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We display the OMB control number 

and provide the address to which they 

should send comments. We have 

received one comment in response to 

these efforts; however, it was not 

germane to the paperwork burdens of 

this ICR. 

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. 

BSSE Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon (703) 

787–1607. 

Dated: October 24, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27074 Filed 11–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0006; OMB Number 

1014–0001; 134E1700D2 EEEE500000 

ET1SF0000.DAQ000] 

Information Collection Activities: Oil 

and Gas Well-Workover Operations; 

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), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to OMB an 

information collection request (ICR) to 

renew approval of the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

Subpart F, Oil and Gas Well-Workover 

Operations. 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 

December 13, 2013. 

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– 

0001). Please provide a copy of your 

comments to Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) by 

any of the means below. 

• Electronically: go to http://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter BSEE–2013–0006 then click 

search. Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view all 

related materials. We will post all 

comments. 

• Email: nicole.mason@

bsee.govmailto:cheryl.blundon@

mms.gov, fax (703) 787–1546, or mail or 

hand-carry comments to: Department of 

the Interior; Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement; 

Regulations and Standards Branch; 

Attention: Nicole Mason; 381 Elden 

Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817. Please reference 1014– 

0001 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 Part 250, Subpart F, Oil 

and Gas Well-Workover Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 1014–0001 

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. 

In addition to the general rulemaking 

authority of the OCSLA 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. 

These authorities and responsibilities 

are among those delegated to BSEE. The 

regulations at 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart 

F, Oil and Gas Well-Workover 

Operations are the subject of this 

collection. This request also covers the 

related Notices to Lessees and Operators 

(NTLs) that BSEE issues to clarify, 

supplement, or provide additional 

guidance on some aspects of our 

regulations. 

The BSEE uses the information 

collected to analyze and evaluate 

planned well-workover operations to 

ensure that these 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 well-workover operations. 

Specifically, BSEE uses the information 

collected 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 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 


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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. 

Most responses are mandatory; while 

others are to obtain or retain benefits. 

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. 

Frequency: On occasion, weekly, 

monthly, biennially, and varies by 

section. 

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 

53,156 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. 

Citation 30 CFR 250, 

Subpart F and NTL Reporting requirement Hour burden Average number of annual reponses 

Annual 

burden hours 

(rounded) 

Requests 

602 ................................ Request exceptions prior to moving wellworkover equipment.3.75 .............................. 30 requests ..................... 113 

605; 613; 616(a), (f)(4); 

617(d).

Request approval to begin subsea wellworkover operations; submit Forms BSEE– 

0124 (include, if required, alternate procedures and equipment; stump test procedures 

plan) and BSEE–0125; and all supporting 

documentation.

Burden covered under 1014–0018. 0 

612 ................................ Request establishment/amendment/cancellation of field well-workover rules.5 ................................... 23 requests ..................... 115 

614(d) ........................... Request approval from the District Manager to 

displace kill-weight fluids to an underbalanced state; submit detailed written procedures with your APM.

4 ................................... 51 requests ..................... 204 

617(a) ........................... Request exception to rated working pressure 

of the BOP equipment; request exception to 

annular-type BOP testing.

26 ................................. 270 requests ................... 7,020 

618(a)(2) ....................... Request approval to use alternative method to 

inspect a marine riser.

Burden covered under 1014–0022. 0 

600–620 ........................ General departure and alternative compliance 

requests not specifically covered elsewhere 

in Subpart F regulations.

34 ................................. 409 requests ................... 13,906 

Subtotal ................. ............................................................................ ...................................... 783 responses ................ 21,358 

Posting 

614(b) ........................... Post number of stands of drill pipe or workover 

string and drill collars that may be pulled 

prior to filling the hole and equivalent wellcontrol fluid volume.

0.75 .............................. 306 postings ................... 230 

Subtotal ................. ............................................................................ ...................................... 306 responses ................ 230 

Submittals/Notifications 

602 ................................ Notify BSEE of any rig movement within Gulf 

of Mexico (Form BSEE–0144).

Burden covered under 1014–0018 0 

615 ................................ Submit a description of your BOP and its components; schematic drawings; independent 

third party verification and all supporting information (evidence showing appropriate licenses, has expertise/experience necessary 

to perform required verifications, etc.) with 

your APM.

