Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 2, 2000 / Notices 25495

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–610–09–0777–42]

Meeting of the California Desert

District Advisory Council

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in

accordance with Public Laws 92–463

and 94–579, that the California Desert

District Advisory Council to the Bureau

of Land Management, U.S. Department

of the Interior, will participate in a field

tour of the BLM-administered public

lands within the West Mojave

Management Planning area on Friday,

June 9, 2000, from 7:30 a.m to 4 p.m.,

and meet in formal session on Saturday,

June 10, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The

Saturday meeting will be held at the

Kerr-McGee Center, located at 100 West

California Avenue, Ridgecrest,

California.

The Council and interested members

of the public will assemble for the field

tour at the Best Western China Lake Inn

parking lot at 7:15 a.m. and depart at

7:30 a.m. Tour stops will include the

Desert Tortoise Natural Area, the Rand

Mountains, and the Jawbone Canyon

Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area.

Members of the public are welcome to

participate in the tour, but should plan

on providing their own transportation,

drinks, and lunch.

The Council will meet in formal

session on Saturday. Discussions will

focus on issues being addressed in the

West Mojave Coordinated Management

Plan. All Desert District Advisory

Council meetings are open to the public.

Time for public comment may be made

available by the Council Chairman

during the presentation of various

agenda items, and is scheduled at the

beginning of the meeting for topics not

on the agenda.

Written comments may be filed in

advance of the meeting for the

California Desert District Advisory

Council, c/o Bureau of Land

Management, Public Affairs Office, 6221

Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside,

California 92507–0714. Written

comments also are accepted at the time

of the meeting and, if copies are

provided to the recorder, will be

incorporated into the minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doran Sanchez at (909) 697–5220, BLM

California Desert District External

Affairs.

Dated: April 26, 2000.

Tim Salt,

District Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of a

currently approved information

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0041).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), we are

notifying you that we have submitted

the information collection request (ICR)

discussed below to the OMB for review

and approval. We are also inviting your

comments on this ICR.

DATE: Submit written comments by July

3, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments

directly to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:

Desk Officer for the Department of the

Interior (1010–0041), 725 17th Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503. Mail or

handcarry a copy of your comments to

the Department of the Interior; Minerals

Management Service; Attention: Rules

Processing Team; Mail Stop 4024; 381

Elden Street; Herndon, Virginia 20170–

4817.

Our practice is to make comments,

including names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public review

during regular business hours.

Individual respondents may request that

we withhold their home address from

the rulemaking record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law.

There may be circumstances in which

we would withhold from the record a

respondent’s identity, as allowable by

law. If you wish us to withhold your

name and/or address, you must state

this prominently at the beginning of

your comment. However, we will not

consider anonymous comments. We

will make all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexis London, Rules Processing Team,

telephone (703) 787–1600. You may also

contact Alexis London to obtain a copy

of the collection of information at no

cost.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart K,

Production Rates.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0041.

Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS) Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.,

gives the Secretary of the Interior

(Secretary) the responsibility to

preserve, protect, and develop oil and

gas resources in the OCS, consistent

with the need to make such resources

available to meet the Nation’s energy

needs as rapidly as possible; balance

orderly energy resource development

with protection of the human, marine,

and coastal environments; ensure the

public a fair and equitable return on the

resources of the OCS; and preserve and

maintain free enterprise competition.

Section 1334(g)(2) states ‘‘. . . the lessee

shall produce such oil or gas, or both,

at rates . . . to assure the maximum rate

of production which may be sustained

without loss of ultimate recovery of oil

or gas, or both, under sound engineering

and economic principles, and which is

safe for the duration of the activity

covered by the approved plan.’’

Regulations at 30 CFR 250, subpart K,

implement these statutory requirements.

We use the information collected to

determine if produced gas can be

economically put to beneficial use, to

analyze the risks of transporting the

liquid hydrocarbons against the value of

the resource, and to account for volumes

of flared gas and burned liquid

hydrocarbons. The MMS uses the

information in its efforts to conserve

natural resources, prevent waste, and

protect correlative rights including the

Government’s royalty interest.

