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Citation 30 CFR 250 Subpart E 

and 

related NTLs 

Reporting and recordkeeping requirements Hour burden 

517(d)(8), (9) ............................... Submit test procedures with your APM for approval and relevant supporting 

data.

0 

518(b), NTL ................................. Submit results of casing pressure testing, callipering, and other evaluations; notify BSEE if sustained casing pressure is observed on a well.4 

526(a); 527 .................................. Submit notification of corrective action ................................................................... 1.5 

526(a); 530(a) ............................. Submit a corrective action plan; notify BSEE after completion of corrected action 

within 30 days.

11 

526(b); 528 .................................. Submit a casing pressure request; any additional information as needed ............ 9 

530(b) .......................................... Submit the casing pressure diagnostic test data within 14 days ........................... 1 

Post/Retain 

514(c) .......................................... Post the number of stands of drill pipe/collars that may be pulled and equivalent 

well-control fluid volume.

0.5 

517(i)(6) ....................................... Retain all records including pressure charts, driller’s report, referenced documents pertaining to BOP tests, actuations, and inspections at the facility for 

duration of the activity.

1.5 

517(i)(7) ....................................... After completion of well, retain all records for 2 two years at location conveniently available to BSEE.2 

524 .............................................. Retain records of casing pressure and diagnostic tests for 2 years or until the 

well is abandoned.

1 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no non-hour cost 

burdens associated with this 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: 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. 

BSEE Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon (703) 

787–1607. 

Dated: August 2, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19424 Filed 8–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0006; OMB Control 

Number 1014–0001: [134E1700D2 

EEEE500000 ET1SF0000.DAQ000] 

Information Collection Activities: Oil 

and Gas Well-Workover Operations; 

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 

information collection request (ICR) 

concerns renewal to the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

Subpart F, Oil and Gas Well-Workover 

Operations. 

DATE: You must submit comments by 

October 11, 2013. 

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–2013–0006 then click 

search. Follow the instructions to 

submit public comments and view all 

related materials. We will post all 

comments. 

• Email nicole.mason@bsee.gov. Mail 

or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; BSEE; 

Regulations and Standards Branch; 

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Attention: Nicole Mason; 381 Elden 

Street HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014– 

0001 in your comment and include your 

name and return address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Mason, Regulations and 

Standards Branch at (703) 787–1605 to 

request additional information about 

this ICR. 

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 

necessary for the administration of the 

leasing provisions of the Act related to 

the mineral resources on the OCS. Such 

rules and regulations will apply to all 

operations conducted under a lease. 

Operations on the OCS must preserve, 

protect, and develop mineral 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 BSEE 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 (IC) request 

addresses the regulations at 30 CFR 250, 

subpart F, Oil and Gas Well-Workover 

Operations, and any associated 

supplementary Notices to Lessees and 

Operators (NTLs) intended to provide 

clarification, description, or explanation 

of these regulations. 

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. 

Regulations at 30 CFR part 250 

implement these statutory requirements. 

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 

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. 

The BSEE will protect proprietary 

information according to the Freedom of 

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

implementing regulations (43 CFR 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 mandatory. 

Frequency: On occasion, weekly, 

monthly, annually, and varies by 

section. 

Description of Respondents: Potential 

respondents include Federal OCS oil, 

gas, and sulphur lessees and holders of 

pipeline rights-of-way. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The 

currently approved annual reporting 

burden for this collection is 41,413 

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 250, subpart F Reporting requirement Hour burden 

Request 

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

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

617(d).

Request approval to begin subsea well-workover operations; submit Forms BSEE–0124 (include, if required, alternate procedures and equipment; stump test procedures plan) and 

BSEE–0125; and all supporting documentation.

0 

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

614(d) ................................. Request approval from the District Manager to displace kill-weight fluids to an underbalanced 

state; submit detailed written procedures with your APM.

2 

617(a) ................................. Request exception to rated working pressure of the BOP equipment; request exception to annular-type BOP testing.1.5 

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Citation 

30 CFR 250, subpart F Reporting requirement Hour burden 

618(a)(2) ............................. Request approval to use alternative method to inspect a marine riser .......................................... 0 

600–620 .............................. General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered elsewhere in 

Subpart F regulations.

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 well-control fluid volume.

0.25 

Submittals/Notifications 

602 ...................................... Notify BSEE of any rig movement within Gulf of Mexico (Form BSEE–0144) ............................... 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.

15 

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.

0.25 

617(h)(1)(ii) ......................... Notify District Manager at least 72 hours prior to stump/initial test on seafloor ............................. 0.25 

619; NTL ............................. Notify BSEE if sustained casing pressure is observed on a well ................................................... 1 

619(b) ................................. Submit results of pressure test, caliper, or otherwise evaluate tubing & wellhead equipment 

casing (every 30 days during prolonged operations); request written approval.

