Nonferrous Metals Surveys

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form 9-4128-A Scandium Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4057-QA Primary Antimony (Quarterly) Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 9-4125-A Refinery Production of Precious Metals Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4103-A Gallium Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Form 9-4102-A Rare Earths Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4101-A Thorium Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4100-A Magnesium Compounds Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4097-A Lode Mine Production (Annual) Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 9-4095-A Slab Zinc (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4094-A Zinc (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4091-A Titanium Materials Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4089-MA Tin (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4086-A Lead and Smelter (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 4-4083-A Scrap Copper, Brass and Nickel Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4082-A Consumption of Copper Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4081-MA Aluminum Scrap (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4080-A Lead and Titanium Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4074-A Zirconium and Hafnium Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4073-A Mercury Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 9-4070-A Magnesium Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4060-A Bismuth (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4057-A Primary Antimony (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4055-A Alumina Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4053 A Mine Production of Gold and Silver Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 9-4052-A Bauxite Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4141-M Mine Production of Gold and Silver (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4098-M Lode Mine Production (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4095 - MA Slab Zinc (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 9-4094-MA Zinc (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 9-4090-M Pig Tin Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4089-MA Tin (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-0486-MA Lead and Smelter (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Unchanged
Form 9-4084 M Copper Materials Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4081-MA Aluminum Scrap (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4122-Q Titanium Metal Form and Instruction	Modified
Form 9-4060 Bismuth (Quarterly) Form and Instruction	Removed
Form 9-4066-M Copper Form and Instruction	Modified
1028-0053 Nonferrous SS-A 2015-04-10.docx Supporting Statement A	2015-04-13
Appendix 2015-03-09.doc Supplementary Document	2015-03-25
1028-0053 nonFerrous SS-B 2015-03-24.docx Supporting Statement B	2015-03-25
1028-0053 60-day Nonferrous metals Published 2015-01382.pdf Supplementary Document	2015-03-19

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
200534	Scandium Form and Instruction	Modified
186704	Primary Antimony (Quarterly) Form and Instruction	Removed
186639	Refinery Production of Precious Metals Form and Instruction	Modified
186638	Gallium Form and Instruction	Unchanged
186637	Rare Earths Form and Instruction	Modified
186636	Thorium Form and Instruction	Modified
186635	Magnesium Compounds Form and Instruction	Modified
186634	Lode Mine Production (Annual) Form and Instruction	Removed
186633	Slab Zinc (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
186632	Zinc (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
186631	Titanium Materials Form and Instruction	Modified
186630	Tin (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
186629	Lead and Smelter (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
186628	Scrap Copper, Brass and Nickel Form and Instruction	Modified
186627	Consumption of Copper Form and Instruction	Modified
186626	Aluminum Scrap (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
186625	Lead and Titanium Form and Instruction	Modified
186624	Zirconium and Hafnium Form and Instruction	Modified
186623	Mercury Form and Instruction	Removed
186622	Magnesium Form and Instruction	Modified
186620	Bismuth (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
186619	Primary Antimony (Annual) Form and Instruction	Modified
186618	Alumina Form and Instruction	Modified
186617	Mine Production of Gold and Silver Form and Instruction	Removed
186616	Bauxite Form and Instruction	Modified
186615	Mine Production of Gold and Silver (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Modified
186614	Lode Mine Production (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Modified
186613	Slab Zinc (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Removed
186612	Zinc (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Removed
186611	Pig Tin Form and Instruction	Modified
186610	Tin (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Modified
186609	Lead and Smelter (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Unchanged
186608	Copper Materials Form and Instruction	Modified
186607	Aluminum Scrap (Monthly) Form and Instruction	Modified
186604	Titanium Metal Form and Instruction	Modified
186603	Bismuth (Quarterly) Form and Instruction	Removed
11199	Copper Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1028-0053	ICR Reference No: 201501-1028-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201210-1028-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/GS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Nonferrous Metals Surveys
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/01/2015
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/23/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2018	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2015
Responses	4,252	0	4,971
Time Burden (Hours)	3,212	0	3,683
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: These 30 forms, covering production, consumption, stocks, and receipts of nonferrous metals commodities, are critical to the metals data collection effort, and are used for military and civilian planning and Federal policy and economic decisions related to the commodities covered in this collection request. Respondents use these forms to supply the USGS with domestic production and consumption data of nonferrous and related nonfuel mineral commodities, some of which are considered strategic and critical. This information will be published as chapters in Minerals Yearbook, monthly Mineral Industry Surveys, annual Mineral Commodity Summaries, and special publications, for use by Government agencies, industry, education programs, and the general public.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 1601 et seq. Name of Law: The National Minerals and Policies Act of 1970
   US Code: 50 USC 2061 et seq. Name of Law: Defense Production Act
   US Code: 50 USC 98 et seq. Name of Law: Strategic and Critical Stock Piling Act
   US Code: 42 USC 6901 et seq. Name of Law: National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 4306	01/27/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 22739	04/23/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 30

