[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 120 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16330]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


Notice of Proposed Information Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.

ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is 
announcing that the information collection requests for the titles 
described below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The information collection 
requests describe the nature of the information collections and their 
expected burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 23, 1997. To be 
assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of either 
information collection request, explanatory information and related 
form, contact John A. Trelease at (202) 208-2783. You may also contact 
Mr. Trelease at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (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 two requests to OMB to renew its approval 
of the collections of information found at 30 CFR Part 761, Areas 
designated by act of Congress, and Part 876, Acid mine drainage 
treatment and abatement program. OSM is requesting a 3-year term of 
approval of these information collection activities.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 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 these collections 
of information are 1029-0102 and 1029-0104, respectively.
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), Federal Register notices 
soliciting comments on these collections of information were published 
on April 7, 1997 (62 FR 16606), for Part 876, and on April 10, 1997 (62 
FR 17635), for Part 761. No comments were received from either notice. 
This notice provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to 
comment on the following information collection activities:
    Title: Areas Designated by Act of Congress--30CFR Part 761.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0102.
    Summary: OSM and State regulatory authorities use the information 
collected under 30 CFR Part 761 to ensure that persons planning to 
conduct surface coal mining operations on the lands protected by 
Sec. 522(e) of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
have the right to do so under one of the exemptions or waivers provided 
by this section of the Act.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Persons planning to conduct coal mining 
and reclamation operations and State regulatory authorities.
    Total Annual Responses: 620.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1.6 hours.

    Title: Acid mine drainage treatment and abatement program, 30 CFR 
876.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0104.
    Summary: This part establishes the requirements and procedures 
allowing State and Indian Tribes to establish acid mine drainage 
abatement and treatment programs under the Abandoned Mine Land fund as 
directed through Public Law 101-508.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: State governments and Indian Tribes.
    Total Annual Responses: 1.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 350.
    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 burden on respondents, such as use of automated 
means of collection of the information, to the following address. 
Please refer to the appropriate OMB control number in all 
correspondence.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, Attention: Department of Interior Desk Officer, 
725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: June 18, 1997.
Richard G. Bryson,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 97-16330 Filed 6-20-97; 8:45 am]
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