[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 32365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13019]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-350-1430-EU-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Approval Number 
1004-0153

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 persons who seek to acquire the Federally-owned (reserved) mineral 
interests underlying their surface estate. BLM collects this 
information to verify that the applicant is the surface owner that 
overlies the Federally-owned minerals and that statutory requirements 
for their conveyance are met. The regulations under 43 CFR Part 2720 
authorize BLM to collect information (no specific form is required) to 
convey Federally-owned mineral interests to surface owners if certain 
conditions are met.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before August 9, 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: 1004-0153'' 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.
    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 Alzata L. Ransom, 
Realty Use Group, on (202) 452-7772 (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 Ms. Ransom.

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.
    Section 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 
and implementing regulations at 43 CFR 2720 establish procedures for 
BLM to convey Federally-owned (reserved) mineral interests to non-
Federal surface ownership. The regulations authorize BLM to collect 
this information (no specific form is required) to determine if BLM may 
convey the Federally-owned mineral interests to surface owners who 
apply and meet the statutory requirements. We list in 43 CFR 2720.1-2 
the specific information requirements you must submit when applying for 
a conveyance of Federally-owned mineral interests. Without this 
information, BLM would not be able to analyze and approve applications 
to convey Federally-owned mineral interests.
    Based upon BLM experience administering the regulations, we 
estimate the public reporting information collection burden to be 10 
hours per application. The respondents are surface owners in which the 
mineral interests are reserved or owned by the United States. The 
estimated number of responses per year is 30 and the total annual 
burden is 300 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: June 4, 2004.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-13019 Filed 6-8-04; 8:45 am]
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