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receive any comments in response to
that notice.
We again invite comments concerning
this ICR on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. 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 anytime.
While you can ask OMB in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Phadrea Ponds 970–
226–9445.
Dated: January 28, 2011.
John H. DeYoung, Jr.,
Director, National Minerals Information
Center.
[FR Doc. 2011–2651 Filed 2–7–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLNM006220. L99110000. EK0000; OMB
Control Number 1004–0179]

Renewal of Approved Information
Collection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 30-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for a 3-year extension of OMB
Control Number 1004–0179 under the
Paperwork Reduction Act. This control
number includes paperwork
requirements in regulations that provide
the authority for the BLM to collect
helium sales information from Federal
agencies and helium suppliers of major

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helium requirements, in order to
balance crude helium purchases from
the BLM with sales of helium to Federal
agencies.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this information collection request
within 60 days but may respond after 30
days. Therefore, written comments
should be received on or before March
10, 2011 in order to be assured of
consideration.
Please submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #1004–
0179), Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806,
or by electronic mail at
[email protected]. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
BLM via mail, fax, or electronic mail.
Mail: Bureau Information Collection
Clearance Officer (WO–630),
Department of the Interior, 1849 C
Street, NW., Mail Stop 401 LS,
Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: Jean Sonneman at 202–912–
7102.
Electronic mail:
[email protected].

ADDRESSES:

You
may contact Libby Conner, at 806–356–
1027. Persons who use a
telecommunication device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) on 1–800–877–
8339. You may also contact Ms. Conner
to obtain a copy, at no cost, of the
regulations and forms that require this
collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following information is provided for
the information collection:
Title: Helium Contracts (43 CFR
3195).
OMB Number: 1004–0179.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: This collection of
information pertains to the Helium
Privatization Act of 1996, which
provides that only authorized
contractors may sell helium to Federal
agencies. The BLM uses this
information to verify that authorized
contractors are in compliance with the
Helium Privatization Act. In order to
become an authorized contractor, a
helium supplier must enter into an InKind Crude Helium Sales Contract to
purchase from the Secretary of Interior
amounts of crude helium that are
equivalent to amounts the supplier sells
to agencies of the Federal Government.
50 U.S.C. 167d. In the past, the BLM
provided Form 1422x–922 for
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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respondents to comply with some of
these requirements, but the pertinent
regulations do not require that they use
the form. The respondents have
demonstrated compliance with the
Helium Privatization Act without using
the form and the BLM has determined
that the form is no longer necessary to
collect information. As a result, the
BLM has decided to eliminate Form
1422X–922, although the BLM will
continue to require respondents to
submit pertinent information through
written or electronic means as required
by 43 CFR part 3195. The BLM uses the
information for reporting and
recordkeeping. Responses are required
to obtain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Quarterly
and annually.
Annual Burden Hours: 32 responses
with 3.25 hours per response totals 104
burden hours.
Annual Non-hour Burden Cost: There
are no processing fees associated with
this collection.
Comments: As required in 5 CFR
1320.8(d), the BLM published the 60day notice in the Federal Register on
June 14, 2010 (75 FR 33632) soliciting
comments from the public and other
interested parties. The comment period
closed on August 13, 2010. The BLM
did not receive any comments from the
public in response to this notice, and
did not receive any unsolicited
comments.
The BLM now requests comments on
the following subjects:
1. Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the BLM, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate
of the burden of collecting the
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
3. The quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
4. How to minimize the information
collection burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
Please send comments to the
addresses listed under ADDRESSES.
Please refer to OMB Control Number
1004–0179 in your correspondence.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, 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

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information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Jean Sonneman,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011–2709 Filed 2–7–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCAN03900 L17110000 AL0000]

Proposed Information Collection, OMB
Control Number 1004–NEW
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) will ask the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. In compliance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
we invite the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on this IC.
We may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a valid OMB control number.
DATES: Please submit your comments on
this IC by April 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your
comments by mail, fax, or electronic
mail. Mail: U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
1849 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202–912–
7102.
Electronic mail:
[email protected].
SUMMARY:

Regardless of the form of your
comments, please indicate ‘‘Attention:
1004–NEW.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Heppe, Arcata Field Office, at
(707) 825–2351 (Commercial or FTS).
Persons who use a telecommunication
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8339, to contact
Mr. Heppe. You may also contact Mr.
Heppe to obtain a copy, at no cost, of
the regulations that authorize this
collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) is proposing to sponsor visitor
use surveys for the Headwaters Forest
Reserve (Reserve) and the King Range
National Conservation Area (KRNCA).
The Secretary of the Interior acquired
the Reserve under the authority of the
1998 Department of the Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
Public Law 105–83 (codified at 16 USC
471j), and established the KRNCA under
the authority of Public Law 91–476
(codified at 16 USC 460y–460y–9). The
Reserve and the KRNCA are managed by
the BLM Arcata Field Office in Northern
California and are part of BLM’s
National Landscape Conservation
System.
The proposed visitor use surveys
would contribute to the implementation
of the Resource Management Plans
(RMPs) for the Reserve and the KRNC
that the BLM approved in 2004 and
2005, respectively. In order to achieve
resource protection and recreation goals
set forth in the RMPs, BLM must gather
accurate data regarding visitor use
characteristics. Baseline studies of
visitor use characteristics were
conducted in the Reserve and the

KRNCA in 1999 and 2003, respectively.
These past studies provided
comprehensive information about
visitors’ demographics and visitors’
views on facilities, conflicts, existing
and proposed management actions,
resource conditions, and desires for the
area. Since those initial studies, several
changes have occurred in each area,
including the addition of new facilities,
and implementation of new
management actions, and increasing
annual visitation. A new visitor use
study is needed in each area to
determine changes in visitor
characteristics, including demographics,
usage, user conflicts, and perspectives
toward management programs and
facilities. The IC methods will include
conducting on-site interviews with
visitors on a stratified random sampling
basis and distributing mail-back
questionnaires. The IC will take place
during the summer season when
visitation rates are highest. Data will be
analyzed and a final report developed
for both the Reserve and the KRNCA.
This collection of information will
enable the BLM to respond to problems,
protect natural and cultural resources,
and develop appropriate interpretive
programs.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1004–NEW.
Title: Visitor Use Surveys.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: Visitors
and recreationists.
Respondents’ obligation: Voluntary.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The
estimated reporting burden for this
collection is 1,700 responses and 467
hours. The following table details the
individual components and estimated
hour burdens of this collection.

TABLE 1—ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS, RESPONSES AND TIME

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Estimated
number of responses per
respondent

Estimated
number of
respondents

Activity

Completion
time per
response
(minutes)

Total burden
hours

Headwaters Visitor Interview ...........................................................................
Headwaters Mail-back survey ..........................................................................
KRNCA Visitor Interview ..................................................................................
KRNCA Visitor Interview ..................................................................................

600
400
400
300

1
1
1
1

7
30
7
30

70
200
47
150

Totals ........................................................................................................

1,700

........................

467

III. Request for Comments
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