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drugs that are likely to be administered
to patients with renal impairment,
including drugs that are not primarily
excreted by the kidney, PK should be
assessed in patients with renal
impairment to provide appropriate
dosing recommendations.
This draft guidance provides
recommendations on when studies
should be conducted to assess the
influence of renal impairment on the
pharmacokinetics of an investigational
drug, the design of such studies, and
how such studies should be carried out.
In the Federal Register of May 15,
1998 (63 FR 27094), FDA announced the
availability of a guidance entitled
‘‘Pharmacokinetics in Patients With
Impaired Renal Function—Study
Design, Data Analysis, and Impact on
Dosing and Labeling.’’ The guidance has
been revised at this time to indicate that
a renal impairment study will be
recommended for all drugs (with a few
exceptions). In the original guidance,
the agency stressed the need to evaluate
only drugs that are renally eliminated.
A second change is that in the 1998
guidance, only the Cockcroft-Gault
equation was recommended to gauge
renal function. The revised draft
guidance adds the Modification of Diet
in Renal Disease equation as another
possible gauge for renal function and for
dose adjustments.
This draft guidance is being issued
consistent with FDA’s good guidance
practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115).
The draft guidance represents the
agency’s current thinking on conducting
PK studies in patients with impaired
renal function. It does not create or
confer any rights for or on any person
and does not operate to bind FDA or the
public. An alternative approach may be
used if such approach satisfies the
requirement of the applicable statutes
and regulations.

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II. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This draft guidance refers to
previously approved collections of
information that are subject to review by
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). The
collections of information in 21 CFR
201.57 have been approved under OMB
control number 0910–0572.
III. Comments
Interested persons may submit to the
Division of Dockets Management (see
ADDRESSES) written or electronic
comments regarding this document.
Submit a single copy of electronic
comments or two paper copies of any
mailed comments, except that
individuals may submit one paper copy.

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Comments are to be identified with the
docket number found in brackets in the
heading of this document. Received
comments may be seen in the Division
of Dockets Management between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
IV. Electronic Access
Persons with access to the Internet
may obtain the document at either
http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/Guidance
ComplianceRegulatoryInformation/
Guidances or http://
www.regulations.gov.
Dated: March 16, 2010.
Leslie Kux,
Acting Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2010–6171 Filed 3–19–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4160–01–S

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket no. MMS–2010–OMM–0008]

MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–0114, Subpart A—General,
Revision of a Collection; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of revision of an
information collection (1010–0114).
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
concerns the paperwork requirements in
the regulations under 30 CFR 250,
subpart A, ‘‘General.’’
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
regulations and the forms that require
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
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter docket ID
MMS–2010–OMM–0008 then click
search. Follow the instructions to
submit public comments and view
supporting and related materials. The
MMS will post all comments.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals

