[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35697-35698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-5558]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-220-1020-JH-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0019

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) requests the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect information from 
individuals, households, farms, or businesses interested in cooperating 
with the BLM in constructing or maintaining rangeland improvement 
projects to aid handling and caring for domestic livestock that BLM 
authorizes to graze on public land. BLM uses these forms to collect 
this information: Form 4120-6, Cooperative Range Improvement Agreement, 
to document cooperative range improvement construction arrangements 
with grazing operators; and Form 4120-7, Range Improvement Permit, to 
authorize grazing operators to develop rangeland improvement projects. 
This information allows the BLM to review the application and to make a 
decision on the proposed rangeland improvement project.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before August 21, 2006. 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: 1004-0019'' and

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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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Ken Visser on (775) 
861-6492 (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. Visser.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 
60-day notice in Federal Register concerning a collection of 
information to solicit comments:
    (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.
    The BLM administers the livestock grazing program consistent with 
land use plans, multiple use objectives, sustained yield, environmental 
values, economic considerations, and other factors to allow the 
opportunity to construct and maintain rangeland improvements on the 
public lands.
    Because of the variations in size and complexity of rangeland 
improvement projects, BLM estimates it takes 50 minutes to complete 
each form. We estimate 600 responses per year for Form 4120-6 and 60 
responses per year for Form 4120-7 with a total annual burden of 500 
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 7, 2006.
Ted R. Hudson,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-5558 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]
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