[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]
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