Agency Information Collection Activities; Surface and Underground Mining Permit Applications-Minimum Requirements for Information on Environmental Resources
Published Date: 1/10/2025
Notice
Summary
The Office of Surface Mining wants to renew its rules for collecting info from companies applying to mine underground or on the surface. This update affects mining companies by keeping the info they provide about the environment clear and organized. You’ve got until February 10, 2025, to share your thoughts, and this helps keep paperwork simple and efficient without extra costs.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Mining permit applicants must supply environmental data
If you apply for a surface or underground coal mining permit, you must provide adequate descriptions of the environmental resources that may be affected by the proposed mining. The regulatory authority will use that information to decide if the applicant can meet environmental protection performance standards, and responding is required to obtain or retain the permit benefit.
Large estimated paperwork burden for applicants
The agency estimates 123 annual respondents and 970 total responses with completion times ranging from 1 hour to 415 hours per response. The total estimated annual burden is 86,776 hours for this information collection.
No estimated non-hour monetary cost
The agency estimates the total annual non-hour burden cost to respondents is $0 for this information collection. There is no projected fee or other non-time monetary expense listed for respondents.
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