[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 241 (Thursday, December 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 78183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31772]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


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

    A request extending the collection of information listed below has 
been 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 USGS Clearance Officer at the phone 
number listed below. 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 within 30 days in order to assure 
their maximum consideration. Comments and suggestions on the 
requirement should be made directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Interior Department, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 and to the USGS Clearance Officer, 
U.S. Geological Survey, 807 National Center, Reston, VA 20192.
    As required by OMB regulations at 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 USGS, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of the USGS 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.
     Current OMB approval number: 1028-0059.
    Abstract: This 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 numbers: 9-4040-A.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Description of respondents: Companies that have conducted in the 
last calendar year, or that potentially will conduct in the next 
calendar year, explosions with a total charge size of 300 tons of TNT-
equivalent, or greater.
    Annual Responses: 3,000.
    Annual burden hours: 750.
    Bureau clearance officer: John Cordyack, 703-648-7313.

K.W. Mlynarski,
Acting Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team.
[FR Doc. 00-31772 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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