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before October 7, 2005, or at any of the 

three scoping meetings to be held in 

September 2005. 

Dated: September 1, 2005. 

Craig Manson, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

[FR Doc. 05–18160 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–134–1610–DQ] 

Notice of Call for Nominations for the 

McInnis Canyons National 

Conservation Area (NCA) Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is requesting 

nominations for ten membership 

positions on the McInnis Canyons 

National Conservation Area Advisory 

Council. The Council advises the 

Secretary and the BLM on resource 

management issues associated with the 

McInnis Canyons NCA and Black Ridge 

Canyons Wilderness. 

DATES: Submit a completed nomination 

form and nomination letters to the 

address listed below no later than 

October 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Send completed 

nominations to: McInnis Canyons NCA 

Manager, Grand Junction Field Office, 

Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H 

Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Peck, NCA Manager, (970) 244–3049, 

paul_peck@co.blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any 

individual or organization may 

nominate one or more persons to serve 

on the McInnis Canyons NCA Advisory 

Council. Individuals may nominate 

themselves for Council membership. 

You may obtain nomination forms at the 

BLM Grand Junction Field Office, or by 

contacting the McInnis Canyons NCA 

Manager (see ADDRESSES and FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above). 

To make a nomination, you must submit 

a completed nomination form, letters of 

reference from the represented interests 

or organizations, as well as any other 

information that speaks to the 

nominee’s qualifications to the McInnis 

Canyons NCA Manager, Grand Junction 

Field Office, address listed above. You 

may make nominations for the following 

categories of interest: 

(1) A member of, or nominated by, the 

Mesa County Board of County 

Commissioners. 

(2) A member of, or nominated by, the 

Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory 

Council. 

(3) A member nominated by the 

permittees holding grazing allotments 

within the NCA or the Black Ridge 

Canyons Wilderness. 

(4) Seven members residing in, or 

within reasonable proximity to, Mesa 

County, Colorado, with recognized 

backgrounds reflecting—

(A) The purposes for which the NCA 

or Wilderness was established; and 

(B) The interests of the stakeholders 

that are affected by the management of 

the NCA and Wilderness. 

The specific category the nominee 

would like to represent should be 

identified in the letter of nomination 

and on the nomination form. The 

McInnis Canyons NCA—Grand Junction 

Field Office will collect the nomination 

forms and letters of reference, and 

distribute them to the officials 

responsible for reviewing and 

recommending nominations (Board of 

County Commissioners—Mesa County, 

the Northwest Colorado Resource 

Advisory Council, and the BLM). The 

BLM will then forward recommended 

nominations to the Secretary of the 

Interior who has responsibility for 

making the final decision to appoint 

individual appointments. 

The purpose of the McInnis Canyons 

NCA Advisory Council is to advise the 

BLM on the management of the McInnis 

Canyons NCA and Black Ridge Canyons 

Wilderness. Each member will be a 

person who, as a result of training and 

experience, has knowledge or special 

expertise which qualifies that 

individual to provide advice from 

among the categories of interest listed 

above. Members will serve without 

monetary compensation but will be 

reimbursed for travel and per diem 

expenses at current rates for 

Government employees. 

Paul Peck, 

Manager, McInnis Canyons National 

Conservation Area. 

[FR Doc. 05–18261 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection, 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0139). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, we are inviting comments on a 

collection of information that we will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 

The new title for this ICR is ‘‘30 CFR 

Part 216—Production Accounting, 

Subpart A—General Provisions, and 

Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General; and 

Part 210—Forms and Reports (Forms 

MMS–4054, Oil and Gas Operations 

Report, and MMS–4058, Production 

Allocation Schedule Report).’’ The 

previous title was ‘‘30 CFR Part 216, 

Production Accounting, Subparts A and 

B; and Part 210—Forms and Reports.’’

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before November 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead Regulatory 

Specialist, Minerals Management 

Service, Minerals Revenue Management, 

P.O. Box 25165, MS 302B2, Denver, 

Colorado 80225. If you use an overnight 

courier service or wish to hand-carry 

your comments, our courier address is 

Building 85, Room A–614, Denver 

Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and 

Kipling Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80225. 

You may also e-mail your comments to 

us at mrm.comments@mms.gov. Include 

the title of the information collection 

and the OMB control number in the 

‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment. Also, 

include your name and return address. 

