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or (c) delist the species. If we determine
that a change in classification is not
warranted, then the species will remain
on the List under its current status.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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.
Authority: We publish this document
under the authority of the Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: September 7, 2007.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0142).
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
30 CFR 250, subpart Q,
Decommissioning Activities. This notice
also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.

Submit written comments by
October 22, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
either by fax (202) 395–6566 or e-mail
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov directly
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior (1010–0142). Mail or hand carry
a copy of your comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals

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Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; Mail Stop 4024; 381 Elden
Street; Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. If
you wish to e-mail your comments to
MMS, the address is:
rules.comments@mms.gov. Reference
Information Collection 1010–0142 in
your subject line and mark your
message for return receipt. Include your
name and return address in your
message text.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607. You
may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the
regulations that require the subject
collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, subpart Q,
Decommissioning Activities.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0142.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.),
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) to prescribe rules and
regulations to administer leasing of the
OCS. Such rules and regulations will
apply to all operations conducted under
a lease. Operations on the OCS must
preserve, protect, and develop oil and
natural gas resources in a manner that
is consistent with the need to make such
resources available to meet the Nation’s
energy needs as rapidly as possible; to
balance orderly energy resource
development with protection of human,
marine, and coastal environments; to
ensure the public a fair and equitable
return on the resources of the OCS; and
to preserve and maintain free enterprise
competition.
Section 1332(6) states that
‘‘operations in the [O]uter Continental
Shelf should be conducted in a safe
manner by well trained personnel using
technology, precautions, and other
techniques sufficient to prevent or
minimize the likelihood of blowouts,
loss of well control, fires, spillages,
physical obstructions to other users of
the waters or subsoil and seabed, or
other occurrences which may cause
damage to the environment or to
property or endanger life or health.’’
This authority and responsibility are
among those delegated to the Minerals
Management Service (MMS). The
regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q,
concern decommissioning of platforms,
wells, and pipelines, as well as site
clearance and platform removal and are
the subject of this collection.
The MMS uses the information
collected under Subpart Q in the
following ways:

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• § 250.1722(c). MMS requires
notification within 5 days in the event
a trawl hangs up on (or damages) a
protective device (dome) over a subsea
wellhead or casing stub in order to
ensure that repairs are initiated as soon
as possible in order to eliminate or
minimize the possibility that shrimp
boats will hang up on the obstruction
and cause damage to their nets. It allows
MMS to notify other users of the OCS
of the obstruction in a timely manner,
thereby reducing the risk to their
equipment.
• § 250.1713. MMS requires
notification within 48 hours before
beginning well plugging and
abandonment operations in order to
have the option of scheduling MMS
personnel to observe operations on site
to ensure they are conducted in
accordance with applicable regulations
and approved procedures.
• § 250.1725. MMS requires
notification within 48 hours before
beginning platform removal operations
in order to have the option of
scheduling MMS personnel to observe
removal operations on site in the field
to ensure that they are conducted in
accordance with applicable regulations
and approved procedures for the use of
explosives, removal of platform piling to
15 feet below the seafloor, proper site
clearance, etc.
Responses are mandatory. No
questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are
asked. We protect proprietary
information according to the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
implementing regulations (43 CFR part
2), and 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data and
information to be made available to the
public or for limited inspection.’’
Frequency: On occasion, annual; and
as specified in sections.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 218
Federal OCS oil, gas, and sulphur
lessees and holders of pipeline rights-ofway.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The
estimated annual ‘‘hour’’ burden for this
information collection is a total of
17,991 hours. The following chart
details the individual components and
burdens. In calculating the burdens, we
assumed that respondents perform
certain requirements in the normal
course of their activities. We consider
these to be usual and customary and
took that into account in estimating the
burden.

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Citation 30 CFR 250
Subpart Q

Reporting requirement

Average number of
annual responses

Hour burden

54063
Annual burden
hours

General
Fees
1700 thru 1754 ..................
1703; 1704 ........................
1704(g); 1712; 1716; 1717;
1721(a), (d), (f), (g);
1722(a), (b), (d);
1723(b); 1743(a).

General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered elsewhere in subpart Q regulations.
Request approval for decommissioning ....................
Submit form MMS–124 to plug wells; provide subsequent report; request alternate depth departure;
request procedure to protect obstructions above
seafloor; report within 30 days, results of trawling;
certify area cleared of obstructions; remove casing stub or mud line suspension equipment and
subsea protective covering; or other departures.

Subtotal ......................

....................................................................................

3

50 requests ......................

Burden included below
Burden included under 1010–0141

........................

