[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38917-38918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18440]


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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 request approval for the collections of 
information for 30 CFR part 780, Surface Mining Permit Applications--
Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plans; and 30 CFR 
part 887, Subsistence Insurance Program Grants. These collection 
requests 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 the expected 
burden and cost.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collections but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, public comments 
should be submitted to OMB by August 19, 1999 in order to be assured of 
consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request a copy of either 
information collection request, explanatory information and related 
forms, 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 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

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(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). OSM has submitted two requests to OMB to renew 
its approval of the collections of information contained in: 30 CFR 
part 780, Surface Mining Permit Applications--Minimum Requirements for 
Reclamation and Operation Plans; and 30 CFR part 887, Subsidence 
Insurance Program Grants. OSM is requesting a 3-year term of approval 
for each 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 numbers for these 
collections of information are 1029-0036 for part 780, and 1029-0107 
for part 887.
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on these collections of information was published 
on April 16, 1999 (64 FR 18934). No comments were received. This notice 
provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to comment on 
the following information collection activities:
    Title: Surface Mining Permit Applications--Minimum Requirements for 
Reclamation and Operation Plan--30 CFR 780.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0036.
    Summary: Permit application requirements in sections 507(b), 
508(a), 510(b), 515(b) and (d), and 552 of Pub. L. 95-87 require the 
applicant to submit the operations and reclamation plan for coal mining 
activities. Information collection is needed to determine whether the 
mining and reclamation plan will achieve the reclamation and 
environmental protections pursuant to the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act. Without this information, Federal and State regulatory 
authorities cannot review and approve permit application requests.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: Applicants for surface coal mine 
permits.
    Total Annual Responses: 420.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 186,081.
    Title: Subsidence Insurance Programs Grants--30 CFR 887.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0107.
    Summary: States and Indian tribes having an approved reclamation 
plan may establish, administer and operate self-sustaining State and 
Indian Tribe-administered programs to insure private property against 
damages caused by land subsidence resulting from underground mining. 
States and Indian tribes interested in requesting monies for their 
insurance programs would apply to the Director of OSM.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frquency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: States and Indian tribes with approved 
coal reclamation plans.
    Total Annual Responses: 1.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 8.
    Send comments on the need for the collections 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 collections; and ways to minimize the 
information collection burdens on respondents, such as use of automated 
means of collections of the information, to the following addresses. 
Please refer to OMB control number 1029-0036 for part 780, and 1029-
0107 for Part 887 in your 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, 210--SIB, Washington, DC 
20240, or electronically to [email protected].

    Dated: July 12, 1999.
Richard G. Bryson,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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