90 FR 61 pgs. 14377-14378 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Nonferrous Metals Surveys (26 Forms)
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 61Pages: 14377 - 14378
Pages: 14377, 14378Docket number: [GX25LR000F60100; OMB Control Number 1028-0053/Renewal]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-05542 Filed 3-31-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: Geological Survey
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX25LR000F60100; OMB Control Number 1028-0053/Renewal]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Nonferrous Metals Surveys (26 Forms)
AGENCY:
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION:
Notice of information collection; request for comment.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS, we) proposes to renew an information collection with revisions.
DATES:
Interested persons are invited to submit comments. To be considered, we must receive your comments on or before May 1, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Send your comments on this information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget's Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior by email at OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via facsimile to (202) 395-5806. Please provide a copy of your comments by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, Information Collections Clearance Officer, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_collections@usgs.gov. Please reference OMB Control Number 1028-0053 Nonferrous Metals Surveys in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth S. Sangine by email at escottsangine@usgs.gov, or by telephone at 703-648-7720. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. You may also view the ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
In accordance with the PRA, as part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information collection was published on November 12, 2024 (89 FR 89025). One comment was received from the Bureau of Economic Analysis supporting the collection of this data as nationally important. We are again soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are especially interested in public comments addressing the following issues:
(1) is the collection necessary to the proper functions of the USGS minerals information mission; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the USGS enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the USGS minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information (PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment-including your PII-may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Abstract: Respondents will provide the USGS with domestic production and consumption data for 22 ores, concentrates, and metals, some of which are considered strategic and critical. This data will help determine national defense stockpile goals. USGC will collect this data through the use of on-line electronic and paper forms. These data and derived information will be published as chapters in minerals yearbooks, monthly mineral industry surveys, annual mineral commodity summaries, and special publications for use by government agencies, congressional offices, educational institutions, research organizations, financial institutions, consulting firms, industry, academia, and the general public.
[top] We will add a currently OMB-exempt "Battery Recycling" (USGS Form 9-4147-A) canvass that will permanently exceed 9 potential respondents and convert to OMB-exempt status the
OMB-exempt canvasses are the canvasses with less than 10 expected potential respondents. Canvasses with less than 10 potential respondents are exempted under the PRA, and, therefore, are not included in ICRs. Such canvasses contain the statement "OMB approval not required" in the upper right corner. We also include the following statement on the canvass instrument: "This canvass is exempt from requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 35) and does not require clearance from OMB."
Title of Collection: Nonferrous Metals Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 1028-0053.
Form Number: Various (26 USGS forms).
Type of Review: Renewal with revisions of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions; U.S. nonfuel minerals producers and consumers of nonferrous metals and related materials.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 1,508.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 4,885.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: For each form, we will include an average burden time ranging from 20 minutes to 90 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 3,616.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: monthly, quarterly, or annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: There are no "non-hour cost" burdens associated with this ICR.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, nor is a person required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
The authorities for this action are the PRA, the National Materials and Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980 (30 U.S.C. 1601 et seq. ), the National Mining and Minerals Policy Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 21(a)), the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98 et seq. ), and the Defense Production Act (50 U.S.C. 2061 et seq. ).
Braden Harker,
Director, National Minerals Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
[FR Doc. 2025-05542 Filed 3-31-25; 8:45 am]
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