[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2686-2687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00524]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-NRSS-GRD-12018; PPWONRADG0, PPMRSNR1N.NG0000]
Information Collection Request Sent to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Mining and Mining Claims and Non-Federal
Oil and Gas Rights
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We (National Park Service, NPS) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval. We summarize
the ICR below and describe the nature of the collection and the
estimated burden and cost. This information collection is scheduled to
expire on February 28, 2013. We 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. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on or before February 13, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior at
OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-5806 (fax) or OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov
(email). Please provide a copy of your comments to the Information
Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service, 1201 I Street NW.,
MS 1237, Washington, DC 20005 (mail); or madonna_baucum@nps.gov
(email). Please reference OMB Control Number 1024-0064 in the subject
line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Edward O. Kassman, Jr., Regulatory Specialist,
Energy and Minerals Branch, Geologic Resources Division, National Park
Service, P.O. Box 25287, Lakewood, Colorado 80225 (mail); (303) 987-
6792 (fax); or Edward_Kassman@nps.gov (email). You may review the ICR
online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to review
Department of the Interior collections under review by OMB.
I. Abstract
The Organic Act of 1916 (NPS Organic Act) (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.)
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to develop regulations for
national park
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units under the Department's jurisdiction. The Mining in the Parks Act
(16 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) directs the Secretary of the Interior to
regulate all operations in park units in connection with the exercise
of mineral rights on patented and unpatented mining claims.
The regulations at 36 CFR part 9, Subparts A and B, ensure that
mining and non-Federal oil and gas activities on units of the National
Park System are conducted in a manner consistent with preserving each
unit for the benefit of present and future generations. The information
required by Subpart A identifies the claim, claimant, and operator (the
claimant and operator are often the same) and details how the operator
intends to access and develop the minerals associated with the claim.
It also identifies the steps the operator intends to take to minimize
any adverse impacts of the mining operations on park resource and
values. No information, except claim ownership information, is
submitted unless the claimant wishes to conduct mining operations. The
information required by Subpart B identifies the owner and operator
(the owner and operator are often the same) and details how the
operator intends to access and develop the oil and gas rights. It also
identifies the steps the operator intends to take to minimize any
adverse impacts on park resources and values. No information is
submitted unless the owner wishes to conduct oil and gas operations.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024-0064.
Title: Mining Claims and Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights, 36 CFR
part 9, Subparts A and B.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: Businesses.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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Completion
Activity Number of Number of time per Total annual
respondents responses response burden hours
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Mining and Mining Claims........................ 1 1 176 176
Non-Federal Oil and Gas Rights.................. 20 20 176 3,520
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Totals...................................... 21 21 .............. 3,696
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Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
III. Request for Comments
On July 20, 2012, we published in the Federal Register (77 FR
42760) a notice of our intent to request that OMB renew approval for
this information collection. In that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on September 18, 2012. We did not receive any comments.
We again invite comments concerning this information collection on:
Whether or not the collection of information is necessary,
including whether or not the information will have practical utility;
The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this
collection of information;
Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents.
Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice
are a matter of public record. 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.
Dated: January 8, 2013.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, National Park Service.
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