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Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference Information Collection 1010–
0114 in your comment and include your
name and return address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 30 CFR 250, subpart A, General.
Form(s): MMS–132, MMS–143,
MMS–1123, and MMS–1832.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0114.
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
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 in 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.’’
The Independent Offices
Appropriations Act (31 U.S.C. 9701), the
Omnibus Appropriations Bill (Pub. L.
104–133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26,
1996), and Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Circular A–25, authorize
Federal agencies to recover the full cost
of services that confer special benefits.
Under the Department of the Interior’s
(DOI) implementing policy, the
Minerals Management Service (MMS) is
required to charge fees for services that
provide special benefits or privileges to
an identifiable non-Federal recipient
above and beyond those which accrue to
the public at large.
This information collection request
covers 30 CFR 250, Subpart A, General.
This request also covers the related
Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs)
that MMS issues to clarify and provide
additional guidance on some aspects of
our regulations.
Requests for MMS approval may
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to performance standards or alternative
approaches to conducting operations
different from those approved and
specified in MMS regulations. We will
protect this proprietary information
according to the Freedom of Information
Act (5 U.S.C. 552), its implementing
regulations (43 CFR 2), 30 CFR 252, and
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.
The MMS uses the information
collected under the Subpart A
regulations to ensure that operations in
the OCS are carried out in a safe and
pollution-free manner, do not interfere
with the rights of other users in the
OCS, and balance the protection and
development of OCS resources.
Specifically, we use the information
collected to:
• Review records of formal crane
operator training, rigger training, crane
operator qualifications, crane
inspections, testing, and maintenance to
ensure that lessees perform operations
in a safe and workmanlike manner and
that equipment is maintained in a safe
condition. The MMS also uses the
information to make certain that all new
and existing cranes installed on OCS
fixed platforms must be equipped with
anti-two block safety devices, and to
assure that uniform methods are
employed by lessees for load testing of
cranes.
• Review welding, burning, and hot
tapping plans, procedures, and records
to ensure that these activities are
conducted in a safe and workmanlike
manner by trained and experienced
personnel.
• Provide lessees greater flexibility to
comply with regulatory requirements
through approval of alternative
equipment or procedures and
departures to regulations if they
demonstrate equal or better compliance
with the appropriate performance
standards.
• Determine the capability of a well
to produce oil or gas in paying
quantities or to determine the possible
need for additional wells resulting in
minimum royalty status on a lease. If a
well does not yield hydrocarbons in
sufficient quantity to warrant continued
operation and production, MMS uses
the information to verify the claim and
to release the lessee from lease
obligations. Conversely, the information
is used to extend the term of the lease
if additional wells will warrant
continued operation and production.
• Ensure that injection of gas
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subsurface storage of natural gas does
not unduly interfere with development
and production operations under
existing leases.
• Ensure the appropriateness of
reimbursing lessees for costs incurred in
reproducing geological and geophysical
(G&G) data and information for
submission to MMS and processing or
reprocessing G&G information in a form
and manner other than that normally
used in the conduct of a lessee’s
business, or to determine the proper
reimbursement of costs incurred during
inspections.
• Record the designation of an
operator authorized to act on behalf of
the lessee and to fulfill the lessee’s
obligations under the OCS Lands Act
and implementing regulations, or to
record the local agent empowered to
receive notices and comply with
regulatory orders issued (Form MMS–
1123).
• Determine if an application for
right-of-use and easement serves the
purpose specified in the grant when
conducting exploration, development,
and production activities or other
operations on or off the lease; is
maintained for such purposes; and does
not unreasonably interfere with the
operations of any other lessee.
• Provide for orderly development of
leases through the use of information to
determine the appropriateness of lessee
requests for suspension of operations,
including production. For example,
MMS needs the information to
determine that a suspension is
necessary to: (1) Ensure proper lease
development, (2) allow time to construct
or negotiate use of transportation
facilities, (3) allow reasonable time to
enter into a sales contract, (4) allow for
unavoidable situations, (5) avoid
continued operations resulting in
premature abandonment of a producing
well(s) that would be uneconomic, (6)
comply with the National
Environmental Policy Act or to conduct
an environmental analysis, (7) install
equipment for safety and environmental
protection, (8) allow time for inordinate
delays encountered in obtaining
required permits or consents, (9) comply
with judicial decrees, or (10) avoid
activities that pose a threat of serious,
irreparable, or immediate harm.
• Improve safety and environmental
protection in the OCS through
collection and analysis of accident
reports to ascertain the cause of the
accidents and to determine ways to
prevent recurrences.
• Ascertain when the lease ceases
production or when the last well ceases
production in order to determine the
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of the last production. This includes
reporting when lease production is
initiated, resumes before the end of the
180-day period after production ceased,
and when lease holding operations
occur during the referenced 180-day
interval. The MMS will use this
information to efficiently maintain the
lessee/operator lease status.
• Approve requests to cancel leases.
• Be informed when there could be a
major disruption in the availability and
supply of natural gas and oil due to
natural occurrences/hurricanes, to
advise the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in
case of the need to rescue offshore
workers in distress, to monitor damage
to offshore platforms and drilling rigs,
and to advise the news media and
interested public entities when
production is shut in and when
resumed. The OCS operations produce
more than one-quarter of the Nation’s
natural gas and more than one-sixth of
its oil, and it is essential to know when
production is interrupted. The Gulf of
Mexico Region (GOMR) uses a reporting
form for respondents to report
evacuation statistics when necessary
(Form MMS–132, Evacuation Statistics).
It is sent to respondents at the onset of
each ‘‘hurricane season’’ in the GOMR.
• Form MMS–143, Facility/
Equipment Damage Report, assists
lessees, lease operators, and pipeline
right-of-way holders when reporting
damage by a hurricane, earthquake, or
other natural phenomenon. They are
required to submit an initial damage
report to the Regional Supervisor within
48 hours after completing the initial
evaluation of the damage and then
subsequent reports, monthly and
immediately, whenever information
previously submitted changes until the
damaged structure or equipment is
returned to service.
• Allow operators who exhibit
unacceptable performance an
incremental approach to improving
their overall performance prior to a final
decision to disqualify an operator or to
pursue debarment proceedings through
the execution of a performance
improvement plan (PIP). The Subpart A
regulations do not address the actual
process that we will follow in pursuing
the disqualification of operators under
§§ 250.135 and 250.136. However, our
internal enforcement procedures
include allowing such operators to
demonstrate a commitment to
acceptable performance by the
submission of a PIP.
• Determine that respondents have
corrected all Incidents of NonCompliance (INC)(s) identified during
inspections (Form MMS–1832). The
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The operator then corrects the INC(s)
and returns the form to the MMS
Regional Supervisor no later than 14
days.
• Review records of crane inspection,
testing, maintenance, and crane operator
qualifications to ensure that lessees
perform operations in a safe and
workmanlike manner and maintain
equipment in a safe condition.

