48586 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 23, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

[Docket No. MMS–2009–OMM–0003] 

MMS Information Collection Activity: 

1010–NEW, Alaska Subsistence Study, 

Notice of a New Collection; Submitted 

for Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a new information 

collection (1010–NEW). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to OMB an 

information collection request for 

approval of the paperwork requirements 

in the study being conducted in Alaska, 

Alaska Subsistence Study. This notice 

also provides the public a second 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of these regulatory 

requirements. 

DATE: Submit written comments by 

October 22, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either 

fax (202) 395–5806 or e-mail 

(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) directly 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior (1010–NEW). Please also submit 

a copy of your comments to MMS by 

any of the means below. 

• Electronically: go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Under the tab 

More Search Options, click Advanced 

Docket Search, then select Minerals 

Management Service from the agency 

drop-down menu, then click submit. In 

the Docket ID column, select MMS– 

2009–OMM–0003 to submit public 

comments and to view supporting and 

related materials. Information on using 

Regulations.gov, including instructions 

for accessing documents, submitting 

comments, and viewing the docket after 

the close of the comment period, is 

available through the site’s User Tips 

link. The MMS will post all comments. 

• Mail or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; Minerals 

Management Service; Attention: Cheryl 

Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024; 

Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please 

reference Information Collection 1010– 

NEW in your subject line and include 

your name and address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and 

Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607. You 

may also contact Cheryl Blundon to 

obtain a copy, at no cost, of the study 

that requires the subject collection of 

information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Alaska Subsistence Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–NEW. 

Abstract: The United States Congress, 

through the 1953 Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (OCSLA) [Pub. L. 

95–372, Section 20] and its subsequent 

amendments, requires the Secretary of 

the Department of the Interior to 

monitor and assess the impacts of 

resource development activities in 

Federal waters on human, marine, and 

coastal environments. The OCSLA 

amendments authorize the Secretary of 

the Interior to conduct studies in areas 

or regions of sales to ascertain the 

‘‘environmental impacts on the human, 

marine, and coastal environments of the 

outer Continental Shelf and the coastal 

areas which may be affected by oil and 

gas or other mineral development’’ (43 

U.S.C. 1346). 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4347) requires that all Federal Agencies 

use a systematic, interdisciplinary 

approach to ensure the integrated use of 

the natural and social sciences in any 

planning and decision making that may 

have an effect on the human 

environment. The Council on 

Environmental Quality’s Regulations for 

Implementing Procedural Provisions of 

NEPA (40 CFR 1500–1508) state that the 

‘‘human environment’’ is to be 

‘‘interpreted comprehensively’’ to 

include ‘‘the natural and physical 

environment and the relationship of 

people with that environment’’ (40 CFR 

1508.14). An action’s ‘‘aesthetic, 

historic, cultural, economic, social or 

health’’ effects must be assessed, 

‘‘whether direct, indirect, or 

cumulative’’ (40 CFR 1508.8). 

The U.S. Department of the Interior/ 

Minerals Management Service (DOI/ 

MMS) is the Federal administrative 

agency created both to conduct OCS 

lease sales and to monitor and mitigate 

adverse impacts that might be 

associated with offshore resource 

development. Within the MMS, the 

Environmental Studies Program 

functions to implement and manage the 

responsibilities of research. This study 

will facilitate the meeting of DOI/MMS 

information needs on subsistence food 

harvest and sharing activities in coastal 

Alaska areas. 

Planning areas in Alaska can include 

up to and more than 50,000 square 

miles—a large geographic area with 

diverse, abundant, and environmentally 

sensitive resources. Within these areas, 

DOI’s Proposed OCS Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program considers that there 

will be an oil and gas lease sale in the 

future. The proposed sale area or 

adjacent areas support major productive 

commercial and subsistence fisheries, 

provide habitat to numerous marine 

mammals, and are significant migration 

and staging areas for internationally 

important waterfowl. Numerous 

communities in the State of Alaska rely 

heavily on subsistence or commercial 

fisheries. 

This information collection request 

involves a study that will assess the 

vulnerabilities of several coastal 

communities in Alaska, during various 

times, to the potential effects of offshore 

oil and gas development on subsistence 

food harvest and sharing activities. It 

will investigate the resilience of local 

sharing networks that structure 

contemporary subsistence-cash 

economies using research methods that 

involve residents of these communities 

most proximate to future sale area(s). 

