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OMB Control No: 1012-0004	ICR Reference No: 201804-1012-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201508-1012-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/ONRR	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 30 CFR Parts 1210 and 1212, Royalty and Production Reporting
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: 05/30/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/28/2019
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2019
Responses	12,873,046	0	10,503,868
Time Burden (Hours)	420,241	0	337,933
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	9,288,000

Abstract: ONRR uses the information collected in this ICR to ensure that royalty is appropriately paid, based on accurate production accounting on oil, gas, and geothermal resources produced from Federal and Indian leases. Our integrated financial accounting system compares royalty (form ONRR-2014) and production volumes (forms ONRR-4054 and ONRR-4058) to verify that proper royalties are received for the minerals produced.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 25 USC 396d Name of Law: Chapter 12--Lease, Sale or Surrender of Allotted or Unallotted Lands
   US Code: 25 USC 2103 Name of Law: Indian Mineral Development Act of 1920
   US Code: 30 USC 1923 Name of Law: The Mineral Leasing Act
   US Code: 43 USC 1353 Name of Law: The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
   US Code: 30 USC 1701 et seq. Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982

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:
	83 FR 44662	08/31/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	84 FR 11827	03/28/2019
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	12,873,046	10,503,868	2,369,178
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	420,241	337,933	82,308
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	9,288,000	-9,288,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The current OMB-approved inventory is 337,933 annual burden hours. Our current estimate of the burden hours is 420,241, resulting in a total adjustment increase of +82,308 hours. We analyzed our current data and found an increase in the time that industry takes to complete the requirements for forms ONRR-2014 and ONRR-4054. We also found a decrease in the burden hour estimates for industry to complete form ONRR-4058. Based on industry’s established historical compliance data and our regular ongoing contact and interaction with companies to resolve questions as they arise, there is an adjustment change for a total adjustment increase of +82,308 hours and an increased burden change of +2,369,178 responses. We identified no “non-hour” cost burdens for this collection of information. This is a change from the currently approved collection which indicates a non-hour cost burden of $7,200 per respondent, with an annualized cost of $9,288,000. We removed the "Non-Hour Cost Burden" here because the estimated $9,288,000 burden was a one-time cost due to a regulation change promulgated in the Indian Oil Valuation Amendments final rulemaking [published May 1, 2015, 80 FR 24794–24814]. The regulations are codified in 30 CFR 1206.50 et seq. This $9,288,000 represented costs companies incurred to implement system changes and to setup accounting systems to comply with the revised Indian oil valuation regulations. Specifically, the 2015 amended regulations now require Indian lessees to report crude oil types using new product codes on forms ONRR-2014 and ONRR-4054, for their automated reporting. This information is necessary for ONRR to calculate the index-based major portion prices Indian lessees must use to value oil for royalty purposes. Indian lessees should have incurred these one-time costs prior to the July 1, 2015 effective date of rule, and no additional costs to implement the 2015 rule is expected.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $6,513,736

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: Armand Southall 303 231-3221 armand.southall@mms.gov

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