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(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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.
Abstract: The information is used to
maintain a record of coal produced for
sale, transfer, or use nationwide each
calendar quarter, the method of coal
removal and the type of coal, and the
basis for coal tonnage reporting in
compliance with 30 CFR 870 and
section 401 of Pub. L. 95–87. Individual
reclamation fee payment liability is
based on this information. Without the
collection of this information, OSMRE
could not implement its regulatory
responsibilities and collect the fee.
Title of Collection: Fee Collection and
Coal Production Reporting and form
OSM–1, Coal Reclamation Fee Report.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0063.
Form Number: OSM–1.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 340.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 5,082.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 4 minutes to 15 minutes,
depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 413.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Frequency of Collection: Annual.
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Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $158,160.
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.).
Mark J. Gehlhar,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Office of Surfacing Mining Reclamation and
Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1123–0014]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a
Previously Approved Collection;
Application for Certificate of Pardon
for Simple Possession of Marijuana
Office of the Pardon Attorney,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Pardon
Attorney, Department of Justice (DOJ),
will be submitting the following
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until April
2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public
burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
Kira Gillespie, Deputy Pardon Attorney,
Office of the Pardon Attorney, 950
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Main
Justice—RFK Building, Washington, DC
20530; uspardon.attorney@usdoj.gov;
202–616–6070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
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functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Abstract: The President issued a
Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the
Offense of Simple Possession Marijuana
(Proclamation) on October 6, 2022. In
that proclamation, he directed the
Attorney General, acting through the
Pardon Attorney, to develop procedures
to ‘‘administer and effectuate the
issuance of certificates of pardon to
eligible applicants . . . . as soon as
reasonably practicable.’’ The
Proclamation specifically commands the
Pardon Attorney to ‘‘develop and
announce application procedures.’’
Accordingly, the Pardon Attorney had
developed the subject form to collect
information from potential pardon
recipients, which was granted full
approval under OMB Number 0123–
0014, on September 5, 2023.
On December 22, 2023, the President
issued a second proclamation that
broadened the pardon to additional
persons convicted of simple possession
of marijuana under Federal or D.C. code
law.
The second proclamation expanded
the statutes of conviction eligible for a
pardon, the circumstances under which
eligible persons have been pardoned,
and the time frame covered by the
pardon. Consequently, the number of
persons eligible to apply for a certificate
proving the pardon has also increased.
Importantly, there is virtually no
change to the burden that an individual
applicant will incur: the application
continues to ask applicants to confirm
that the petitioner is U.S. citizen or
lawful permanent resident who was
lawfully in the country at the time the
marijuana offense occurred; information
regarding their current citizenship
status, and if naturalized, the date or if
a lawful permanent resident, the date
that status was attained; the alien
registration or citizenship number of a
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lawful permanent resident or
naturalized citizen applicant;
information regarding the specific court
in which the applicant was charged or
convicted and the date of said
conviction, if any; information regarding
the applicant’s race, gender, and
ethnicity; identifying information
regarding the applicant’s date and place
of birth; and documentation of the
applicant’s charge or convictions.
The information collected from the
Certificate Application will primarily be
used to determine whether the applicant
qualifies for pardon under the terms of
the Proclamation. The information may
also be used to provide statistical
analysis of the demographics of pardon
recipients and applicants.
Overview of This Information
Collection
1. Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a previously approved
collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection:
Application for Certificate of Pardon for
Simple Possession of Marijuana.
3. The agency form number, if any,
and the applicable component of the
Department sponsoring the collection:
There is no agency form number for this
collection. The applicable component
within the Department of Justice is the
Office of the Pardon Attorney.
4. Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as the
obligation to respond: Affected Public:
Individuals or households. The
obligation to respond is voluntary.
5. An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: Available information suggests
that the new proclamation has
approximately doubled the potential
applicant pool. However, the review of
the applications received within a 10month time frame indicates that 1,500
applicants annually is a reasonable
projection. We estimate an average of
120 minutes for each applicant to
respond to the collection.
6. An estimate of the total annual
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: Considering the above
projected figures, we estimate hours of
annual burden to the public.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost
burden associated with the collection, if
applicable: $0.
TOTAL BURDEN HOURS
Activity
Number of
respondents
Time per response
Total annual
burden
(hours)
Application .............................
1,500
1/annually .............................
1,500
2 hrs ......................................
3,000
Unduplicated Totals ........
1,500
...............................................
1,500
...............................................
3,000
If additional information is required
contact: Darwin Arceo, Department
Clearance Officer, United States
Department of Justice, Justice
Management Division, Policy and
Planning Staff, Two Constitution
Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218,
Washington, DC.
Dated: January 30, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S.
Department of Justice.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1123–0NEW]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; New
Collection; Application for Remission
of Financial Penalties
Office of the Pardon Attorney,
Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
AGENCY:
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annual
responses
Frequency
The Office of the Pardon
Attorney, Department of Justice (DOJ),
will be submitting the following
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
SUMMARY:
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accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted for 60 days until April
2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public
burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or
additional information, please contact
Kira Gillespie, Deputy Pardon Attorney,
Office of the Pardon Attorney, 950
Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Main
Justice—RFK Building, Washington, DC
20530; uspardon.attorney@usdoj.gov;
202–616–6070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written
comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning
the proposed collection of information
are encouraged. Your comments should
address one or more of the following
four points:
—Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
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including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
—Evaluate whether and if so how the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected can be
enhanced; and
—Minimize the burden of the collection
of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of
responses.