Frequency: Primarily on occasion;
monthly; form MMS–132, Evacuation
Statistics submitted daily during the
emergency situation.
Description of Respondents: Federal,
State, oil, gas, or sulphur lessees and/or
operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 36,739

hours. The following chart details the
individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this
information collection request. 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 A and
related forms/NTLs

Reporting or recordkeeping requirement
Non-hour cost burdens
Authority and Definition of Terms

104; 181; Form MMS–1832 ............

Appeal orders or decisions; appeal INCs; request hearing due to cancellation of lease.

Exempt under 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2),
(c).

Performance Standards
109(a); 110 ......................................

Submit welding, burning, and hot tapping plans ...................................

2

115; 116 ..........................................

Request determination of well producibility; make available or submit
data & information; notify MMS of test.

5

118; 119; 121; 124 ..........................

Apply for injection or subsurface storage of gas; sign storage agreement.

10

Cost Recovery Fees
125; 126 ..........................................

Cost Recovery/Service Fees; confirmation receipt etc., verbal approvals pertaining to fees (these requirements and associated items are
covered individually throughout this subpart).

0

Forms
130–133; Form MMS–1832 ............

Submit ‘‘green’’ response copy of Form MMS–1832 indicating date
violations (INCs) corrected.

2

143 ..................................................

Report change of address; submit designation of local agent (requirements not considered IC under 5 CFR 1320.3(h)(1).

0

143; 144; 145; Form MMS–1123 ....

Submit designation of operator (Form MMS–1123–15 mins. only); notice of termination; include pay.gov confirmation receipt.

1
$164 per application.

192; Form MMS–132 ......................

Daily report of evacuation statistics for natural occurrence/hurricane
(Form MMS–132 in the GOMR) when circumstances warrant; inform MMS when you resume production.

1

192(b) ..............................................

Use Form MMS–143 to submit an initial damage report to the Regional Supervisor.

4

192(b) ..............................................

Use Form MMS–143 to submit subsequent damage reports on a
monthly basis until damaged structure or equipment is returned to
service; immediately when information changes; date item returned
to service must be in final report.

1

Inspection of Operations

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Request reconsideration from issuance of an INC ...............................

2

Request waiver of 14-day response time ..............................................

1

Notify MMS before returning to operations if shut-in. ...........................

.5

Request reimbursement for food, quarters, and transportation provided to MMS representatives (OCS Lands Act specifies reimbursement; no requests received in many years; minimal burden).

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Hour burden

Citation 30 CFR 250 Subpart A and
related forms/NTLs

Reporting or recordkeeping requirement
Non-hour cost burdens
Disqualification

135 MMS internal process ..............

Submit PIP under MMS implementing procedures for enforcement
actions.

40

Special Types of Approval
140 ..................................................

Request various oral approvals not specifically covered elsewhere in
regulatory requirements.

1

140(c) ..............................................

Submit letter when stopping approved flaring with required information.

Burden covered under 1010–0041.

141; 198 ..........................................

Request approval to use new or alternative procedures, including
BAST not specifically covered elsewhere in regulatory requirements.

20

142; 198 ..........................................

Request approval of departure from operating requirements not specifically covered elsewhere in regulatory requirements.

3

Naming and Identifying Facilities and Wells (Does Not Include MODUs)
150; 151; 152; 154(a) .....................

Name and identify facilities, artificial islands, MODUs, helo landing facilities etc., with signs.

2

150; 154(b) ......................................

Name and identify wells with signs .......................................................

1

Right-of-use and Easement
160; 161; 123 ..................................

OCS lessees: Apply for new or modified right-of-use and easement to
construct and maintain off-lease platforms, artificial islands, and installations and other devices; including notifications.

10

160(c) ..............................................

Establish a Company File for qualification; submit updated information, submit qualifications for lessee/bidder, request exception.

Burden covered under 1010–0006.

165; 123 ..........................................

State lessees: Apply for new or modified right-of-use and easement
to construct and maintain off-lease platforms, artificial islands, and
installations and other devices; include pay.gov confirmation.

