[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56579-56580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22518]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO3501430ER24 1A]


OMB Approval Number 10040189; Information Collection Submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an extension of a 
currently approved collection to collect the information listed below 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the provisions of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). On August 9, 
2001, the BLM published a notice in the Federal Register (66 FR 41882) 
requesting comment on the proposed collection. The comment period ended 
on October 9, 2001. BLM received no comments. You may obtain copies of 
the collection of information and related forms and explanatory 
material by contacting the BLM Information Collection Clearance Officer 
at the telephone number listed below.
    The OMB must respond to this request within 60 days but may respond 
after 30 days. For maximum consideration your comments and suggestions 
on the requirement should be made within 30 days directly to the Office 
of Management and Budget, Interior Department Desk Officer (10040189), 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503. 
Please provide a copy of your comments to the Bureau Information 
Collection Clearance Officer (WO630), Bureau of Land Management, 
Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 22153.
    Nature of Comments: We specifically request your comments on the 
following:
    1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the BLM, including whether the information will 
have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of BLM's estimate of the burden of collecting the 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used;
    3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and

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    4. How to minimize the burden of collecting the information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Title: Application for Transportation and Utility Systems and 
Facilities on Federal Lands, Standard Form 299.
    OMB Approval Number: 10040189.
    Bureau Form Number: SF299.
    Abstract: We use the information we collect to issue rights-of-way 
grants to use a specific piece of the public lands for certain 
projects, such as roads, pipelines, transmission lines, and 
communication sites.
    Frequency: Once.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals, partnerships, 
corporations, associations or other business entity and any Federal, 
State or local governmental entity including municipal corporations 
seeking to obtain a rights-of-way grant.
    Estimated Completion Time: 25 hours.
    Annual Responses: 5,066.
    Average Application Fee Per Response: $368.
    Annual Burden Hours: 126,650.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Michael H. Schwartz, (202) 4525033.

    Dated: July 4, 2002.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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