[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 232 (Friday, December 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63763-63764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29021]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


30-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Collection of 
Information; Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of Interior, National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-13,44 U.S.C., Chapter 3507) and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting 
and Record Keeping Requirements, the National Park Service (NPS) 
invites public comments on an extension of a currently approved 
information collection (OMB  1024-0064).

DATES: Public comments on this Information Collection Request (ICR) 
will be accepted on or before January 4, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1024-0064), Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB), by fax at 202/395-5806, or by electronic mail at [email protected]. Please also mail or hand carry a copy of your 
comments to Edward O. Kassman, Jr., Regulatory Specialist, Planning, 
Evaluation & Permits Branch, Geologic Resources Division, National Park 
Service, P.O. Box 25287, Lakewood, Colorado 80225; or via fax at (303) 
987-6792 or via e-mail at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edward O. Kassman, Jr., Regulatory 
Specialist, Planning, Evaluation & Permits Branch, Geologic Resources 
Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 25287, Lakewood, Colorado 
80225; or via fax at (303) 987-6792 or via e-mail at [email protected]. You are entitled to a copy of the entire ICR package 
free-of-charge. You may access this ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/.
    Comments Received on the 60-Day Federal Register Notice:
    The NPS published a 60-day notice to solicit public comments on 
this ICR in the Federal Register on May 26, 2009 (74 FR 24871). The 
comment period closed on July 27, 2009. No comments were received on 
this notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 1024-0064.
    Title: NPS/Minerals Management Program/Mining Claims and Non-
Federal Oil and Gas Rights--36 CFR

[[Page 63764]]

Part 9, Subpart A and Subpart B, respectively.
    Form(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Description of Need: The NPS regulates mineral development 
activities inside park boundaries on mining claims and on non-Federal 
oil and gas rights under regulations codified at 36 CFR part 9, subpart 
A (``9A regulations''), and 36 CFR part 9, subpart B (``9B 
Regulations''), respectively. The NPS promulgated both sets of 
regulations in the late 1970s. In the case of mining claims, the NPS 
promulgated the 9A regulations pursuant to congressional authority 
granted under the Mining in the Parks Act of 1976, 16 U.S.C. 1901 et 
seq., and individual park enabling statutes. For non-Federal oil and 
gas rights, the NPS regulates development activities pursuant to 
authority under the NPS Organic Act of 1916, 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and 
individual enabling statutes. As directed by Congress, the NPS 
developed the regulations in order to protect park resources and 
visitor values from the adverse impacts associated with mineral 
development in park boundaries.
    Affected Public: Medium to large publicly owned companies and 
private entities.
    Obligation to Respond: Required to receive a benefit.
    Frequency of Response: 1 per respondent, 24 respondents per year.
    Estimated total annual responses: 24 per year.
    Estimated average completion time per response: 176 Hours.
    Estimated annual reporting burden: 4224 hours.
    Estimated annual nonhour cost burden: 0.
    Comments are invited on: (1) The practical utility of the 
information being gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden hour 
estimate; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information being collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden to 
respondents, including use of automated information collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. 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.
    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.

    Dated: December 01, 2009.
Cartina Miller,
NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-29021 Filed 12-3-09; 8:45 am]
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