[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35673-35674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14444]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-305-1430-PF-01-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0189

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 entities desiring a right-of-way across public lands 
under 43 CFR 2800 and 43 CFR 2880. BLM and several other agencies use 
Form 299, Application for Transportation and Utility System and 
Facility, to determine whether or not applicants qualify to hold right-
of-way grants across public lands and several other purposes.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before August 24, 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: 1004-0189'' and your name and return address with your 
comments.
    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.
    Title XI of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 
December 2, 1980, requires that the Departments of Agriculture, 
Interior, and Transportation use a consolidated form in connection with 
rights-of-way for transportation and utility. the Federal Land Policy 
and Management Act of 1976, the Mineral Leasing Act, and the 
regulations at 43 CFR 2800 and 43 CFR 2880 authorize BLM to use Form 
299. BLM will use Form 299 to colllect information to:
    (1) Determine if the applicant qualifies for a right-of-way grant;
    (2) Identify and communicate with the applicant on its right-of-way 
application;
    (3) Identify the project location;
    (4) Determine and compare existing and proposed land uses; and
    (5) Determine if alternate routes and modes are available to the 
applicant on the right-of-way application.

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    Without this information, BLM would not be able to properly 
administer its right-of-way program.
    Based upon BLM experience and recent tabulations of activity, we 
process approximately 5,066 applications each year. The public 
reporting information collection burden takes 25 hours to complete. The 
estimated number of responses per year is 5,066 and annual information 
burden is 126,650 hours.
    Any member of the public may request and obtain, without charge, a 
copy of Form 299 by contacting the person identified under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.
    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 22, 2004.
Michael H. Schwartz,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 04-14444 Filed 6-24-04; 8:45 am]
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