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year immediately following the first 

phase application year. 

Findings and Certifications 

Environmental Impact 

This notice involves the 

establishment of fiscal requirements or 

procedures that are related to rate and 

cost determinations and do not 

constitute a development decision 

affecting the physical condition of 

specific project areas or building sites. 

Accordingly, under 40 CFR 1508.4 of 

the regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality and 24 CFR 

50.19(c)(6) of HUD’s regulations, this 

notice is categorically excluded from 

environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Federalism Impact 

Executive Order 13132 (entitled 

‘‘Federalism’’) prohibits an agency from 

publishing any policy document that 

has federalism implications if the 

document either imposes substantial 

direct compliance costs on state and 

local governments and is not required 

by statute, or the document preempts 

state law, unless the agency meets the 

consultation and funding requirements 

of Section 6 of the executive order. This 

notice merely designates DDAs as 

required under Section 42 of the IRC, as 

amended, for use by political 

subdivisions of the states in allocating 

the LIHTC. This notice also details the 

technical methodology used in making 

such designations. As a result, this 

notice is not subject to review under the 

order. 

Dated: November 11, 2013. 

Shaun Donovan, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27505 Filed 11–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0012; OMB Control 

Number 1014–0022; 134E1700D2 

EEEE500000 ET1SF0000.DAQ000] 

Information Collection Activities: 

General; 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 resubmit to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. The 

resubmission of this information 

collection request (ICR) is necessary to 

include a form that we developed to 

clarify and facilitate submission of 

certain voluntary paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

Subpart A, General. The new form is 

BSEE–0011 and entails no additional 

information collection burden to that 

already approved by OMB for the 

Subpart A regulations. 

DATES: You must submit comments by 

January 17, 2014. 

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–2013–0012 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; BSEE; 

Regulations and Standards Branch; 

Attention: Cheryl Blundon; 381 Elden 

Street HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014– 

0022 in your comment and include your 

name and return address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and 

Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607 to 

request additional information about 

this ICR. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart A, General. 

OMB Control Number: 1014–0022. 

Form(s): BSEE–0011. 

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. 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. Section 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 other 

techniques sufficient to prevent or 

minimize the likelihood of blowouts, 

loss of well control, fires, spillages, 

physical obstructions 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.’’ 

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. 

These authorities and responsibilities 

are among those delegated to the Bureau 

of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE). The regulations at 

30 CFR 250, Subpart A, concern the 

general regulatory requirements of the 

oil, gas, and sulphur operations on the 

OCS. This specific collection pertains to 

a new form, BSEE–0011, iSEE, InternetBased Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement Reporting System, that was 

created to clarify what information is 

needed when someone reports an 

apparent violation. Regulations 

governing reports and investigations of 

possible violations are covered under 

§ 250.193 and are for the most part, 

(a) Any person may report to BSEE 

any hazardous or unsafe working 

condition on any facility engaged in 

OCS activities, and any possible 

violation or failure to comply with: 

(1) Any provision of the Act, 

(2) any provision of a lease, approved 

plan, or permit issued under the Act, 

(3) any provision of any regulation or 

order issued under the Act, or 

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(4) any other Federal law relating to 

safety of offshore oil and gas operations. 

(b) To make a report under this 

section, a person is not required to 

know whether any legal requirement 

listed in (a) has been violated. 

(c) When BSEE receives a report of a 

possible violation, or when a BSEE 

employee detects a possible violation, 

BSEE will investigate according to BSEE 

procedures. 

Regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart A, 

implement these statutory requirements. 

We use the information to investigate 

potential violations related to OCS 

activities. 

BSEE developed a new form that 

respondents must use to submit certain 

information collection requirements 

under § 250.193. This form entails no 

additional burden as it only clarifies 

and facilitates the submission of the 

currently approved information 

collection requirements to which the 

form pertains. This resubmitted ICR is 

revised to only include the new Form 

BSEE–0011, iSEE, Internet-Based Safety 

and Environmental Enforcement 

Reporting System. No burden hours 

have been changed from the currently 

OMB approved collection. The 

information on BSEE–0011 is as follows: 

The first 4 parts of the form are for the 

purposes of asking follow-up questions 

if necessary—First and Last Name, 

Email Address, Phone number. 

—The Category of Information section is 

used to specify what type of potential 

violation is being reported so that it 

can be routed internally to the 

appropriate BSEE personnel. 

—The Region drop down menu is used 

to specify which region the potential 

violation occurred in so that it can be 

routed internally to the appropriate 

BSEE personnel. 

—The Location Information provides 

BSEE with the ability to locate (using 

various data options as entered by the 

reporting party) where the potential 

violation took place. We request, 

Company Name, Area Block, Lease 

Number, Production Facility Name, 

Drilling Rig Name, GPS Coordinate 

Latitude and Longitude, Other, if this 

information is known. 

—Date of Offense—self-explanatory. 

—Detailed Description of Problem or 

Event—self-explanatory. 

We will protect personally 

identifiable information about 

individuals according to the Privacy Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552a) and DOI’s implementing 

regulations (43 CFR 2). We will also 

protect proprietary information under 

the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552), DOI’s implementing 

regulations (43 CFR 2); as well as 30 

CFR 250.197, Data and information to 

be made available to the public or for 

limited inspection, and 30 CFR 252, 

OCS Oil and Gas Information Program. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Description of Respondents: Potential 

respondents comprise Federal oil, gas, 

or sulphur lessees, operators and/or the 

general public. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The 

currently approved annual reporting 

burden for this one requirement is 9 

hours and continues to remain the same 

in this request. 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 A 

Reporting or recordkeeping 

requirement Hour burden 

193; Form BSEE–0011 ............................. Report apparent violations or non-compliance ............................................................ 1.5 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no non-hour 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. 

The form BSEE–0011 is as follows: 

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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: November 7, 2013. 

Robert W. Middleton, 

Deputy Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27531 Filed 11–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–C 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2013–0010; OMB Control 

Number 1014–0012; 134E1700D2 

EEEE500000 ET1SF0000.DAQ000] 

Information Collection Activities: Open 

and Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil 

and Gas Pipelines Under the OCS 

Lands Act; 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 a renewal to the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

30 Part 291, Open and 

Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and 

Gas Pipelines Under the OCS Lands Act. 

DATES: You must submit comments by 

January 17, 2014. 

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–2013–0010 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; 

Attention: Nicole Mason; 381 Elden 

Street, HE3313; Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817. Please reference ICR 1014– 

0012 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 291, Open and 

Nondiscriminatory Access to Oil and 

Gas Pipelines Under the OCS Lands Act. 

OMB Control Number: 1014–0012. 

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 that 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. 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. 

Section 1334(f)(1) states ‘‘Except as 

provided in paragraph (2), every permit, 

license, easement, right-of-way, or other 

grant of authority for the transportation 

by pipeline on or across the Outer 

Continental Shelf of oil or gas shall 

require that the pipeline be operated in 

accordance with the following 

competitive principles: (A) The pipeline 


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