22.75 ............................ 440 submittals ................. 10,010 

615(e)(2)(ii) ................... Allow BSEE access to witness testing, inspections, and information verification. Notify District Manager at least 72 hours prior to 

shearing ram tests.

0.75 .............................. 14 notifications ................ 11 


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Citation 30 CFR 250, 

Subpart F and NTL Reporting requirement Hour burden Average number of annual reponses 

Annual 

burden hours 

(rounded) 

617(h)(1)(ii) ................... Notify District Manager at least 72 hours prior 

to stump/initial test on seafloor.

0.5 ................................ 51 notifications ................ 26 

619; NTL ....................... Notify BSEE if sustained casing pressure is 

observed on a well.

2 ................................... 508 notifications .............. 1,016 

619(b) ........................... Submit results of pressure test, caliper, or otherwise evaluate tubing & wellhead equipment casing (every 30 days during prolonged operations); request written approval.5 ................................... 25 reports ........................ 125 

Subtotal ................. ............................................................................ ...................................... 1,038 responses ............. 11,188 

Record/Document 

606 ................................ Instruct crew members in safety requirements 

of operations to be performed; document 

meetings; make available to BSEE for review.

1.75 .............................. 612 workovers × 5 meetings = 3,060.5,355 

611 ................................ Document results weekly of traveling-block 

safety device in the operations log.

1.5 ................................ 351 workovers × 3 results 

= 1,053.

1,580 

617(b)(2) ....................... Record reason for postponing BOP system 

tests in operations log.

1.25 .............................. 31 postponed tests ......... 39 

617(f); 618(a)(1) ........... Record test pressures during BOP and coiled 

tubing tests for well-workovers on a pressure 

chart or with a digital recorder; certify the information is correct.

2.75 .............................. 440 workovers × 3 recordings = 1,320.3,630 

617(g); 618(a)(1) .......... Record time, date, and results of all pressure 

tests, actuations, inspections, and crew drills 

of the BOP system components and risers in 

the operations log during well-workovers; retain records for 2 years; make available to 

BSEE.

4.75 .............................. 440 workovers × 3 recordings = 1,320.6,270 

617(h)(l)* ....................... Document all test results of your ROV intervention functions including how you test 

each ROV function; submit test procedures 

with your APM for District Manager approval; 

make available to BSEE upon request.

10 ................................. 51 workovers .................. 510 

617(h)(2)* ..................... Document all autoshear and deadman test results; submit test procedures with your APM 

for District Manager approval; make available to BSEE upon request.

1 ................................... 51 workovers .................. 51 

618(a) ........................... Document the procedures used for BOP inspections; record results; maintain records 

for 2 years; make available to BSEE upon 

request.

7 days × 12 hrs/day = 

84.

99 rigs/once every 3 

years = 33 per year.

2,772 

618(b) ........................... Document the procedures used for BOP maintenance; record results; maintain records for 

2 years; make available to BSEE upon request.

1.75 .............................. 99 rigs ............................. 173 

Subtotal ................. ............................................................................ ...................................... 7,018 responses ............. 20,380 

Total Burden .......... ............................................................................ ...................................... 9,145 Responses ............ 53,156 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no paperwork nonhour cost burdens associated with the 

collection of information. 

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 

respondents, including the use of 

technology. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, on August 12, 

2013, we published a Federal Register 

notice (78 FR 48895) announcing that 

we would submit this ICR to OMB for 

approval. The notice provided the 

required 60-day comment period. Also, 

30 CFR 250.199 explains that BSEE will 

accept comments at any time on the 

information collection requirements and 

burdens of our 30 CFR 250 regulations. 

We display the OMB control number 

and provide the address to which they 

should send comments. We received 

one comment in response to the Federal 


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Register notice. The comment was not 

germane to the paperwork burdens of 

this information collection. 

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. 

BSSE Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon (703) 

787–1607. 

