[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47830-47831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24154]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Request for Public Comments on Information Collection To Be 
Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act

    A request for the collection of information listed below will be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for approval under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). 
Copies of the proposed collection of information and related forms may 
be obtained by contacting the Bureau's Clearance Officer at the phone 
number listed below. Comments and suggestions on the requirement should 
be made within 60 days directly to the Bureau Clearance Officer, U.S. 
Geological Survey, 807 National Center, Reston Va 20192.
    As required by OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the U.S. 
Geological Survey solicits specific public comments regarding the 
proposed information collection as to:
    1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the bureau, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of the bureau's estimate of the burden of the 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used;
    3. The utility, quality, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and,
    4. How to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Title: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
    OMB approval number: 1028-New.
    Abstract: The information, required by the Comprehensive Test Ban 
Treaty (CTBT), will provide the CTBT Technical Secretariat with 
geographic locations of sites where chemical explosions greater than 
300 tons TNT-equivalent have occurred. Respondents to the information 
collection request are U.S. nonfuel minerals producers. Bureau form 
number: Pending OMB information collection approval.

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    Frequency: Annual.
    Description of respondents: Companies that have conducted in the 
last calendar year, or that will conduct in the next calendar year, 
explosions with a total charge size of 300 tons of TNT-equivalent, or 
greater.
    Annual Responses: 12,370.
    Annual burden hours: 3,092.5.
    Bureau clearance officer: John E. Cordyack, Jr., 703-648-7313.
John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team.
[FR Doc. 97-24154 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am]
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