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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. 

Dated: September 12, 2008. 

Susan M. Fry, 

Regional Environmental Officer, Mid-Pacific 

Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–23985 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Southern Delivery System Project, CO 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Publication and 

Announcement of Public Hearing for the 

Supplemental Information Report (SIR) 

for the Southern Delivery System (SDS) 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(Draft EIS). 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation), under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, is 

announcing the opportunity for the 

public to review and comment on a SIR 

for the SDS Draft EIS. A public hearing 

to supplement the opportunity to 

comment on the SIR is also being 

announced. Reclamation previously 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 50055) on August 25, 

2008, providing for extended public 

commenting on the water quality 

portion of the Draft EIS. Since then 

Reclamation has completed additional 

water quality analysis and is providing 

an opportunity for the public to 

comment on the new analysis. With this 

notice Reclamation is therefore closing 

the comment period on the original 

water quality analysis as mentioned in 

the August 25, 2008, notice and opening 

the comment period for the new water 

quality analysis. Reclamation has 

included this analysis in a SIR for the 

Draft EIS that updates and provides 

additional information that was not in 

the Draft EIS. The additional 

information includes, but is not 

necessarily limited to, the following 

topics: water quality analyses, potential 

effects on the western slope of Colorado, 

potential effects of a failure of new 

dams, effects of physical changes to the 

alternatives and reasonably foreseeable 

actions, clarification of Reclamation’s 

purpose and need statement, changes in 

the project sponsors’ Proposed Action, 

and identification of Reclamation’s 

preferred alternative. The new and 

additional information is contained in 

the report titled ‘‘Supplemental 

Information Report for the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Southern Delivery System Project, 

Colorado.’’ For access to the report and 

dates and locations of the public 

hearing, please see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section in this 

announcement. 

DATES: Reclamation will accept 

comments on the SIR during a 45-day 

comment period beginning with the 

date this notice is published. Comments 

must be received on or before November 

24, 2008, in order to be considered. 

Public Hearing 

Reclamation will hold a public 

hearing to receive oral and written 

comments on the SIR at the following 

time and place: 

• October 29, 2008, 6 p.m.–9 p.m., 

Pueblo Convention Center, 320 Central 

Main Street, Pueblo, Colorado 81003 

The meeting place is accessible to 

people with physical disabilities. People 

needing special assistance to attend 

and/or participate in the hearing should 

contact Kara Lamb at 970–962–4326 as 

soon as possible. To allow sufficient 

time to process special requests, please 

call no later than one week before the 

hearing date. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in writing by facsimile, email, or at the public hearing. Send 

comments to Supplemental Information 

Report, Southern Delivery System EIS, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Eastern 

Colorado Area Office, 11056 W. County 

Road 18E, Loveland, CO 80537. Send 

facsimiles to the attention of Kara Lamb 

at 970–663–3212. E-mail comments may 

be sent to klamb@gp.usbr.gov with SIR 

SDS Comment as the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kara 

Lamb, telephone: (970) 962–4326 or 

FAX (970) 663–3212 or e-mail 

klamb@gp.usbr.gov. Mail requests 

should be addressed to the Bureau of 

Reclamation at the address provided in 

the ADDRESSES section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SIR is 

available online at the http:// 

www.sdseis.com Web site or by 

contacting Kara Lamb at the address 

above. Comments on the SIR would be 

added to those already received on the 

Draft EIS and will be considered in 

preparation of the Final EIS. For those 

people who have provided comments 

on the Draft EIS your comments do not 

need to be submitted again. 

Public Disclosure Statement: Before 

including your name, address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Dated: October 3, 2008. 

Roxanne E. Peterson, 

Acting, Assistant Regional Director, Great 

Plains Region. 

[FR Doc. E8–23963 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for 1029–0036 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement. 

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 request 

for 30 CFR part 780 which relates to 

surface mining permit applications— 

minimum requirements for reclamation 

and operation plans has been forwarded 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and comment. The 

information collection request describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and the expected burden and cost. 

