Agency Information Collection Activities: Approved Collection

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection Activities: Approved Collection

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approval of information collection (1010-0071).

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SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, this notice informs the public and other Federal

agencies of the approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

of a collection of information. The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA) provides that an agency 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexis London, Rules Processing Team, telephone (703) 787-1600. You may

also contact Alexis London to obtain a copy of this collection of

information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR Part 203, Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates.

Abstract: On January 16, 1998, MMS published a final rule on the

titled collection (RIN 1010-AC13, 63 FR 2605) with an effective date of

February 16, 1998. The preamble to the final rule stated that the

information collection requirement in Sec. 203.61 would not take effect

until approved by OMB. The preamble to the final rule provided the

required 60-day comment period. On April 1, 1998, MMS published a

notice (63 FR 15859) that we had submitted the information collection

request to OMB for approval. On May 30, 1998, OMB approved all of the

collection of information required in 30 CFR part 203 with an

expiration date of May 31, 2001.

MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach

(202) 208-7744.

Dated: June 8, 1998.

E.P. Danenberger,

Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

[FR Doc. 98-15863 Filed 6-15-98; 8:45 am]

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