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general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on August
16, 2017 (82 FR 38932). No comments
were received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of
OSMRE; (2) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (3) how might OSMRE
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) how might OSMRE minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email 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 us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Title: 30 CFR parts 816 and 817—
Permanent Program Performance
Standards—Surface and Underground
Mining Activities.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0047.
Abstract: Sections 515 and 516 of the
Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 provide that
permittees conducting coal mining
operations shall meet all applicable
performance standards of the Act. The
information collected is used by the
regulatory authority to monitor and
inspect surface coal mining activities to
ensure that they are conducted in
compliance with the requirements of the
Act.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Coal
mining operators and State regulatory
authorities.
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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 406,897 coal mining
operator responses and 1,672 State
regulatory authority responses.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 1 hour.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: Varies from 1.1 hours to
107 hours for operators, depending on
the requirement; 40 hours to 240 hours
for regulatory authorities, depending on
the requirement.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Once, on
occasion, quarterly and annually.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $26,787,506.
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Dated: January 24, 2018.
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 2018–01615 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–05–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
[S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A0067F
178S180110; S2D2D SS08011000 SX066A00
33F 17XS501520; OMB Control Number
1029–0039]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Underground Mining
Permit Applications—Minimum
Requirements for Reclamation and
Operation Plan
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
are proposing to renew an information
collection used by the regulatory
authority to determine if underground
coal mine applicants can comply with
the applicable performance and
environmental standards required by
the law.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
28, 2018.
SUMMARY:
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Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1849 C.
Street NW, Mail Stop 4559, Washington,
DC 20240; or by email to jtrelease@
osmre.gov. Please reference OMB
Control Number 1029–0039 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact John Trelease by email
at jtrelease@osmre.gov, or by telephone
at (202) 208–2783. You may also view
the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provides
the requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on August
16, 2017 (82 FR 38932). No comments
were received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of
OSMRE; (2) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (3) how might OSMRE
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(4) how might OSMRE minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email 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 us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
ADDRESSES:
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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Title: 30 CFR part 784—Underground
Mining Permit Applications—Minimum
Requirements for Reclamation and
Operation Plan.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0039.
Abstract: Sections 507(b), 508(a) and
516(b) of Public Law 95–87 require
underground coal mine permit
applicants to submit an operations and
reclamation plan and establish
performance standards for the mining
operation. Information submitted is
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,086.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 2 hours to 80
hours, depending on type of respondent
and activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 21,612 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $390,350.
used by the regulatory authority to
determine if the applicant can comply
with the applicable performance and
environmental standards required by
the law.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses and State regulatory
authorities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 40 underground coal
mining permit applicants and 39 State
regulatory authorities.
SUMMARY FOR 30 CFR PART 784
Industry
hours per
response
Industry
responses
Section
State
hours per
response
State
responses
Total hours
requested
Currently
approved
burden hours
Changes to
burden hours
784.11
.12
.13
.14
.15
.16
.17
.18
.19
.20
.21
.22
.23
.24
.25
.29
.30
40
5
40
40
40
40
1
16
30
40
40
40
40
40
19
40
40
16
7
55
80
8
30
6
12
10
14
10
30
70
30
15
20
16
39
4
39
39
39
39
1
15
29
39
39
39
39
39
18
39
39
4
3
20
40
2
20
5
2
14
6
8
8
10
4
4
5
4
796
47
2,980
4,760
398
1,980
11
222
706
794
712
1,512
3,190
1,356
357
995
796
312
47
2,583
2,185
314
1,160
11
178
702
716
532
1,344
2,130
1,098
206
940
448
484
0
397
2,575
84
820
0
44
4
78
180
168
1,060
258
151
55
348
Totals
..........................
..........................
..........................
..........................
21,612
14,906
6,706
An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Dated: January 24, 2018.
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Certification of Blasters
in Federal Program States and on
Indian Lands
[FR Doc. 2018–01614 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–05–P
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
DATES:
[S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A0067F
178S180110; S2D2D SS08011000 SX066A00
33F 17XS501520; OMB Control Number
1029–0083]
ADDRESSES:
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
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AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE),
are proposing to renew an information
collection to ensure that the applicants
for blaster certification are qualified.
This information, with blasting tests,
SUMMARY:
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will be used to determine the eligibility
of the applicant.
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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before February
28, 2018.
Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments to
John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1849
C Street NW, Mail Stop 4559,
Washington, DC 20240; or by email to
jtrelease@osmre.gov. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1029–0054 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact John Trelease by email
at jtrelease@osmre.gov, or by telephone
at (202) 208–2783. You may also view
the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
[S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A0067F 178S180110; S2D2D SS08011000 SX066A00 33F
17XS501520; OMB Control Number 1029-0039]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Underground
Mining Permit Applications--Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and
Operation Plan
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are
proposing to renew an information collection used by the regulatory
authority to determine if underground coal mine applicants can comply
with the applicable performance and environmental standards required by
the law.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 28, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at [email protected]; or
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments
to John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
1849 C. Street NW, Mail Stop 4559, Washington, DC 20240; or by email to
[email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1029-0039 in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact John Trelease by email at [email protected],
or by telephone at (202) 208-2783. You may also view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information
collection requirements and provides the requested data in the desired
format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
August 16, 2017 (82 FR 38932). No comments were received.
We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is
described below. We are especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the
proper functions of OSMRE; (2) is the estimate of burden accurate; (3)
how might OSMRE enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) how might OSMRE minimize the
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use
of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email
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 us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying
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information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Title: 30 CFR part 784--Underground Mining Permit Applications--
Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plan.
OMB Control Number: 1029-0039.
Abstract: Sections 507(b), 508(a) and 516(b) of Public Law 95-87
require underground coal mine permit applicants to submit an operations
and reclamation plan and establish performance standards for the mining
operation. Information submitted is used by the regulatory authority to
determine if the applicant can comply with the applicable performance
and environmental standards required by the law.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses and State regulatory
authorities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 40 underground coal
mining permit applicants and 39 State regulatory authorities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 1,086.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 2 hours to 80
hours, depending on type of respondent and activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 21,612 hours.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $390,350.
Summary For 30 CFR Part 784
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Currently
Section Industry Industry hours State responses State hours per Total hours approved burden Changes to
responses per response response requested hours burden hours
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784.11 40 16 39 4 796 312 484
.12 5 7 4 3 47 47 0
.13 40 55 39 20 2,980 2,583 397
.14 40 80 39 40 4,760 2,185 2,575
.15 40 8 39 2 398 314 84
.16 40 30 39 20 1,980 1,160 820
.17 1 6 1 5 11 11 0
.18 16 12 15 2 222 178 44
.19 30 10 29 14 706 702 4
.20 40 14 39 6 794 716 78
.21 40 10 39 8 712 532 180
.22 40 30 39 8 1,512 1,344 168
.23 40 70 39 10 3,190 2,130 1,060
.24 40 30 39 4 1,356 1,098 258
.25 19 15 18 4 357 206 151
.29 40 20 39 5 995 940 55
.30 40 16 39 4 796 448 348
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Totals........ .................. ................. ................. ................. 21,612 14,906 6,706
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An agency 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.
The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Dated: January 24, 2018.
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 2018-01614 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-05-P
