80 FR 26089 - Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Request for Comments for 1029-0129

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 87 (May 6, 2015)

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collection of information for OSMRE's call for nominations for its Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards and Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26089-26090]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10587]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Request for Comments 
for 1029-0129

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

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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 its intention to request approval for the collection of 
information for OSMRE's call for nominations for its Excellence in 
Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards and Abandoned Mine Land 
Reclamation Awards.

DATES: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 60 days to approve 
or disapprove the information collections but may respond after 30 
days. Therefore, public comments should be submitted to OMB by June 5, 
2015, to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Attention: 
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 by email to [email protected].

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 on the Internet by going to http://www.reginfo.gov 
(Information Collection Review, Currently Under Review, Agency is 
Department of the Interior, DOI-OSMRE).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 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 approve the collection of information for nominations 
to OSMRE's Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Awards and 
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards. OSMRE will request a 3-year 
term of approval for the information collection activity.
    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. OMB has assigned this information 
collection control number 1029-0129. Responses are voluntary.
    As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 
soliciting comments on this information collection was published on 
February 19, 2015 (80 FR 8898). No comments were received. This notice 
provides the public with an additional 30 days to comment on the 
following information collection activity:
    Title: Reclamation Awards--Call for Nominations.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0129.
    Summary: This information collection clearance package is being 
submitted by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 
(OSMRE) for renewed approval to collect information for our annual call 
for nominations for our Excellence in Surface Coal Mining Reclamation 
Awards and Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards. Since 1986, the 
Office of Surface Mining has presented awards to coal mine operators 
who completed exemplary active reclamation. A parallel award program 
for abandoned mine land reclamation began in 1992. The objective is to 
give public recognition to those responsible for the nation's most 
outstanding achievement in environmentally sound surface mining and 
land reclamation and to encourage the exchange and transfer of 
successful reclamation technology. This collection request seeks a 
three-year term of approval.
    Bureau Form Number: None.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: Industry and state/tribal nominees for 
reclamation awards and state/tribal reviewers and judges.
    Total Annual Responses: 14 active mine respondents, 11 abandoned 
mine land respondents, and 48 state and tribal reviewers and judges.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,625.
    Total Annual Non-Wage Burden: $2,500.
    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 in 
ADDRESSES.
    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.

    Dated: May 1, 2015.
Dennis G. Rice,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 2015-10587 Filed 5-5-15; 8:45 am]
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