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
exchange-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 in 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.
Form 4130-5 Authorizing Grazing Use, Form 4130-5 (43 CFR 4130.3-2(d))
30-day notice as printed in FR.pdf
2008-1004-041-SupportStatement -Final.doc
43 U.S.C. 1701.txt
Authorizing Grazing Use, Form 4130-5 (43 CFR 4130.3-2(d))