[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5836-5837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01671]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
Adjustment of Service Fees for Outer Continental Shelf Activities
AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Adjustment of Service Fees.
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SUMMARY: This notice informs all lessees, operators, permittees, and
right-of-way (ROW) holders that certain BOEM fees are being adjusted
for inflation, as provided for in BOEM regulations at 30 CFR Sec.
550.125 and 30 CFR Sec. 556.63.
DATES: Effective Date: This Adjustment of Service Fees becomes
effective on February 2, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Questions related to the calculations underlying the cost
recovery fee adjustments should be directed to: U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Economics Division, 381
Elden Street, HM 3310, Herndon, Virginia 20170.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Meffert, Office of Policy,
Regulations and Analysis, (703) 787-1610 or at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulations at 30 CFR Sec. 550.125 and 30
CFR Sec. 556.63 provide the authority for BOEM to adjust a number of
its cost recovery service fees on an annual basis. These fees were last
updated in 2008, with Federal Register Notice 73 FR 49943. BOEM is now
adjusting various cost recovery fees to reflect inflation since the
last update.
This notice informs all relevant parties that the fees are being
adjusted in accordance with BOEM regulations at 30 CFR Sec. 550.125
and 30 CFR Sec. 556.63. The proposed 2012 Fee Amount is based on the
Implicit Price Deflator value of 6.72 percent; this value is based on
inflation from 2007 through 2011.
The inflation rate between any two years is calculated as the
percentage difference between the measure of the level of prices for a
designated year (e.g., 2011) and some previous year (e.g., 2007) of all
new, domestically produced, final goods and services in the economy for
the designated year (e.g., 2011), as contained in the Department of
Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Table 1.1.9, Implicit
Price Deflators for Gross Domestic Product, available at http://www.bea.gov/national/pdf/dpga.pdf. We expect BEA to revise the rate
during future updates and, as in the last few years, we expect
revisions to be upward. Even if BEA revises the inflation rate,
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BOEM will retain the published fee schedule until BOEM's next fee
recalculation.
The following table highlights those cost recovery fees that are
affected by this notice:
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Plan/permit action 2008 fee amount Citation 2012 fee amount
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Conservation Information Document....... $25,629................... Sec. $27,348.
550.296(a)
Designation of Operator (change of)..... $164...................... Sec. $175.
550.143(d)
Development and Production Plan (DPP) or $3,971 for each well Sec. 550.24 $4,238 for each well
Development Operations Coordination proposed; no fee for proposed; no fee for
Document (DOCD). revisions. revisions.
Non-Required Document Filing Fee........ $27....................... Sec. 556.63 $29.
Exploration Plan (EP)................... $3,442 for each surface Sec. $3,673 for each surface
location; no fee for 550.211(d) location; no fee for
revisions. revisions.
Record Title/Operating Rights (Transfer) $186...................... Sec. 556.63 $198.
Right-of-Use and Easement (RUE) for $2,569.................... Sec. 550.165 $2,742.
State lessee.
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Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1331-1356 (2002).
Dated: January 18, 2013.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
[FR Doc. 2013-01671 Filed 1-25-13; 8:45 am]
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