[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 11 (Thursday, January 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 2305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-166]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-230-1020-PB-24 1A]


Submission to Office of Management and Budget--Information 
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0058

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) has submitted a request for an 
extension of an approved information collection to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for approval.

DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days 
but may respond after 30 days. Submit your comments to OMB at the 
address below by February 20, 2007 to receive maximum consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the OMB, Interior Department Desk Officer 
(1004-0058), at OMD-OIRA e-mail [email protected] or via 
facsimile at (202) 395-6566. Also please send a copy of your comments 
to BLM via Internet and include your name, address, and ATTN: 1004-0058 
in your Internet message to [email protected] or via mail 
to: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Mail 
Stop 401LS, 1849 C Street, NW., ATTN: Bureau Information Collection 
Clearance Officer (WO-630), Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Shirlean Beshire to 
obtain copies and explanatory material on this information collection 
at (202) 452-5033. 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. Beshir.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 6, 2006, the BLM published a notice 
in the Federal Register (71 FR 11222) requesting comments on the 
information collection. The comment period closed on May 5, 2006. The 
BLM did not receive any comments. We are soliciting comments on the 
following:
    (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: Timber Export Reporting and Substitution Determination (43 
CFR part 5420)
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0058.
    Abstract: The BLM manages and sells timber located on the revested 
Oregon and California Railroad and the reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road 
Grant Lands under the authority of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 
875, 43 U.S.C. 1181e). Under the Act of July 31, 1947, as amended (61 
Stat. 681, 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), BLM also manages and sells timber 
located on other lands under our jurisdiction. The Department of the 
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Acts of 1975 and 1976 
contained a requirement for the inclusion of provisions in timber sale 
contracts that will ensure that unprocessed timber sold from public 
lands under the jurisdiction of the BLM will not be exported or used by 
the purchasers as a substitute for timber they export or sell for 
export. The regulations at 43 CFR part 5400, Sales of Forest Products, 
General, cover these provisions.
    Timber purchasers or their afiliates must submit the information 
listed at 43 CFR 5424.1(a) using Form 5460-17, Substitution 
Determination. We collect the purchaser's name, timber contract number, 
processing facility lcoation, total volume of Federal timber purchased 
on an annual basis, total volume of private timber exported on an 
annual basis, and method of measuring the volume. The regulation at 43 
CFR 5424.1(b) requires that the purchasers or affiliates retain a 
record of Federal timber acquisitions and private timber exports for 
three years from the date the activity occurred. BLM uses this 
information to determine if there was a substitution of Federal timber 
for exported private timber in violation of 43 CFR 5400.0-3(c).
    Burden Estimate Per Form: We estimate it takes 1 hour to complete 
Form 5460-17 and is submitted on occasion to the BLM by the private 
sector.
    Annual Responses: 1.
    Application Fee Per Response: 0.
    Annual Burden Hours: 1.

    Dated: January 11, 2007.
Ted R. Hudson,
Bureau of Land Management, Acting Division Chief Regulatory Affairs.
[FR Doc. 07-166 Filed 1-17-07; 8:45 am]
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