150
0
0

50 responses ...................

150

Permanently Plugging Wells
1713 ..................................

Notify MMS 48 hours before beginning operations to
permanently plug a well.

.25

400 notices ......................

100

Subtotal ......................

....................................................................................

........................

400 responses .................

100

Temporary Abandoned Wells
1721(e); 1722(e), (h)(1);
1741(c).

1722(h) ..............................

Identify and report subsea wellheads, casing stubs,
or other obstructions; mark wells protected by a
dome; mark location to be cleared as navigation
hazard.
Notify MMS within 5 days if trawl does not pass
over protective device or causes damages to it; or
if inspection reveals casing stub or mud line suspension is no longer protected.
Submit annual report on plans for re-entry to complete or permanently abandon the well and inspection report.
Request waiver of trawling test .................................

Subtotal ......................

....................................................................................

1722(c), (g)(2) ...................

1722(f), (g)(3) ....................

U.S. Coast Guard requirements

0

.25

10 notices ........................

3

2

75 reports ........................

150

2

5 requests ........................

10

........................

90 responses ...................

163

Removing Platforms and Other Facilities
1726; 1704(a) ....................

Submit initial decommissioning application in the
Pacific OCS Region and Alaska OCS Region.
Submit final application and appropriate data to remove platform or other subsea facility structures
(including alternate depth departure) or approval
to maintain, to conduct other operations, or to
convert to artificial reef.

20

2 applications ...................

40

20

150 applications ...............

3,000

.25

$4,100 fee × 150 ¥ $615,000
150 notices ......................

1729; 1704(c) ....................

Notify MMS 48 hours before beginning removal of
platform and other facilities.
Submit post platform or other facility removal report

8

150 reports ......................

1,200

Subtotal ......................

....................................................................................

........................

452 responses .................

4,278

1725; 1727; 1728; 1730;
1704(b).

1725(e) ..............................

38

$615,000
Site Clearance for Wells, Platforms, and Other Facilities

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1740; .................................

12

75 requests ......................

900

1743(b) ..............................

Request approval to use alternative methods of well
site, platform, or other facility clearance.
Verify permanently plugged well, platform, or other
facility removal site cleared of obstructions and
submit certification letter.

18

400 verifications ...............

7,200

Subtotal ......................

....................................................................................

........................

475 responses .................

8,100

400 applications ...............

4,000

Pipeline Decommissioning
1751; 1752; 1704(d) .........

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Citation 30 CFR 250
Subpart Q

Reporting requirement

Average number of
annual responses

Hour burden

1753 ..................................

Submit post pipeline decommissioning report ...........

Subtotal ......................

....................................................................................

Annual burden
hours

$1,000 L/T decommission fee x 247 = $247,000
$1,900 ROW decommission fee x 153 = $290,700
3 400 reports ......................
1,200
........................

800 responses .................

5,200

$537,700
Total Burden ..............

....................................................................................

........................

2,267 responses ..............

17,991

$1,152,700 Fees

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L/T = Lease Term ROW = Right of Way.

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are three non-hour costs
associated with this information
collection. The estimated non-hour cost
burden is $1,152,700. Sections
250.1751(a), 250.1752(a), and 250.1727
require respondents to pay filing fees
when submitting a request to remove a
platform or other facility, to
decommission a lease term pipeline, or
to decommission a ROW pipeline. The
application filing fees are required to
recover the Federal Government’s
processing costs. We have not identified
any other ‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens
associated with this collection of
information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
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.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on December 4,
2006, we published a Federal Register
notice (71 FR 70424) announcing that
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approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
control number for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR 250 regulations and forms. The
regulation also informs the public that
they may comment at any time on the
collections of information and provides
the address to which they should send
comments. We have received no
comments in response to these efforts.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. OMB
has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by October 22, 2007.
Public Comment Procedures: 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.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz, (202)
208–7744.
Dated: September 17, 2007.
Melinda Mayes,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los
Angeles, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the control of the Southwest
Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center, Los Angeles, CA. The
human remains were removed from
Sacramento County, CA.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Southwest
Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center professional staff in
consultation with representatives of
Greenville Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; Jackson Rancheria of Me–
Wuk Indians of California; Santa Rosa
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa
Rancheria, California (also known as the
Tachi Yokut Tribe); Table Mountain
Rancheria of California; Tule River
Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; and Tuolumne
Band of Me–Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California. The
Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California; Buena Vista Rancheria of
Me–Wuk Indians of California;
California Valley Miwok Tribe,
California (formerly the Sheep Ranch
Rancheria of Me–Wuk Indians of

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