Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 147 / Tuesday, July 31, 2018 / Notices 36965 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2017–0006; 189E1700D2 

ET1SF0000.PSB000.EEEE500000; OMB 

Control Number 1014–0021] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Operations in the Outer 

Continental Shelf for Minerals Other 

Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew 

an information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

30, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement; Regulations and Standards 

Branch; ATTN: Nicole Mason; 45600 

Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166; or 

by email to kye.mason@bsee.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1014– 

0021 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Nicole Mason by email 

at kye.mason@bsee.gov, or by telephone 

at (703) 787–1607. You may also view 

the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on 

November 16, 2017 (82 FR 53519). The 

BSEE received two comments pertaining 

to this Federal Register notice, but 

neither were germane to the collection 

of information. 

We are again soliciting comments on 

the proposed ICR that is described 

below. We are especially interested in 

public comments addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is the collection 

necessary to the proper functions of 

BSEE; (2) Will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) Is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) How might BSEE enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) How 

might BSEE minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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. 

Abstract: BSEE will use the 

information required by 30 CFR part 282 

to determine if lessees are complying 

with the regulations that implement the 

mining operations program for minerals 

other than oil, gas, and sulphur. 

Specifically, BSEE will use the 

information: 

• To ensure that operations for the 

production of minerals other than oil, 

gas, and sulphur in the outer 

continental shelf (OCS) are conducted 

in a manner that will result in orderly 

resource recovery, development, and the 

protection of the human, marine, and 

coastal environments. 

• To ensure that adequate measures 

will be taken during operations to 

prevent waste, conserve the natural 

resources of the OCS, and to protect the 

environment, human life, and 

correlative rights. 

• To determine if suspensions of 

activities are in the national interest, to 

facilitate proper development of a lease 

including reasonable time to develop a 

mine and construct its supporting 

facilities, and to allow for the 

construction or negotiation for use of 

transportation facilities. 

• To identify and evaluate the 

cause(s) of a hazard(s) generating a 

suspension, the potential damage from a 

hazard(s) and the measures available to 

mitigate the potential for damage. 

• For technical evaluations that 

provide a basis for BSEE to make 

informed decisions to approve, 

disapprove, or require modification of 

the proposed activities. 

Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 282, 

Operations in the Outer Continental 

Shelf for Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, 

and Sulphur. 

OMB Control Number: 1014–0021. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Potential respondents comprise Federal 

OCS oil, gas, and sulphur lessees/ 

operators and holders of pipeline rightsof-way. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: As there are no active 

respondents; we estimated the potential 

annual number of respondents to be 

one. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 16. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 1 hour to 20 

hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 56. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Most 

responses are mandatory, while others 

are required to obtain or retain benefits, 

or are voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion 

and varies by section. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: We have identified one 

non-hour cost burden. Pursuant to 

§ 282.13(e)(1), a site-specific study to 

determine and evaluate hazards that 

results in a suspension of operation 

would have a non-hour cost burden. 

Since this has not been done to date, we 

estimated that the cost of such a study 

for industry would be approximately 

$100,000 to comply with the 

requirement. We have not identified any 

other non-hour cost burdens associated 

with this collection of information. 

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. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq). 

Dated: July 11, 2018. 

Doug Morris, 

Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. 

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