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Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: $1,100,000 (22 annual 

responses × $50,000 each). 

Activity/requirement 

Estimated 

number of 

annual 

responses 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

hours 

Application for Temporary Access and Operations Permit (§ 29.71) (FWS Form 3–2469) ........ 17 17 289 

Preexisting Operations (§ 29.61) ................................................................................................. 20 50 1,000 

Accessing Oil and Gas Rights from Non-Federal Surface Location (§ 29.80) ........................... 2 1 2 

Pre-application Meeting for Operations Permit (§ 29.91) ............................................................ 22 2 44 

Operations Permit Application (§§ 29.94–29.97) ......................................................................... 22 140 3,080 

Financial Assurance (§§ 29.103(b), 29.150) ................................................................................ 22 1 22 

Identification of Wells and Related Facilities (§ 29.119(b)) ......................................................... 22 2 44 

Reporting (§ 29.121) 

Third-Party Monitor Report (§ 29.121(b)) .................................................................................... 150 17 2,550 

Notification—Injuries/Mortality to Fish and Wildlife and Threatened/Endangered Plants 

(§ 29.121(c)) ............................................................................................................................. 10 1 10 

Notification—Accidents involving Serious Injuries/Death and Fires/Spills (§ 29.121(d)) ............ 10 1 10 

Written Report—Accidents Involving Serious Injuries/Deaths and Fires/Spills (§ 29.121(d)) ..... 10 16 160 

Report—Verify Compliance with Permits (§ 29.121(e)) ............................................................... 120 4 480 

Notification—Chemical Disclosure of Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids uploaded to FracFocus 

(§ 29.121(f)) .............................................................................................................................. 2 1 2 

Permit Modifications (§ 29.160(a)) ............................................................................................... 5 16 80 

Change of Operator § 29.170 

Transferring Operator Notification (§ 29.170) .............................................................................. 10 8 80 

Acquiring Operator’s Requirements for Wells Not Under a Service Permit (§ 29.171(a)) .......... 9 40 360 

Acquiring Operator’s Acceptance of an Existing Permit (§ 29.171(b)) ........................................ 1 8 8 

Extension to Well Plugging (§ 29.181(a)) 

Application for Permit .................................................................................................................. 5 140 700 

Modification .................................................................................................................................. 2 16 32 

Public Information (§ 29.210) 

Affidavit in Support of Claim of Confidentiality (§ 29.210(c) and (d)) .......................................... 1 1 1 

Confidential Information (§ 29.210(e) and (f)) ............................................................................. 1 1 1

Maintenance of Confidential Information (§ 29.210(h)) ............................................................... 1 1 1 

Generic Chemical Name Disclosure (§ 29.210(i)) ....................................................................... 1 1 1 

Totals: ................................................................................................................................... 465 ........................ 8,957 

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.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01643 Filed 1–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–ES–2021–0151; FF09420000/223/ 

FXES111609M0000; OMB Control Number 

1018–New] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Approval Procedures for 

Incidental Harassment Authorizations 

of Marine Mammals 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service), are proposing a new 

information collection in use without an 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

information collection request (ICR) by 

one of the following methods (please 

reference ‘‘1018–IHA’’ in the subject 

line of your comments): 

• Internet (preferred): http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2021– 

0151. 

• Email: Info_Coll@fws.gov. 

• U.S. mail: Service Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), Falls Church, 

VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Madonna L. Baucum, 

Service Information Collection 


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Clearance Officer, by email at Info_

Coll@fws.gov, or by telephone at (703) 

358–2503. Individuals who are hearing 

or speech impaired may call the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 for 

TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information 

collections require approval under the 

PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor 

and you are not required to respond to 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies 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. 

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. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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: Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) 

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) to allow, upon request, the 

incidental, but not intentional, taking by 

harassment of small numbers of marine 

mammals of a species or population 

stock by U.S. citizens who engage in a 

specified activity (other than 

commercial fishing) within a specific 

geographic region for periods of not 

more than 1 year. The Service may 

authorize incidental take by harassment 

if statutory and regulatory procedures 

are followed and the Service finds: (i) 

Take is of a small number of marine 

mammals of a species or stock, (ii) take 

will have a negligible impact on the 

species or stock, and (iii) take will not 

have an unmitigable adverse impact on 

the availability of the species or stock 

for taking for subsistence uses by Alaska 

Natives. 

