Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 187 / Thursday, September 28, 2023 / Notices 66883 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX23LR000F60100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0068/Renewal] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Ferrous Metals Surveys 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is proposing to renew an 

Information Collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 27, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this Information Collection Request 

(ICR) by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, 

Information Collections Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–0068 

Ferrous Minerals Survey in the subject 

line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Elizabeth S. Sangine by 

email at escottsangine@usgs.gov or by 

telephone at 703–648–7720. 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 PRA, (44 U.S.C. 

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

information collections require 

approval. We may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor are you required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

federal agencies 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 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 the agency might 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. 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 personally 

identifiable information (PII) in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

PII—may be made publicly available at 

any time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your PII from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Abstract: Respondents to these forms 

supply the USGS with domestic 

production and consumption data for 13 

ores, concentrates, metals, and 

ferroalloys, some of which are 

considered strategic and critical, to 

assist in determining National Defense 

Stockpile goals. These data and derived 

information will be published as 

chapters in Mineral Yearbooks, monthly 

Mineral Industry Surveys, annual 

Mineral Commodity Summaries, and 

special publications for use by 

government agencies, Congressional 

offices, educational institutions, 

research organizations, financial 

institutions, consulting firms, industry, 

academia, and the general public. 

Title of Collection: Ferrous Metals 

Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0068. 

Form Number: Various (15 USGS 

forms). 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Businesses or other for-profit 

institutions: U.S. nonfuel mineral 

producers and consumers of ferrous and 

related metals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 980. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,718. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: For each form, we will 

include an average burden time ranging 

from 10 minutes to 1 hour. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,364. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Monthly or 

Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour 

cost’’ burdens associated with this ICR. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authorities for this action are the 

PRA, the National Materials and 

Minerals Policy, Research and 

Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C. 

1601 et seq.), the National Mining and 

Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 

21(a)), the Strategic and Critical 

Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 

et seq.), and the Defense Production Act 

(50 U.S.C. 2061 et seq.). 

Steven Fortier, 

Director, National Minerals Information 

Center, U.S. Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21183 Filed 9–27–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4338–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[FF01R05000/XXX/FSRS34510100000/ 

OROR–106303965] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Opportunity for Public Meeting for the 

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, 

Oregon 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: On behalf of the United States 

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and 

subject to valid existing rights, the 

Secretary of the Interior proposes to 

withdraw 199.90 acres of public lands 

from appropriation under the public 

land laws, including location and entry 

under the United States mining laws, 

subject to valid existing rights, for up to 

100 years to protect and reserve the land 

for management as part of the Malheur 


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