In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three
years.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2021
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2018
1,975
0
1,890
174,630
0
162,766
0
0
0
Applications for surface and
underground coal mining permits are required to provide adequate
descriptions of the environmental resources that may be affected by
proposed surface mining activities.
US Code:
30 USC 1201 et seq. Name of Law: The Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977
This submission represents a
net increase of 11,864 hours from the currently approved collection
burden for 30 CFR Parts 779/783, increasing the burden for those
parts from 162,766 hours to 174,630 hours. There continues to be a
steady decrease in the number of new permit applications received
and processed each year. However, we are now including permits with
significant revisions in our number of respondents for Parts 777
& 783. We are doing so because significant revisions (those
revisions that add acreage but are not incidental boundary
revisions) often require nearly the same amount of operator
preparation and regulatory authority review as a new permit.
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.