[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46506-46507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6886]


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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 information 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 april 8, 2005, the BLM published a notice in 
the Federal Register (70 FR 18042) requesting comment on this 
information collection. The comment period ended on June 7, 2005. The 
BLM did not receive any comments. You may obtain copies of the 
collection of information and related forms and explanatory material by

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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 within 30 days to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Interior Department Desk Officer (1004-0025), at 
OMB-OIRA via facsimile to (202) 395-6566 or e-mail to [email protected]. Please provide a copy of your 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 BLM, 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 we collect; and
    4. Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other forms of information technology.
    Title: Mineral Surveys, Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse 
Claims, Protests, and Contests (43 CFR parts 3860 and 3870).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0025.
    Bureau Form Number: 3860-2 and 3860-5.
    Abstract: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) collects and uses 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: Once.
    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: Form 3860-2 is 4 hours and Form 3860-5 
is 1 hour.
    Annual Responses: 1.
    Average Application Processing Fee Per Response: $750.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1.
    Bureau Clearance Officer: Ted Hudson, (202) 452-5033.

    Dated: March 13, 2006.
Ted R. Hudson,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6886 Filed 8-11-06; 8:45 am]
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