SF-299 APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION,UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form SF-299 APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY	Form and Instruction	New	Repair queued
Form SF-299 Forest Service SF-299 Federal Government	Form and Instruction	New	Repair queued
Form SF-299 APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form SF-299 Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form SF-299 APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form SF-299 Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form SF-299 APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form SF-299 Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
0596-0249 Submitted for SF299 MAC_05_31_2023.xlsm	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-06-01	Repair queued
2023_23_03_SF-299_SuptStmt Final.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2023-07-27	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
260487	Forest Service SF-299 Federal Government	Form and Instruction	New	APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY
260487	Forest Service SF-299 Federal Government	Form and Instruction	New
239726	Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form and Instruction	Modified	APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY
239726	Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form and Instruction	Modified
239725	Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified	APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY
239725	Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector	Form and Instruction	Modified
239724	Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households	Form and Instruction	Modified	APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY
239724	Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0596-0249	ICR Reference No: 202205-0596-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202001-0596-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: SF-299 APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION,UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR:  Yes
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 01/26/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/14/2023
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this collection is approved for use as a common form for three years. As the host agency, the Forest Service is responsible for notifying sister agencies, whose use of and burden for the SF-299 form was previously included as Requests for Common Form under this OMB Control Number 0596-0249, that the SF-299 form under this collection has been reinstated. The Forest Service will also notify these agencies that they must now re-apply to use the SF-299 form approved with this collection, by reporting the burden associated with their use of the form through a Request for Common Form, in order for their use of this newly reinstated form to be valid under the PRA,

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2027	36 Months From Approved
Responses	3,233	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	25,864	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The information collection requirements described in this request are necessary for the Forest Service to issue and administer special use authorizations to use and occupy NFS lands. This is a request for a common form which other federal agencies may use for similar activities.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 551 Name of Law: The Organic Administration Act
   US Code: 43 USC 1761-1771 Name of Law: Title 5 of the Federal Land Management and Policy Act of 1976
   US Code: 16 USC 497 Name of Law: The Act of March 4, 1915
   US Code: 16 USC 497b Name of Law: The National Forest Ski Area Permit Act
   US Code: 30 USC 185 Name of Law: Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing Act
   US Code: 16 USC 532-538 Name of Law: The National Forest Roads and Trails ACT (FRTA)
   US Code: 16 USC 480d Name of Law: The Granger-Thye Act
   US Code: 16 USC 460-6d Name of Law: The Act of May 26, 2000
   US Code: 16 USC 6801-6814 Name of Law: The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act
   US Code: 43 USC 931c, 931d Name of Law: Act of September 3, 1954 (68 Stat 1146)
   US Code: 16 USC 1996 Name of Law: Archeological Resource Protection Act of October 31st, 1979
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 9856	02/15/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 44102	07/11/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Forest Service SF-299 Federal Government	SF-299	APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY
Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households	SF-299	APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY
Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector	SF-299	APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY
Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments	SF-299	APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	3,233	0	0	-6,744	3,104	6,873
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	25,864	0	0	-29,120	0	54,984
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There was a 6% decrease in the 2022 submittal of the annual burden hours and the annual number of responses from the 2019 submittal for the renewal of the SF-299. During that time, we went through a national crisis, COVID-19 which impacted numerous individuals, businesses, and government entities, and is reflected in the number of SF-299 applications and other application types the agency receives for the use of National Forest System lands. An increase may have been counted because Federal Government applicants have been added for 2023 to the list for information collection.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,711,559

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  Yes

Description/Changes for Common Form Usage: 

Approved RCFs using this ICR

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Agency/Sub Agency	RCF ID	RCF Title	RCF Status	IC Title
DOW/COE	202403-0710-001CF	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Use of SF-299 Application for Transportation, Utility Systems, Telecommunications and Facilities on Federal Lands and Property	Active	Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households, Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector, Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments
DOI/NPS	202402-1024-002CF	National Park Service Use of Standard Form 299 (SF-299)APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIES ON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY	Active	Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households, Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector, Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments
DOW/DODDEP	202410-0704-001CF	DoD Use of Application for Transportation, Utility Systems, Telecommunications and Facilities on Federal Land and Property	Active	Forest Service SF-299 Federal Government
DOI/RB	202503-1006-001CF	Bureau of Reclamation Use of SF-299	Active	Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households, Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector, Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments
DOI/FWS	202503-1018-001CF	Fish & Wildlife Service Use of SF-299	Active	Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households, Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector, Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments
DOI/BLM	202503-1004-001CF	Bureau of Land Management Use of Standard Form 299 (SF-299)APPLICATION FOR TRANSPORTATION, UTILITY SYSTEMS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND FACILITIESON FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTY	Active	Forest Service SF-299 Individuals or Households, Forest Service SF-299 Private Sector, Forest Service SF-299 State, Local, and Tribal Governments

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 08/14/2023

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