[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 221 (Thursday, November 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57591-57592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28295]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WO-420-6310-00]


Tramroads and Logging Roads Over O. and C. and Coos Bay Revested 
Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Information Collection.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, BLM is 
announcing its intention to request approval for the collection of 
information from applicants for permits that allow access across 
Federal roads, rights-of-way and lands in western Oregon for logging 
activities.

DATES: Comments on the proposed information collection must be received 
by January 16. 1996 to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to: Regulatory Management Team (420), 
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Street NW, Room 401LS, Washington, 
D.C. 20240.
    Comments may be sent via Internet to: WO[email protected]. Please 
include ``ATTN: O&C-Info'' and your name and return address in your 
Internet message.
    Comments may be hand-delivered 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: Patrick W. Boyd (202) 452-5030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is required to provide 60-day notice in 
the Federal Register concerning a proposed collection of information to 
solicit comments on--
    (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Accordingly, none of the information proposed to be collected as 
described below will be required until comments have been received and 
analyzed and approval has been obtained from OMB under 44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq. and a clearance number assigned.
    In the advance notice of proposed rulemaking published elsewhere in 
this issue of the Federal Register, BLM is announcing its intention to 
revise its existing rules governing logging roads over revested Oregon 
and California Railroad grant lands and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road 
grant lands (collectively known as the O&C lands). The changes will 
bring the existing cost-sharing road program under the regulatory 
framework of Section 502 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
of 1976 (FLPMA) and incorporate environmental protection and other 
requirements for rights-of-way over public lands found in Title V of 
FLPMA. Another change will allow compensation for the use of roads and 
rights-of-way where the landowner has granted BLM rights of access for 
recreational purposes. In addition, the entire subpart will be revised, 
using a ``plain English'' approach, to remove obsolete terms and 
improve its clarity, organization, and readability.
    The Oregon and California Revested Lands Sustained Yield Management 
Act of August 28, 1937 (43 U.S.C. 1181a and 1181b) granted to the 
Secretary of the Interior the general authority to provide for the use, 
occupancy and development of the O&C lands through permits and rights-
of-way. The BLM has had a cost-share logging road right-of-way program 
in western Oregon under this authority since the early 1950's. The 
regulations for this program are contained in 43 CFR Subpart 2812. With 
the enactment of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
(FLPMA), all right-of-way authorizations must be issued under the 
authority and requirements of Title V of FLPMA (43 U.S.C. 1761-1771). 
The Secretary was given specific authority to enter into 

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cost-share agreements under Section 502 of the Act.
    The BLM has continued the use of regulations in 43 CFR Subpart 2812 
on an interim basis pending the preparation and publication of new 
cost-share regulations. Since the regulations contained in this subpart 
clearly represent a cost-share road agreement concept, it is proposed 
by the Secretary that these regulations be revised as necessary and 
adopted pursuant to the authority contained in Section 310 of FLPMA (43 
U.S.C. 1740) for the purpose of implementing Section 502. Continuing 
the use of pre-existing regulations with only minor modifications and 
changes would provide for the orderly and continuous administration of 
all outstanding permits and agreements issued prior to the effective 
date of this rulemaking.
    Applicants for permits to utilize logging roads on Federal land 
will be required to provide the following--
    (a) Identifying information, including name; address; partnership 
agreement (for partnerships); and articles of incorporation, 
certificate of authority to do business in Oregon, and copy of bylaws 
(for corporations);
    (b) Description of BLM lands or roads to be used and estimated 
period of use;
    (c) Description of all lands or roads owned or controlled by the 
applicant that will be served by the right-of-way permit, including an 
estimate of timber or other materials that will be hauled on each 
portion;
    (d) A map showing all roads to be used which are directly or 
indirectly controlled by the applicant;
    (e) Description of any road construction that will be required on 
BLM lands;
    (f) Description of any proposed improvements to BLM roads; and
    (g) Whether any hazardous substances or solid waste will be 
transported within the right-of-way.
    The information collected will allow BLM to determine the 
applicant's eligibility for a road use permit and whether it is in the 
Government's interest to enter into a reciprocal agreement with the 
applicant. A reciprocal agreement would require the applicant to grant 
BLM access across the applicant's roads, rights-of way or lands. The 
information is mandatory to obtain a benefit, use of BLM roads, rights-
of-way and lands for access to timber.
    The public reporting burden for this collection of information is 
estimated to average one hour per application. The respondents are 
individuals, partnerships, and corporations engaged in the logging 
business who desire access to timber across BLM lands. The estimated 
number of respondents is 200 per year. The estimated number of 
responses per respondent is one per year. The estimated total annual 
burden on respondents is 200 hours.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will 
also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: November 13, 1995.
Annetta Cheek,
Regulatory Management Team.
[FR Doc. 95-28295 Filed 11-15-95; 8:45 am]
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