[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57653-57654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22640]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

[GX13LR000F60100]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request for the 
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (1 Form)

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

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

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SUMMARY: We (the USGS) will ask the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to approve the information collection request (ICR) described

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below. This collection consists of 1 form. As required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) 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 
ICR. This collection is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2013.

DATES: To ensure that your comments on this ICR are considered, OMB 
must receive them on or before October 21, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 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 email: ([email protected]); or by fax (202) 395-5806; and identify your 
submission with OMB Control Number 1028-0059. Please also submit a copy 
of your comments to the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 
Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 807 National Center, 
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703-648-7195 
(fax); or [email protected] (email). Please reference Information 
Collection 1028-0059.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori E. Apodaca at 703-648-7724 
(telephone); [email protected] (email); or by mail at U.S. Geological 
Survey, 989 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 
20192. You may also find information about this ICR at www.reginfo.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    The collection of this information is required by the Comprehensive 
Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and will, upon request, provide the CTBT 
Technical Secretariat with geographic locations of sites where chemical 
explosions of 300 tons of TNT-equivalent, or greater, have occurred.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0059. Form Number: 9-4040-A.
    Title: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or Other-For-Profit Institutions: U.S. 
nonfuel minerals producers.
    Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,500.
    Annual Burden Hours: 625 hours. We expect to receive 2,500 annual 
responses. We estimate an average of 15 minutes per response.
    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 a collection of 
information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

III. Request for Comments

    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 time to 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, email 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 we will be able to do so.

    Dated: September 11, 2013.
W. David Menzie,
Acting Director, National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological 
Survey.
[FR Doc. 2013-22640 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]
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