Submit electronic comments as an 

ASCII file avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption. 

If you do not receive a confirmation that 

we have received your e-mail, contact 

Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 231–3211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303) 

231–3211, FAX (303) 231–3781, or email sharron.gebhardt@mms.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 30 

CFR Part 216—Production Accounting, 

Subpart A—General Provisions, and 

Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General; and 

Part 210–Forms and Reports (Forms 

MMS–4054, Oil and Gas Operations 

Report, and MMS–4058, Production 

Allocation Schedule Report). 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0139. 

Bureau Form Number: Forms MMS–

4054 and MMS–4058. 

Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior is responsible 

for collecting royalties from lessees who 

produce minerals from leased Federal 

and Indian lands. The Secretary is 

required by various laws to manage 

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mineral resources production on 

Federal and Indian lands, collect the 

royalties due, and distribute the funds 

in accordance with those laws. 

The Secretary also has a trust 

responsibility to manage Indian lands 

and seek advice and information from 

Indian beneficiaries. The MMS performs 

the royalty 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 (royalty) of the value received 

from production from the leased lands. 

The lease creates a business relationship 

between the lessor and the lessee. The 

lessee is required to report various kinds 

of information to the lessor relative to 

the disposition of the leased minerals. 

Such information is similar to data 

reported to private and public mineral 

interest owners and 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. 

The MMS financial accounting system 

is an integrated computer system that 

includes production reports submitted 

by lease/agreement operators and is 

designed to track minerals produced 

from Federal and Indian lands from the 

point of production to the point of 

disposition, or royalty determination, 

and/or point of sale. The financial 

accounting system also includes 

payment and sales volumes and values, 

as reported by payors. The production 

and royalty volumes are compared to 

verify that proper royalties are received 

for the minerals produced. 

The production reports provide MMS 

with ongoing information on lease, unit, 

or communitization agreement (lease/ 

agreement) and facility production, 

sales volumes, and inventories. The 

reports summarize all operations on a 

lease/agreement or facility during a 

reporting period. They identify 

production by the American Petroleum 

Institute well number and sales by 

product. Data collected are used as a 

method of cross-checking reported 

production with reported sales. Failure 

to collect this information will prevent 

MMS from ensuring that all royalties 

owed on lease production are accurately 

valued and appropriately paid. 

Additionally, the data is shared 

electronically with the Bureau of Land 

Management, MMS’s Offshore Minerals 

Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

and tribal and state governments so they 

can perform their lease management 

responsibilities. The requirement to 

report accurately and timely is 

mandatory. 

Form MMS–4054, Oil and Gas 

Operations Report (OGOR) 

This three-part form, submitted 

monthly, identifies all oil and gas lease 

production and dispositions. The form 

is used for all production reporting for 

Outer Continental Shelf, Federal and 

Indian lands. Monthly production 

information is compared with monthly 

sales and royalty data submitted on 

Form MMS–2014, Report of Sales and 

Royalty Remittance (OMB Control 

Number 1010–0140, expires October 31, 

2006) to ensure proper royalties are paid 

on the oil and gas production reported 

to MMS. To modify previously 

submitted reports, the operator has the 

option of modifying the reporting line 

(delete/add by detail line) or replacing 

(overlaying) the previous report. The 

MMS uses the information from Parts A, 

B, and C of the OGOR to track all oil and 

gas from the point of production to the 

point of first sale or other disposition. 

OGOR Part A—Well Production. All 

operators submit Part A for each lease 

or agreement with active wells until 

such wells are abandoned and 

inventories are disposed. Each line 

identifies a well/producing interval 

combination showing well status; days 

on production; volumes of oil, gas, and 

water produced; and any volumes 

injected during the report month. 

OGOR Part B—Product Disposition. 

For any month with production 

volumes, operators submit Part B to 

identify the sales, transfers, and lease 

use of production reported on Part A. A 

separate line for each disposition shows: 

(1) The volume of oil, gas, or water; (2) 

the sales meter or other meter identifier; 

(3) the gas plant for instances where gas 

was processed prior to royalty 

determination; and (4) the quality of 

production sold. 

OGOR Part C—Product Sales from 

Facility. The lease operators who store 

their production before selling it must 

submit Part C. Separate lines for each 

product identify the storage facility, 

sales meter if applicable, quality of 

production sold, beginning and ending 

storage inventory, volume of sales, and 

volumes of other gains and losses to 

inventory. 

