83_FR_42476 83 FR 42314 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Bond and Insurance Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Under Regulatory Programs

83 FR 42314 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Bond and Insurance Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Under Regulatory Programs

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 162 (August 21, 2018)

Page Range42314-42315
FR Document2018-18017

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) are proposing to renew an information collection for bond and insurance requirements for surface coal mining and reclamation operations under regulatory programs.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42314-42315]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18017]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 189S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 
18XS501520; OMB Control Number 1029-0043]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Bond and Insurance 
Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Under 
Regulatory Programs

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 
proposing to renew an information collection for bond and insurance 
requirements for surface coal mining and reclamation operations under 
regulatory programs.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 20, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior by email at OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or 
via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments 
to John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop 4559, Washington, DC 20240; or by email to 
jtrelease@osmre.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 1029-0043 in 
the subject line of your comments.

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. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

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 provides the requested data in the desired 
format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
May 22, 2018 (83 FR 23720). No comments were received.
    We are again 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 OSMRE; (2) is the estimate of burden accurate; (3) 
how might OSMRE enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) how might 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. 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

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information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    Title: 30 CFR part 800--Bond and Insurance Requirements for Surface 
Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations under Regulatory Programs.
    OMB Control Number: 1029-0043.
    Abstract: The regulations at 30 CFR part 800 primarily implement 
Sec.  509 of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
(SMCRA or the Act), which requires that people planning to conduct 
surface coal mining operations first post a performance bond to 
guarantee fulfillment of all reclamation obligations under the approved 
permit. The regulations also establish bond release requirements and 
procedures consistent with Sec.  519 of the Act, liability insurance 
requirements pursuant to Sec.  507(f) of the Act, and procedures for 
bond forfeiture should the permittee default on reclamation 
obligations.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Applicants for surface coal mine 
permits and State regulatory authorities.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 3,350 applicants and 
24 State regulatory authorities.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 3,350 applicants and 
5,475 State regulatory authorities.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 2 hours to 
35.24 hours, depending on activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 71,639 hours.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $565,096.
    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.
[FR Doc. 2018-18017 Filed 8-20-18; 8:45 am]
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42314 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 162 / Tuesday, August 21, 2018 / Notices met. BSEE monitors the records required under 30 CFR 250, subpart J. ADDRESSES: Send written comments on concerning pipeline inspections and The total of the non-hour cost burden this information collection request (ICR) tests to ensure safety of operations and (cost recovery fees) in this IC request is to the Office of Management and protection of the environment and to an estimated $1,379,369. Budget’s Desk Officer for the schedule witnessing trips and The non-hour cost burdens required Department of the Interior by email at inspections. Information is also in 30 CFR 250, subpart J (and respective OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via necessary to determine the point at cost-recovery fee amount per facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please which the DOI or Department of transaction) are required under: provide a copy of your comments to Transportation (DOT) has regulatory § 250.1000(b)—New Pipeline John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining responsibility for a pipeline and to be Application (lease term)—$3,541 Reclamation and Enforcement, 1849 C informed of the identified operator if § 250.1000(b)—Pipeline Application Street NW, Mail Stop 4559, Washington, not the same as the pipeline ROW Modification (lease term)—$2,056 DC 20240; or by email to jtrelease@ holder. § 250.1000(b)—Pipeline Application osmre.gov. Please reference OMB We use the information in Form Modification (ROW)—$4,169 Control Number 1029–0043 in the BSEE–0149, Assignment of Federal OCS § 250.1008(e)—Pipeline Repair subject line of your comments. Pipeline Right-of-Way Grant, to track Notification—$388 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To pipeline ROW holders; as well as use § 250.1015(a)—Pipeline ROW Grant request additional information about this information to update the corporate Application—$2,771 § 250.1015(a)—Pipeline Conversion this ICR, contact John Trelease by email database that is used to determine what at jtrelease@osmre.gov, or by telephone leases are available for a Lease Sale and from Lease Term to ROW—$236 § 250.1018(b)—Pipeline ROW at (202) 208–2783. You may also view the ownership of all OCS leases. the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ We are adding a new Form BSEE– Assignment—$201 An agency may not conduct or sponsor public/do/PRAMain. 