[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 19639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07947]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[GX14LR000F60100]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments

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

ACTION: Notice of an extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection (1028-0068).

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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. The collection will consist of 15 forms. As part of 
the requested extension we will make several revisions to the number 
and nature of the associated collection instruments. These revisions 
include: (1) Deleting USGS Form 9-4092-A and USGS Form 9-4106-M; (2) 
changing USGS Form 9-4047-A from monthly and annual to an annual-only 
reporting form; (3) modifying USGS Form 9-4044-A and USGS Form 9-4045-
M; and (4) modifying the title of USGS Form 9-4076-A. 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 IC. This collection is scheduled to expire on July 
31, 2014.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before June 9, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please submit a copy of your comments to the Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807 National 
Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703-648-
7195 (fax); or [email protected] (email). Please reference `Information 
Collection 1028-0068, Ferrous Metals Surveys' in all correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael J. Magyar at 703-648-4910 
(telephone); [email protected] (email); or by mail at U.S. Geological 
Survey, 988 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 
20192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract

    Respondents will use these forms to supply the USGS with domestic 
consumption data for 13 ores, concentrates, metals, and ferroalloys, 
some of which are considered strategic and critical. These data and 
derived information will be published as chapters in Minerals 
Yearbooks, monthly Mineral Industry Surveys, annual Mineral Commodity 
Summaries, and special publications, for use by Government agencies, 
industry, education programs, and the general public.

II. Data

    OMB Control Number: 1028-0068.
    Form Number: Various (15 forms).
    Title: Ferrous Metals Surveys.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Business or Other-For-Profit Institutions: U.S. 
nonfuel minerals consumers of ferrous and related metals.
    Respondent Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Monthly and Annually.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,667.
    Estimated Time per Response: For each form, we will include an 
average burden time ranging from 10 minutes to 1 hour.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1,319 hours.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: 
There are no ``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 and 
current expiration date.

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 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 personal mailing 
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire 
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from 
public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Michael J. Magyar,
Acting Director, National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological 
Survey.
[FR Doc. 2014-07947 Filed 4-8-14; 8:45 am]
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