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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimates of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden including the use of automated collection techniques or the use of other forms of information technology; and (e) the annual costs burden to respondents or record keepers from the collection of information (a total capital/startup costs and operations and maintenance costs). The comments that are submitted will be summarized and included in the CBP request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. In this document CBP is soliciting comments concerning the following information collection:

Title: Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA–DR).

OMB Number: 1651–0125. Form Number: None. Abstract: On August 5, 2004, the United States entered into theDominican Republic-Central AmericaUnited States Free Trade Agreement with Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua (also known as CAFTA–DR). The Agreement was approved by Congress in section 101(a) of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Pub. L. 109–53, 119 Stat. 462) (19 U.S.C. 4001) and provides for preferential tariff treatment of certain goods originating in one or more of the CAFTA–DR countries. It was signed into law on August 2, 2005.

In order to ascertain if imported goods are eligible for preferential tariff treatment or duty refunds under CAFTA–DR, CBP collects information such as name and contact information for importer and exporter; information about the producer of the good; a description of the good; the HTSUS tariff classification; and the applicable rule of origin. In addition, a certification and supporting documents may be requested by CBP in order to substantiate the claim for preferential tariff treatment. This collection of information is provided for by 19 CFR 10.583 through 19 CFR 10.592.

Current Actions: CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected.

Type of Review: Extension (without change).

Affected Public: Businesses. Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500.

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 10,000.

Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.

Estimated Time per Response: 24 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,000.

Dated: November 30, 2011. Tracey Denning, Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2011–31181 Filed 12–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 9111–14–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR**

**Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)** 

**[Docket ID No. BSEE–2011–0002; OMB Control Number 1010–0050]** 

**Information Collection Activities: Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way;**  **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 revision to the paperwork requirements in the regulations under Subpart J, ‘‘Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way.’’

**DATES :**  You must submit comments by February 3, 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– 2011–0002 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; Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement; Regulations Development Branch; Attention: Nicole Mason; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024; Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1010– 0050 in your comment and include your name and return address.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Nicole Mason, Regulations Development Branch at (703) 787–1605 to request additional information about this ICR.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Title: 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart J, Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0050. Form(s): BSEE–0149. 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 mineral resources on the OCS. Such rules and regulations will apply to all operations conducted under a lease, right-of-way, or a right-of-use and easement. Section 1334(e) authorizes the Secretary to grant ROWs through the submerged lands of the OCS for pipelines ‘‘ * * * for the transportation of oil, natural gas, sulphur, or other minerals, or under such regulations and upon such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary, * * * including (as provided in section 1347(b) of this title) assuring maximum environmental protection by utilization of the best available and safest technologies, including the safest practices for pipeline burial.

The Independent Offices Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26, 1996), and OMB Circular A–25, authorize Federal agencies to recover the full cost of services that confer special benefits. Pipeline ROWs and assignments are subject to cost recovery, and BSEE regulations specify filing fees for applications.

Regulations at 30 CFR 250, subpart J, implement these statutory requirements. We use the information to ensure those activities are performed in a safe manner. BSEE needs information concerning the proposed pipeline and safety equipment, inspections and tests, and natural and manmade hazards near the proposed pipeline route. BSEE uses the information to review pipeline designs prior to approving an application for an ROW or lease term pipeline to ensure that the pipeline, as constructed, will provide for safe transportation of minerals through the submerged lands of the OCS. They review proposed pipeline routes to ensure that the pipeline would not conflict with any State requirements or unduly interfere with other OCS activities. BSEE reviews proposals for taking pipeline safety equipment out of service to ensure alternate measures are used that will properly provide for the safety of the pipeline and associated


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facilities (platform, etc.). They review notification of relinquishment of an ROW grant and requests to abandon pipelines to ensure that all legal obligations are met and pipelines are properly abandoned. BSEE monitors the records concerning pipeline inspections and tests to ensure safety of operations and protection of the environment and to schedule their workload to permit witnessing and inspecting operations. Information is also necessary to determine the point at which DOI or Department of Transportation (DOT) has regulatory responsibility for a pipeline and to be informed of the identified operator if not the same as the ROW holder. The following form is also submitted to BSEE under subpart J. The form and its purpose is:

BSEE–0149—Assignment of Federal OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant: BSEE uses the information to track the ownership of pipeline ROWs; as well as use the information to update the corporate database that is used to determine what leases are available for a Lease Sale and the ownership of all OCS leases.

We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under regulations at 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, annual. Description of Respondents: Potential respondents include lessees, operators, and holders of pipeline ROWs.

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The currently approved annual reporting burden for this collection is 76,864 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 J and related NTL(s) Reporting and recordkeeping requirement Hour burden

Non-hour cost burden

**Lease Term (L/T) Pipeline (P/L) Applications**

1000(b)(1); 1004(b)(5); 1007(a) Submit application and all required information and notices to install new L/T P/L ............. ...... 145 $3,283 each

1000(b)(1); 1007(b) .................. Submit application and all required information and notices to modify a L/T P/L ........... ............ 35 $1,906 each

**Right of Way (ROW) P/L Applications and Grants**

1000(b)(2), (d); 1004(b)(5);

1007(a); 1009(a); 1015; 1016. Submit application and all required information and notices for new P/L ROW grant and to install a new ROW P/L. 170

$2,569 each

1000(b)(2), (3); 1007(b); 1017 .. Submit application and all required information and notices to modify a P/L ROW grant and to modify an ROW P/L (includes route modifications, cessation of operations, partial relinquishments, hot taps, and new and modified accessory platforms). 48

$3,865 each

1000(b)(3); 1010(h); 1019;

1017(b)(2)(ii). Submit application and all required information and notices to relinquish P/L ROW grant ........ 7

