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Metropolitan Housing and CDC, Inc.
Capital Advance: $5,351,500
Three-year Rental Subsidy: $474,000
Number of Units: 44
Woodstock, VA
Shenandoah Area Agency on Aging
Capital Advance: $1,337,800
Three-year Rental Subsidy: $118,500
Number of Units: 11
Washington
Omak, WA
Okonogan County Community Action
Council
Capital Advance: $1,158,500
Three-year Rental Subsidy: $101,100
Number of Units: 10
White Center, WA
Providence Health Services
Capital Advance: $8,297,800
Three-year Rental Subsidy: $767,400
Number of Units: 55
Wisconsin
Franklin, WI
CommonBond Communities
Capital Advance: $4,090,200
Three-year Rental Subsidy: $339,000
Number of Units: 30
Wyoming
Sheridan, WY
Volunteers of America
Capital Advance: $2,130,900
Three-year Rental Subsidy: $131,100
Number of Units: 15
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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement
[Docket ID No. BOEM–2011–0020]

Information Collection Activity:
Unitization, Extension of a Collection;
Submitted for Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment
Request
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to

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SUMMARY:

Citation
30 CFR 250
subpart M

renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in the regulations under
Unitization (OMB Control No. 1010–
0068). This notice also provides the
public a second opportunity to
comment on the paperwork burden of
these regulatory requirements.
DATES: Submit written comments by
October 6, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either
fax (202) 395–5806 or e-mail
(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) directly
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior (1010–0068). Please also submit
a copy of your comments to BOEMRE by
any of the means below.
• Electronically: go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled,
Enter Keyword or ID, enter BOEM–
2011–0020 then click search. Follow the
instructions to submit public comments
and view supporting and related
materials available for this collection.
BOEMRE will post all comments.
• E-mail cheryl.blundon@boemre.gov.
Mail or hand-carry comments to:
Department of the Interior; Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
and Enforcement; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ICR 1010–0068 in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607. To
see a copy of the entire ICR submitted
to OMB, go to http://www.reginfo.gov
(select Information Collection Review,
Currently Under Review). You may also
contact Cheryl Blundon to obtain a
copy, at no cost, of the regulation that
requires the subject collection of
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart M,
Unitization.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0068.
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. Section 1334(a) specifies that the
Secretary ‘‘provide for the prevention of
waste and conservation of the natural
resources of the [O]uter Continental

Reporting requirement

Hour burden

Shelf, and the protection of correlative
rights therein’’ and include provisions
for ‘‘unitization, pooling, and drilling
agreements.’’
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 OMB Circular A–25,
authorize Federal agencies to recover
the full cost of services that confer
special benefits. Unitization requests for
approval are subject to cost recovery,
and BOEMRE regulations specify
service fees for these requests.
Regulations implementing these
responsibilities are under 30 CFR 250,
subpart M. Responses are required to
obtain or retain a benefit and
mandatory. No questions of a sensitive
nature are asked. BOEMRE protects
information considered proprietary
according to the Freedom of Information
Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR 2), and 30 CFR
250.197, ‘‘Data and information to be
made available to the public or for
limited inspection,’’ and 30 CFR part
252, ‘‘OCS Oil and Gas Information
Program.’’
BOEMRE must approve any lessee’s
proposal to enter an agreement to
unitize operations under two or more
leases and for modifications when
warranted. Lessees submit consolidated
Exploration Plans and Development and
Production Plans for a unit area. We use
the information to ensure that
operations under the proposed unit
agreement will result in preventing
waste, conserving natural resources, and
protecting correlative rights including
the government’s interests.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Potential
respondents comprise Federal oil, gas,
or sulphur lessees and/or holders of
pipeline-rights-of-way.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The
estimated annual hour burden for this
information collection is a total of 3,348
hours. The following chart details the
individual components and estimated
hour burdens. 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.
Average number annual
responses
Non-hour cost burdens*

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Citation
30 CFR 250
subpart M

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Hour burden

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Average number annual
responses

Annual burden
hours

Requests
1301 ...........................

Description of requirements .......................................

Burden included in the following sections.

0

1301(d), (f)(3), (g)(1),
(g)(2) (ii).

Request suspension of production or operations ......

Burden covered in 1010–0114.

0

1302(b) .......................

Request preliminary determination on competitive
reservoir.

80

1 request ..........................

80

1304(b) .......................

Request compulsory unitization, including submitting
unit agreement, unit operating agreement, initial
plan of operation, obtain approval of Regional Supervisor if required, and supporting data; serving
non-consenting lessees with documents.

205

1 request ..........................

205

1304(d) .......................

Request hearing on required unitization ...................

1

1 request ..........................

1

Subtotal ...................................................................................................................................

3 responses .....................

285

Submittals
1302(b) .......................

Submit concurrence or objection on competitiveness
with supporting evidence.

