82 FR 52938 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Use and Occupancy Under the Mining Laws

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 219 (November 15, 2017)

Page Range		52938-52939
FR Document		2017-24666

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are proposing to renew an information collection with revisions.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52938-52939]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-24666]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO320000.17X.19900000.PO0000; OMB Control Number 1004-0169]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Use and Occupancy Under 
the Mining Laws

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of information collection; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), are proposing to renew an 
information collection with revisions.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on this information collection request 
(ICR) by mail to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land 
Management, 1849 C Street NW., Room 2134LM, Washington DC 20240, 
Attention: Jean Sonneman; or by email to Jean Sonneman at 
[email protected]. Please reference OMB Control Number 1004-0169 in the 
subject line of your comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Adam Merrill by email at [email protected], or 
by telephone at 202-912-7044.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, we provide the general public and other Federal agencies 
with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and 
continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact 
of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information 
collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired 
format.
    We are soliciting comments on the proposed ICR that is described 
below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the 
following issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to the proper 
functions of the BLM; (2) will this information be processed and used 
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how 
might the BLM enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (5) how might the BLM minimize the 
burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use 
of information technology.

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    Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of 
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request 
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 the BLM in your comment to withhold your 
personal-identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Abstract: This information collection enables the BLM to regulate 
the use and occupancy of unpatented hardrock mining claims, and to take 
any action necessary to prevent unnecessary or undue degradation of 
public lands as a result of such use or occupancy. The BLM collects 
information from mining claimants who want to undertake the activities 
that are necessary in order to locate a mining claim or mill site.
    Title of Collection: Use and Occupancy Under the Mining Laws.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0169.
    Form Number: None.
    Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Mining claimants.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 70.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 70.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: 4 hours.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 280.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: Once.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor--and a person is not required 
to respond to--a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The authority for this action is 
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).

