[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43901-43902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21055]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-220-1020-PB-241 1a]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approved Number 
1004-0005

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 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is requesting the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information 
from individuals who apply for grazing permits or leases or who apply 
to make changes in grazing use within the terms and conditions of 
existing permits and leases. BLM uses Form 4130-1 (Grazing Application) 
to collect information that describes the applicant's desired grazing 
use under a new grazing permit or lease or that describes the applicant 
desired changes in grazing use within the terms and conditions of an 
existing permit or lease. The regulations under 43 CFR 4130 authorize 
BLM to issue grazing permits or leases to qualified applicants and to 
authorize changes in grazing use within the terms and conditions of an 
existing permit or lease.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before October 22, 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

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include ``ATTN: 1004-0005'' and you 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 Ken Visser on (202) 
452-7743 (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 Mr. Visser.

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.
    The regulations under 43 CFR 4130 authorize BLM to issue grazing 
permits or leases to applicants who apply to have their livestock graze 
on public lands. BLM administers the livestock grazing program 
consistent with land-use plans, multiple-use objectives, sustained 
yield, environmental values, economic considerations, and other 
factors. To do so, BLM requests information from the permittees and 
lessees to authorize livestock grazing use on the public lands and to 
amend annual authorized grazing use levels.
    BLM will use Form 4130-1 to collect the following information:
    (1) The name and number of the grazing allotment to verify the 
authorized location;
    (2) The number of livestock;
    (3) Periods of use for billing purposes to calculate grazing use 
fees;
    (4) To record brands to verify ownership;
    (5) To determine reasons for any nonuse of the grazing allotment;
    (6) To determine if the use applied for is within the authorized 
level of use;
    (7) To determine if the use applied for is consistent with 
multiple-use objectives; and
    (8) To develop the appropriate terms and conditions under 43 CFR 
4130.3-1 and 4130.3-2.
    BLM uses this information also for various grazing administrative 
purposes depending on the nature of the application. These purposes 
include:
    (1) To identify the applicant;
    (2) To determine if the requested terms and conditions of grazing 
use are consistent with regulations and applicable land use plan or 
activity plan management guidance;
    (3) To determine if the livestock brands are recorded to the 
applicant;
    (4) To develop the appropriate terms and conditions under 43 CFR 
4130.3-1 and 4130.3-2;
    (5) To consider modifying terms and conditions of grazing use under 
43 CFR 4130.3;
    (6) To consider changes to grazing use within terms and conditions 
of the existing permit or lease under 43 CFR 4130.4(b); and
    (7) To determine the forage amount requested and the grazing fees 
due for use.
    Based upon BLM experience and recent tabulations of activity, we 
process approximately 6,000 applications each year. The public 
reporting information collection burden takes 20 minutes to complete. 
The estimated number of responses per year is 6,000 and the total 
annual burden is 2,000 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: August 3, 2001.
Michael H. Schwartz,
BLM Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-21055 Filed 8-20-01; 8:45 am]
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