Information Collection: Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities; Submitted for OMB Review; Comment Request MMAA104000
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Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires each agency ". . . to provide notice . . . and otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of information . . ." BOEM now requests comments to: (a) evaluate whether the collection is necessary or useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the burden estimates; (c) enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of technology. Please send comments as directed under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please refer to OMB control number 1010-0106 in your correspondence.
The following information pertains to this request:
OMB Control Number: 1010-0106.
Title: 30 CFR 553, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility for Offshore Facilities.
Forms:
* BOEM-1016, Designated Applicant Information Certification;
* BOEM-1017, Appointment of Designated Applicant;
* BOEM-1018, Self-Insurance Information;
* BOEM-1019, Insurance Certificate;
* BOEM-1020, Surety Bond;
* BOEM-1021, Covered Offshore Facilities;
* BOEM-1022, Covered Offshore Facility Changes;
* BOEM-1023, Financial Guarantee; and
* BOEM-1025, Independent Designated Applicant Information Certification.
Abstract: This information collection request addresses the regulations at 30 CFR 553, Oil Spill Financial Responsibility (OSFR) for Offshore Facilities, including any supplementary notices to lessees and operators that provide clarification, description, or explanation of these regulations, and forms BOEM-1016 through 1023 and BOEM-1025.
The BOEM uses the information collected under 30 CFR 553 to verify compliance with section 1016 of the Oil Pollution Act, as amended (OPA). The information is necessary to confirm that applicants can pay for cleanup and damages resulting from oil spills and other hydrocarbon discharges that originate from Covered Offshore Facilities (COFs).
We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under regulations at 30 CFR 550.197, "Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection." No items of a sensitive nature are collected. Responses are mandatory.
Frequency: On occasion or annual.
Description of Respondents: Lessees, permittees, and holders of pipeline right-of-way and right-of-use and easement grants.in the Outer Continental Shelf and in State coastal waters who will appoint designated applicants. Other respondents will be the designated applicants' insurance agents and brokers, bonding companies, and guarantors. Some respondents may also be claimants.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The estimated annual hour burden for this collection is 22,132 hours. The following table details the individual components and respective hour burden estimates of this ICR.
.... Burden Breakdown
Citation...... Reporting........ Hour burden....Average number Annual burden
30 CFR 553.... requirement *....................of annual......hours
................................................reponses
Various........*3*The burdens..................................0
sections...... for all
.............. references to
.............. submitting
.............. evidence of OSFR,
.............. as well as
.............. required or
.............. supporting
.............. information, are
.............. covered with the
.............. forms below.
.... Applicability and Amount of OSFR
11(a)(1); 40;..Form BOEM-1016--..1..............200............200
41............ Designated
.............. Applicant
.............. Information
.............. Certification
11(a)(1); 40;..Form BOEM-1017--..9..............600............5,400
41............ Appointment of
.............. Designated
.............. Applicant
11(a)(2)...... Form BOEM-1025--..1..............200............200
.............. Independent
.............. Designated
.............. Applicant
.............. Information
.............. Certification
12............ Request for...... 2..............5..............10
.............. determination of
.............. OSFR
.............. applicability.
.............. Provide required
.............. and supporting
.............. information
15............ Notify BOEM of....1..............1..............1
.............. change in ability
.............. to comply
15(f)..........Provide claimant..1..............15............ 15
.............. written
.............. explanation of
.............. denial
Subtotal........................................1,021..........5,826
.... Methods for Demonstrating OSFR
21; 22; 23;....Form BOEM-1018--..1..............50............ 50
24; 26; 27;....
30; 40; 41; 43 Information
.............. Form BOEM-1023--..1.5............25............ 38
.............. Financial
.............. Guarantee
29; 40; 41; 43 Form BOEM-1019--..120............120............14,400
.............. Insurance
.............. Certificate
31; 40; 41; 43 Form BOEM-1020--..24............ 4..............96
.............. Surety Bond
32............ Proposal and......120............1..............120
.............. supporting
.............. information for
.............. alternative
.............. method to
.............. evidence OSFR
.............. (anticipate no
.............. proposals, but
.............. regulations
.............. provide the
.............. opportunity)
Subtotal........................................200............14,704
.... Requirements for Submitting OSFR Information
40; 41; 43.... Form BOEM-1021--..6..............200............1,200
.............. Covered Offshore
.............. Facilities
40; 41; 42.... Form BOEM-1022--..1..............400............400
.............. Covered Offshore
.............. Facility Changes
Subtotal........................................600............1,600
.... Claims for Oil-Spill Removal Costs and Damages
Subpart F......Claims: BOEM is.. 0
.............. not involved in
.............. the claims
.............. process.
.............. Assessment of
.............. burden for claims
.............. against the Oil
.............. Spill Liability
..............
.............. CFR parts 135,
.............. 136, 137) falls
.............. under the
.............. responsibility of
.............. the
.............. Guard
60(d)..........Claimant request..2..............1..............2
.............. for BOEM
.............. assistance to
.............. determine whether
.............. a guarantor may
.............. be liable for a
.............. claim
Subtotal........................................1..............2
Total Burden....................................1,822..........22,132
.. * In the future, BOEM may require specified electronic filing of financial/bonding submissions.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: We have identified no reporting and recordkeeping non-hour cost burdens for this collection.
Public Availability of Comments: Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Dated:
Chief,
30-day notice.
Citation: "81 FR 74813"
Document Number: "OMB Number 1010-0106"
Federal Register Page Number: "74813"
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