254.9—Authority for information collection.
(a)
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved the information collection requirements in this part under 44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq. OMB assigned the control number 1010-0091. The title of this information collection is “ 30 CFR part 254, Oil Spill Response Requirements for Facilities Located Seaward of the Coast line.”
(b)
MMS collects this information to ensure that the owner or operator of an offshore facility is prepared to respond to an oil spill. MMS uses the information to verify compliance with the mandates of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA). The requirement to submit this information is mandatory. No confidential or proprietary information is collected.
(c)
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 OMB control number.
(d)
Send comments regarding any aspect of the collection of information under this part, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, Minerals Management Service, Mail Stop 5438, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.