[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 81 (Friday, April 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21037-21038]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2070]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-
0062).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

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(PRA), we are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an 
information collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork 
requirements for ``Industrial Minerals Surveys, (38 USGS forms).'' This 
notice also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the 
paperwork burden of these forms.

DATES: Submit written comments by May 29, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection 
directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior via OMB e-mail: ([email protected]); 
or by fax (202) 395-6566; identify with (1028-0062).
    Submit a copy of your comments to the Department of the Interior, 
USGS, via:
     E-mail: [email protected]. Use Information Collection 
Number 1028-0062 in the subject line.
     Fax: (703) 648-7069. Use Information Collection Number 
1028-0062 in the subject line.
     Mail or hand-carry comments to the Department of the 
Interior; USGS Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 National 
Center, Reston, VA 20192. Please reference Information Collection 1028-
0062 in your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott F. Sibley at (703) 648-4976. 
Copies of the full Information Collection Request and the forms can be 
obtained at no cost at www.reginfo.gov or by contacting the USGC 
clearance officer at the phone number listed below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Industrial Mineral Surveys.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-0062.
    Form Number: Various (38 forms).
    Abstract: Respondents supply the U.S. Geological Survey with 
domestic production and consumption data on industrial minerals, some 
of which are considered strategic and critical. This information will 
be published as chapters in Minerals Yearbooks, monthly/quarterly 
Mineral Industry Surveys, annual Mineral Commodity Summaries, and 
special publications, for use by Government agencies, industry, 
education programs, and the general public. Responses are voluntary. No 
questions of a ``sensitive'' nature are asked.
    Frequency: Monthly, Quarterly, Semiannually, and Annually.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Approximately 
13,696 producers and consumers of industrial minerals.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 16,161.
    Annual burden hours: 11,716.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We 
have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this 
collection of information.
    Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 
provides that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not 
required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.
    Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et 
seq.) requires each agency ``* * * to provide notice * * * and 
otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies 
concerning each proposed collection of information * * *.'' Agencies 
must specifically solicit comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to 
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) 
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information; (c) enhance the quality, 
usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 
minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    To comply with the public consultation process, on August 29, 2006, 
we published a Federal Register notice (71 FR 51208) announcing that we 
would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the 
required 60-day public comment period. We have received no comments in 
response to the notice.
    Bureau clearance officer: Alfred Travnicek, 703-648-7231.

John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team.
[FR Doc. 07-2070 Filed 4-26-07; 8:45 am]
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