Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices 2901 

Dated: January 11, 2007. 

James A. Albano, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–894 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of an 

information collection (1010–0043). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), MMS 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 the paperwork requirements in 

the regulations under ‘‘30 CFR 250, 

Subpart F, Oil and Gas Well-Workover 

Operations.’’

DATES: Submit written comments by 

March 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods listed 

below. Please use the Information 

Collection Number 1010–0043 as an 

identifier in your message. 

• E-mail MMS at 

rules.comments@mms.gov. Identify with 

Information Collection Number 1010–

0043 in the subject line. 

• Fax: 703–787–1093. Identify with 

Information Collection Number 1010–

0043. 

• Mail or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; Minerals 

Management Service; Attention: Cheryl 

Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024; 

Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please 

reference ‘‘Information Collection 1010–

0043’’ in your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and 

Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607. 

You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to 

obtain a copy, at no cost, of the 

regulations that require the subject 

collection of information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart F, Oil and 

Gas Well-Workover Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0043. 

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. Such rules and regulations will 

apply to all operations conducted under 

a lease. 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 5(a) of the OCS Lands Act 

requires the Secretary to prescribe rules 

and regulations ‘‘to provide for the 

prevention of waste, and conservation of 

the natural resources of the Outer 

Continental Shelf, and the protection of 

correlative rights therein’’ and to 

include provisions ‘‘for the prompt and 

efficient exploration and development 

of a lease area.’’ These authorities and 

responsibilities are among those 

delegated to the Minerals Management 

Service (MMS) to ensure that operations 

in the OCS will meet statutory 

requirements; provide for safety and 

protection of the environment; and 

result in diligent exploration, 

development, and production of OCS 

leases. This information collection 

request addresses the regulations at 30 

CFR 250, Subpart F, Oil and Gas WellWorkover Operations and the associated 

supplementary Notices to Lessees and 

Operators (NTLs) intended to provide 

clarification, description, or explanation 

of these regulations. 

MMS District Managers use the 

information collected to analyze and 

evaluate planned well-workover 

operations to ensure that operations 

result in personnel safety and protection 

of the environment. They use this 

evaluation in making decisions to 

approve, disapprove, or to require 

modification to the proposed wellworkover operations. For example, 

MMS uses the information to: 

• Review log entries of crew meetings 

to verify that safety procedures have 

been properly reviewed. 

• Review well-workover procedures 

relating to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to 

ensure the safety of the crew in the 

event of encountering H2S. 

• Review well-workover diagrams 

and procedures to ensure the safety of 

well-workover operations. 

• Verify that the crown block safety 

device is operating and can be expected 

to function and avoid accidents. 

• Verify that the proposed operation 

of the annular preventer is technically 

correct and will provide adequate 

protection for personnel, property, and 

natural resources. 

• Verify the reasons for postponing 

blowout preventer (BOP) tests, verify 

the state of readiness of the equipment 

and to ascertain that the equipment 

meets safety standards and 

requirements, ensure that BOP tests 

have been conducted in the manner and 

frequency to promote personnel safety 

and protect natural resources. Specific 

testing information must be recorded to 

verify that the proper test procedures 

were followed. 

• Assure that the well-workover 

operations are conducted on well casing 

that is structurally competent. 

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 250.197, ‘‘Data 

and information to be made available to 

the public.’’ No items of a sensitive 

nature are collected. Responses are 

mandatory. 

Frequency: On occasion, weekly, 

monthly, varies by section. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: Approximately 130 

Federal OCS lessees and operators. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The 

currently approved annual reporting 

burden for this collection is 19,459 

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. 

Citation 30 CFR 253 Reporting requirement Hour burden 

602 .................................................................. Request exceptions prior to moving well-workover equipment. ........ 1. 

602 .................................................................. Notify MMS of any rig mvoement within Gulf of Mexico (Form

MMS–144).

Burden included in 1010–

0150. 

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Citation 30 CFR 253 Reporting requirement Hour burden 

605; 613; 615(a), (e)(4); 616(d) ...................... Request approval to begin subsea well-workover operations; submit 

Forms MMS–124 (include, if required, alternate procedures and 

equipment; stump test procedures plan) and MMS–125.

Burden included in 1010–

0141. 

606 .................................................................. Instruct crew members in safety requirements of operations to be 

performed; document meeting (weekly for 2 crews × 2 weeks per 

workover = 4).

