Reclamation Awards 60-day FR Notice

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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 21 / Wednesday, January 31, 2018 / Notices

requiring special accommodations to
access the public meeting should
contact Ms. Grantz at least five (5)
business days prior to the meeting so
that appropriate arrangements can be
made.
Public Disclosure of Comments: Time
will be allowed at the meeting for any
individual or organization wishing to
make formal oral comments. To allow
for full consideration of information by
the AMWG members, written notice
must be provided to Katrina Grantz,
Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado
Regional Office, 125 South State Street,
Room 8100, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138;
email at [email protected]; or facsimile
(801) 524–3807, at least five (5) business
days prior to the meeting. Any written
comments received will be provided to
the AMWG members.
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: December 18, 2017.
Katrina Grantz,
Chief, Adaptive Management Work Group,
Environmental Resources Division, Upper
Colorado Regional Office.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Reclamation Awards—Call
for Nominations
Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.
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AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE),
are proposing to renew an information
collection for OSMRE’s call for
nominations for its Excellence in
Surface Coal Mining Reclamation

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Awards and Abandoned Mine Land
Reclamation Awards.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 2,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to: The Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement,
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Attn: John Trelease, 1849 C
Street NW, Mail Stop 4559, Washington,
DC 20240. Comments may also be
submitted electronically to jtrelease@
osmre.gov.
To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact John Trelease by email
at [email protected], or by telephone
at (202) 208–2783.
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 new, 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 to
the proper functions of the OSMRE; (2)
is the estimate of burden accurate; (3)
how might the OSMRE enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) how
might the OSMRE 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
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 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.
This notice provides the public with
60 days in which to comment on the
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following information collection
activity:
Title of Collection: Reclamation
Awards—Call for Nominations.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0129.
Abstract: This information collection
clearance package is being submitted by
the Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)
for renewed approval to collect
information for our annual call for
nominations for our Excellence in
Surface Coal Mining Reclamation
Awards and Abandoned Mine Land
Reclamation Awards. Since 1986, the
Office of Surface Mining has presented
awards to coal mine operators who
completed exemplary active
reclamation. A parallel award program
for abandoned mine land reclamation
began in 1992. The objective was to give
public recognition to those responsible
for the nation’s most outstanding
achievement in environmentally sound
surface mining and land reclamation
and to encourage the exchange and
transfer of successful reclamation
technology. This collection request
seeks a three-year term of approval.
Form Numbers: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Industry and state/tribal nominees for
reclamation awards and state/tribal
judges.
Total Annual Responses: 14 active
mine respondents, 11 state and tribal
abandoned mine land program
respondents, and 26 state and tribal
judges.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,646.
Total Annual Non-Wage Burden:
$2,500.
The authority for this action are the
Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C.
1201, et seq.) and the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501,
et seq.).
Dated: January 26, 2018.
John A. Trelease,
Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.
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