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OMB Control No: 1004-0121	ICR Reference No: 201509-1004-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201209-1004-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (43 CFR 3500-3590)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/11/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/30/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2016
Responses	473	0	473
Time Burden (Hours)	16,346	0	16,346
Cost Burden (Dollars)	553,440	0	562,915

Abstract: 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.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC Chapoter 3A, Subchapter III Name of Law: MLA -- Phosphates
   US Code: 30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter VII Name of Law: MLA -- Sodium
   US Code: 30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter VIII Name of Law: MLA -- Sulphur
   US Code: 30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter I Name of Law: Mineral Leasing Act (MLA)
   US Code: 30 USC Chapter 3A, Subchapter IX Name of Law: MLA -- Potash
   US Code: 30 USC Chapter 7 Name of Law: Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands
   US Code: 30 USC Chapter 12 Name of Law: Multiple Mineral Development Act
   US Code: 5 USC Appendix Name of Law: Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946
   US Code: 30 USC 209 Name of Law: MLA -- suspension, waiver, or reduction of rent or royalties
   US Code: 43 USC 1716 Name of Law: Federal Land Policy and Management Act
   US Code: 43 USC 1719 Name of Law: Federal Land Policy and Management Act
   US Code: 30 USC Chapter 2 Name of Law: General Mining Law

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 55640	09/16/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 17729	03/30/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	473	473	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	16,346	16,346	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	553,440	562,915	-10,000	525

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 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.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,657,527

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Jean Sonneman 202 785-6577 jean_sonneman@blm.gov

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