1. 

611 .................................................................. Perform operational check of traveling-block safety device; document results (weekly × 2 weeks per workover = 2).1. 

612 .................................................................. Request establishment/amendment/cancellation of field wellworkover rules.6. 

614 .................................................................. Post number of stands of drill pipe or workover string and drill collars that may be pulled prior to filling the hole and equivalent 

well-control fluid volume.

0.25. 

616(a) .............................................................. Request exception to rated working pressure of the BOP equipment; request exception to annular-type BOP testing.2. 

616(a), (b), (f), (g) ........................................... Perform BOP pressure tests, actuations, inspections & certifications; record results; retain records 2 years following completion of workover activities (when installed; at a minimum every 7 

days × 2 weeks per workover = 2).

7. 

616(b)(2) ......................................................... Test blind or blind-shear rams; document results (every 30 days 

during operations). (Note: this is part of BOP test when BOP test 

is conducted.).

1. 

616(b)(2) ......................................................... Record reason for postponing BOP system tests .............................. 0.5. 

616(c) .............................................................. Perform crew drills; record results (weekly for 2 crews × 2 weeks 

per workover = 4).

1. 

617(b) .............................................................. Pressure test, caliper, or otherwise evaluate tubing & wellhead 

equipment casing; submit results (every 30 days during prolonged operations).

6. 

617(c) .............................................................. Notify MMS if sustained casing pressure is observed on a well ....... 0.5. 

600–618 .......................................................... General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered elsewhere in subpart F regulations.2. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens for this collection. 

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 

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. 

Agencies must also estimate the ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens to respondents or 

recordkeepers resulting from the 

collection of information. Therefore, if 

you have 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. You 

should describe the methods you use to 

estimate major cost factors, including 

system and technology acquisition, 

expected useful life of capital 

equipment, discount rate(s), and the 

period over which you incur costs. 

Capital and startup costs include, 

among other items, computers and 

software you purchase to prepare for 

collecting information, monitoring, and 

record storage facilities. You should not 

include estimates for equipment or 

services purchased: (i) Before October 1, 

1995; (ii) to comply with requirements 

not associated with the information 

collection; (iii) for reasons other than to 

provide information or keep records for 

the Government; or (iv) as part of 

customary and usual business or private 

practices. 

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: MMS’s 

practice is to make comments, including 

names and addresses of respondents, 

available for public review. If you wish 

your name and/or address to be 

withheld, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment. MMS will honor this request 

to the extent allowable by law; however, 

anonymous comments will not be 

considered. There may be circumstances 

in which we would withhold from the 

record a respondent’s identity, as 

allowable by the law. If you wish us to 

withhold your name and/or address, 

you must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comment. In addition, 

you must present a rationale for 

withholding this information. This 

rationale must demonstrate that 

disclosure ‘‘would constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of privacy.’’

Unsupported assertions will not meet 

this burden. In the absence of 

exceptional, documentable 

circumstances, this information will be 

released. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

MMS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202) 

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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices 2903 

Dated: January 11, 2007. 

E.P. Danenberger, 

Chief Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–941 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of an 

information collection (1010–0106). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), MMS 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 the paperwork requirements in 

the regulations under ‘‘30 CFR Part 253, 

Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for 

Offshore Facilities.’’

DATES: Submit written comments by 

March 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods listed 

below. Please use the Information 

Collection Number 1010–0106 as an 

identifier in your message. 

• E-mail MMS at 

rules.comments@mms.gov. Identify with 

Information Collection Number 1010–

0106 in the subject line. 

• Fax: 703–787–1093. Identify with 

Information Collection Number 1010–

0106. 

• Mail or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; Minerals 

Management Service; Attention: Cheryl 

Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024; 

Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please 

reference ‘‘Information Collection 1010–

0106’’ in your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and 

Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607. 

You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to 

obtain a copy, at no cost, of the 

regulation that requires the subject 

collection of information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30 

CFR Part 253, Oil Spill Financial 

Responsibility for Offshore Facilities. 

Forms: MMS–1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 

1020, 1021, and 1022. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0106. 

Abstract: Title I of the Oil Pollution 

Act of 1990 (OPA) (33 U.S.C. 2701 et 

seq.), as amended by the Coast Guard 

Authorization Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–

324), provides at section 1016 that oil 

spill financial responsibility (OSFR) for 

offshore facilities be established and 

maintained according to methods 

determined acceptable to the President. 

