[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67412-67413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28046]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-310-1310-PB-24-1A]


OMB Approval Number 1004-0-162; Information Collection Submitted 
to the Office of Management and Budget Under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act

    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted a request to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the provisions of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) to extend a currently 
approved collection of information listed below. On May 14, 2002, the 
BLM published a notice in the Federal

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Register (67 FR 34467) requesting comments. The comment period ended 
July 15, 2002. 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 Office 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 (1004-0162), 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC 20503. 
Please provide a copy of your comments to the Bureau Information 
Collection Clearance Officer (WO-630), 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 practically utility;
    2. The accuracy of BLM's estimate of the burden of collecting the 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
we use;
    3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information collected; and
    4. Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated electronic, 
mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Title: Oil and Gas Geophysical Exploration Operations (43 CFR 
3150).
    OMB Approval Number: 1004-0162.
    Abstract: Respondents supply information that we use to determine 
procedures for conducting oil and gas geophysical exploration 
operations on public lands. The information supplied allow the Bureau 
of Land Management and the Forest Service to determine that geophysical 
exploration operation activities are conducted in a manner consistent 
with the regulations, local use plans, and environmental assessments in 
compliance with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969, as amended.
    Form Numbers: BLM 3150-4/FS 2800-16; BLM 3150-5/FS 2800-16a; 
certain nonform information (Alaska only).
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Oil and gas exploration and drilling 
companies.
    Estimated Completion Time: BLM 3150-4/FS 2800-16, 1 hour; BLM 3150-
5/FS 2800-16a, 20 minutes; and certain nonform information (Alaska 
only), 1 hour.
    Annual Repsonses: 1,253.
    Application Fee Per Response; $25 filing/renewal fee (only if off 
lease in Alaska).
    Annual Burden Hours: 836.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Michael H. Schwartz (202) 452-5033.

    Dated: October 30, 2002.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-28046 Filed 11-4-02; 8:45 am]
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