Jean Sonneman,
 Information Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 2017-24666 Filed 11-14-17; 8:45 am]
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Principal Meridian, Montana authorization per 43 CFR 2807.15 prior DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
T. 29 N., R. 11 E., to official transfer of the lands to the
Sec. 21, N1⁄2NE1⁄4 and N1⁄2NW1⁄4; State. Bureau of Land Management
Sec. 22, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4. The subject lands contain grazing [LLWO320000.17X.19900000.PO0000; OMB
T. 29 N., R. 12 E., leases authorized under Section 15 of
Sec. 9, W1⁄2 and SE1⁄4; Control Number 1004–0169]
the Taylor Grazing Act. The holders of
Sec. 21, N1⁄2NE1⁄4 and N1⁄2NW1⁄4; the BLM grazing use authorizations
Sec. 22; Agency Information Collection
Sec. 28, W1⁄2; received the required 2-year notices as Activities; Use and Occupancy Under
Sec. 29, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4. outlined in 43 CFR 4110.4–2(b). The the Mining Laws
T. 30 N., R. 12 E., lands will not be conveyed until
Sec. 35, SE1⁄4. expiration of the 2-year period or receipt AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
T. 7 N., R. 47 E., of a waiver from the current holder. Interior.
tracts DD and FF. State of Montana procedures provide ACTION: Notice of information collection;
The areas described aggregate 2,126.11 that upon Land Board Approval, the request for comment.
acres. State will offer 10-year grazing leases to
the current holders of BLM permits/ SUMMARY: In accordance with the
The BLM has examined the lands Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
described above for evidence of valid leases on any transferred lands.
The lands contain no oil and gas, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
existing rights and any constraints that are proposing to renew an information
would prevent conveyance. No persons geothermal, or other leases issued under
the authority of the Mineral Leasing Act collection with revisions.
other than holders of leases, permits,
of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.). No DATES: Interested persons are invited to
and rights-of-way, asserted a claim to, or
interest in, the lands proposed for mining claims are recorded with the submit comments on or before January
classification. BLM on these lands, nor was any 16, 2018.
When the selection is certified to the evidence of mining activity found on ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
State, the document transferring title the ground. Title will not be subject to this information collection request (ICR)
will contain the following reservations the agricultural leases issued under the by mail to the U.S. Department of the
to the United States: authority of the Federal Land Policy and Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1849 C Street NW., Room 2134LM,
and canals constructed by the authority 1732) that expire on December 31, 2017. Washington DC 20240, Attention: Jean
of the United States, pursuant to the Act This Notice also extends the proposed Sonneman; or by email to Jean
of August 30, 1890, 26 Stat. 391 (43 classification and segregation of the Sonneman at jesonnem@blm.gov. Please
U.S.C. 945). land contained in the State’s reference OMB Control Number 1004–
2. A right-of-way for a storm water application, but not yet found suitable 0169 in the subject line of your
drainage system and all appurtenances for conveyance, for a period of 2 comments.
thereto, through, over, and upon the additional years through December 1,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
land described as tracts DD and FF, 2019. These lands remain segregated
request additional information about
T.7N, R.47E, Principal Meridian, from all forms of disposal under the
this ICR, contact Adam Merrill by email
Montana, including the right of the public land laws, including the mining
at amerrill@blm.gov, or by telephone at
United States and its agents, assigns, or laws, except for the form of land
202–912–7044.
employees, to enter upon, maintain, disposal specified in the notice of
operate, repair, or improve the same, so proposed classification. This SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
long as needed or used for or by the publication does not alter the accordance with the Paperwork
United States. applicability of the public land laws Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
The title will also be taken subject to: governing the use of the lands under general public and other Federal
1. Those rights for a power line lease, license, or permits or governing agencies with an opportunity to
granted to MDU Resources Group, Inc., the disposal of their mineral and comment on new, proposed, revised,
its successors or assigns, by right-of-way vegetative resources, other than under and continuing collections of
No. MTM 91401, pursuant to the Act of the mining laws. information. This helps us assess the
October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761), The segregative effect of this impact of our information collection
located in tracts DD and FF, T. 7 N., R. extension will terminate in one of the requirements and minimize the public’s
47 E., Principal Meridian, Montana. following ways: reporting burden. It also helps the
2. Those rights for a power line (1) Classification of the lands within public understand our information
granted to Northwestern Corporation, its 2 years of publication of this notice of collection requirements and provide the
successors or assigns, by right-of-way extension of the proposed classification requested data in the desired format.
No. MTM 108329, pursuant to the Act in the Federal Register; We are soliciting comments on the
of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761), (2) Publication of a notice of proposed ICR that is described below.
located in sections 21, 22, 28, and 29, termination of the proposed We are especially interested in public
T. 29 N., R. 12. E., Principal Meridian, classification in the Federal Register; comment addressing the following
Montana. (3) An Act of Congress; or issues: (1) Is the collection necessary to
3. Those rights for a water pipeline (4) Expiration of the additional 2-year the proper functions of the BLM; (2) will
granted to Loma Sewer and Water, its period extending the proposed this information be processed and used
classification afforded by publication of in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
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successors or assigns, by right-of-way
No. MTM 93467, pursuant to the Act of this Notice. of burden accurate; (4) how might the
October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1761), Authority: 43 CFR parts 2400 and 2621. BLM enhance the quality, utility, and
located in the E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4, clarity of the information to be
section 29, T. 29 N., R. 12. E., Principal Jon K. Raby, collected; and (5) how might the BLM
Meridian, Montana. Acting State Director, Montana/Dakotas. minimize the burden of this collection
Right-of-way holders will be afforded [FR Doc. 2017–24665 Filed 11–14–17; 8:45 am] on the respondents, including through
the opportunity to modify their existing BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P the use of information technology.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of information collection; request for comment.
Dates		Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 16, 2018.
Contact		To request additional information about this ICR, contact Adam Merrill by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 202-912-7044.
FR Citation		82 FR 52938

82 FR 52938 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Use and Occupancy Under the Mining Laws

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 219 (November 15, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management