[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 215 (Monday, November 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57698-57699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26895]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request for the 
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

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

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-
0059).

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SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC) 
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and 
respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal 
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC. This IC is 
scheduled to expire on July 31, 2010. 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: To ensure that we are able to consider your comments on this IC 
we must receive them on or before January 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Please submit a copy of your comments to Phadrea Ponds, 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 2150-
C Centre Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80526-8118 (mail); 970-226-9444 
(phone); 970-226-9230 (fax); or [email protected] (e-mail). Please 
reference Information Collection 1028-0059 in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Apodaca at 703-648-7724 or by 
mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 989 National Center, 12201 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The collection of this information is required by the Comprehensive 
Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and 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.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0059.
    Title: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: U.S. nonfuel minerals producers.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,100.
    Annual Burden Hours: 525 hours. We expect to receive 2,100 annual 
responses. We estimate an average of 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

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number. Until OMB approves a collection of information, you are not 
obligated to respond.

III. Request for 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. We will include or summarize each 
comment in our request to OMB to approve this IC. 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.
    USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Phadrea Ponds 970-
226-9445.

    Dated: November 3, 2009.
John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team.
[FR Doc. E9-26895 Filed 11-6-09; 8:45 am]
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