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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 54 / Tuesday, March 20, 2012 / Notices

Dated: March 12, 2012.
Andrew F. DeVito,
Chief,Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 2012–6655 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0035
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing
that the information collection request
for surface and underground mining
permit applications—minimum
requirements for information on
environmental resources, has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
comment. The information collection
request describes the nature of the
information collection and the expected
burden and cost. This information
collection activity was previously
approved by OMB and assigned control
number 1029–0035.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collections but may respond after 30
days. Therefore, public comments
should be submitted to OMB by April
19, 2012, in order to be assured of
consideration.
SUMMARY:

Submit comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Department of the
Interior Desk Officer, by telefax to (202)
395–5806 or by email to
[email protected]. Also,
please send a copy of your comments to
John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951
Constitution Ave., NW., Room 203—
SIB, Washington, DC 20240, by telefax
to (202) 219–3276, or by email to
[email protected].

ADDRESSES:

To
receive a copy of the information
collection request contact John Trelease
at (202) 208–2783, or electronically at
[email protected]. You may also
review this information collection
request on the Internet by going to
http://www.reginfo.gov (Information
Collection Review, Currently Under

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Review, Agency is Department of the
Interior, DOI–OSMRE).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
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)]. OSM has
submitted a request to OMB to renew its
approval of the collection of information
contained in 30 CFR Parts 779 and
783—Surface and Underground Mining
Permit Applications—Minimum
Requirements for Information on
Environmental Resources. OSM is
requesting a 3-year term of approval for
the information collection activity.
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. The OMB control
number for this collection of
information is 1029–0035. Responses
are required to obtain a benefit for this
collection.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on
November 28, 2011 (76 FR 72972). One
comment was received. The commenter
suggested that there is a connection
between coal mine drilling and
earthquakes, and that coal companies
should be required to report recent
earthquakes in the area where drilling is
proposed to occur.
Earthquakes range from extremely
small and virtually unnoticeable events
to catastrophic events that cause
considerable damage. Unlike oil and gas
drilling operations, coal mining is
typically undertaken at a much
shallower depth, and without injection
of great volumes of water to fracture
(frack) the rock strata. Therefore, OSM’s
engineers consider it virtually
impossible for coal mine drilling to
cause a reportable earthquake. To be
certain, we checked with the United
States Geological Survey to determine if
there is any evidence of coal mine
drilling causing earthquakes. We found
no mention of coal mine drilling
causing earthquakes of any size. In
conclusion, we have determined that
the comment is not supported by
available scientific information and
therefore does not warrant conducting
national rulemaking to request
earthquake data in the permit area.
This notice provides the public with
an additional 30 days in which to
comment on the following information
collection activity:

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Title: 30 CFR Parts 779 and 783—
Surface and Underground Mining
Permit Applications—Minimum
Requirements for Environmental
Resources.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0035.
SUMMARY: Applicants for surface and
underground coal mining permits are
required to provide adequate
descriptions of the environmental
resources that may be affected by
proposed mining activities. The
information will be used by the
regulatory authority to determine if the
applicant can comply with
environmental protection performance
standards.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
Description of Respondents: 219 coal
mining operators and 24 state regulatory
authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 2,175.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 188,820.
Total Annual Non-Wage Burden Cost:
$0.
Send comments on the need for the
collection of information for the
performance of the functions of the
agency; the accuracy of the agency’s
burden estimates; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information collection; and ways to
minimize the information collection
burdens on respondents, such as use of
automated means of collections of the
information, to the addresses listed in
ADDRESSES. Please refer to the
appropriate OMB control number in all
correspondence.
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.
Dated: March 12, 2012.
Andrew F. DeVito,
Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
[FR Doc. 2012–6654 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am]
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