96-1988. Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 22 (Thursday, February 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3730]
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[FR Doc No: 96-1988]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The proposal for the collection of information listed below has 
been 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 form 
and explanatory material 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 Bureau clearance officer and to the Office of Management and 
Budget Paperwork Reduction Project (1029-0036), Washington, DC 20503, 
telephone [phone].
    Title: Surface Mining Permit Applications--Minimum Requirements for 
Reclamation and Operation Plan--30 CFR 780.
    OMB Number: 1029-0036.
    Abstract: Permit application requirements in sections 507(b), 
508(a), 510(b), 515(b) and (d), and 522 of Public Law 95-87 require the 
applicant to submit the operations and reclamation plan for coal mining 
activities. Information collection is needed to determine whether the 
mining and reclamation plan will achieve the reclamation and 
environmental protections pursuant to SMCRA.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Surface Coal Mining Operators.
    Annual Responses: 610.
    Annual Burden Hours: 235,261.
    Average Burden Hours Per Response: 386.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: John A. Trelease [phone].

    Dated: December 4, 1995.
Gene E. Krueger,
Acting Chief, Division of Technology Development and Transfer.
[FR Doc. 96-1988 Filed 1-31-96; 8:45 am]
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