The term ‘‘take’’ means to harass, 

hunt, capture, or kill, or attempt to 

harass, hunt, capture, or kill, any marine 

mammal. Harassment means any act of 

pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) 

has the potential to injure a marine 

mammal or marine mammal stock in the 

wild (the MMPA defines this as ‘‘Level 

A harassment’’), or (ii) has the potential 

to disturb a marine mammal or marine 

mammal stock in the wild by causing 

disruption of behavioral patterns, 

including, but not limited to, migration, 

breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or 

sheltering (the MMPA defines this as 

‘‘Level B harassment’’). 

The terms ‘‘negligible impact,’’ ‘‘small 

numbers,’’ and ‘‘unmitigable adverse 

impact’’ are defined in 50 CFR 18.27 

(i.e., the Service’s regulations governing 

small takes of marine mammals 

incidental to specified activities). 

‘‘Negligible impact’’ is an impact 

resulting from the specified activity that 

cannot be reasonably expected to, and is 

not reasonably likely to, adversely affect 

the species or stock through effects on 

annual rates of recruitment or survival. 

‘‘Unmitigable adverse impact’’ means an 

impact resulting from the specified 

activity (1) that is likely to reduce the 

availability of the species to a level 

insufficient for a harvest to meet 

subsistence needs by (i) causing the 

marine mammals to abandon or avoid 

hunting areas, (ii) directly displacing 

subsistence users, or (iii) placing 

physical barriers between the marine 

mammals and the subsistence hunters; 

and (2) that cannot be sufficiently 

mitigated by other measures to increase 

the availability of marine mammals to 

allow subsistence needs to be met. 

The term ‘‘small numbers’’ is also 

defined in 50 CFR 18.27. However, we 

do not rely on that definition here as it 

conflates ‘‘small numbers’’ with 

‘‘negligible impacts.’’ We recognize 

‘‘small numbers’’ and ‘‘negligible 

impact’’ as separate and distinct 

considerations when reviewing requests 

for incidental harassment authorizations 

(IHA) under the MMPA (see Natural 

Res. Def. Council, Inc. v. Evans, 232 F. 

Supp. 2d 1003, 1025 (N.D. Cal. 2003)). 

Instead, for our small numbers 

determination, we estimate the likely 

number of takes of marine mammals 

and evaluate if that take is small relative 

to the size of the species or stock. 

The term ‘‘least practicable adverse 

impact’’ is not defined in the MMPA or 

its enacting regulations. The Service 

ensures the least practicable adverse 

impact through mitigation measures that 

are effective in reducing the impact of 

project activities but are not so 

restrictive as to make project activities 

unduly burdensome or impossible to 

undertake and complete. 

If the requisite findings are made, the 

Service issues an IHA, which may set 

forth the following: (i) Permissible 

methods of taking; (ii) other means of 

effecting the least practicable impact on 

the species or stock and its habitat, 

paying particular attention to rookeries, 

mating grounds, and areas of similar 

significance, and on the availability of 

the species or stock for taking for 

subsistence uses by coastal dwelling 

Alaska Natives (if applicable); and (iii) 

requirements for monitoring and 

reporting such take by harassment. 

Applicants seeking to conduct 

activities may request an IHA for the 

specified activity. If the IHA is issued, 

the applicants must submit on-site 

monitoring reports and a final report of 

the activity to the Secretary. 

This is a non-form collection. 

Applicants must comply with the 

regulations at 50 CFR 18.27, which 

outline the procedures and 

requirements for submitting a request. 

These regulations provide the applicant 

with a detailed description of 

information the Service needs in order 

to evaluate the proposed activity and 

make the required determinations. 

Specifically, applicants must submit the 

following information to the Service as 

part of the IHA application process: 

• A description of the specific 

activity or class of activities that can be 

expected to result in incidental taking of 

marine mammals, and 

• The dates and duration of such 

activity and the specific geographical 

region where it will occur. 