Dated: October 24, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27073 Filed 11–12–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–RF–2013–N254: 

FXRS12630900000–145–FF09R81000] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

National Wildlife Refuge Special Use 

Permit Applications and Reports 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this IC. This 

IC is scheduled to expire on June 30, 

2014. We 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. 

DATES: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments on this IC, we 

must receive them by January 13, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS 2042–PDM, 4401 

North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 

22203 (mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov 

(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0102’’ in 

the subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey at hope_

grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482 

(telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, consolidated all refuge units into 

a single National Wildlife Refuge 

System (System). It also authorized us to 

offer visitor and public programs, 

including those facilitated by 

commercial visitor and management 

support services, on lands of the System 

when we find that the activities are 

appropriate and compatible with the 

purpose for which the refuge was 

established and the System’s mission. 

The Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 

U.S.C. 460k–460k–4) (Recreation Act) 

allows the use of refuges for public 

recreation when it is not inconsistent or 

does not interfere with the primary 

purpose(s) of the refuge. The Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act (16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) (ANILCA) 

provides specific authorization and 

guidance for the administration and 

management of national wildlife refuges 

within the State of Alaska. Its provisions 

provide for the issuance of permits 

under certain circumstances. 

We issue special use permits for a 

specific period as determined by the 

type and location of the management 

activity or visitor service provided. 

These permits authorize activities such 

as: 

• Agricultural activities (haying and 

grazing, 50 CFR 29.1, 29.2, and 29.3). 

• Beneficial management tools that 

we use to provide the best habitat 

possible on some refuges (50 CFR 30.11, 

31.14, 31.16, and 36.41). 

• Special events, group visits and 

other one-time events (50 CFR 25.41, 

26.36, 25.61, and 36.41). 

• Recreational visitor service 

operations (50 CFR 25.41, 25.61, and 

36.41). 

• Guiding for fishing, hunting, 

wildlife education, and interpretation 

(50 CFR 25.41, and 36.41). 

• Commercial filming (50 CFR 27.71) 

and other commercial activities (50 CFR 

29.1 and 36.41). 

• Building and using cabins to 

support subsistence or commercial 

activities (in Alaska) (50 CFR 26.35 and 

36.41). 

• Research, inventory and 

monitoring, and other noncommercial 

activities (50 CFR 26.36 and 36.41). 

We use three forms to collect 

applicant information: 

• FWS Form 3–1383–G (General 

Special Use Application and Permit). 

• FWS Form 3–1383–C (Commercial 

Activities Special Use Application and 

Permit). 

• FWS Form 3–1383–R (Research and 

Monitoring Special Use Application and 

Permit). 

The forms serve as both the 

application and permit. You may view 

the currently approved forms at http:// 

www.fws.gov/forms/. The information 

we collect helps ensure that: 

• Applicants are aware of the types of 

information that may be needed for 

permit issuance. 

• Requested activities are appropriate 

and compatible with the purpose(s) for 

which the refuge was established and 

the System’s mission. 

• Applicant is eligible or is the most 

qualified applicant to receive the special 

use permit. 

We may collect the necessary 

information in a nonform format 

(through discussions in person or over 

the phone, over the Internet, by email, 

or by letter). In some instances, 

respondents will be able to provide 

information verbally. Often, a simple 

email or letter describing the activity 

will suffice. For activities (e.g., 

commercial visitor services, research, 

etc.) that might have a large impact on 

refuge resources, we may require 

applicants to provide more detail on 

operations, techniques, and locations. 

Because of the span of activities covered 

by special use permits and the different 

management needs and resources at 

each refuge, respondents may not be 

required to answer all questions. 

Depending on the requested activity, 

refuge managers have the discretion to 

ask for less information than appears on 

the forms. However, refuge managers 

cannot ask for more or different 

information. 

We issue permits for a specific period 

as determined by the type and location 

of the use or service provided. We use 

these permits to ensure that the 

applicant is aware of: (1) The 

requirements of the permit, and (2) his/ 

her legal rights. Refuge-specific special 

conditions may be required for the 

permit. We identify conditions as an 

addendum to the permit. Most of the 

special conditions pertain to how a 

permitted activity may be conducted 

and do not require the collection of 

information. However, some special 

conditions, such as activity reports, 

before and after site photographs, or 

data sharing, would qualify as an 

information collection, and we have 


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