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Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $16,000. 

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.). 

Kirk Malstrom, 

Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01281 Filed 1–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2023–0006; EEEE500000 

245E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000; OMB 

Control Number 1014–0022] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; General 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 February 

23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments to Nikki Mason, BSEE 

ICCO, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, 

VA 20166; or by email to nikki.mason@

bsee.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1014–0022 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Nikki Mason by email 

at nikki.mason@bsee.gov, or by 

telephone at (703) 787–1607. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may 

also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), 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 June 16, 

2023 (88 FR 39467). No comments were 

received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

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: The BSEE uses the 

information collected under the Subpart 

A regulations to ensure that operations 

on the OCS are carried out in a safe and 

pollution-free manner, do not interfere 

with the rights of other users on the 

OCS, and balance the protection and 

development of OCS resources. 

Specifically, we use the information 

collected to: 

• Review records of formal crane 

operator and rigger training, crane 

operator qualifications, crane 

inspections, testing, and maintenance to 

ensure that lessees/operators perform 

operations in a safe and workmanlike 

manner and that equipment is 

maintained in a safe condition. The 

BSEE also uses the information to make 

certain that all new and existing cranes 

installed on OCS fixed platforms must 

be equipped with anti-two block safety 

devices, and to assure that uniform 

methods are employed by lessees for 

load testing of cranes. 

• Review welding plans, procedures, 

and records to ensure that welding is 

conducted in a safe and workmanlike 

manner by trained and experienced 

personnel. 

• Provide lessees/operators greater 

flexibility to comply with regulatory 

requirements through approval of 

alternative equipment or procedures 

and departures to regulations if they 

demonstrate equal or better compliance 

with the appropriate performance 

standards. 

• Ensure that injection of gas 

promotes conservation of natural 

resources and prevents waste. 

• Record the agent and local agent 

empowered to receive notices and 

comply with regulatory orders issued. 

• Provide for orderly development of 

leases using information to determine 

the appropriateness of lessee/operator 

requests for suspension of operations, 

including production. 

• Improve safety and environmental 

protection on the OCS through 

collection and analysis of accident 

reports to ascertain the cause of the 

accidents and to determine ways to 

prevent recurrences. 

• Ascertain when the lease ceases 

production or when the last well ceases 

production in order to determine the 

180th day after the date of completion 

of the last production. The BSEE will 

use this information to efficiently 

maintain the lessee/operator lease 

status. 

• Allow lessees/operators who 

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incremental approach to improving 

their overall performance prior to a final 

decision to disqualify a lessee/operator 

or to pursue debarment proceedings 

through the execution of a performance 

improvement plan (PIP). The Subpart A 

regulations do not address the actual 

process that we will follow in pursuing 

the disqualification of operators under 

§§ 250.135 and 250.136; however, our 

internal enforcement procedures 

include allowing such operators to 

demonstrate a commitment to 

acceptable performance by the 

submission of a PIP. 

We will not be making any changes to 

the forms this renewal cycle. 

The BSEE forms use and information 

consists of the following: 

Form BSEE–0132, Hurricane and 

Tropical Storm Evacuation and 

Production Curtailment Statistics 

(GOMR) 

• Be informed when there could be a 

major disruption in the availability and 

supply of natural gas and oil due to 

natural occurrences/hurricanes, to 

advise the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in 

case of the need to rescue offshore 

workers in distress, to monitor damage 

to offshore platforms and drilling rigs, 

and to advise the news media and 

interested public entities when 

production is shut-in and when 

resumed. The Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region (GOMR) uses Form BSEE–0132, 

Hurricane and Tropical Storm 

Evacuation and Production Curtailment 

Statistics, for respondents to report 

evacuation statistics when necessary. 

This form requires the respondent to 

submit general information such as 

company name, contact, date, time, 

telephone number, as well as number of 

platforms and drilling rigs evacuated 

and not evacuated. We also require 

production shut-in statistics for oil 

(BOPD) and gas (MMSCFD). 

Form BSEE–0143, Facility/Equipment 

Damage Report 

• Assists lessees, lease operators, and 

pipeline right-of-way holders when 

reporting damage by a hurricane, 

earthquake, or other natural 

phenomenon. They are required to 

submit an initial damage report to the 

Regional Supervisor within 48 hours 

after completing the initial evaluation of 

the damage and then, subsequent 

reports, monthly and immediately, 

whenever information changes until the 

damaged structure or equipment is 

returned to service. Information on the 

form includes—instructions, general 

information, a description of the 

damage, an initial damage assessment, 

production rate at time of shut-in (BPD 

and/or MMCFPD), cumulative 

production shut-in (BPD and/or 

MMCFPD), and estimated time to return 

to service (in days). 

Form BSEE–1832, Notification of 

Incident(s) of Noncompliance 

• Determine that respondents have 

corrected all Incident(s) of 

Noncompliance (INCs), identified 

during inspections. Everything on the 

INC form is filled out by a BSEE 

inspector/representative. The only thing 

industry does with this form is sign the 

document upon receipt and respond to 

BSEE when each INC has been 

corrected, no later than 14 days from the 

date of issuance. 

Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 250, 

subpart A, General. 

OMB Control Number: 1014–0022. 

Form Number: Form BSEE–0132, 

Hurricane and Tropical Storm 

Evacuation and Production Curtailment 

Statistics (GOMR), Form BSEE–0143, 

Facility/Equipment Damage Report, and 

Form BSEE–1832, Notification of 

Incident(s) of Noncompliance. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Potential respondents include Federal 

OCS oil, gas, and sulfur lessees and/or 

operators and holders of pipeline rightsof-way. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: Currently there are 

approximately 555 Federal OCS oil, gas, 

and sulfur lessees and holders of 

pipeline rights-of-way. Not all the 

potential respondents will submit 

information in any given year, and some 

may submit multiple times. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 22,294. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 30 minutes to 

106 hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 102,221. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Most 

responses are mandatory, while others 

are required to obtain or retain benefits, 

or voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Submissions 

are generally on occasion, daily, 

monthly, and vary by section. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $246,268. 

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.). 

Kirk Malstrom, 

Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01279 Filed 1–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2023–0005; EEEE500000 

245E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000; OMB 

Control Number 1014–0015] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Unitization 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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 February 

23, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments to Nikki Mason, BSEE 

ICCO, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, 

VA 20166; or by email to nikki.mason@

bsee.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1014–0015 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Nikki Mason by email 

at nikki.mason@bsee.gov, or by 

telephone at (703) 787–1607. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may 


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