62598 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 12, 2023 / Notices 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 114 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 11,500. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

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. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Mark J. Gehlhar, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Division of Regulatory Support. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19685 Filed 9–11–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 

231S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 

SX064A000 23XS501520; OMB Control 

Number 1029–0091] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Requirements for Surface 

Coal Mining and Reclamation 

Operations on Indian Lands 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: 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. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

12, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments to Mark Gehlhar, 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement, 1849 C Street NW, 

Room 4556–MIB, Washington, DC 

20240, or by email to mgehlhar@

osmre.gov. Please reference OMB 

Control Number 1029–0091 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Mark Gehlhar by email 

at mgehlhar@osmre.gov, or by telephone 

at (202) 208–2716. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may 

also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on May 4, 

2023 (88 FR 28612). No comments were 

received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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. 

Abstract: Surface coal mining permit 

applicants who conduct or propose to 

conduct surface coal mining and 

reclamation operations on Indian lands 

must comply with the requirements of 

30 CFR 750 pursuant to section 710 of 

SMCRA. 

Title of Collection: Requirements for 

Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation 

Operations on Indian Lands. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0091. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Businesses. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 4. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 36. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 120 hours to 

1,800 hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 7,320. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Once and 

annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $34,000. 

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. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Mark J. Gehlhar, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Division of Regulatory Support. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19626 Filed 9–11–23; 8:45 am] 

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