83_FR_29688 83 FR 29566 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Mineral Surveys, Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse Claims, Protests, and Contests

83 FR 29566 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Mineral Surveys, Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse Claims, Protests, and Contests

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 122 (June 25, 2018)

Page Range29566-29567
FR Document2018-13582

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

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 122 (Monday, June 25, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29566-29567]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13582]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[LLWO32000.L19900000.PO0000; OMB Control Number 1004-0025]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Mineral Surveys, 
Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse Claims, Protests, and Contests

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, the 
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to renew an information 
collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 24, 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 [email protected]. Please 
reference OMB Control Number 1004-0025 in the subject line of your 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information 
about this ICR, contact Elaine Guenaga by email at [email protected], or 
by telephone at (202) 912-7345.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the BLM provides 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 us in your comment to withhold your 
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Abstract: The General Mining Law (30 U.S.C. 29, 30, and 39) 
authorizes a holder of an unpatented claim for hardrock minerals to 
apply for fee title (patent) to the Federal land (as well as minerals) 
embraced in the claim. Since 1994, a rider on the annual appropriation 
bill for the Department of the Interior has prevented the BLM from 
processing mineral patent applications unless the applications were 
grandfathered under the initial legislation. While grandfathered 
applications are rare at present, the approval to collect the 
information continues to be necessary because of the possibility that 
the moratorium will be lifted.
    Title of Collection: Mineral Surveys, Mineral Patent Applications, 
Adverse Claims, Protests, and Contests.
    OMB Control Number: 1004-0025.
    Form Numbers: 3860-2 and 3860-5.
    Type of Review: Extension of currently approved collection.
    Respondents/Affected Public: Owners of unpatented mining claims and 
mill sites upon the public lands, and of reserved mineral lands of the 
United States, National Forests, and National Parks.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 10.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 10.
    Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies from 3 to 100 hours, 
depending on activity.
    Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 559.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or maintain a benefit.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $174,375.
    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. 2018-13582 Filed 6-22-18; 8:45 am]
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29566 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2018 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR of the Interior, U.S. Department of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Agriculture, National Oceanic and Office of the Secretary Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Bureau of Land Management [XXXD5198NI DS61100000 Department of Fish and Game, Alaska [LLWO32000.L19900000.PO0000; OMB DNINR0000.000000 DX61104] Department of Environmental Control Number 1004–0025] Conservation, and Alaska Department of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Law. Agency Information Collection Committee; Call for Nominations Activities; Mineral Surveys, Mineral The Public Advisory Committee Patent Applications, Adverse Claims, AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. consists of 10 members to reflect Protests, and Contests ACTION: Notice. balanced representation from each of the following principal interests: AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, SUMMARY: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Aquaculture/mariculture, commercial Interior. Trustee Council is soliciting tourism, conservation/environmental, ACTION: Notice of information collection; nominations for the Public Advisory recreation, subsistence use, commercial request for comment. Committee, which advises the Trustee fishing, native landownership, sport Council on decisions related to the SUMMARY: In accordance with the hunting/fishing, science/technology, planning, evaluation, funds allocation, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the and public-at-large. and conduct of injury assessment and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is restoration activities related to the T/V Nominations for membership may be proposing to renew an information Exxon Valdez oil spill of March 1989. submitted by any source. collection. Public Advisory Committee members Nominations should include a résumé DATES: Interested persons are invited to will be selected and appointed by the providing an adequate description of the submit comments on or before August Secretary of the Interior to serve a 2-year nominee’s qualifications, including 24, 2018. term. information that would enable the ADDRESSES: Send your comments on DATES: All nominations must be Department of the Interior to make an this information collection request (ICR) received by August 9, 2018. informed decision regarding meeting the by mail to the U.S. Department of the ADDRESSES: A complete nomination membership requirements of the Public Interior, Bureau of Land Management, package should be submitted by hard Advisory Committee and permit the 