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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 23, 2009 / Notices
that requires the subject collection of
information.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

[Docket No. MMS–2009–OMM–0003]

MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010–NEW, Alaska Subsistence Study,
Notice of a New Collection; Submitted
for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection (1010–NEW).
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request for
approval of the paperwork requirements
in the study being conducted in Alaska,
Alaska Subsistence Study. This notice
also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.

Submit written comments by
October 22, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either
fax (202) 395–5806 or e-mail
([email protected]) directly
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior (1010–NEW). Please also submit
a copy of your comments to MMS by
any of the means below.
• Electronically: go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Under the tab
More Search Options, click Advanced
Docket Search, then select Minerals
Management Service from the agency
drop-down menu, then click submit. In
the Docket ID column, select MMS–
2009–OMM–0003 to submit public
comments and to view supporting and
related materials. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions
for accessing documents, submitting
comments, and viewing the docket after
the close of the comment period, is
available through the site’s User Tips
link. The MMS will post all comments.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference Information Collection 1010–
NEW in your subject line and include
your name and address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607. You
may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the study

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Title: Alaska Subsistence Study.
OMB Control Number: 1010–NEW.
Abstract: The United States Congress,
through the 1953 Outer Continental
Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (OCSLA) [Pub. L.
95–372, Section 20] and its subsequent
amendments, requires the Secretary of
the Department of the Interior to
monitor and assess the impacts of
resource development activities in
Federal waters on human, marine, and
coastal environments. The OCSLA
amendments authorize the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct studies in areas
or regions of sales to ascertain the
‘‘environmental impacts on the human,
marine, and coastal environments of the
outer Continental Shelf and the coastal
areas which may be affected by oil and
gas or other mineral development’’ (43
U.S.C. 1346).
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–
4347) requires that all Federal Agencies
use a systematic, interdisciplinary
approach to ensure the integrated use of
the natural and social sciences in any
planning and decision making that may
have an effect on the human
environment. The Council on
Environmental Quality’s Regulations for
Implementing Procedural Provisions of
NEPA (40 CFR 1500–1508) state that the
‘‘human environment’’ is to be
‘‘interpreted comprehensively’’ to
include ‘‘the natural and physical
environment and the relationship of
people with that environment’’ (40 CFR
1508.14). An action’s ‘‘aesthetic,
historic, cultural, economic, social or
health’’ effects must be assessed,
‘‘whether direct, indirect, or
cumulative’’ (40 CFR 1508.8).
The U.S. Department of the Interior/
Minerals Management Service (DOI/
MMS) is the Federal administrative
agency created both to conduct OCS
lease sales and to monitor and mitigate
adverse impacts that might be
associated with offshore resource
development. Within the MMS, the
Environmental Studies Program
functions to implement and manage the
responsibilities of research. This study
will facilitate the meeting of DOI/MMS
information needs on subsistence food
harvest and sharing activities in coastal
Alaska areas.
Planning areas in Alaska can include
up to and more than 50,000 square
miles—a large geographic area with
diverse, abundant, and environmentally
sensitive resources. Within these areas,
DOI’s Proposed OCS Oil and Gas
Leasing Program considers that there

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will be an oil and gas lease sale in the
future. The proposed sale area or
adjacent areas support major productive
commercial and subsistence fisheries,
provide habitat to numerous marine
mammals, and are significant migration
and staging areas for internationally
important waterfowl. Numerous
communities in the State of Alaska rely
heavily on subsistence or commercial
fisheries.
This information collection request
involves a study that will assess the
vulnerabilities of several coastal
communities in Alaska, during various
times, to the potential effects of offshore
oil and gas development on subsistence
food harvest and sharing activities. It
will investigate the resilience of local
sharing networks that structure
contemporary subsistence-cash
economies using research methods that
involve residents of these communities
most proximate to future sale area(s).
Potential respondents number
approximately 128 from the total
number of households. Given the small
number of households, all will be
interviewed. The frequency of responses
submitted will be a one-time event for
each study and responses are voluntary.
The respondent will be asked questions
by the interviewee who will also record
responses. This study will be conducted
in a face-to-face setting. The
questionnaires will be administered
under the guidelines of 45 CFR 46. The
introduction that will be covered with
each participant stresses that
participation is voluntary and
anonymity will be maintained. No
names will appear on the study form, no
photographs will be taken of any
informant, and no videotaping will be
conducted. Minor children and
prisoners will not be interviewed.
Procedures designed to protect the
confidentiality of the information
provided will include the use of coded
selection and identification numbers to
protect the identities of respondents.
The MMS will use the information
collected to gain knowledge about local
social systems that will help shape
development leasing strategies and
serve as an interim baseline for impact
monitoring to compare against future
research in these areas. This study being
conducted was requested by the
Environmental Assessment section of
the Alaska region specifically for use in
future Environmental Impact Statements
and Environmental Assessments.
Without this data, MMS will not have
sufficient information to make informed
leasing and development decisions for
these areas.
Frequency: Voluntary, one-time event,
per study.

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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 23, 2009 / Notices
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 128
respondents from all persons in the
Native Alaskan household/community.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The MMS
estimates the total annual burden hours
to be 192 (128 respondents × 1.5 hours
per questionnaire = 192 total burden
hours).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified no paperwork nonhour cost burdens associated with the
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide
notice * * * and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information * * *’’
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on May 1, 2009,
we published a Federal Register notice
(74 FR 20329) announcing that we
would submit this information
collection request to OMB for approval.
The notice provided the required 60-day
comment period. This notice also
informed the public that they may
comment at any time on the collection
of information and provided the address
to which they should send comments.
We have received no comments in
response to these efforts.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by October 22, 2009.

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Public Availability of Comments:
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: July 9, 2009.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
[FR Doc. E9–22832 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0051
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
its intention to request approval to
continue the collection of information
for 30 CFR part 840—Permanent
Program Inspection and Enforcement
Procedures. This information collection
activity was previously approved by the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), and assigned control number
10290051.
DATES: Comments on the proposed
information collection activities must be
received by November 23, 2009, to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to
John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951
Constitution Ave, NW., Room 202–SIB,
Washington, DC 20240. Comments may
also be submitted electronically to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this collection of information, contact
John Trelease, at (202) 208–2783 or by
e-mail listed in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

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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)]. This notice
identifies an information collection that
OSM will be submitting to OMB for
renewed approval. The collection is
contained in 30 CFR part 840—
Permanent Program Inspection and
Enforcement Procedures. OSM will
request a 3-year term of approval for
each information collection activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
need for the collection of information
for the performance of the functions of
the agency; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (4)
ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information. A summary of the
public comments will accompany
OSM’s submission of the information
collection request to OMB.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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.
The following information is provided
for the information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) summary of the
information collection activity; and (4)
frequency of collection, description of
the respondents, estimated total annual
responses, and the total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
the collection of information.
Title: 30 CFR part 840—Permanent
Program Inspection and Enforcement
Procedures.
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
OSM 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 for the
Act and approved State regulatory
program.

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