[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18847]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-310-1310-PB-24 1A; OMB Control Number 1004-0074]


Information Collection Submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has sent a request to extend 
the current approved information collection to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). On August 5, 2002, the BLM published a 
notice in the Federal Register (67 FR 50690) requesting comment on this 
information collection. The comment period ended on October 4, 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 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 directed within 30 days to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Interior Department Desk Officer (1004-0074), at 
OMB-OIRA via facsimile to (202) 395-5806 or e-mail to Ruth 
[email protected].
    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 agency, including whether the information 
will have practical utility;
    2. The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection 
burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we 
use;
    3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the 
information collection; 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 and Geothermal Resources Leasing (43 CFR 3120, 
3209, and 3220).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0074.
    Bureau Form Numbers: 3000-2 and 3200-9.
    Abstract: We use the information from Form 3000-2 to determine 
whether a bidder is qualified to hold a lease under the Mineral Leasing 
Act of 1920. Also, we use the information from Form 3200-9 to conduct 
geothermal resource operations under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1969.
    Frequency: Occasionally.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals, small businesses, and 
large corporations.
    Estimated Completion Time: 2 hours for Form 3200-9 and 10 minutes 
for Form 3000-2.
    Annual Responses: 1,030.
    Application Fee Per Response: $0.
    Annual Burden Hours: 227.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Michael Schwartz, (202) 452-5033.

    Dated: July 11, 2003.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-18847 Filed 7-23-03; 8:45 am]
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