Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0073, 11221-11222 [06-2066]

Download as PDF 11221 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 43 / Monday, March 6, 2006 / Notices on how to increase public awareness of the importance of wildlife resources and the social and economic benefits of recreational hunting. The purpose of the Council is to advise the Secretary of the Interior about wildlife conservation endeavors that benefit recreational hunting and wildlife resources and that encourage partnerships among the public, the sportsman conservation community and Federal and State government. Council membership will include representatives from game bird hunting organizations, recreational shooting organizations, wildlife conservation organizations, big game hunting organizations, and the hunting community. The Council will function solely as an advisory body, and in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The Charter will be filed under the Act, 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. Certification I hereby certify that the establishment of the Sporting Conservation Council is necessary and in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties by the Department of the Interior mandated pursuant to 43 U.S.C. 1457, and provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742A–742j). Dated: February 17, 2006. Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior. [FR Doc. E6–3137 Filed 3–3–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [WO–320–1320–PB–24 1A] Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004– 0073 Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requests the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information from any person, association, corporation, subsidiary, or affiliate interested in leasing or developing Federal coal. The BLM uses the information to determine if the applicant is qualified to hold a Federal coal lease. DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or before May 5, 2006. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments received after the above date. ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Regulatory Affairs Group (WO–630), Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 22153. You may send comments via Internet to: comments_washington@blm.gov. Please include ‘‘ATTN: 1004–0073’’ and your name and address with your comments. You may deliver comments to the Bureau of Land Management, Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC. Comments will be available for public review at the L Street address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) Monday through Friday. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact William Radden Lesage, Solid Minerals Group, on (202) 452– 0360 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1– 800–877–8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to contact Mr. Lesage. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a collection of information to solicit comments on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper functioning of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility. (b) The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we use; hsrobinson on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Type of Application 43 CFR Application for an exploration license .............................................................. Issuance and termination of an exploration license ........................................ Operations under and modification of an exploration license ......................... Collection and submission of data from an exploration license ...................... Call for coal resource and other resource info ................................................ Surface owner consultation ............................................................................. Expressions of leasing interest ........................................................................ Response to notice of sale .............................................................................. Consultation with Attorney General ................................................................. VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:30 Mar 03, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. BLM manages the leasing and development of Federal coal under the regulations at 43 CFR Group 3400. These regulations implement numerous statutes including: (1) The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920; (2) The 1976 coal amendments (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); (3) The Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 351– 359); (4) The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761 et seq.); (5) The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.); (6) The Multiple Mineral Development Act of 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521–531); (7) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); and (8) The Act of October 30, 1978 (92 Stat. 2073–2075). BLM uses the information provided by the applicant(s) on BLM Forms 3400–12 and 3440–1 to determine if the applicant to lease or develop Federal coal is qualified to hold such a lease. Based on BLM’s experience administering the activities described below, we estimate the public reporting burden for the information collected is 20 hours and 15 minutes per response and the total annual burden is 25,585 hours. We estimate the number of responses per year is 1,289. The respondents are applicants to lease or develop Federal coal and vary from individuals to small businesses and major corporations. BLM is specifically requesting your comments on its estimate of the amount of time that it takes to prepare a response. Hours per response 3410.2–1 3410.3–1 3410.3–3 3410.4 3420.1–2 3420.1–4 3420.3–2 3422.2 3422.3–4 E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM Number of responses 36 12 1 18 3 1 7 56 4 06MRN1 10 5 1 5 0 7 0 8 7 Total hours 360 60 1 90 0 7 0 448 28 11222 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 43 / Monday, March 6, 2006 / Notices Type of Application 43 CFR Leasing on application ..................................................................................... Surface owner consent .................................................................................... Preference right lease application ................................................................... 3425 3427.2(c) 3430.3–1, 3430.4–1 3432.1 3440 3452.1–1, 3452.1–2 3453.2–1 3410.3–4, 3453.2–4, 3474.1, 3474.2 3471.1–1 3471.4 3472.1–2 3472.2 3473.3–4 3473.4, 3483.3 3475.1 3475.6, 3481.2, 3487 3481.1 3482.1(a) 3482.1(b) Lease modifications ......................................................................................... License to mine ............................................................................................... Relinquishments .............................................................................................. Transfers, assignments, subleases ................................................................. Bonds ............................................................................................................... Land description requirements ........................................................................ Future interest lease application ..................................................................... Special leasing qualifications ........................................................................... Qualification statement .................................................................................... Lease rental and royalty rate reductions ......................................................... Lease suspensions .......................................................................................... Lease form ....................................................................................................... Logical mining units ......................................................................................... General obligations of the operator/lessee ..................................................... Exploration plans ............................................................................................. Resource recovery and protection plan ........................................................... Modifications to exploration plans and resource recovery and protection plans ............................................................................................................. Mining operations maps .................................................................................. Request for payment of advance royalty in lieu of continued operation ......... Performance standards for exploration (Retention of samples) ...................... Performance standards for surface and underground coal mines .................. Exploration reports ........................................................................................... Production reports ........................................................................................... Notices and orders .......................................................................................... Enforcement ..................................................................................................... Any member of the public may request and obtain, without charge, a copy of the BLM Forms 3400–12 and 3440–1 by contacting the person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in the request for OMB approval. All comments will be a matter of a public record. Dated: February 28, 2006 Ted R. Hudson, Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 06–2066 Filed 3–3–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–84–M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 1004– 0058 AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. VerDate Aug<31>2005 14:30 Mar 03, 2006 Notice and request for comments. ACTION: SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect certain information from Federal timber purchasers to allow BLM to determine compliance with timber export restrictions. BLM uses Form 5460–17, Substitution Determination, to collect this information. This information allows BLM to administer export restrictions on BLM timber sales and to determine whether there was a substitution of Federal timber for exported private timber in violation of 43 CFR 5400.0– 3(c). You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or before May 5, 2006. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments received after the above date. Jkt 208001 You may mail comments to: Bureau of Land Management, (WO– ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Number of responses Total hours 308 1 800 15 7 3 4,620 7 2,400 12 21 18 5 2 30 60 42 540 10 8 43 196 430 1,568 2 16 3 3 13 20 1 170 15 0 4 4 9 7 12 5 30 0 12 12 117 140 12 850 1 30 192 1 11 4 1 330 768 16 20 22 1 1 4 79 311 12 22 6 7 1,264 6,220 264 22 6 28 10 323 3,230 3 2 3482.2 3482.3 3483.4 3484.1(a) 3484.1(b) 3485.1(a), 3485.1(b), 3485.1(c) 3485.1(d), 3485.3 3486.2 3486.3 DATES: [WO–230–1020–PB–24 1A] hsrobinson on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Hours per response 1 8 3 16 630), Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 22153. You may send comments via Internet to: comments_washington@blm.gov. Please include ‘‘ATTN: 1004–0058’’ and your name and return address in your Internet message. You may deliver comments to the Bureau of Land Management, Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC. All comments will be available for public review at the L Street address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) Monday through Friday. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Tim Bottomley, on (303) 236–0681 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1– 800–877–8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to contact Mr. Bottomley. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a collection of information to solicit comments on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper E:\FR\FM\06MRN1.SGM 06MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11221-11222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2066]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-320-1320-PB-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0073

