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occur in association with activities 

necessary for the construction of the 

residential development. The site 

includes approximately 180 acres of 

suitable upland habitat for the 

California tiger salamander. The HCP 

includes avoidance and minimization 

measures for the covered species and 

mitigation for unavoidable loss of 

occupied upland habitat through the 

purchase of mitigation credits at a 

Service-approved conservation bank. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that issuance of the 

incidental take permit is neither a major 

Federal action that will significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment within the meaning of 

section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.; NEPA), nor will it 

individually or cumulatively have more 

than a negligible effect on the species 

covered in the HCP. The Service 

considers the impacts of the project on 

the California tiger salamander to be 

minor as the affected habitat is moderate 

to low quality and does not provide 

connectivity between breeding ponds. 

Therefore, the permit qualifies for a 

categorical exclusion under NEPA. 

Public Comments 

If you wish to comment on the permit 

application, draft HCP, and associated 

documents, you may submit comments 

by one of the methods in ADDRESSES. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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 view, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: October 5, 2017. 

Stephen P. Henry, 

Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Ventura, California. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22091 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLIDC00000.17XL1109AF.L16200000.MG0

000.241A0; 4500110251] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Coeur 

d’Alene District Resource Advisory 

Council, Idaho 

October 27, 2017 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, and the Federal 

Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 

2004, the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Coeur d’Alene District Resource 

Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The Coeur d’Alene District RAC 

will hold a public meeting on Thursday, 

October 19, 2017. The meeting will 

begin at 9:00 a.m. and end no later than 

3:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the BLM Coeur d’Alene District Office, 

3815 Schreiber Way, Coeur d’Alene, 

Idaho 83815. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Suzanne Endsley, Coeur d’Alene 

District, Idaho, 3815 Schreiber Way, 

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83815, (208) 769– 

5004. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may contact Ms. Endsley by 

calling the Federal Relay Service (FRS) 

at (800) 877–8339. The FRS is available 

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave 

a message or question with Ms. Endsley. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member RAC advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the Bureau of Land 

Management, on a variety of planning 

and management issues associated with 

public land management in Idaho. The 

meeting agenda will include updates 

from the Cottonwood and Coeur d’Alene 

Field Offices; presentations from the 

Nez Perce/Clearwater and the Idaho 

Panhandle National Forests regarding 

potential new recreation fees and/or 

increased fee rates; information on 

vegetation treatment projects and 

recreation enhancements. Additional 

agenda topics or changes to the agenda 

will be announced in local news 

releases. More information is available 

at http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/get_

involved/resource_advisory/coeur_d_

alene_district.html. RAC meetings are 

open to the public. A public comment 

period will be available on October 19 

from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. during the 

meeting. Depending on the number of 

persons wishing to comment and time 

available, the time for individual oral 

comments may be limited. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comments, please 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. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation, should contact 

the BLM as provided above. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2. 

Linda Clark, 

BLM Coeur d’Alene District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22047 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Natural Resources Revenue 

[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0006; DS63644000 

DR2000000.CH7000 189D0102R2; OMB 

Control Number 1012–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; OCS Net Profit Share 

Payment Reporting 

AGENCY: Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we, the Office of Natural 

Resources Revenue (ONRR), are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

written comments on this information 

collection request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget’s Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior by 

email to OIRA_Submission@

omb.eop.gov; or via facsimile to (202) 

395–5806. Please mail a copy of your 

comments to Mr. Armand Southall, 

Regulatory Specialist, ONRR, P.O. Box 

25165, MS 64400, Denver, Colorado 

80225–0165, or by email to 


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Armand.Southall@onrr.gov. Please 

reference ‘‘OMB Control Number 1012– 

0009’’ in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on technical issues, contact 

Mr. Roman Geissel, Deputy Program 

Manager, Audit and Compliance 

Management (ACM), ONRR, at (303) 

231–3226, or email to Roman.Geissel@

onrr.gov. For other questions, contact 

Mr. Armand Southall, at (303) 231– 

3221, or email to Armand.Southall@

onrr.gov. You may also contact Mr. 

Southall to obtain copies, at no cost, of 

(1) the ICR and (2) the regulations that 

require us to collect the information. 

You may view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain 

and select ‘‘Information Collection 

Review,’’ then select ‘‘Department of the 

Interior’’ in the drop-down box under 

‘‘Currently Under Review.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 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. 

We published a notice, with a 60-day 

public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information, in the Federal Register on 

May 5, 2017 (82 FR 21261). We received 

the following comments in response to 

the notice: ‘‘The burden hour estimate 

of 2,400 hours annually for the current 

14 lessees of producing NPSLs is a 

reasonable estimate. The instructions on 

the handling of NPSLs are clear. The 

recordkeeping requirements are easy to 

understand. The reporting format 

follows the standard ONRR–2014 format 

so it’s easy to understand.’’ 

