[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 177 (Thursday, September 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52886-52887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20980]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for 1029-0092 and 1029-
0107

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.

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 745, State-Federal cooperative agreements; and 
30 CFR Part 887, Subsidence 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 October 14, 2008, in order to be assured 
of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Department of 
Interior Desk Officer, by telefax at (202) 395-6566 or via e-mail to 
[email protected]. Also, please send a copy of your comments to 
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
1951 Constitution Ave, NW., Room 202-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 
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 [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 745, State-
Federal cooperative agreements; 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 are 1029-0092 for Part 745, 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 27, 2005 (70 FR 21811). 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: State-Federal cooperative agreements--30 CFR 745.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0092.
    Summary: 30 CFR 745 requires that States submit information when 
entering into a cooperative agreement with the Secretary of the 
Interior. OSM uses the information to make findings that the State has 
an approved program and will carry out the responsibilities mandated in 
the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act to regulate surface coal 
mining and reclamation activities on Federal lands.

    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: State governments that regulate coal 
operations.
    Total Annual Responses: 11.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 600.
    Total Annual Non-Wage Costs: $0.
    Title: Subsidence Insurance Program 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.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: States and Indian tribes with approved 
coal reclamation plans.
    Total Annual Responses: 1.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 8.
    Total Annual Non-Wage Costs: $0.
    Send comments on the need for the collections of information for 
the

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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 1029-0092 for Part 745 and 1029-0107 
for Part 887 in your correspondence.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying 
information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Dated: August 19, 2008.
John R. Craynon,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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