Forest Management Decision Protest Process and Log Export and Substitution
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
11/04/2019
06/12/2019
In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2022
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2019
325
0
16
550
0
16
0
0
0
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) collects the information from respondents in order to determine if they are qualified by statute to purchase Federal timber resources originating from public lands managed by the BLM, and in order to provide an opportunity for protests of forest management decisions.
The BLM requests two program changes, i.e., the addition of the âLog Scaleâ form and the addition of protests. Both of these activities have been in use without a control number. These program changes would add 125 responses and 350 burden hours annually to this control number.
Previously the BLM estimated respondentsâ burdens for the Export Determination (Form 5450-17) and the Substitution Determination (Form 5460-17) by estimating the cost to a single timber-sale purchaser for a single timber sale. The BLM has determined that it is more accurate to estimate respondentsâ burdens based on the BLMâs estimated number of sales annually. This change in methodology, which is reflected in Tables 15-2 and 15-3, more accurately depicts the total annual cost to all BLM timber-sale purchasers for BLMâs timber sale program. As shown in Tables 15-2 and 15-3, these adjustments result in 90 more responses and hours, and 94 more responses and hours, for the Export Determination and the Substitution Determination, respectively. The net effect in 184 more responses and hours annually.
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.