1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM, copy or via email to Elise Hsieh, Department of the Interior to contact a Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Jean Executive Director, Exxon Valdez Oil potential member. Sonneman; or by email to jesonnem@ Spill Trustee Council, 4230 University blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control Drive, Suite 220, Anchorage, Alaska, Individuals who are federally registered lobbyists are ineligible to Number 1004–0025 in the subject line of 99508–4650, or at elise.hsieh@ your comments. alaska.gov. serve on all FACA and non-FACA boards, committees, or councils in an FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: individual capacity. The term request additional information about Questions should be directed to Cherri ‘‘individual capacity’’ refers to this ICR, contact Elaine Guenaga by Womac, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee email at eguenaga@blm.gov, or by individuals who are appointed to Council, 4230 University Drive, Suite telephone at (202) 912–7345. exercise their own individual best 220, Anchorage, Alaska, 99508–4650, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In judgment on behalf of the government, (907) 278–8012 or (800) 478–7745 or via accordance with the Paperwork email at cherri.womac@alaska.gov; or such as when they are designated Reduction Act of 1995, the BLM Dr. Philip Johnson, Designated Federal Special Government Employees, rather provides the general public and other Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, than being appointed to represent a Federal agencies with an opportunity to Office of Environmental Policy and particular interest. comment on new, proposed, revised, Compliance, 1689 C Street, Suite 119, Public Availability of Comments: and continuing collections of Anchorage, Alaska, 99501–5126, (907) Before including your address, phone information. This helps us assess the 271–5011. number, email address, or other impact of our information collection SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Exxon personal identifying information in your requirements and minimize the public’s Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory nomination/comment, you should be reporting burden. It also helps the Committee was created by Paragraph aware that your entire nomination/ public understand our information V.A.4 of the Memorandum of comment—including your personal collection requirements and provide the Agreement and Consent Decree entered identifying information—may be made requested data in the desired format. We into by the United States of America publicly available at any time. While are soliciting comments on the proposed and the State of Alaska on August 27, you can ask us in your nomination/ ICR that is described below. We are 1991, and approved by the United States comment to withhold your personal especially interested in public comment District Court for the District of Alaska identifying information from public addressing the following issues: (1) Is in settlement of United States of review, we cannot guarantee that we the collection necessary to the proper America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action will be able to do so. functions of the BLM; (2) will this No. A91–081 CV. The Public Advisory information be processed and used in a Committee was created to advise the Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 timely manner; (3) is the estimate of amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Trustee Council on matters relating to Philip Johnson, burden accurate; (4) how might the BLM decisions on injury assessment, enhance the quality, utility, and clarity Regional Environmental Officer, Office of restoration activities, or other use of of the information to be collected; and Environmental Policy and Compliance. natural resource damage recoveries (5) how might the BLM minimize the [FR Doc. 2018–13562 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] obtained by the government. burden of this collection on the The Trustee Council consists of BILLING CODE 4334–63–P respondents, including through the use representatives of the U.S. Department of information technology. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:58 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25JNN1.SGM 25JNN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 122 / Monday, June 25, 2018 / Notices 29567 Comments that you submit in action is the Paperwork Reduction Act collection requirements and provide the response to this notice are a matter of of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). requested data in the desired format. public record. We will include or A Federal Register notice with a 60- Jean Sonneman, summarize each comment in our request day public comment period soliciting Information Collection Clearance Officer, comments on this collection of to OMB to approve this ICR. Before Bureau of Land Management. including your address, phone number, information was published on January [FR Doc. 2018–13582 Filed 6–22–18; 8:45 am] 16, 2018 (83 FR 2183). The comment email address, or other personal identifying information in your BILLING CODE 4310–84–P period closed on March 19, 2018. On comment, you should be aware that April 11, 2018, 23 days after the your entire comment—including your comment period closed, the BLM DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR received two comments via email. The personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. Bureau of Land Management comments referred specifically to the While you can ask us in your comment Bears Ears National Monument. to withhold your personal identifying [LLWO35000.L14400000.PN0000; OMB Except for the mention of the OMB Control Number 1004–0153] control number in the title of each information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to comment, the comments did not Agency Information Collection mention the information collection, and do so. Activities; Submission to the