Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request for the Production Estimate, Quarterly Construction Sand and Gravel and Crushed and Broken Stone (3 Forms)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request for the

Production Estimate, Quarterly Construction Sand and Gravel and Crushed

and Broken Stone (3 Forms)

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an information collection (1028-

0065).

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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we

are notifying the public that we have submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) an information collection request (ICR) for

the extension of the currently approved paperwork requirements for the

USGS Production Estimate, Quarterly Construction Sand and Gravel and

Crushed and Broken Stone. This collection consists of three forms and

this notice provides the public an opportunity to comment on the

paperwork burden of this form. We may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: You must submit comments on or before June 16, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information

collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office

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of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the

Department of the Interior via e-mail to [email protected] or

fax at 202-395-5806; and identify your submission as 1028-0065. Please

also submit a copy of your written comments to Phadrea Ponds, USGS

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 2150-C Centre Avenue, Fort

Collins, CO 80526-8118 (mail); 970-226-9230 (fax); or [email protected]

(e-mail). Use OMB Control Number 1028-0065 in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott F. Sibley at 703-648-4976 or by

mail at U.S. Geological Survey, 989 National Center, 12201 Sunrise

Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This collection is needed to provide data on mineral production for

annual reports published by commodity for use by Government agencies,

Congressional offices, educational institutions, research

organizations, financial institutions, consulting firms, industry,

academia, and the general public. This information will be published in

the ``Mineral Commodity Summaries,'' the first preliminary publication

to furnish estimates covering the previous year's nonfuel mineral

industry.

II. Data

OMB Control Number: 1028-0065.

Title: Production Estimate, Quarterly Construction Sand and Gravel

and Crushed and Broken Stone.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary.

Frequency of Collection: Quarterly and Annually.

Affected Public: Businesses and State/local governments that

produce industrial nonfuel minerals.

Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 2,014.

Annual Burden Hours: 470 hours. We expect to receive 2,014 annual

responses. We estimate an average of 10-15 minutes per response. This

includes the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining

data, and completing and reviewing the information.

Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden: We

have not identified any ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this

collection of information.

III. Request for Comments

On October 9, 2009, we published a Federal Register notice (74 FR

52254) announcing that we would submit this ICR to OMB for approval and

solicit comments. The comment period closed on December 9, 2009. We did

not receive any comments in response to that notice.

We again invite comments concerning this ICR on: (a) Whether the

proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to

perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b)

the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness,

and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of

public record. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail

address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you

should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal

identifying information, may be made publicly available at anytime.

While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal

identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we

will be able to do so.

USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Phadrea Ponds, 970-

226-9445.

Dated: May 11, 2010.

John H. DeYoung, Jr.,

Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team, U.S. Geological Survey.

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