Potential respondents number 

approximately 128 from the total 

number of households. Given the small 

number of households, all will be 

interviewed. The frequency of responses 

submitted will be a one-time event for 

each study and responses are voluntary. 

The respondent will be asked questions 

by the interviewee who will also record 

responses. This study will be conducted 

in a face-to-face setting. The 

questionnaires will be administered 

under the guidelines of 45 CFR 46. The 

introduction that will be covered with 

each participant stresses that 

participation is voluntary and 

anonymity will be maintained. No 

names will appear on the study form, no 

photographs will be taken of any 

informant, and no videotaping will be 

conducted. Minor children and 

prisoners will not be interviewed. 

Procedures designed to protect the 

confidentiality of the information 

provided will include the use of coded 

selection and identification numbers to 

protect the identities of respondents. 

The MMS will use the information 

collected to gain knowledge about local 

social systems that will help shape 

development leasing strategies and 

serve as an interim baseline for impact 

monitoring to compare against future 

research in these areas. This study being 

conducted was requested by the 

Environmental Assessment section of 

the Alaska region specifically for use in 

future Environmental Impact Statements 

and Environmental Assessments. 

Without this data, MMS will not have 

sufficient information to make informed 

leasing and development decisions for 

these areas. 

Frequency: Voluntary, one-time event, 

per study. 

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Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: Approximately 128 

respondents from all persons in the 

Native Alaskan household/community. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The MMS 

estimates the total annual burden hours 

to be 192 (128 respondents × 1.5 hours 

per questionnaire = 192 total burden 

hours). 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no paperwork nonhour cost burdens associated with the 

collection of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 

requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide 

notice * * * and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information * * *’’ 

Agencies must specifically solicit 

comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

duties, including whether the 

information is useful; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, on May 1, 2009, 

we published a Federal Register notice 

(74 FR 20329) announcing that we 

would submit this information 

collection request to OMB for approval. 

The notice provided the required 60-day 

comment period. This notice also 

informed the public that they may 

comment at any time on the collection 

of information and provided the address 

to which they should send comments. 

We have received no comments in 

response to these efforts. 

If you wish to comment in response 

to this notice, you may send your 

comments to the offices listed under the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. The 

OMB has up to 60 days to approve or 

disapprove the information collection 

but may respond after 30 days. 

Therefore, to ensure maximum 

consideration, OMB should receive 

public comments by October 22, 2009. 

Public Availability of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

MMS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202) 

208–7744. 

Dated: July 9, 2009. 

E.P. Danenberger, 

Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–22832 Filed 9–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for 1029–0051 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing 

its intention to request approval to 

continue the collection of information 

for 30 CFR part 840—Permanent 

Program Inspection and Enforcement 

Procedures. This information collection 

activity was previously approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), and assigned control number 

10290051. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection activities must be 

received by November 23, 2009, to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 

Constitution Ave, NW., Room 202–SIB, 

Washington, DC 20240. Comments may 

also be submitted electronically to 

jtrelease@osmre.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this collection of information, contact 

John Trelease, at (202) 208–2783 or by 

e-mail listed in ADDRESSES. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB 

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 

implement provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), 

require that interested members of the 

public and affected agencies have an 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection and recordkeeping activities 

[see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d)]. This notice 

identifies an information collection that 

OSM will be submitting to OMB for 

renewed approval. The collection is 

contained in 30 CFR part 840— 

Permanent Program Inspection and 

Enforcement Procedures. OSM will 

request a 3-year term of approval for 

each information collection activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

need for the collection of information 

for the performance of the functions of 

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (4) 

ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on respondents, such 

as use of automated means of collection 

of the information. A summary of the 

public comments will accompany 

OSM’s submission of the information 

collection request to OMB. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: (1) Title 

of the information collection; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) summary of the 

information collection activity; and (4) 

frequency of collection, description of 

the respondents, estimated total annual 

responses, and the total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

the collection of information. 

Title: 30 CFR part 840—Permanent 

Program Inspection and Enforcement 

Procedures. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0051. 

Abstract: This provision requires the 

regulatory authority to conduct periodic 

inspections of coal mining activities, 

and prepare and maintain inspection 

reports and other related documents for 

OSM and public review. This 

information is necessary to meet the 

requirements of the Surface Mining 

Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 

and its public participation provisions. 

Public review assures the public that the 

State is meeting the requirements for the 

Act and approved State regulatory 

program. 

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