Industrial Minerals Surveys

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form 9-4112-A Synthetic Graphite Form	New
Form 9-4041-A Portland and Masonry Cement Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4039-M Portland, Blended, and Masonry Cement Form	New
Form 9-4037-MA Natural Sodium Compounds and Refined Sodium Salts Form	New
Form 9-4036-A Diatomite Form	New
Form 9-4035-S Phosphate Rock Form and Instruction	New
Form 8-4033-Q Metallic Abrasives Form	New
Form 9-4032-A Feldspar Form	New
Form 9-4031-S Gypsum (Six Month Report) Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4030-M Marketable Phosphate Rock Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4029-M Elemental Sulfur Form	New
Form 9-4028-A Natural and Synthetic Gem Material (State/Local Govt) Form	New
Form 9-4028-A Natural and Synthetic Gem Material (Private Sector) Form	New
Form 4-4027-A Sulfur and Sulfuric Acid - Sold or Used by End Use Industries Form and Instruction	New
Form 4-4019-A Mica Splittings Form	New
Form 9-4026-A Peat Form	New
Form 9-4025-A Expanded Perlite Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4024-A Crude Perlite Form	New
Form 9-4023-A Crude Iodine Form	New
Form 9-4022-A Natural Graphite Consumption Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4021-A Talc, Soapstone, and Pyrophyllite Form	New
Form 9-4020-A Crude Mica Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4018-A Ground Mica (Including Sericite) Form	New
Form 9-4017-A Ball Clay and Kaolin Form	New
Form 9-4016-A Bentonite and Fuller's Earth Form	New
Form 9-4015-A Common Clay and Shale and Fire Clay Form	New
Form 9-4014-A Quartz Crystal Form	New
Form 9-4013-A Salt Plant Report Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4012-A Salt Company Report Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4011-A Barite Form	New
Form 9-4010-A Industrial Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used Form	New
Form 9-4009-A Dimension Stone (Including Slate) Form	New
Form 9-4007-A Stone - Crushed and Broken (State/local govt) Form	New
Form 9-4008-A Construction Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used (State & Local Govt) Form	New
Form 9-4008-A Construction Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used (Private Sector) Form	New
Form 9-4007-A Stone-Crushed and Broken (Private Sector) Form	New
Form 9-4006-A Gypsum Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4005-A Exfoliated Vermiculite Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4004-A Pumice and Pumicite (including Volcanic Ash) Form and Instruction	New
Form 9-4002-A Byproduct Sulfurnic Acid Form	New
Form 9-4001-A Lime Form	Modified
60-day FR notice.pdf Supplementary Document	2006-08-29
SS part A.pdf Supporting Statement A	0000-00-00
SS part B.doc Supporting Statement B	0000-00-00

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
179329	Synthetic Graphite Form	New
179328	Portland and Masonry Cement Form and Instruction	New
179327	Portland, Blended, and Masonry Cement Form	New
179326	Natural Sodium Compounds and Refined Sodium Salts Form	New
179325	Diatomite Form	New
179324	Phosphate Rock Form and Instruction	New
179323	Metallic Abrasives Form	New
179322	Feldspar Form	New
179321	Gypsum (Six Month Report) Form and Instruction	New
179320	Marketable Phosphate Rock Form and Instruction	New
179319	Elemental Sulfur Form	New
179316	Natural and Synthetic Gem Material (State/Local Govt) Form	New
179315	Natural and Synthetic Gem Material (Private Sector) Form	New
179314	Sulfur and Sulfuric Acid - Sold or Used by End Use Industries Form and Instruction	New
179313	Mica Splittings Form	New
179299	Peat Form	New
179298	Expanded Perlite Form and Instruction	New
179297	Crude Perlite Form	New
179296	Crude Iodine Form	New
179294	Natural Graphite Consumption Form and Instruction	New
179292	Talc, Soapstone, and Pyrophyllite Form	New
179289	Crude Mica Form and Instruction	New
179287	Ground Mica (Including Sericite) Form	New
179286	Ball Clay and Kaolin Form	New
179285	Bentonite and Fuller's Earth Form	New
179283	Common Clay and Shale and Fire Clay Form	New
179282	Quartz Crystal Form	New
179280	Salt Plant Report Form and Instruction	New
179279	Salt Company Report Form and Instruction	New
179278	Barite Form	New
179277	Industrial Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used Form	New
179274	Dimension Stone (Including Slate) Form	New
179267	Stone - Crushed and Broken (State/local govt) Form	New
179262	Construction Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used (State & Local Govt) Form	New
179261	Construction Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used (Private Sector) Form	New
179260	Stone-Crushed and Broken (Private Sector) Form	New
179259	Gypsum Form and Instruction	New
179258	Exfoliated Vermiculite Form and Instruction	New
179257	Pumice and Pumicite (including Volcanic Ash) Form and Instruction	New
179256	Byproduct Sulfurnic Acid Form	New
11221	Lime Form	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1028-0062	ICR Reference No: 200702-1028-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200402-1028-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/GS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Industrial Minerals Surveys
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 07/13/2007
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/27/2007
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this collection is approved for one year. Upon its next request for OMB approval, the agency should provide the basis for its certification that the collection uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology appropriate to the purpose for which the information is to be collected for each information collection (IC) included herein.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2008	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2007
Responses	16,161	0	18,437
Time Burden (Hours)	11,716	0	12,782
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: Industries that produce and consume industrial minerals use the 38 forms to report production, consumption, stocks, and receipts of industrial mineral commodities (including phosphate rock, sulfur, cement, stone, sand and gravel, etc.). We compile these data into tables, which are published monthly, quarterly, semiannually, and annually. The data collected is used for military and civilian planning, and Federal policy and economic decisions related to the commodities covered.

