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NTL No. 2006-N05 |
Effective Date: September 1, 2006
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Notice to Lessees and Operators (NTL) of Federal Oil
and
Gas Leases and Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant Holders
on
the Outer Continental Shelf
Payment Method for
New and Existing Cost Recovery Fees
NOTE:
NTL 2006-N05
is available for download in Adobe's Portable
Document Format (PDF).
This Notice to
Lessees and Operators and Pipeline Right-of-way Grant Holders (NTL) is
issued pursuant to 30 CFR 250.103. This NTL is also issued pursuant to 30
CFR 251.3, to permitees that conduct geological and geophysical explorations
on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), and pursuant to 30 CFR 280.3(c) to
permitees that conduct operations other than oil, gas, and sulphur on the
OCS.
This NTL supersedes
NTL No. 2006-N04 and applies to all MMS OCS Regions.
Pursuant to 30 CFR
250.125, 251.5, 256.63 and 280.12, you must pay non-refundable service fees
to the Minerals Management Service (MMS). MMS applications and documents
that require cost recovery fees must include either fee payments or proof of
fee payment through the Pay.gov system.
Payment of new cost
recovery fees is required for specified applications or other documents
received by MMS on or after September 1, 2006 (effective through the final
rule RIN 1010-AD23, published on July 19, 2006, link through
http://www.mms.gov/federalregister/2006.htm). The table below lists both
the new fees [marked with an asterisk] and the fees already in effect.
The United States
Department of Treasury has enabled the Pay.gov system for fee payments
associated with MMS applications and documents subject to cost recovery
fees. Pay.gov allows applicants to pay electronically the non-refundable
service fees listed below. The Pay.gov site will accept both credit card and
Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments. Credit card or ACH payments for the
filing fees will no longer be handled by the MMS regional offices.
Payment of the fees
listed in the following table must accompany the submission of the
application or document. MMS prefers and strongly urges applicants to pay
their fees using credit card or ACH payments through the Pay.gov website. If
you pay by credit card or ACH, you must include a copy of the Pay.gov
confirmation receipt page with your application or document, or it will be
returned to you without further processing.
You may access the
Pay.gov website through links on the MMS website at:
http://www.mms.gov/offshore/ or through the following links:
http://www.mms.gov/offshore/paygov.htm or Pay.gov at:
https://www.pay.gov/paygov/.
MMS will continue to
accept check payments at this time. Your checks should be made payable to:
“Department of the Interior – Minerals Management Service” or “DOI-MMS” and
must include your MMS company identification number.
Application or Document |
Required
Service Fee Amount |
30 CFR
Citation |
Change in
Designation of Operator. |
$150 |
§ 250.143 |
Suspension
of Operations/Suspension of Production (SOO/SOP) Request. |
$1,800 |
§ 250.171 |
*Exploration
Plan (EP). |
$3,250
For each
surface location, no fee for revisions. |
§ 250.211(d) |
*Development
and Production Plan (DPP) or Development Operations Coordination
Document (DOCD). |
$3,750
For each
well proposed, no fee for revisions. |
§ 250.241(e)
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*Deepwater
Operations Plan (DWOP). |
$3,150 |
§ 250.292(p)
|
*Conservation Information Document (CID). |
$24,200 |
§ 250.296(a) |
*Application
for Permit to Drill (APD; Form MMS-123). |
$1,850
Initial
applications only, no fee for revisions. |
§
250.410(d)(3);
§ 250.1617(a)
§ 250.513(b) |
*Application
for Permit to Modify (APM; Form MMS-124). |
$110 |
§
250.465(b)(1);
§ 250.513(b)(5);
§ 250.613(b)(4);
§
250.1618(a);
§
250.1704(g) |
*New
Facility Production Safety System Application for facility with
more than 125 components. |
$4,750
A component
is a piece of equipment or ancillary system that is protected by
one or more of the safety devices required by API RP 14C
(incorporated by reference as specified in § 250.198).