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requests the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information from 
any person, association, corporation, subsidiary, or affiliate 
interested in leasing or developing Federal coal. The BLM uses the 
information to determine if the applicant is qualified to hold a 
Federal coal lease.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before May 5, 2006. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments 
received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Regulatory Affairs Group (WO-630), 
Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 22153.
    You may send comments via Internet to: comments_
washington@blm.gov. Please include ``ATTN: 1004-0073'' and your name 
and address with your comments.
    You may deliver comments to the Bureau of Land Management, 
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Comments will be available for public review at the L Street 
address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) Monday 
through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact William Radden Lesage, 
Solid Minerals Group, on (202) 452-0360 (Commercial or FTS). Persons 
who use a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a 
day, seven days a week, to contact Mr. Lesage.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 
60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a collection of 
information to solicit comments on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the agency, including whether the information 
will have practical utility.
    (b) The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection 
burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we 
use;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    BLM manages the leasing and development of Federal coal under the 
regulations at 43 CFR Group 3400. These regulations implement numerous 
statutes including:
    (1) The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920;
    (2) The 1976 coal amendments (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.);
    (3) The Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947 (30 U.S.C. 
351-359);
    (4) The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 
1761 et seq.);
    (5) The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (30 
U.S.C. 1201 et seq.);
    (6) The Multiple Mineral Development Act of 1954 (30 U.S.C. 521-
531);
    (7) The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 
et seq.); and
    (8) The Act of October 30, 1978 (92 Stat. 2073-2075).
    BLM uses the information provided by the applicant(s) on BLM Forms 
3400-12 and 3440-1 to determine if the applicant to lease or develop 
Federal coal is qualified to hold such a lease.
    Based on BLM's experience administering the activities described 
below, we estimate the public reporting burden for the information 
collected is 20 hours and 15 minutes per response and the total annual 
burden is 25,585 hours. We estimate the number of responses per year is 
1,289. The respondents are applicants to lease or develop Federal coal 
and vary from individuals to small businesses and major corporations. 
BLM is specifically requesting your comments on its estimate of the 
amount of time that it takes to prepare a response.

