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OMB Control No: 1004-0041	ICR Reference No: 201005-1004-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200801-1004-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Authorizing Grazing Use (43 CFR subparts 4110 and 4130)
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: 08/17/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/16/2011
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2014	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2011
Responses	33,810	0	28,850
Time Burden (Hours)	7,811	0	7,651
Cost Burden (Dollars)	30,000	0	30,000

Abstract: The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 (43 U.S.C. 315) and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701) authorize the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to administer the livestock grazing program consistent with land use plans, multiple use objectives, sustained yield, environmental values, economic considerations, and other factors. Maintaining accurate records of permittee and lessee qualifications for a grazing permit or lease, base property used in conjunction with public lands, and the actual use made by livestock authorized to graze on the public lands, is an important and integral part of the program administration and grazing management. The regulations at 43 CFR 4110.1 and 43 CFR 4110.2 require application and notice to the BLM to transfer grazing preference and to apply for a permit or lease in conjunction with a preference transfer. The regulations at 43 CFR 4130.1 require existing permittees and lessees to apply to the BLM for changes in their authorized grazing. The regulations at 43 CFR 4130.3-2(d) allow the BLM to require permittees or lessees operating under a grazing permit or lease to submit an actual grazing use report within 15 days after completing their annual grazing use, or as otherwise specified in the permit or lease. The regulations at 43 CFR 4130.6-1 allow BLM to enter into "exchange-of-use" agreements with applicants who own or control lands that are unfenced and intermingled with public lands within an allotment. The BLM requires applicants, permittees, and lessees to submit the required information on Forms 4130-1, 4130-1a, 4130-1b, 4130-3a, 4130-4, and 4130-5. In summary, the BLM uses the information to notify permittees and lessees of the status of their grazing use under their permit or lease.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 43 USC 1701 Name of Law: The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
US Code: 43 USC 315 Name of Law: The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934

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:
	76 FR 4369	01/25/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 35236	06/16/2011
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	33,810	28,850	-1,050	6,010
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,811	7,651	-100	260
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	30,000	30,000	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: Program changes: In our previous information collection request, we analyzed Form 4130-1a (Grazing Preference Application and Preference Transfer Application) separately from the nonform collections for "mandatory qualifications" and "base property" (43 CFR 4110.1-1 and 4100.2-1, respectively). In this information collection request, we listed and analyzed the non-form components together with Form 4130-1a. We made this program change because the nonform information is part and parcel of the collection represented by Form 4130-1a. To account for the nonform collection that is now a part of our analysis of the combined collection, we have added 5 minutes to the per-response burden for the combined collection. We added 5 minutes, instead of the 10 minutes previously attributed to the nonform collection, because there is some overlap between the data collected in the Form, and the data required in the nonform component of the combined collection. Adjustments: Based on data from 2010, we have estimated increases in the number of responses for the Automated Grazing Application (4130-3a). In addition, based on data from the last 3 years, we have estimated decreases in the number of responses for the Grazing Preference Application and Preference Transfer Application (Base Property Preference Attachment and Assignment (Form 4130-1a and related nonform information), and the Supplemental Information Form (4130-1b).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,078,076

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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