Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Request for Comments for 1029-0120

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)

Federal Register Volume 80, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)

Notices

Pages 80385-80386

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2015-32423

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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Notice of Proposed Information Collection; Request for Comments for 1029-0120

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 approval to continue the collection of information for one of its Technical Training Program forms: Nomination and Request for Payment. This information collection activity was previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and assigned control number 1029-0120.

DATES: Comments on the proposed information collection activity must be received by February 22, 2016, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 for the OSMRE Technical Training Nomination and Request for Payment Form (OSM-105). OSMRE will request a 3-year term of approval for this 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 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.

Title: Nomination and Request for Payment Form for OSMRE Technical Training Courses.

OMB Control Number: 1029-0120.

Summary: The information is used to identify and evaluate the training courses requested by students to enhance their job performance, to calculate the number of classes and instructors needed to complete OSMRE's technical training mission, and to estimate costs to the training program.

Bureau Form Numbers: OSM-105.

Frequency of Collection: Once for each training course.

Description of Respondents: State and Tribal regulatory and reclamation employees and industry personnel.

Total Annual Responses: 944 responses.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 5 minutes per respondent, or 79 total hours.

Obligation to Respond: Required in order to obtain or retain benefits.

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Dated: December 21, 2015.

John A. Trelease,

Acting Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

FR Doc. 2015-32423 Filed 12-23-15; 8:45 am

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