Section 1016 of OPA supersedes the 

offshore facility oil spill financial 

responsibility provisions of the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act 

Amendments of 1978. These authorities 

and responsibilities are among those 

delegated to the Minerals Management 

Service (MMS) under which MMS 

issues regulations governing oil and gas 

and sulphur operations in the OCS. 

This information collection request 

addresses the regulations at 30 CFR Part 

253, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility 

for Offshore Facilities, including any 

supplementary Notices to Lessees and 

Operators (NTLs) that provide 

clarification, description, or explanation 

of these regulations, and forms MMS–

1016 through MMS–1022. We have 

made a few minor changes to headings 

on the forms. There are no data element 

changes. 

The MMS will use the information 

collected under 30 CFR Part 253 to 

verify compliance with section 1016 of 

OPA. The information is necessary to 

confirm that applicants can pay for 

clean-up and damages from oil-spill 

discharges from Covered Offshore 

Facilities (COFs). The information will 

be used routinely: (a) To establish 

approval and eligibility of applicants for 

an Oil Spill Financial Responsibility 

(OSFR) certification; and (b) as a 

reference source for clean-up and 

damage claims associated with oil-spill 

discharges from COFs; the names, 

addresses, and telephone numbers of 

owners, operators, and guarantors; 

designated U.S. agents for service of 

process; and persons to contact. To 

collect most of the information, MMS 

developed standard forms. The forms 

and their purposes are: 

Cover Sheet: The forms will be 

distributed in a package that includes a 

cover sheet that displays the required 

OMB Control Number, Expiration Date, 

and Paperwork Reduction Act 

statement. This cover sheet will 

accompany the forms as part of a 

package or will be included with any 

copies of a particular form that 

respondents may request. 

Form MMS–1016, Designated 

Applicant Information Certification: 

The designated applicant uses this form 

to provide identifying information 

(company legal name, MMS 

qualification number and region, 

address, contact name and title, 

telephone and fax numbers) and to 

summarize the OSFR evidence. This 

form is required for each new or 

renewed OSFR certification application. 

Form MMS–1017, Designation of 

Applicant: When there is more than one 

responsible party for a COF, they must 

select a designated applicant. Each 

responsible party, as defined in the 

regulations, must use this form to notify 

MMS of the designated applicant. This 

form is also used to designate the U.S. 

agent for service of process for the 

responsible party(ies) if claims from an 

oil-spill discharge exceed the amount 

evidenced by the designated applicant; 

identifies and provides pertinent 

information about the responsible 

party(ies); and lists the COFs for which 

the responsible party is liable for OSFR 

certification. The form identifies each 

COF by State or OCS region; lease, 

permit, right of use and easement or 

pipeline number; aliquot section; area 

name; and block number. This form 

must be submitted with each new OSFR 

application or with an assignment 

involving a COF in which there is at 

least one responsible party who is not 

the designated applicant for a COF. 

Form MMS–1018, Self-Insurance or 

Indemnity Information: This form is 

used if the designated applicant is selfinsuring or using an indemnity for 

OSFR evidence. As appropriate, either 

the designated applicant or the 

designated applicant’s indemnitor 

completes the form to indicate the 

amount of OSFR coverage and effective 

and expiration dates. The form also 

provides pertinent information about 

the self-insurer or indemnitor and is 

used to designate a U.S. agent for 

service of process for claims up to the 

evidenced amount. This form must be 

submitted each time new evidence of 

OSFR is submitted using either selfinsurance or an indemnification. 

Form MMS–1019, Insurance 

Certificate: The designated applicant 

(representing himself as a direct 

purchaser of insurance) or his insurance 

agent or broker and the named insurers 

complete this form to provide OSFR 

evidence using insurance. The number 

of forms to be submitted will depend 

upon the number of layers of insurance 

to evidence the total amount of OSFR 

required. One form is required for each 

layer of insurance. The form provides 

pertinent information about the 

insurer(s) and designates a U.S. agent 

for service of process. This form must be 

submitted at the beginning of the term 

of the insurance coverage for the 

designated applicant’s COFs or at the 

time COFs are added, with the 

scheduled option selected, to OSFR 

coverage. 

Form MMS–1020, Surety Bond: Each 

bonding company that issues a surety 

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