[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 1364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-66]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO-320-1330-PB-24 1A]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0103

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 applicants who apply to purchase mineral materials from public 
lands under regulations at 43 CFR parts 3600 and 3610. The BLM uses the 
information collected on Form 3600-9 (Contract for the Sale of Mineral 
Materials) to evaluate the environmental impacts of and otherwise 
evaluate mineral materials disposal proposals.

DATES: You must submit your comments to BLM at the address below on or 
before March 10, 2008. BLM will not necessarily consider any comments 
received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments 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.
    You may send comments via Internet to: [email protected]. Please include ``Attn: 1004-0103'' 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, 
20036.
    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 except Federal holidays. Before including your address, 
telephone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying 
information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment--
including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly 
available at any time. While you can ask in your comment to withhold 
from public review your personal identifying information, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact George Brown at (202) 
452-7765 (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 
leave a message for Mr. Brown.

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:
    (1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the 
proper functioning of the agency, 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 collected; 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 technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    The Mineral Materials Act of 1947, as amended (Act), 30 U.S.C. 601 
and 602, provides for the disposal of mineral materials, such as sand, 
gravel, and petrified wood from public lands by sale or free use. BLM 
disposes such materials under the regulations at 43 CFR parts 3600 and 
3610.
    BLM uses Form 3600-9 to collect information to:
    (1) Determine whether the sale of mineral materials is in the 
public interest;
    (2) Mitigate the environmental impacts of mineral materials 
development;
    (3) Get fair market value for materials sold; and
    (4) Prevent trespass removal of the materials.
    Applicants must submit a request in writing to BLM to purchase 
mineral materials. Specific information requirements are not stated in 
the regulations, but sale agreements are made on Form 3600-9 approved 
by BLM.
    BLM estimates we process 5,400 contracts for mineral materials each 
year. We estimate it takes 30 minutes to complete and compile 
supporting documentation. The estimated total annual information 
collection burden is 2,700 hours.
    The BLM will summarize all responses to this notice and include 
them in the request for OMB approval. All comments will be of public 
record.

     Dated: January 2, 2008.
Ted R. Hudson,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-66 Filed 1-7-08; 8:45 am]
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