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Principal Meridian, Colorado, were 

accepted on December 22, 2008. 

Randall M. Zanon, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Colorado. 

[FR Doc. E9–514 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

[Docket No. MMS–2008–MRM–0019] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection, 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection (OMB Control Number 1010– 

0162). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) an 

information collection request (ICR) to 

renew approval of the paperwork 

requirements under the Chief Financial 

Officers Act of 1990 (CFO). This notice 

also provides the public a second 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of the regulatory 

requirements. This ICR is titled 

‘‘Accounts Receivable Confirmations.’’ 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before February 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

by either FAX (202) 395–6566 or e-mail 

(OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov) directly to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior (OMB 

Control Number 1010–0162). 

Please submit copies of your 

comments to MMS by one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronically go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the ‘‘Comment 

or Submission’’ column, enter ‘‘MMS– 

2008–MRM–0019’’ to view supporting 

and related materials for this ICR. Click 

on ‘‘Send a comment or submission’’ 

link to submit public comments. 

Information on using Regulations.gov, 

including instructions for accessing 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket after the close of the 

comment period, is available through 

the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ link. All 

comments submitted will be posted to 

the docket. 

• Mail comments to Hyla Hurst, 

Regulatory Specialist, Minerals 

Management Service, Minerals Revenue 

Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS 

302B2, Denver, Colorado 80225. Please 

reference ICR 1010–0162 in your 

comments. 

• Hand-carry comments or use an 

overnight courier service. Our courier 

address is Building 85, Room A–614, 

Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. 

and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 

80225. Please reference ICR 1010–0162 

in your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hyla 

Hurst, telephone (303) 231–3495, or email hyla.hurst@mms.gov. You may also 

contact Hyla Hurst to obtain copies, at 

no cost, of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated 

forms, and (3) the regulations that 

require the subject collection of 

information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Accounts Receivable Confirmations. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0162. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior is responsible 

for mineral resource development on 

Federal and Indian lands and the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary 

is required by various laws to manage 

mineral resource production on Federal 

and Indian lands and the OCS, collect 

the royalties and other mineral revenues 

due, and distribute the funds in 

accordance with those laws. Applicable 

laws pertaining to mineral leases on 

Federal and Indian lands are posted on 

our Web site at http:// 

www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

PublicLawsAMR.htm. 

The Secretary also has a trust 

responsibility to manage Indian lands 

and seek advice and information from 

Indian beneficiaries. The MMS performs 

the minerals revenue management 

functions and assists the Secretary in 

carrying out the Department’s trust 

responsibility for Indian lands. 

When a company or an individual 

enters into a lease to explore, develop, 

produce, and dispose of minerals from 

Federal or Indian lands, that company 

or individual agrees to pay the lessor a 

share in an amount or value of 

production from the leased lands. The 

lessee is required to report various kinds 

of information to the lessor relative to 

the disposition of the leased minerals. 

Such information is generally available 

within the records of the lessee or others 

involved in developing, transporting, 

processing, purchasing, or selling of 

such minerals. The information 

collected includes data necessary to 

ensure that the royalties are accurately 

valued and appropriately paid. 

Every year, under the CFO, the 

Department’s Office of Inspector 

General, or its agent (agent), audits the 

Department’s financial statements. The 

Department’s goal is to receive an 

unqualified opinion. Accounts 

receivable confirmations are a common 

practice in the audit business. Due to 

continuously increasing scrutiny on 

financial audits, third-party 

confirmation on the validity of MMS 

financial records is necessary. 

Companies submit financial information 

on Form MMS–2014, Report of Sales 

and Royalty Remittance (OMB Control 

Number 1010–0140, expires November 

30, 2009) and on Form MMS–4430, 

Solid Minerals Production and Royalty 

Report (OMB Control Number 1010– 

0120, expires December 31, 2010). 

As part of CFO audits, the agent 

requests, by a specified date, third-party 

confirmation responses confirming that 

MMS accounts receivable records agree 

with royalty payor records, for the 

following items: Customer 

identification; royalty/invoice number; 

payor-assigned document number; date 

received; original amount reported; and 

remaining balance due MMS as of a 

specified date. In order to meet this 

requirement, MMS must mail letters on 

MMS letterhead, signed by the Deputy 

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue 

Management, to royalty payors selected 

by the agent at random, asking them to 

respond to the agent, confirming the 

accuracy and/or validity of selected 

royalty receivable items and amounts. 

Verifying the amounts reported and the 

balances due requires time for research 

and analysis by payors. 

This collection does not require 

proprietary, trade secret, or other 

confidential information not protected 

by agency procedures. No items of a 

sensitive nature are collected. The 

requirement to respond is voluntary. 

The MMS is requesting OMB’s 

approval to continue to collect this 

information. Failure to collect this 

information would limit the Secretary’s 

ability to discharge the duties of the 

office. Failure to collect this information 

could be considered a scope limitation 

for CFO audits. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: 100 Federal and Indian oil 

and gas and solid mineral royalty 

payors. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 25 

hours. 

We estimate that each response will 

take 15 minutes for payors to complete. 

