[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26726-26727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12872]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO320000 L19900000 PO0000]


Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB Control Number 
1004-0025

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is announcing its intention to request 
approval to continue the collection of information under the General 
Mining Law. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously 
approved this information collection, and assigned it the control 
number 1004-0025.

DATES: Comments on the proposed information collection must be received 
by August 3, 2009, to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 C St., NW., 
Washington, DC 20240 (Attention: 1004-0025). You may also comment 
electronically at the following address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Rick Deery, Solid 
Minerals Group, on (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 contact Mr. Deery.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 
implement provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521), require that interested members of the public and affected 
agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and 
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). This 
notice identifies an information collection that the BLM will be 
submitting to OMB for approval.
    This collection is contained in 43 CFR parts 3860 and 3870. The BLM 
will request a 3-year term of approval for this information collection 
activity. Comments are invited on: (1) The need for the collection of 
information for the performance of the functions of the agency; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) 
ways to minimize the information collection

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burden on respondents, such as use of automated means of collection of 
the information. A summary of the public comments will accompany the 
BLM's submission of the information collection requests to OMB.
    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment-including your personal identifying 
information-may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    The following information is provided for the information 
collection: (1) Title of the information collection; (2) OMB control 
number; (3) summary of the information collection activity; and (4) 
frequency of collection, description of the respondents, estimated 
total annual responses, and the total annual reporting and 
recordkeeping burden for the collection of information.
    Title: 43 CFR part 3860--Mineral Patent Applications and 43 CFR 
part 3870--Adverse Claims, Protests and Conflicts.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0025.
    Summary: On its face, the General Mining Law (30 U.S.C. 29, 30, and 
39) authorizes a holder of an unpatented claim for hardrock minerals to 
apply for fee title (patent) to the Federal land (as well as minerals) 
embraced in the claim. Since 1994, a rider on the annual appropriation 
bill for the Department of the Interior has prevented the BLM from 
processing mineral patent applications unless the applications were 
grandfathered under the initial legislation. This moratorium does not 
affect mineral surveys, contests, or protests to existing mineral 
patent applications. Therefore, this information collection continues 
to be necessary.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Description of Respondents: Owners of unpatented mining claims and 
mill sites upon the public lands, and of reserved mineral lands of the 
United States, National Forests, and National Parks.
    Total Annual Responses: 28 mineral survey applications. 3 protests 
or adverse claims.
    Total Annual Burden Hours for Mineral Survey Applicants: 28.
    Total Annual Burden Hours for Protests or Adverse Claims: 6.
    Total Annual Burden for All Respondents: 34 hours.

Jean Sonneman,
Acting Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land 
Management.
[FR Doc. E9-12872 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 am]
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