4 

Record/Document 

606 ...................................... Instruct crew members in safety requirements of operations to be performed; document meetings; make available to BSEE for review.1 

611 ...................................... Document results of traveling-block safety device in the operations log ....................................... 1 

617(b)(2) ............................. Record reason for postponing BOP system tests in operations log ............................................... 0.5 

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 

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 

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 

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.

0.5 

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 

618(b) ................................. Document the procedures used for BOP maintenance; record results; maintain records for 2

years; make available to BSEE upon request.

1 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no non-hour cost 

burdens associated with this 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: 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. 

BSEE Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon (703) 

787–1607. 

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Dated: August 2, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–19423 Filed 8–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2013–N174 40120–1112– 

0000–F2] 

Receipt of Applications for 

Endangered Species Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless a Federal permit is issued 

that allows such activities. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the applications at the 

address given below, by September 11, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with the 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents to 

the following office within 30 days of 

the date of publication of this notice: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 

GA 30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit 

Coordinator). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Dell, Permit Coordinator, 

telephone 404–679–7313; facsimile 

404–678–7081. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public is invited to comment on the 

following applications for permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and 

our regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This 

notice is provided under section 10(c) of 

the Act. 

If you wish to comment, you may 

submit comments by any one of the 

following methods. You may mail 

comments to the Fish and Wildlife 

Service’s Regional Office (see 

ADDRESSES section) or send them via 

electronic mail (email) to: 

permitsR4ES@fws.gov. Please include 

your name and return address in your 

email message. If you do not receive a 

confirmation from the Fish and Wildlife 

Service that we have received your 

email message, contact us directly at the 

telephone number listed above (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, 

you may hand-deliver comments to the 

Fish and Wildlife Service office listed 

above (see ADDRESSES). 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, email address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comments, 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 

comments to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Permit Application Number: TE05601B 

Applicant: Ross Scott, Naples, Florida. 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take red-cockaded woodpeckers 

(Picoides borealis) for the purpose of 

installing artificial cavity inserts, 

drilling cavities and advanced starts, 

and monitoring, handling, banding, and 

translocating red-cockaded 

woodpeckers. These activities will be 

conducted throughout the range of the 

species in Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, 

Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 

Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and 

Louisiana. 

Permit Application Number: TE18225A 

Applicant: CH2M Hill, Atlanta, Georgia. 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take endangered fish species while 

conducting listed species monitoring 

activities. These activities will be 

conducted in the Georgia segment of the 

Chattahoochee River Basin. 

Permit Application Number: TE079863 

Applicant: Michael Gangloff, Boone, 

North Carolina. 

The applicant requests authorization 

to amend his permit to take (capture, 

handle, conduct tissue sampling, 

release, and collect dead shells for 

identification) eight additional species 

of freshwater mussels for the purpose of 

conducting presence/absence/ 

population surveys and assisting in 

species recovery efforts. These activities 

will be conducted throughout the range 

of these species: Alabama pearlshell 

(Margaritifera marrianae), Choctaw 

bean (Villosa/Obovaria choctawensis), 

Escambia pigtoe (Fusconaia escambia), 

fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema strodeanum), 

round ebonyshell (Fusconaia rotulata), 

Southern kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus 

jonesi), Southern sandshell (Hamiota 

australis), and tapered pigtoe 

(Fusconaia burkei). 

Permit Application Number: TE12156B 

Applicant: Arkansas Department of 

Environmental Quality, Little Rock, 

Arkansas. 

The applicant is requesting 

authorization to perform normal 

fisheries and macroinvertebrate 

biomonitoring activities in streams/ 

rivers of Arkansas that currently host 

the following federally listed species: 

yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma 

moorei), Arkansas darter (Etheostoma 

cragini), Arkansas River shiner 

(Notropis girardi), leopard darter 

(Percina pantherina), pallid sturgeon 

(Scaphirhynchus albus). 

Permit Application Number: TE136808 

Applicant: Loggerhead Marine Life 

Center, Charles A. Manire, Juno 

Beach, Florida. 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (receive, hold, rehabilitate, 

release, euthanize) the Kemp’s Ridley 

sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), 

hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys 

imbricata), leatherback sea turtle 

(Dermochelys coriacea), green sea turtle 

(Chelonia mydas), loggerhead sea turtle 

(Caretta caretta), and olive ridley sea 

turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) while 

providing medical treatment and 

rehabilitation services. The proposed 

activities would occur at the Loggerhead 

Marine Life Center, Juno Beach, Florida. 

Permit Application Number: TE069280 

Applicant: Alabama Department of 

Transportation, Montgomery, 

Alabama. 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take Alabama beach mouse 

(Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) for 

the purpose of conducting presence/ 

absence/population surveys and 

assisting in species recovery efforts. 

These activities will be conducted 

throughout the range of the species in 

Alabama. 

Permit Application Number: TE11866B 

Applicant: USDA Forest Service, 

Columbia, South Carolina. 

The applicant requests authorization 

to take American chaffseed (Schwalbea 

americana) seeds for the purpose of 

improving greenhouse cultivation 

methods and reintroduction techniques. 

These activities will be conducted in the 

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