There are no additional recordkeeping 

costs associated with this information 

collection. We have not included in our 

estimates certain requirements 

performed in the normal course of 


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business and considered usual and 

customary. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost 

Burden: 

We have identified no ‘‘non-hour’’ 

cost burden associated with the 

collection of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) 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. 

Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA requires each agency to ‘‘* * * 

publish a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register * * * 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 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

duties, including whether the 

information is useful; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate 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 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, we published a 

notice in the Federal Register on April 

29, 2008 (73 FR 23269), announcing that 

we would submit this ICR to OMB for 

approval. The notice provided the 

required 60-day comment period. We 

received no comments in response to 

the notice. 

If you wish to comment in response 

to this notice, you may send your 

comments to the offices listed under the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. The 

OMB has up to 60 days to approve or 

disapprove the information collection 

but may respond after 30 days. 

Therefore, to ensure maximum 

consideration, OMB should receive 

public comments by February 13, 2009. 

Public Comment Policy: We will post 

all comments in response to this notice 

at http://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. We also will 

post all comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Before including 

your address, phone number, e-mail 

address, or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, be 

advised 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 from 

public review your personal identifying 

information, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

MMS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202) 

208–7744. 

Dated: December 4, 2008. 

Greg Gould, 

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–575 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service (MMS) 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Central 

Planning Area (CPA) Gulf of Mexico 

(GOM) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final Notice of Sale (NOS) 208. 

SUMMARY: On Wednesday, March 18, 

2009, the MMS will open and publicly 

announce bids received for blocks 

offered in CPA Oil and Gas Lease Sale 

208, pursuant to the OCS Lands Act (43 

U.S.C. 1331–1356, as amended) and the 

regulations issued thereunder (30 CFR 

Part 256). The Final Notice of Sale 208 

Package (Final NOS 208 Package) 

contains information essential to 

bidders, and bidders are charged with 

the knowledge of the documents 

contained in the Package. 

DATES: Public bid reading for the CPA 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208 will begin 

at 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 

at the Louisiana Superdome, 1500 

Sugarbowl Drive, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70112. The lease sale will be 

held in the St. Charles Club Room on 

the second floor (Loge Level). Entry to 

the Superdome will be on the Poydras 

Street side of the building through Gate 

A on the Ground or Plaza Level, and 

parking should be available at Garage 6. 

All times referred to in this document 

are local New Orleans times, unless 

otherwise specified. 

ADDRESSES: Bidders can obtain a Final 

NOS 208 Package containing this Notice 

of Sale and several supporting and 

essential documents referenced herein 

from the MMS Gulf of Mexico Region 

Public Information Unit, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394, (504) 736–2519 or (800) 

200–GULF, or via the MMS GOM 

Homepage Address on the Internet at: 

http://www.gomr.mms.gov. 

Filing of Bids: Bidders must submit 

sealed bids to the Regional Director 

(RD), MMS Gulf of Mexico Region, 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans, 

Louisiana 70123–2394, between 8 a.m. 

and 4 p.m. on normal working days, and 

from 8 a.m. to the Bid Submission 

Deadline of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 

17, 2009, the day before the lease sale. 

If bids are mailed, please address the 

envelope containing all of the sealed 

bids as follows: Attention: Supervisor, 

Sales and Support Unit (MS 5422), 

Leasing Activities Section, MMS Gulf of 

Mexico Region, 1201 Elmwood Park 

Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394. 

Contains Sealed Bids for CPA Oil and 

Gas Lease Sale 208 Please Deliver to 

Ms. Nancy Kornrumpf, 6th Floor, 

Immediately 

Please note: Bidders mailing bid(s) are 

advised to call Ms. Nancy Kornrumpf 

immediately after putting their bid(s) in the 

mail at (504) 736–2726. 

If the RD receives bids later than the 

time and date specified above, he will 

return those bids unopened to bidders. 

Should an unexpected event such as 

flooding or travel restrictions be 

significantly disruptive to bid 

submission, the MMS Gulf of Mexico 

Region may extend the Bid Submission 

Deadline. Bidders may call (504) 736– 

0557 or access our Web site at: http:// 

www.gomr.mms.gov for information 

about the possible extension of the Bid 

Submission Deadline due to such an 

event. 

Areas Offered for Leasing: The MMS 

is offering for leasing in CPA Oil and 

Gas Lease Sale 208, all blocks and 

partial blocks listed in the document 

‘‘List of Blocks Available for Leasing’’ 

included in the Final NOS 208 Package. 

All of these blocks are shown on the 

following leasing maps and Official 

Protraction Diagrams (OPD’s): 

Outer Continental Shelf Leasing 

Maps—Louisiana Map Numbers 1 

through 12 (These 30 Maps Sell for 

$2.00 each) 

LA1 West Cameron Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA1A West Cameron Area, West 

Addition (Revised February 28, 2007) 

LA1B West Cameron Area, South 

Addition (Revised February 28, 2007) 

LA2 East Cameron Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA2A East Cameron Area, South 

Addition (Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3 Vermilion Area (Revised 

November 1, 2000) 

LA3A South Marsh Island Area 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 

LA3B Vermilion Area, South Addition 

(Revised November 1, 2000) 


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