Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0089, 71189 [06-9592]
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• Los Angeles Central Library, 630
West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071.
• Visalia Branch Library—Main
Library, 200 West Oak Avenue, Visalia,
CA 932891–4993.
Public Disclosure Statement:
Comments received in response to this
notice will become part of the
administrative record and are subject to
public inspection. Our practice is to
make comments, including names,
home addresses, home phone numbers,
and e-mail addresses of respondents,
available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their names and/or home
addresses, etc., but if you wish us to
consider withholding this information,
you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. In
addition, you must present a rationale
for withholding this information. This
rationale must demonstrate that
disclosure would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of privacy.
Unsupported assertions will not meet
this burden. In the absence of
exceptional, documentable
circumstances, this information will be
released. We will always make
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Frank J. Michny,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, MidPacific Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0089
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
its intention to request renewed
authority for the following collection of
information: 30 CFR part 702 regarding
the exemption of coal extraction
incidental to the extraction of other
minerals. This information collection
activity was previously approved by the
Office of the Management and Budget
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(OMB), and assigned clearance number
1029–0089.
DATES: Comments on the proposed
information collection must be received
by February 6, 2007, to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
1951 Constitution Ave., NW., Room
202—SIB, Washington, DC 20240.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request a copy of the information
collection request and explanatory
information contact John A. Trelease, at
(202) 208–2783 or e-mail at the address
provided above.
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 1320.8(d)]. This notice
identifies an information collection that
OSM will be submitting to OMB for
approval. This collection is contained in
30 CFR Part 702, Exemption for Coal
Extraction Incidental to the Extraction
of Other Minerals. OSM will request a
3-year term of approval for this
information collection activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
need for the collection of information
for the performance of the functions of
the agency; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (4)
ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information. A summary of the
public comments will accompany
OSM’s submission of the information
collection request to OMB.
The following information is provided
for each information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) summary of the
information collection activity; and (4)
frequency of collection, description of
the respondents, estimated total annual
responses, and the total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
the collection of information.
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),
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which grants an exemption from the
requirements of SMCRA to operators
extracting not more than 162⁄3
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 State regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 120.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 535.
Total Non-wage Costs: $200.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
John R. Craynon,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Solicitor; Public Forum on
the Department of Labor Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) Improvement
Plan
Office of the Solicitor (SOL),
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Scheduling of public forum;
invitation to participate and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor is
scheduling a public forum to seek input
from the public on how it might
improve the quality and efficiency of
the Department’s administration of the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
This forum is part of the Department’s
FOIA Improvement Plan finalized
earlier in 2006. Interested persons are
encouraged to submit written comments
in response to the questions contained
in this notice and offer additional
suggestions for improving the quality
and efficiency of the Department’s FOIA
efforts. Attendees are invited to speak
on these questions and other related
issues at the public forum; those who
only wish to observe the forum are
welcome to attend as well. The
Department’s FOIA Improvement Plan
is available at https://www.dol.gov/dol/
foia/ (See link for ‘‘Agency Plan and
Report’’).
Background: On June 14, 2006, the
Department submitted its FOIA
Improvement Plan and Report pursuant
to Executive Order 13392 (‘‘Improving
Agency Disclosure of Information’’). As
part of its FOIA Improvement Plan, the
Department has been examining various
components of its FOIA practices and
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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 its intention to request renewed authority for the following
collection of information: 30 CFR part 702 regarding the exemption of
coal extraction incidental to the extraction of other minerals. This
information collection activity was previously approved by the Office
of the Management and Budget (OMB), and assigned clearance number 1029-
0089.
DATES: Comments on the proposed information collection must be received
by February 6, 2007, to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to John A. Trelease, Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Room 202--SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Comments may also be
submitted electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information
collection request and explanatory information contact John A.
Trelease, at (202) 208-2783 or e-mail at the address provided above.
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 1320.8(d)]. This notice identifies
an information collection that OSM will be submitting to OMB for
approval. This collection is contained in 30 CFR Part 702, Exemption
for Coal Extraction Incidental to the Extraction of Other Minerals. OSM
will request a 3-year term of approval for this information collection
activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the collection of
information for the performance of the functions of the agency; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4)
ways to minimize the information collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection of the information. A summary
of the public comments will accompany OSM's submission of the
information collection request to OMB.
The following information is provided for each information
collection: (1) Title of the information collection; (2) OMB control
number; (3) summary of the information collection activity; and (4)
frequency of collection, description of the respondents, estimated
total annual responses, and the total annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden for the collection of information.
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 State regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 120.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 535.
Total Non-wage Costs: $200.
Dated: December 4, 2006.
John R. Craynon,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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