Part 778 60-Day FR Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 172 / Wednesday, September 5, 2018 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Permit Applications—
Minimum Requirements for Legal,
Financial, Compliance, and Related
Information
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE),
are announcing our intention to request
renewed approval for the collection of
information for Permit Applications—
Minimum Requirements for Legal,
Financial, Compliance, and Related
Information. This information collection
activity was previously approved by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), and assigned control number
1029–0117.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 5, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to: The Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Attn: John Trelease, 1849 C
Street NW, Mail Stop 4559, Washington,
DC 20240. Comments may also be
submitted electronically to jtrelease@
osmre.gov.
SUMMARY:

To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact John Trelease by email
at jtrelease@osmre.gov, or by telephone
at (202) 208–2783.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.

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We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the OSMRE; (2)
is the estimate of burden accurate; (3)
how might the OSMRE enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) how
might the OSMRE minimize the burden
of this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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.
This notice provides the public with
60 days in which to comment on the
following information collection
activity:
Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 778—
Permit Applications—Minimum
Requirements for Legal, Financial,
Compliance, and Related Information.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0117.
Abstract: Section 507(b) of Public Law
95–87 provides that persons conducting
coal mining activities submit to the
regulatory authority all relevant
information regarding ownership and
control of the mining company, their
compliance status and history, and
authority to mine the property. This
information is used to insure all legal,
financial and compliance requirements
are satisfied prior to issuance or denial
of a permit.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Surface
coal mining permit applicants and State
regulatory authorities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 162 Surface coal mining
permit applicants and 24 State
regulatory authorities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,091 Surface coal mining
permit applicants and 448 State
regulatory authorities.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from .5 hour to 16
hours for permit applicants, and 1 to 3
hours for States, depending on activity.

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Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 4,512 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $0.
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.
Authority: The authorities for this action
are the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30
U.S.C. 1201 et seq.), and the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.).
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000
189S180110; S2D2S SS08011000
SX064A000 18XS501520; OMB Control
Number 1029–0089]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Exemption for Coal
Extraction Incidental to the Extraction
of Other Minerals
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE),
are announcing our intention to request
renewed approval for the collection of
information which implements the
requirement in Section 701(28) of the
Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). This
grants an exemption from the
requirements of SMCRA to operators
extracting not more than 16 2⁄3
percentage tonnage of coal incidental to
the extraction of other minerals. This
information will be used by the
regulatory authorities to make that
determination.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 5, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to: The Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement,
DATES:

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