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OMB Control No: 1004-0121	ICR Reference No: 202006-1004-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201910-1004-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No: 1004-AE58
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 with change	Conclusion Date: 01/20/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/14/2020
Terms of Clearance: Because the agency sought comments only on the changes associated with the regulation, the existing expiration date remains the same for this collection. In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2022	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2022
Responses	507	0	507
Time Burden (Hours)	27,296	0	27,306
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,050,695	0	2,050,695

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	507	507	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	27,296	27,306	-10
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,050,695	2,050,695	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Cutting Redundancy

Short Statement: This information collection request will streamline applications for reduction of rental, royalties, or minimum production requirements. The final rule will affect one information collection activity among the 32 activities currently approved under control number 1004-0121. The outcomes of this revision will be the following program changes: (1) the separation of one activity into two activities; and (2) the net addition of one activity to control number 1004-0121. When the rule is finalized and this request is approved, control number 1004-0121 will include 33 activities.The net reduction of 10 burden hours per year will be a result of revisions of 43 CFR 3513.15 that will simplify applications for reduction of rental, royalties, or minimum production requirements. As described in the preamble for section 3513.15, the final rule will remove requirements for an applicant to submit redundant or unnecessary information.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $4,950,020

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

Agency Contact: Faith Bremner 202 912-7441 fbremner@blm.gov