(Additional
fee of $12,500 will be charged if MMS deems it necessary to
visit a facility offshore; and $6,500 to visit a facility in a
shipyard). |
§
250.802(e)(7) |
*New
Facility Production Safety System Application for facility with
25–125 components. |
$1,150
(Additional
fee of $7,850 will be charged if MMS deems it necessary to visit
a facility offshore; and $4,500 to visit a facility in a
shipyard). |
§
250.802(e)(7) |
*New
Facility Production Safety System Application for facility with
fewer than 25 components. |
$570 |
§
250.802(e)(7) |
*Production
Safety System Modification Application – Review of a
modification application for a facility with more than 125
components. |
$530 |
§
250.802(e)(7) |
*Production
Safety System Modification Application – Review of modification
application for a facility with 25–125 components. |
$190 |
§
250.802(e)(7) |
*Production
Safety System Modification Application – Review of a
modification application for a facility with fewer than 25
components. |
$80 |
§
250.802(e)(7) |
*Platform
Application – Installation – Under the Platform Verification
Program.
|
$19,900
|
§ 250.905(k)
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*Platform
Application – Installation – Fixed Structure Under the Platform
Approval Program. |
$2,850
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§ 250.905(k)
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*Platform
Application – Installation – Caisson/Well Protector Under the
Platform Approval Program. |
$1,450 |
§ 250.905(k) |
*Platform
Application – Modification/Repair. |
$3,400 |
§ 250.905(k) |
*
Application for a New Lease Term Pipeline. |
$3,100 |
§
250.1000(b)(1) |
*
Application to Modify a Lease Term Pipeline. |
$1,800 |
§
250.1000(b)(1) |
*Application
to Modify a Right-of-Way (ROW) Pipeline and/or Application to
Modify the Pipeline ROW Grant.
|
$3,650
Includes an
application to install or modify an associated accessory. |
§
250.1000(b)(2) and (3) |
*Pipeline
Repair Notification. |
$340 |
§
250.1008(e) |
Application
for a New ROW Pipeline and Application for the Pipeline ROW
Grant. |
$2,350
Includes an
application to install or modify an associated accessory. |
§
250.1000(b)(2)
§
250.1015(a) |
Application
for a Pipeline ROW Grant to Convert a Lease Term to an ROW
Pipeline. |
$200 |
§
250.1015(a) |
Pipeline ROW
Grant Assignment. |
$170 |
§
250.1018(b) |
500 Feet
From Lease/Unit Line Production Request. |
$3,300 |
§ 250.1101 |
Gas Cap
Production Request. |
$4,200 |
§ 250.1101 |
Downhole
Commingling Request. |
$4,900 |
§ 250.1106 |
*Complex
Surface Commingling and Measurement Application. |
$3,550 |
§
250.1202(a);
§
250.1203(b);
§ 250.1204(a) |
*Simple
Surface Commingling and Measurement Application. |
$1,200 |
§
250.1202(a);
§
250.1203(b);
§ 250.1204(a) |
Voluntary
Unitization Proposal or Unit Expansion. |
$10,700 |
§ 250.1303 |
Unitization
Revision. |
$760 |
§ 250.1303 |
*Application
to Remove a Platform or Other Facility. |
$4,100 |
§ 250.1727 |
*Application
to Decommission a Lease Term Pipeline. |
$1,000 |
§
250.1751(a) or
§
250.1752(a) |
*Application
to Decommission an ROW Pipeline and Application to Relinquish
the Pipeline ROW Grant.
|
$1,900
Includes an
application to decommission an associated accessory. |
§
250.1751(a) or
§
250.1752(a)
§
250.1000(b)(3) |
*Geological
and Geophysical Permits (Form MMS-327). |
$1,900 |
§ 251.5(a) |
Record
Title/Operating Rights (Transfer). |
$170 |
§
256.64(a)(8) |
Non-required
Document Filing. |
$25 |
§
256.64(a)(8) |
*Prospecting
Permits (Form MMS-134). |
$1,900 |
§ 280.12(a) |
*Effective September 1, 2006.
An application to modify a
pipeline ROW grant was treated as part of an accompanying application to
modify a ROW pipeline when MMS calculated its costs for this fee.
An application to relinquish the pipeline ROW grant was treated as part of
an accompanying application to decommission a ROW pipeline when MMS
calculated its costs for this fee.
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 MMS collects the information and the fees associated
with this rulemaking 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, 1010-0151, 1010-0141, 1010-0067, 1010-0043, 1010-0059, 1010-0149,
1010-0050, 1010-0041, 1010-0051, 1010-0068, 1010-0086, 1010-0142, 1010-0048,
1010-0006, and 1010-0072. 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, DC 20240.
Contacts:
Please address any
questions regarding this NTL to Marty Heinze by telephone at
(703) 787-1010 or by e-mail at
martin.heinze@mms.gov.
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