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Pig Tin	9-4090-M	Pig Tin
Aluminum Scrap (Annual)	9-4081-MA	Aluminum Scrap
Zinc (Annual)	9-4094-A	Zinc
Alumina	9-4055-A	Alumina
Primary Antimony (Annual)	9-4057-A	Primary Antimony
Copper Materials	9-4084 M	Copper Materials
Magnesium	9-4070-A	Magnesium
Scrap Copper, Brass and Nickel	4-4083-A	Scrap Copper, Brass, and Nickel
Lead and Titanium	9-4080-A	Lead and Titanium
Magnesium Compounds	9-4100-A	Magnesium Compounds
Tin (Annual)	9-4089-MA	Tin
Aluminum Scrap (Monthly)	9-4081-MA	Aluminum Scrap (Monthly)
Slab Zinc (Annual)	9-4095-A	Slab Zinc
Lead and Smelter (Annual)	9-4086-A	Lead and Smelter
Thorium	9-4101-A	Thorium
Rare Earths	9-4102-A	Rare Earths
Gallium	9-4103-A	Gallium
Copper	9-4066-M	Copper
Bismuth (Annual)	9-4060-A	Bismuth
Scandium	9-4128-A	Scandium
Refinery Production of Precious Metals	9-4125-A	Refinery Production of Precious Metals
Zirconium and Hafnium	9-4074-A	Zirconium and Hafnium
Bauxite	9-4052-A	Bauxite
Tin (Monthly)	9-4089-MA	Tin
Lode Mine Production (Monthly)	9-4098-M	Load Mine production
Mine Production of Gold and Silver (Monthly)	9-4141-M	Mine Production of Gold and Silver
Lead and Smelter (Monthly)	9-0486-MA	Lead and Smelter
Consumption of Copper	9-4082-A	Consumption of Copper Materials
Titanium Materials	9-4091-A	Titanium Materials
Titanium Metal	9-4122-Q	Titanium Metal
Bismuth (Quarterly)	9-4060	Bismuth
Zinc (Monthly)	9-4094-MA	Zinc
Slab Zinc (Monthly)	9-4095 - MA	Slab Zinc
Mine Production of Gold and Silver	9-4053 A	Mine Production of Gold and Silver
Primary Antimony (Quarterly)	9-4057-QA	Primary Antimony
Mercury	9-4073-A	Mercury
Lode Mine Production (Annual)	9-4097-A	Lode-Mine Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	4,252	4,971	0	-717	-2	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,212	3,683	0	-428	-43	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Cutting Redundancy

Short Statement: Estimated public reporting burden for USGS Form 9-4074-A (Zirconium and Hafnium) is being reduced to an average of 1 hour per response-down from 2 hours per response for the last renewal. No changes are proposed to this form. USGS Form 9-4057-A (Primary Antimony) and USGS Form 9-4060-A (Bismuth) are being converted from annual and quarterly frequencies to annual only based on the industry's preference for annual canvasses, low response rates to the quarterly canvasses along with USGS efforts to increase the overall response rate for these voluntary canvasses, and limited seasonality to the data collected that allows annual data reporting to be sufficient for Government and industry data analyses. USGS Form 9-4094-A (Zinc) and USGS Form 9-4095-A (Slab Zinc) are being converted from annual and monthly frequencies to annual only based on the industry's preference for annual canvasses, low response rates to the monthly canvasses along with USGS efforts to increase the overall response rate for these voluntary canvasses, and limited seasonality to the data collected that allows annual data reporting to be sufficient for Government and industry data analysis. USGS Forms 9-4053-A (Mine Production of Gold and Silver), 9-4073-A (Mercury), and 9-4097-A (Lode Mine Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc) are still used but were removed from the IC list because of a permanent decrease in respondents.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,094,261

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 04/23/2015

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