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one State lease application per year.
Section 250.171 requests a fee for either
a Suspension of Operations or
Production Request (SOO/SOP). We
have not identified any other non-hour
paperwork 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: 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.
Agencies must also estimate the nonhour paperwork 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
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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,
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: March 10, 2010.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–6106 Filed 3–19–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket no. MMS–2010–OMM–0011]

MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–0142, Decommissioning
Activities, Extension of a Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0142).
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 Q, ‘‘Decommissioning
Activities.’’
DATES: Submit written comments by
May 21, 2010.
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. In the entry titled

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‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter docket ID
MMS–2010–OMM–0011 then click
search. Follow the instructions to
submit public comments and view
supporting and related materials
available for this collection. 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 ICR 1010–0142 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR Part 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.
Regulations at 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q,
implement these statutory requirements.
We use the information for the
following reasons:
• To determine the necessity for
allowing a well to be temporarily
abandoned, the lessee/operator must

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demonstrate that there is a reason for
not permanently abandoning the well,
and the temporary abandonment will
not constitute a significant threat to
fishing, navigation, or other uses of the
seabed. We use the information and
documentation to verify that the lessee
is diligently pursuing the final
disposition of the well, and the lessee
has performed the temporary plugging
of the wellbore.
• The information submitted in
‘‘initial’’ decommissioning plans in the
Alaska and Pacific OCS Regions will
permit MMS to become involved on the
ground floor planning of the world-class
platform removals anticipated to occur
in these OCS regions.
• Site clearance and platform or
pipeline removal information ensures
that all objects (wellheads, platforms,
etc.) installed on the OCS are properly

removed using procedures that will
protect marine life and the environment
during removal operations, and the site
cleared so as not to conflict with or
harm other uses of the OCS.
• Decommissioning a pipeline in
place is needed to ensure that it will not
constitute a hazard to navigation and
commercial fishing operations, unduly
interfere with other uses of the OCS, or
have adverse environmental effects.
• The information is necessary to
verify that decommissioning activities
comply with approved applications and
procedures and are satisfactorily
completed.
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 250.197, Data and

information to be made available to the
public or for limited inspection. No
items of a sensitive nature are collected.
Responses are mandatory.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal oil, gas,
or sulphur lessees and/or operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 17,991
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.
Hour burden

Citation 30 CFR 250
subpart Q

Reporting requirement

Non-hour cost
burden

General
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—burden included below ............................
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.

3
0
Burden included
under 1010–
0141.

Permanently Plugging Wells
1711 ..........................................................
1713 ..........................................................

Required data if permanently plugging a well (requirement not considered IC
under 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(9)).
Notify MMS 48 hours before beginning operations to permanently plug a well .......

0
.25

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

Identify and report subsea wellheads, casing stubs, or other obstructions; mark
wells protected by a dome; mark location to be cleared as navigation hazard.

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

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

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

U.S. Coast
Guard requirements.
.25

2
2

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

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

1725(e) .....................................................
1729; 1704(c) ...........................................
1731(c) ......................................................

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.
Notify MMS 48 hours before beginning removal of platform and other facilities .....
Submit post platform or other facility removal report; supporting documentation;
signed statements, etc.
Request deferral of facility removal subject to RUE issued under 30 CFR 285.

20
20
$4,342 application fee
.25
8

Site Clearance for Wells, Platforms, and Other Facilities
1740 ..........................................................

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Hour burden
Citation 30 CFR 250
subpart Q

Reporting requirement

1743(b); 1704(f) ........................................

Verify permanently plugged well, platform, or other facility removal site cleared of
obstructions; supporting information; submit certification letter.

Non-hour cost
burden
18

Pipeline Decommissioning
1750; 1751; 1752; 1754; 1704(d) .............

Submit application to decommission pipeline in place or remove pipeline (L/T or
ROW).

10
$1,059 L/T application fee.
$2,012 ROW
application
fee.

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1753; 1704(e) ...........................................

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

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified three non-hour
paperwork cost burdens for this
collection. Respondents pay filing fees
when removing a platform or other
facility under § 250.1727 for $4,342, or
for decommissioning a pipeline under
§ 250.1751(a)—L/T for $1,059 or a ROW
for $2,012. 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: 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.
Agencies must also estimate the nonhour paperwork cost burdens to
respondents or recordkeepers resulting

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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,
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.

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MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: March 15, 2010.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
[FR Doc. 2010–6110 Filed 3–19–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket No. MMS–2010–OMM–0010]

MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–0043, Oil and Gas Well-Workover
Operations, Renewal of a Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of an
information collection (1010–0043).
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 F, ‘‘Oil and Gas Well-Workover
Operations.’’
DATES: Submit written comments by
May 21, 2010.
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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