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OMB Control No: 1014-0019	ICR Reference No: 202112-1014-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201807-1014-007
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BSEE	Agency Tracking No: 1014-0019 '22
Title: 30 CFR Part 250, Subpart K, Oil and Gas Production Requirements
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: 05/10/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/16/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2024
Responses	6,021	0	7,688
Time Burden (Hours)	37,750	0	46,466
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,067,544	0	1,077,816

Abstract: This subpart addresses such issues as production rates, burning oil, venting and flaring natural gas. BSEE uses the information in its efforts to conserve natural resources, prevent waste, and protect correlative rights including the Government's royalty interest.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 1751 Name of Law: (FOGRMA) Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act
   US Code: 31 USC 9701 Name of Law: Independent Offices Appropriations Act
   US Code: 43 USC 1334 Name of Law: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act
   US Code: 33 USC 1321 Name of Law: Federal Water Pollution Control 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:
	87 FR 3122	01/20/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 56980	09/16/2022
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	6,021	7,688	-29	-1,638
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	37,750	46,466	-152	-8,564
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,067,544	1,077,816	41,739	-52,011

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Cutting Redundancy

Short Statement: The current OMB inventory for this collection is 46,466 burden hours. In this submission, we are requesting, 37,750 hours. This represents a program change decrease of -152 hours and is due to BSEE deleting the hours in this collection pertaining to §§ 250.1150-1167 - general departure and alternative compliance requests. The ability to request a general departure or alternative compliance are throughout all of 30 CFR Part 250 and the hour burdens are approved under 1014-0022 (subpart A); hence, avoiding double-counting hour burdens. This also represents an adjustment decrease of -8,564 hours due to re-estimating the number of responses, times the hour burden submitted by respondents. The current OMB non-hour cost burden inventory is $1,077,816. In this submission, we are requesting a total of $1,067,544. This represents an adjustment decrease of -$52,011. The decrease is due to less requests for approval to downhole commingle hydrocarbons in §§ 250.1158 and 250.1167 from the previous 3-year collection and re-estimating the average number of annual responses. This also represents a program change increase of $41,739. This increase is due to rulemaking 1014-AA54, Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the OCS-Adjustment of Service Fees [87 FR 19799], published April 6, 2022 (effective same date).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,020,000

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? No

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

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