[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49259-49261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-17756]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO320000.L19900000.PO0000]


Renewal of Approved Information Collection; OMB Control No. 1004-
0194

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 a collection of information that assists the BLM in 
managing operations authorized by the mining laws, in preventing 
unnecessary or undue degradation of public lands, and in obtaining 
financial guarantees for the reclamation of public lands. The Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved this information 
collection activity, and assigned it control number 1004-0194.

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 August 
26, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior, 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.

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    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: 1004-0194'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Merrill, at 202-912-7044. 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 Mr. 
Merrill. 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 February 26, 2016 (81 FR 9880), and the 
comment period ended April 26, 2016. The BLM received no comments. 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 1004-0194 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 pertains to this request:
    Title: Surface Management Activities under the General Mining Law 
(43 CFR subpart 3809).

Forms

     Form 3809-1, Surface Management Surety Bond;
     Form 3809-2, Surface Management Personal Bond;
     Form 3809-4, Bond Rider Extending Coverage of Bond to 
Assume Liabilities for Operations Conducted by Parties Other Than the 
Principal;
     Form 3809-4a, Surface Management Personal Bond Rider; and
     Form 3809-5, Notification of Change of Operator and 
Assumption of Past Liability.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0194.
    Abstract: This collection of information enables the BLM to 
determine whether operators and mining claimants are meeting their 
responsibility to prevent unnecessary or undue degradation while 
conducting exploration and mining activities on public lands under the 
mining laws, including the General Mining Law (30 U.S.C. 22-54). It 
also assists the BLM in obtaining financial guarantees for the 
reclamation of public lands. This collection of information is found at 
43 CFR subpart 3809 and in the forms listed below.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Description of Respondents: Operators and mining claimants.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 1,495.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 183,808.
    Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: $4,780 for notarizing Forms 3809-2 
and 3809-4a.
    The estimated burdens are itemized in the following table:

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                                                                                                    Total hours
              Type of response and 43 CFR citation                   Number of       Hours per      (column B x
                                                                     responses       response        column C)
A                                                                              B               C               D
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Initial or Extended Plan of Operations (3809.11)................              49             320          15,680
Data for EIS (3809.401(c))......................................               5           4,960          24,800
Data for Standard EA (3809.401(c))..............................              15             890          13,350
Data for Simple Exploration EA (3809.401(c))....................              29             320           9,280
Modification of Plan of Operations (3809.430 and 3809.431)......             107             320          34,240
Data for EIS (3809.432(a) and 3809.401(c))......................               2           4,960           9,920
Data for Standard EA (3809.432(a) and 3809.401(c))..............              35             890          31,150
Data for Simple Exploration EA (3809.432(a) and 3809.401(c))....              70             320          22,400
Notice of Operations (3809.21)..................................             396              32          12,672
Modification of Notice of Operations (3809.330).................             167              32           5,344
Extension of Notice of Operations (3809.333)....................             140               1             140
Surface Management Surety Bond (3809.500) Form 3809-1...........              28               8             224
Surface Management Personal Bond (3809.500) Form 3809-2.........             170               8           1,360
Bond Rider Extending Coverage of Bond (3809.500) Form 3809-4....              25               8             200
Surface Management Personal Bond Rider (3809.500) Form 3809-4a..              69               8             552
Notification of Change of Operator and Assumption of Past                     52               8             416
 Liability (3809.116) Form 3809-5...............................
Notice of State Demand Against Financial Guarantee (3809.573)...               1               8               8
Request for BLM Acceptance of Replacement Financial Instrument                13               8             104
 (3809.581).....................................................
Request for Reduction in Financial Guarantee and/or BLM Approval              78               8             624
 of Adequacy of Reclamation (3809.590)..........................
Response to Notice of Forfeiture of Financial Guarantee                       13               8             104
 (3809.596).....................................................
Appeals to the State Director (3809.800)........................              30              40           1,200

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Federal/State Agreements (3809.200).............................               1              40              40
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    Totals......................................................           1,495  ..............         183,808
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Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-17756 Filed 7-26-16; 8:45 am]
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