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Public Comment Procedures: 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: November 7, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27531 Filed 11–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–C 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0010; OMB Control 

Number 1014–0012; 134E1700D2 

EEEE500000 ET1SF0000.DAQ000] 

Information Collection Activities: Open 

and Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil 

and Gas Pipelines Under the OCS 

Lands Act; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-day Notice. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is 

inviting comments on a collection of 

information that we will submit to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. The 

information collection request (ICR) 

concerns a renewal to the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

30 Part 291, Open and 

Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and 

Gas Pipelines Under the OCS Lands Act. 

DATES: You must submit comments by 

January 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods listed 

below. 

• Electronically: go to http://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter BSEE–2013–0010 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. Mail 

or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; BSEE; 

Regulations and Standards Branch; 

Attention: Nicole Mason; 381 Elden 

Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014– 

0012 in your comment and include your 

name and return address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Mason, Regulations and 

Standards Branch at (703) 787–1605 to 

request additional information about 

this ICR. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 30 CFR Part 291, Open and 

Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and 

Gas Pipelines Under the OCS Lands Act. 

OMB Control Number: 1014–0012. 

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 

to prescribe rules and regulations 

necessary for the administration of the 

leasing provisions of that Act related to 

mineral resources on the OCS. Such 

rules and regulations will apply to all 

operations conducted under a lease, 

right-of-way, or a right-of-use and 

easement. Operations on the OCS must 

preserve, protect, and develop oil and 

natural gas resources in a manner that 

is consistent with the need to make such 

resources available to meet the Nation’s 

energy needs as rapidly as possible; to 

balance orderly energy resource 

development with protection of human, 

marine, and coastal environments; to 

ensure the public a fair and equitable 

return on the resources of the OCS; and 

to preserve and maintain free enterprise 

competition. 

Section 1334(f)(1) states ‘‘Except as 

provided in paragraph (2), every permit, 

license, easement, right-of-way, or other 

grant of authority for the transportation 

by pipeline on or across the Outer 

Continental Shelf of oil or gas shall 

require that the pipeline be operated in 

accordance with the following 

competitive principles: (A) The pipeline 


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must provide open and 

nondiscriminatory access to both owner 

and non-owner shippers.’’ 

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 OMB Circular A–25, 

authorize Federal agencies to recover 

the full cost of services that confer 

special benefits. Regulations at 

§§ 291.106(b) and 108 require a 

nonrefundable processing fee of $7,500 

that a shipper must pay when filing a 

complaint to BSEE. Federal policy and 

statute require us to recover the cost of 

services that confer special benefits to 

identifiable non-Federal recipients. 

These authorities and responsibilities 

are among those delegated to BSEE; and 

30 CFR Part 291 implements these 

statutory requirements. These 

regulations concern open and 

nondiscriminatory access to pipelines, 

and are the subject of this collection. 

The BSEE will use the submitted 

information to initiate a more detailed 

investigation into the specific 

circumstances associated with a 

complainant’s allegation of denial of 

access or discriminatory access to 

pipelines on the OCS. The complaint 

information will be provided to the 

alleged offending party. Informal 

resolution of the complaint is an option 

via a hotline or alternative dispute 

resolution. The BSEE may request 

additional information upon completion 

of the initial investigation. 

Commercial or financial information 

submitted to the Department of the 

Interior relative to minerals removed 

from the Federal OCS may be 

proprietary. The BSEE will protect 

information considered proprietary and 

will not disclose documents exempt 

from disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its 

implementing regulations (43 CFR part 

2). The BSEE will protect personally 

identifiable information about 

individuals according to the Privacy Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552a) and DOI’s implementing 

regulations (43 CFR part 2). No items of 

a sensitive nature are collected. 

Responses to this ICR are required to 

obtain and retain a benefit, or are 

voluntary. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Description of Respondents: Shippers 

who do business on the OCS and 

companies that pay royalties on the 

OCS. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The 

currently approved annual reporting 

burden for this collection is 51 hours. 

The following chart details the 

individual components and respective 

hour burden estimates of this ICR. 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 291 Reporting & recordkeeping requirement 

Hour burden 

Non-hour cost burden 

105, 106, 108, 109, 111 .................. Submit complaint (with fee) to BSEE and affected parties. Request 

confidential treatment and respond to BSEE decision.

50 

$7,500 processing fee 

106(b), 109 ...................................... Request waiver or reduction of fee ....................................................... 1 

104(b), 107, 111 .............................. Submit response to a complaint. Request confidential treatment and 

respond to BSEE decision.

Information that is required after 

an investigation is opened 

against a specific entity is exempt under the PRA (5 CFR 

1320.4). 

110 .................................................. Submit required information for BSEE to make a decision.

114, 115(a) ...................................... Submit appeal on BSEE final decision.

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

The currently OMB approved non-hour 

cost burdens total $7,500. We have 

identified one non-hour cost burden for 

this collection. The BSEE requires that 

shippers pay a nonrefundable fee of 

$7,500 for a complaint submitted to 

BSEE. We have not identified any other 

non-hour cost burdens. 

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: Before submitting an ICR 

to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

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 respondents, including the use of 

technology. 

Agencies must also estimate the nonhour paperwork cost burdens to 

respondents or recordkeepers resulting 

from the collection of information. 

Therefore, if you have other than hour 

burden costs to generate, maintain, and 

disclose this information, you should 

comment and provide your total capital 

and startup cost components or annual 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of service components. For further 

information on this burden, refer to 5 

CFR 1320.3(b)(1) and (2), or contact the 

Bureau representative listed previously 

in this notice. 

