The regulations at 43 CFR 3500-3590
provide for the leasing of solid minerals other than coal and oil
shale. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) needs the information to
determine who is eligible to conduct mining operations on the
public lands, and that said operations are conducted in a manner
that is consistent with the regulations and environmental
requirements in accordance with the National Environmental Policy
Act.
There are no net changes in the
number of responses or the number of hour burdens for this
information collection, although some of the responses and hour
burdens are re-assigned to different collection activities in the
program changes described below. The net effect of program changes
and adjustments is a reduction of $9,975 in non-hour costs. There
is an increase of $525 due to adjustments and a decrease of $10,500
due to one of the two program changes in this ICR. ADJUSTMENTS The
BLM has adjusted fixed processing fees as follows: 1. The fee for a
Request for Renewal of a Lease (43 CFR 3511.27) has increased from
$500 per response to $525 per response. 2. The fee for an
Application to Extend a Prospecting Permit (43 CFR 3505.60 through
3505.66) has increased from $105 per response to $110 per response.
PROGRAM CHANGES There are two program changes. First, the
collection activity for Qualification Requirements / Associations
and Partnerships (43 CFR 3502. 28, 3502.33, and 3502.34) has been
separated from the collection activity for Qualification
Requirements / Corporations (43 CFR 3502.30, 3502.33, and 3502.34).
Both of these activities were combined in previous ICRs as
Qualification Requirements / Private Sector (43 CFR subpart 3502).
The separation in this ICR has no net effect on hour burdens or
non-hour burdens. Second, the collection activity for Request for
Renewal of a Lease (43 CFR 3511.27) has been separated from the
collection activity for Objection to Proposed Readjustment of Lease
Terms and Conditions (43 CFR 3511.25 and 3511.2). As discussed
above, there is a $525 fee for Requests for Renewal of a Lease, and
that fee has been adjusted upward from $500. There is no fee for an
Objection to Proposed Readjustment of Lease Terms and Conditions.
NET EFFECTS The separation of the collection activity for Request
for Renewal of a Lease (43 CFR 3511.27) from the collection
activity for Objection to Proposed Readjustment of Lease Terms and
Conditions (43 CFR 3511.25 and 3511.2) results in the reduction of
non-hour costs. That is because some of the responses were
erroneously assigned to the “Objection” activity. Those burdens
should have been assigned only to the “Request for Renewal.” This
information collection request corrects that error. The decrease
due to the program change is partially offset by the upward
adjustment in the fee.
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 3520-7 Application for a Gold, Silver, or Quicksilver Lease in a Confirmed Private Land Grant (43 CFR 3581.3 and 3581.4)
30-DAY NOTICE 2016.pdf
Supporting Statement 3 25 2016 2016 for control no. 1004-0121.doc
43 CFR Parts 3500 through 3590.docx
Production Records (43 CFR 3597.1 and 3597.2)