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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 101 / Thursday, May 24, 2012 / Notices

Consequently, Section 4.A. items 1
and 2 of the original call are to be
revised by deleting the following:
1. Blocks that were previously
included within the Eastern GOM
Planning Area and are within 100 miles
of the Florida coast; and
2. Blocks east of the Military Mission
line (86 degrees, 41 minutes west
longitude) under an existing
moratorium until 2022, as a result of the
Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of
2006 (December 20, 2006); and
replacing them with:
1. Whole blocks and portions of
blocks deferred by the Gulf of Mexico
Energy Security Act of 2006.
Section 4.A. items 3 and 4 are also
renumbered to 2 and 3 respectively to
reflect this change.
DATES: This modification is effective
immediately.
Mr.
Carrol Williams, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, Gulf of Mexico
OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park
Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana
70123–2394, telephone (504) 736–2803.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dated: May 14, 2012.
Tommy P. Beaudreau,
Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
that the information collection request
for bonding and insurance requirements
for surface coal mining and reclamation
operations under regulatory programs
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The information
collection request describes the nature
of the information collection and the
expected burden and cost.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collections but may respond after 30
days. Therefore, public comments
should be submitted to OMB by June 25,

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2012 in order to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Department of the
Interior Desk Officer, by telefax at (202)
395–5806 or via email to
OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov. Also,
please send a copy of your comments to
John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951
Constitution Ave. NW., Room 203–SIB,
Washington, DC 20240, by telefax to
(202) 219–3276, or by email to
jtrelease@osmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
receive a copy of the information
collection request contact John Trelease
at (202) 208–2783, or electronically at
jtrelease@osmre.gov. You may also
review this information collection
request on the Internet by going to
http://www.reginfo.gov (Information
Collection Review, Currently Under
Review, Agency is Department of the
Interior, DOI–OSMRE).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 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 for the collection of
information contained in 30 CFR Part
800—Bonding and insurance
requirements for surface coal mining
and reclamation operations under
regulatory programs. OSM is requesting
a 3-year 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 1029–0043 for 30 CFR
800.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments for this collection of
information was published on March 2,
2012, (77 FR 12879). We received one
comment for this information collection
request. The commenter expressed
concern that bond amounts are not
adequate to cover the cost of
reclamation if the operator should
forfeit their bond, requiring taxpayers to
fund reclamation. However, section 509
of SMCRA and 30 CFR Part 800 require
that bonds be in an amount adequate to
complete the reclamation plan in the

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event of bond forfeiture. This notice
provides the public with an additional
30 days in which to comment on the
following information collection
activity:
Title: 30 CFR Part 800—Bond and
insurance requirements for surface coal
mining and reclamation operations
under regulatory programs.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0043.
Summary: The regulations at 30 CFR
Part 800 primarily implement § 509 of
the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977, which
requires that persons planning to
conduct surface coal mining operations
first post a performance bond to
guarantee fulfillment of all reclamation
obligations under the approved permit.
The regulations also establish bond
release requirements and procedures
consistent with § 519 of the Act, liability
insurance requirements pursuant to
§ 507(f) of the Act, and procedures for
bond forfeiture should the permittee
default on reclamation obligations.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
Description of Respondents: Surface
coal mining and reclamation applicants
and State regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 12,336.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 112,627
hours.
Total Annual Cost Burden:
$1,510,214.
Send comments on the need for the
collection 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 collection; and ways to
minimize the information collection
burdens on respondents, such as use of
automated means of collections of the
information, to the addresses listed in
ADDRESSES. Please refer to the
appropriate OMB control number in all
correspondence.
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.
Dated: May 8, 2012.
Andrew F. DeVito,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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