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holding a single lease sale would not 

significantly change the overall activity 

levels in the GOM (i.e., on blocks leased 

in previous lease sales) and the 

associated environmental impacts in the 

near term. 

Lease Stipulations—Ten lease 

stipulations have been adopted for 

Lease Sale 257. The 2018 GOM 

Supplemental EIS describes these 10 

lease stipulations, which will be 

included in the Final Notice of Sale 

Package. 

In the Record of Decision for the 

2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil 

and Gas Leasing: Proposed Final 

Program, the Secretary of the Interior 

required the protection of biologically 

sensitive underwater features in all Gulf 

of Mexico oil and gas lease sales as 

programmatic mitigation; therefore, 

BOEM is adopting the Topographic 

Features Stipulation and Live Bottom 

Stipulation and applying them to 

designated lease blocks in proposed 

Lease Sale 257. 

The additional eight lease stipulations 

considered for proposed regionwide 

Lease Sale 257 are the Military Areas 

Stipulation; the Evacuation Stipulation; 

the Coordination Stipulation; the Blocks 

South of Baldwin County, Alabama, 

Stipulation; the Protected Species 

Stipulation; the United Nations 

Convention on the Law of the Sea 

Royalty Payment Stipulation; the Below 

Seabed Operations Stipulation; and the 

Stipulation on the Agreement between 

the United States of America and the 

United Mexican States Concerning 

Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs 

in the Gulf of Mexico. The Protected 

Species Stipulation has been updated 

due to the completion of the 

Endangered Species Act consultation 

with the National Marine Fisheries 

Service and the issuance of a Biological 

Opinion in March 2020, addressing OCS 

oil- and gas-related activities in the Gulf 

of Mexico, including this lease sale. As 

noted, BOEM is adopting these ten 

stipulations as lease terms where 

applicable and they are enforceable as 

part of the lease. 

Further, Appendix B of the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2017–2022; Gulf of Mexico Lease Sales 

249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 257, 

259, and 261—Final Multisale 

Environmental Impact Statement 

provides a list and description of 

standard post-lease conditions of 

approval that BOEM or the Bureau of 

Safety and Environmental Enforcement 

may require as a result of their plan and 

permit review processes for the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS region. 

After careful consideration, BOEM 

selected the preferred alternative 

(Alternative A) from the 2018 GOM 

Supplemental EIS, with certain 

additional blocks excluded due to their 

status, for proposed Lease Sale 257. 

BOEM is also adopting 10 lease 

stipulations and all practicable means of 

mitigation at the lease sale stage. The 

preferred alternative meets the purpose 

of and need for the proposed action, as 

identified in the 2018 GOM 

Supplemental EIS, and provides for 

orderly resource development with 

protection of human, marine, and 

coastal environments while also 

ensuring that the public receives a fair 

market value for these resources and 

that free-market competition is 

maintained. 

Authority: This Notice of Availability 

of a Record of Decision is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR part 

1505) implementing the provisions of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.). 

Amanda Lefton, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19174 Filed 9–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2020–0008; EEEE500000 

21XE1700DX EX1SF0000.EAQ000; OMB 

Control Number 1014–0021] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Operations in the Outer 

Continental Shelf for Minerals Other 

Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) 

proposes to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments to Kye Mason, BSEE 

ICCO, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, 

VA 20166; or by email to kye.mason@

bsee.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1014–0021 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Kye Mason by email at 

kye.mason@bsee.gov, or by telephone at 

(703) 787–1607. You may also view the 

ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general 

public and other Federal agencies with 

an opportunity 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. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on August 

24, 2020, (85 FR 52146). We received 

one comment in response to this 

Federal Register notice, but it was not 

germane to the collection. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. 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 


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public record. 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: BSEE will use the 

information required by 30 CFR 282 to 

determine if lessees are complying with 

the regulations that implement the 

mining operations program for minerals 

other than oil, gas, and sulphur. 

Specifically, BSEE will use the 

information: 

• To ensure that operations for the 

production of minerals other than oil, 

gas, and sulphur in the OCS are 

conducted in a manner that will result 

in orderly resource recovery, 

development, and the protection of the 

human, marine, and coastal 

environments. 

• To ensure that adequate measures 

will be taken during operations to 

prevent waste, conserve the natural 

resources of the OCS, and to protect the 

environment, human life, and 

correlative rights. 

• To determine if suspensions of 

activities are in the national interest, to 

facilitate proper development of a lease 

including reasonable time to develop a 

mine and construct its supporting 

facilities, and to allow for the 

construction or negotiation for use of 

transportation facilities. 

• To identify and evaluate the 

cause(s) of a hazard(s) generating a 

suspension, the potential damage from a 

hazard(s) and the measures available to 

mitigate the potential for damage. 

• For technical evaluations that 

provide a basis for BSEE to make 

informed decisions to approve, 

disapprove, or require modification of 

the proposed activities. 

Title of Collection: 30 CFR 282, 

Operations in the Outer Continental 

Shelf for Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, 

and Sulphur. 

OMB Control Number: 1014–0021. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Potential respondents include Federal 

OCS oil, gas, and sulfur lessees and/or 

operators and holders of pipeline rightsof-way. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: Currently there are 

approximately 60 Oil and Gas Drilling 

and Production Operators in the OCS. 

Not all the potential respondents will 

submit information in any given year, 

and some may submit multiple times. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 16. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 1 hour to 20 

hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 56. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit, or Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Submissions 

are generally on occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $100,000. 

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.). 

Kirk Malstrom, 

Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2021–19349 Filed 9–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement 

[Docket ID BSEE–2020–0010; EEEE500000 

21XE1700DX EX1SF0000.EAQ000; OMB 

Control Number 1014–0008] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Well Control and 

Production Safety Training 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) 

proposes to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

7, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments to Kye Mason, BSEE 

ICCO, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, 

VA 20166; or by email to kye.mason@

bsee.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1014–0008 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Kye Mason by email at 

kye.mason@bsee.gov, or by telephone at 

(703) 787–1607. You may also view the 

ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general 

public and other Federal agencies with 

an opportunity 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. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on August 

24, 2020 (85 FR 52144). No comments 

were received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. 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. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personal identifying 


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