204 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 1 / Wednesday, January 2, 2008 / Notices 

Dated: November 14, 2007. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–25541 Filed 12–31–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submitted for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an 

information collection (1028–0068). 

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 (ICR) to 

renew approval of the paperwork 

requirements for ‘‘Ferrous Metals 

Surveys, (13 USGS forms)’’. This notice 

also provides the public a second 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of this form. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

February 1, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this information collection directly 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk 

Officer for the Department of the 

Interior via OMB e-mail: 

(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov); or by 

fax: (202) 395–6566; and identify your 

submission with #1028–0068. 

Please submit a copy of your 

comments to the Department of the 

Interior, USGS, via: 

• E-mail: atravnic@usgs.gov. Use 

Information Collection Number 1028–

0068 in the subject line. 

• Fax: (703) 648–7069. Use 

Information Collection Number 1028–

0068 in the subject line. 

• Mail or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; USGS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological 

Survey, 807 National Center, Reston, VA 

20192. Please reference Information 

Collection 1028–0068 in your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott F. Sibley at (703) 648–4976. 

Copies of the full Information Collection 

Request and the forms can be obtained 

at no cost at http://www.reginfor.gov or 

by contacting the USGS clearance 

officer at the phone number listed 

below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Ferrous Metals Surveys. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0068. 

Form Number: Various (13 forms). 

Abstract: Respondents to this form 

supply the U.S. Geological Survey with 

domestic consumption data of 12 metals 

and ferroalloys, some of which are 

considered strategic and critical. This 

information will be published as 

chapters in Minerals Yearbooks, 

monthly Mineral Industry Surveys, 

annual Mineral Commodity Summaries, 

and special publications, for use by 

Government agencies, industry, 

education programs, and the general 

public. 

We will protect information from 

respondents considered proprietary 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing 

regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under 

regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data 

and information to be made available to 

the public or for limited inspection.’’

Responses are voluntary. No questions 

of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We 

intend to release data collected on these 

forms only in a summary format that is 

not company-specific. 

Frequency: Monthly and Annually. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: Approximately 1,307 

consumers of ferrous and related metals. 

Respondents are canvasses for one 

frequency period (e.g., monthly 

respondents are not canvasses 

annually). 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

2,979. 

Annual burden hours: 1,614. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The 

currently approved ‘‘hour’’ burden for 

these forms is 1,614 hours. We 

estimated the public reporting burden 

averages 10 minutes to 1 hour per 

response. This includes the time for 

reviewing instructions, gathering and 

maintaining data, and completing and 

reviewing the information. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: We have not identified any 

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated 

with this collection of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

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

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

you are not required to respond to, 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: Before submitting an ICR 

to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (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 ion formation; (c) 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) minimize the burden 

on the respondents, including the use 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, on September 28, 

2007, we published a Federal Register 

notice (72 FR 55242) announcing that 

we would submit this ICR to OMB for 

approval. The notice provided the 

required 60-day public comment period. 

We have received no comments in 

response to the notice. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Alfred Travnicek, 70–

3–648–7231. 

Dated: December 7, 2007. 

John H. DeYoung, Jr., 

Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team. 

[FR Doc. 07–6258 Filed 12–31–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK–932–1430–ET; AA–50224] 

Public Land Order No. 7683; Extension 

of Public Land Order No. 6676; Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public land order. 

SUMMARY: This order extends the 

withdrawal created by Public Land 

Order No. 6676 for an additional 20-year 

period. This extension is necessary to 

continue protection of the United States 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service Cape Fanshaw Natural Area. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 23, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terrie D. Evarts, Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504, 907–271–5630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Section 

204 of the Federal Land Policy and 


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