Notice2024-16619
Agency Information Collection Activities; Color-of-Title Application
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Published
July 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60912-60913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16619]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[L14400000 PN0000 HQ350000 212; OMB Control No. 1004-0029]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Color-of-Title
Application
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) proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send your written comments on this information collection
request (ICR) by mail to Darrin King, Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
Attention PRA Office, 440 W 200 S #500, Salt Lake City, UT 84101; or by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f5b7b9b8aabda4aaa5a7b4aab69a9898909b8186b5979998db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3a1afaebcabb2bcb3b1a2bca08c8e8e868d9790a3818f8ecd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1004-0029 in the subject
line of your comments. Please note that the electronic submission of
comments is recommended.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request additional information
about this ICR, contact Jeff Holdren by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#402a282f2c2432252e00222c2d6e272f36"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="046e6c6b686076616a446668692a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>, or
by telephone at (703) 360-9739. Individuals in the United States who
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States. You may also view the ICR at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval under the PRA. We may not
conduct, or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
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Federal agencies to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our
information collection requirements and minimizes the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information
collection requirements and provides the requested data in the desired
format.
We are especially interested in public comment addressing the
following:
(1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the burden for this collection
of information, including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of response.
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 BLM collects and uses the information to determine
the validity of a claim under the Color-of-Title Act (43 U.S.C. 1068).
The following forms comprise an application in support of a Color-of-
Title claim: (a) Form 2540-001, Color-of-Title Application; (b) Form
2540-002, Conveyances Affecting Color or Claim of Title; and (c) Form
2540-003, Color-of-Title Tax Levy and Payment Record. The BLM uses the
information to determine if an applicant meets the pertinent statutory
and regulatory requirements under the Color-of-Title Act and the BLM's
regulations at 43 CFR subparts 2540 and 2541. Applicants must provide
the information to obtain the benefit of clear title to the lands that
are concerned. OMB control number 1004-0029 is currently scheduled to
expire on April 30, 2025. The BLM plans to request that OMB renew this
OMB control number for an additional three (3) years.
Title of Collection: Color-of-Title Application (43 CFR Subparts
2540 and 2541).
OMB Control Number: 1004-0029.
Form Numbers: 2540-001; 2540-002, and 2540-003.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Individuals, groups, or corporations
that wish to claim title to a tract of public land on grounds that such
land has been held in good faith and in peaceful, adverse possession
under claim or color of title, and have placed valuable improvements on
such land or some part thereof has been reduced to cultivation for an
amount of time sufficient under the Color-of-Title Act, 43 U.S.C. 1068,
et seq.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 8.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 8.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 3 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 24.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: $80.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor and, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, 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.).
Darrin A. King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-16619 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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