Notice2023-09237
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Application for Permit To Drill (APD, Revised APD), Supplemental APD Information Sheet, and All Supporting Documentation
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Published
May 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentSafety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27528-27529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09237]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement
[Docket ID BSEE-2022-0011; EEEE500000 234E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000; OMB
Control Number 1014-0025]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Application
for Permit To Drill (APD, Revised APD), Supplemental APD Information
Sheet, and All Supporting Documentation
AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to
renew an information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Please
provide a copy of your comments to Kye Mason, BSEE ICCO, 45600 Woodland
Road, Sterling, VA 20166; or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0cbd9c58ecdc1d3cfcee0c2d3c5c58ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7813011d5615190b1716381a0b1d1d561f170e">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1014-0025 in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Kye Mason by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d8b3a1bdf6b5b9abb7b698baabbdbdf6bfb7ae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfa4b6aae1a2aebca0a18fadbcaaaae1a8a0b9">[email protected]</span></a>, or by
telephone at (703) 787-1607. 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 PRA and 5 CFR
1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general public and other Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired
format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
August 4, 2022 (87 FR 47787). One comment was received but was not
germane to the information collection.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email
address, or other personal identifying
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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.
Abstract: The regulations at 30 CFR part 250 pertain to Application
for Permit to Drill (APD, Revised APD), Supplemental APD Information
Sheet, and all supporting documentation and are the subject of this
collection. This request also covers the related Notices to Lessees and
Operators (NTLs) that BSEE issues to clarify, supplement, or provide
additional guidance on some aspects of our regulations.
The BSEE uses the information to ensure safe drilling operations
and to protect the human, marine, and coastal environment. Among other
things, BSEE specifically uses the information to ensure: the drilling
unit is fit for the intended purpose; the lessee or operator will not
encounter geologic conditions that present a hazard to operations;
equipment is maintained in a state of readiness and meets safety
standards; each drilling crew is properly trained and able to promptly
perform well-control activities at any time during well operations;
compliance with safety standards; and the current regulations will
provide for safe and proper field or reservoir development, resource
evaluation, conservation, protection of correlative rights, safety, and
environmental protection. We also review well records to ascertain
whether drilling operations have encountered hydrocarbons or H2S and to
ensure that H2S detection equipment, personnel protective equipment,
and training of the crew are adequate for safe operations in zones
known to contain H2S and zones where the presence of H2S is unknown.
This ICR includes forms BSEE-0123 (APD) and BSEE-0123S
(Supplemental APD Information Sheet). The BSEE uses the information
from these forms to determine the conditions of a drilling site to
avoid hazards inherent in drilling operations. Specifically, we use the
information to evaluate the adequacy of a lessee's or operator's plan
and equipment for drilling, sidetracking, or deepening operations. This
includes the adequacy of the proposed casing design, casing setting
depths, drilling fluid (mud) programs, cementing programs, and blowout
preventer (BOP) systems to ascertain that the proposed operations will
be conducted in an operationally safe manner that provides adequate
protection for the environment. BSEE also reviews the information to
ensure conformance with specific provisions of the lease. In addition,
except for proprietary data, BSEE is required by the OCSLA to make
available to the public certain information submitted on Forms BSEE-
0123 and -0123S.
The forms use and information consist of the following:
BSEE-0123
Heading: BSEE uses the information to identify the type of proposed
drilling activity for which approval is requested.
Well at Total Depth/Surface: Information utilized to identify the
location (area, block, lease, latitude and longitude) of the proposed
drilling activity.
Significant Markers Anticipated: Identification of significant
geologic formations, structures and/or horizons that the lessee or
operator expects to encounter. This information, in conjunction with
seismic data, is needed to correlate with other wells drilled in the
area to assess the risks and hazards inherent in drilling operations.
Question/Information: The information is used to ascertain the
adequacy of the drilling fluids (mud) program to ensure control of the
well, the adequacy of the surface casing compliance with EPA offshore
pollutant discharge requirements and the shut in of adjacent wells to
ensure safety while moving a rig on and off a drilling location, as
well that the worst case discharge scenario information reflects the
well and is updated if applicable. This information is also provided in
the course of electronically requesting approval of drilling operations
via eWell.
BSEE-0123S
Heading: BSEE uses this information to identify the lease operator,
rig name, rig elevation, water depth, type well (exploratory,
development), and the presence of H2S and other data which is needed to
assess operational risks and safety.
Well Design Information: This engineering data identifies casing
size, pressure rating, setting depth and current volume, hole size, mud
weight, BOP and well bore designs, formation and BOP test data, and
other criteria. The information is utilized by BSEE engineers to verify
operational safety and ensure well control to prevent blowouts and
other hazards to personnel and the environment. This form accommodates
requested data collection for successive sections of the borehole as
drilling proceeds toward total depth below each intermediate casing
point.
Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 250, Application for Permit to
Drill (APD, Revised APD), Supplemental APD Information Sheet, and all
supporting documentation.
OMB Control Number: 1014-0025.
Form Number: Forms BSEE-0123 and BSEE-0123S.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Potential respondents include Federal
OCS oil, gas, and sulfur lessees and/or operators and holders of
pipeline rights-of-way.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: Currently there are
approximately 555 Federal OCS oil, gas, and sulfur lessees and holders
of pipeline rights-of-way. Not all the potential respondents will
submit information in any given year, and some may submit multiple
times.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 11,206.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from .5 hour to 125
hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 77,816.
Respondent's Obligation: Most responses are mandatory while others
are to obtain and/or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Submitted generally on occasion and as
required in the regulations.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $4,298,876.
An agency may not conduct, or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Kirk Malstrom,
Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch.
[FR Doc. 2023-09237 Filed 5-1-23; 8:45 am]
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