We will summarize written responses 

to this notice and address them in our 

submission for OMB approval. As a 

result of your comments, we will make 

any necessary adjustments to the burden 

in our submission to OMB. 

Public Comment Procedures: 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 

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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. 

BSEE Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon (703) 

787–1607. 

Dated: November 7, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27532 Filed 11–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–R–2012–N270; 

FXRS85550300000–XXX–FF03R04000] 

Draft Long Range Transportation Plan 

for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Lands in the Midwest Region 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft long range 

transportation plan for public review 

and comment. The Draft Long Range 

Transportation Plan outlines a strategy 

for improving and maintaining 

transportation assets that provide access 

to Service-managed lands in the 

Midwest Region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, 

and Wisconsin) over the next 20 years. 

DATES: We must receive written 

comments on or before December 18, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Document Review: If you 

wish to review the draft plan, you may 

obtain a copy by visiting our Web site 

at http://www.fws.gov/midwest/

planning/currentplans.html. 

Alternatively, you may contact 

Brandon Jutz, Regional Transportation 

Coordinator, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 5600 American 

Boulevard West, Suite 990, 

Bloomington, MN (612–713–5407). 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

comment on the plan, you may submit 

your comments in writing by any one of 

the following methods: 

• U.S. mail: Regional Transportation 

Coordinator, at the above address. 

• Hand-delivery: Regional 

Transportation Coordinator, at the above 

address. 

• Fax: 612–713–5288. 

• Email: Brandon_Jutz@fws.gov. 

For additional information about 

submitting comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Availability of Comments’’ section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brandon Jutz, at the above address, 

phone number, or email. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we make the Draft 

LRTP for the Midwest Region of the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service available for 

public review and comment. When 

finalized, the LRTP will apply to 

Service-managed lands in Illinois, 

Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, 

Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. 

Background 

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 

21st Century Act (Map-21) requires all 

Federal land management agencies to 

conduct long-range transportation 

planning in a manner that is consistent 

with metropolitan planning 

organization and State departments of 

transportation planning. This LRTP was 

initiated within the Service to achieve 

the following: 

• Establish a defensible structure for 

sound transportation planning and 

decision-making. 

• Establish a vision, mission, goals, 

and objectives for transportation 

planning in the Service’s Midwest 

Region. 

• Implement coordinated and 

cooperative transportation partnerships 

in an effort to improve the Service’s 

transportation infrastructure. 

• Bring the Service into compliance 

with the Moving Ahead for Progress in 

the 21st Century Act (MAP–21), which 

requires all Federal land management 

agencies (FLMA) to conduct long-range 

transportation planning in a manner 

that is consistent with metropolitan 

planning organization (MPO) and State 

department of transportation (DOT) 

planning. 

• Integrate transportation planning 

and funding for wildlife refuges and fish 

hatcheries into existing and future 

Service management plans and 

strategies—e.g., comprehensive 

conservation plans (CCPs) and 

comprehensive hatchery management 

plans (CHMPs). 

• Increase awareness of Alternative 

Transportation Systems (ATS) and 

associated benefits. 

• Develop best management practices 

(BMP) for transportation improvements 

on Service lands. 

• Serve as a pilot project for the 

implementation of a region-level 

transportation planning process within 

the Service. 

LRTP Mission, Goals, and Objectives 

Through a collaborative effort, the 

Refuge and Fisheries Programs, in 

cooperation with the planning and 

visitor services programs within the 

Service’s Midwest Region, have 

contributed to defining the mission, 

goals, and objectives presented in this 

document. The resulting mission, goals, 

and objectives are intended to provide 

a systematic approach to guide the 

process for evaluating and selecting 

transportation improvement for the 

Service lands in the Midwest Region. 

These guiding principles have shaped 

the development, conclusions, and 

recommendations of this LRTP. 

Mission 

To support the Service’s mission by 

connecting people to fish, wildlife, and 

their habitats through strategic 

implementation of transportation 

programs. 

Goals and Objectives 

This long-range transportation plan 

has six categories of goals: Resource 

protection, safety and condition, 

welcome and orientation, planning, 

partnerships, and sustainability. Under 

each goal, we present distinct objectives 

that move us to the goal. 

• Natural Resource Protection: Ensure 

that the transportation program helps to 

conserve and enhance fish, wildlife, and 

plant resources and their habitats. 

Objective 1: Identify, research, and 

adopt BMPs for planning, design, 

construction, and maintenance that 

mitigate impacts of transportation. 

Objective 2: Reduce transportationrelated conflicts with fish and wildlife 

corridors on or adjacent to Service 

lands. 

• Safety and Conditions: Provide a 

safe and reliable transportation network 

to and within Service lands. 

Objective 1: Identify and reduce safety 

problems and modal conflicts to and 

within Service lands. 

Objective 2: Ensure that missioncritical transportation assets are 

maintained in ‘‘good’’ condition. 

• Welcome and Orientation: Develop 

and maintain a transportation network 

that enhances the welcoming and 

orienting experience of visitors. 

Objective 1: Provide public 

information to enable visitors to easily 

get to refuges and hatcheries and to use 

their sites. 

Objective 2: Engage the visitors with 

compelling information so he/she has a 

better understanding of the purpose of 

wildlife conservation and enjoyment of 

natural resources. 

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