5
$2,569 per state lease.

166 ..................................................

State lessees: Furnish surety bond; additional security if required ......

Burden covered under 1010–0006.

Suspensions
168; 170; 171; 172; 174; 175; 177;
180(b), (d).

Request suspension of operations or production; submit schedule of
work leading to commencement.

10
$1,968 per request.

Submit progress reports on SOO or SOP as condition of approval .....

3

172(b); 177(a) .................................

Conduct site-specific study; submit results. No instances requiring
this study in several years—could be necessary if a situation occurred such as severe damage to a platform or structure caused
by a hurricane or a vessel collision.

100

177(b), (c), (d); 182; 183, 185; 194

Various references to submitting new, revised, or modified exploration plan, development/production plan, or development operations coordination document, and related surveys/reports.

Burden covered under 1010–0151.

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Primary Lease Requirements, Lease Term Extensions, and Lease Cancellations
180(a), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) ................

Notify and submit report on various lease holding operations and
lease production activities.

2

180(a), (b), (c) .................................

When requested, submit production data to demonstrate production
in paying quantities to maintain lease beyond primary term.

6

180(e) ..............................................

Request more than 180 days to resume operations .............................

5

181(d); 182(b), 183(b)(2) ................

Request termination of suspension and cancellation of lease (no requests in recent years for termination/cancellation of a lease; minimal burden).

20

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Hour burden

Citation 30 CFR 250 Subpart A and
related forms/NTLs

Reporting or recordkeeping requirement

184 ..................................................

Request compensation for lease cancellation mandated by the OCS
Lands Act (no qualified lease cancellations in many years; minimal
burden compared to benefit).

Non-hour cost burdens
50

Information and Reporting Requirements
186 ..................................................

Submit information and reports as MMS requires ................................

10

187; 188(a); 189; 190(c) .................

Report to the District Manager immediately via oral communication
and written follow-up within 15 calendar days, incidents pertaining
to: Fatalities; injuries; LoWC; fires; explosions; all collisions resulting in property or equipment damage >$25K; structural damage to
an OCS facility; cranes; incidents that damage or disable safety
systems or equipment (including firefighting systems). If requested,
submit copy marked as public information.

Oral .5.
Written 4.

187(d) ..............................................

Report all spills of oil or other liquid pollutants .....................................

Burden covered under 1010–0091.

188(a)(5) ..........................................

Report to District Manager hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas releases immediately by oral communication.

Burden covered under 1010–0141.

188(b); 190(a), (b) ...........................

Provide written report to the District Manager within 15 calendar days
after incidents relating to: Injuries that result in 1 or more days
away from work, on restricted work, or job transfer; gas releases
that initiate equipment or process shutdown; property or equipment
damage >$25K; operations personnel to muster for evacuation not
related to weather or drills; any additional information required.

4

191 ..................................................

Submit written statement/Request compensation mileage + services
for testimony re: Accident investigation.

Exempt under 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2),
(c).

193 ..................................................

Report apparent violations or non-compliance ......................................

1.5

194 NTL exception requests ...........

Request departures from conducting archaeological resources surveys and/or submitting reports in GOMR.

1

194(c) ..............................................

Report archaeological discoveries (only one instance in many years;
minimal burden).

10

195 ..................................................

Notify District Manager within 5 workdays of putting well in production
status (usually oral). Follow-up with either fax/email within same 5
day period (burden includes oral and written).

1

196 ..................................................

Submit data/information for post-lease G&G activity and request reimbursement.

Burden covered under 1010–0048.

197(c) ..............................................

Submit confidentiality agreement ..........................................................

1

101–199 ..........................................

General departure or alternative compliance requests not specifically
covered elsewhere in Subpart A.

2

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Recordkeeping
108(e) ..............................................

Retain records of design and construction for life of crane, including
installation records for any anti-two block safety devices; all inspection, testing, and maintenance for at least 4 years; crane operator
and all rigger personnel qualifications for at least 4 years.

2

109(b); 113(c) ..................................

Retain welding, burning, and hot tapping plan for the life of the facility; keep plan and drawings of safe-welding areas at site; designated person advises in writing that it is safe to weld.

.5

132(b)(3) ..........................................

During inspections make records available as requested by inspectors.

2

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
The currently approved non-hour cost
burden for this collection is $810,200.
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burdens. Section 250.143 requires a fee
for a change in designation of operator.
Section 250.165 requires a State lessee
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application fee. This cost is the same as
the fee for a pipeline right-of-way grant
specified in 30 CFR 250.1015 and is
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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.
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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.
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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

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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