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National Environmental Policy Act, as
provided by the Department of the
Interior Manual (516 DM 2, Appendix 1
and 516 DM 6, Appendix 1). Based
upon this preliminary determination,
we do not intend to prepare further
National Environmental Policy Act
documentation. The Service will
consider public comments in making its
final determination on whether to
prepare such additional documentation.
We will evaluate the permit
applications, HCPs, and comments
submitted thereon to determine whether
the applications meet the requirements
of section 10(a) of the Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). If we determine that the
applications meet those requirements,
we will issue the ITPs for incidental
take of the Mount Hermon June beetle.
We will also evaluate whether issuance
of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITPs complies
with section 7 of the Act by conducting
an intra-Service section 7 consultation.
We will use the results of this
consultation, in combination with the
above findings, in the final analysis to
determine whether or not to issue the
ITPs.
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, are
available for public inspection in their
entirety.
The Service provides this notice
pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act and
pursuant to implementing regulations
for NEPA (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: March 20, 2008.
Diane K. Noda,
Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife
Office, Ventura, California.
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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–320–1330–PE–24 1A]
Extension of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Approval Number
1004–0103
Public Review and Comment
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
If you wish to comment on the permit
applications, draft Environmental
Action Statements or the proposed
HCPs, you may submit your comments
to the address listed in the ADDRESSES
section of this document. Our practice
is to make comments, including names,
home addresses, etc., of respondents
available for public review. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their names and/or home
addresses, etc., but if you wish us to
consider withholding this information
you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. In
addition, you must provide a rationale
demonstrating and documenting that
disclosure would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of privacy. In the
absence of exceptional, documented
circumstances, this information will be
released. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
OMB for review and approval. The ICR
is scheduled to expire on March 31,
2008. The BLM 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. However, under OMB
regulations, the BLM may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
On January 8, 2008, the BLM published
a notice in the Federal Register (73 FR
1364) requesting comment on this
information collection. The comment
period closed on March 8, 2008. The
BLM received no comments. You may
obtain copies of the collection of
information and related forms and
explanatory material by contacting the
BLM Information Collection Clearance
AGENCY:
Number of
annual
respondents
Activity
Form 3600–9:
43 CFR 3602.10
Officer at the telephone number listed
in the ADDRESSES section below.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this request within 60 days but may
respond after 30 days. Submit your
comments to OMB at the address below
by April 28, 2008 to receive maximum
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–
6566 (fax) or
OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Alexandra Ritchie, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of
Land Management, at U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 C
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Additionally, you may contact
Alexandra Ritchie regarding this ICR at
(202) 452–0388 (phone); (202) 653–5287
(fax); or Alexandra_Ritchie@blm.gov (email).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
program-related questions, contact
George Brown on (202) 452–7772
(Commercial or FTS). Persons who use
a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8330, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, to contact Mr. Brown via
message service. For questions regarding
this ICR or the information collection
process, contact Alexandra Ritchie by
phone, mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1004–0103.
Title: Mineral Materials Disposal, 43
CFR 3600, 3601, and 3602.
Bureau Form Number: 3600–9.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually or
monthly (contracts and reporting
requirements vary).
Number of
annual
responses
Completion time
per
response
Annual burden
hours
440
440
30 minutes .........
220
Form Subtotal ...................................................................................
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Contract for the Sale of Mineral Materials .............
440
440
30 minutes .........
220
30
440
110
200
440
30
440
110
200
440
30 minutes .........
30 minutes .........
24 hours ............
2 hours ..............
30 minutes .........
15
220
2,640
400
220
Non-form:
43 CFR
43 CFR
43 CFR
43 CFR
43 CFR
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3601.30
3602.10
3601.40
3601.40
3602.14
Sampling and testing .............................................
Request for sale .....................................................
Mining and reclamation plans ................................
Mining and reclamation plans (simple case) .........
Performance bond ..................................................
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Number of
annual
respondents
Activity
Number of
annual
responses
Completion time
per
response
Annual burden
hours
440
440
440
440
12 hours ............
6 hours ..............