35

1 request ..........................

35

1302(c), (d) ................

Submit joint plan of operations, supplemental plans,
or a separate plan if agreement cannot be
reached.

45

1 plan ...............................

45

1303; 1304 .................

**Submit

8

50 revs/mods ...................

400

revisions or modifications to unit agreement, unit operating agreement, plan of operation,
change of unit operator, etc.

$831 fees × 50 revisions/modifications = $41,550.
1303; 1304 .................

**Submit

initial, and revisions to, participating area ..

54

10 submissions ................

540

1304(d) .......................

Submit statement at hearing on compulsory unitization.

5

1 statement ......................

5

1304(e) .......................

Pay for and submit three copies of verbatim transcript of hearing.

1

1 submission ....................

1

Court reporter and 3 transcript copies for 1 hearing = $500.
Subtotal ...................................................................................................................................

64 responses ...................

1,026

$42,050 non-hour cost burdens.
General
1303 ...........................

Apply for voluntary unitization, including submitting
unit agreement, unit operating agreement, initial
plan of operation, obtain approval of Regional Supervisor if required, and supporting data; request
for variance from model agreement and other related requirements.

185

11 applications/plans .......

2,035

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$11,698 fee × 11 applications/plans = $128,678.
1304(f) ........................

Appeal final order of compulsory unitization .............

1300–1304 .................

General departure and alternative compliance requests not specifically covered elsewhere in subpart M regulations.

Exempt as defined in 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2),
(c).

0

1

2 requests ........................

2

Subtotal ...................................................................................................................................

13 responses ...................

2,037

$128,678 non-hour cost burdens.
Total Burden ............................................................................................................................

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Citation
30 CFR 250
subpart M

Reporting requirement

Hour burden

Average number annual
responses

Annual burden
hours

$170,728 Non-Hour Cost Burdens.

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* The non-hour cost burdens that are associated with cost recovery monies collected are based on actual submittals through Pay.gov for FY
2010.
** These requirements are specified in each Unit Agreement.

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified three non-hour cost
burdens associated with this
information collection. Section
250.1303 requires respondents to pay
filing fees when (1) Applying for a
voluntary unitization proposal or unit
expansion ($11,698), as well as a (2)
unitization revision ($831). The filing
fees are required to recover the Federal
Government’s processing costs. Section
250.1304(d) provides an opportunity for
parties notified of compulsory
unitization to request a hearing;
therefore § 250.1304(e) requires the
party seeking the compulsory
unitization to (3) pay for the court
reporter and three copies of the
verbatim transcript of the hearing
(approximately $500).
It should be noted there have been no
such hearings in the recent past, and
none are expected in the near future. We
estimate a total reporting non-hour cost
burden of $170,728. We have not
identified any other paperwork nonhour cost burdens associated with the
collection of information.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
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,
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.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on May 13, 2011,
we published a Federal Register notice
(76 FR 28058) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
control number for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR 250 regulations. The regulation
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comment at any time on the collections
of information and provides the address
to which they should send comments.
We have received no comments in
response to these efforts.
Send any comments to the offices
listed under the ADDRESSES section of
this notice. The OMB has up to 60 days
to approve or disapprove the
information collection but may respond
after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure
maximum consideration, OMB should
receive public comments by October 6,
2011.
Public Availability of Comments:
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.
BOEMRE Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (703)
787–1025.
Dated: August 22, 2011.
Sharon Buffington,
Acting Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement
[BOEM–2011–0039]

Commercial Lease of Submerged
Lands for Renewable Energy
Development on the Outer Continental
Shelf
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEMRE), Department of
the Interior.
ACTION: Request for comment.
AGENCY:

BOEMRE will use Form 0008
to issue commercial renewable energy
leases on the Outer Continental Shelf. In
the preamble to the April 29, 2009,

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Final Rule, ‘‘Renewable Energy and
Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on
the Outer Continental Shelf,’’ BOEMRE
stated that ‘‘we intend to develop a
model lease form through a public
process that will invite all interested
and affected parties for their input’’ (at
p. 19729).
The bureau has developed the form
included in this notice, and welcomes
comments over the 30 days following
publication of this notice. Following the
30-day comment period, BOEMRE will
review all submitted comments, and
publish a final version of the form in the
Federal Register.
DATES: Submit written comments by
October 6, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Maureen A. Bornholdt, Program
Manager, Office of Offshore Alternative
Energy Programs at (703) 787–1300 for
lease questions.
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
BOEM–2011–0039 then click ‘‘search.’’
Follow the instructions to submit public
comments and view supporting and
related materials. BOEMRE will post all
comments on http://
www.regulations.gov.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
and Enforcement; Attention: Wright
Frank; 381 Elden Street, MS–4090,
Herndon, Virginia 20170. Please
reference the docket number and title in
your comment and include your name
and return address.
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 view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.

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