA to BSEE, 30 U.S.C. 1751 is 

included as additional authority for 

these requirements. 

The Independent Offices 

Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the 

Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 

104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26, 

1996), and the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) Circular A–25, 

authorize Federal agencies to recover 

the full cost of services that confer 

special benefits. Under the Department 

of the Interior’s (DOI’s) implementing 

policy, BSEE is required to charge fees 

for services that provide special benefits 

or privileges to an identifiable nonFederal recipient above and beyond 

those which accrue to the public at 

large. Voluntary or revised unitization 

requests are required in Subpart M and 

are subject to cost recovery; BSEE 

regulations specify service fees for these 

requests. 

These authorities and responsibilities 

are among those delegated to BSEE. The 

regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart M, 

concern the regulatory requirements 

relating to unitization on the OCS and 

are the subject of this collection. 

Responses are voluntary, mandatory, 

and are required to obtain or retain 

benefits. No questions of a sensitive 

nature are asked. The BSEE protects 

information considered proprietary 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and DOI’s regulations (43 

CFR 2), and under regulations at 30 CFR 

part 250.197, Data and information to 

be made available to the public or for 

limited inspection, 30 CFR part 252, 

OCS Oil and Gas Information Program. 

The BSEE must approve any lessee’s 

proposal to enter an agreement to 

unitize operations under two or more 

leases and for modifications when 

warranted. We use the information to 

ensure that operations under the 

proposed unit agreement will result in 

preventing waste, conserving natural 

resources, and protecting correlative 

rights including the government’s 

interests. 

Frequency: Generally on occasion. 

Description of Respondents: Potential 

respondents comprise Federal OCS oil, 

gas, and sulphur lessees and/or 

operators, and holders of pipeline 

rights-of-way. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The 

estimated annual hour burden for this 

information collection is a total of 5,772 

hours. The following chart details the 

individual components and estimated 

hour burdens. In calculating the 

burdens, we assumed that respondents 

perform certain requirements in the 

normal course of their activities. We 

consider these to be usual and 

customary and took that into account in 

estimating the burden. 

BURDEN BREAKDOWN

Citation 

30 CFR 250 

Subpart M 

Recordkeeping and reporting requirement Hour burden Average number 

annual responses Annual burden hours 

Non-hour cost burdens * 

Requests 

1301 ........................... Description of requirements ........................... Burden included in the following sections 0 

1301(d), (f)(3), (g)(1), 

(g)(2)(ii).

Request suspension of production or operations.Burden covered under Subpart A [1014–0022] 0 

1302(b) ....................... Request preliminary determination on competitive reservoir.116 ............................. 1 request .................... 116 

1304(b) ....................... Request compulsory unitization, including 

submitting unit agreement, unit operating 

agreement, initial plan of operation, obtain 

approval of Regional Supervisor if required, and supporting data; serving nonconsenting lessees with documents.

234 ............................. 1 request .................... 234 

1304(d) ....................... Request hearing on required unitization ........ 1 ................................. 1 request .................... 1 

Subtotal 3 responses ............... 351 

Submittals 

1302(b) ....................... Submit concurrence or objection on competitiveness with supporting evidence.47 ............................... 1 request .................... 47 


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BURDEN BREAKDOWN—Continued 

Citation 

30 CFR 250 

Subpart M 

Recordkeeping and reporting requirement Hour burden Average number 

annual responses Annual burden hours 

1302(c), (d) ................ Submit joint plan of operations, supplemental 

plans, or a separate plan if agreement 

cannot be reached.

68 ............................... 1 plan ......................... 68 

1303; 1304 ................. * Submit revisions or modifications to unit 

agreement, unit operating agreement, plan 

of operation, change of unit operator, etc.

15 ............................... 41 revs/mods ............. 615 

$896 fees × 41 revisions/modifications = $36,736. 

1303; 1304 ................. * Submit initial, and revisions to, participating 

area.

76 ............................... 9 submissions ............ 684 

1304(d) ....................... Submit statement at hearing on compulsory 

unitization.

5 ................................. 1 statement ................ 5 

1304(e) ....................... Pay for and submit three copies of verbatim 

transcript of hearing.

1 ................................. 1 submission .............. 1 

Court reporter and 3 transcript copies for 1 hearing = $500. 

Subtotal 54 responses ............. 1,420 

$37,236 non-hour cost burdens. 

General 

1303 ........................... Apply for voluntary unitization, including submitting unit agreement, unit operating 

agreement, initial plan of operation, obtain 

approval of Regional Supervisor if required, and supporting data; request for 

variance from model agreement and other 

related requirements.

500 ............................. 8 apps/plans .............. 4,000 

$12,619 fee × 8 applications/plans = $100,952. 

1304(f) ........................ Appeal final order of compulsory unitization .. Exempt as defined in 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2), (c) 0 

1300–1304 ................. General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered 

elsewhere in subpart M regulations.

1 ................................. 1 requests .................. 1 

Subtotal 9 responses ............... 4,001 

$100,952 non-hour cost burdens. 

Total Burden 66 Responses ............ 5,772 

$138,188 Non-Hour Cost Burdens. 