5,280
2,640
Non-Form Subtotal ............................................................................
2,100
2,100
............................
11,415
Total Form and Non-Form ............................................................
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43 CFR 3602.21 Payments ..................................................................
43 CFR 3602.28 Records Maintenance ............................................
2,540
2,540
............................
11,635
Abstract: The Materials Act of 1947,
as amended (Act), 30 U.S.C. 601 and
602, provides for the disposal of mineral
materials, such as sand, gravel, and
petrified wood from public lands by sale
or free use. The BLM disposes of such
materials under the regulations at CFR
parts 3600 and 3620.
The BLM uses Form 3600–9 to collect
information to:
(1) Determine whether the sale of
mineral materials is in the public
interest;
(2) Mitigate the environmental
impacts of mineral materials
development;
(3) Get fair market value for materials
sold; and
(4) Prevent trespass removal of the
materials.
Applicants must submit a request in
writing to the BLM to purchase mineral
materials. Specific information
requirements are not stated in the
regulations, but sale agreements are
made on Form 3600–9 approved by the
BLM.
Respondents maintain records as part
of the customary and usual business and
private practices, and purchases do not
involve substantial additional
information collection for most
respondents. Cost estimates for
information collection can vary widely
because the nature of the applications
varies considerably in size, location,
and associated environmental conflicts;
all of which can substantially affect the
complexity and cost of the processing
and the amount of information needed.
Typically, larger purchases involve
more records over a longer period of
time. Respondents are not required to
purchase additional computer hardware
or software to comply with these
information collection requirements.
There are no capital and start-up costs
involved with this information
collection.
While the BLM does not require the
respondents to purchase special
equipment to maintain these records
and these respondents maintain records
for tax purposes and production
verification as part of their usual
business, the BLM does ask respondents
to query or search their databases or
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other records maintenance systems to
provide a summary record so that the
BLM can process the requests for an
exclusive mineral materials sales
contract. We therefore treat this
combined records maintenance and
reporting effort as part of the
respondents’ annual burden hours and
costs in Item 12 of this document. For
the purposes of this information
collection request, ‘‘records
maintenance’’ is considered one of the
‘‘non-form information requirements.’’
There is a filing fee associated with
this information collection for
independent sales that are not in a
community pit or common use area.
Such sales require a case-by-case
analysis by the BLM of each application
because each is unique. Sales vary
widely depending on the magnitude and
nature of the application (can range in
quantity from tens to millions of tons of
materials), the complexity of the mining
plan proposed, the duration proposed
(can range from days to years), the
location of the proposed removal area,
the associated environmental effects at
that location, and the BLM’s related
processing costs for that application,
including the travel time to the site.
The information collection considers
a general cost range for respondents for
43 CFR 3601.40, including no cost
(where respondent uses a BLM plan at
a community pit), mid-range costs
(respondent either prepares a simple
plan for small sale at a new site, designs
a plan for multiple sales at a new site,
or makes adjustments to a BLM plan for
a sale at a community pit), and upperlevel costs (to establish a new site,
typically for a larger sale, requiring
original mining and reclamation plan
design).
The BLM collected a total of $66,120
in fees associated with processing
information requirements connected
with this collection (exclusive sales
contracts) in FY 2007. Although we
cannot determine the filing fee per
response in advance, for purposes of
this information collection we have
determined that the average annual
filing fee per contract is $150.27 or
about $150 ($66,120 divided by 440
exclusive sales contracts). We are
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therefore assigning this non-burden
hour cost to the sales contract Form
3600–9 Information Collection (IC) in
the ROCIS database.
We can attribute our change in nonburden hour costs to respondents from
the previous collection to new BLM
regulations (program change) that took
effect in November 2005 authorizing the
BLM to charge fees to recover our costs
of processing some sales contracts.
Those regulatory changes are contained
in Minerals Management: Adjustment of
Cost Recovery Fees Final Rule (43 CFR
parts 3000, 3100, 3150, 3200, 350, 3580,
3600, 3730, 3810, and 3830). The BLM
collected a total of $66,120 in cost
recovery fees associated with this
information collection in FY 2007. In
order to estimate the annual non-burden
hour cost to respondents for this
collection, the BLM is assuming that it
will collect on average $66,120 in costrecovery fees each year associated with
this collection.
