98-23. Request for Public Comments on Information Collection to be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 250-251]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-23]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    Geological Survey
    
    
    Request for Public Comments on Information Collection to be 
    Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the 
    Paperwork Reduction Act
    
        A request extending the collection of information listed below will 
    be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for approval under 
    the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 
    Copies of the proposed collection of information and related forms may 
    be obtained by contacting the Bureau's Clearance Officer at the phone 
    number listed below. Comments and suggestions on the requirement should 
    be made within 30 days directly to the Desk Officer for the Interior 
    Department, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
    Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 and to the Bureau Clearance 
    Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 National Center, Reston, VA 20192. 
    As required by OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the U.S. 
    Geological Survey solicits specific public comments regarding the 
    proposed information collection as to:
        1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
    proper performance of the functions of the bureau, including whether 
    the information will have practical utility;
        2. The accuracy of the bureau's estimate of the burden of the 
    collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
    and assumptions used;
        3. The utility, quality, and clarity of the information to be 
    collected; and,
        4. How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
    those who are to respond, including the use of
    
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    appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other forms of 
    information technology.
        Title: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
        OMB approval number: 1028-0059.
        Abstract: The information, required by the Comprehensive Test Ban 
    Treaty (CTBT), will provide the CTBT Technical Secretariat with 
    geographic locations of sites where chemical explosions greater than 
    300 tons TNT-equivalent have occurred. Respondents to the information 
    collection request are U.S. nonfuel minerals producers.
        Bureau form number: 9-3078.
        Frequency: Annual.
        Description of respondents: Companies that have conducted in the 
    last calendar year, or that will conduct in the next calendar year, 
    explosions with a total charge size of 300 tons of TNT-equivalent, or 
    greater.
        Annual responses: 12,370.
        Annual burden hours: 3,092.5.
        Bureau clearance officer: John E. Cordyack, Jr., 703-648-7313.
    John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
    Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team.
    [FR Doc. 98-23 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 4310-31-M
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
01/05/1998
Department:
Geological Survey
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
98-23
Pages:
250-251 (2 pages)
PDF File:
98-23.pdf