[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68700-68701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31728]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget Review, Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information Collection.
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SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are soliciting
comments on an information collection titled Payor Information Form,
Solid Minerals, Form MMS-4030, OMB Control Number 1010-0064, which
expires on May 31, 2000.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before February 7,
2000.
ADDRESSES: The mailing address for written comments regarding this
information collection is David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and Publications
Staff, Minerals Management Service, Royalty Management Program, P.O.
Box 25165, MS 3021, Denver, Colorado 80225. Courier address is Building
85, Room A-613, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. Email
address is RMP.comments@mms.gov.
PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURE: If you wish to comment, you may submit
your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to
David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and Publications Staff, Minerals Management
Service, Royalty Management Program, P.O. Box 25165, MS 3021, Denver,
Colorado 80225-0165. Courier or overnight delivery address is Building
85, Room A-613, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. You may
also comment via the Internet to RMP.comments@mms.gov. Please submit
Internet comments as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption. Please also include Attn: [ICR
title], OMB Control Number 1010-[ ], and your name and return address
in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the
system that we have received your Internet message, contact David S.
Guzy directly at (303) 231-3432.
We will post public comments after the comment period closes on the
Internet at http://www.rmp.mms.gov. You may arrange to view paper
copies of the comments by contacting David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and
Publications Staff, telephone (303) 231-3432, FAX (303) 231-3385. Our
practice is to make comments, including names and addresses of
respondents, available for public review on the Internet and during
regular business hours at our offices in Lakewood, Colorado. Individual
respondents may request that we withhold their home address from the
rulemaking record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law.
There also may be circumstances in which we would withhold from the
rulemaking record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you
wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your comment. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis C. Jones, Rules and
Publications Staff, phone (303) 231-3046, FAX (303) 231-3385, email
Dennis.C.Jones@mms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act requires each agency ``to provide notice * * * and
otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies
concerning each proposed collection of information * * *.'' Agencies
must specifically solicit comments to: (a) evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (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 automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
The Department of the Interior (DOI) is the department within the
Federal Government responsible for matters relevant to mineral resource
development on Federal and Indian Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS). The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) is responsible for
managing the production of minerals from Federal and Indian Lands and
the OCS; for collecting royalties from lessees who produce minerals;
and for distributing the funds collected in accordance with applicable
laws.
We perform the royalty management functions for the Secretary. We
utilize the Auditing and Financial System and Common Reference Database
(AFS/CRD) to store royalty information and reference data. Reference
data is initially submitted and subsequently updated by lessees who
produce minerals from leased Federal and Indian lands. The Payor
Information Form (PIF), Solid Minerals, Form MMS-4030 (see http://
www.rmp.mms.gov/custserv/pubserv/forms.htm), is used by lessees for
this information collection.
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The information on Form MMS-4030 is used to establish a database of
new payors/leases, lease-level (rent, advance and minimum royalty)
obligations, other royalty/lease data, and to change existing royalty/
lease data on AFS/CRD. The functions that we perform, including fund
allocation and distribution, exception processing, AFS/PAAS error
correction, audit and billing activities and database inquiries, are
dependent upon the integrity of the AFS/CRD information. We estimate
that the completion of Form MMS-4030 requires 20 minutes to complete
and 30 minutes for the associated recordkeeping.
Dated: December 2, 1999.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 99-31728 Filed 12-7-99; 8:45 am]
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