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Burden: We have identified no non-hour
cost burdens for this collection.
Protections of Respondent
Confidentiality: The study is voluntary.
The questionnaires will be administered
under the guidelines of 45 CFR part 46.
The introduction that will be covered
with each participant stresses that
participation is voluntary and
confidentiality will be maintained. No
names will appear on the study form, no
photographs will be taken of any
informant, and no videotaping will be
conducted. Minor children will not be
interviewed. Procedures designed to
protect the confidentiality of the
information provided will include the
use of coded selection and identification
number to protect the identities of
respondents.
This study will ask five potentially
sensitive but routine questions on
annual household income,
unemployment, subsistence expenses,
and household finances. One of these
questions asks the views of the
respondent about future potential oil
and gas development. Questions such as
these have been used in past studies in
rural Alaska with few, if any,
complaints. During the interviews, the
respondents will be warned that
sensitive questions are coming up and
that they may refuse to answer any
query they object to. Respondents will
also be reminded that they are assured
anonymity through the study design and
process.
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: 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.

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Agencies must also estimate the ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens to respondents or
recordkeepers resulting from the
collection of information. Therefore, 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, and
record storage facilities. You should not
include estimates for 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
submission for OMB approval. As a
result of your comments, we will make
any necessary adjustments to the burden
in our submission to OMB.
Public Comment Procedures: 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.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated:April 27, 2009.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket No. MMS–2008–OMM–0042]

MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–0128, Subpart O, Well Control
and Production Safety Training,
Extension of a Collection; Comment
Request; Agency Information
Collection Activities: Proposed
Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0128).
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The information collection request (ICR)
concerns the paperwork requirements in
the regulations under 30 CFR 250,
Subpart O, ‘‘Well Control and
Production Safety Training.’’
DATES: Submit written comments by
June 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods listed
below.
• Electronically: go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Under the tab
More Search Options, click Advanced
Docket Search, then select Minerals
Management Service from the agency
drop-down menu, then click submit. In
the Docket ID column, select MMS–
2008–OMM–0042 to submit public
comments and to view supporting and
related materials available for this
collection. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions
for accessing documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket after
the close of the comment period, is
available through the site’s User Tips
link. The MMS will post all comments.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ‘‘Information Collection 1010–
0128’’ 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 at (703) 787–1607.
You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the
regulation that requires the subject
collection of information.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart O,
Well Control and Production Safety
Training.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0128.
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) of the OCS Lands Act
(43 U.S.C. 1332) requires 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). To carry
out these responsibilities, MMS issues
regulations governing oil and gas or
sulphur operations in the OCS.
Regulations at 30 CFR part 250,
subpart O, implement these safe
operation requirements. The MMS uses
the information collected under subpart
O to ensure that workers in the OCS are
properly trained with the necessary
skills to perform their jobs in a safe and
pollution-free manner. In some
instances, MMS will conduct oral
interviews of offshore employees to
evaluate the effectiveness of a
company’s training program. The
information collected is necessary to

verify personnel training compliance
with the requirements.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under
regulations at 30 CFR parts 250, 251,
and 252. No items of a sensitive nature
are collected. Responses are mandatory
or are required to obtain or retain a
benefit.
Frequency: Primarily on occasion or
annual.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 130
Federal oil and gas OCS lessees.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 2,106 hours.
The following chart details the
individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this ICR. 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.

Citation 30 CFR
250 Subpart O

Reporting & recordkeeping requirement

1503(b), (c) ............
1503(c) ...................

Develop training plans ...............................................................................................................
Maintain copies of training plan and employee training documentation for 5 years .................

1503(c) ...................

Upon request, provide MMS copies of employee training documentation or provide copy of
training plan.
Employee oral interview conducted by MMS ............................................................................
Written testing conducted by MMS or authorized representative. [Not considered IC under 5
CFR 1320.3(h)(7).].
Revise training plan and submit to MMS ...................................................................................
General departure or alternative compliance requests not specifically covered elsewhere in
subpart O.

1507(b) ...................
1507(c), (d); 1508;
1509.
1510(b) ...................
1500–1510 .............

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We have identified no non-hour
cost burdens for this collection.
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: 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
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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.
Agencies must also estimate the ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens to respondents or
recordkeepers resulting from the
collection of information. Therefore, 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
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60.
plan = 15 min.; employee
record = 5 min.
5.
10 min.
4.
2.

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, and
record storage facilities. You should not
include estimates for 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

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submission for OMB approval. As a
result of your comments, we will make
any necessary adjustments to the burden
in our submission to OMB.
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: November 6, 2008.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
Editorial Note: This document was
received in the Office of the Federal Register
on April 28, 2009.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket No. MMS–2009–OMM–0006]

MMS Information Collection Activities:
1010–0091, Facilities Located Seaward
of the Coast Line; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0091).
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The information collection request (ICR)
concerns the paperwork requirements in
the regulations under 30 CFR 254, OilSpill Response Requirements for
Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast
Line.
DATES: Submit written comments by
June 30, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and

Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607.
You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the
regulation that requires the subject
collection of information.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods listed
below.
• Electronically: go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Under the tab
More Search Options, click Advanced
Docket Search, then select Minerals
Management Service from the agency
drop-down menu, then click submit. In
the Docket ID column, select MMS–
2009–OMM–0006 to submit public
comments and to view supporting and
related materials available. Information
on using Regulations.gov, including
instructions for accessing documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the
docket after the close of the comment
period, is available through the site’s
User Tips link. The MMS will post all
comments.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference Information Collection 1010–
0091 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 at (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 Part 254, Oil-Spill
Response Requirements for Facilities
Located Seaward of the Coast Line.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0091.
Abstract: The Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, as amended by the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), requires
that a spill-response plan be submitted
for offshore facilities prior to February
18, 1993. The OPA specifies that after
that date, an offshore facility may not
handle, store, or transport oil unless a
plan has been submitted. This authority
and responsibility have been delegated
to the Minerals Management Service
(MMS). Regulations at 30 CFR 254
establish requirements for spill-response
plans for oil-handling facilities seaward

of the coast line, including associated
pipelines.
The MMS uses the information
collected under 30 CFR part 254 to
determine compliance with OPA by
owners/operators. Specifically, MMS
needs the information to:
• Determine effectiveness of the spillresponse capability of owners/operators;
• Review plans prepared under the
regulations of a State and submitted to
MMS to satisfy our requirements that
they meet minimum requirements of
OPA;
• Verify that personnel involved in
oil-spill response are properly trained
and familiar with the requirements of
the spill-response plans and to witness
spill-response exercises;
• Assess the sufficiency and
availability of contractor equipment and
materials;
• Verify that sufficient quantities of
equipment are available and in working
order;
• Oversee spill-response efforts and
maintain official records of pollution
events; and
• Assess the efforts of owners/
operators to prevent oil spills or prevent
substantial threats of such discharges.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under
regulations at 30 CFR part 251.
Responses are mandatory or are
required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency: Varies, but mostly on
occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 197
owners or operators of facilities and/or
oil-spill response companies located in
both State and Federal waters seaward
of the coast line.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 35,070
hours. The following chart details the
individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this ICR. 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.

Citation 30 CFR 254 and related NTLs

Reporting and/or requirement

1(a) thru (d); 2(a); 3 thru 5; 7; 20 thru 29;
44(b).
1(e) ............................................................

Submit spill response plan for OCS facilities and related documents ........................

120

Request MMS jurisdiction over facility landward of coast line (no recent request received).

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