[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59786-59787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28683]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WO-320-1990-00]


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The proposal for collection of information listed below has been 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). On 
July 27, 1999 (64 FR 40618), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
published a notice in the Federal Register requesting comments on 
extending the currently approved information collection. BLM received 
no public comments as a result of that notice.
    You can obtain copies of the proposed collection of information and 
explanatory material by contacting BLM's Clearance Officer at the 
telephone number listed below. OMB is required to respond to the 
request within 60 days but may respond after 30 days. For maximum 
consideration, your comments and suggestions on the requirements should 
be made within 30 days directly to the Bureau Clearance Officer and the 
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs (1004-0114), 725 17th St., NW, Washington, DC 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

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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 1995 (30 U.S.C. 621 et seq.); the Oregon and California Railroad and 
Reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Act of 1948, referred to 
after this as the ``O and C Lands Act,'' (62 Stat. 162); the General 
Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. 22-54); and the Act of October 21, 1998 
(112 Stat. 2681-235). Mining claimants must record location notices or 
certificates of mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites with BLM 
within 90 days of their location. Claimants who do not pay the 
maintenance fee must make an annual filing by December 30. Failure to 
record the mining claim or site or to submit an annual filing when 
required causes the claimant to forfeit the mining claim or site by 
operation of law.
    The Act of October 21, 1998, requires payment of a $100-per-claim 
or site maintenance fee for fiscal years 1999 through 2001. The payment 
is due at the time of recording and by each September 1st after that. 
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 may file by each September 
1st a waiver from payment of the maintenance fee and record an annual 
filing as in the past. Failure to pay the fee or file for a waiver by 
September 1st makes the mining claim or site forfeited by operation of 
law. The Act of October 21, 1998, expires on September 30, 2001, unless 
Congress renews it.
    The Act of April 16, 1993 (43 U.S.C. 299[b]), established new 
procedures for locating mining claims on 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 on the surface owner 
of record, as given in local tax records. The locator must wait 30 days 
after serving the surface owner before entering the lands or locating 
mining claims on them. The notice segregates the lands from mining 
claim location or mineral sale on behalf of the locator for 90 days 
from BLM's acceptance of the notice. BLM must respond to the NOITL on 
its official land records. The surface owner does not have to file an 
NOITL and may locate mining claims at any time the mineral estate is 
not encumbered.
    Bureau Form Numbers: 3830-2 and 3830-3.
    Frequency: Once for notices and certificates of location, NOITL's, 
and payment of location fees. Once each year for annual filings, 
payment of maintenance fees or filing of waivers. As needed for 
recording of amendments to a previously recorded notice or certificate 
of location or transfer of interest.
    Description of Respondents: Respondents range from individuals to 
multi-national corporations engaged in exploring for and developing 
mineral resources on federal lands.
    Estimated Completion Time: 8 minutes for each document or payment.
    Annual Responses: 364,000.
    Estimated Burden Hours: 48,652 annually.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole Smith, (202) 452-0367.

    Dated: September 27, 1999.
Carole J. Smith,
BLM Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-28683 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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