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• Based on the best available 

scientific information, each applicant 

must also: 

—Estimate the species and numbers of 

marine mammals likely to be taken by 

age, sex, and reproductive conditions, 

and the type of taking (e.g., 

disturbance by sound, injury or death 

resulting from collision, etc.) and the 

number of times such taking is likely 

to occur; 

—Describe the status, distribution, and 

seasonal distribution (when 

applicable) of the affected species or 

stocks likely to be affected by such 

activities; 

—Describe the anticipated impacts of an 

activity upon the species or stocks; 

—Discuss the anticipated impact of the 

activity on the availability of the 

species or stocks for subsistence uses; 

• Discuss the anticipated impact of 

the activity upon the habitat of the 

marine mammal populations and the 

likelihood of restoration of the affected 

habitat; 

• Describe the anticipated impact of 

the loss or modification of the habitat on 

the marine mammal population 

involved; 

• Describe availability and feasibility 

(economic and technological) of 

equipment, methods, and manner of 

conducting such activity or other means 

of effecting the least practicable adverse 

impact upon the affected species or 

stocks, their habitat, and, where 

relevant, on their availability for 

subsistence uses, paying particular 

attention to rookeries, mating grounds, 

and areas of similar significance; 

• Discuss the suggested means of 

accomplishing the necessary monitoring 

and reporting which will result in 

increased knowledge of the species 

through an analysis of the level of taking 

or impacts, and suggested means of 

minimizing burdens by coordinating 

such reporting requirements with other 

schemes already applicable to persons 

conducting such activity; and 

• Suggest means of learning of, 

encouraging, and coordinating research 

opportunities, plans, and activities 

relating to reducing such incidental 

taking from such specified activities, 

and evaluating their effects. 

The Service uses the information to 

draft the proposed IHA, including 

proposed determinations and mitigation 

measures to ensure the least practicable 

adverse impacts on the species or stock 

and its habitat. Upon IHA issuance, 

applicants must submit monitoring and 

final reports indicating the nature and 

extent of all takes of marine mammals 

that occurred incidentally to the 

specified activity. The purpose of 

monitoring requirements is to assess the 

effects of project activities on the 

species or stock, ensure that take is 

consistent with that anticipated in the 

negligible impact and subsistence use 

analyses, and detect any unanticipated 

effects on the species or stock. Because 

the length of project activities varies by 

project (a few weeks to a few months), 

some projects require weekly reports 

during project activities. 

OMB previously approved 

information collection requirements 

associated with incidental take 

regulations (ITRs) and letters of 

authorization (LOAs) contained in 50 

CFR 18, subparts J (Beaufort Sea) and K 

(Cook Inlet) under OMB Control 

Number 1018–0070. Because the ITRs 

and associated LOAs authorize specific 

entities to incidentally take marine 

mammals while engaged in specified 

activities within a specific geographic 

region for periods of not more than 5 

years, the Service will request a separate 

OMB control number for information 

collection requirements associated with 

IHAs. 

Title of Collection: Approval 

Procedures for Incidental Harassment 

Authorizations of Marine Mammals (50 

CFR 18.27). 

OMB Control Number: 1018–New. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Existing collection in 

use without an OMB control number. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

sector and State/local/Tribal 

government. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

Requirement 

Average 

number of 

annual 

respondents 

Average 

number of 

responses 

each 

Average 

number of 

annual 

responses 

Average 

completion 

time per 

response 

(hours) 

Estimated 

annual burden 

hours 

Incidental Harassment Authorization—Application 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 4 1 4 50 200 

Government ......................................................................... 1 1 1 50 50 

Incidental Harassment Authorization—Monitoring and Observation Reports 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 4 12 48 1.5 72 

Government ......................................................................... 1 12 12 1.5 18 

Incidental Harassment Authorization—Final Report 

Private Sector ...................................................................... 4 1 4 5 20 

Government ......................................................................... 1 1 1 5 5 

Totals: ........................................................................... 15 ........................ 70 ........................ 365 

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.). 


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Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01593 Filed 1–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWY–926000–223–L14400000–BJ0000– 

LXSSK15600000; LLWY–926000–XXX– 

L19100000–BJ0000–LRCSKX103300; 

LLWY–926000–XXX–L19100000–BJ0000– 

LRCSKX103600] 

Filing of Plats of Survey, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is scheduled to file 

plats of survey 30 calendar days from 

the date of this publication in the BLM 

Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, 

Wyoming. These surveys, which were 

executed at the request of the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and U.S. Forest Service, 

are necessary for the management of 

these lands. 

DATES: Protests must be received by the 

BLM prior to the scheduled date of 

official filing by February 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

protests to the Wyoming State Director 

at WY926, Bureau of Land Management, 

5353 Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, 

Wyoming 82009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sonja Sparks, BLM Wyoming Chief 

Cadastral Surveyor, by telephone at 

(307) 775–6225 or by email at 

s75spark@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 to contact 

this office during normal business 

hours. The Service is available 24 hours 

a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with this office. You will 

receive a reply during normal business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The plats 

of survey of the following described 

lands are scheduled to be officially filed 

in the BLM Wyoming State Office, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming. 

