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to jtrelease@osmre.gov. Please reference
1029–0036 in your correspondence.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR part 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)]. OSM has
submitted a request to OMB to renew its
approval of the collection of information
contained in 30 CFR Part 780—Surface
Mining Permit Applications—Minimum
Requirements for Reclamation and
Operation Plans. OSM is requesting a 3year term of approval for each
information collection activity.
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 OMB control
number for this collection of
information is 1029–0036.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on July 1,
2008 (73 FR 37486). No comments were
received. This notice provides the
public with an additional 30 days in
which to comment on the following
information collection activities:
Title: 30 CFR Part 780—Surface
Mining Permit Applications—Minimum
Requirements for Reclamation and
Operation Plan.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0036.
SUMMARY: Sections 507(b), 508(a),
510(b), 515(b) and (d), and 522 of Public
Law 95–87 require applicants to submit
operations and reclamation plans for
coal mining activities. Information
collection is needed to determine
whether the plans will achieve the
reclamation and environmental
protections pursuant to the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
Without this information, Federal and
State regulatory authorities cannot
review and approve permit application
requests.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
Description of Respondents:
Applicants for surface coal mine
permits on Federal lands and State
regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Respondents: 225
applicants and 221 State responses.
Total Annual Burden Hours for
Applicants: 281,706.
Total Annual Burden Hours for State
Regulatory Authorities: 78,457.
Total Annual Burden Hours for All
Respondents: 360,163.

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Total Annual Burden Costs for All
Respondents: $1,992,395.
Send comments on the need for the
collections of information for the
performance of the functions of the
agency; the accuracy of the agency’s
burden estimates; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information collections; and ways to
minimize the information collection
burdens on respondents, such as use of
automated means of collections of the
information, to the individual listed in
ADDRESSES. Please refer to OMB control
number 1029–0036 in all
correspondence.
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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: October 2, 2008.
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0059
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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 to collect information for:
OSM grant forms—OSM–47 (Budget
Information Report), OSM–49 (Budget
Information and Financial Reporting)
and OSM–51 (Performance and Program
narrative); 30 CFR part 735 (Grants for
Program Development and
Administration and Enforcement); and
30 CFR part 886 (State and Tribal
Reclamation Grants).
DATES: Comments on the proposed
information collection must be received
by December 8, 2008, to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface

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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
receive a copy of the information
collection request, contact John A.
Trelease, at (202) 208–2783 or
electronically at jtrelease@osmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations at 5 CFR part 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 information collections that
OSM will be submitting to OMB for
approval. These collections are
contained in OSM grant forms—OSM–
47 (Budget Information Report), OSM–
49 (Budget Information and Financial
Reporting) and OSM–51 (Performance
and Program narrative); 30 CFR part 735
(Grants for Program Development and
Administration and Enforcement); and
30 CFR part 886 (State and Tribal
Reclamation Grants). OSM will request
a 3-year term of approval for each
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.
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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
The following information is provided
for the 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

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reporting and recordkeeping burden for
the collection of information.
Title: Budget information, financial
reporting, and performance reporting
forms.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0059.
Summary: State and Tribal
reclamation and regulatory authorities
are requested to provide specific budget
and program information as part of the
grant application and reporting
processes authorized by the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act.
Bureau Form Numbers: OSM–47,
OSM–49 and OSM–51.
Frequency of Collection: Semiannually and annually.
Description of Respondents: State and
Tribal regulatory and reclamation
authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 132.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 680
hours.
Dated: October 2, 2008.
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. E8–23797 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Proposed Information Collection for
Workforce Innovation in Regional
Economic Development (WIRED)
Initiative Evaluation; Comment
Request
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (the
Department), as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to
provide the general public and Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing collections of information in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44
U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program
helps to ensure that requested data can
be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial
resources) is minimized, collection
instruments are clearly understood, and
the impact of collection requirements on
respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the ETA is soliciting
comments on a new data collection for
the Workforce Innovation in Regional
Economic Development (WIRED)
Initiative Evaluation.
A copy of the proposed information
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by contacting the office listed below in
the addressee section of this notice or by
accessing: http://www.doleta.gov/
OMBCN/OMBControlNumber.cfm.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
addressee’s section below on or
December 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
to the Employment and Training
Administration, Room N–5641, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210, Attention: Eileen Pederson,
Telephone number: 202–693–3647 (this
is not a toll-free number), Fax number:
202–693–2766. e-mail:
Pederson.eileen@dol.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In February 2006, under authority of
Section 414 of the American
Competitiveness and Workforce
Improvement Act of 1998, the ETA
awarded grants to 13 regions across the
United States to support community
efforts to link their varied knowledge
resources with their business and
innovation assets, to ensure that their
workforces have the skill requirements
and knowledge to work effectively in
new and emerging industries. At the
same time that these grants were
awarded, ETA selected another 13
regions to receive $100,000 to support
their participation in peer-to-peer
grantee conferences and other training
opportunities. In early 2007, ETA
increased the funds awarded to the
second group of regions, at which time
they became known as the Generation II
regions. Finally, in June 2007, ETA
awarded grants to 13 more regions,
known as the Generation III regions.
The WIRED Initiative focuses on labor
market areas that are comprised of
multiple jurisdictions within states or
across state borders. It supports
innovative approaches for workforce
development, training and education
that go beyond traditional strategies for
preparing workers to compete and
succeed both within the United States
and globally. Through the initiative,
WIRED regions have a unique
opportunity to design and implement
strategic approaches for coordinating
regional economic development, job
growth and talent development. For the
grant awards, ETA selected regions that
demonstrated the presence of labor
market elements (unemployment, lowwages, low levels of new job creation)
and economic conditions (such as
industries that are declining or
industries targeted for growth) that drive
the need for transformation. In addition,
each grant recipient described how the

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region will: Implement new strategic
efforts designed to integrate workforce,
economic development and education
systems; promote innovation in
addressing challenges; and utilize and
build upon existing structures,
resources, and legislatively-funded
programs. Finally, each region outlined
the presence of a strategic partnership
that is representative of the entire
economic region and is comprised of a
strong team of leaders which will lead
the regional transformation.
This data collection covers qualitative
information to be obtained through a
survey of key partners and stakeholders
in these regional transformation efforts.
The WIRED survey will gather
information about the nature of regional
leaders and their organizations’ roles
and relationships in the evolving
collaborative partnerships. It will
provide information about their efforts
to achieve regional transformation of
workforce development, economic
development and related education
systems during the period of the
Initiative.
The second administration of the
survey, approximately six months after
Federal funding of the initiative ends,
will be to collect information about the
sustainability of efforts to work
collaboratively to achieve regional
transformation, to reveal whether these
substantial investments successfully
inspired continued efforts to promote
integration of regional systems to further
talent development.
Subsequent to awarding the
Generation I grants in early 2006, the
ETA has expended considerable effort to
promote the importance of collaboration
for guiding future talent development,
and to encourage creative efforts to
initiate and bring new partners into
networks created to transform a region,
including partners who do not receive
direct funding through the WIRED
collaborative. Thus, it is anticipated that
Generations II and III regional efforts
may be affecting entities that are not
directly involved in the federallyfunded transformation efforts,
spearheaded by this initiative. In
addition, ETA substantially reduced the
amount of funding for Generations II
and III, thereby leading many of these
regions to partner with entities which
also have a vested interest in achieving
long-term regional economic success
and stability. A pre-WIRED survey, the
screener survey, will first be
administered in the Generation II and III
regions in order to gather information
about how widely disbursed the
ongoing efforts are to transform these
regions’ economic, education and
workforce development systems,

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