[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43742-43743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-320-1990-PB-24 1A; OMB Control Number 1004-0025]


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 collection to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.). On July 26, 2002, the BLM published a notice in the 
Federal Register (67 FR 48938) requesting comment on this information 
collection. The comment period ended on September 24, 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 to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Interior Department Desk Officer (1004-0025), at OMB-OIRA via 
facsimile to (202) 395-5806 or e-mail to Ruth [email protected]. 
Please provide a copy of our 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 on the 
information collected; and
    4. Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to

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respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Title: Mineral Patent Applications (43 CFR part 3860) and Adverse 
Claims, Protests, and Conflicts (43 CFR part 3870).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0025.
    Bureau Form Numbers: 3860-2 and 3860-5.
    Abstract: We use the information to determine the right to a 
mineral patent and to disputes concerning the rights to the property in 
order to issue the patent to the rightful claimant.
    Frequency: One.
    Description of Respondents: Holders of unpatented mining claims and 
mill sites located on public lands, reserved mineral lands of the 
United States, National Forests, and National Parks.
    Estimated Completion Time: 2 hours (contests and protests each).
    Annual Responses: 31.
    Application Fee Per Response: $10.
    Annual Burden Hours: 62.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Michael Schwartz, (202) 452-5033.

    Dated: July 8, 2003.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-18848 Filed 7-23-03; 8:45 am]
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