Wind River Meridian, Wyoming 

T. 1 S., R. 4 E., Group No. 962, dependent 

resurvey and survey, accepted January 7, 

2022 

SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WYOMING 

T. 14 N., R. 86 W., Group No. 1026, 

dependent resurvey and survey, 

accepted January 7, 2022 

T. 18 N., R. 80 W., Group No. 1027, 

dependent resurvey and survey, 

accepted January 7, 2022 

T. 18 N., R. 81 W., Group No. 1027, 

dependent resurvey and survey, 

accepted January 7, 2022 

T. 14 N., R. 87 W., Group No. 1055, 

supplemental plat, accepted January 7, 

2022 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest one or more plats of survey 

identified in this notice must file a 

written notice of protest within 30 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication with the Wyoming State 

Director at the above address. Any 

notice of protest received after the 

scheduled date of official filing will be 

untimely and will not be considered. A 

written statement of reasons in support 

of a protest, if not filed with the notice 

of protest, must be filed with the State 

Director within 30 calendar days after 

the notice of protest is filed. If a notice 

of protest against a plat of survey is 

received prior to the scheduled date of 

official filing, the official filing of the 

plat of survey identified in the notice of 

protest will be stayed pending 

consideration of the protest. A plat of 

survey will not be officially filed until 

the next business day following 

dismissal or resolution of all protests of 

the plat. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

protest, you should be aware that your 

entire protest—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Copies of the preceding described plat 

and field notes are available to the 

public at a cost of $4.20 per plat and 

$0.15 per page of field notes. Requests 

can be made to blm_wy_survey_

records@blm.gov or by telephone at 

307–775–6222. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C., Chapter 3). 

Dated: January 7, 2022. 

Sonja S. Sparks, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor of Wyoming. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01571 Filed 1–26–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCA942000 L57000000.BX0000 

20XL5017AR; MO#4500159595] 

Filing of Plats of Survey: California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of lands 

described in this notice are scheduled to 

be officially filed in the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), California State 

Office, Sacramento, California, 30 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication. The surveys, which were 

executed at the request of the General 

Services Administration, Department of 

Defense, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

U.S. Forest Service, and BLM, are 

necessary for the management of these 

lands. 

DATES: Unless there are protests to this 

action, the plats described in this notice 

will be filed on February 28, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

protests to the BLM California State 

Office, Cadastral Survey, 2800 Cottage 

Way, W–1623, Sacramento, CA 95825. 

A copy of the plats may be obtained 

from the BLM California State Office, 

Public Room, 2800 Cottage Way, W– 

1623, Sacramento, California 95825, 

upon required payment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joan 

Honda, Chief, Branch of Cadastral 

Survey, Bureau of Land Management, 

California State Office, 2800 Cottage 

Way, W–1623, Sacramento, California 

95825; (916) 978–4316; jhonda@

blm.gov. 

Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) 

at (800) 877–8339 to contact Joan Honda 

during normal business hours. The 

Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 

days a week, to leave a message or 

question. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands 

surveyed are: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, California 

T. 13 S., R. 27 E., dependent resurvey and 

subdivision, for Group No. 1771, 

accepted April 7, 2021. 

T. 14 S., R. 27 E., dependent resurvey and 

subdivision, for Group No. 1771, 

accepted April 12, 2021. 

T. 22 S., R. 36 E., dependent resurvey and 

subdivision of sections, for Group No. 

1334, accepted May 3, 2021. 

T. 26 N., R. 7 E., dependent resurvey and 

subdivision, for Group No. 1729, 

accepted July 20, 2021. 

T. 30 S., R. 41 E., supplemental plat of a 

portion of the NE 1/4 of section 6, 

accepted July 20, 2021. 

Tps. 3 & 4 N., R. 5 W., meander survey and 

metes-and-bounds survey, for Group No. 

1781, accepted September 23, 2021. 

T. 25 N., R. 17 E., dependent resurvey and 

metes-and-bounds survey, for Group No. 

1792, accepted October 26, 2021. 

T. 13 S., R. 11 E., dependent resurvey, 

subdivision of sections, and metes-andbounds survey, for Group No. 1793, 


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