0135, Designation of Right-of-Way SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Operator, to identify who has the and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it accordance with the Paperwork authority to act on the ROW grant Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the holder’s behalf to fulfill obligations displays a currently valid OMB control number. general public and other Federal under the OCS Lands Act; as well as, agencies with an opportunity to The authority for this action is the BSEE may provide to the designated comment on new, proposed, revised, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 ROW operator written or oral and continuing collections of U.S.C. 3501 et seq). instructions in securing compliance information. This helps us assess the with the ROW grant in accordance with Dated: July 17, 2018. impact of our information collection applicable laws and regulations. Doug Morris, requirements and minimize the public’s Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 250, Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. reporting burden. It also helps the subpart J, Pipelines and Pipeline Rights- [FR Doc. 2018–17970 Filed 8–20–18; 8:45 am] public understand our information of-Way (ROW). OMB Control Number: 1014–0016. BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P collection requirements and provides Form Number: BSEE–0149— the requested data in the desired format. Assignment of Federal OCS Pipeline A Federal Register notice with a 60- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR day public comment period soliciting Right-of-Way Grant, and Form BSEE– 0135—Designation of Right-of-Way comments on this collection of Office of Surface Mining Reclamation Operator. information was published on May 22, and Enforcement Type of Review: Revision of a 2018 (83 FR 23720). No comments were [S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 received. currently approved collection. 189S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 Respondents/Affected Public: We are again soliciting comments on SX064A000 18XS501520; OMB Control the proposed ICR that is described Potential respondents comprise Federal Number 1029–0043] OCS oil, gas, and sulfur lessees/ below. We are especially interested in operators and holders of pipeline rights- Agency Information Collection public comment addressing the of-way. Activities: Bond and Insurance following issues: (1) Is the collection Total Estimated Number of Annual Requirements for Surface Coal Mining necessary to the proper functions of Respondents: Not all of the potential and Reclamation Operations Under OSMRE; (2) is the estimate of burden respondents will submit information in Regulatory Programs accurate; (3) how might OSMRE any given year, and some may submit enhance the quality, utility, and clarity multiple times. AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining of the information to be collected; and Total Estimated Number of Annual Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. (4) how might OSMRE minimize the Responses: 2,961. ACTION: Notice of information collection; burden of this collection on the Estimated Completion Time per request for comment. respondents, including through the use Response: Varies from 30 minutes to of information technology. 107 hours, depending on activity. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Comments that you submit in Total Estimated Number of Annual Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, response to this notice are a matter of Burden Hours: 34,560. the Office of Surface Mining public record. Before including your Respondent’s Obligation: Most Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) address, phone number, email address, are proposing to renew an information or other personal identifying sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES responses are mandatory, while others are required to obtain or retain benefits. collection for bond and insurance information in your comment, you Frequency of Collection: On occasion requirements for surface coal mining should be aware that your entire and varies by section. and reclamation operations under comment—including your personal Total Estimated Annual Nonhour regulatory programs. identifying information—may be made Burden Cost: This IC request includes DATES: Interested persons are invited to publicly available at any time. 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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 162 / Tuesday, August 21, 2018 / Notices 42315 information from public review, we DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR reporting burden. It also helps the cannot guarantee that we will be able to public understand our information do so. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation collection requirements and provides and Enforcement the requested data in the desired format. Title: 30 CFR part 800—Bond and A Federal Register notice with a 60- Insurance Requirements for Surface [S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 189S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 day public comment period soliciting Coal Mining and Reclamation SX064A000 18XS501520; OMB Control comments on this collection of Operations under Regulatory Programs. Number 1029–0025] information was published on May 23, OMB Control Number: 1029–0043. 