[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4306-4307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01382]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

[GX15LR000F60100]


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 (1028-0053).

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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 27 forms. As part of 
the requested extension we will make several revisions to the number of 
the associated collection instruments. These revisions include: (1) 
Deleting USGS Form 9-4053-A, USGS Form 9-4073-A, and USGS Form 9-4097-
A; (2) changing USGS Form 9-4094-A and USGS Form 9-4095-A from monthly 
and annual to annual-only reporting forms; (3) changing USGS Form 9-
4057-A and USGS Form 9-4060-A from quarterly and annual to annual-only 
reporting forms; and (4) decreasing the average burden time for USGS 
Form 9-4074-A from 2 hours to 1 hour. 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 August 31, 2015.

DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive 
them on or before March 30, 2015.

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). Reference 
`Information Collection 1028-0053, Nonferrous Metals Surveys' in all 
correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Sangine at 703-648-7720 
(telephone); [email protected] (email); or by mail at U.S. 
Geological Survey, 989 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 
Reston, VA 20192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    Respondents to these forms supply the USGS with domestic production 
and consumption data for 22 ores, concentrates, and metals, some of 
which are considered strategic and critical. These data and derived 
information will be published as chapters in Minerals Yearbooks, 
monthly and quarterly 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: 1028-0053.
    Form Number: Various (27 forms).
    Title: Nonferrous Metals Surveys.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
collection.
    Affected Public: Business or Other-For-Profit Institutions: U.S. 
nonfuel minerals producers and consumers of nonferrous metals and 
related materials.
    Respondent Obligation: None. Participation is voluntary.
    Frequency of Collection: Monthly, Quarterly, or Annually.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,252.
    Estimated Time per Response: For each form, we will include an 
average burden time ranging from 20 minutes to 1 hour.
    Annual Burden Hours: 3,212 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

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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,
Associate Director, National Minerals Information Center, U.S. 
Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2015-01382 Filed 1-26-15; 8:45 am]
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