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NTL No. 2005-N03 |
Effective
Date: January 3, 2006
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Notice
to Lessees and Operators (NTL) of Federal Oil and
Gas Leases
on the Outer Continental Shelf
Payment Method for New and Certain
Existing Cost Recovery Fees
NOTE:
NTL
2005-N03
is available for download in Adobe's Portable Document Format
(PDF).
Pursuant to 30 CFR 250.143, 250.171, 250.1015, 250.1101, 250.1106, 250.1303
and 256.64 you must pay specific service fees to MMS.
A final rule was published on August 25, 2005 and implemented new and
adjusted fees for certain MMS services. The rule stated that an NTL would be
published prior to the effective date of the rule (extended to January 1,
2006) that would prescribe the payment method to be used for the new and
adjusted fees.
MMS is developing a new, online payment system that is well underway, and is
expected to be completed in the first quarter of the 2006 calendar year.
Until then, lessees must continue to use the previously existing payment
methods of checks and/or credit cards for payment of the new and adjusted
fees. Payments must accompany the applications.
When the online payment system is available, a new NTL will be issued and
this NTL will be rescinded.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Statement
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3504 et seq.) requires
us to inform you that the MMS collects the information and the associated
fees to carry out its responsibilities under the OCS Lands Act, as amended.
MMS is collecting fees to offset MMS’s costs of performing certain services
relating to its minerals programs. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless
it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. The OMB has approved the collection of information for the affected
regulations and assigned OMB control numbers 1010-0114, 1010-0050,
1010-0041, 1010-0068, and 1010-0006. Direct any comments regarding the
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information to the
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Mail Stop 4230, Minerals
Management Service, Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20240.
Contacts:
Please address any questions regarding this NTL to Gabe Durand by telephone
at
(703) 787-1682 or by e-mail at
gabe.durand@mms.gov.
___________________ _________________________________
Dated
Thomas
A. Readinger
Associate Director for
Offshore Energy and Minerals Management
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