Comments: We again specifically
request your comments on the
following:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the BLM, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the BLM’s
estimate of the burden of collecting the
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) The quality, utility and clarity of
the information we collect; and
(4) How to minimize the burden of
collecting the information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: March 24, 2008.
Alexandra Ritchie,
Bureau of Land Management, Information
Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–6293 Filed 3–26–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–84–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[UTU 08463, UTU 53990, UTU 010096, UTU
42889]
Public Land Order No. 7395;
Revocation of Public Land Order Nos.
494, 565, 983, and 1011, Utah;
Correction
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Correction.
AGENCY:
of Adjudication, Division of Energy &
Minerals, BLM California State Office,
2800 Cottage Way, W–1834,
Sacramento, California 95825, (916)
978–4378.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid
lease has been issued affecting the
lands. The lessee has agreed to new
lease terms for rentals and royalties at
rates of $10.00 per acre or fraction
thereof and 162⁄3 percent, respectively.
The lessee has paid the required $500
administrative fee and has reimbursed
the Bureau of Land Management for the
cost of this Federal Register notice. The
Lessee has met all the requirements for
reinstatement of the lease as set out in
Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral
Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 188), and
the Bureau of Land Management is
proposing to reinstate the lease effective
August 1, 2007, subject to the original
terms and conditions of the lease and
the increased rental and royalty rates
cited above.
SUMMARY: This action corrects an error
in the land description published as FR
Doc. 99–16616 in the Federal Register,
64 FR 35179, June 30, 1999, for a
Department of Energy withdrawal
revocation.
On page 35179, column 2, line 33
from the bottom, which reads ‘‘T. 36 S.,
R. 10 E., ‘‘ is hereby corrected to read
‘‘T. 36 S., R. 19 E.’’
Dated: March 20, 2008.
Debra Marsh,
Supervisor, Branch of Adjudication, Division
of Energy & Minerals.
[FR Doc. E8–6233 Filed 3–26–08; 8:45 am]
Dated: March 17, 2008.
Jeff Rawson,
Acting State Director.
[FR Doc. E8–6289 Filed 3–26–08; 8:45 am]
National Park Service
BILLING CODE 4310–40–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Quarry Visitor Center Final
Environmental Impact Statement,
Dinosaur National Monument,
Colorado and Utah
BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Quarry Visitor Center, Dinosaur
National Monument.
AGENCY:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CA–920–1310–FI); (CACA 47607 and CACA
47608]
Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated
Oil and Gas Leases CACA 47607 and
CACA 47608
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of Reinstatement of
Terminated Oil and Gas Leases.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of
Public Law 97–451, Maverick Petroleum
Inc., timely filed a petition for
reinstatement of oil and gas leases
CACA 47607 and CACA 47608 for lands
in Kern County, California, and it was
accompanied by all required rentals and
royalties accruing from August 1, 2007,
the date of termination.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita
Altamira, Land Law Examiner, Branch
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(2) (C), the National Park
Service announces the availability of a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Quarry Visitor Center at
Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado
and Utah.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Five
alternatives were evaluated in the
environmental impact statement. These
include: Alternative A, No Action—
Continue Current Management;
Alternative B, the Preferred
Alternative—Rehabilitate or Replace the
Exhibit Hall and Construct a New
Facility Off-Site; Alternative C—Retain
the Exhibit Hall and Construct a New
Facility at the Quarry Visitor Center
Site; Alternative D—Retain the Exhibit
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Hall and Construct Wings Similar to
Existing Facility; Alternative E—
Demolish the Entire Facility and
Construct a New Facility at the Quarry
Visitor Center Site. The preferred
alternative would provide for a shelter
and interpretive area at the fossil wall,
either by rehabilitating the existing
10,800-square-foot Exhibit Hall or
constructing a new structure to provide
opportunities for visitors to view the
dinosaur bones in situ. This alternative
would minimize facilities at the Quarry
Visitor Center site and allow new
interpretive experiences to be developed
and showcased at a new location where
soils are more stable.