Specifically, MMS uses the information

to review records of burning liquid

hydrocarbons and venting and flaring

actions to ensure that they are not

excessive; to determine maximum

production and maximum efficient

rates; to compare the volume of

hydrogen sulfide (H2S) flared and the

sulphur dioxide (SO2) emitted to the

specified amounts in approved

contingency plans; to monitor monthly

atmospheric emissions of SO2 for air

quality; to review applications for

downhole commingling to ensure that

action does not result in harm to

ultimate recovery or undervalued

royalties.

We will protect information from

respondents considered proprietary

under the Freedom of Information Act

(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing

regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under

regulations at 30 CFR 250.196. No items

of a sensitive nature are collected.

Responses are mandatory.

The PRA provides that 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.

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We published a Federal Register notice

with the required 60-day comment

period soliciting comments on this ICR

on November 18, 1999 (64 FR 63053).

Frequency: On occasion or monthly.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: Approximately 130

Federal OCS oil and gas lessees.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 14,189

burden hours, averaging approximately

110 hours per respondent. Refer to the

following chart.

Citation 30 CFR 250

Subpart K Reporting & recordkeeping requirement Number Burden(hours)

Annual

burden

hours

1101(b) ............................... Request approval to produce within 500 feet of a lease

line.

21 requests ........................ 5 105

1101(c) ............................... Request approval to produce gas cap of a sensitive

reservoir.

46 requests ........................ 12 552

1102 .................................... Submit forms MMS–126, MMS–127, and MMS–128 .... Burden covered under 1010–0038, 1010–

0018, and 1010–0017.

0

1102(a)(5) ........................... Submit alternative plan for overproduction status ......... We are not currently collecting this information.0

1102(b)(6) ........................... Request extension of time to submit results of semiannual well test.36 requests ........................ .5 18

1103(a) ............................... Request approval of test periods of less than 4 hours

and pretest stabilization periods of less than 6 hours.

36 requests ........................ .5 18

1103(c) ............................... Provide advance notice of time and date of well tests .. 10 notices .......................... .5 5

1104(c) ............................... Submit results of all static bottomhole pressure surveys obtained by lessee. Information submitted on

form MMS–140 in GOMR.

1,200 surveys .................... 1 1,200

1105(a), (b) ......................... Request special approval to flare or vent oil-well gas ... 27 requests ........................ 6 162

1105(c) ............................... Request approval to burn produced liquid hydrocarbons.60 requests ........................ 1 60

1105(f) ................................ Submit monthly reports of flared or vented gas containing H2S.18 operators × 12 mos. =

216.

2 432

1105(f) ................................ H2S Contingency, Exploration, or Development and

Production Plans.

Burden covered under 1010–0053 and

1010–0049.

0

1106 .................................... Submit application to commingle hydrocarbons produced from multiple reservoirs and inform other lessees having an interest.91 applications ................... 6 546

1107(b) ............................... Submit proposed plan for enhanced recovery operations.21 plans ............................. 12 252

1107(c) ............................... Submit periodic reports of volumes of oil, gas, or other

substances injected, produced, or reproduced.

55 reports ........................... 2 110

Reporting subtotal .............. ......................................................................................... 1,819 responses ................ .................... 3,460

1105(d), (e) ......................... Maintain records for 2 years detailing gas flaring or

venting..

823 platforms ..................... 13 10,699

1105(d), (e) ......................... Maintain records for 2 years detailing liquid hydrocarbon burning.60 occurrences .................. .5 30

Recordkeeping subtotal ...... ......................................................................................... 130 Recordkeepers ........... .................... 10,729

Total burden ................ ......................................................................................... 1,949 Responses ............... .................... 14,189

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: We have identified no cost

burdens for this collection.

Comments: All comments are made a

part of the public record. Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 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 proposed collection of

information is necessary for the agency

to perform its duties, including whether

the information is useful; (b) evaluate

the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 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

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Send your comments directly to the

offices listed under the addresses

section of this notice. The OMB has up

to 60 days to approve or disapprove the

information collection but may respond

after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure

maximum consideration, OMB should

receive public comments by July 3,

2000.

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach,

(202) 208–7744.

Dated: February 16, 2000.

Elmer P. Danenberger,

Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Environmental Documents Prepared

for Proposed Oil and Gas Operations

on the Gulf of Mexico Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of the availability of

environmental documents prepared for