[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16330]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information Collection
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 requests for the titles
described below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The information collection
requests describe the nature of the information collections and their
expected burden and cost.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 23, 1997. To be
assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of either
information collection request, explanatory information and related
form, contact John A. Trelease at (202) 208-2783. You may also contact
Mr. Trelease at jtreleas@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (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
1320.8(d)). OSM has submitted two requests to OMB to renew its approval
of the collections of information found at 30 CFR Part 761, Areas
designated by act of Congress, and Part 876, Acid mine drainage
treatment and abatement program. OSM is requesting a 3-year term of
approval of these information collection activities.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for these collections
of information are 1029-0102 and 1029-0104, respectively.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), Federal Register notices
soliciting comments on these collections of information were published
on April 7, 1997 (62 FR 16606), for Part 876, and on April 10, 1997 (62
FR 17635), for Part 761. No comments were received from either notice.
This notice provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to
comment on the following information collection activities:
Title: Areas Designated by Act of Congress--30CFR Part 761.
OMB Control Number: 1029-0102.
Summary: OSM and State regulatory authorities use the information
collected under 30 CFR Part 761 to ensure that persons planning to
conduct surface coal mining operations on the lands protected by
Sec. 522(e) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
have the right to do so under one of the exemptions or waivers provided
by this section of the Act.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Persons planning to conduct coal mining
and reclamation operations and State regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 620.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1.6 hours.
Title: Acid mine drainage treatment and abatement program, 30 CFR
876.
OMB Control Number: 1029-0104.
Summary: This part establishes the requirements and procedures
allowing State and Indian Tribes to establish acid mine drainage
abatement and treatment programs under the Abandoned Mine Land fund as
directed through Public Law 101-508.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: State governments and Indian Tribes.
Total Annual Responses: 1.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 350.
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; and ways to minimize the
information collection burden on respondents, such as use of automated
means of collection of the information, to the following address.
Please refer to the appropriate OMB control number in all
correspondence.
ADDRESSES: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attention: Department of Interior Desk Officer,
725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: June 18, 1997.
Richard G. Bryson,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 97-16330 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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