[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41882-41883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20026]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-350-1430-PF-01-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number 
1004-0189

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

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Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect certain 
information from entities desiring a right-of-way across public lands 
under 43 CFR part 2800 and 43 CFR part 2880. BLM and several other 
agencies use Form 299, Application for Transportation and Utility 
System and Facility, to determine whether or not applicants qualify to 
hold right-of-way grants across public lands and several other 
purposes.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before October 9, 2001. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments 
received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Regulatory Affairs Group (630), 
Bureau of Land Management, Mailstop 401LS, 1849 C Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20240.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include ``ATTN: 1004-0189'' and your name and return address in your 
Internet message.
    You may deliver comments 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: You may contact Alzata L. Ransom, 
Realty Use Group, on (202) 452-7772 (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, 24 hours a day, 
seven days a week, to contact Ms. Ransom.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 
60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a collection of 
information to solicit comments on:
    (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the agency, including whether the information 
will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection 
burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we 
use;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the information collection burden 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.
    Title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 
December 2, 1980, requires that the Departments of Agriculture, 
Interior, and Transportation use a consolidated form in connection with 
rights-of-way for transportation and utility. The Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, the Mineral Leasing Act, and the 
regulations under 43 CFR part 2800 and 43 CFR part 2880 authorizes BLM 
to use Form 299. BLM will use Form 299 to collect information to:
    (1) Determine if the applicant qualifies for a right-of-way grant;
    (2) Identify and communicate with the applicant on its right-of-way 
application;
    (3) Identify the project location;
    (4) Determine and compare existing and proposed land uses; and
    (5) Determine if alternate routes and modes are available to the 
applicant on the right-of-way application.
    Without this information, BLM would not be able to properly 
administer its right-of-way program.
    Based upon BLM experience and recent tabulations of activity, we 
process approximately 4,900 applications each year. The public 
reporting information collection burden takes about 2 hours to 
complete. The estimated number of responses per year is 4,900. The 
estimated total annual burden is 9,800 hours.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of 
public record.

    Dated: July 24, 2001.
Michael H. Schwartz,
BLM Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-20026 Filed 8-8-01; 8:45 am]
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