[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7630-7631]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02740]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO350000.L14400000.PN0000]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection; Control Number 1004-
0153

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, the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) invites public comments on, and plans to request 
approval to continue, the collection of information from owners of 
surface estates who apply for underlying Federally-owned mineral 
interests. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has assigned 
control number 1004-0153 to this information collection.

DATES: Please submit comments on the proposed information collection by 
April 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted 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: 1004-0153'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Wilhight at 202-912-7346. 
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. Wilhight.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 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 plans to 
submit 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 public comments will accompany our 
submission of the information collection requests to OMB.
    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 pertains to this request:
    Title: Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests (43 CFR part 
2720).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0153.
    Summary: The respondents in this information collection are owners 
of surface estates who apply for underlying Federally-owned mineral 
estates. The BLM needs to conduct the information collection to 
determine if the applicants are eligible to receive title to the

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Federally-owned minerals lying beneath their lands. When certain 
specific conditions have been met, the United States will convey legal 
title to the Federally-owned minerals to the owner of the surface 
estate.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Owners of surface estates who apply for 
underlying Federally-owned mineral estates.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 13.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 13.
    Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: $650.
    The following table details the individual components and 
respective annual hour burdens of this information collection request:

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                                                                                                  D. Total hours
                       A. Type of response                         B. Number of    C. Hours per     (Column B x
                                                                     responses       response        Column C)
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Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests--Businesses.....               4               1               4
Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests--Individuals....               8               1               8
Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interests--State/Local/                  1               1               1
 Tribal Governments.............................................
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    Totals......................................................              13  ..............              13
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Jean Sonneman,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2015-02740 Filed 2-10-15; 8:45 am]
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