Recordation of Location Notices and Mining Claims; Payment of Fees (43 CFR 3832-3838)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form 3830-3 Notice of Intent to Locate on SRHA Lands (43 CFR 3838) Form	Modified
Form 3830-2 Waivers from Annual Maintenance Fees (43 CFR 3835, Subpart A) Form and Instruction	Modified
30-day notice.pdf Supplementary Document	2010-02-26
Supporting statement.doc Supporting Statement A	2010-02-25
60-day notice.pdf Supplementary Document	2009-07-31
Title 43-3830-3838.doc Supplementary Document	2006-09-26

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
46106	Acquiring A Delinquent Co-Claimant's Interests in a Mining Claim or Site (43 CFR 3837)	Modified
46104	Required Fees for Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR 3834)	Removed
46103	Locating Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR 3832)	Modified
46083	Deferring Assessment Work (43 CFR 3836, Subpart B)	Modified
46082	Recording Mining Claims and Sites (43 CFR 3833, Subpart A)	Modified
46081	Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR 3830)	Removed
45124	Notice of Intent to Locate on SRHA Lands (43 CFR 3838) Form	Modified
192037	Transfers of Interest (43 CFR 3833, Subpart C)	New
192035	Amending a Location Notice (43 CFR 3833, Subpart B)	New
192034	Annual FLPMA Documents (43 CFR 3835, Subpart C)	New
10520	Waivers from Annual Maintenance Fees (43 CFR 3835, Subpart A) Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1004-0114	ICR Reference No: 200907-1004-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200609-1004-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Recordation of Location Notices and Mining Claims; Payment of Fees (43 CFR 3832-3838)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/26/2010
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/26/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2013	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2010
Responses	197,154	0	224,420
Time Burden (Hours)	97,658	0	31,135
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,629,025	0	6,775

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Abstract: This information is required to implement the recording of mining claims or sites, annual maintenance of such claims or sites, collection of statutory location and maintenance fees, and adjudication of mineral rights.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 22 - 54 Name of Law: General Mining Law
   US Code: 43 USC 1744 Name of Law: Section 314 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
   US Code: 30 USC 621 - 625 Name of Law: Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act
   US Code: 43 USC 299 and 301 Name of Law: Stock Raising Homestead Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	74 FR 38215	07/31/2009
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 8986	02/26/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 9

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Locating Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR 3832)
Recording Mining Claims and Sites (43 CFR 3833, Subpart A)
Deferring Assessment Work (43 CFR 3836, Subpart B)
Acquiring A Delinquent Co-Claimant's Interests in a Mining Claim or Site (43 CFR 3837)
Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR 3830)
Transfers of Interest (43 CFR 3833, Subpart C)
Annual FLPMA Documents (43 CFR 3835, Subpart C)
Amending a Location Notice (43 CFR 3833, Subpart B)
Notice of Intent to Locate on SRHA Lands (43 CFR 3838)	3830-3	Notice of Intent to Locate a Lode or Placer Mining Claim(s) and/or a Tunnel Site(s) on Lands Patented Under the Stock Riasing Homestead Act of 1916, As Amended by the Act of April 16, 1993
Waivers from Annual Maintenance Fees (43 CFR 3835, Subpart A)	3830-2	Maintenance Fee Waiver Certification
Required Fees for Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR 3834)

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	197,154	224,420	0	-199,645	172,379	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	97,658	31,135	0	-22,355	88,878	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,629,025	6,775	0	116,290	1,505,960	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: Several program changes are due to our efforts to improve the precision of our submission. In the previous submission, some of the information collection requirements were erroneously attributed to “Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR 3830)” in our previous submission. The regulations at 43 part 3830 in fact pertain to information collection only to the extent that they explain, at subpart B, how the BLM uses the information it collects; an outdated estimate of the burden associated with control number 1004-0114; and the consequences of knowingly submitting false, erroneous, or fictitious information or statements. The specific information collection requirements are found within regulations outside of 43 CFR part 3830. Consequently, the BLM has removed part 3830 from this submission. The BLM has also removed from this submission the information collection labeled in the previous submission as “Required Fees for Mining Claims or Sites (43 CFR 3834).” The regulations at 43 CFR part 3834 pertain to maintenance, location, and oil shale fees, but the allusions to information collection requirements in part 3834 pertain to requirements that are included in other parts of the regulations pertaining to mining claims and sites. The remaining program changes consist of the addition of information collection requirements that have been part of the BLM regulations for many years, but we now believe were erroneously categorized as being within part 3830 in our previous submission. In order to present the information collection requirements more precisely and completely, we have added analyses of 43 CFR part 3833, subparts B and C, and 43 CFR part 3835, subpart C, which were erroneously omitted from the previous submission. We have also adjusted our estimates of the burdens of some of the information collection requirements in view of our experience with those requirements in the last three years.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,860,684

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 02/26/2010

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