Respondents provide MMS with
information that lets MMS decide whether the granting of a royalty
relief request will result in the ultimate production of resources
that would not be produced without relief. The application must
contain sufficient financial, economic, reservoir, geologic and
geophysical, production and engineering information to determine
whether the decision to grant relief will result in ultimate
increase in resource recovery, augment receipts to the Federal
Treasury, and provide for reasonable returns on project
investments.
(a)The currently approved
annual hour burden is 4,724 hours.This submission requests 2,635
hours.The difference is an adjustment decrease of 2,089 hours as a
result of re-estimating the amount of time required to respond
based on the consultation with the respondent, and lowering the
response, for the most part, to once every 3 years.(b)The currently
approved cost burden is $280,670. This submission requests $122,024
repre-senting an adjustment decrease of $158,646 resulting from
re-estimating the annual number of applications/responses and
associated costs.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.