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OMB Control No: 1004-0211	ICR Reference No: 201701-1004-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201611-1004-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation (43 CFR parts 3160 and 3170)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/17/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 01/17/2017
Terms of Clearance: This collection of information is approved for one year. BLM has agreed to provide OIRA for review the draft guidance to implement the collection of information requirements of the final rule, Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation (1004-AE14). The guidance must be submitted as a supplementary document and reviewed as a change request to 1004-0211 or subsequent control number. The guidance should provide a clear explanation regarding the phrase 'abandon significant oil reserves' and discuss information necessary to determine whether the capture requirements would cause the operator to shut in the wells on the lease under current market conditions and for the reasonably foreseeable future, taking into account uncertainty regarding the long-term recoverable potential of the lease and reservoir. The guidance should also provide a clear explanation of what an operator would be required to show with respect to obtaining exemptions from multiple requirements of the rule. It should explain how an operator could take into account, as part of the baseline, the costs of any requirements of 43 CFR 3179 for which an exemption is not being requested.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2018	36 Months From Approved
Responses	63,200	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	82,170	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 351-360 Name of Law: Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands
   US Code: 30 USC 1701-1759 Name of Law: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act
   US Code: 25 USC 396 and 396a Name of Law: Indian Mineral Leasing Act
   US Code: 30 USC 221-237 Name of Law: Subchapter IV of the Mineral Leasing Act
   US Code: 25 USC 2101-2108 Name of Law: Indian Mineral Development Act
   US Code: 42 USC 4321-4370h Name of Law: National Enfironmental Policy Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	63,200	63,705	-505
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	82,170	84,180	-2,010
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The final rule will result in program changes that are necessary to update, authorize, and regulate standards to reduce wasteful venting, flaring, and leaks of natural gas from onshore wells.

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