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burden on respondents, such as use of
automated means of collection of the
information. A summary of the public
comments will accompany the BLM’s
submission of the information collection
requests to OMB.
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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
The following information is provided
for the information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) summary of the
information collection activity; and (4)
frequency of collection, description of
the respondents, estimated total annual
responses, and the total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
the collection of information.
Title: 43 CFR part 3860—Mineral
Patent Applications and 43 CFR part
3870—Adverse Claims, Protests and
Conflicts.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0025.
Summary: On its face, the General
Mining Law (30 U.S.C. 29, 30, and 39)
authorizes a holder of an unpatented
claim for hardrock minerals to apply for
fee title (patent) to the Federal land (as
well as minerals) embraced in the claim.
Since 1994, a rider on the annual
appropriation bill for the Department of
the Interior has prevented the BLM from
processing mineral patent applications
unless the applications were
grandfathered under the initial
legislation. This moratorium does not
affect mineral surveys, contests, or
protests to existing mineral patent
applications. Therefore, this information
collection continues to be necessary.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
Description of Respondents: Owners
of unpatented mining claims and mill
sites upon the public lands, and of
reserved mineral lands of the United
States, National Forests, and National
Parks.
Total Annual Responses: 28 mineral
survey applications. 3 protests or
adverse claims.
Total Annual Burden Hours for
Mineral Survey Applicants: 28.
Total Annual Burden Hours for
Protests or Adverse Claims: 6.
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Total Annual Burden for All
Respondents: 34 hours.
Jean Sonneman,
Acting Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection;
Activities Under OMB Review;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently
approved collection (OMB No. 1006–
0005).
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces the Bureau of Reclamation
(we, our, or us) has forwarded the
following Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval: Individual
Landholder’s and Farm Operator’s
Certification and Reporting Forms for
Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426
and 43 CFR part 428, OMB Control
Number: 1006–0005. This ICR is
required under the Reclamation Reform
Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation
Rules and Regulations, 43 CFR part 426,
and Information Requirements for
Certain Farm Operations In Excess of
960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain
Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428.
The ICR describes the nature of the
information collection and its expected
cost and burden.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove this information
collection, but may respond after 30
days; therefore, public comments must
be received on or before July 6, 2009 to
assure maximum consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may send written
comments regarding the burden
estimate, or any other aspect of the
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Desk Officer for the Department of
the Interior at the Office of Management
and Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile to (202)
395–5806 or e-mail to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy
of your comments should also be
directed to the Bureau of Reclamation,
Attention: 84–53000, P.O. Box 25007,
Denver, CO 80225–0007.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445–2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Individual Landholder’s and
Farm Operator’s Certification and
Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation,
43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428.
Abstract: This information collection
requires certain landholders (direct or
indirect landowners or lessees) and farm
operators to complete forms
demonstrating their compliance with
the acreage limitation provisions of
Federal reclamation law. Responses are
required to retain or obtain a benefit.
These forms are submitted to districts
that use the information to establish
each landholder’s status with respect to
landownership limitations, full-cost
pricing thresholds, lease requirements,
and other provisions of Federal
reclamation law. In addition, forms are
submitted by certain farm operators to
provide information concerning the
services they provide and the nature of
their farm operating arrangements. All
landholders whose entire westwide
landholdings total 40 acres or less are
exempt from the requirement to submit
RRA forms. Landholders who are
‘‘qualified recipients’’ have RRA forms
submittal thresholds of 80 acres or 240
acres depending on the district’s RRA
forms submittal threshold category
where the land is held. Only farm
operators who provide multiple services
to more than 960 acres held in trusts or
by legal entities are required to submit
forms.
Changes to the RRA Forms and the
Instructions to Those Forms.
Minor editorial changes were made to
the currently approved RRA forms and
the instructions to those forms prior to
the 60-day comment period initiated by
the notice published in the Federal
Register (73 FR 63509, Oct. 24, 2008).
Those changes were designed to assist
the respondents by increasing their
understanding of the forms, clarifying
the instructions for use when
completing the forms, and clarifying the
information that is required to be
submitted to the districts with the
forms. We received no public comments
from the 60-day public comment period.
