[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38780-38781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18864]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WO-320-6-1990-01]


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35)

    The proposal for the collection of information listed below has 
been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for approval 
under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, as amended (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of the proposed collection of information 
and explanatory material may be obtained by contacting the BLM's 
Clearance Officer at the telephone number listed below. Comments and 
suggestions on the proposal should be made within 30 days directly to 
the Bureau Clearance Officer and to the Office of management and 
Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project (1004-0114), Washington, D.C. 
20503, telephone 202-395-7340.
    Title: Recordation of Location Notices and Annual Filings for 
Mining Claims, Mill Sites, and Tunnel Sites; Payment of Location and 
Maintenance Fees and Service Charges.
    OMB Approval Number: 1004-0114.
    Abstract: The information collected is used to determine whether or 
not mining claimants have met the statutory requirements of Section 314 
of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1744), 
the Mining Claim Rights Restoration Act of 1955 (30 U.S.C. 621 et 
seq.), the Oregon and California Railroad and Reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon 
Road Grant Lands Act of 1948 (hereinafter called ``the O and C Lands 
Act'', Pub. L. 80-477, 62 STAT 162), the General Mining Law of 1872 (30 
U.S.C. 22-54), the Act of August 10, 1993 (Pub. L. 103-66; 30 U.S.C. 
28f-k), and the Act of April 16, 1993 (Pub. L. 103-23; 43 U.S.C. 
299[b]). Mining claimants must record location notices of mining 
claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites with the Bureau of Land Management 
(BLM) within 90 days of their location. Each calendar year after the 
claims and sites are located, the claimants must make an annual filing 
by December 30. Failure to record the mining claim or site or to submit 
an annual filing makes the mining claim or site abandoned and void by 
operation of law. Enactment of Pub. L. 103-66 of August 10, 1993 (107 
STAT 405; 30 U.S.C. 28[f]-[k]) requires payment of a $100 per claim or 
site maintenance fee for fiscal years 1994 through 1998. The payment is 
due at the time of recording and by each following August 31 
thereafter. The Act also requires a $25 location fee for all new claims 
or sites located, payable at the time of recording with BLM. Certain 
``small miners'' owning 10 or fewer claims and sites in total may file 
by each August 31 a waiver from payment of the maintenance fee and file 
an annual filing as in the past. Failure to pay the fee or file for a 
waiver by August 31 makes the mining claim or site forfeited by 
operation of law. Pub. L. 103-66 expires on September 30, 1998 unless 
renewed by Congress. Enactment of Pub. L. 103-23 of April 16, 1993 (107 
STAT 60; 43 U.S.C. 299[b]) establishes new procedures for location of 
mining claims upon the reserved mineral estate of the United States 
where the mineral estate was reserved under the authority of the 
Stockraising Homestead Act of 1916, as amended. The locator must now 
file a Notice of Intent to Locate Mining Claims (NOITL) with BLM and 
serve a copy of the NOITL upon the surface owner of record, as taken 
from the local tax records. The locator must wait 30 days after serving 
the surface owner before entering the lands or locating mining claims 
upon the lands so noticed. The notice segregates the lands from mineral 
entry or mineral sale on behalf of the locator for 90 days from 
acceptance by BLM. BLM is required to post the NOITL upon its official 
land records. The surface owner is not subject to filing a NOITL and 
may locate mining claims at any time the mineral estate is not 
segregated.
    Bureau Form Numbers: 3814-4 and 3830-2.
    Frequency: Once for notices and certificates of location, NOITL, 
and payment of location fees. Once each year for annual filings, 
payment of maintenance fees or filing of waivers.
    Description of Respondents: Respondents may range from an 
individual to multi-national corporations.
    Estimated Completion Time: 0.1333 hours for each document or 
payment.
    Annual Responses: 359,000.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Wendy Spencer (303)-236-6642.

    Dated: July 18, 1996.
Annetta L. Cheek,
Chief, Regulatory Management Team.
[FR Doc. 96-18864 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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