Office of Abstract: The General Mining Law (30 the BLM has taken no action to revise Management and Budget for Review the information collection in response U.S.C. 29, 30, and 39) authorizes a and Approval; Conveyance of holder of an unpatented claim for to the comments. The BLM Information Federally-Owned Mineral Interests Collection Clearance Officer has hardrock minerals to apply for fee title (patent) to the Federal land (as well as AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, forwarded the comments to the minerals) embraced in the claim. Since Interior. appropriate BLM staff for consideration. ACTION: Notice of information collection; The BLM is again soliciting comments 1994, a rider on the annual request for comment. on the proposed ICR that is described appropriation bill for the Department of below. We are especially interested in the Interior has prevented the BLM from SUMMARY: In accordance with the public comment addressing the processing mineral patent applications Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the following issues: (1) Is the collection unless the applications were Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is necessary to the proper functions of the grandfathered under the initial proposing to renew an information BLM; (2) will this information be legislation. While grandfathered collection. processed and used in a timely manner; applications are rare at present, the (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; approval to collect the information DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 25, (4) how might the BLM enhance the continues to be necessary because of the quality, utility, and clarity of the possibility that the moratorium will be 2018. information to be collected; and (5) how lifted. ADDRESSES: Send written comments on might the BLM minimize the burden of Title of Collection: Mineral Surveys, this Information Collection Request this collection on the respondents, Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse (ICR) to the Office of Management and including through the use of Claims, Protests, and Contests. Budget’s Desk Officer for the information technology. OMB Control Number: 1004–0025. Department of the Interior by email at Comments that you submit in Form Numbers: 3860–2 and 3860–5. OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via response to this notice are a matter of facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please public record. Before including your Type of Review: Extension of provide a copy of your comments to the address, phone number, email address, currently approved collection. U.S. Department of the Interior, BLM, or other personal identifying Respondents/Affected Public: Owners 1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM, of unpatented mining claims and mill information in your comment, you Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Jean should be aware that your entire sites upon the public lands, and of Sonneman; or by email to jesonnem@ reserved mineral lands of the United comment—including your personal blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control identifying information—may be made States, National Forests, and National Number 1004–0153 in the subject line of Parks. publicly available at any time. While your comments. you can ask us in your comment to Total Estimated Number of Annual FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To withhold your personal identifying Respondents: 10. request additional information about information from public review, we Total Estimated Number of Annual this ICR, contact Chantel Jordan by Responses: 10. cannot guarantee that we will be able to email at cmjordan@blm.gov, or by do so. Estimated Completion Time per telephone at 202–912–7514. You may Abstract: Section 209(b) of the Federal Response: Varies from 3 to 100 hours, also view the ICR at http:// Land Policy and Management Act (43 depending on activity. www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. U.S.C. 1719) authorizes the Secretary of Total Estimated Number of Annual SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Interior to convey Federally-owned Burden Hours: 559. accordance with the Paperwork mineral interests to non-Federal owners Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Reduction Act of 1995, the BLM of the surface estate. The respondents in obtain or maintain a benefit. provides the general public and other this information collection are non- Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Federal agencies with an opportunity to Federal owners of surface estates who amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Total Estimated Annual Nonhour comment on new, proposed, revised, apply for underlying Federally-owned Burden Cost: $174,375. and continuing collections of mineral interests. This information An agency may not conduct or information. This helps us assess the collection enables the BLM to determine sponsor and a person is not required to impact of our information collection if the applicants are eligible to receive respond to a collection of information requirements and minimize the public’s title to the Federally-owned mineral unless it displays a currently valid OMB reporting burden. It also helps the interests beneath their lands. control number. The authority for this public understand our information Regulations at 43 CFR part 2720 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:58 Jun 22, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25JNN1.SGM 25JNN1


Document Created: 2018-06-23 02:29:42
Document Modified: 2018-06-23 02:29:42
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of information collection; request for comment.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before August 24, 2018.
ContactTo request additional information about this ICR, contact Elaine Guenaga by email at [email protected], or by telephone at (202) 912-7345.
FR Citation83 FR 29566 
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