The proposed revisions to the RRA
forms will be included starting in the
2010 water year.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Landholders and farm
operators of certain lands in our
projects, whose landholdings exceed
specified RRA forms submittal
thresholds.
Estimated Total Number of
Respondents: 15,279.
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Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.02.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 15,585.
Burden
estimate
per form
(in minutes)
Form No.
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses
Annual
burden on
respondents
(in hours)
7–2180 ...................................................................................................
7–2180EZ ...............................................................................................
7–2181 ...................................................................................................
7–2184 ...................................................................................................
7–2190 ...................................................................................................
7–2190EZ ...............................................................................................
7–2191 ...................................................................................................
7–2194 ...................................................................................................
7–21PE ...................................................................................................
7–21PE–IND ..........................................................................................
7–21TRUST ...........................................................................................
7–21VERIFY ..........................................................................................
7–21FC ...................................................................................................
7–21XS ...................................................................................................
7–21FARMOP ........................................................................................
60
45
78
45
60
45
78
45
75
12
60
12
30
30
78
4,124
425
1,205
32
1,620
96
777
4
146
4
882
5,434
214
144
172
4,206
434
1,229
33
1,652
98
793
4
149
4
900
5,543
218
147
175
4,206
326
1,598
25
1,652
74
1,031
3
186
1
900
1,109
109
74
228
Totals .................................................................................................
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Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 11,522 hours.
Estimate of Burden for Each Form:
........................
15,279
15,585
11,522
Comments.
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of our functions, including
whether the information will have
practical use;
(b) The accuracy of our burden
estimate for the proposed collection of
information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
An agency 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. Reclamation will
display a valid OMB control number on
the RRA forms. A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection
of information was published in the
Federal Register (73 FR 63509, Oct. 24,
2008). No public comments were
received.
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove this information collection,
but may respond after 30 days;
therefore, public comment should be
submitted to OMB within 30 days in
order to assure maximum consideration.
Before including your address,
telephone 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—
VerDate Nov<24>2008
16:08 Jun 02, 2009
Jkt 217001
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Dated: April 21, 2009.
Richard W. Rizzi,
Acting Director, Program and Policy Services,
Denver Office.
[FR Doc. E9–12924 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Draft Environmental Impact Statement;
Prisoners Harbor Coastal Wetland
Restoration Project, Channel Islands
National Park; Notice of Availability
SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 81–190 as
amended), the National Park Service,
Department of Interior, has prepared a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Prisoners Harbor Coastal
Wetland Restoration. The Draft EIS
evaluates alternative methods for
ecological restoration and cultural
resource protection. Appropriate
mitigation measures are incorporated,
and an ‘‘environmentally preferred’’
course of action is identified. The
‘‘action’’ alternatives are based upon
information gained during public
scoping, as well as park values, effective
restoration strategies, National Park
Service policy, and applicable laws.
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Background: Prisoners Harbor and
Canada del Puerto creek are located on
the north side of Santa Cruz Island,
Santa Barbara County, California. The
project’s area of potential effect
encompasses the lower 3⁄4 mile of
Canada del Puerto extending to the 19acre triangular shaped Prisoners Harbor
area. This area includes a beach, cobble
bar, lower stream channel and the Park’s
largest coastal floodplain wetland
highly-valued archeological resources,
historic resources associated with the
island’s ranching history, and stands of
invasive eucalyptus trees along the
riparian corridor in Canada del Puerto.
Historically the Prisoners Harbor area
has been extensively modified by direct
filling of the coastal floodplain wetland,
placement of a berm on the west bank
of the associated Canada del Puerto
creek, and introduction of the invasive
fennel, eucalyptus, and kikuyu grass.
Combined, these extensive
modifications resulted in the loss of
approximately 50%, or 3 acres, of
wetland, altered channel hydraulics
essentially disconnecting the creek from
its floodplain wetland, and
inadvertently directed the erosive power
of flood flows toward highly-valued
archeological resources and caused the
loss of approximately 20 acres of
southern oak riparian woodland. The
purpose of the project is to restore a
functional ecosystem including wetland
and riparian components, protect
archeological resources and the historic
scale house, control invasive species,
and provide a compatible visitor
experience. Under current conditions
the coastal wetland habitat is degraded
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection; Activities Under OMB Review;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently approved collection (OMB No.
