1028-0068 Ferrous Metals 60-day FRN

Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 187 / Thursday, September 28, 2023 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX23LR000F60100; OMB Control Number
1028–0068/Renewal]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Ferrous Metals Surveys
U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is proposing to renew an
Information Collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this Information Collection Request
(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey,
Information Collections Officer, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston,
VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_
collections@usgs.gov. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1028–0068
Ferrous Minerals Survey in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Elizabeth S. Sangine by
email at escottsangine@usgs.gov or by
telephone at 703–648–7720. Individuals
in the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA, (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require
approval. We may not conduct or
sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
federal agencies to comment on new,
proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize

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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 especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How the agency might minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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 personally
identifiable information (PII) in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
PII—may be made publicly available at
any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your PII from
public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Abstract: Respondents to these forms
supply the USGS with domestic
production and consumption data for 13
ores, concentrates, metals, and
ferroalloys, some of which are
considered strategic and critical, to
assist in determining National Defense
Stockpile goals. These data and derived
information will be published as
chapters in Mineral Yearbooks, monthly
Mineral Industry Surveys, annual
Mineral Commodity Summaries, and
special publications for use by
government agencies, Congressional
offices, educational institutions,
research organizations, financial
institutions, consulting firms, industry,
academia, and the general public.
Title of Collection: Ferrous Metals
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0068.
Form Number: Various (15 USGS
forms).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.

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Respondents/Affected Public:
Businesses or other for-profit
institutions: U.S. nonfuel mineral
producers and consumers of ferrous and
related metals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 980.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,718.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: For each form, we will
include an average burden time ranging
from 10 minutes to 1 hour.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,364.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly or
Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour
cost’’ burdens associated with this ICR.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authorities for this action are the
PRA, the National Materials and
Minerals Policy, Research and
Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.), the National Mining and
Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C.
21(a)), the Strategic and Critical
Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98
et seq.), and the Defense Production Act
(50 U.S.C. 2061 et seq.).
Steven Fortier,
Director, National Minerals Information
Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[FF01R05000/XXX/FSRS34510100000/
OROR–106303965]

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and
Opportunity for Public Meeting for the
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge,
Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal.
AGENCY:

On behalf of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and
subject to valid existing rights, the
Secretary of the Interior proposes to
withdraw 199.90 acres of public lands
from appropriation under the public
land laws, including location and entry
under the United States mining laws,
subject to valid existing rights, for up to
100 years to protect and reserve the land
for management as part of the Malheur

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