Notice2024-13711
Agency Information Collection Activities; Leasing of Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur in the Outer Continental Shelf
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Published
June 24, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentOcean Energy Management Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposes this information collection request (ICR) to renew Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number 1010-0082.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52500-52501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13711]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[OMB Control Number 1010-0082; Docket ID: BOEM-2024-0007]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Leasing of Minerals
Other Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur in 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) proposes this information
collection request (ICR) to renew Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number 1010-0082.
DATES: Comments must be received by the OMB desk officer no later than
July 24, 2024.
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 service or
U.S. 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#01606f6f602f60756a686f726e6f41636e646c2f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="debfb0b0bff0bfaab5b7b0adb1b09ebcb1bbb3f0b9b1a8">[email protected]</span></a>. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1010-0082 in the subject line of your
comments. You may also comment by searching the docket number ``BOEM-
2024-0007'' at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Atkinson by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0c1cecec18ec1d4cbc9ced3cfcee0c2cfc5cd8ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="76171818175817021d1f18051918361419131b58111900">[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 of 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 581, ``Leasing of Minerals Other
Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur in the Outer Continental Shelf.''
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (Act), as
amended (43 U.S.C. 1334 and 43 U.S.C. 1337(k)), authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to administer OCS leasing and to
prescribe the necessary regulations to do so. The Act authorizes the
Secretary to lease any mineral other than oil, gas, and sulphur,
subject to royalty, rental, and other terms and conditions that the
Secretary may prescribe at the time of the lease offer.
Regulations at 30 CFR part 581 implement these statutory
requirements. BOEM has not conducted any OCS leasing activity for
minerals other than oil, gas, or sulphur in many years. Consequently,
BOEM has not generally collected information under this part of its
regulations. However, BOEM recognizes that the potential for such
information collection exists under part 581. Therefore, BOEM seeks OMB
renewal of the part 581 information collection.
BOEM will use the information required by 30 CFR part 581 to
determine if statutory requirements are met prior to the issuance of a
lease. Specifically, BOEM will use the information to:
<bullet> Evaluate the area and minerals requested by the applicant
to assess the viability of offering leases for sale;
<bullet> Request States to establish a joint task force to assess
the proposed action;
<bullet> Ensure excessive overriding royalty interests are not
created that would put economic constraints on all parties involved;
<bullet> Document that a leasehold or geographical subdivision has
been surrendered by the record title holder; and
<bullet> Determine if activities on the proposed lease area(s) will
have a significant impact on the environment.
OMB Control Number: 1010-0082.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: As there are no active respondents,
BOEM estimates the potential annual number of respondents are OCS lease
requestors,
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State governments, and OCS mineral lessees.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 11 responses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 1,004 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to retain or obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Cost Burden: $50 non-hour cost
burden.
The current approved annual burden hours are equal to 984 hours and
the annual responses are equal to 10. Tie bid requirements would
involve more than one respondent, so BOEM plans to increase this by one
response and 20 annual burden hours. This information collection
request increases burdens to 1,004 and annual responses to 11 due to
the potential of tie bids. BOEM assumed that respondents perform
certain requirements in the normal course of their activities. BOEM
considers such requirements to be usual and customary and took that
into account in estimating the burden.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period on
the proposed ICR was published on March 5, 2024 (89 FR 15890). BOEM
received one comment opposing leasing for minerals on the OCS. This
comment does not change the purpose of or need for the ICR, nor does it
affect the cost or hour burden.
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?
Comments that you submit 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>. BOEM will include or summarize each comment in its ICR
to OMB for approval of this information collection. 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 at any time. Even if BOEM
withholds your personally identifiable information in the context of
this ICR, your comment is subject to the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552). Your information will only be withheld if a
determination is made that one of the FOIA exemptions to disclosure
applies. Such a determination will be made in accordance with the
Department of the Interior's (DOI) FOIA implementing regulations (43
CFR part 2) and applicable law.
For BOEM to consider withholding from disclosure your personally
identifiable information, you must identify, in a cover letter, any
information contained in the submittal of your comments that, if
released, would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of your
personal privacy. You must also briefly describe any possible harmful
consequences of the disclosure of information, such as embarrassment,
injury, or other harm. BOEM will make available for public inspection,
in their entirety, all comments submitted by organizations and
businesses, or by individuals identifying themselves as representatives
of organizations or businesses.
BOEM protects proprietary information in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), DOI's implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and 30 CFR part 581.7, promulgated
pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCS Lands Act) (43
U.S.C. 1352(c)).
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.).
Karen Thundiyil,
Chief, Office of Regulations, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2024-13711 Filed 6-21-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4340-98-P
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