38932 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 157 / Wednesday, August 16, 2017 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A0067F 

178S180110; S2D2D SS08011000 SX066A00 

33F 17XS501520] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Permanent Program 

Performance Standards—Surface and 

Underground Mining Activities 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSMRE) is 

announcing its intention to request 

renewed approval for the collection of 

information for the permanent program 

performance standards—surface mining 

activities and underground mining 

activities. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection must be received 

by October 16, 2017, to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 

Constitution Ave. NW., Room 203—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 Trelease, 

at (202) 208–2783, or by email at 

jtrelease@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)]. This notice 

identifies an information collection that 

OSMRE will be submitting to OMB for 

renewed approval. This collection is 

contained in 30 CFR parts 816 and 

817—Permanent Program Performance 

Standards—Surface and Underground 

Mining Activities. OSMRE will request 

a 3-year term of approval for this 

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 parts 816 and 817 is 1029– 

0047. Responses are required to obtain 

a benefit for this collection. 

OSMRE has revised burden estimates, 

where appropriate, to reflect current 

reporting levels or adjustments based on 

reestimates of burden or respondents 

and costs. 

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 

OSMRE’s submission of the information 

collection request to OMB. 

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. 

This notice provides the public with 

60 days in which to comment on the 

following information collection 

activity: 

Title: 30 CFR parts 816 and 817— 

Permanent Program Performance 

Standards—Surface and Underground 

Mining Activities. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0047. 

Summary: Sections 515 and 516 of the 

Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act of 1977 provide that 

permittees conducting coal mining 

operations shall meet all applicable 

performance standards of the Act. The 

information collected is used by the 

regulatory authority to monitor and 

inspect surface coal mining activities to 

ensure that they are conducted in 

compliance with the requirements of the 

Act. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Frequency of Collection: Once, on 

occasion, quarterly and annually. 

Description of Respondents: Coal 

mining operators and State regulatory 

authorities. 

Total Annual Responses: 391,081. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 

1,963,782. 

Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$8,662,409. 

Authority: The authorities for this action 

are the Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 

U.S.C. 1201 et seq.), and the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.). 

Dated: June 27, 2017. 

John A. Trelease, 

Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17291 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX066A0067F 

178S180110; S2D2D SS08011000 SX066A00 

33F 17XS501520] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: OMB Control Number 1029– 

0039; Underground Mining Permit 

Applications—Minimum Requirements 

for Reclamation and Operation Plans 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments for 1029–0039. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSMRE) is 

announcing its intention to request 

renewed approval for the collection of 

information for Underground Mining 

Permit Applications—Minimum 

Requirements for Reclamation and 

Operation Plans. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection must be received 

by October 16, 2017, to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to 

John Trelease, Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 

Constitution Avenue NW., Room 203– 

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 Trelease, 

at (202) 208–2783, or by email at 

jtrelease@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)]. This notice 

identifies an information collection that 

OSMRE will be submitting to OMB for 


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