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OMB Control No: 1029-0036	ICR Reference No: 201409-1029-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201201-1029-004
Agency/Subagency: DOI/OSMRE	Agency Tracking No: Part 780 - change
Title: 30 CFR Part 780 - Surface Mining Permit Applications - Minimum Requirements for Reclamation and Operation Plan
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/14/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/07/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2015	04/30/2015	04/30/2015
Responses	7,116	0	7,596
Time Burden (Hours)	94,076	0	98,876
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,767,623	0	1,791,823

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	7,116	7,596	-480
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	94,076	98,876	-4,800
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,767,623	1,791,823	-24,200

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: OSMRE is submitting this change notice due to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's ruling on February 20, 2014, which vacated the stream buffer zone rule that we published December 12, 2008 (73 FR 75814). The court remanded the matter to us for further proceedings consistent with the decision. In relevant part, the Memorandum Decision stated that vacatur of the 2008 stream buffer zone rule resulted in reinstatement of the regulations in effect before the vacated rule took effect. Therefore, we are removing the provisions of the vacated 2008 rule and reinstating the corresponding information collection burdens in effect before the effective date of the 2008 rule (January 12, 2009).