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OMB Control No: 1029-0047	ICR Reference No: 201710-1029-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201410-1029-003
Agency/Subagency: DOI/OSMRE	Agency Tracking No: Parts 816 & 817 - ext.
Title: 30 CFR Parts 816 and 817 - Permanent Program Performance Standards - Surface and Underground Mining Activities
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/17/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/29/2018
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2021	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2018
Responses	408,569	0	391,081
Time Burden (Hours)	1,732,496	0	1,963,782
Cost Burden (Dollars)	26,787,506	0	8,662,409

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	408,569	391,081	17,488
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,732,496	1,963,782	-231,286
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	26,787,506	8,662,409	18,125,097

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The current OMB-approved information collection burden for 30 CFR 816/817 is 1,963,782 hours. We are now requesting 1,732,496 burden hours for these sections, a decrease of 231,286 hours. This is generally a result of an overall reduction in the number of permits annually. The currently approved non-wage cost burden for 30 CFR 816/817 is $8,662,409. We are now requesting approval for $26,787,506, an increase of $18,125,097. This significant increase is primarily due to the cost to process water quality samples. For example, in 2014, the average sample collection cost $50. In 2016, the average sample collection cost, as reported by industry was $253. Therefore, we have revised the non-wage estimate to $20,235,952, an increase of $15,809,552.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $34,799

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: John Trelease 202 208-2783 jtrelease@osmre.gov