* These requirements are specified in each Unit Agreement. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified three non-hour cost 

burdens associated with this 

information collection. Section 

250.1303 requires respondents to pay 

filing fees when (1) applying for a 

voluntary unitization proposal or unit 

expansion ($12,619), as well as a (2) 

unitization revision ($896). The filing 

fees are required to recover the Federal 

Government’s processing costs. Section 

250.1304(d) provides an opportunity for 

parties notified of compulsory 

unitization to request a hearing; 

therefore § 250.1304(e) requires the 

party seeking the compulsory 

unitization to (3) pay for the court 

reporter and three copies of the 

verbatim transcript of the hearing 

(approximately $500). 

It should be noted there have been no 

such hearings in the recent past, and 

none are expected in the near future. We 

have not identified any other non-hour 

cost burdens associated with this 

collection of information. We estimate a 

total reporting non-hour cost burden of 

$138,188. Refer to the chart in Section 

A.12 of this supporting statement for the 

specific breakdown. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,) provides that 

an agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.,) 

requires each agency ‘‘. . . to provide 

notice . . . and otherwise consult with 

members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information . . .’’ Agencies 

must specifically solicit comments to: 

(a) Evaluate whether the collection is 

necessary or useful; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) enhance 

the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and (d) 

minimize the burden on the 


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respondents, including the use of 

technology. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, on May 19, 2014, 

we published a Federal Register notice 

(79 FR 28758) announcing that we 

would submit this ICR to OMB for 

approval. The notice provided the 

required 60-day comment period. In 

addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB 

Control Number for the information 

collection requirements imposed by the 

30 CFR 250, Subpart M regulations. The 

regulation also informs the public that 

they may comment at any time on the 

collections of information and provides 

the address to which they should send 

comments. We received no comments in 

response to the Federal Register notice. 

Public Availability of Comments: 

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. 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer: Cheryl Blundon, 703–787–1607. 

Dated: September 4, 2014. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R9–ES–2011–0099; 

FF09E40000 145 FXES11150900000] 

RIN 1018–AY29 

Policy Regarding Voluntary Prelisting 

Conservation Actions 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Announcement of draft policy; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On July 22, 2014, we, the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, announced a 

draft policy on crediting voluntary 

conservation actions taken for species 

prior to their listing under the 

Endangered Species Act. The proposed 

policy seeks to give landowners, 

government agencies, and others 

incentives to carry out voluntary 

conservation actions for nonlisted 

species by allowing the benefits to the 

species from a voluntary conservation 

action undertaken prior to listing under 

the Act to be used—either by the person 

who undertook such action or by a third 

party—to mitigate or to serve as a 

compensatory measure for the 

detrimental effects of another action 

undertaken after listing. This draft 

policy, if adopted, would help us 

further our efforts to protect native 

species and conserve the ecosystems on 

which they depend. 

We announce the extension of the 

comment period for our July 22, 2014, 

proposed policy to ensure the public 

has sufficient time to comment on the 

proposed policy. 

DATES: We will accept comments from 

all interested parties until November 6, 

2014. Please note that if you are using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see 

ADDRESSES below), the deadline for 

submitting an electronic comment is 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 

this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box 

enter the Docket number for the 

proposed policy, which is FWS–R9–ES– 

2011–0099. You may enter a comment 

by clicking on ‘‘Comment Now!’’. Please 

ensure that you have found the correct 

document before submitting your 

comment. 

• U.S. mail or hand delivery: Public 

Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. 

FWS–R9–ES–2011–0099; Division of 

Policy and Directives Management; U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service; MS: PDM, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803. 

We will post all comments on 

http://www.regulations.gov. This 

generally means that we will post any 

personal information you provide us 

(see Public Comments below for more 

information). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Serfis, Chief, Branch of 

Communications and Candidate 

Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Headquarters, MS: ES, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803, telephone 703/358–2171. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 22, 2014 (79 FR 42525), we 

published a draft policy on crediting 

voluntary conservation actions taken for 

species prior to their listing under the 

Endangered Species Act and requested 

comments, information, and suggestions 

from the public. See that document for 

specific questions we asked and for 

more detailed information. 

We have received a request for an 

extension of the comment period from 

the Association of Fish & Wildlife 

Agencies so that State fish and wildlife 

agencies could have adequate time to 

submit comments in response to the 

proposal. To accommodate this request, 

we extend the comment period for an 

additional 45 days. 

Public Comments 

If you previously submitted 

comments or information on the 

proposed policy, please do not resubmit 

them. We have incorporated them into 

the public record, and we will fully 

consider them in our final policy. Our 

final policy will take into consideration 

all written comments and any 

additional information we receive. 

We intend that a final policy will 

consider information and 

recommendations from all interested 

parties. We, therefore, solicit comments, 

information, and recommendations from 

governmental agencies, Indian Tribes, 

the scientific community, industry 

groups, environmental interest groups, 

and any other interested parties. All 

comments and materials received by the 

date listed above in DATES will be 

considered prior to the approval of a 

final document. 

If you submit information via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

submission—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the Web site. If your submission is 

made via a hardcopy that includes 

personal identifying information, you 

may request at the top of your document 

that we withhold this information from 

public review. However, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

We will post all hardcopy submissions 

on http://www.regulations.gov. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: September 16, 2014. 

Stephen Guertin, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

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