[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72091-72092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25277]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO250000.L12200000.PM0000]


Information Collection; Permits for Recreation on Public Lands; 
OMB Control Number 1004-0119

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 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 that enables the BLM to 
evaluate and process applications for commercial, competitive, and 
organized group recreational uses of the public lands, and individual 
use of special areas. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has 
assigned control number 1004-0119 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 November 
18, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly to the Desk Officer for the 
Department of the Interior (OMB #1004-0119), Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, fax 202-395-5806, 
or by electronic mail at: mailto:[email protected]. Please 
provide a copy of your comments to the BLM via mail, fax, or electronic 
mail, as follows:
    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: 1004-0119'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Ballenger at 202-912-7642. 
Persons who use a telecommunication device for the deaf may call the 
Federal Information Relay Service on 1-800-877-8339, to leave a message 
for Mr. Ballenger. 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 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

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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 June 15, 2016 (81 FR 39064), and the comment 
period ended August 15, 2016. The BLM received no comments in response 
to the notice.
    The BLM now invites 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 instructed under the headings DATES and 
ADDRESSES, above. Please refer to OMB Control Number 1004-0119 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: Permits for Recreation on Public Lands (43 CFR part 2930).
    Forms: Form 2930-1, Special Recreation Permit Application.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0119.
    Summary: This collection pertains to the management of recreation 
on public lands. The BLM is required to manage commercial, competitive 
and organized group recreational uses of the public lands, and 
individual use of special areas. This information allows the BLM to 
collect the required information to authorize and collect fees for 
recreation use on public lands. The currently approved information 
collection consists of the collection in accordance with 43 CFR part 
2930, and Form 2930-1 (Special Recreation Permit Application and 
Permit).
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 1,376.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 5,504.
    Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: None.

Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-25277 Filed 10-18-16; 8:45 am]
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