60 Day Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 115 / Wednesday, June 17, 2009 / Notices
[FR Doc. E9–14120 Filed 6–16–09; 8:45 am]

I. Abstract

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Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320,
which implement the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). This notice
identifies an information collection
activity that the Office of Budget is
planning to submit to OMB for
extension or re-approval.
Public Law 97–258 (31 U.S.C. 6901–
6907), as amended, the Payments in
Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, was designed
by Congress to help local governments
recover some of the expenses they incur
in providing services on public lands.
These local governments receive funds
under various Federal land payment
programs such as the National Forest
Revenue Act, the Mineral Lands Leasing
Act, and the Taylor Grazing Act. PILT
payments supplement the payments that
local governments receive under these
other programs.
The PILT Act requires that the
Governor of each State furnish the
Department of the Interior with a listing
of payments disbursed to local
governments by the States on behalf of
the Federal Government under 12
statutes described in Section 4 of the
Act (31 U.S.C. 6903). The Department of
the Interior uses the amounts reported
by the States to reduce PILT payments
to units of general local governments
from that which they might otherwise
receive. If such listings were not
furnished by the Governor of each
affected State, the Department would
not be able to compute the PILT
payments to units of general local
government within the States in
question.
In fiscal year 2004, administrative
authority for the PILT program was
transferred from the Bureau of Land
Management to the Office of the
Secretary of the Department of the
Interior. Applicable DOI regulations
pertaining to the PILT program to be
administered by the Office of the
Secretary were published as a final rule
in the Federal Register on December 7,
2004 (69 FR 70557). The Office of
Budget, Office of the Secretary is now
planning to extend the information
collection approval authority in order to
enable the Department of the Interior to
continue to comply with the PILT Act.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Proposed Renewal of Information
Collection: OMB Control Number
1093–0005, Payments in Lieu of Taxes
Office of Budget, Interior.
Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of
Budget, Office of the Secretary,
Department of the Interior (DOI),
announces the proposed extension of a
public information collection required
by the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act
(PILT) and seeks public comments on
the provisions thereof. After public
review, the Office of Budget will submit
the information collection to Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by August 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send your written
comments to the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office
of Budget, Attn. Brian Yost, 1849 C St.,
NW., MS 4119 MIB, Washington, DC
20240. Send any faxed comments to
(202) 208–3911, attn Brian Yost.
Comments may also be e-mailed to
[email protected]. Individuals
providing comments should reference
OMB Control Number 1093–0005,
‘‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act),
Statement of Federal Land Payments,
143 CFR 441.’’ Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information on
this renewed information collection
should be directed to Brian Yost at U.S.
Department of the Interior, Office of the
Secretary, Office of Budget, 1849 C St.,
NW., MS 4119 MIB, Washington, DC
20240. You may also fax requests for
further information to (202) 208–3911,
or e-mail him at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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II. Data
(1) Title: Payments in Lieu of Taxes
(PILT Act), Statement of Federal Land
Payments (43 CFR 44).

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OMB Control Number: 1093–0005.
Current Expiration Date: December
31, 2009.
Type of Review: Information
Collection Renewal.
Affected Entities: State, local or Tribal
government.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 43.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
(2) Annual Reporting and Record
Keeping Burden: Average Reporting
Burden per Application: 50 hours.
Total Annual Reporting: 2,150 hours.
(3) Description of the Need and Use
of the Information: The statutorilyrequired information is needed to
compute payments due units of general
local government under the PILT Act
(31 U.S.C. 6901–6907). The Act requires
that the Governor of each State furnish
a statement as to amounts paid to units
of general local government under 12
revenue-sharing statutes in the prior
fiscal year.
III. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) The accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
information collection; (c) Ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.

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All written comments will be
available for public inspection in the
Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street,
NW., Washington, DC during normal
business hours, excluding legal
holidays. For an appointment to inspect
comments, please contact Brian Yost by
telephone on (202) 208–7409, or by email at [email protected] to make
an appointment. A valid picture
identification is required for entry into
the Department of the Interior.
Pam Haze,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget and
Business Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Extension of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004–
0121
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces its intention to request that
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) extend approval for the
paperwork requirements in 43 CFR parts
3500 through 3590, which cover leasing
of solid minerals other than coal and oil
shale.
DATES: You must submit your comments
to the BLM at the address below on or
before August 17, 2009. The BLM is not
obligated to consider any comments
postmarked or received after the above
date.
ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau

of Land Management, Mail Stop 401–
LS, 1849 C St., NW., Washington, DC
20240, Attention: 1004–0121. You may
also comment by e-mail at:
[email protected]. Comments
will be available for public review at the
L Street address during regular business
hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.), Monday
through Friday, excluding Federal
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may contact Vincent Vogt, Solid
Minerals Group, at 202–785–6570
(Commercial or FTS). Persons who use
a telecommunication device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) on 1–800–877–
8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, to contact Mr. Vogt. You may also
contact Mr. Vogt to obtain a copy, at no
cost, of the regulations and forms that
require this collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521),
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be
provided an opportunity to comment on
information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). This notice
identifies information collections that
are contained in 43 CFR parts 3500
through 3590. The BLM will request
that the OMB approve this information
collection activity for a 3-year term.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
need for the collection of information
for the performance of the functions of
the agency; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (4)
ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information. A summary of the
public comments will accompany the
BLM’s submission of the information
collection requests to OMB.

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The following information is provided
for the information collection:
Title: Leasing of Solid Minerals Other
Than Coal and Oil Shale (43 CFR 3500–
3590).
Forms:
• Form 3504–1, Personal Bond and
Power of Attorney;
• Form 3504–3, Bond Under Lease;
• Form 3504–4, Statewide or
Nationwide Personal Mineral Bond for
Prospecting Permits and Leases;
• Form 3510–1, Prospecting
Application and Permit;
• Form 3510–2, Phosphate or Sodium
Use Permit; and
• Form 3520–7, Lease.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0121.
Abstract: This notice pertains to
information collections that are
necessary for the management of leases
and prospecting permits for solid
minerals other than coal and oil shale.
The BLM manages such leases and
permits under the Mineral Leasing Act
of 1920, the Mineral Leasing Act for
Acquired Lands (30 U.S.C. 351–359),
the Multiple Mineral Development Act
(30 U.S.C. 521–531), and other statutes
that authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to regulate the development of
mineral deposits on Federal lands. The
information collections covered by this
notice are found at 43 CFR parts 3500
through 3590, and in the forms listed
above.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 430
Federal leases are in effect in this
program, which are controlled by many
operators.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 6,522 hours.
The following chart details the
individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this
information collection request:
Number of
responses

Type of application
Qualification Statement ....................................................................................................
Area Avail. for Leasing ....................................................................................................
Bond Forms 3504–1, 3504–3 and 3504–4 .....................................................................
Prospecting Permit Form 3510–1 ....................................................................................
Exploration License .........................................................................................................
Preference Right Lease Form 3520–7 ............................................................................
Competitive Lease Bid .....................................................................................................
Fractional, Future Interest Lease Form 3520–7 ..............................................................
Fringe Acreage Lease or Lease Modification Form 3520–7 ...........................................
Lease Renewal or Adjustment Form 3520–7 ..................................................................
Assignment or Sublease ..................................................................................................
Royalty Rental Reduction ................................................................................................
Relinquishment and Cancellations ..................................................................................
Lease Exchanges ............................................................................................................
Use Permit Form 3510–2 ................................................................................................

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10
36
46
2
2
5
1
5
22
28
1
1
1
1

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response
1
1
4
10
3
300
20
20
20
1
6
40
40
40
1