DATES: The National Park Service will
execute a Record of Decision (ROD) no
sooner than 30 days following
publication by the Environmental
Protection Agency of the Notice of
Availability of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement.
ADDRESSES: Information on the final
Environmental Impact Statement will be
available online at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov, in the office of
the Superintendent, Mary Risser, 4545
E. Highway 40, Dinosaur, CO, 81610–
9724, (970) 374–3001, and the following
locations: The Moffat County Library,
570 Green St., Craig, CO., 81625 and the
Uintah County Library, 155 East Main,
Vernal, UT, 84078.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Risser, 4545 E. Highway 40,
Dinosaur, CO., 81610–9724 (970) 374–
3001, Mary_Risser@nps.gov.
Dated: January 25, 2008.
Michael D. Snyder,
Director, Intermountain Region, National
Park Service.
[FR Doc. E8–6269 Filed 3–26–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–CR–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Flight 93 National Memorial Advisory
Commission
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of May 3, 2008 Meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the date
of the May 3, 2008 meeting of the Flight
93 Advisory Commission.
DATES: The public meeting of the
Advisory Commission will be held on
Saturday, May 3, 2008 from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m. (Eastern). The Commission will
meet jointly with the Flight 93
Memorial Task Force.
Location: The meeting will be held at
the Somerset County Courthouse, Court
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO-320-1330-PE-24 1A]
Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number
1004-0103
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for review and approval.
The ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2008. The BLM 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. However, under OMB regulations, the BLM may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information collection while it is pending at
OMB. On January 8, 2008, the BLM published a notice in the Federal
Register (73 FR 1364) requesting comment on this information
collection. The comment period closed on March 8, 2008. The BLM
received no comments. You may obtain copies of the collection of
information and related forms and explanatory material by contacting
the BLM Information Collection Clearance Officer at the telephone
number listed in the ADDRESSES section below.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days
but may respond after 30 days. Submit your comments to OMB at the
address below by April 28, 2008 to receive maximum consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-
6566 (fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). Please provide a copy
of your comments to Alexandra Ritchie, Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Bureau of Land Management, at U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 C Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20240. Additionally, you may contact Alexandra Ritchie
regarding this ICR at (202) 452-0388 (phone); (202) 653-5287 (fax); or
Alexandra_Ritchie@blm.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For program-related questions, contact
George Brown on (202) 452-7772 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a day,
seven days a week, to contact Mr. Brown via message service. For
questions regarding this ICR or the information collection process,
contact Alexandra Ritchie by phone, mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1004-0103.
Title: Mineral Materials Disposal, 43 CFR 3600, 3601, and 3602.
Bureau Form Number: 3600-9.
Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually or monthly (contracts and
reporting requirements vary).
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Number of Number of
Activity annual annual Completion time Annual burden
respondents responses per response hours
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Form 3600-9:
43 CFR 3602.10 Contract for the Sale of 440 440 30 minutes........ 220
Mineral Materials.
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Form Subtotal......................... 440 440 30 minutes........ 220
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Non-form:
43 CFR 3601.30 Sampling and testing..... 30 30 30 minutes........ 15
43 CFR 3602.10 Request for sale......... 440 440 30 minutes........ 220
43 CFR 3601.40 Mining and reclamation 110 110 24 hours.......... 2,640
plans.
43 CFR 3601.40 Mining and reclamation 200 200 2 hours........... 400
plans (simple case).
43 CFR 3602.14 Performance bond......... 440 440 30 minutes........ 220
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43 CFR 3602.21 Payments................. 440 440 12 hours.......... 5,280
43 CFR 3602.28 Records Maintenance...... 440 440 6 hours........... 2,640
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Non-Form Subtotal..................... 2,100 2,100 .................. 11,415
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Total Form and Non-Form............. 2,540 2,540 .................. 11,635
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Abstract: The Materials Act of 1947, as amended (Act), 30 U.S.C.
601 and 602, provides for the disposal of mineral materials, such as
sand, gravel, and petrified wood from public lands by sale or free use.
