[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54286-54287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21684]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO3200000.L13300000.PO0000; OMB Control Number 1004-0103]


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 seek to 
obtain mineral materials from public lands. OMB has assigned control 
number 1004-0103 to this 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 October 
14, 2014.

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 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: 1004-0103'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

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) on 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 1320 provide that an agency may not 
conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. Until the OMB approves a collection 
of information, you are not obligated to respond. OMB regulations at 5 
CFR 1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a) require Federal agencies to seek public 
comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities.
    As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the BLM published a 60-day notice 
in the Federal Register on April 14, 2014 (79 FR 18309) and the comment 
period closed on June 2, 2014. The BLM received one public comment. The 
comment was a general invective about the Federal government, the 
Department of the Interior, the BLM, and Federal employees. 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. Please refer to 
OMB Control Number 1004-0103 in your correspondence. Before including 
your address, phone number, email 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: Mineral Materials Disposal (43 CFR part 3600).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0103.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    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

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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.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Responses are required in 
order to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Form:
     Form 3600-9, Contract for the Exclusive Sale of Mineral 
Materials.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 19,714.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 3,105.
    Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $104,345.
    The estimated burdens are itemized in the following table:

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                                                                                                     Total hours
                  Type of response                     Number of          Time per  response         (column B x
                                                       responses                                      column C)
A.                                                             B.  C..............................            D.
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Pre-Application Sampling and Testing 43 CFR 3601.30            30  30 minutes.....................            15
Request for Sale Not Within a Community Pit or                205  30 minutes.....................           103
 Common Use Area 43 CFR 3602.11.
Request for Sale Within a Community Pit or Common             360  30 minutes.....................           180
 Use Area 43 CFR 3602.11.
Mining and Reclamation Plans (Simple) 43 CFR                  200  2 hours........................           400
 3601.40.
Mining and Reclamation Plans (Complex) 43 CFR                  50  30 hours.......................         1,500
 3601.40.
Contract for the Sale of Mineral Materials 43 CFR             565  30 minutes.....................           283
 subpart 3602 Form 3600-9.
Performance Bond 43 CFR 3602.14....................           565  30 minutes.....................           283
Payments 43 CFR 3602.21 and 3602.29................           565  15 hours.......................         8,475
Records Maintenance 43 CFR 3602.28.................           565  15 hours.......................         8,475
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    Totals.........................................         3,105  ...............................        19,714
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Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-21684 Filed 9-10-14; 8:45 am]
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