2018 (83 FR 23934). No comments were Abstract: The regulations at 30 CFR Agency Information Collection received. part 800 primarily implement § 509 of Activities: Maintenance of State We are again soliciting comments on the Surface Mining Control and Programs and Procedures for the proposed ICR that is described Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Substituting Federal Enforcement of below. We are especially interested in Act), which requires that people State Programs and Withdrawing public comment addressing the planning to conduct surface coal mining Approval of State Programs following issues: (1) Is the collection operations first post a performance bond necessary to the proper functions of AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining OSMRE; (2) is the estimate of burden to guarantee fulfillment of all Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. reclamation obligations under the accurate; (3) how might OSMRE ACTION: Notice of information collection; enhance the quality, utility, and clarity approved permit. The regulations also request for comment. of the information to be collected; and establish bond release requirements and procedures consistent with § 519 of the (4) how might OSMRE minimize the SUMMARY: In accordance with the Act, liability insurance requirements burden of this collection on the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, pursuant to § 507(f) of the Act, and respondents, including through the use the Office of Surface Mining procedures for bond forfeiture should of information technology. Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Comments that you submit in the permittee default on reclamation are proposing to renew an information obligations. response to this notice are a matter of collection which provides that any public record. Before including your Form Number: None. interested person may request the address, phone number, email address, Type of Review: Extension of a Director of OSMRE to evaluate a State or other personal identifying currently approved collection. program by setting forth in the request information in your comment, you a concise statement of facts that the should be aware that your entire Respondents/Affected Public: person believes establishes the need for Applicants for surface coal mine comment—including your personal the evaluation. identifying information—may be made permits and State regulatory authorities. DATES: Interested persons are invited to publicly available at any time. While Total Estimated Number of Annual submit comments on or before you can ask us in your comment to Respondents: 3,350 applicants and 24 September 20, 2018. withhold your personal identifying State regulatory authorities. ADDRESSES: Send written comments on information from public review, we Total Estimated Number of Annual this information collection request (ICR) cannot guarantee that we will be able to Responses: 3,350 applicants and 5,475 to the Office of Management and do so. State regulatory authorities. Budget’s Desk Officer for the Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 733— Department of the Interior by email at Maintenance of State Programs and Estimated Completion Time per OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via Procedures for Substituting Federal Response: Varies from 2 hours to 35.24 facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please Enforcement of State Programs and hours, depending on activity. provide a copy of your comments to Withdrawing Approval of State Total Estimated Number of Annual John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining Programs. Burden Hours: 71,639 hours. Reclamation and Enforcement, 1849 C OMB Control Number: 1029–0025. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Street NW, Mail Stop 4559, Washington, Abstract: This Part allows any Obtain or Retain a Benefit. DC 20240; or by email to jtrelease@ interested person to request the Director osmre.gov. Please reference OMB of OSMRE evaluate a state program by Frequency of Collection: Once. setting forth in the request a concise Control Number 1029–0025 in the Total Estimated Annual Nonhour subject line of your comments. statement of facts that the person Burden Cost: $565,096. believes establishes the need for the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To An agency may not conduct or request additional information about evaluation. sponsor and a person is not required to this ICR, contact John Trelease by email Form Number: None. respond to a collection of information Type of Review: Extension of a at jtrelease@osmre.gov, or by telephone unless it displays a currently valid OMB currently approved collection. at (202) 208–2783. You may also view Respondents/Affected Public: Any control number. the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/ interested person (individuals, Authority: The authorities for this action public/do/PRAMain. businesses, institutions, organizations). are the Surface Mining Control and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Total Estimated Number of Annual Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 accordance with the Paperwork Respondents: 1 individual or Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES U.S.C. 1201 et seq.), and the Paperwork organization. Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et general public and other Federal Total Estimated Number of Annual seq.). agencies with an opportunity to Responses: 1. comment on new, proposed, revised, Estimated Completion Time per John A. Trelease, and continuing collections of Response: Varies from 20 hours to 100 Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support. information. This helps us assess the hours, and an average of 50 hours. [FR Doc. 2018–18017 Filed 8–20–18; 8:45 am] impact of our information collection Total Estimated Number of Annual BILLING CODE 4310–05–P requirements and minimize the public’s Burden Hours: 50 hours. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:31 Aug 20, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21AUN1.SGM 21AUN1


Document Created: 2018-08-21 00:07:45
Document Modified: 2018-08-21 00:07:45
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of information collection; request for comment.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 20, 2018.
ContactTo request additional information about this ICR, contact John Trelease by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (202) 208-2783. You may also view the ICR at http:// www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
FR Citation83 FR 42314 
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