[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35266-35267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16716]


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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 that the information collection requests for the Procedures 
and Criteria for Approval or Disapproval of State Program Submissions, 
30 CFR 732; and General Reclamation Requirements, 30 CFR 874, 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: 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 August 2, 2001, in order to be assured of 
consideration.

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].

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: 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 for the collections of 
information found at 30 CFR parts 732 and 874. OSM is requesting a 3-
year term of approval for these information collection activities.
    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 1029-0024 for Part 732 and 1029-0113 for 
Part 874, and may be found in OSM's regulations at 732.10 and 874.10.
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on the collections of information for Parts 732 and 
874 was published on April 6, 2001 (66 FR 18298). No comments were 
received from that notice. This notice provides the public with an 
additional 30 days in which to comment on the following information 
collection activities:

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    Title: Procedures and Criteria for Approval or Disapproval of State 
Program Submissions, 30 CFR 732.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0024.
    Summary: Part 732 establishes the procedures and criteria for 
approval and disapproval of State program submissions. The information 
submitted is used to evaluate whether State regulatory authorities are 
meeting the provisions of their approved programs.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: Once and annually.
    Description of Respondents: 24 State regulatory authorities.
    Total Annual Responses: 65.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,205.

    Title: General Reclamation Requirements, 30 CFR 874.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0113.
    Summary: Part 874 establishes land and water eligibility 
requirements, reclamation objectives and priorities and reclamation 
contractor responsibility. 30 CFR 874.17 requires consultation between 
the AML agency and the appropriate Title V regulatory authority on the 
likelihood of removing the coal under a Title V permit and concurrences 
between the AML agency and the appropriate Title V regulatory authority 
on the AML project boundary and the amount of coal that would be 
extracted under the AML reclamation project.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: 26 State regulatory authorities and 
Indian tribes.
    Total Annual Responses: 45.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,240.

    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 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.

    Dated: June 6, 2001.
Richard G. Bryson,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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