[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 17 (Friday, January 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4621-4622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1292]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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


Extension of Approval Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0169

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control 
Number 1004-0169.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to request the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing approval to collect 
information from mining claimants concerning use and occupancy of 
mining claims on public lands. The nonform information under 43 CFR 
subpart 3715 authorizes the BLM to manage the use and occupancy of 
public lands for developing the mineral deposits by mining claimants.

DATES: You must submit your comments to the BLM at the address below on 
or before March 25, 2008. The BLM will not necessarily consider any 
comments received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments to the U.S. Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 C Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20045, ``ATTN: 1004-0169''.
    You may send comments via the Internet to [email protected]. 
Please include ``ATTN: 1004-0169'' and your name and address in your 
Internet message. You may deliver comments to: The U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Administrative Record, Room 
401, 1620 L Street, NW., ATTN: Bureau Information Collection Clearance 
Officer (WO-630), Washington, DC, 20036 during regular business hours 
(7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.) Monday through Friday, except on Federal 
holidays.
    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 on Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Roger Haskins at 202-
452-0355 (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. Haskins.

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,

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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 General Mining Law (30 U.S.C. 612), Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733), and the regulations is 
collected under 43 CFR 3715 authorize the BLM to manage use and 
occupancy of mining claims on public lands. The nonform information in 
the regulations is collected under 43 CFR part 3715, which authorizes 
the BLM to collect information concerning proposed mining development 
activities on public lands. Without this information, the BLM would not 
be able to analyze and approve mining claimants' proposed use and 
occupancy activities.
    Mining claimants planning to occupy their mining claims on public 
lands under the mining laws must submit the following information to 
the BLM:
    (1) A detailed map that identifies the site and shows the place of 
temporary and permanent structures for occupancy, the location of and 
reason for the structures intended to exclude the public, and the 
location of reasonable public passage or access routes through or 
around the area adjacent to public lands;
    (2) A written description of the proposed occupancy that describes 
in detail how the proposed occupancy is reasonably incident to mining 
and how the proposed occupancy meets the conditions of 43 CFR 3715.2 
and 3715.2-1; and
    (3) An estimate of the period of use of the structures during which 
the public would be excluded, and a schedule for removing them and 
reclaiming the lands when the operations end.
    Based upon the BLM's experience with mining claims use and 
occupancy activity, it estimates the public reporting information 
collection burden takes 2 hours to gather and complete. The respondents 
are mining claimants and operators of prospecting, exploration, mining, 
and processing operations. The estimated number of responses per year 
is 150 and the total annual burden is 300 hours. The BLM will summarize 
all responses to this notice and include them in the request OMB 
approval. All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: January 18, 2008.
Ted R. Hudson,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-1292 Filed 1-24-08; 8:45 am]
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