[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 10068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5395]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget Review; Comments Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of revision of a currently approved collection.

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Act) the collection of information 
discussed below. The Act requires that OMB provide interested Federal 
agencies and the public an opportunity to comment on information 
collection requests. The Act also provides that 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.

DATES: Submit written comments by April 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and suggestions directly to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for 
the Department of the Interior (1010-0053), 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.
    Send a copy of your comments to the Minerals Management Service, 
Mail Stop 4700, 381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, 
Attention: Rules Processing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis London, Engineering and 
Operations Division, Minerals Management Service, telephone (703) 787-
1600. You may obtain copies of the proposed collection of information 
by contacting MMS's Information Collection Clearance Officer at (703) 
787-1242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart D, Oil and Gas Drilling Operations.
    OMB Number: 1010-0053.
    Abstract: Respondents provide information and maintain records on 
the conditions of a drilling site in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). 
The MMS needs the information to determine if lessees are properly 
providing for the safety of operations and protection of human life or 
health and the environment. The MMS uses the information to avoid and 
eliminate hazards inherent in drilling operations. Responses to this 
collection of information are mandatory. The revision to the currently 
approved collection pertains to a final rule published in the Federal 
Register on January 27, 1997 (62 FR 3793) to amend 30 CFR 250.67, 
Hydrogen sulfide. The MMS has provided several opportunities for the 
public to comment on the collection of information required by 30 CFR 
part 250, subpart D. We did not receive any comments in response to 
those notices.
    Description of Respondents: Federal OCS oil and gas and sulphur 
lessees.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 130.
    Frequency: The reporting and recordkeeping requirements and number 
of responses vary for each section and are mostly on occasion.
    Estimated Annual burden on Respondents: Reporting burden of 4,141 
hours; recordkeeping burden of 112,364 hours; for a total of 116,505 
burden hours.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Comments: Within 60 days after receipt of the collection of 
information or publication of this notice, OMB is required to make a 
decision. However, OMB shall provide at least 30 days for public 
comment. Therefore, a comment to OMB is best ensured of having its full 
effect if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication of this notice.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Carol deWitt (703) 787-1242.

    Dated: January 3, 1997.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.
[FR Doc. 97-5395 Filed 3-4-97; 8:45 am]
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