Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,

[Federal Register: June 16, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 115)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection Activities: Approved Collection

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approval of information collection (1010-0071).

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, this notice informs the public and other Federal agencies of the approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of a collection of information. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) provides that 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis London, Rules Processing Team, telephone (703) 787-1600. You may also contact Alexis London to obtain a copy of this collection of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR Part 203, Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates.

Abstract: On January 16, 1998, MMS published a final rule on the titled collection (RIN 1010-AC13, 63 FR 2605) with an effective date of February 16, 1998. The preamble to the final rule stated that the information collection requirement in Sec. 203.61 would not take effect until approved by OMB. The preamble to the final rule provided the required 60-day comment period. On April 1, 1998, MMS published a notice (63 FR 15859) that we had submitted the information collection request to OMB for approval. On May 30, 1998, OMB approved all of the collection of information required in 30 CFR part 203 with an expiration date of May 31, 2001.

MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach (202) 208-7744.

Dated: June 8, 1998. E.P. Danenberger, Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

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