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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; Request for Comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey)
have sent an Information Collection
Request (ICR) to OMB for review and
approval. The ICR, which is
summarized below, describes the nature
of the collection and the estimated
burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled
to expire on October 31, 2008. We may
not conduct or sponsor and a person is
not required to respond to a collection
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of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
However, under OMB regulations, we
may continue to conduct or sponsor this
information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before November 20, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection directly to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior via OMB e-mail:
(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov ); or by
fax (202) 395–6566; and identify your
submission with #1028–0053.
Please submit a copy of your
comments to Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collections, U.S. Geological
Survey, 2150–C Center Avenue, Fort
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226–
9230 (FAX); or pponds@usgs.gov (email). Use Information Collection
Number 1028–0053 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Scott F. Sibley at (703)
648–4976.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1028–0053.
Title: Nonferrous Metals Surveys.
Form Number: Various (31 forms).
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly,
quarterly, or annually.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 1,801
producers and consumers of nonferrous
and related metals. Respondents are
canvassed for one frequency period
(e.g., monthly respondents are not
canvassed annually).
Estimated Number of Responses:
5,339.
Completion Time per Response: We
estimate the public reporting burden for
the 31 forms averages 20 minutes to 2
hours per response. This includes the
time for reviewing instructions,
gathering and maintaining data, and
completing and reviewing the
information.
Annual burden hours: 3,973.
Abstract: Respondents supply the
U.S. Geological Survey with domestic
production and consumption data for
nonferrous and related nonfuel mineral
commodities, some of which are
considered strategic and critical. This
information will be published as
chapters in Minerals Yearbooks,
monthly/quarterly Mineral Industry
Surveys, annual Mineral Commodity
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Summaries, and special publications for
use by Government agencies, industry,
education programs, and the general
public.
We will protect information from
respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under
regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data
and information to be made available to
the public or for limited inspection.’’
Responses are voluntary. No questions
of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We
will release data collected on these
forms only in a summary format that is
not company-specific.
Comments: To comply with the
public consultation process, on April
16, 2008, we published a Federal
Register notice (73 FR20706)
announcing our intent to submit this
information collection to OMB for
approval. In that notice, we solicited
public comments for 60 days, ending on
June 16, 2008. We did not receive any
comments concerning the notice. We
again invite comments concerning this
information collection on:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Contact: Phadrea Ponds 970–
226–9445.
Dated: October 15, 2008.
John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Chief Scientist.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice; Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: We (U.S. Geological Survey) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. The ICR, which
is summarized below, describes the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October
31, 2008. We may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number. However, under OMB regulations, we may
continue to conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is
pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before November 20, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection directly
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior via OMB e-mail: (OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov ); or by fax (202)
395-6566; and identify your submission with 1028-0053.
Please submit a copy of your comments to Phadrea Ponds, Information
Collections, U.S. Geological Survey, 2150-C Center Avenue, Fort
Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226-9230 (FAX); or pponds@usgs.gov (e-
mail). Use Information Collection Number 1028-0053 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Scott F. Sibley at (703) 648-4976.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1028-0053.
Title: Nonferrous Metals Surveys.
Form Number: Various (31 forms).
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Private Sector.
Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly, quarterly, or annually.
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Approximately
1,801 producers and consumers of nonferrous and related metals.
Respondents are canvassed for one frequency period (e.g., monthly
respondents are not canvassed annually).
Estimated Number of Responses: 5,339.
Completion Time per Response: We estimate the public reporting
burden for the 31 forms averages 20 minutes to 2 hours per response.
This includes the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and
maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the information.
Annual burden hours: 3,973.
Abstract: Respondents supply the U.S. Geological Survey with
domestic production and consumption data for nonferrous and related
nonfuel mineral commodities, some of which are considered strategic and
critical. This information will be published as chapters in Minerals
Yearbooks, monthly/quarterly Mineral Industry Surveys, annual Mineral
Commodity Summaries, and special publications for use by Government
agencies, industry, education programs, and the general public.
We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing
regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under regulations at 30 CFR 250.197,
``Data and information to be made available to the public or for
limited inspection.'' Responses are voluntary. No questions of a
``sensitive'' nature are asked. We will release data collected on these
forms only in a summary format that is not company-specific.
Comments: To comply with the public consultation process, on April
16, 2008, we published a Federal Register notice (73 FR20706)
announcing our intent to submit this information collection to OMB for
approval. In that notice, we solicited public comments for 60 days,
ending on June 16, 2008. We did not receive any comments concerning the
notice. We again invite comments concerning this information collection
on:
(1) Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents.
Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before including your address, phone number,
e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
USGS Information Collection Clearance Contact: Phadrea Ponds 970-
226-9445.
Dated: October 15, 2008.
John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Chief Scientist.
[FR Doc. E8-24981 Filed 10-20-08; 8:45 am]
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