254 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 2 / Monday, January 5, 1998 / Notices

you, members of the public and affected

agencies, of this collection of

information and are inviting your

comments. Is this information collection

necessary for us to properly do our job?

Have we accurately estimated the

public’s burden for responding to this

collection? Can we enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information we

collect? Can we lessen the burden of

this information collection on the

respondents by using automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

Comments should be made directly to

the Attention: Desk Officer for the

Interior Department, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503; telephone (202)

395–7340. Copies of these comments

should also be sent to us. The U.S.

Postal Service address is Minerals

Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, Rules and

Publications Staff, P.O. Box 25165, MS

3021, Denver, Colorado, 80225–0165;

the courier address is Building 85,

Room A–613, Denver Federal Center,

Denver, Colorado 80225; and the e-Mail

address is DavidlGuzy@mms.gov.

OMB has up to 60 days to approve or

disapprove the information collection

but may respond after 30 days;

therefore, public comments should be

submitted to OMB within 30 days in

order to assure their maximum

consideration.

Copies of the proposed information

collection and related explanatory

material may be obtained by contacting

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, telephone (303) 231–3046, FAX

(303) 231–3385, e-Mail

DennislClJones@mms.gov.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before February 4, 1998.

SUMMARY: The Royalty Management

Program (RMP) provides training and

outreach sessions to its constituents to

facilitate their compliance with laws

and regulations and to ensure that

constituents are well informed. During

the last few minutes of each training or

outreach session, RMP asks participants

to complete and return evaluation

questionnaires. Participant response is

voluntary. We use the feedback from

these questionnaires to enhance future

training and outreach sessions and to

improve RMP’s overall service.

Description of Respondents: Oil and

gas and solid minerals reporters,

individual Indian minerals owners,

Indian tribes, State and tribal auditors,

Federal Government financial and

systems contractors, and Federal

Government employees.

Frequency of Response: At the end of

training/outreach sessions.

Estimated Reporting and

Recordkeeping Burden: 6 minutes.

Annual Responses: 1,260 responses.

Annual Burden Hours: 126 hours.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Jo Ann

Lauterbach, (202) 208–7744.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Joan Killgore,

Acting Associate Director for Royalty

Management.

[FR Doc. 98–123 Filed 1–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget Review;

Comment Request

Title: Application for the Purchase of

Royalty Oil.

Comments: This collection of

information has been submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for approval. In compliance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Section 3506 (c)(2)(A), we are notifying

you, members of the public, and

affected agencies of this collection of

information and are inviting your

comments. Is this information collection

necessary for us to properly do our job?

Have we accurately estimated the

public’s burden for responding to this

collection? Can we enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information we

collect? Can we lessen the burden of

this information collection on the

respondents by using automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

Comments should be made directly to

the Attention: Desk Officer for the

Interior Department, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503; telephone (202)

395–7340. Copies of these comments

should also be sent to us. The U.S.

Postal Service address is Minerals

Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, Rules and

Publications Staff, P.O. Box 25165, MS

3021, Denver, Colorado 80225–0165; the

courier address is Building 85, Room A–

613, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225; and the e-Mail address

is DavidlGuzy@mms.gov. OMB has up

to 60 days to approve or disapprove the

information collection but may respond

after 30 days; therefore, public

comments should be submitted to OMB

within 30 days in order to assure their

maximum consideration.

Copies of the proposed information

collection and related explanatory

material may be obtained by contacting

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, telephone (303) 231–3046, FAX

(303) 231–3385, e-Mail

DennislClJones@mms.gov.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before February 4, 1998.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior

is authorized to sell royalty oil accruing

to the United States from Federal oil

and gas leases. ‘‘Royalty oil’’ is crude oil

produced from leased Federal lands,

both onshore and offshore, in instances

in which the Secretary exercises the

option to accept a lessee’s royalty

payment in oil rather than in money.

When the Secretary determines that

small refiners do not have access to

adequate supplies of oil, the Secretary

may dispose of any oil taken as royalty

by conducting a sale of such oil, or by

allocating it to eligible refiners. The

Application for the Purchase of Royalty

Oil, Form MMS–4070, must be

submitted by interested purchasers

whenever a sale is held. Information

collected is used to determine the

applicant’s eligibility to purchase

royalty oil and also provides a basis for

the allocation of available oil among

qualified refiners.

Description of Respondents: Eligible

refiners interested in purchasing royalty

oil.

Frequency of Response: When a

royalty oil sale is conducted.

Estimated Reporting and

Recordkeeping Burden: 1.25 hours.

Annual Responses: 20.

Annual Burden Hours: 25 hours.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Jo Ann

Lauterbach, (202) 208–7744.

Date: December 1, 1997.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

[FR Doc. 98–125 Filed 1–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for Office of

Management and Budget Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of revision of a currently

approved collection of information

(OMB Control Number 1010–0006).