Form MMS–4058, Production 

Allocation Schedule Report (PASR) 

This form is submitted monthly by 

operators of the facilities and 

measurement points where production 

from an offshore lease or metering point 

is commingled with production from 

other sources before it is measured for 

royalty determination. 

Each line identifies a lease or 

metering point and allocated sales or 

transferred volumes. Space is provided 

on each detail line for the operator’s 

property name (area/block), and a 

column is provided to identify the 

product that was injected into the 

pipeline system. To modify previously 

submitted reports, the operator has the 

option of modifying (delete/add by 

detail line) or replacing (overlaying) the 

previous report. The MMS uses the data 

to determine whether sales reported by 

the lessee are reasonable. 

Applicable Citations 

Applicable citations of the laws 

pertaining to mineral leases on Federal 

and Indian lands include: 25 U.S.C. 

396d (Chapter 12—Lease, Sale or 

Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted 

Lands); 25 U.S.C. 2103 (Indian Mineral 

Development Act of 1982); Public Law 

97–451—Jan. 12, 1983 (Federal Oil and 

Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 

[FOGRMA]); Public Law 104–185—Aug. 

13, 1996 (Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 

[RSFA]), as corrected by Public Law 

104–200—Sept. 22, 1996); The Mineral 

Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 1923); and The 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 

U.S.C. 1353). 

Public laws pertaining to mineral 

royalties are located on our website at 

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

PublicLawsAMR.htm. The Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) citations we 

are covering in this ICR are 30 CFR parts 

210 and 216. 

No proprietary information will be 

submitted to MMS under this collection. 

No items of a sensitive nature are 

collected. 

Frequency: Monthly and as required. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: 2,500 oil and gas 

operators. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 76,631 

hours. 

We are revising this ICR to include 

reporting requirements that were 

overlooked in the previous renewal 

(§§ 216.2 and 216.30), and we have 

adjusted the burden hours accordingly. 

These reporting requirements are 

considered rare and/or unusual 

circumstances. 

The following chart details the 

estimated burden hours by CFR section 

and paragraph. In calculating the 

burdens, we assume that respondents 

perform certain requirements in the 

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normal course of their business 

activities. Therefore, we consider these 

usual and customary, and took that into 

account in estimating the burden. 

RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

30 CFR parts 210 and 216 Reporting requirement Burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Annual burden 

hours 

30 CFR 210—Forms and Reports 

Subpart A—General Provisions 

210.20(a) ........................... § 210.20 When is electronic reporting required? .25 hour (Electronic) ....... 294,000 73,500 

(a) You must submit Forms * * * and MMS–4054 to 

MMS electronically. You must begin reporting 

electronically according to the following timetable 

* * *. 

.25 hour (Manual) ........... 6,000 1,500 

210.21(c)(1) ....................... § 210.21 How do you report electronically? Burden covered under § 210.20(a). 

(c) Before you may begin reporting electronically: (1) 

You must submit an electronic sample of your report for MMS approval * * *. 

30 CFR 210—Forms and Reports 

Subpart B—Oil, Gas, and OCS Sulfur—General 

210.50 ................................ § 210.50 Required Recordkeeping ............................. Burden covered under § 210.20(a). 

Information required by the MMS shall be filed using 

the forms prescribed in this subpart * * *. 

Records may be maintained in * * * or other recorded media that is easily reproducible and readable. 

30 CFR 216—Production Accounting 

Subpart A—General Provisions 

216.2 .................................. § 216.2 Scope ............................................................. Burden covered under §§ 210.20(a); 216.56(a), (b), and (c); 

and 216.57. 

* * * Reporters are required to submit certain production reports to MMS asset forth in this part. 

216.11 ................................ § 216.11 Electronic reporting ...................................... Burden covered under § 210.20(a). 

You must submit your Oil and Gas Operations Report, Form MMS–4054, in accordance with electronic reporting requirements in 30 CFR part 210. 

216.16(a) ........................... § 216.16 Where to report. 

(a) All reporting forms * * * should be mailed to the 

Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue 

Management * * *. 

216.21 ................................ § 216.21 General obligations of the reporter. 

The reporter shall submit accurately, completely, and 

timely * * * all information forms and other information required by MMS * * *. 

