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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 

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 22, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28835 Filed 12–2–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–C 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0005; OMB Control 

Number 1014–NEW; 134E1700D2 

EEEE500000 ET1SF0000.DAQ000] 

Information Collection Activities: 

Application for Permit To Modify; 

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 

submission of this information 

collection request (ICR) is necessary so 

that both industry and BSEE have a 

better understanding of the regulatory 

requirements associated with all 

supporting data and information that is 

submitted with an Application for 

Permit to Modify (APM) under the 

multiple subparts. This ICR will 

separate out the hours and non-hour 

cost burdens associated with APMs 

from its currently approved IC into its 

own separate collection; it will also 

reflect more accurate burden estimates. 

DATES: You must submit comments by 

February 3, 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–2013–0005 then click 

search. Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view all 

related materials. We will post all 

comments. 

• Email cheryl.blundon@bsee.gov. 

Mail or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; BSEE; 

Regulations and Standards Branch; 

Attention: Cheryl Blundon; 381 Elden 

Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014– 

0017 in your comment and include your 

name and return address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and 

Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607 to 

request additional information about 

this ICR. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 30 CFR 250, Application for 

Permit to Modify (APM), BSEE–0124. 

Form: BSEE–0124. 

OMB Control Number: 1014–NEW. 

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 to 

administer leasing of mineral resources 

on the OCS. Such rules and regulations 

will apply to all operations conducted 

under a lease, right-of-way, or a right-ofuse 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 1332(6) states that 

‘‘operations in the Outer Continental 

Shelf should be conducted in a safe 

manner by well trained personnel using 

technology, precautions, and other 

techniques sufficient to prevent or 

minimize the likelihood of blowouts, 

loss of well control, fires, spillages, 

physical obstructions to other users of 

the waters or subsoil and seabed, or 

other occurrences which may cause 

damage to the environment or to 

property or endanger life or health.’’ 

In addition to the general authority of 

OCSLA, 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. The Secretary has 

delegated some of the authority under 

FOGRMA to BSEE. 

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. Under the Department 

of the Interior’s implementing policy, 

the Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) is required to 

charge fees for services that provide 

special benefits or privileges to an 

identifiable non-Federal recipient above 

and beyond those which accrue to the 

public at large. Applications for permits 

to drill are subject to cost recovery, and 

BSEE regulations specify a service fee 

for this request. 

Regulations implementing these 

responsibilities are among those 

delegated to BSEE. The regulations at 30 

CFR part 250 stipulate the various 

requirements that must be submitted 

with an Application for Permit to 

Modify (APM), Form BSEE–0124, which 

are the subject of this collection. 

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CFR part 250, subpart D, 1014–0018, 

and when discussed in Subparts E, F, H, 

P, Q, they are cross referenced. It is 

difficult to correlate the APM burden 

requirements in the other subparts with 

their respective burden. By putting 

APMs, along with all the required 

documentation throughout the various 

subparts into one ICR, we feel that this 

situation will be alleviated and will 

reflect more accurate burden estimates. 

This request also covers the related 

Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs) 

that we issue to clarify, supplement, or 

provide additional guidance on some 

aspects of our regulations. 

In this ICR, we have included a 

certification statement on the form to 

state that false submissions are subject 

to criminal penalties. Also, we clarified 

some sections of Form BSEE–0124. This 

poses minor edits and they are as 

follows: 

Question #8 was split into 8a. and 8b. 

Current question 8 is now 8a. Question 

8b. asks for the well status (current), and 

Question #18 updated the regulatory 

citations. 

The BSEE uses the information to 

ensure safe well completion, workover 

and decommissioning operations and to 

protect the human, marine, and coastal 

environment. Among other things, BSEE 

specifically uses the information to 

ensure: The well completion, workover 

and decommissioning unit is fit for the 

intended purpose; equipment is 

maintained in a state of readiness and 

meets safety standards; each well 

completion, workover and 

decommissioning crew is properly 

trained and able to promptly perform 

well-control activities at any time 

during well operations; compliance 

with safety standards; and the current 

regulations will provide for safe and 

proper field or reservoir development, 

resource evaluation, conservation, 

protection of correlative rights, safety, 

and environmental protection. We also 

review well records to ascertain whether 

the operations have encountered 

hydrocarbons or H2S and to ensure that 

H2S detection equipment, personnel 

protective equipment, and training of 

the crew are adequate for safe 

operations in zones known to contain 

H2S and zones where the presence of 

H2S is unknown. 

We also use the information to 

determine the conditions of the site to 

avoid hazards inherent in well 

completion, workover and 

decommissioning operations. 

Specifically, we use the information to 

evaluate and approve the adequacy of 

the equipment, materials, and/or 

procedures that the lessee or operator 

plans to use during well completion, 

workover and decommissioning plan 

modifications and changes in major 

equipment. In addition, except for 

proprietary data, BSEE is required by 

the OCS Lands Act to make available to 

the public certain information that is 

submitted. 

The BSEE will protect proprietary 

information according to the Freedom of 

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

implementing regulations (43 CFR part 

2); 30 CFR 250.197, Data and 

information to be made available to the 

public or for limited inspection; and 30 

CFR part 252, OCS Oil and Gas 

Information Program. No items of a 

sensitive nature are collected. 

Responses are required to obtain or 

retain a benefit or they are mandatory. 

Frequency: On occasion and as 

required in the regulations. 

Description of Respondents: Potential 

respondents comprise Federal oil, gas, 

or sulphur lessees and/or operators. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: In this 

submission, we are estimating 9,770 

burden 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. 

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Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden 

We have identified one non-hour cost 

burden for this collection. The 30 CFR 

part 250 regulations require a cost 

recovery fee of $125 cost recovery fee 

(non-hour cost burden) for APM 

submittals. The application fee is 

required to recover the Federal 

Government’s processing costs. 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 

$361,625 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 

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 

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 22, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28834 Filed 12–2–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–C 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCON06000–L16100000–DQ0000] 

Notice of Resource Advisory Council 

Meeting for the Dominguez-Escalante 

National Conservation Area Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) DominguezEscalante National Conservation Area 

(NCA) Advisory Council (Council) will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

January 22, 2014, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

Any adjustments to this meeting will be 

posted on the Dominguez-Escalante 

NCA Resource Management Plan Web 

site: www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/denca/

denca_rmp.html. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Mesa County Courthouse Annex, 

544 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 

81501. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Collin Ewing, Advisory Council 

Designated Federal Official, 2815 H 

Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506. Phone: 

(970) 244–3049. Email: cewing@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FIRS is available 24 

hours a day, seven days a week, to leave 

a message or question with the above 


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