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                                                                     Hours per       Number of
               Type of Application                    43 CFR         response        responses      Total hours
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Application for an exploration license..........        3410.2-1              36              10             360
Issuance and termination of an exploration              3410.3-1              12               5              60
 license........................................
Operations under and modification of an                 3410.3-3               1               1               1
 exploration license............................
Collection and submission of data from an                 3410.4              18               5              90
 exploration license............................
Call for coal resource and other resource info..        3420.1-2               3               0               0
Surface owner consultation......................        3420.1-4               1               7               7
Expressions of leasing interest.................        3420.3-2               7               0               0
Response to notice of sale......................          3422.2              56               8             448
Consultation with Attorney General..............        3422.3-4               4               7              28

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Leasing on application..........................            3425             308              15           4,620
Surface owner consent...........................       3427.2(c)               1               7               7
Preference right lease application..............       3430.3-1,             800               3           2,400
                                                        3430.4-1
Lease modifications.............................          3432.1              12               5              60
License to mine.................................            3440              21               2              42
Relinquishments.................................       3452.1-1,              18              30             540
                                                        3452.1-2
Transfers, assignments, subleases...............        3453.2-1              10              43             430
Bonds...........................................       3410.3-4,               8             196           1,568
                                                       3453.2-4,
                                                  3474.1, 3474.2
Land description requirements...................        3471.1-1               2              15              30
Future interest lease application...............          3471.4              16               0               0
Special leasing qualifications..................        3472.1-2               3               4              12
Qualification statement.........................          3472.2               3               4              12
Lease rental and royalty rate reductions........        3473.3-4              13               9             117
Lease suspensions...............................  3473.4, 3483.3              20               7             140
Lease form......................................          3475.1               1              12              12
Logical mining units............................         3475.6,             170               5             850
                                                    3481.2, 3487
General obligations of the operator/lessee......          3481.1               1               1               1
Exploration plans...............................       3482.1(a)              30              11             330
Resource recovery and protection plan...........       3482.1(b)             192               4             768
Modifications to exploration plans and resource           3482.2              16              79           1,264
 recovery and protection plans..................
Mining operations maps..........................          3482.3              20             311           6,220
Request for payment of advance royalty in lieu            3483.4              22              12             264
 of continued operation.........................
Performance standards for exploration (Retention       3484.1(a)               1              22              22
 of samples)....................................
Performance standards for surface and                  3484.1(b)               1               6               6
 underground coal mines.........................
Exploration reports.............................      3485.1(a),               4               7              28
                                                      3485.1(b),
                                                       3485.1(c)
Production reports..............................      3485.1(d),              10             323           3,230
                                                          3485.3
Notices and orders..............................          3486.2               3               1               3
Enforcement.....................................          3486.3               2               8              16
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    Any member of the public may request and obtain, without charge, a 
copy of the BLM Forms 3400-12 and 3440-1 by contacting the person 
identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request for OMB approval. All comments will be a matter of a public 
record.

    Dated: February 28, 2006
Ted R. Hudson,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-2066 Filed 3-3-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-84-M
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