This collection
is approved for one year. The agency should review its burden
estimates and explain why the Bureau of Land Management estimates
the burden for developing a plan is 32 hours against the Forest
Service's 2.5 hours. In addition, the agency should review whether
it should be collecting a Taxpayer Identification Number in order
to comply with the Debt Collection Improvement Act.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
05/31/2000
05/31/2000
05/31/1999
3,000
0
3,310
7,500
0
8,850
0
0
0
A plan of operations provides proposed
mining information so that environmental impacts can be anticipated
and minimized to the extent practicable. It establishes a
basis/procedure for management of surface disturbing activities for
authorized operations. The Forest Service can expect serious, long
lasting, and unavoidable adverse impacts to surface resources
without this data collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.