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OMB Control No: 1004-0137	ICR Reference No: 202408-1004-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202108-1004-006
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No: 2025 Renewal
Title: Onshore Oil and Gas Operations and Production (43 CFR Part 3170)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 12/10/2024

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	102,439	301,663
Time Burden (Hours)	278,904	1,835,888
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	31,080,000

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 223-236b Name of Law: Chapter 3A, Subchapter IV of the Mineral Leasing Act
   US Code: 43 USC 1701-1787 Name of Law: The Federal Land Policy and Management Act
   US Code: 30 USC 181-196 Name of Law: Chapter 3A, Subchapter I of the Mineral Leasing Act
   US Code: 30 USC 351-360 Name of Law: The Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands
   US Code: 30 USC 1701-1759 Name of Law: The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	102,439	301,663	-199,224
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	278,904	1,835,888	-1,556,984
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	31,080,000	-31,080,000

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 burden adjustment result from moving certain burdens associated with 43 CFR 3160 to OMB control number 1004-0220 and clarifying some of the remaining burden estimates. See Item 15 of the enclosed Supporting Statement for a detailed explanation of the burden adjustments.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $23,449,597

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. Yes

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. Yes

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: Darrin King 202-693-4129 King.Darrin@dol.gov