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 

November 10, 2008, in order to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection request, contact John A. 

Trelease at (202) 208–2783, or 

electronically to jtrelease@osmre.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted to the Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, Department of 

the Interior Desk Officer, via e-mail at 

OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov, or by 

facsimile to (202) 395–6566. Also, 

please send a copy of your comments to 

John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 

Constitution Ave, NW., Room 202–SIB, 

Washington, DC 20240, or electronically 


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to jtrelease@osmre.gov. Please reference 

1029–0036 in your correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations at 5 CFR part 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 a request to OMB to renew its 

approval of the collection of information 

contained in 30 CFR Part 780—Surface 

Mining Permit Applications—Minimum 

Requirements for Reclamation and 

Operation Plans. 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 

number for this collection of 

information is 1029–0036. 

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a 

Federal Register notice soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on July 1, 

2008 (73 FR 37486). 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: 30 CFR Part 780—Surface 

Mining Permit Applications—Minimum 

Requirements for Reclamation and 

Operation Plan. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0036. 

SUMMARY: Sections 507(b), 508(a), 

510(b), 515(b) and (d), and 522 of Public 

Law 95–87 require applicants to submit 

operations and reclamation plans for 

coal mining activities. Information 

collection is needed to determine 

whether the plans will achieve the 

reclamation and environmental 

protections pursuant to the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act. 

Without this information, Federal and 

State regulatory authorities cannot 

review and approve permit application 

requests. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Description of Respondents: 

Applicants for surface coal mine 

permits on Federal lands and State 

regulatory authorities. 

Total Annual Respondents: 225 

applicants and 221 State responses. 

Total Annual Burden Hours for 

Applicants: 281,706. 

Total Annual Burden Hours for State 

Regulatory Authorities: 78,457. 

Total Annual Burden Hours for All 

Respondents: 360,163. 

Total Annual Burden Costs for All 

Respondents: $1,992,395. 

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 individual listed in 

ADDRESSES. Please refer to OMB control 

number 1029–0036 in all 

correspondence. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Dated: October 2, 2008. 

John A. Trelease, 

Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support. 

[FR Doc. E8–23794 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for 1029–0059 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement. 

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 

its intention to request renewed 

authority to collect information for: 

OSM grant forms—OSM–47 (Budget 

Information Report), OSM–49 (Budget 

Information and Financial Reporting) 

and OSM–51 (Performance and Program 

narrative); 30 CFR part 735 (Grants for 

Program Development and 

Administration and Enforcement); and 

30 CFR part 886 (State and Tribal 

Reclamation Grants). 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection must be received 

by December 8, 2008, to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 

1951 Constitution Ave, NW., Room 202– 

SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Comments 

may also be submitted electronically to 

jtrelease@osmre.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

receive a copy of the information 

collection request, contact John A. 

Trelease, at (202) 208–2783 or 

electronically at jtrelease@osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations at 5 CFR part 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)]. This notice 

identifies information collections that 

OSM will be submitting to OMB for 

approval. These collections are 

contained in OSM grant forms—OSM– 

47 (Budget Information Report), OSM– 

49 (Budget Information and Financial 

Reporting) and OSM–51 (Performance 

and Program narrative); 30 CFR part 735 

(Grants for Program Development and 

Administration and Enforcement); and 

30 CFR part 886 (State and Tribal 

Reclamation Grants). OSM will request 

a 3-year term of approval for each 

information collection activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

need for the collection of information 

for the performance of the functions of 

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (4) 

ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on respondents, such 

as use of automated means of collection 

of the information. A summary of the 

public comments will accompany 

OSM’s submission of the information 

collection request to OMB. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: (1) Title 

of the information collection; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) summary of the 

information collection activity; and (4) 

frequency of collection, description of 

the respondents, estimated total annual 

responses, and the total annual 


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