Notice2024-17739
Agency Information Collection Activities; Mineral Surveys, Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse Claims, Protests, and Contests
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Published
August 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew an information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65390-65391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17739]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[L19900000.PO0000.LLHQ300000.23X; OMB Control No. 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 (PRA),
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 8, 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#692b252436213836393b28362a0604040c071d1a290b0504470e061f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fab8b6b7a5b2aba5aaa8bba5b99597979f948e89ba989697d49d958c">[email protected]</span></a>. Please reference Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1004-0025 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 John Grasso by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9df7faeffceeeef2ddfff1f0b3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="751f12071406061a351719185b121a03">[email protected]</span></a>, or by
telephone at (303) 239-3777. 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 PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information collections require
approval under the PRA. The BLM 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
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burdens, we invite the public and other 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 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 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 through 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 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. Division E, Title IV of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 4366-260), 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 and applicable regulations that contain the information are
still part of the Code of Federal Regulations.
OMB control number 1004-0025 is scheduled to expire on July 31,
2025. The BLM plans to request that OMB renew this OMB control number
for an additional three (3) years.
Title of Collection: Mineral Surveys, Mineral Patent Applications,
Adverse Claims, Protests, and Contests (43 CFR parts 3860 and 3870).
OMB Control Number: 1004-0025.
Form Numbers: 3860-2 and 3860-5.
Type of Review: Extension of a 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: 1.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 10.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: Varies depending on
activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 559.
Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: $256,425.
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 PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.).
Darrin A. King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-17739 Filed 8-8-24; 8:45 am]
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