[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 35 (Thursday, February 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11480-11481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03526]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 178S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A00 
17XS501520]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Request for Comments 
for 1029-0116

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is 
announcing that the information collection request for Revision; 
Renewal; and Transfer, Assignment, or Sale of Permit Rights, has been 
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
reauthorization. The information collection package was previously 
approved and assigned control number 1029-0116. This notice describes 
the nature of the information collection activity and the expected 
burdens.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, public comments 
should be submitted to OMB by March 27, 2017, in order to be assured of 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Department of the 
Interior Desk Officer, by telefax at (202) 395-5806, or via email to 
[email protected]. Also, please send a copy of your comments 
to John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
1951 Constitution Ave. NW., Room 203--SIB, Washington, DC 20240, or 
electronically at [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To receive a copy of the information 
collection request, contact John Trelease at (202) 208-2783 or 
electronically to [email protected]. You may also review the 
information collection request online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow 
the instructions to review Department of the Interior collections under 
review by OMB.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 
104-13), require that interested members of the public and affected 
agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and 
recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)]. OSMRE has submitted a 
request to OMB to renew its approval for the collection of information 
for 30 CFR part 774--Revision; Renewal; and Transfer, Assignment, or 
Sale of Permit Rights. OSMRE is requesting a 3-year term of approval 
for this information collection.
    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. The OMB control number for Part 774 
is 1029-0116 and is referenced in Sec.  774.9.
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
September 15, 2016 (81 FR 63493). No comments were received. This 
notice provides the public with an additional 30 days in which to 
comment on the following information collection:
    Title: 30 CFR part 774--Revisions; Renewals; and Transfer, 
Assignment, or Sale of Permit Rights.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0116.
    Summary: Sections 506 and 511 of Public Law 95-87 provide that 
persons seeking permit revisions, renewals, transfer, assignment, or 
sale of their permit rights for coal mining activities submit relevant 
information to the regulatory authority to allow the regulatory 
authority to determine whether the applicant meets the requirements for 
the action anticipated.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: Surface coal mining permit applicants 
and State regulatory authorities.
    Total Annual Responses: 4,311 responses from permit applicants and 
4,229 responses from State regulatory authorities.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 302,815.
    Total Annual Non-wage Costs: $1,059,644.
    Send comments on the need for the collection of information for the 
performance of the functions of the agency; the accuracy of the 
agency's burden estimates; ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information collection; and ways to minimize the 
information collection burden on respondents, such as use of automated 
means of collection of the information, to the address listed above. 
Please refer to OMB control number 1029-0116 in all correspondence.
    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 that we will be 
able to do so.


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    Dated: February 1, 2017.
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 2017-03526 Filed 2-22-17; 8:45 am]
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