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(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: The information is used to 

maintain a record of coal produced for 

sale, transfer, or use nationwide each 

calendar quarter, the method of coal 

removal and the type of coal, and the 

basis for coal tonnage reporting in 

compliance with 30 CFR 870 and 

section 401 of Pub. L. 95–87. Individual 

reclamation fee payment liability is 

based on this information. Without the 

collection of this information, OSMRE 

could not implement its regulatory 

responsibilities and collect the fee. 

Title of Collection: Fee Collection and 

Coal Production Reporting and form 

OSM–1, Coal Reclamation Fee Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0063. 

Form Number: OSM–1. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Businesses. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 340. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,082. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 4 minutes to 15 minutes, 

depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 413. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Frequency of Collection: Annual. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $158,160. 

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, 

Office of Surfacing Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02056 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1123–0014] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Revision of a 

Previously Approved Collection; 

Application for Certificate of Pardon 

for Simple Possession of Marijuana 

AGENCY: Office of the Pardon Attorney, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Pardon 

Attorney, Department of Justice (DOJ), 

will be submitting the following 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until April 

2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions or 

additional information, please contact 

Kira Gillespie, Deputy Pardon Attorney, 

Office of the Pardon Attorney, 950 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Main 

Justice—RFK Building, Washington, DC 

20530; uspardon.attorney@usdoj.gov; 

202–616–6070. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; and 

—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 

responses. 

Abstract: The President issued a 

Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the 

Offense of Simple Possession Marijuana 

(Proclamation) on October 6, 2022. In 

that proclamation, he directed the 

Attorney General, acting through the 

Pardon Attorney, to develop procedures 

to ‘‘administer and effectuate the 

issuance of certificates of pardon to 

eligible applicants . . . . as soon as 

reasonably practicable.’’ The 

Proclamation specifically commands the 

Pardon Attorney to ‘‘develop and 

announce application procedures.’’ 

Accordingly, the Pardon Attorney had 

developed the subject form to collect 

information from potential pardon 

recipients, which was granted full 

approval under OMB Number 0123– 

0014, on September 5, 2023. 

On December 22, 2023, the President 

issued a second proclamation that 

broadened the pardon to additional 

persons convicted of simple possession 

of marijuana under Federal or D.C. code 

law. 

The second proclamation expanded 

the statutes of conviction eligible for a 

pardon, the circumstances under which 

eligible persons have been pardoned, 

and the time frame covered by the 

pardon. Consequently, the number of 

persons eligible to apply for a certificate 

proving the pardon has also increased. 

Importantly, there is virtually no 

change to the burden that an individual 

applicant will incur: the application 

continues to ask applicants to confirm 

that the petitioner is U.S. citizen or 

lawful permanent resident who was 

lawfully in the country at the time the 

marijuana offense occurred; information 

regarding their current citizenship 

status, and if naturalized, the date or if 

a lawful permanent resident, the date 

that status was attained; the alien 

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lawful permanent resident or 

naturalized citizen applicant; 

information regarding the specific court 

in which the applicant was charged or 

convicted and the date of said 

conviction, if any; information regarding 

the applicant’s race, gender, and 

ethnicity; identifying information 

regarding the applicant’s date and place 

of birth; and documentation of the 

applicant’s charge or convictions. 

The information collected from the 

Certificate Application will primarily be 

used to determine whether the applicant 

qualifies for pardon under the terms of 

the Proclamation. The information may 

also be used to provide statistical 

analysis of the demographics of pardon 

recipients and applicants. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

Revision of a previously approved 

collection. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for Certificate of Pardon for 

Simple Possession of Marijuana. 

3. The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

There is no agency form number for this 

collection. The applicable component 

within the Department of Justice is the 

Office of the Pardon Attorney. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as the 

obligation to respond: Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. The 

obligation to respond is voluntary. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Available information suggests 

that the new proclamation has 

approximately doubled the potential 

applicant pool. However, the review of 

the applications received within a 10- 

month time frame indicates that 1,500 

applicants annually is a reasonable 

projection. We estimate an average of 

120 minutes for each applicant to 

respond to the collection. 

6. An estimate of the total annual 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: Considering the above 

projected figures, we estimate hours of 

annual burden to the public. 

7. An estimate of the total annual cost 

burden associated with the collection, if 

applicable: $0. 

TOTAL BURDEN HOURS

Activity Number of 

respondents Frequency 

Total 

annual 

responses 

Time per response 

Total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

Application ............................. 1,500 1/annually ............................. 1,500 2 hrs ...................................... 3,000 

Unduplicated Totals ........ 1,500 ............................................... 1,500 ............................................... 3,000 

If additional information is required 

contact: Darwin Arceo, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE, 4W–218, 

Washington, DC. 

Dated: January 30, 2024. 

Darwin Arceo, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02133 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

[OMB Number 1123–0NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; New 

Collection; Application for Remission 

of Financial Penalties 

AGENCY: Office of the Pardon Attorney, 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Pardon 

Attorney, Department of Justice (DOJ), 

will be submitting the following 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for 60 days until April 

2, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions or 

additional information, please contact 

Kira Gillespie, Deputy Pardon Attorney, 

Office of the Pardon Attorney, 950 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Main 

Justice—RFK Building, Washington, DC 

20530; uspardon.attorney@usdoj.gov; 

202–616–6070. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Bureau of Justice 

Statistics, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Evaluate whether and if so how the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected can be 

enhanced; and 

—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 

responses. 

Abstract: Applicants seeking 

remission of financial penalties by the 

President will be asked to respond to 

this collection. The principal purpose 

for collecting this information is to 

enable the Office of the Pardon Attorney 

to process applicants’ requests for 

remission of financial penalties. The 

information is necessary to verify 

applicants’ identities, conduct 

investigation of the applicants’ 

backgrounds, criminal records, and 

conduct since their conviction, and to 

provide notice to the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, 

U.S. Probation Offices, and Federal 

courts in the event of grants of executive 

clemency. 


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