Abstract: Applicants seeking
remission of financial penalties by the
President will be asked to respond to
this collection. The principal purpose
for collecting this information is to
enable the Office of the Pardon Attorney
to process applicants’ requests for
remission of financial penalties. The
information is necessary to verify
applicants’ identities, conduct
investigation of the applicants’
backgrounds, criminal records, and
conduct since their conviction, and to
provide notice to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices,
U.S. Probation Offices, and Federal
courts in the event of grants of executive
clemency.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7411-7412]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-02133]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
[OMB Number 1123-0014]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection
eComments Requested; Revision of a Previously Approved Collection;
Application for Certificate of Pardon for Simple Possession of
Marijuana
AGENCY: Office of the Pardon Attorney, Department of Justice.
ACTION: 60-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the Pardon Attorney, Department of Justice
(DOJ), will be submitting the following information collection request
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for 60 days until
April 2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have additional comments
especially on the estimated public burden or associated response time,
suggestions, or need a copy of the proposed information collection
instrument with instructions or additional information, please contact
Kira Gillespie, Deputy Pardon Attorney, Office of the Pardon Attorney,
950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Main Justice--RFK Building, Washington, DC
20530; [email protected]; 202-616-6070.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written comments and suggestions from the
public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of
information are encouraged. Your comments should address one or more of
the following four points:
--Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
--Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
--Evaluate whether and if so how the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected can be enhanced; and
--Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Abstract: The President issued a Proclamation on Granting Pardon
for the Offense of Simple Possession Marijuana (Proclamation) on
October 6, 2022. In that proclamation, he directed the Attorney
General, acting through the Pardon Attorney, to develop procedures to
``administer and effectuate the issuance of certificates of pardon to
eligible applicants . . . . as soon as reasonably practicable.'' The
Proclamation specifically commands the Pardon Attorney to ``develop and
announce application procedures.'' Accordingly, the Pardon Attorney had
developed the subject form to collect information from potential pardon
recipients, which was granted full approval under OMB Number 0123-0014,
on September 5, 2023.
On December 22, 2023, the President issued a second proclamation
that broadened the pardon to additional persons convicted of simple
possession of marijuana under Federal or D.C. code law.
The second proclamation expanded the statutes of conviction
eligible for a pardon, the circumstances under which eligible persons
have been pardoned, and the time frame covered by the pardon.
Consequently, the number of persons eligible to apply for a certificate
proving the pardon has also increased.
Importantly, there is virtually no change to the burden that an
individual applicant will incur: the application continues to ask
applicants to confirm that the petitioner is U.S. citizen or lawful
permanent resident who was lawfully in the country at the time the
marijuana offense occurred; information regarding their current
citizenship status, and if naturalized, the date or if a lawful
permanent resident, the date that status was attained; the alien
registration or citizenship number of a
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lawful permanent resident or naturalized citizen applicant; information
regarding the specific court in which the applicant was charged or
convicted and the date of said conviction, if any; information
regarding the applicant's race, gender, and ethnicity; identifying
information regarding the applicant's date and place of birth; and
documentation of the applicant's charge or convictions.
The information collected from the Certificate Application will
primarily be used to determine whether the applicant qualifies for
pardon under the terms of the Proclamation. The information may also be
used to provide statistical analysis of the demographics of pardon
recipients and applicants.
Overview of This Information Collection
1. Type of Information Collection: Revision of a previously
approved collection.
2. The Title of the Form/Collection: Application for Certificate of
Pardon for Simple Possession of Marijuana.
3. The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: There is no agency form
number for this collection. The applicable component within the
Department of Justice is the Office of the Pardon Attorney.
4. Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as
well as the obligation to respond: Affected Public: Individuals or
households. The obligation to respond is voluntary.
5. An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: Available
information suggests that the new proclamation has approximately
doubled the potential applicant pool. However, the review of the
applications received within a 10-month time frame indicates that 1,500
applicants annually is a reasonable projection. We estimate an average
of 120 minutes for each applicant to respond to the collection.
6. An estimate of the total annual burden (in hours) associated
with the collection: Considering the above projected figures, we
estimate hours of annual burden to the public.
7. An estimate of the total annual cost burden associated with the
collection, if applicable: $0.
Total Burden Hours
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Number of Total annual Time per Total annual
Activity respondents Frequency responses response burden (hours)
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Application.................. 1,500 1/annually...... 1,500 2 hrs.......... 3,000
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Unduplicated Totals...... 1,500 ................ 1,500 ............... 3,000
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If additional information is required contact: Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer, United States Department of Justice,
Justice Management Division, Policy and Planning Staff, Two
Constitution Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W-218, Washington, DC.
Dated: January 30, 2024.
Darwin Arceo,
Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. Department of Justice.
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