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OMB Control No: 1028-0053	ICR Reference No: 201501-1028-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201210-1028-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/GS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Nonferrous Metals Surveys
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/01/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/23/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2018	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2015
Responses	4,252	0	4,971
Time Burden (Hours)	3,212	0	3,683
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: These 30 forms, covering production, consumption, stocks, and receipts of nonferrous metals commodities, are critical to the metals data collection effort, and are used for military and civilian planning and Federal policy and economic decisions related to the commodities covered in this collection request. Respondents use these forms to supply the USGS with domestic production and consumption data of nonferrous and related nonfuel mineral commodities, some of which are considered strategic and critical. This information will be published as chapters in Minerals Yearbook, monthly Mineral Industry Surveys, annual Mineral Commodity Summaries, and special publications, for use by Government agencies, industry, education programs, and the general public.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 1601 et seq. Name of Law: The National Minerals and Policies Act of 1970
   US Code: 50 USC 2061 et seq. Name of Law: Defense Production Act
   US Code: 50 USC 98 et seq. Name of Law: Strategic and Critical Stock Piling Act
   US Code: 42 USC 6901 et seq. Name of Law: National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 4306	01/27/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 22739	04/23/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	4,252	4,971	-717	-2
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,212	3,683	-428	-43
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Cutting Redundancy

Short Statement: Estimated public reporting burden for USGS Form 9-4074-A (Zirconium and Hafnium) is being reduced to an average of 1 hour per response-down from 2 hours per response for the last renewal. No changes are proposed to this form. USGS Form 9-4057-A (Primary Antimony) and USGS Form 9-4060-A (Bismuth) are being converted from annual and quarterly frequencies to annual only based on the industry's preference for annual canvasses, low response rates to the quarterly canvasses along with USGS efforts to increase the overall response rate for these voluntary canvasses, and limited seasonality to the data collected that allows annual data reporting to be sufficient for Government and industry data analyses. USGS Form 9-4094-A (Zinc) and USGS Form 9-4095-A (Slab Zinc) are being converted from annual and monthly frequencies to annual only based on the industry's preference for annual canvasses, low response rates to the monthly canvasses along with USGS efforts to increase the overall response rate for these voluntary canvasses, and limited seasonality to the data collected that allows annual data reporting to be sufficient for Government and industry data analysis. USGS Forms 9-4053-A (Mine Production of Gold and Silver), 9-4073-A (Mercury), and 9-4097-A (Lode Mine Production of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Zinc) are still used but were removed from the IC list because of a permanent decrease in respondents.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,094,261

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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: James Sayer 650 329-4093 jsayer@usgs.gov

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