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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 33 / Friday, February 16, 2018 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX18LR000F60100; OMB Control Number
1028–0053]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Nonferrous Metals Surveys
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is
proposing to renew an information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 17,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
information collection request (ICR) by
mail to the USGS, Information
Collections Officer, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive MS 159, Reston, VA 20192;
or by email to gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1028–0053 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Elizabeth Sangine by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 703–648–7720.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on proposed, revised, and
continuing collections of information.
This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and
minimize the public’s reporting burden.
It also helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are soliciting comments on the
proposed ICR that is described below.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following
issues: (1) Is the collection necessary for
USGS to perform its duties, including
whether the information is useful; (2)
the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) how
to minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of

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public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 may 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.
Abstract: Respondents to these forms
supply the USGS with domestic
production and consumption data for 22
ores, concentrates, and metals, some of
which are considered strategic and
critical to assist in determining
stockpile goals. These data and derived
information will be published as
chapters in Minerals Yearbooks,
monthly Mineral Industry Surveys,
annual Mineral Commodity Summaries,
and special publications, for use by
Government agencies, industry,
education programs, and the general
public.
Title of Collection: Nonferrous Metals
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0053.
Form Number: Various (27 forms).
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Business or Other-For-Profit
Institutions: U.S. nonfuel minerals
producers and consumers of nonferrous
metals and related materials.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 1,400.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 3,647.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: For each form, we will
include an average burden time ranging
from 20 minutes to 1 hour.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,936.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly,
Quarterly, or Annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour
cost’’ burdens associated with this IC.
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 and current expiration
date.
The authorities for this action are the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.), the National
Materials and Minerals Policy, Research
and Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.), and the National Mining

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and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30
U.S.C. 21(a)).
Michael J. Magyar,
Associate Director, National Minerals
Information Center.
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Draft List of Critical Minerals
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The United States is heavily
reliant on imports of certain mineral
commodities that are vital to the
Nation’s security and economic
prosperity. This dependency of the
United States on foreign sources creates
a strategic vulnerability for both its
economy and military to adverse foreign
government action, natural disaster, and
other events that can disrupt supply of
these key minerals. Pursuant to
Executive Order 13817 issued on
December 20, 2017, ‘‘A Federal Strategy
To Ensure Secure and Reliable Supplies
of Critical Minerals,’’ the Secretary of
the Interior presents a draft list of 35
mineral commodities deemed critical
under the definition provided in the
Executive Order. Specifically, an
analysis using multiple criteria
identified 35 minerals or mineral
material groups that are currently
considered critical. These include:
Aluminum (bauxite), antimony, arsenic,
barite, beryllium, bismuth, cesium,
chromium, cobalt, fluorspar, gallium,
germanium, graphite (natural), hafnium,
helium, indium, lithium, magnesium,
manganese, niobium, platinum group
metals, potash, rare earth elements
group, rhenium, rubidium, scandium,
strontium, tantalum, tellurium, tin,
titanium, tungsten, uranium, vanadium,
and zirconium. These commodities
merit consideration in furthering the
policy of the Federal Government to
reduce the Nation’s vulnerability for the
security and prosperity of the United
States. A summary report describing the
methodologies and data sources used to
develop the draft critical minerals list
may be accessed at https://doi.org/
10.3133/ofr20181021. The Department
of the Interior (DOI) seeks comments
addressing the following topics: The
make-up of the draft list and the
rationale associated with potential
additions or subtractions to the draft
list.

SUMMARY:

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