The BLM is requried to manage commercial, competitive and organized group recreational uses of the public lands, and individual use of special areas. We authorize the Special Recreation Application and Permit and the Recreation Use Permit for use of fee areas such as campgrounds and day use areas. This information allows the BLM to collect the required information to authorize and collect fees for recreation use on public lands.
In this Information Collection Request (ICR), we are requesting approval for 3,694 responses, compared to 365,845 responses for the previous ICR. The total estimated hour burden for this submission is 14,776 hours, compared to 375,995 hours for the previous ICR.
The program decrease of 364,395 responses and 364,395 hours is due to our removal of Form 1370-036 (Recreation Use Permits for Fee Areas (43 CFR subpart 2933)) from this ICR. We have determined that this component of the information collection is not subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act because it entails no burden other than that necessary to identify the respondentsm, the date, the respondent's address, and the nature of the instrument. See 5 CFR 1320.3(h).
A portion of this decrease is offset by an upward adjustment in our estimated number of responses for Form 2930-1, from 1,450 (previous estimate) to 3,694 (current estimate) -- an increase of 2,244 responses. However, we are adjusting downward our estimate of the hours per response (from 8 hours to 4 hours) because respondents will no longer be required to complete the Permit portion of the form. The net result of these adjustments is an increase of 3,176 hours.
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.