Permit application requirements in
Sections 507, 508, 510, 515 and 522 of PL 95-87 (30 USC 1201 et.
seq.) require the applicant to submit the operations and
reclamation plans for coal mining activities.
US Code:
30 USC 1201 et. seq. Name of Law: Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977
The Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (“we” or OSMRE) is submitting this
request to revise its information collection authority for 30 CFR
part 784. This regulation governs the minimum requirements for
preparing Reclamation and Operation Plans to be submitted as part
of an underground mining permit application package. OSMRE proposed
a Stream Protection Rule (SPR) on July 27, 2015, (80 FR 44436)
which proposed to modify the collection requirements in 30 CFR part
784. This proposed rule sought comments from the public comments on
the burden estimates we identified, the availability of data,
frequency of collection, the clarity of instructions and
recordkeeping, disclosure, or reporting format, and on the data
elements to be recorded, disclosed, and reported for the entire
part associated with the information collections approved by the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under 1029-0039. OMB assigned
control number 1029-0136 to this collection, but reserved approval
pending review of the information collection package associated
with the final SPR. OSMRE received over 94,000 comments on the
proposed rule, many of which had information collection
ramifications. These comments were reviewed and the final SPR has
incorporated changes, where appropriate, to reflect the comments.
Likewise, this information collection request has been modified
from the original request to OMB to incorporate those final rule
changes and the public comments which affect this information
collection request. This information collection request will
increase respondent burden by 10,319 hours and $4,655,868 in
non-wage costs due to program changes under the Stream Protection
rule. This information collection request also demonstrates
adjustments of -46,893 hours and -$18,894 in non-wage costs for a
total of 25,033 hours and $5,081,139.
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.
784.27 - What additional permitting requirements apply to proposed activities in or through ephemeral streams? (SRAs)