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OMB Control No: 1014-0010	ICR Reference No: 201605-1014-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201308-1014-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BSEE	Agency Tracking No: 1014-0010 ext 16
Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart Q - Decommissioning Activities
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 01/19/2017
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/20/2016
Terms of Clearance: BSEE will instruct respondents to identify confidential commercial or proprietary information when they submit to BSEE, and this information will be protected according to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and DOI’s implementing regulations (43 CFR 2); section 26 of OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1352); 30 CFR 250.197, Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection; and 30 CFR part 252, OCS Oil and Gas Information Program. This collection of information is approved for three years. If BSEE requests an extension it must include with the supporting statement a report on the types of platforms and pipelines for which it has sufficient information to estimate decommissioning costs, and the amount of additional information required to estimate the remaining types of platforms and pipelines.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2020	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2017
Responses	3,081	0	4,867
Time Burden (Hours)	15,524	0	29,437
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,686,396	0	2,152,644

Abstract: BSEE uses the information to (1) determine the necessity for allowing a well to be temporarily abandoned and there is a definitive reason for not permanently plugging the well;(2) verify that respondents are diligently pursuing the final disposition of a well and have performed temporary plugging of the wellbore;(3) ensure platform or pipeline removal activities are properly performed; (4) ensure that decommissioning a platform in place will not be a hazard to navigation and commercial fishing operations or interfere with other uses of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and (5) to help BSEE better estimate future decommissioning costs for OCS leases, rights-of-way, and rights of use and easements.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 43 USC 1334 Name of Law: Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
   US Code: 31 USC 9701 Name of Law: Independent Offices Appropriations Act
   US Code: 30 USC 1751 Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 31660	05/19/2016
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 72612	10/20/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	3,081	4,867	-4,047	2,261
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	15,524	29,437	-28,617	14,704
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,686,396	2,152,644	-2,152,644	1,686,396

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The current OMB approved annual hour burden is 29,437 burden hours for this collection of information. This submission requests 15,524 burden hours. The adjustment decrease of 13,913 hours is due to re-estimating the average annual responses and the amount of time required to respond based on outreach (decreased by -550 burden hours); and the publication of the final blowout preventer regulations which moved many of the requirements of Subpart Q into the new Subpart G regulations, Well Operations and Equipment (decreased by -14,183 burden hours). Also, BSEE published a final rule (80 FR 75806), Decommissioning Costs, to require respondents submit a summary of actual decommissioning expenditures for each activity (increased by +820 burden hours). The current OMB approved annual reporting and recordkeeping non-hour cost burden is $2,152,644 for this collection of information. This submission requests $1,686,396. The adjustment decrease of $466,248 is due to re-estimating the average number of annual decommissioning applications that have associated cost recovery fees.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $489,006

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Nicole Mason 703 787-1605 nicole.mason@boemre.gov

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