1006-0005).
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces the Bureau of Reclamation
(we, our, or us) has forwarded the following Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval: Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification
and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR
part 428, OMB Control Number: 1006-0005. This ICR is required under the
Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation Rules and
Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, and Information Requirements for Certain
Farm Operations In Excess of 960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain
Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected cost and burden.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comments
must be received on or before July 6, 2009 to assure maximum
consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may send written comments regarding the burden estimate,
or any other aspect of the information collection, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile to (202)
395-5806 or e-mail to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy of your comments
should also be directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: 84-
53000, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, CO 80225-0007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445-2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Individual Landholder's and Farm Operator's Certification
and Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR
part 428.
Abstract: This information collection requires certain landholders
(direct or indirect landowners or lessees) and farm operators to
complete forms demonstrating their compliance with the acreage
limitation provisions of Federal reclamation law. Responses are
required to retain or obtain a benefit. These forms are submitted to
districts that use the information to establish each landholder's
status with respect to landownership limitations, full-cost pricing
thresholds, lease requirements, and other provisions of Federal
reclamation law. In addition, forms are submitted by certain farm
operators to provide information concerning the services they provide
and the nature of their farm operating arrangements. All landholders
whose entire westwide landholdings total 40 acres or less are exempt
from the requirement to submit RRA forms. Landholders who are
``qualified recipients'' have RRA forms submittal thresholds of 80
acres or 240 acres depending on the district's RRA forms submittal
threshold category where the land is held. Only farm operators who
provide multiple services to more than 960 acres held in trusts or by
legal entities are required to submit forms.
Changes to the RRA Forms and the Instructions to Those Forms.
Minor editorial changes were made to the currently approved RRA
forms and the instructions to those forms prior to the 60-day comment
period initiated by the notice published in the Federal Register (73 FR
63509, Oct. 24, 2008). Those changes were designed to assist the
respondents by increasing their understanding of the forms, clarifying
the instructions for use when completing the forms, and clarifying the
information that is required to be submitted to the districts with the
forms. We received no public comments from the 60-day public comment
period. The proposed revisions to the RRA forms will be included
starting in the 2010 water year.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Landholders and farm operators of certain lands in our
projects, whose landholdings exceed specified RRA forms submittal
thresholds.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 15,279.
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Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.02.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 15,585.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,522 hours.
Estimate of Burden for Each Form:
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Burden Annual burden
estimate per Number of Annual number on
Form No. form (in respondents of responses respondents
minutes) (in hours)
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Form 7-2180..................................... 60 4,124 4,206 4,206
Form 7-2180EZ................................... 45 425 434 326
Form 7-2181..................................... 78 1,205 1,229 1,598
Form 7-2184..................................... 45 32 33 25
Form 7-2190..................................... 60 1,620 1,652 1,652
Form 7-2190EZ................................... 45 96 98 74
Form 7-2191..................................... 78 777 793 1,031
Form 7-2194..................................... 45 4 4 3
Form 7-21PE..................................... 75 146 149 186
Form 7-21PE-IND................................. 12 4 4 1
Form 7-21TRUST.................................. 60 882 900 900
Form 7-21VERIFY................................. 12 5,434 5,543 1,109
Form 7-21FC..................................... 30 214 218 109
Form 7-21XS..................................... 30 144 147 74
Form 7-21FARMOP................................. 78 172 175 228
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Totals.................................. .............. 15,279 15,585 11,522
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Comments.
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of our functions, including whether the
information will have practical use;
(b) The accuracy of our burden estimate for the proposed collection
of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
An agency 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. Reclamation will display a valid
OMB control number on the RRA forms. A Federal Register notice with a
60-day comment period soliciting comments on this collection of
information was published in the Federal Register (73 FR 63509, Oct.
24, 2008). No public comments were received.
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove this information
collection, but may respond after 30 days; therefore, public comment
should be submitted to OMB within 30 days in order to assure maximum
consideration.
Before including your address, telephone 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 us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Dated: April 21, 2009.
Richard W. Rizzi,
Acting Director, Program and Policy Services, Denver Office.
[FR Doc. E9-12924 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 am]
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