[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3242-3243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00878]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Renewal of Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted an 
information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to continue the collection of information from those who wish to 
adopt and obtain title to wild horses and burros. The Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) has assigned control number 1004-0042 to 
this information collection.

DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this information collection 
request within 60 days but may respond after 30 days. For maximum 
consideration, written comments should be received on or before 
February 18, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB 1004-0042), 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: to Jean Sonneman at 202-245-0050.
    Electronic mail: [email protected].
    Please indicate ``Attn: 1004-0042'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Spencer at 202-912-7265. Persons 
who use a telecommunication device for the deaf may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339, to leave a message for Ms. 
Spencer. 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. 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)).
    As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the BLM published a 60-day notice 
in the Federal Register on September 25, 2013 (78 FR 59054), and the 
comment period ended November 25, 2013. 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, we have not 
changed the collection in response to the comment.
    The BLM now 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 send comments as directed under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please 
refer to OMB control number 1004-0042 in your correspondence. Before 
including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal

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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: Protection, Management, and Control of Wild Horses and 
Burros (43 CFR part 4700).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0042.
    Summary: This notice pertains to the collection of information that 
enables the BLM to administer its private maintenance (i.e., adoption) 
program for wild horses and burros. The BLM uses the information to 
determine if applicants are qualified to provide humane care and proper 
treatment to wild horses and burros in compliance with the Wild Free-
Roaming Horses and Burros Act (16 U.S.C. 1331-1340).
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Forms: Form 4710-10, Application for Adoption of Wild Horse(s) or 
Burro(s).
    Description of Respondents: Those who wish to adopt and obtain 
title to wild horses and burros.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 7,124.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,222.
    Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: $1,850.
    The estimated annual burdens are itemized in the following table:

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                               A.                                       B.              C.              D.
Type of response                                                       Number of        Time per     Total hours
                                                                       responses        response     (column B x
                                                                                       (minutes)       column C)
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Application for Adoption of Wild Horse(s) or Burro(s); 43 CFR              7,000              10           1,167
 4750.3-1 and 4750.3-2; Form 4710-10............................
Supporting Information and Certification for Private Maintenance              12              10               2
 of More Than Four Wild Horses or Burros; 43 CFR 4750.3-3.......
Request to Terminate Private Maintenance and Care Agreement; 43               99              30              50
 CFR 4750.4-3...................................................
Request for Replacement Animals or Refund; 43 CFR 4750.4-4......              13              15               3
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    Totals......................................................           7,124  ..............           1,222
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Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-00878 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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