[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28351-28352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12902]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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Agency Information Collection Activities: OMB Control Number 
1029-0055; Rights of Entry

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments for 1029-0055.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is 
announcing its intention to request renewed approval for the collection 
of information for states or Indian tribes, pursuant to an approved 
reclamation program, to use police powers, if necessary, to effect 
entry upon private lands to conduct reclamation activities or 
exploratory studies if the landowner's consent is refused or the 
landowner is not available. The collection described below has been 
forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
comment. The information collection request describes the nature of the 
information collection and the expected burdens and costs.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the information 
collection, but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, your comments 
should

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be submitted to OMB by July 21, 2017, in order to be assured of 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: Your comments should be submitted to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Department of the Interior Desk Officer, via email to 
[email protected], or by facsimile to (202) 395-5806. 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 to 
[email protected]. Please reference 1029-0055 in your submission.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To receive a copy of the information 
collection request, contact John Trelease at (202) 208-2783, or 
electronically at [email protected]. You may also review this 
collection by going to http://www.reginfo.gov (Information Collection 
Review, Currently Under Review, Agency is Department of the Interior, 
DOI-OSMRE).

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)]. We have submitted a 
request to OMB to approve the collection of information for 30 CFR part 
877--Rights of Entry. We are requesting a 3-year term of approval for 
this information collection activity.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, an information collection unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. The OMB control number for this collection of 
information is displayed in 30 CFR 877.10 (1029-0055).
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), we published a Federal Register 
notice seeking public comments on this collection of information on 
March 7, 2017 (82 FR 12840). No comments were received. This notice 
gives you an additional 30 days in which to comment on the following 
information collection activity:
    Title: 30 CFR 877--Rights of Entry.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0055.
    Summary: This regulation establishes procedures for non-consensual 
entry upon private lands for the purpose of abandoned mine land 
reclamation activities or exploratory studies when the landowner 
refuses consent or is not available.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: State and tribal abandoned mine land 
reclamation agencies.
    Total Annual Responses: 336.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours to prepare each of the 
estimated 5 notices to landowners per project.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,520 hours.
    Total Annual Non-wage Costs: $3,350 for newspaper publication 
costs.
    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 addresses listed under 
ADDRESSES. Please refer to the appropriate OMB control number 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.

    Authority: The authorities for this action are the Surface 
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 U.S.C. 
1201 et seq.), and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.).

    Dated: May 10, 2017.
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 2017-12902 Filed 6-20-17; 8:45 am]
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