[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR3160.0-9]

[Page 414-415]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 3160--ONSHORE OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart 3160--Onshore Oil and Gas Operations: General
 
Sec. 3160.0-9  Information collection.

    (a) The information collection requirements contained in 
Secs. 3162.3, 3162.3-1, 3162.3-2, 3162.3-3, 3162.3-4, 3162.4-1, 3162.4-
2, 3162.5-1, 3162.5-2, 3162.5-3, 3162.6, 3162.7-1, 3162.7-2, 3162.7-3, 
3162.7-5, 3164.3, 3165.1, and 3165.3 have been approved by the Office of 
Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3507 and assigned clearance Number 
1004-0134. The information may be collected from some operators either 
to provide data so that proposed operations may be approved or to enable 
the monitoring of compliance with granted approvals. The information 
will be used to grant approval to begin or alter operations or to allow 
operations to continue. The obligation to respond is required to obtain 
benefits under the lease.
    (b) Public reporting burden for this information is estimated to 
average 0.4962 hours per response, including the time for reviewing 
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining 
the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of 
information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other 
aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer 
(783), Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC 20240, and the Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 1004-0134, 
Washington, DC 20503.
    (c)(1) The information collection requirements contained in part 
3160 have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under 44 
U.S.C. 3507 and assigned the following Clearance Numbers:

                             Operating Forms
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Form No.                 Name and filing date                   OMB No.
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  3160-3  Application for Permit to Drill, Deepen, or Plug     1004-0136
           Back--Filed 30 days prior to planned action......
  3160-4  With Completion of Recompletion Report and Log--     1004-0137
           Due 30 days after well completion................
  3160-5  Sundry Notice and Reports on Wells--Subsequent       1004-0135
           report due 30 days after operations completed....
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The information will be used to manage Federal and Indian oil and gas 
leases. It will be used to allow evaluation of the technical, safety, 
and environmental factors involved with drilling and producing oil and 
gas on Federal and Indian oil and gas leases. Response is mandatory only 
if the operator elects to initiate drilling, completion, or subsequent 
operations on an oil and gas well, in accordance with 30 U.S.C. 181 et 
seq.
    (2) Public reporting burden for this information is estimated to 
average 25 minutes per response for clearance number 1004-0135, 30 
minutes per response for clearance number 1004-0136, and 1 hour per 
response for clearance number 1004-0137, including the time for 
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and 
maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection 
of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any 
other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions 
for reducing the burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer 
(783), Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC 20240, and the Office 
of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 1004-0135, 1004-
0136, or 1004-0137, as appropriate, Washington, DC 20503.
    (d) There are many leases and agreements currently in effect, and 
which will remain in effect, involving both Federal and Indian oil and 
gas leases which specifically refer to the United States Geological 
Survey, USGS, Minerals Management Service, MMS, or Conservation 
Division. These leases and agreements also often specifically refer to 
various officers such as Supervisor, Conservation Manager, Deputy 
Conservation Manager, Minerals Manager, and Deputy Minerals Manager. In 
addition, many leases and agreements specifically refer to 30 CFR part 
221 or specific sections thereof, which has been redesignated as 43 CFR 
part 3160. Those references shall now be read in the context of 
Secretarial Order 3087 and now mean either the Bureau of Land Management 
or Minerals Management Service, as appropriate.

[57 FR 3024, Jan. 27, 1992]