The BOEMRE uses the information to (1)
determine the necessity for allowing a well to be temporarily
abandoned and there is a definitive reason for not permanently
plugging the well;(2) verify that respondents are diligently
pursuing the final disposition of a well and have performed
temporary plugging of the wellbore;(3) ensure platform or pipeline
removal activities are properly performed; and (4) ensure that
decommissioning a platform in place will not be a hazard to
navigation and commercial fishing operations or interfere with
other uses of the OCS.
(a)The current OMB inventory
includes 17,991 burden hours for this collection of information.
This submission requests 15,716 burden hours. The adjustment
decrease of 2,275 hours is due to re-estimating the average annual
responses and the amount of time required to respond based on
consultations.(b)The current OMB inventory includes $1,152,700
non-hour cost burdens for this collection of information. This
submission requests $1,677,782. The adjustment increase of $525,082
is due to re-estimating the average number of annual responses that
have associated cost recovery fees.
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.