81 FR 17730 - Renewal of Approved Information Collection; Control No. 1004-0114

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 61 (March 30, 2016)

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 for the location, recording, and maintenance of mining claims and sites. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has assigned control number 1004-0114 to this information collection.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17730-17731]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07088]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

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Renewal of Approved Information Collection; Control No. 1004-0114

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 for the location, 
recording, and maintenance of mining claims and sites. The Office of 
Management and

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Budget (OMB) has assigned control number 1004-0114 to this information 
collection.

DATES: Please submit comments on the proposed information collection by 
May 31, 2016.

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: 1004-0114'' regardless of the form of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonia Santillan, at 202-912-7123. 
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. Santillan.

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: Recordation of Location Notices and Mining Claims; Payment 
of Fees (43 CFR parts 3832 through 3838).
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0114.
    Summary: The BLM seeks to renew the previously approved information 
collection for the regulations at 43 CFR parts 3832 through 3838. These 
regulations pertain to the location, recording, and maintenance of 
mining claims and sites, in accordance with the Mining Law (30 U.S.C. 
22-54), Section 314 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1744), certain other statutes pertaining to specific 
Federal lands, and the Stock Raising Homestead Act (43 U.S.C. 299 and 
301).
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion, except Form 3830-2 (which may 
be filed annually) and annual FLPMA documents (which are to be filed 
annually when required).
    Forms: Form 3830-2, Maintenance Fee Waiver Certification; and Form 
3830-3, Notice of Intent to Locate a Lode or Placer Mining Claim(s) 
and/or a Tunnel Site(s) on Lands Patented under the Stock Raising 
Homestead Act of 1916, As Amended by the Act of April 16, 1993.
    Description of Respondents: Mining claimants.
    Estimated Annual Responses: 136,338.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 64,412.
    Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs: $1,677,670.
    The estimated burdens are itemized in the following table:

 
A                                                          B  C.................................               D
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Notice of Intent to Locate Under the Stock                91  1 hour............................              91
 Raising Homestead Act (43 CFR part 3838)
 Form 3830-3.
Locating Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR part          28,122  30 minutes........................          14,061
 3832).
Recording a New Location Notice (43 CFR part          28,122  30 minutes........................          14,061
 3833, subpart A).
Amending a Location Notice (43 CFR part                3,586  30 minutes........................           1,793
 3833, subpart B).
Transfer of Interest (43 CFR part 3833,               27,530  30 minutes........................          13,765
 subpart C) or Acquisition of a Delinquent
 Co-Claimant's Interests in a Mining Claim
 or Site (43 CFR part 3837).
Waiver from Annual Maintenance Fee (43 CFR            22,828  20 minutes........................           7,609
 part 3835, subpart A) Form 3830-2 and/or
 nonform data.
Annual FLPMA Documents (43 CFR part 3835,             26,054  30 minutes........................          13,027
 subpart C) Form 3830-4.
Deferring Assessment Work (43 CFR part 3836,               5  1 hour............................               5
 subpart B).
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    Totals..................................         136,338  ..................................          64,412
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Jean Sonneman,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
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