---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 550.199"
title: "30"
number: "550.199"
heading: "Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/550.199"
---

# §550.199. Paperwork Reduction Act statements—information collection.

- (a) OMB has approved the information collection requirements in [part 550](/cfr/30/part550.md) under [44 U.S.C. 3501](/usc/44/3501.md) et seq. The table in [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section lists the subpart in the rule requiring the information and its title, provides the OMB control number, and summarizes the reasons for collecting the information and how BOEM uses the information. The associated BOEM forms required by this part are listed at the end of this table with the relevant information.
- (b) **Respondents are OCS oil, gas, and sulfur lessees and operators.** The requirement to respond to the information collections in this part is mandated under the Act ([43 U.S.C. 1331](/usc/43/1331.md) et seq.) and the Act's Amendments of 1978 ([43 U.S.C. 1801](/usc/43/1801.md) et seq.). Some responses are also required to obtain or retain a benefit or may be voluntary. Proprietary information will be protected under [§ 550.197](/cfr/30/550.197.md); parts [551](/cfr/30/part551.md) and [552](/cfr/30/part552.md) of this subchapter; and the Freedom of Information Act ([5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md)) and its implementing regulations at [43 CFR part 2](/cfr/43/part2.md).
- (c) The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires us to inform the public that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
- (d) Send comments regarding any aspect of the collections of information under this part, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling, VA 20166.
- (e) **BOEM is collecting this information for the reasons given in the following table—**

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 80 FR 57096, Sept. 22, 2015; 89 FR 31590, Apr. 24, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 80 FR 57096, Sept. 22, 2015; 89 FR 31590, Apr. 24, 2024]