[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 64 (Friday, April 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17443-17444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7467]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-320-1330-PB-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0103

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 applicants who apply to purchase mineral materials from public 
lands under regulations 43 CFR 3600 and 3610. BLM uses Form 3600-9 
(Contract for the Sale of Mineral Materials) to collect information so 
that we can

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evaluate the environmental impacts of their proposals.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before June 1, 2004. 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: 1004-0103'' 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 except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact George Brown, on (202) 
452-7765 (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. Brown.

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:
    (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 collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those 
whose are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    The Mineral Materials Act of 1947, as amended (Act), 30 U.S.C. 601 
and 602, provides for the disposal of mineral materials, such as sand, 
gravel, and petrified wood from public lands by sale or free use. BLM 
disposes such materials under the regulations at 43 CFR 3600 and 3610. 
BLM uses Form 3600-9 to collect information to:
    (1) Determine if the sale of mineral materials is in the public 
interest;
    (2) Mitigate the environmental impacts of mineral materials 
development;
    (3) Get fair market value for materials sold; and
    (4) Prevent trespass removal of the materials.
    Applicants must submit a request in writing to BLM to purchase 
mineral materials. Specific information requirements are not stated in 
the regulations, but sale agreements are made on Form 3600-9 approved 
by BLM.
    BLM estimates we process 4,400 contracts for mineral materials each 
year. We estimate it takes 30 minutes to complete and compile 
supporting documentation. The estimated total annual information 
collection burden is 2,200 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: March 29, 2004.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-7467 Filed 4-1-04; 8:45 am]
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