1015 .......................................... Submit application and all required information and notices for ROW grant to convert a leaseterm P/L to an ROW P/L. 18

$219 each

1016 .......................................... Request opportunity to eliminate conflict when an application has been rejected .. ................... 2

1018 .......................................... Submit application and all required information and notices for assignment of a pipeline ROW grant using Form BSEE–0149 (burden includes approximately 30 minutes to fill out form). 16

$186 each

**Notifications and Reports**

1004(b)(5) ................................. In lieu of a continuous volumetric comparison system, request substitution; submit any supporting documentation if requested/required. 36

1007(a)(4)(i)(A); (B); (C) ........... Provide specified information in your pipeline application if using unbonded flexible pipe ........ 4

1007(a)(4)(i)(D) ......................... Provide results of third party IVA review in your pipeline application if using unbonded flexible pipe. 40

1007(a)(4)(ii) ............................. Provide specified information in your pipeline application .......................... ................................. 30


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Citation 30 CFR 250 subpart J and related NTL(s) Reporting and recordkeeping requirement Hour burden

Non-hour cost burden

1008(a) ..................................... Notify BSEE before constructing or relocating a pipeline ...........................

................................. 1 ⁄ 2
1008(a) ..................................... Notify BSEE before conducting a pressure test ......................................

.................................... 1 ⁄ 2

1008(b) ..................................... Submit L/T P/L construction report ................................................. ............................................. 17

1008(b) ..................................... Submit ROW P/L construction report ................................................. .......................................... 17

1008(c) ...................................... Notify BSEE of any pipeline taken out of service ..................................

...................................... 1 ⁄ 2
1008(d) ..................................... Notify BSEE of any pipeline safety equipment taken out of service more than 12 hours .......... 1 ⁄ 5
1008(e) ..................................... Notify BSEE of any repair and include procedures ................................... .................................. 2

$360 each

1008(e) ..................................... Submit repair report ............................................................... ...................................................... 3

1008(f) ...................................... Submit report of pipeline failure analysis ........................................ ............................................. 30

1008(g) ..................................... Submit plan of corrective action and report of any remedial action ................. ........................... 12

1008(h) ..................................... Submit the results and conclusions of pipe-to-electrolyte potential measurements ...

................ 1 ⁄ 2
1010(c) ...................................... Notify BSEE of any archaeological resource discovery .............................. ................................ 4

1010(d) ..................................... Notify BSEE of P/L ROW holder’s name and address changes. Not considered IC under 5 CFR 1320.3(h). 0

**General**

1000(c)(2) ................................. Identify in writing P/L operator on ROW if different from ROW grant holder ..........

.................... 1 ⁄ 4
1000(c)(3) ................................. Mark specific point on P/L where operating responsibility transfers to transporting operator or depict transfer point on a schematic located on the facility. One-time requirement after finalrule published; now part of application or construction process involving no additional burdens. 0

1000(c)(4) ................................. Petition BSEE for exceptions to general operations transfer point description ....... .................... 5

1000(c)(8) ................................. Request BSEE recognize valves landward of last production facility but still located on OCS as point where BSEE regulatory authority begins (none received to date). 1

1000(c)(12) ............................... Petition BSEE to continue to operate under DOT regulations upstream of last valve on last production facility (one received to date). 40

1000(c)(13) ............................... Transporting P/L operator petition to DOT and BSEE to continue to operate under BSEE regulations (none received to date). 40

1004(c) ...................................... Place sign on safety equipment identified as ineffective and removed from service . ................ 0

1007(a)(4) ................................. Submit required documentation for unbonded flexible pipe ............................ ............................ 150

1000–1019 ................................ General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered elsewhere in subpart J regulations. 2

**Recordkeeping**

1000–1008 ................................ Make available to BSEE design, construction, operation, maintenance, testing, and repa ir records on lease-term P/Ls 2

. 5

1005(a) ..................................... Inspect P/L routes for indication of leakage, 1 record results, maintain records 2 years 2

.......... 24

1010(g) ..................................... Make available to BSEE design, construction, operation, maintenance, testing, and repair records on P/L ROW area and improvements 2

. 5

1 These activities are usual and customary practices for prudent operators.

2 Retaining these records is usual and customary business practice; required burden is minimal to make available to BSEE.

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: We have identified seven non-hour paperwork cost burdens for this collection. The non-hour cost burdens required in 30 CFR 250, subpart J (and


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respective cost-recovery fee amount per transaction) are required under: § 250.1000(b)—New Pipeline

Application (lease term)—$3,283. § 250.1000(b)—Pipeline Application

Modification (lease term)—$1,906. § 250.1000(b)—Pipeline Application

Modification (ROW)—$3,865. § 250.1008(e)—Pipeline Repair

Notification—$360. § 250.1015(a)—Pipeline ROW Grant

Application—$2,569. § 250.1015(a)—Pipeline Conversion

from Lease term to ROW—$219. § 250.1018(b)—Pipeline ROW

Assignment—$186.
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.

Acting BSEE Information Collection Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon (703)
787–1607.

Dated: November 18, 2011. Douglas W. Morris, Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011–31084 Filed 12–2–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR**

**Fish and Wildlife Service**

**[FWS–R2–ES–2011–N247; 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 January 4, 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 87103, or by telephone 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–
6920.

**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 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, 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–54884A

Applicant: Gabriela Casares, Austin, Texas.

Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia ) and black-capped vireo ( Vireo atricapilla ) within Texas.

Permit TE–52419A Applicant: EA Engineering, Science,

and Technology, Lewisville, Texas. Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for interior least tern ( Sterna antillarum ) and red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) within Texas.

Permit TE–57473A Applicant: Stephen Ramirez, San

Marcos, Texas. Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica