[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 195 (Friday, October 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52254-52255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24443]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request for the 
USGS Production Estimate, Construction Sand and Gravel and Crushed and 
Broken Stone

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

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-
0065).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we 
are notifying the public that we will submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) an information collection request (ICR) for 
the extension of the currently approved paperwork requirements for the 
USGS Construction Sand and Gravel and Crushed and Broken Stone. This 
collection consists of three forms and this notice provides the public 
an opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden of these forms. We 
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.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before December 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Please submit a copy of your comments to Phadrea Ponds, USGS 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort 
Collins, CO 80526-8118 (mail); 970-226-9445 (phone); 970-226-9230 
(fax); or [email protected] (e-mail). Please reference Information 
Collection 1028-0065 in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shonta E. Osborne at 703-648-7960 or 
by mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 985 National Center, 12201 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Production Estimate, Construction Sand and Gravel and 
Crushed and Broken Stone.
    OMB Control Number: 1028-0065.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This collection is needed to provide data on mineral 
production for annual reports published by commodity for use by 
Government agencies, Congressional offices, educational institutions, 
research organizations, financial institutions, consulting firms, 
industry, academia, and the general public. This information will be 
published in the ``Mineral Commodity

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Summaries,'' the first preliminary publication to furnish estimates 
covering the previous year's nonfuel mineral industry.
    We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary 
under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its 
implementing regulations (43 CFR Part 2), and under regulations at 30 
CFR 250.197, ``Data and information to be made available to the public 
or for limited inspection.'' Responses are voluntary. No questions of a 
``sensitive'' nature are asked.
    Affected Public: Businesses that produce nonfuel industrial 
minerals.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Quarterly and Annually.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,014.
    Annual Burden Hours: 470 hours. We expect to receive 2,014 annual 
responses. We estimate an average of 10-15 minutes per response. This 
includes the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining 
data, and completing and reviewing the information.
    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. Until OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obligated to respond.
    Comments: We are soliciting comments as to: (a) Whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to 
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) 
the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information; (c) how to enhance the quality, usefulness, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize 
the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice 
are a matter of public record. 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 OMB in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that it will be done. To comply with the public process, we 
publish this Federal Register notice announcing that we will submit 
this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the required 60 day 
public comment period.
    USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Phadrea Ponds 970-
226-9445.

John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. E9-24443 Filed 10-8-09; 8:45 am]
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