Renewal of Approved Information Collection, 8986 [2010-3937]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management
• Land Management Bureau

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 8986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3937]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO3200000-L19900000.PP0000; OMB Control Number 1004-0114]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 30-day Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for a 3-year renewal of OMB Control Number 1004-0114 under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. This control number covers paperwork 
requirements in 43 CFR parts 3832 through 3838, which pertain to mining 
claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites.

DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this information collection 
request within 60 days but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, 
written comments should be received on or before March 29, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1004-0114), Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
fax 202-395-5806, or by electronic mail at oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. 
Please mail a copy of your comments to: Bureau Information Collection 
Clearance Officer (WO-630), Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, 
NW., Mail Stop 401 LS, Washington, DC 20240. You may also send a copy 
of your comments by electronic mail to jean_sonneman@blm.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Sonia Santillan, 
Mineral Leasing Specialist, Bureau of Land Management, Division of 
Solid Minerals, (202) 452-0398 (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, to contact Ms. 
Santillan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Recordation of Location Notices and Mining Claims; Payment 
of Fees (43 CFR parts 3832-3838).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0114.
    Abstract: This notice pertains to information collections that are 
necessary for the recordation of mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel 
sites; the annual maintenance of such claims and sites; location and 
maintenance fee waivers; and the adjudication of mineral rights. The 
information collections covered by this notice are found at 43 CFR 
parts 3832 through 3838, and in the following forms:

     Form 3830-2, Maintenance Fee Waiver Certification; and
     Form 3830-3, Notice of Intent to Locate a Lode or Placer 
Mining Claim(s) and/or a Tunnel Site(s) on Lands Patented under the 
Stock Raising Homestead Act of 1916, as Amended by the Act of April 16, 
1993.
    60-Day Notice: As required in 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the BLM published a 
60-day notice in the Federal Register on July 31, 2009 (74 FR 38215), 
soliciting comments from the public and other interested parties. The 
comment period closed on September 29, 2009. The BLM did not receive 
any comments from the public in response to this notice or unsolicited 
comments from respondents covered under these regulations.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Affected Public: Individuals, associations, and corporations 
seeking to obtain or maintain interests under the General Mining Law 
and other mining statutes.
    Obligation To Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    Annual Responses: 197,154.
    Completion Time per Response: Varies from 20 to 30 minutes.
    Annual Burden Hours: 97,658.
    Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $1,629,025 for document processing 
fees associated with some of these information collection requirements.
    The BLM requests comments on the following subjects:
    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 to be 
collected; and
    4. How to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Please send comments to the addresses listed under ADDRESSES. 
Please refer to OMB control number 1004-0114 in your correspondence. 
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.

Jean Sonneman,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-3937 Filed 2-25-10; 8:45 am]
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