[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2690]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-230-1020-PB-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0001

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 the general public interested in obtaining free vegetative or 
mineral material from public lands. BLM uses Form 5510-1, Free Use 
Application and Permit (Vegetative or Mineral Materials) to collect 
this information. This information allows BLM to properly manage and 
accurately track the disposal of these materials.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before April 7, 2003. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments 
received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: Bureau of Land Management, (WO-
630), Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, Virginia 
22153.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. Please 
include ``ATTN: 1004-0001'' 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.
    All 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 John C. Stewart, WO-
230, on (202) 452-7759 (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. Stewart.

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.
    BLM uses Form 5510-1, Free Use Application and Permit (Vegetative 
or Mineral Material), under 43 CFR 5510 to collect this information. 
The PL-167, Surface Resources Act of July 23, 1955, gives the Secretary 
the discretion to permit the free use of vegetative or mineral 
materials for use other than commercial or industrial purposes or 
resale. The Secretary of the Interior may also permit claimants the 
free use of vegetative or mineral materials.
    BLM uses the information provided by the applicant(s) to:
    (1) Maintain an inventory of vegetative and mineral information; 
and
    (2) Adjudicate your rights to vegetative and mineral resources.
    An applicant must file an application for a permit before removing 
any vegetative or mineral resources from the public lands. If BLM did 
not collect this information, we could not process applications.
    Based upon BLM experience administering the activities described 
above, we process approximately 450 applications each year. The public 
reporting information collection burden takes 30 minutes. We estimate 
450 responses per year and a total annual burden of 225 hours.
    BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include them in 
the request for OMB renewal of this form. All comments will become a 
matter of public record.

    Dated: January 31, 2003.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-2690 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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