Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Recordation of Location Notices and Mining Claims; Payment of Fees, 3430 [2023-01006]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• Bureau of Land Management

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 3430]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01006]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[L19900000.PO0000.LLHQ320.23X; OMB Control No. 1004-0114]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Recordation of 
Location Notices and Mining Claims; Payment of Fees

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew an information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 21, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for this information 
collection request (ICR) should be sent within 30 days of publication 
of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this Information Collection Request (ICR), contact Sabry Hanna by 
email at [email protected], or by telephone at (571) 458-6644. Individuals 
in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United 
States should use the relay services offered within their country to 
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. 
You may also view the ICR at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we invite the public and other Federal 
agencies to comment on new, proposed, revised and continuing 
collections of information. This helps the BLM assess impacts of its 
information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting 
burden. It also helps the public understand BLM information collection 
requirements and ensure requested data are provided in the desired 
format.
    A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on 
October 27, 2022, 2022 (87 FR 65099). No comments were received.
    As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent 
burdens, we are again inviting the public and other Federal agencies to 
comment on the proposed ICR described below. The BLM is especially 
interested in public comment addressing the following:
    (1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility.
    (2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection 
of information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used.
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of 
information 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, e.g., 
permitting electronic submission of response.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. Before including your address, phone number, email 
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.
    Abstract: The information that is collected under this control 
number enables the BLM to maintain records of mining claims and sites 
on Federal lands and enables the BLM to determine which mining claims 
and sites claimants wish to continue to hold such claims and sites. The 
BLM collects information under this control number in accordance with 
The General Mining Law, as amended, the Stock Raising Homestead Act and 
other statutes. This OMB Control Number is currently scheduled to 
expire on April 30, 2023. The BLM request that OMB renew this OMB 
Control Number for an additional three years.
    Title of Collection: Recordation of Location Notices and Mining 
Claims; Payment of Fees (43 CFR 3832-3838).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0114.
    Form Numbers: 3830-2, Maintenance Fee Waiver Certification; 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; and 3830-4, Affidavit 
of Annual Assessment Work.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Mining claimants.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 195,582.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 195,582.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 30 to 60 
minutes per response.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Hours: 95,014.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, except Form 3830-2 (which may 
be filed annually) and annual FLPMA documents (are to be filed annually 
when required).
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $3,387,355.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor and, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a person is not required to respond to a collection 
of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Darrin King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-01006 Filed 1-18-23; 8:45 am]
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