30 CFR Parts 779 and 783 - Surface and Underground Mining Permit Applications - Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
779&783.30.2018.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2018-08-21	Available
779 & 783SS.MK.2018.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2018-07-09	Available
779&783.60.2018.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2018-05-22	Available
Part 783.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2009-02-18	Available
Part 779.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2009-02-18	Available
Section 508.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2009-02-18	Available
Section 507.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2009-02-18	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
188090	779/783.25 - Cross Sections, Maps, and Plans. (SRAs)		Modified
188089	779/783.25 - Cross Sections, Maps, and Plans. (Industry)		Modified
188088	779/783.24 - Maps: General Requirements. (SRAs)		Modified
188087	779/783.24 - Maps: General Requirements. (Industry)		Modified
188081	779/783.19 - Vegetation Information. (SRAs)		Modified
188080	779/783.19 - Vegetation Information. (Industry)		Modified
188078	779/783.18 - Climatological Information. (SRAs)		Modified
188077	779/783.18 - Climatological Information. (Industry)		Modified
188076	779/783.11 & .12 - General Requirements and General Environmental Resources and Information. (SRAs)		Modified
11277	779/783.11 & .12 - General Requirements and General Environmental Resources and Information. (Industry)		Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1029-0035	ICR Reference No: 201804-1029-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201507-1029-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/OSMRE	Agency Tracking No: 779 & 783 - ext
Title: 30 CFR Parts 779 and 783 - Surface and Underground Mining Permit Applications - Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/15/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/21/2018
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2018
Responses	1,975	0	1,890
Time Burden (Hours)	174,630	0	162,766
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: 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.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 1201 et seq. Name of Law: The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 23721	05/22/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 42316	08/21/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 10

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
779/783.18 - Climatological Information. (Industry)
779/783.24 - Maps: General Requirements. (Industry)
779/783.25 - Cross Sections, Maps, and Plans. (Industry)
779/783.25 - Cross Sections, Maps, and Plans. (SRAs)
779/783.24 - Maps: General Requirements. (SRAs)
779/783.11 & .12 - General Requirements and General Environmental Resources and Information. (Industry)
779/783.19 - Vegetation Information. (SRAs)
779/783.11 & .12 - General Requirements and General Environmental Resources and Information. (SRAs)
779/783.18 - Climatological Information. (SRAs)
779/783.19 - Vegetation Information. (Industry)

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	1,975	1,890	0	0	85	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	174,630	162,766	0	0	11,864	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: 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.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $43,754

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 08/21/2018

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