216.40(d) ........................... § 216.40 Assessments for incorrect or late reports 

and failure to report. 

(d) * * * The reporter shall have the burden of proving that a reporting problem was unavoidable. 

216.30 ................................ § 216.30 Special forms and reports ............................ 1 ...................................... 1 1 

When special form and reports * * * are necessary 

* * *. Such requests will be made in conformity 

with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, and are expected to involve less than 

10 respondents annually. 

30 CFR 216—Production Accounting 

Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General 

216.53 (a), (b), and (c) ...... § 216.53 Oil and Gas Operations Report. .................. Burden covered under § 210.20(a). 

(a) You must file an Oil and Gas Operations Report, 

Form MMS–4054 * * *. 

(b) You must submit a Form MMS–4054 for each 

well for each calendar month * * *. 

(c) MMS must receive your completed Form MMS–

4054 * * *. 

(1) Electronically * * *. 

(2) Other than electronically * * *. 

216.56(a), (b), and (c) ....... § 216.56 Production Allocation Schedule Report ....... .1167 hour (Electronic) ... 7,280 850 

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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

30 CFR parts 210 and 216 Reporting requirement Burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Annual burden 

hours 

(a) Any operator of an offshore Facility Measurement 

Point * * * must file a Production Allocation 

Schedule Report (Form MMS–4058) * * *.

.25 hour (Manual) ........... 3,120 780 

(b) You must submit a Production Allocation Schedule Report, Form MMS–4058, for each calendar 

month * * *. 

(c) MMS must receive your Form MMS–4058 * * *. 

(1) Electronically * * *. 

(2) Other than electronically * * *. 

216.57 ................................ § 216.57 Stripper royalty rate reduction notification ... Burden covered under OMB Control Number 1010–0090 

(expires October 31, 2007). 

* * * Operators who have been granted a reduced 

royalty rate(s) * * * must submit a Stripper Royalty Rate. 

Reduction Notification (Form MMS–4377) to MMS 

* * *. 

Total ............................ ..................................................................................... ......................................... 310,401 76,631 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost 

Burden: Reporters require access to the 

Internet through a subscription to an 

Internet provider service. The annual 

subscription is estimated at $240 per 

reporter. 

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: Before submitting an ICR 

to OMB, PRA Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide 

notice * * * 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. 

The PRA also requires agencies to 

estimate the total annual reporting 

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden to respondents 

or recordkeepers resulting from the 

collection of information. We have not 

identified non-hour cost burdens for 

this information collection. If you have 

costs to generate, maintain, and disclose 

this information, you should comment 

and provide your total capital and 

startup cost components or annual 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of service components. You should 

describe the methods you use to 

estimate major cost factors, including 

system and technology acquisition, 

expected useful life of capital 

equipment, discount rate(s), and the 

period over which you incur costs. 

Capital and startup costs include, 

among other items, computers and 

software you purchase to prepare for 

collecting information; monitoring, 

sampling, and testing equipment; and 

record storage facilities. Generally, your 

estimates should not include equipment 

or services purchased: (i) Before October 

1, 1995; (ii) to comply with 

requirements not associated with the 

information collection; (iii) for reasons 

other than to provide information or 

keep records for the Government; or (iv) 

as part of customary and usual business 

or private practices. 

We will summarize written responses 

to this notice and address them in our 

ICR submission for OMB approval, 

including appropriate adjustments to 

the estimated burden. We will provide 

a copy of the ICR to you without charge 

upon request. The ICR also will be 

posted on our Web site at http:// 

www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. 

Public Comment Policy: We will post 

all comments in response to this notice 

on our Web site at http:// 

www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. We also will 

make copies of the comments available 

for public review, including names and 

addresses of respondents, during regular 

business hours at our offices in 

Lakewood, Colorado. Upon request, we 

will withhold an individual 

respondent’s home address from the 

public record, as allowable by law. 

There also may be circumstances in 

which we would withhold a 

respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you request that we withhold 

your name and/or address, state your 

request prominently at the beginning of 

your comment. However, we will not 

consider anonymous comments. We 

will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

MMS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202) 

208–7744. 

Dated: August 29, 2005. 

Lucy Querques Denett, 

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–18161 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska 

Region, Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale 193 for Year 2007 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare 

an environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: A Call for Information and 

Nominations was published in the