In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act and 5 CFR 1320, this information collection request is approved through 8/31/91. Should th Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) resubmit this information collection for OMB review, OSMRE must address the following issues: (1) Describe what steps, if any, OSMRE has taken to implement recommendations embodied in OSMRE's Final Report of the Information Collection Task Force, date November 1989. (2) What steps if any, has OSMRE taken to lessen the public's information burden stemming from the surface water monitoring reporting requirements foun at 30 CFR 816.41(e)(2) and 817.41(e)(2). Specifically, has OSMRE considered decreasing the frequency that the required information must be submitted? (3) What steps, if any, has OSMRE taken to insure that information requirements relating to blasting records found at 30 CFR 816.68 and 817.68 are not duplicative of information available from other sources and, in addition, have "practical utility."
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/1991
08/31/1991
02/28/1990
786,156
0
597,716
666,058
0
266,078
0
0
0
SECTION 515 OF THE SURFACE MINING CONTROL AND RECLAMATION ACT OF 1977 PROVIDES THAT PERMITTEES CONDUCTING SURFACE COAL MINING OPERATIONS SHA MEET ALL APPLICABLE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS OF THE ACT. THE INFORMATION COLLECTED IS USED BY THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY IN MONITORING AND INSPECTING SURFACE COAL MINING ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.