Notice2022-07634
Agency Information Collection Activities; Oil Spill Financial Responsibility
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Published
April 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing to renew an information collection request (ICR).
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21133-21135]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07634]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[OMB Control Number 1010-0106; Docket ID: BOEM-2017-0016]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Oil Spill Financial
Responsibility
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is proposing to renew an
information collection request (ICR).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 10, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this ICR by mail to the BOEM
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166;
or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#21404f4f400f40554a484f524e4f61434e444c0f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="23424d4d420d4257484a4d504c4d63414c464e0d444c55">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1010-0106 in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Anna Atkinson by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7a1b14141b541b0e1113140915143a18151f17541d150c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8cede2e2eda2edf8e7e5e2ffe3e2cceee3e9e1a2ebe3fa">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at 703-787-1025. Individuals in
the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
You may also view the ICR at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, BOEM provides the general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information. This helps BOEM assess the
impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the
public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand BOEM's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format.
BOEM is soliciting comments on the proposed ICR described below.
BOEM is especially interested in public comments addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper
functions of BOEM; (2) what can BOEM do to ensure that this information
is processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the burden estimate
accurate; (4) how might BOEM enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (5) how might BOEM minimize the
burden of this collection on the respondents, including minimizing the
burden through the use of information technology?
Comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. BOEM will include or summarize each comment in its
request to OMB for approval of this ICR. You should be aware that your
entire comment--including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personally identifiable information included in your comment--may
be made publicly available. You may request that BOEM withhold from
disclosure your personally identifiable information. Your request must
identify any information contained in your comment that, if released,
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of your personal
privacy. You also must briefly describe any possible harmful
consequences of disclosure of that information, such as embarrassment,
injury, or other harm. While you can ask in your comment that your
personally identifiable information be withheld from public disclosure,
BOEM cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so under the law.
BOEM protects proprietary information in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), the Department of the
Interior's implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and 30 CFR parts
550 and 552 promulgated pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1352(c)).
Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 553, ``Oil Spill Financial
Responsibility for Offshore Facilities.''
Abstract: This ICR concerns the paperwork requirements in 30 CFR
part 553, including any supplementary notices to lessees and operators
that provide clarification, description, or explanation of these
regulations, and forms BOEM-1016 through -1023, and BOEM-1025.
BOEM uses forms to collect information to ensure proper and
efficient administration of its oil spill financial responsibility
requirements. BOEM collects information to:
<bullet> Provide a standard method for establishing whether a party
is required to demonstrate oil spill financial responsibility for
offshore facilities;
<bullet> Identify and maintain a record of those offshore
facilities that have a potential oil spill liability requiring the
demonstration of oil spill financial responsibility;
<bullet> Establish and maintain a continuous record of evidence of
oil spill financial responsibility to assure payment of claims for oil
spill cleanup and damages resulting from operations conducted on
covered offshore facilities and from the transportation of oil from
covered offshore facilities;
<bullet> Establish and maintain a continuous record of responsible
parties, as defined in title I of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, and
their agents or authorized representatives for oil spill financial
responsibility for covered offshore facilities; and
<bullet> Establish and maintain a continuous record of persons to
contact and U.S. agents for service of process for claims associated
with oil spills from covered offshore facilities.
OMB Control Number: 1010-0106.
Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Designated applicants and holders of
leases, permits, right-of-way grants, and right-of-use and easement
grants on the OCS and in State coastal waters who are responsible
parties. Other respondents
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may be designated applicants' insurance agents and brokers, bonding
companies, and guarantors. Some respondents may also be claimants.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,233 responses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 34,695 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion or annual.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: There is no non-hour
cost burden associated with this collection.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The current
annual burden for this collection is 22,133 hours. BOEM proposes to
increase the annual burden to 34,695 hours to account for changes in
industry operations due to COVID and remote work. As COVID restrictions
ease and continue to be lifted, BOEM expects an increase in the number
of respondents annually due to industry practices developed during the
pandemic as companies resume production and re-establish oil spill
financial responsibility coverage.
Remote work led to changes in how industry reviews and processes
required documents. Prior to COVID, in-person meetings with a group of
reviewers were held to complete the task quickly and efficiently. Now
with many employees working from home, document preparation, review,
and editing are taking longer as the documents move through several
individual reviewers. Companies have provided this feedback through our
outreach efforts. Therefore, BOEM is increasing hour burdens to account
for the additional review and editing time. This increase in
respondents and burden hours may be temporary and will be revisited by
BOEM during future reviews of U.S. OCS supply and demand patterns.
The following table details the individual components and
respective hour burden estimates of this ICR. In the table, the term
``oil spill financial responsibility'' has been shortened to ``OSFR.''
Burden Breakdown
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Average number
Citation 30 CFR part 553 Reporting requirement * Hour burden of annual Annual burden
reponses hours
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Various sections................... The burdens for all references to submitting evidence of 0
OSFR, as well as required or supporting information, are
covered with the forms below.
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Applicability and Amount of OSFR
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11(a)(1); 40; 41................... Form BOEM-1016--Designated 3 250 750
Applicant Information
Certification.
11(a)(1); 40; 41................... Form BOEM-1017--Appointment 10 750 7,500
of Designated Applicant.
11(a)(1); (2)...................... Form BOEM-1025--Independent 2 200 400
Designated Applicant
Information Certification.
12, 45............................. Request for determination 2 5 10
of OSFR applicability.
Provide required and
supporting information.
15................................. Notify BOEM of change in 1 1 1
ability to comply.
15(f).............................. Provide claimant written 1 15 15
explanation of denial.
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Subtotal....................... ........................... .............. 1,221 8,676
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Methods for Demonstrating OSFR
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21-28; 40.......................... Form BOEM-1018--Self- 3 50 150
Insurance Information,
including renewals.
30; 40; 41; 43..................... Form BOEM-1023--Financial 2 50 100
Guarantee.
29; 40; 41; 43..................... Form BOEM-1019--Insurance 120 150 18,000
Certificate.
31; 40; 41; 43..................... Form BOEM-1020--Surety Bond 24 4 96
32................................. Proposal and supporting 120 1 120
information for
alternative method to
evidence OSFR (anticipate
no proposals, but
regulations provide the
opportunity).
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Subtotal....................... ........................... .............. 255 18,466
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Requirements for Submitting OSFR Information
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14; 40; 41; 43..................... Form BOEM-1021--Covered 10 255 2,550
Offshore Facilities.
40-42.............................. Form BOEM-1022--Covered 10 500 5,000
Offshore Facility Changes.
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Subtotal....................... ........................... .............. 755 7,550
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Claims for Oil-Spill Removal Costs and Damages
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Subpart F.......................... Claims: BOEM is not involved in the claims process. 0
Assessment of burden for claims against the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund (33 CFR parts 135, 136, 137) falls
under the responsibility of the U.S. Coast Guard.
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60(d).............................. Claimant request for BOEM 2 1 2
assistance to determine
whether a guarantor may be
liable for a claim.
62................................. Within 15-calendar days of 1 1 1
claim, designated
applicant must notify the
guarantor and responsible
parties of the claim.
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Subtotal................... ........................... .............. 2 3
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Total Burden............... ........................... .............. 2,233 34,695
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* In the future, BOEM may require electronic filing of financial and bonding submissions.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid
OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Peter Meffert,
Acting Chief, Office of Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2022-07634 Filed 4-8-22; 8:45 am]
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