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OMB Control No: 1029-0116	ICR Reference No: 201701-1029-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201308-1029-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/OSMRE	Agency Tracking No: 774 - extension
Title: 30 CFR Part 774 - Revision; Renewal; and Transfer, Assignment, or Sale of Permit Rights
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: 04/17/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/23/2017
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2020	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2017
Responses	8,540	0	6,853
Time Burden (Hours)	302,815	0	242,179
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,059,644	0	902,920

Abstract: Sections 506, 507, 509, 510 and 511 of P.L. 95-87 provide that persons seeking permit revisions, renewals, transfer, assignment, or sale of their permit rights for coal mining activities submit relevant information to the regulatory authority to allow the regulatory authority to determine whether the applicant meets the requirements for the action anticipated.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 1201 et. seq. Name of Law: The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

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:
	81 FR 63493	09/15/2016
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 11480	02/23/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	8,540	6,853	1,687
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	302,815	242,179	60,636
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,059,644	902,920	156,724

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 information collection request will increase the burden estimate for Part 774 due to several factors. 1) 774.12(a) and (c) includes a burden for State regulatory authorities to review updated information submitted by permittees after the permittee receives a cessation order and after a change in the ownership or control of the mining operation. This burden had been calculated incorrectly in the prior information collection submission. 2) In 774.13, there has been a re-estimate in the burden per applicant from 72 hours per response to 60 hours, and an increase in State burden from 34 hours to 44 hours per response. 3) These burden increases are offset, somewhat, by a steady reduction in the number of applications received by States for permit revisions, renewals, and transfers, sales, and assignments. OSMRE is requesting OMB approval of 302,815 hours, an increase of 60,636 hours. Also, OSMRE is requesting an increase of $156,724 on non-wage costs due to an increase in the number of newspaper announcements being published as a result of permit revisions.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $110,039

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

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

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