[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6943]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3329]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-220-1050-PF-24-1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0182

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 certain 
information from Alaska Natives interested in reindeer grazing 
activities on public lands BLM administers. BLM uses AK Form 4201-1, 
Grazing Lease or Permit Application, and AK Form 4132-2, Reindeer 
Grazing Permit, to collect this information. This information allows 
BLM to determine assessment of the compatibility of reindeer grazing on 
public lands with multiple-use objectives (43 CFR part 4300).

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before April 14, 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: 1004-0182'' 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 Larry Field, BLM 
Northern Field Office, on (907) 474-2343 (Commercial or FTS). Persons 
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a 
day, seven days a week, to contact Mr. Field.

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 burden of the proposed 
collection of information, 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 burden of the collection of information 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 Act of September 1, 1937 (50 Stat. 900; 25 U.S.C. 500 et seq.) 
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to manage the reindeer 
industry in Alaska to maintain a self-sustaining industry for Natives 
of Alaska. The Act also authorizes the Secretary to issue permits to 
those Natives for grazing reindeer on public lands. The regulations at 
43 CFR part 4300 authorizes Alaska Natives to apply to BLM to permits 
to graze reindeer and to construct improvements on the land.
    BLM requires that applicant use the AK Form 4201-1, Grazing Lease 
or Permit Application, and the AK Form 4132-2, Reindeer Grazing Permit, 
to submit the following information:
    (a) Name and address;
    (b) A legal description of the land applied for;
    (c) Whether the applicant is an Alaska Native, citizen of the 
United States, or a qualified corporation;
    (d) Whether the applicant has examined the land and whether there 
are any improvements on the land, in which case the applicant needs to 
provide a list of the surface owners;
    (e) Whether the applicant has previously used the land;
    (f) How many acres of adjoining land, if any, the applicant 
controls;
    (g) Whether the applicant can furnish a statement of financial 
responsibility;
    (h) The types of numbers of livestock the applicant intends to 
graze on the land;
    (i) The number of years that livestock are permitted to graze and a 
description of the land on which they may graze; and
    (j) The Reindeer Grazing Permit requires a permittee to file an 
annual report on the grazing operations and to agree to observe 
covenants involving assignments of permits and reindeer crossing permit 
applications.
    We use the information the applicant provides to determine whether 
the applicant qualifies to receive a reindeer grazing permit or lease 
and whether permittee or lessee meets the terms and conditions of the 
granted permit or lease. If we did not collect this information, BLM 
would not be able to manage the Alaska reindeer grazing activities.
    Based on our experience administering the activities described 
above, we estimate the public reporting burden for the information 
collected is 1 hour per application and 15 minutes for the annual 
report. The respondents are Alaska Natives. We estimate 6 responses per 
year and a total annual burden of 7 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: February 6, 2003.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-3329 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]
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