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OMB Control No: 1004-0211	ICR Reference No: 201711-1004-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201701-1004-008
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Waste Prevention, Production Subject to Royalties, and Resource Conservation (43 CFR parts 3160 and 3170) (Suspend / Delay)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/11/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/08/2017
Terms of Clearance: The previous terms of clearance remain in effect and due to OIRA no later than 3 months after the revised compliance date of January 17, 2019.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2020	01/31/2019	01/31/2018
Responses	64,200	0	63,200
Time Burden (Hours)	90,170	0	82,170
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The BLM is finalizing a rule that temporarily suspends or delays several regulations pertaining to reducing wasteful venting, flaring, and leaks of natural gas from onshore wells. The final rule applies to Federal and Indian (except Osage Tribe) oil and gas leases. The information collection activities address well completions, production tests, well purging, gas conservation plans, storage vessel and tank emissions, pneumatic devices, and leak detection and repair.

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

EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1004-AE54	Final or interim final rulemaking	82 FR 58050	12/08/2017

Federal Register Notices & Comments
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	64,200	63,200	1,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	90,170	82,170	8,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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 2017 final rule results in no program changes. The BLM requests adjustment of the burden estimates for the activity labeled “Plan to Minimize Waste of Natural Gas (43 CFR 3162.3-1(j)).” The revisions are in part a response to a public comment, and in part due to the BLM’s decision to make the burden estimates for the waste minimization plan match the burden estimates for an information collection activity in control number 1004-0137 (expires January 31, 2018). The BLM recently updated its burden estimates for that other activity, labeled “Application for Permit to Drill or Re-enter,” in connection with a request to renew control number 1004-0137. The BLM believes it is appropriate for the burden estimates to be the same for both activities because they are associated with each other. As a result, the burden estimates for the waste minimization plan are revised as follows: The estimated number of responses are increased from 2,000 to 3,000 annually, and as a result of that increase, the total number of hours are increased from 16,000 to 24,000 annually.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,441,732

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: Jean Sonneman 202 785-6577 jean_sonneman@blm.gov

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