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Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 91 - 631 2 Name of Law: National Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970
   PL: Pub.L. 96 - 479 5 Name of Law: National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980
   US Code: 50 USC 98 et seq. Name of Law: Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act
   Statute at Large: 64 Stat. 798 Name of Statute: Defense Production Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	71 FR 51208	08/29/2006
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	72 FR 21037	04/27/2007
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 41

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Byproduct Sulfurnic Acid	9-4002-A	Byproduct Sulfuric Acid
Gypsum	9-4006-A	Gypsum
Natural Sodium Compounds and Refined Sodium Salts	9-4037-MA	Natural Sodium Compounds and Refined Sodium Salts
Peat	9-4026-A	Peat
Crude Iodine	9-4023-A	Crude Iodine
Bentonite and Fuller's Earth	9-4016-A	Bentonite and Fuller's Earth
Crude Perlite	9-4024-A	Crude Perlite
Talc, Soapstone, and Pyrophyllite	9-4021-A	Talc, Soapstone, and Pyrophyllite
Feldspar	9-4032-A	Feldspar
Salt Plant Report	9-4013-A	Salt Plant Report
Diatomite	9-4036-A	Diatomite
Elemental Sulfur	9-4029-M	Elemental Sulfur (purity of 97% or better)
Marketable Phosphate Rock	9-4030-M	Marketable Phosphate Rock
Metallic Abrasives	8-4033-Q	Metallic Abrasives
Industrial Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used	9-4010-A	Industrial Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used
Salt Company Report	9-4012-A	Salt Company Report
Exfoliated Vermiculite	9-4005-A	Exfoliated Vermiculate
Ground Mica (Including Sericite)	9-4018-A	Ground Mica (Including Sericite)
Expanded Perlite	9-4025-A	Expanded Perlite
Ball Clay and Kaolin	9-4017-A	Ball Clay and Kaolin
Portland and Masonry Cement	9-4041-A	Portland and Masonry Cement
Lime	9-4001-A	Lime
Sulfur and Sulfuric Acid - Sold or Used by End Use Industries	4-4027-A	Sulfur and Sulfuric Acid Sold or Used by End Use Industries
Natural and Synthetic Gem Material (Private Sector)	9-4028-A	Natual and Synthetic Gem Material
Natural and Synthetic Gem Material (State/Local Govt)	9-4028-A	Natural and Synthetic Gem Material
Construction Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used (Private Sector)	9-4008-A	Construction Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used
Construction Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used (State & Local Govt)	9-4008-A	Construction Sand and Gravel - Sold or Used
Stone - Crushed and Broken (State/local govt)	9-4007-A	Stone - Crushed and Broken
Portland, Blended, and Masonry Cement	9-4039-M	Portland, Blended, and Masonry Cement
Natural Graphite Consumption	9-4022-A	Natural Graphite Consumption
Stone-Crushed and Broken (Private Sector)	9-4007-A	Stone - Crushed and Broken
Crude Mica	9-4020-A	Crude Mica
Gypsum (Six Month Report)	9-4031-S	Gypsum (Six Month Report)
Synthetic Graphite	9-4112-A	Synthetic Graphite
Pumice and Pumicite (including Volcanic Ash)	9-4004-A	Pumice and Pumicite (including Volcanic Ash)
Quartz Crystal	9-4014-A	Quartz Crystal
Phosphate Rock	9-4035-S	Phosphate Rock
Common Clay and Shale and Fire Clay	9-4015-A	Common Clay and Shale and Fire Clay
Barite	9-4011-A	Barite
Dimension Stone (Including Slate)	9-4009-A	Dimension Stone (Including Slate)
Mica Splittings	4-4019-A	Mica Splittings

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	16,161	18,437	0	-54	-2,222	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,716	12,782	0	-27	-1,039	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The USGS requests 11,716 burden hours for this information collection, which is a decrease of 1,066 hours: -1,039 hours because of agency adjustments and -27 hours as a program change. We have deleted three forms that are no longer used (9-4003-A, 9-4034-Q, and 9-4039-A). We have reported the 27 hours and 54 responses associated with these forms as a program change. We have increased our burden hour estimate for USGS Form 9-4008-A, which, because of a booming economy and growing population, has experienced a significant increase in respondents. For some forms, the decrease in U.S. mining has led to a corresponding decrease in the number of respondents as operations have closed. For other forms, company consolidation of reports has saved reporting time with the number of reporting sites remaining unchanged. In addition, we have corrected our burden estimates for USGS Forms 9-4007-A and 9-4008-A by deleting Federal Government respondents, which were included in our previous estimate.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,115,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 04/27/2007

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