[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77550-77551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31991]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LL WO31000.L13100000.PB0000.24 1E]


Extension of Approved Information Collection; OMB Control No. 
1004-0162

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) requests that the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) extend an existing approval to collect information 
from entities which conduct geophysical operations on lands managed by 
the BLM or by the U.S. Forest Service (FS). The Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) has assigned control number 1004-0162 to this 
information collection.

DATES: Please submit your comments to the BLM at the address below on 
or before February 13, 2012.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by 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: to Jean Sonneman at (202) 245-0050.
    Electronic mail: [email protected].
    Please indicate ``Attn: 1004-0162'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Gamble, Division of Fluid 
Minerals, at (202) 912-7148 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1 (800) 877-8330 to leave a message 
for Ms. Gamble.

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 be given 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. The Paperwork Reduction Act provides 
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.
    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 burden on 
respondents, such as use of automated means of collection of the 
information. A summary of the

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public comments will accompany our submission of the information 
collection requests to OMB.
    The following information is provided for the information 
collection:
    Title: Onshore Oil and Gas Geophysical Exploration (43 CFR Part 
3150 and 36 CFR Parts 228 and 251).
    Forms:
     BLM Form 3110-4/FS Form 2800-16, Notice of Intent and 
Authorization to Conduct Oil and Gas Geophysical Exploration 
Operations; and
     BLM Form 3110-5/FS Form 2800-16a, Notice of Completion of 
Oil and Gas Geophysical Exploration Operations.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0162.
    Abstract: The BLM and FS collect this information in order to 
ensure that geophysical exploration is conducted in a manner consistent 
with statutes, regulations, land use plans, and environmental 
documents.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: 1353 entities 
undertaking oil and gas geophysical exploration, i.e., activity 
relating to the search for evidence of oil and gas on lands managed by 
the BLM or the FS.
    Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: 836 hours.
    The following table details the individual components and 
respective hour burdens of this information collection request:

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                                                                                                  D. Total hours
             A. Type of  response               B. Number of         C. Time per  response          (Column B x
                                                  responses                                          Column C)
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Notice of Intent and Request to Conduct                   625  1 hour...........................             625
 Geophysical Exploration Operations.
    43 CFR 3151.1 and 3152.1
    BLM Form 3150-4/FS Form 2800-16
Notice of Completion of Geophysical                       625  20 minutes.......................             208
 Exploration Operations.
    43 CFR 3151.2 and 3152.7
    BLM Form 3150-5/FS Form 2800-16a
Data and Information Obtained in Carrying Out               3  1 hour...........................               3
 Exploration Plan.
    43 CFR 3152.6
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    Totals...................................            1353  .................................             836
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    Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, 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.

Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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