‘‘(3) the agency has obtained from the Director
a control number to be displayed upon the collection
of information.
‘‘(b) The Director shall provide at least 30 days for
public comment prior to making a decision under sub-
section (c), (d), or (h), except for good cause or as pro-
vided under subsection (j).
‘‘(c)(1) For any proposed collection of information
not contained in a proposed rule, the Director shall notify
the agency involved of the decision to approve or dis-
approve the proposed collection of information.
‘‘(2) The Director shall provide the notification under
paragraph (1), within 60 days after receipt or publication
of the notice under subsection (a)(1)(D), whichever is
later.
‘‘(3) If the Director does not notify the agency of a
denial or approval within the 60-day period described
under paragraph (2)—
‘‘(A) the approval may be inferred;
‘‘(B) a control number shall be assigned with-
out further delay; and
‘‘(C) the agency may collect the information for
not more than 1 year.
‘‘(d)(1) For any proposed collection of information
contained in a proposed rule—
‘‘(A) as soon as practicable, but no later than
the date of publication of a notice of proposed rule-
making in the Federal Register, each agency shall
forward to the Director a copy of any proposed rule
which contains a collection of information and any
information requested by the Director necessary to
make the determination required under this sub-
section; and
‘‘(B) within 60 days after the notice of pro-
posed rulemaking is published in the Federal Reg-
ister, the Director may file public comments pursu-
ant to the standards set forth in section 3508 on the
collection of information contained in the proposed
rule;
‘‘(2) When a final rule is published in the Federal
Register, the agency shall explain—
‘‘(A) how any collection of information con-
tained in the final rule responds to the comments,
if any, filed by the Director or the public; or
‘‘(B) the reasons such comments were rejected.
‘‘(3) If the Director has received notice and failed to
comment on an agency rule within 60 days after the notice
of proposed rulemaking, the Director may not disapprove
any collection of information specifically contained in an
agency rule.
‘‘(4) No provision in this section shall be construed
to prevent the Director, in the Director’s discretion—
‘‘(A) from disapproving any collection of infor-
mation which was not specifically required by an
agency rule;
‘‘(B) from disapproving any collection of infor-
mation contained in an agency rule, if the agency
failed to comply with the requirements of paragraph
(1) of this subsection;
‘‘(C) from disapproving any collection of infor-
mation contained in a final agency rule, if the Direc-
tor finds within 60 days after the publication of the
final rule, and after considering the agency’s re-
sponse to the Director’s comments filed under para-
graph (2), that the collection of information cannot
be approved under the standards set forth in section
3508; or
‘‘(D) from disapproving any collection of infor-
mation contained in a final rule, if—
‘‘(i) the Director determines that the agen-
cy has substantially modified in the final rule
the collection of information contained in the
proposed rule; and
‘‘(ii) the agency has not given the Director
the information required under paragraph (1)