The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 (43 U.S.C. 315) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701) authorize the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to administer the livestock grazing program consistent with land use plans, multiple use objectives, sustained yield, environmental values, economic considerations, and other factors. Maintaining accurate records of permittee and lessee qualifications for a grazing permit or lease, base property used in conjunction with public lands, and the actual use made by livestock authorized to graze on the public lands, is an important and integral part of the program administration and grazing management. The regulations at 43 CFR 4110.1 and 43 CFR 4110.2 require application and notice to the BLM to transfer grazing preference and to apply for a permit or lease in conjunction with a preference transfer. The regulations at 43 CFR 4130.1 require existing permittees and lessees to apply to the BLM for changes in their authorized grazing. The regulations at 43 CFR 4130.3-2(d) allow the BLM to require permittees or lessees operating under a grazing permit or lease to submit an actual grazing use report within 15 days after completing their annual grazing use, or as otherwise specified in the permit or lease. The regulations at 43 CFR 4130.6-1 allow BLM to enter into Âexchange-of-use agreements with applicants who own or control lands that are unfenced and intermingled with public lands within an allotment. The BLM requires applicants, permittees, and lessees to submit the required information on Forms 4130-1, 4130-1a, 4130-1b, 4130-3a, 4130-4, and 4130-5.
In summary, the BLM uses the information to notify permittees and lessees of the status of their grazing use under their permit or lease.
US Code:
43 USC 315
Name of Law: The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934
US Code:
43 USC 1701
Name of Law: The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
The BLM estimates fewer responses and well as fewer respondent burden hours than in the previous collection because we were able to produce more accurate estimates of annual responses and more accurate estimates of respondents hourly costs than before. This change represents a change or adjustment in our program estimate. *Because ROCIS rounds partial hours differently, the total annual burden hours shown in ROCIS does not match the BLM's estimate in the supporting statement included in this database.
The BLM estimates a lower annual burden hour cost to respondents for this collection based on our use of relevant occupational wage and benefit data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In the previous collection we had estimated that the cost per hour to the respondent was $20 regardless of which form the public was completing and submitting to the BLM and we had also estimated fewer annual responses per form in some cases. (In the previous collection, the BLM did not aggregate the annual burden costs for all collections, but the previous aggregate would have been higher than the current one)
In the previous collection, the BLM did not publish information on filing or processing fees associated with some of these forms under this information collection because the regulations setting those fees had not yet been adopted. When the BLM modified its grazing regulations in 2006 to increase the service charge for transfers to $145 and for canceling or replacing a previously issued grazing fee bill to $50, among other things, it instituted a program change that could potentially increase the non-burden hour costs to the public for this information collection. However, the 2006 BLM rulemaking that changed these regulations were enjoined Âin all respects by the Idaho Federal District Court (for reasons other than the changes to the service charge schedule) in June, 2007. A final judgment by the Court affirming this enjoinment was entered on February 28, 2008, and it is now subject to appeal.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Authorizing Grazing Use, Form 4130-5 (43 CFR 4130.3-2(d))