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OMB Control No: 1029-0043	ICR Reference No: 201803-1029-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201506-1029-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/OSMRE	Agency Tracking No: Part 800 - ext.
Title: 30 CFR Part 800 -- Bond and Insurance Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations Under Regulatory Programs
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 without change	Conclusion Date: 10/16/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/21/2018
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	10/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2018
Responses	8,825	0	13,159
Time Burden (Hours)	71,639	0	147,817
Cost Burden (Dollars)	565,096	0	1,499,614

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	8,825	13,159	-4,334
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	71,639	147,817	-76,178
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	565,096	1,499,614	-934,518

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: This submission represents a net decrease of 76,178 hours from the currently approved collection burden for 30 CFR Part 800, due to a decrease in permit applications, reducing the burden from 147,817 hours to 71,639 hours. This collection will see a non-wage cost reduction of $934,518 due primarily to a significant decrease in the number of current bond release requests, thus decreasing the non-wage cost from $1,499,614 to a new $565,096.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $58,956

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