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 Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management [WO-310-1310-PB-24 1A]
 AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
 ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
 SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend existing approvals to collect certain information from lessees, operators, record title holders, operating rights owners, and the general public on oil and gas and operations on Federal lands.
 DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or before November 21, 2005. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments received after the above date.
 ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Bureau of Land Management, (WO-630), Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 22153. You may send comments via e-mail to: 
                        *comments_washington@blm.gov.*
                         Please include “Attn: 1004-0185” and your name and return address in your Internet message. You may deliver comments to the Bureau of Land Management, Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC. All comments will be available for public review at the L Street address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.), Monday through Friday except Federal holidays.
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Barbara Gamble, on (202) 452-0338 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to contact Ms. Gamble.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 60-day notice in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     concerning a collection of information to solicit comments on: (1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper functioning of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we use;
                    ( print page 55161) (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (4) Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who are required to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (MLA), 30 U.S.C. 191 
                    *et seq.,*
                     gives the Secretary of the Interior responsibility for oil and gas leasing on approximately 570 million acres of public lands and national forests, and private lands where the mineral rights are reserved by the Federal government. The Act of May 21, 1930 (30 U.S.C. 301-306), authorizes the leasing of oil and gas deposits under railroads and other rights-of-way. The Act of August 7, 1947 (Mineral Leasing Act of Acquired Lands), authorizes the Secretary to lease lands acquired by the United States (30 U.S.C. 341-359). The regulations under 43 CFR part 3000 
                    *et al.*
                     authorize BLM to manage the oil and gas leasing and exploration activities. Without the information, BLM would not be able to analyze and approve oil and gas leasing and exploration activities. BLM collects nonform information on oil and gas leasing and exploration activities when the lessee, record title holder, operating rights owner, or operator files any of the following information for BLM to adjudicate: 43 CFR
Information collection requirements
Number of responses
Reporting hours per respondent
Total hours3100.3-1
Notice of option holdings
30
1
303100.3-3
Option statement
50
1
503101.2-4(a)
Excess acreage petition
10
1
103101.2-6
Showings statement
10
1.5
1531.1.3-1
Joinder evidence statement
50
1
503103.4-1
Waiver, suspension, reduction of rental, etc.
20
2
403105.2
Communitization or drilling agreement
150
2
3003105.3
Operating, drilling, development contracts interest statement
50
2
1003105.4
Joint operations; transportation of oil applications
20
1
203105.5
Subsurface storage application
50
1
503106.8-1
Heirs and devisee statement
40
1
403106.8-2
Change of name report
60
1
603106.8-3
Corporate merger notice
100
2
2003107.8
Lease renewal application
30
1
303108.1
Relinquishments
150
.5
753108.2
Reinstatement petition
500
.5
2503109.1
Leasing under rights-of-way application
20
1
203120.1-1(e)
Lands available for leasing
280
2.5
7003120.1-3
Protests and appeals
90
1.5
1353152.1
Oil and gas exploration in Alaska application
20
1
203152.6
Data collection
20
1
203152.7
Completion of operations report
20
1
20Totals

1,770

2,235
 BLM collects the information in the regulations that address oil and gas drainage and no form is required. Type of drainage analysis
Number of analyses
HoursPreliminary
1,000
2,000Detailed
100
2,400Additional
10
200Total
1,110
4,600
 Based upon  our experience managing oil and gas activities, we estimate for the information collection 2,880 responses per year with an annual information burden of 6,835 hours. BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public record. Dated: September 14, 2005. Ian Senio, Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.


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