83 FR 32325 - Agency Information Collection Activities: State Regulatory Authority: Inspection and Enforcement

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 134 (July 12, 2018)

Page Range		32325-32325
FR Document		2018-14892

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are announcing our intention to request renewed approval for the collection of information which requires that each regulatory authority conduct periodic inspections of coal mining activities, and prepare and maintain inspection reports and other related documents for OSMRE and public review. This information collection activity was previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and assigned control number 1029-0051.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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Agency Information Collection Activities: State Regulatory 
Authority: Inspection and Enforcement

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are 
announcing our intention to request renewed approval for the collection 
of information which requires that each regulatory authority conduct 
periodic inspections of coal mining activities, and prepare and 
maintain inspection reports and other related documents for OSMRE and 
public review. This information collection activity was previously 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and assigned 
control number 1029-0051.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 10, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Attn: John 
Trelease, 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop 4559, Washington, DC 20240. 
Comments may also be submitted electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact John Trelease by email at jtrelease@osmre.gov, 
or by telephone at (202) 208-2783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact 
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format.
    We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described 
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper 
functions of the OSMRE; (2) is the estimate of burden accurate; (3) how 
might the OSMRE enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) how might the OSMRE minimize the 
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use 
of information technology.
    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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.
    This notice provides the public with 60 days in which to comment on 
the following information collection activity:
    Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 840--State Regulatory Authority: 
Inspection and Enforcement.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0051.
    Abstract: This provision requires the regulatory authority to 
conduct periodic inspections of coal mining activities, and prepare and 
maintain inspection reports and other related documents for OSMRE and 
public review. This information is necessary to meet the requirements 
of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 and its 
public participation provisions. Public review assures the public that 
the State is meeting the requirements of the Act and approved State 
regulatory program.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: State Regulatory Authorities.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 24 States.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 106,382.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: From 4.7 hours to 1,081 
hours per response depending on activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 296,938 hours for 
States.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Once, annually, quarterly, and monthly.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $1,440.
    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.
    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.).

John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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certain types of surface mining information which requires that each be made publicly available at any time.
operations and for terminating regulatory authority conduct periodic While you can ask us in your comment
designations pursuant to a petition. The inspections of coal mining activities, to withhold your personal identifying
information requested will aid the and prepare and maintain inspection information from public review, we
regulatory authority in the decision reports and other related documents for cannot guarantee that we will be able to
making process to approve or OSMRE and public review. This do so.
disapprove a request. information collection activity was This notice provides the public with
Form Number: None. previously approved by the Office of 60 days in which to comment on the
Type of Review: Extension of a Management and Budget (OMB), and following information collection
currently approved collection. assigned control number 1029–0051. activity:
Respondents/Affected Public: People DATES: Interested persons are invited to Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 840—
who may be adversely affected by submit comments on or before State Regulatory Authority: Inspection
surface mining on Federal lands. September 10, 2018. and Enforcement.
Total Estimated Number of Annual ADDRESSES: Send your comments on OMB Control Number: 1029–0051.
Respondents: One every three years. this information collection request (ICR) Abstract: This provision requires the
Total Estimated Number of Annual by mail to: The Office of Surface Mining
regulatory authority to conduct periodic
Responses: One every three years. Reclamation and Enforcement,
inspections of coal mining activities,
Estimated Completion Time per Information Collection Clearance
and prepare and maintain inspection
Response: 3,000 hours. Officer, Attn: John Trelease,
reports and other related documents for
Total Estimated Number of Annual 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop 4559,
OSMRE and public review. This
Burden Hours: 1,000 hours annually. Washington, DC 20240. Comments may
information is necessary to meet the
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to also be submitted electronically to
requirements of the Surface Mining
obtain or retain a benefit. jtrelease@osmre.gov.
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
Frequency of Collection: Once. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To and its public participation provisions.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour request additional information about Public review assures the public that the
Burden Cost: $0. this ICR, contact John Trelease by email State is meeting the requirements of the
An agency may not conduct or at jtrelease@osmre.gov, or by telephone Act and approved State regulatory
sponsor and a person is not required to at (202) 208–2783. program.
respond to a collection of information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Form Number: None.
unless it displays a currently valid OMB accordance with the Paperwork
control number. Type of Review: Extension of a
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
currently approved collection.
Authority: The authorities for this action general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to Respondents/Affected Public: State
are the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 comment on new, proposed, revised, Regulatory Authorities.
U.S.C. 1201 et seq.), and the Paperwork and continuing collections of Total Estimated Number of Annual
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et information. This helps us assess the Respondents: 24 States.
seq.). impact of our information collection Total Estimated Number of Annual
John A. Trelease, requirements and minimize the public’s Responses: 106,382.
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support. reporting burden. It also helps the Estimated Completion Time per
public understand our information Response: From 4.7 hours to 1,081
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collection requirements and provide the hours per response depending on
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requested data in the desired format. activity.
We are soliciting comments on the Total Estimated Number of Annual
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR proposed ICR that is described below. Burden Hours: 296,938 hours for States.
We are especially interested in public
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation comment addressing the following
obtain or retain a benefit.
and Enforcement issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
the proper functions of the OSMRE; (2) Frequency of Collection: Once,
[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 is the estimate of burden accurate; (3) annually, quarterly, and monthly.
189S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 how might the OSMRE enhance the Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
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quality, utility, and clarity of the
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information to be collected; and (4) how An agency may not conduct or
Agency Information Collection might the OSMRE minimize the burden sponsor and a person is not required to
Activities: State Regulatory Authority: of this collection on the respondents, respond to a collection of information
Inspection and Enforcement including through the use of unless it displays a currently valid OMB
information technology. control number.
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Comments that you submit in Authority: The authorities for this
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. response to this notice are a matter of action are the Surface Mining Control
ACTION: Notice of information collection; public record. We will include or and Reclamation Act of 1977, as
request for comment. summarize each comment in our request amended (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.), and
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to OMB to approve this ICR. Before the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
SUMMARY: In accordance with the including your address, phone number, (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, email address, or other personal
the Office of Surface Mining identifying information in your John A. Trelease,
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), comment, you should be aware that Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
are announcing our intention to request your entire comment—including your [FR Doc. 2018–14892 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am]
renewed approval for the collection of personal identifying information—may BILLING CODE 4310–05–P

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of information collection; request for comment.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 10, 2018.
Contact		To request additional information about this ICR, contact John Trelease by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (202) 208-2783.
FR Citation		83 FR 32325

83 FR 32325 - Agency Information Collection Activities: State Regulatory Authority: Inspection and Enforcement

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOROffice of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 134 (July 12, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement