[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23857-23858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11124]


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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 Interior.

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 its intention to renew authority for the collection of 
information under 30 CFR Part 774, Revision; renewal; and transfer, 
assignment, or sale of permit rights. The collection described below 
has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and comment. The information collection request describes the 
nature of the information collection and the expected burden and cost.


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DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, public comments 
should be submitted to OMB by June 3, 1999, in order to be assured of 
consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of the information 
collection request, explanatory information and related form, contact 
John A. Trelease at (202) 208-2783, or electronically to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which implementation 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 a request to OMB to 
renew approval of the collection of information in 30 CFR Part 774, 
Revision; renewal; and transfer, assignment, or sale of permit rights. 
OSM is requesting a 3-year term of approval for this information 
collection activity.
    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. The OMB control number for this 
collection of information is 1029-0088, and is identified in 30 CFR 
774.10.
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on these collections of information was published 
on January 13, 1999 (64 FR 2231). No comments were received. This 
notice provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to 
comment on the following information collection activity:
    Title: 30 CFR Part 774--Revision; renewal; and transfer, 
assignment, or sale of permit rights.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0088.
    Summary: These regulations and sections 506(d), 511(a)(1) and 
511(b) of SMCRA provide that persons seeking permit revisions, permit 
renewals, or the transfer, sale, or assignment of permit rights for 
surface coal mining operations must submit relevant information to the 
regulatory authority to allow the regulatory authority to determine 
whether the applicant and application meet the requirements for 
approval.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Decription of Respondents: Coal mine operators and State regulatory 
authorities.
    Total Annual Responses: 5,442.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 100,470.
    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 OMB control number 1029-0088 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. Also, please send a copy of 
your comments to John A. Trelease, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 
and Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave, NW, Room 210--SIB, Washington, 
DC 20240, or electronically to [email protected].

    Dated: April 27, 1999.
Richard G. Bryson,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 99-11124 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]
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