It is not our intent to require the development of uneconomic reservoirs. When you submit this conservation information separately, prior to the submission of the complete Supplemental POE or DOCD, the Regional Supervisor will provide a timely written response indicating acceptability concerning conservation issues. The superseded NTL 98-14N indicated that we would be reviewing the NTL and its application. During the process of developing revised 30 CFR 250, subpart B regulations, we examined the continued need for receiving the conservation information addressed in the NTL and determined that indeed it is still necessary. The proposed revised subpart B regulations will specifically incorporate the requirement for submitting Conservation Information Documents.
Responses are mandatory.
Proprietary data are covered under 30 CFR 250, subpart A. We estimate the reporting burden to average 300 hours for submitting this conservation information, including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the information. 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 OMB has approved this collection of information under OMB control number 1010-0049.