[Federal Register: March 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 61)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0089
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is
announcing that the information collection request for 30 CFR part 702,
Exemption for Coal Extraction Incidental to the Extraction of Other
Minerals has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB
for review and approval. The information collection request describes
the nature of the information collection and the expected burden and
cost.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information
collection but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, public comments
should be submitted to OMB by April 30, 2007, in order to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Department of
Interior Desk Officer, by telefax at (202) 395-6566 or via e-mail to
OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov. Also, please send a copy of your comment to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
1951 Constitution Ave, NW., Room 202--SIB, Washington, DC 20240, or
electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information
collection request contact John A. Trelease at (202) 208-2783. You may
also contact Mr. Trelease at jtrelease@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104-13), require that interested members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR 320.8(d)]. OSM has submitted a
request to OMB to renew its approval for the collection of information
found at 30 CFR Part 702. OSM is requesting a 3-year term of approval
for this information collection activity.
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. The OMB control number of this
collection of information is 1029-0089, and may be found in OSM's
regulations at 702.10.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
December 8, 2006 (71 FR 71189). No comments were received. This notice
provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to comment on
the following information collection activity:
Title: 30 CFR part 702--Exemption for Coal Extraction Incidental to
the Extraction of Other Minerals.
OMB Control Number: 1029-0089.
Summary: This part implements the requirement in Section 701(28) of
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), which
grants an exemption from the requirements of SMCRA to operators
extracting not more than 16\2/3\ percentage tonnage of coal incidental
to the extraction of other minerals. This information will be used by
the regulatory authorities to make that determination.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: Once and annually thereafter.
Description of Respondents: Producers of coal and other minerals
and the State regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 120.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 535.
Total Non-wage Costs: $200.
Send comments on the need for the collection of information for the
performance of the functions of the agency; the accuracy of the
agency's burden estimates; ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection burden on respondents, such as
use of automated means of collection of the information, to the
addresses listed under ADDRESSES. Please refer to OMB control number
1029-0089 in all correspondence.
Dated: February 8, 2007.
John R. Craynon,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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