Once again, we are soliciting 

comments on this ICR that is described 

below. We are especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is the collection 

necessary to the proper functions of 

ONRR; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of the burden 

accurate; (4) how might ONRR enhance 

the quality, usefulness, and clarity of 

the information collected; and (5) how 

might ONRR minimize the burden of 

this collection on the respondents, 

including through the use of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

Personally Identifiable Information (PII), 

such as your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information, in your 

comment(s), you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including PII— 

may be made available to the public at 

any time. While you may ask us, in your 

comment, to withhold your PII from 

public view, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Abstract: The Secretary of the United 

States Department of the Interior is 

responsible for collecting royalties from 

lessees who produce minerals from 

leased Federal and Indian lands and the 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Under 

various laws, the Secretary’s 

responsibility is 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 collected. 

ONRR performs the royalty management 

functions and assists the Secretary in 

carrying out the Department’s 

responsibility. We have posted those 

laws pertaining to mineral leases on 

Federal and Indian lands and the OCS 

at http://www.onrr.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

PubLaws/default.htm. 

I. General Information 

ONRR collects and uses this 

information to determine all allowable 

direct and allocable joint costs and 

credits under § 1220.011 incurred 

during the lease term, appropriate 

overhead allowance permitted on these 

costs under § 1220.012, and allowances 

for capital recovery calculated under 

§ 1220.020. ONRR also collects this 

information to ensure that royalties or 

net profit share payments are accurately 

valued and appropriately paid. This ICR 

affects only oil and gas leases on 

submerged Federal lands on the OCS. 

II. Information Collections 

Title 30 CFR part 1220 covers the net 

profit share lease (NPSL) program and 

establishes reporting requirements for 

determining the net profit share base 

under § 1220.021 and calculating the net 

profit share payments due to the Federal 

government for the production of oil 

and gas from leases under § 1220.022. 

A. NPSL Bidding System 

To encourage exploration and 

development of oil and gas leases on 

submerged Federal lands on the OCS, 

the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) promulgated 

regulations at 30 CFR part 560—Outer 

Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing. 

BOEM also promulgated specific 

implementing regulations for the NPSL 

bidding system at § 560.202(d). BOEM 

established the NPSL bidding system to 

balance a fair market return to the 

Federal government for the lease of its 

public lands with a fair profit to 

companies risking their investment 

capital. The system provides an 

incentive for early and expeditious 

exploration and development and 

provides for sharing the risks by the 

lessee and the Federal government. The 

NPSL bidding system incorporates a 

fixed capital recovery system as a means 

through which the lessee recovers costs 

of exploration and development from 

production revenues, along with a 

reasonable return on investment. 

B. NPSL Capital Account 

The Federal government does not 

receive a profit share payment from an 

NPSL until the lessee shows a credit 

balance in its capital account; that is, 

cumulative revenues and other credits 

exceed cumulative costs. Lessees 

multiply the credit balance by the net 

profit share rate (30 to 50 percent), 

resulting in the amount of net profit 

share payment due to the Federal 

government. 

ONRR requires lessees to maintain an 

NPSL capital account for each lease 

under § 1220.010, which transfers to a 

new owner when sold. Following the 

cessation of production, lessees are also 

required to provide either an annual or 

a monthly report to the Federal 

government, using data from the capital 

account until the lease is terminated, 

expired, or relinquished. 

C. NPSL Inventories 

The NPSL lessees must notify BOEM 

of their intent to perform an inventory 

and file a report after each inventory of 

controllable materiel under §§ 1220.032 

and 1220.031, respectively. 

D. NPSL Audits 

When non-operators of an NPSL call 

for an audit, they must notify ONRR. 

When ONRR calls for an audit, the 

lessee must notify all non-operators on 

the lease. These requirements are 

located at § 1220.033. 

III. OMB Approval 

The information we collect under this 

ICR is essential in order to determine 

when net profit share payments are due 

and to ensure that lessees properly 

value and pay royalties or net profit 

share payments. 

We are requesting OMB approval to 

continue to collect this information. Not 

collecting this information would limit 

the Secretary’s ability to discharge 


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fiduciary duties and may also result in 

the inability to confirm the accurate 

royalty value. ONRR protects the 

proprietary information received and 

does not collect items of a sensitive 

nature. 

IV. Data 

Title: OCS Net Profit Share Payment 

Reporting, 30 CFR part 1220. 

OMB Control Number: 1012–0009. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Businesses. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 14 lessees. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 267. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 9 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,451 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually, 

monthly, and on occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

All fourteen lessees report monthly 

because all current NPSLs are in 

producing status. Because the 

requirements for establishment of 

capital accounts at § 1220.010(a) and 

capital account annual reporting at 

§ 1220.031(a) are necessary only during 

the non-producing status of a lease, 

ONRR included only one response 

annually for these requirements, in case 

a new NPSL is established. We have not 

included in our estimates certain 

requirements performed in the normal 

course of business that are considered 

usual and customary. The following 

table shows the estimated annual 

burden hours by CFR section and 

paragraph. 

RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS

Citation 30 CFR Part 

1220 Reporting & recordkeeping requirement Hour burden 

Number of 

annual 

responses 

Annual burden 

hours 

Part 1220—Accounting Procedures for Determining Net Profit Share Payment for Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leases 

§ 1220.010 NPSL capital account 

1220.010(a) ................ (a) For each NPSL tract, an NPSL capital account shall be established and maintained by the lessee for NPSL operations . . . 1 1 1 

§ 1220.030 Maintenance of records 

1220.030(a) and (b) .... (a) Each lessee . . . shall establish and maintain such records as 

are necessary . . . 

1 14 14 

§ 1220.031 Reporting and payment requirements 

1220.031(a) ................ (a) Each lessee subject to this part shall file an annual report during the period from issuance of the NPSL until the first month in 

which production revenues are credited to the NPSL capital account . . . 

1 14 14 

1220.031(b) ................ (b) Beginning with the first month in which production revenues are 

credited to the NPSL capital account, each lessee . . . shall file 

a report for each NPSL, not later than 60 days following the end 

of each month . . . 

13 1 168 2,184 

1220.031(c) ................. (c) Each lessee subject to this Part 1220 shall submit, together with 

the report required . . . any net profit share payment due . . . 

Burden hours covered under § 1220.031(b). 

1220.031(d) ................ (d) Each lessee . . . shall file a report not later than 90 days after 

each inventory is taken . . . 

8 14 112 

1220.031(e) ................ (e) Each lessee . . . shall file a final report, not later than 60 days 

following the cessation of production . . . 

4 14 56 

§ 1220.032 Inventories 

1220.032(b) ................ (b) At reasonable intervals, but at least once every three years, inventories of controllable materiel shall be taken by the lessee. 

Written notice of intention to take inventory shall be given by the 

lessee at least 30 days before any inventory is to be taken so 

that the Director may be represented at the taking of inventory 

. . . 

1 14 14 

§ 1220.033 Audits 

1220.033(b)(1) ............ (b)(1) When nonoperators of an NPSL lease call an audit in accordance with the terms of their operating agreement, the Director 

shall be notified of the audit call . . . 

2 14 28 

1220.033(b)(2) ............ (b)(2) If DOI determines to call for an audit, DOI shall notify the lessee of its audit call and set a time and place for the audit . . . 

The lessee shall send copies of the notice to the nonoperators 

on the lease . . . 

2 14 28 


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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

Citation 30 CFR Part 

1220 Reporting & recordkeeping requirement Hour burden 

Number of 

annual 

responses 

Annual burden 

hours 

1220.033(e) ................ (e) Records required to be kept under § 1220.030(a) shall be made 

available for inspection by any authorized agent of DOI . . . 

The Office of Regulatory Affairs determined that 

the audit process is exempt from the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 because ONRR 

staff asks non-standard questions to resolve 

exceptions. 

Total Burden ..................................................................................................................................................... 267 2,451 

1 (14 NPSL reports × 12 months = 168 reports). 

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. 

ONRR Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Armand Southall 

(303) 231–3221. 

Authority 

The authorities for this action are the 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act 

Amendments of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1337) 

and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). 

Gregory J. Gould, 

Director for Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

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BILLING CODE 4335–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[MMAA104000; OMB Control Number 1010– 

0082; Docket ID: BOEM–2018–0016] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; 30 CFR 581, Leasing of 

Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, Sulphur 

in the Outer Continental Shelf 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) is proposing to renew an 

information collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, 45600 

Woodland Road, VAM–DIR, Sterling, 

Virginia 20166; or by email to 

anna.atkinson@boem.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1010– 

0082 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Anna Atkinson, Office 

of Policy, Regulations, and Analysis by 

email, or by telephone at 703–787–1025. 

You may also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 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 April 14, 

2017 (82 FR 18008). No comments were 

received. 

We are again soliciting comments on 

the proposed ICR that is described 

below. We are especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is the collection 

necessary to the proper functions of 

BOEM; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might BOEM enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might BOEM minimize the burden of 

this collection on the respondents, 

including through the use of 

information technology? 

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 

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: The Outer Continental Shelf 

Lands Act (Act), as amended (43 U.S.C. 

1334 and 43 U.S.C. 1337(k)), authorizes 

the Secretary of the Interior to 

administer the provisions relating to the 

leasing of the Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS), and to prescribe such rules and 

regulations as may be necessary to carry 

out such provisions. Additionally, the 

Act authorizes the Secretary to 

implement regulations to grant to 

qualified persons, offering the highest 

cash bonuses on the basis of competitive 

bidding, leases of any mineral other 

than oil, gas, and sulphur. This applies 

to any area of the OCS not then under 

lease for such mineral upon such 

royalty, rental, and other terms and 

conditions as the Secretary may 

prescribe at the time of offering the area 

for lease. 

Regulations at 30 CFR part 581 

implement these statutory requirements. 

There has been no leasing activity on 

the OCS for minerals other than oil, gas, 

or sulphur under these regulations for 

several years, and BOEM has not 

received information under this Part of 

its regulation. However, there is 

potential for a person, entity, or 

company to request that minerals other 

than oil, gas, or sulfur be offered for 

lease. Therefore, we are renewing OMB 

approval for this information collection. 

BOEM will use the information 

required by 30 CFR part 581 to 

determine if statutory and regulatory 


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