BOEM uses the information to determine if the applicant filing for a lease in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) is qualified to hold such a lease, to verify qualification of bidders and eligibility of joint bidders, and to verify lessees have adequate bonding coverage. Respondents are Federal OCS sulfur or oil and gas lessees and bidders on OCS lease sales.
(a) Hour Burden: The currently approved OMB inventory for these regulations is 17,882 burden hours. This submission requests a total of 19,454. The net program increase of 1,151 hours is attributed to new requirements in the rulemaking identified as such in the table in No. 12, with a program decrease of 2 hours due to eliminating the bonus bid requirements, which are obsolete. There is also an adjustment increase of 421 hours due to better estimating the number of submissions for transfers of record title and operating rights (30 CFR 556.700-716 and 801-810).
(b) Non-Hour Cost Burdens: The currently approved OMB inventory is $613,994. This submission requests a total of $766,053 as a result of a program increase of $68,701 for a new fee in §§556.715; 808 and an adjustment increases of $83,358 due to better estimating the number of submissions for transfers of record title and operating rights (30 CFR 556.700-716 and 801-810).
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.