Notice2022-24195
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf
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Published
November 7, 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 this information collection request (ICR) to renew the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1010-0176.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67066-67067]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24195]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[OMB Control Number 1010-0176; Docket ID: BOEM-2017-0016]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Renewable
Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer
Continental Shelf
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 this information
collection request (ICR) to renew the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Control Number 1010-0176.
DATES: Comments must be received by OMB no later than December 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your written comments on this ICR to the OMB's desk
officer for the Department of the Interior at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. From the <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a> landing page,
find this information collection by selecting ``Currently under
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
Please provide a copy of your comments by parcel delivery 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#5a3b34343b743b2e3133342935341a38353f37743d352c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e4f40404f004f5a4547405d41406e4c414b4300494158">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1010-0006 in the subject line of your comments. You may also
comment by searching the docket number BOEM-2017-0016 at <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Atkinson by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#395857575817584d5250574a5657795b565c54175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b7d6d9d9d699d6c3dcded9c4d8d9f7d5d8d2da99d0d8c1">[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.
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.
Title of Collection: ``30 CFR part 585, Renewable Energy and
Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf.''
Abstract: The ICR addresses the paperwork requirements in the
regulations under ``30 CFR part 585, Renewable Energy and Alternate
Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf [OCS]''
issued pursuant to the OCS Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.). The OCS Lands Act at subsection 8(p) (43 U.S.C. 1337(p))
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to issue leases, easements, or
rights-of way on the OCS for activities that produce or support
production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources
other than oil and gas, including renewable energy. Subsection 8(p)
directs the Secretary to issue any necessary regulations to carry out
the OCS renewable energy program. The Secretary delegated this
authority to BOEM. BOEM issued regulations for OCS renewable energy
activities at 30 CFR part 585; this notice concerns the reporting and
recordkeeping elements required by these regulations.
Respondents are parties interested in obtaining a lease or grant
for renewable energy activities on the OCS; lessees and grantees
submitting plans for commercial and noncommercial renewable energy
projects on the OCS, and, if such plans are approved, constructing,
operating, maintaining, and decommissioning those projects; and
applicants for, or holders of, rights-of-use and easement for alternate
uses of existing facilities on the OCS. BOEM must ensure that these
activities are carried out in a manner that provides for, among other
things, safety, protection of the environment, and consideration of
other OCS users. In order to execute its duties, BOEM requires
information regarding potential purchasers of leases, grants, and
rights-of-way; their proposed activities; their financial assurance
instruments to ensure accrued obligations are met; and their payments
to the U.S. Treasury.
BOEM uses forms to collect information to ensure proper and
efficient administration of OCS renewable energy leases and grants and
to document the financial responsibility of lessees and grantees. Forms
BOEM-0002, BOEM-0003, BOEM-0004, and BOEM-0006 are used, respectively,
by renewable energy entities on the OCS to assign a grant interest,
assign a lease interest, relinquish a lease or grant, and designate an
operator. Form BOEM-0005 is used to document a surety's guarantee of
lessees' and grantees' performance. BOEM maintains the submitted forms
as official lease and grant records.
OMB Control Number: 1010-0176.
Form Number:
<bullet> BOEM-0002, ``Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy
Assignment of Grant;''
<bullet> BOEM-0003, ``Assignment of Record Title Interest in Federal
OCS Renewable Energy Lease;''
<bullet> BOEM-0004, ``Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy
Lease or Grant Relinquishment Application;''
<bullet> BOEM-0005, ``Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy
Lessee's, Grantee's, and Operator's Bond;'' and
<bullet> BOEM-0006, ``Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Renewable Energy
Lease or Grant Designation of Operator.''
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Companies interested in renewable
energy-related uses on the OCS and holders of leases and grants under
30 CFR part 585.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 265 responses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 18,783 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory or required to obtain or retain
a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion or annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: $3,816,000 non-hour
costs. The non-hour cost burdens consist of service fees and payments
to a contractor for drafting BOEM-required documents, preparing and
conducting site-specific studies, and writing reports to evaluate
potential causes of harm to natural resources.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The estimated
annual hour burden for this collection is 18,783 hours. In calculating
the burden, BOEM recognized that some of its required information
collections are incurred by respondents in the normal course of their
activities, like compiling and maintaining business records. BOEM
considers some information collection activities to be usual and
customary business practices
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and excluded those activities from its account in estimating the
burden.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period on
this proposed ICR was published on September 2, 2022 (87 FR 54250).
BOEM did not receive any comments during the 60-day comment period.
BOEM is again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR. 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?
Public Comment Notice: Comments submitted in response to this
notice are a matter of public record and will be available for public
review on <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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. Even if BOEM withholds your information in the
context of this ICR, your comment is subject to the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA). If your comment is requested under the FOIA,
your information will only be withheld if BOEM determines that a FOIA
exemption to disclosure applies. BOEM will make such a determination in
accordance with the Department of the Interior's (DOI) FOIA regulations
and applicable law.
In order for BOEM to consider withholding from disclosure your
personally identifiable information, you must identify, in a cover
letter, any information contained in your comments that, if released,
would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of your personal
privacy. You must also briefly describe any possible harmful
consequence of the disclosure of information, such as embarrassment,
injury, or other harm.
Note that BOEM will make available for public inspection all
comments on <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>, in their entirety, submitted by
organizations and businesses or by individuals identifying themselves
as representatives of organizations or businesses.
BOEM protects proprietary information in accordance with FOIA (5
U.S.C. 552), DOI's implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and 30 CFR
585.113.
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.).
Karen Thundiyil,
Chief, Office of Regulations, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2022-24195 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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