30 CFR 550, 556, and 560, Leasing of Sulfur or Oil and Gas in the Outer Continental Shelf

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form BOEM-152 30 CFR 556 - Subpart K - BOEM-152 - Relinquishment of Federal OCS O&G Leases Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Form BOEM-0150 30 CFR 556 - Subpart G - BOEM-150 Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal OCS O&G Leases Form	Modified
Form BOEM-2028 30 CFR 556 - Subpart I Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Form BOEM-0151 30 CFR 556 - Subpart H - BOEM-0151 Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS O&G Leases Form	Modified
Form BOEM-2030 30 CFR 550.1011(a) Bond Requirements for Pipeline Right-of-Way Holders Form and Instruction	Unchanged
2025.02.20_BOEM-0151_E.O._11246_Removal.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-02-21
2025.02.20_BOEM-0150_E.O._11246_Removal.pdf Supplementary Document	2025-02-21
1010-0006 Justification for No Material Nonsubstantive Change Revoke of EO 11246.docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2025-02-24
04.17.24_OMB Supporting Statement 1010-AE00 Risk_0006.docx Supporting Statement A	2024-04-17
CFR-2018-title30-vol2-part556.pdf Supplementary Document	2019-05-13
CFR-2018-title30-vol2-part560.pdf Supplementary Document	2019-05-13
CFR-2018-title30-vol2-part550-subpartJ.pdf Supplementary Document	2019-05-13

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
46497	30 CFR Part 556 - Subpart K	Unchanged
46495	30 CFR 556 - Subpart K - BOEM-152 - Relinquishment of Federal OCS O&G Leases Form and Instruction	Unchanged
46493	30 CFR 556 - Subpart G - BOEM-150 Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal OCS O&G Leases Form	Modified
38128	30 CFR 556 - Subpart I Form and Instruction	Unchanged
213818	30 CFR Part 560	Unchanged
213817	30 CFR 556 - Subpart H - BOEM-0151 Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS O&G Leases Form	Modified
213814	30 CFR 556 - Subpart D	Unchanged
213813	30 CFR 556 - Subpart B	Unchanged
213812	30 CFR 556 - Subpart A	Unchanged
199131	30 CFR 550.1011(a) Bond Requirements for Pipeline Right-of-Way Holders Form and Instruction	Unchanged
191742	30 CFR 556 - Subparts G & H - Document filings	Unchanged
191723	30 CFR 556 - Subpart E	Unchanged
191722	30 CFR 556 - Subpart C	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1010-0006	ICR Reference No: 202502-1010-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202310-1010-004
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BOEM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 30 CFR 550, 556, and 560, Leasing of Sulfur or Oil and Gas in the Outer Continental Shelf
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 02/27/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2027	07/31/2027
Responses	22,090	22,090
Time Burden (Hours)	22,012	22,012
Cost Burden (Dollars)	766,053	766,053

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Abstract: This information collection request is related to leasing of sulfur or oil and gas in the Outer Continental Shelf under 30 CFR 550, 556, and 560. On January 21, 2025, President Trump signed Executive Order (EO) 14173, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity.” This EO revokes Executive Order 11246, entitled “Equal Employment Opportunity.” This information collection request is for nonsubstantive updates to forms BOEM-0150, Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease and BOEM-0151, Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease. BOEM is removing the language related to equal opportunity and affirmative action compliance from the forms.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 43 USC 1331 and 1801 Name of Law: OCSLA
   US Code: 31 USC 9701 Name of Law: IOAA
   US Code: 42 USC 6213(C) Name of Law: Energy Policy and Conservation Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1010-AE14	Final or interim final rulemaking	89 FR 31544	04/24/2024

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 31544	04/24/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 13

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
30 CFR 550.1011(a) Bond Requirements for Pipeline Right-of-Way Holders	BOEM-2030	OCS Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant Bond
30 CFR 556 - Subpart A
30 CFR 556 - Subpart B
30 CFR 556 - Subpart C
30 CFR 556 - Subpart D
30 CFR 556 - Subpart E
30 CFR 556 - Subpart G - BOEM-150 Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal OCS O&G Leases	BOEM-0150	Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease
30 CFR 556 - Subpart H - BOEM-0151 Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS O&G Leases	BOEM-0151	Assignment of Operating Rights Interest in Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease
30 CFR 556 - Subpart I	BOEM-2028, BOEM-2028A	Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Bond ,   Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Mineral Lessee's and Operator's Supplemental Plugging and Abandonment Bond
30 CFR 556 - Subpart K - BOEM-152 - Relinquishment of Federal OCS O&G Leases	BOEM-152	Relinquishment of Federal OCS Oil and Gas Lease
30 CFR 556 - Subparts G & H - Document filings
30 CFR Part 556 - Subpart K
30 CFR Part 560

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	22,090	22,090	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	22,012	22,012	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	766,053	766,053	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Overall, this rule results in the following adjustments in hour burden, which leads to an overall increase of 77 annual burden hours: Base Bonds and Supplemental Financial Assurance The hours per response for all respondents (i.e., a lessee, grant holder, a co-lessee, and a co-grant holder) who show financial worth/ability to carry out present and future financial obligations as demonstrated by an issuer credit rating, or a proxy credit rating determined by BOEM based on audited financial information, remains at 3.5 hours as approved by OMB. The number of responses for the provisions related to §§ 550.160, 550.166, 550.1011, and 556.900-902 decreases to 160 respondents from 166 respondents due to program changes. The related existing and new provisions results in a decrease of 21 burden hours from 581 to 560 annual burden hours (3.5 hours x -6 hours = -21 annual burden hours) BOEM adds paragraph (h) to § 556.901 to establish the limited opportunity to provide the required supplemental financial assurance demanded during the first 5 years after the effective date of this regulation in three installments. This provision establishes the timing and amounts of staggered supplemental financial assurance that would be demanded. This increases the number of submissions for the 5 payments required for supplemental financial assurance, but only for the first 5 years after the effective date of this regulation. OMB has approved 135 submissions which take 20 minutes per submission (total existing annual burden hours is 45 hours). BOEM estimates the burden hours to be 135 annual burden hours (405 submissions x 20 minutes), which is an increase of 90 hours over existing OMB approval. (+90 hours). Third-party Guarantees Section 556.905(b)(2) eliminates the requirement that, when a guarantor becomes unqualified, a lessee must cease production, until supplemental financial assurance coverage requirements are met. The regulatory provision is replaced with a requirement to immediately submit and maintain a substitute surety bond or other security. Both the existing and new provisions require the lessee to provide surety bond coverage; however, BOEM’s current OMB Control Number 1010-0006 does not quantify all of the burdens associated with either situation. Therefore, BOEM adds approximately 8 annual burden hours to OMB Control Number 1010-0006 for any lessee whose guarantor became unqualified (+8 hours).

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,989,249

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/27/2025

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