TITLE 30 - MINERAL RESOURCES

CHAPTER VII - OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SUBCHAPTER R - ABANDONED MINE LAND RECLAMATION

PART 879 - ACQUISITION, MANAGEMENT, AND DISPOSITION OF LANDS AND WATER

879.10 - Information collection.

The information collection requirements contained in 879.11(b)(1), (b)(2), and (e)(3), 879.12(a), 879.13(b), and 879.15(a) and (b) were approved by the Office of Management and Budget under 44 U.S.C. 3507 and assigned clearance number 10290056. This information is being collected to meet the mandate of section 407 of the Act, which requires that a State/Indian tribe include in its reclamation plan assurances that the acquisition, management, and disposition of eligible lands and water for reclamation and other designated purposes will be accomplished in a manner prescribed by the Act. This information will be used by the regulatory authority to ensure that the State/Indian tribe has sufficient programmatic capability to acquire, manage, and dispose of land in the prescribed manner. The obligation to respond is mandatory.