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homeless households that are rooted in 

evidence and informed by the PHAs 

themselves. This proposed data 

collection consists of a telephone survey 

to be administered to a purposeful 

sample of 125 public housing agencies. 

Members of affected public: Public 

housing agencies. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 

ESTIMATED RESPONDENT BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS

Form Respondent sample Number of 

respondents 

Average time 

to complete 

(minimum, 

maximum) in 

minutes 

Frequency Total burden 

(hours) 

Telephone Survey ............................. A purposeful sample of public housing agencies.125 60 1 125 

Total Burden Hours ................... ........................................................... ........................ ........................ ........................ 125 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval. 

Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 9(a), 

and Title 12, U.S.C., Section 1701z–1 et seq. 

Dated: May 2, 2012. 

Erika C. Poethig, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11514 Filed 5–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID No. BSEE–2012–0008; OMB 

Control Number 1014–0009] 

Information Collection Activities: 

Legacy Data Verification Process 

(LDVP); Submitted for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-day notice. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), 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 a renewal to the paperwork 

requirements in a Notice to Lessees and 

Operators (NTL) discussed below. 

DATES: You must submit comments by 

July 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods listed 

below. 

• Electronically: go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled, 

Enter Keyword or ID, enter BSEE–2012– 

0008 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; Bureau of 

Safety and Environmental Enforcement; 

Regulations Development Branch; 

Attention: Cheryl Blundon; 381 Elden 

Street, MS–4024; Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014– 

0009 in your comment and include your 

name and return address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Blundon, Regulations 

Development Branch at (703) 787–1607 

to request additional information about 

this ICR. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Legacy Data Verification Process 

(LDVP)—NTL (formerly known as 

Historical Well Data Cleanup). 

OMB Control Number: 1014–0009. 

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 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 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. 

The OCSLA at 43 U.S.C. 1332(6) 

states that ‘‘operations in the [O]uter 

Continental Shelf should be conducted 

in a safe manner by well-trained 

personnel using technology, 

precautions, and techniques sufficient 

to prevent or minimize the likelihood of 

blowouts, loss of well control, fires, 

spillages, physical obstruction 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.’’ 

BSEE’s Legacy Data Verification 

Process (LDVP) requests operators to 

supply missing data or corrected data 

for wells drilled prior to January 2000 

that do not have an assigned API 

number. This notice announces our 

intention to request a 3-year extension 

for this information collection. 

The information we collect under this 

NTL, is missing data for wellbores that 

BSEE has not assigned API numbers and 

other well data discovered as missing 

while completing the well database 

cleanup. We are not able to manage and 

utilize data from drilling operations 

accurately without the information for 

the missing wells. We will use the 

information to identify other well data 

(e.g., logs, surveys, tests) missing from 

our records, geologically map existing 

BSEE data to the correct wellbore/ 

location, and correctly exchange 

information with the operators and 

industry. Our geoscientists can use the 

information to evaluate resources for 

lease sales for fair market value. With 

respect to safety concerns, we believe 

that there may be anywhere from 1,500 

to 4,500 unidentified completed and 

abandoned wellbores (bypasses and 

sidetracks), some of which may contain 

stuck drill pipe or other materials. In 

approving permits and other operations 

in an area, it is important for us to know 

what may be adjacent to or near the 

vicinity of the activity we are approving 

to minimize the risk of blowouts, loss of 

well control, and endangerment to life, 

health, and the environment. This is 

particularly important as, over the years, 

the number of wells drilled constantly 


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increases, thereby increasing the risk to 

adjacent activities if operators are not 

aware of what might be in the area. 

We will protect information 

respondents submit that is considered 

proprietary under the Freedom of 

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

implementing regulations (43 CFR part 

2), and 30 CFR 250.197, Data and 

information to be made available to the 

public or for limited inspection. No 

items of a sensitive nature are collected. 

Responses are mandatory. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Description of Respondents: Potential 

respondents comprise Federal OCS oil, 

gas, and sulphur lessees. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The 

currently approved annual reporting 

burden for this collection is 11,250 

hours for approximately 4,500 wells, 

based on: 

(1) 0.5 hours to locate and copy a 

summary of drilling operations (e.g., 

scout tickets) for each well; and 

(2) 2 hours to retrieve and analyze 

each well file and retrieve other missing 

data. There are no recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no paperwork 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 

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: May 4, 2012. 

Douglas W. Morris, 

Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11631 Filed 5–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2012–N087; 

FXES11130200000F5–123–FF02ENEH00] 

Endangered and Threatened Species 

Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered or threatened species. The 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act), prohibits activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activities. The Act and the National 

Environmental Policy Act also require 

that we invite public comment before 

issuing these permits. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

June 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Marty Tuegel, Section 10 

Coordinator, by U.S. mail at Division of 

Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, Room 

6034, Albuquerque, NM 87107 at (505) 

248–6920. Please refer to the respective 

permit number for each application 

when submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, 

Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248– 

6651. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Availability of Comments 

The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

prohibits activities with endangered and 

threatened species unless a Federal 

permit allows such activities. Along 

with our implementing regulations in 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 

50 CFR part 17, the Act provides for 

permits, and requires that we invite 

public comment before issuing these 

permits. 

A permit granted by us under section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes 

applicants to conduct activities with 

U.S. endangered or threatened species 

for scientific purposes, enhancement of 

survival or propagation, or interstate 

commerce. Our regulations regarding 

implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) 

permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for 

endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 

17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 

CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, 

and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant 

species. 

Applications Available for Review and 

Comment 

We invite local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies, and the public to 

comment on the following applications. 

Please refer to the appropriate permit 

number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456) 

when requesting application documents 

and when submitting comments. 

Documents and other information the 

applicants have submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552). 

Permit TE–67487A 

Applicant: Rogelio M. Rodriguez, 

Denver, Colorado. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris 

curasoae yerbabuenae) and Mexican 

long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) 

within Arizona and New Mexico. 

Permit TE–67491A 

Applicant: Permits West, Inc., 

Edgewood, New Mexico. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 


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