31250 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 112 / Monday, June 11, 2001 / Notices

interests in the above mentioned PLO, is

lifted, and the land opened to such

forms of disposition as may by law be

made of forest system lands, subject to

valid existing rights, the provisions of

existing withdrawals, other segregations

of record, and the requirements of

applicable law.

Dated: May 24, 2001.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 01–14561 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, 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

that the information collection requests

for the titles described below have been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The information collection

requests describe the nature of the

information collections and the

expected burden and cost for 30 CFR

Parts 764 and 822.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to

approve or disapprove the information

collections but may respond after 30

days. Therefore, public comments

should be submitted to OMB by July 11,

2001, in order to be assured of

consideration.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of Interior Desk Officer, 725

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503. Also, please send a copy of your

comments to John A. Trelease, Office of

Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave.,

NW., Room 210–SIB, Washington, DC

20240, or electronically to

jtreleas@osmre.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request a copy of either information

collection request, explanatory

information and related forms, contact

John A. Trelease at (202) 208–2783, or

electronically to jtreleas@osmre.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (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)]. OSM has

submitted two requests to OMB to

renew its approval of the collections of

information contained in: State

processes for designating areas

unsuitable for surface coal mining

operations, 30 CFR part 764; and

Special permanent program

performance standards—operations in

alluvial valley floors, 30 CFR part 822.

OSM is requesting a 3-year term of

approval for each information collection

activity.

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 OMB control

numbers for these collections of

information care 1029–0030 for part

764, and 1029–0049 for Part 822.

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

Federal Register notices soliciting

comments on these collections of

information was published on March

12, 2001 (66 FR 14420). No comments

were received. This notice provides the

public with an additional 30 days in

which to comment on the following

information collection activities:

Title: State processes for designating

areas unsuitable for surface coal mining

operations, 30 CFR Part 764.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0030.

Summary: This part implements the

requirement of section 522 of the

Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), P.L.

95–87, which provides authority for

citizens to petition States to designate

lands unsuitable for surface coal mining

operations, or to terminate such

designation. The regulatory authority

uses the information to identify, locate,

compare and evaluate the area requested

to be designated as unsuitable, or

terminate the designation, for surface

coal mining operations.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once.

Description of Respondents: The 4

individuals, groups or businesses who

petition the States, and the 4 State

regulatory authorities that must process

the petitions.

Total Annual Responses: 4.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,285.

Title: Special permanent program

performance standards—operations in

alluvial valley floors, 30 CFR Part 822.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0049.

Summary: Sections 510(b)(5) and

515(b)(10)(F) of the Surface Coal Mining

and Reclamation Act of 1977 (the Act)

protect alluvial valley floors from the

adverse effects of surface coal mining

operations west of the 100th meridian.

Part 822 requires the permittee to

install, maintain, and operate a

monitoring system in order to provide

specific protection for alluvial valley

floors. This information is necessary to

determine whether the unique

hydrologic conditions of alluvial valley

floors are protected according to the

Act.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Annually.

Description of Respondents: 10

surface coal mining operators who

operate on alluvial valley floors.

Total Annual Responses: 10.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.

Send comments on the need for the

collections of information for the

performance of the functions of the

agency; the accuracy of the agency’s

burden estimates; ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information collections; and ways to

minimize the information collection

burdens on respondents, such as use of

automated means of collections of the

information, to the following addresses.

Please refer to the appropriate OMB

control numbers in all correspondence.

Dated: May 9, 2001.

Richard G. Bryson,

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

[FR Doc. 01–14581 Filed 6–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation

Program Guidelines

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of revised guidelines for

abandoned mine land reclamation

programs and projects.

SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

(we or OSM) have revised the

Abandoned Mine Land (AML)

Reclamation Program Guidelines which

were published on December 30, 1996

(61 FR 68777). We requested comments

in the Notice of Intent to revise these

guidelines published on November 16,

2000 (65 FR 69331). Based on comments

received, the guidelines have been

revised and are printed below. The

revisions incorporate new procedures