The BLM disposes of such materials under the regulations at CFR parts
3600 and 3620.
The BLM uses Form 3600-9 to collect information to:
(1) Determine whether the sale of mineral materials is in the
public interest;
(2) Mitigate the environmental impacts of mineral materials
development;
(3) Get fair market value for materials sold; and
(4) Prevent trespass removal of the materials.
Applicants must submit a request in writing to the BLM to purchase
mineral materials. Specific information requirements are not stated in
the regulations, but sale agreements are made on Form 3600-9 approved
by the BLM.
Respondents maintain records as part of the customary and usual
business and private practices, and purchases do not involve
substantial additional information collection for most respondents.
Cost estimates for information collection can vary widely because the
nature of the applications varies considerably in size, location, and
associated environmental conflicts; all of which can substantially
affect the complexity and cost of the processing and the amount of
information needed. Typically, larger purchases involve more records
over a longer period of time. Respondents are not required to purchase
additional computer hardware or software to comply with these
information collection requirements. There are no capital and start-up
costs involved with this information collection.
While the BLM does not require the respondents to purchase special
equipment to maintain these records and these respondents maintain
records for tax purposes and production verification as part of their
usual business, the BLM does ask respondents to query or search their
databases or other records maintenance systems to provide a summary
record so that the BLM can process the requests for an exclusive
mineral materials sales contract. We therefore treat this combined
records maintenance and reporting effort as part of the respondents'
annual burden hours and costs in Item 12 of this document. For the
purposes of this information collection request, ``records
maintenance'' is considered one of the ``non-form information
requirements.''
There is a filing fee associated with this information collection
for independent sales that are not in a community pit or common use
area. Such sales require a case-by-case analysis by the BLM of each
application because each is unique. Sales vary widely depending on the
magnitude and nature of the application (can range in quantity from
tens to millions of tons of materials), the complexity of the mining
plan proposed, the duration proposed (can range from days to years),
the location of the proposed removal area, the associated environmental
effects at that location, and the BLM's related processing costs for
that application, including the travel time to the site.
The information collection considers a general cost range for
respondents for 43 CFR 3601.40, including no cost (where respondent
uses a BLM plan at a community pit), mid-range costs (respondent either
prepares a simple plan for small sale at a new site, designs a plan for
multiple sales at a new site, or makes adjustments to a BLM plan for a
sale at a community pit), and upper-level costs (to establish a new
site, typically for a larger sale, requiring original mining and
reclamation plan design).
The BLM collected a total of $66,120 in fees associated with
processing information requirements connected with this collection
(exclusive sales contracts) in FY 2007. Although we cannot determine
the filing fee per response in advance, for purposes of this
information collection we have determined that the average annual
filing fee per contract is $150.27 or about $150 ($66,120 divided by
440 exclusive sales contracts). We are therefore assigning this non-
burden hour cost to the sales contract Form 3600-9 Information
Collection (IC) in the ROCIS database.
We can attribute our change in non-burden hour costs to respondents
from the previous collection to new BLM regulations (program change)
that took effect in November 2005 authorizing the BLM to charge fees to
recover our costs of processing some sales contracts. Those regulatory
changes are contained in Minerals Management: Adjustment of Cost
Recovery Fees Final Rule (43 CFR parts 3000, 3100, 3150, 3200, 350,
3580, 3600, 3730, 3810, and 3830). The BLM collected a total of $66,120
in cost recovery fees associated with this information collection in FY
2007. In order to estimate the annual non-burden hour cost to
respondents for this collection, the BLM is assuming that it will
collect on average $66,120 in cost-recovery fees each year associated
with this collection.
Comments: We again specifically request your comments on the
following:
(1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper functioning of the BLM, including whether the information will
have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the BLM's estimate of the burden of collecting
the information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) The quality, utility and clarity of the information we collect;
and
(4) How to minimize the burden of collecting the information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying
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information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it will be
done.
Dated: March 24, 2008.
Alexandra Ritchie,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-6293 Filed 3-26-08; 8:45 am]
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