[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44038-44039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18514]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[[LLWO320000 L13300000.PO0000]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 30-day Notice and Request for Comments.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for a 3-year renewal of OMB Control Number 1004-0103 under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. This control number covers paperwork 
requirements pertaining to the purchase of mineral materials from 
public lands.

DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this information collection 
request within 60 days but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, 
written comments should be received on or before August 22, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1004-0103), Office of 
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
fax 202-395-5806, or by electronic mail at [email protected]. 
Please provide a copy of your comments to the BLM. You may do so via 
mail, fax, or electronic mail.
    Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 
1849 C Street, NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: Jean Sonneman, Washington, 
DC 20240.
    Fax: Jean Sonneman at fax number 202-912-7181.
    Electronic mail: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Brown, Division of Solid 
Minerals, at 202-912-7118. Persons who use a telecommunication device 
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service 
(FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, to leave a message for Mr. Brown. You may 
also review the information collection request online at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521) and OMB 
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 provide that an agency may not conduct 
or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently 
valid OMB control number. Until OMB approves a collection of 
information, you are not obligated to respond. 44 U.S.C. 3506 and 3507. 
In order to obtain and renew an OMB control number, Federal agencies 
are required to seek public comment on information collection and 
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). For this 
control number, the BLM requests comments on the following subjects:
    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 the BLM's estimate of the burden of collecting 
the information, including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used;
    3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and
    4. How 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.
    Please submit comments as directed under ADDRESSES and DATES. 
Please refer to OMB control number 1004-0103 in your correspondence. 
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:
    Title: Sale of Mineral Materials (43 CFR Part 3600).
    Form: Form 3600-9, Contract for the Sale of Mineral Materials.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0103.
    Abstract: The Mineral Materials Act, 30 U.S.C. 601 and 602, 
authorizes disposals of mineral materials (such as sand, gravel, and 
petrified wood) from public lands. This information collection request 
pertains to mineral sales contracts in accordance with regulations at 
43 CFR part 3600. Form 3600-9 (Contract for the Sale of Mineral 
Materials) is the only form currently approved by OMB under control 
number 1004-0103, and the only form for which the BLM has requested 
approval in this information collection request. In the 60-day notice 
for this information collection request, the BLM proposed to change the 
title of Form 3600-9, but the BLM has decided that the title should 
remain ``Contract for the Sale of Mineral Materials.''

[[Page 44039]]

    Frequency of Collection: The BLM collects the information on 
occasion. Responses are required in order to obtain or retain a 
benefit.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Each year, an 
estimated 440 businesses submit applications to purchase or use mineral 
materials from public lands.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 2,540 
responses and 11,635 hours annually. The following table details the 
individual components and respective hour burdens of this information 
collection request:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                              B. Number of                                        D. Total hours
            A. Type of response                 responses            C. Time per response             (B x C)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-Application Sampling and Testing, 43                 30  30 minutes.........................              15
 CFR 3601.30.
Request for Sale Not Within a Community Pit              94  30 minutes.........................              47
 or Common Use Area, 43 CFR 3602.11.
Request for Sale Within a Community Pit or              346  30 minutes.........................             173
 Common Use Area, 43 CFR 3602.11.
Mining and Reclamation Plans (Simple), 43               200  2 hours............................             400
 CFR 3601.40.
Mining and Reclamation Plans (Complex), 43              110  24 hours...........................           2,640
 CFR 3601.40.
Contract for the Sale of Mineral Materials,             440  30 minutes.........................             220
 43 CFR subpart 3602, Form 3600-9.
Performance Bond, 43 CFR 3602.14...........             440  30 minutes.........................             220
Payments, 43 CFR 3602.21 and 3602.29.......             440  12 hours...........................           5,280
Records Maintenance, 43 CFR 3602.28........             440  6 hours............................           2,640
                                            --------------------------------------------------------------------
    Totals.................................           2,540  ...................................          11,635
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' 
Burden: $104,340.
    60-Day Notice: As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the BLM published a 
60-day notice in the Federal Register on March 28, 2011 (76 FR 17149), 
soliciting comments from the public and other interested parties. The 
comment period closed on May 27, 2011. The BLM received one comment. 
The comment was a general invective about the Federal government, the 
Department of the Interior, and the BLM. It did not address, and was 
not germane to, this information collection. Therefore, the BLM has not 
changed the information collection in response to the comment.

Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-18514 Filed 7-21-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-84-P