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OMB Control No: 1004-0103	ICR Reference No: 201102-1004-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200801-1004-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Mineral Materials Disposal (43 CFR part 3600)
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: 09/26/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/22/2011
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2014	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2011
Responses	2,540	0	2,540
Time Burden (Hours)	11,635	0	11,635
Cost Burden (Dollars)	104,340	0	66,120

Abstract: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) disposes of mineral materials such as sand, gravel, and petrified wood under the provisions of the Materials Act of 1947, as amended. The BLM needs the required information to determine if an applicant qualifies for a free use permit or must purchase the mineral materials. BLM uses sales contract Form 3600-9 to authorize the sale, and to identify the legal contractual obligations of the purchaser, the amount and type of material purchased, the location of the sale removal area, the duration and terms of the sale. Information collected in support of the contract is used to (1) Determine whether the sale of mineral materials is in the public interest; (2) Mitigate the environmental impacts of mineral materials development; (3) Get fair market value for materials sold; and (4) Prevent trespass removal of the materials. The BLM will contact the purchaser and conduct inspections to verify production and compliance with the terms of the sale, including the condition of the land maintained during operations and upon reclamation. In most cases, we do not require a specific form to collect the required information, because the resources differ with each location, each applicant's operation has unique aspects, and the amount of supporting information is kept to the minimum needed for the specific proposal in each application. The BLM needs the required information to determine if an applicant qualifies for a free use permit or must purchase the mineral materials. BLM uses sales contract Form 3600-9 to authorize the sale, and to identify the legal contractual obligations of the purchaser, the amount and type of material purchased, the location of the sale removal area, the duration and terms of the sale. Information collected in support of the contract is used to (1) Determine whether the sale of mineral materials is in the public interest; (2) Mitigate the environmental impacts of mineral materials development; (3) Get fair market value for materials sold; and (4) Prevent trespass removal of the materials. The BLM will contact the purchaser and conduct inspections to verify production and compliance with the terms of the sale, including the condition of the land maintained during operations and upon reclamation. In most cases, we do not require a specific form to collect the required information, because the resources differ with each location, each applicant's operation has unique aspects, and the amount of supporting information is kept to the minimum needed for the specific proposal in each application.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 601 et seq. Name of Law: Materials Act

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 17149	03/28/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 44038	07/22/2011
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	2,540	2,540	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,635	11,635	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	104,340	66,120	38,220

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: The total annual number of responses and total annual time burden have not changed, but we have made program changes that affect how the burdens of some of the individual collections are disclosed. These program changes improve the precision of our estimate of the estimated non-hour cost burden: (1) We have added an information collection named "Request for Sale Not Within a Community Pit or Common Use Area (43 CFR 3602.11)" because of the processing fee that applies solely to that collection. In this information collection request, we estimate that 94 of the annual responses previously attributed to "Requests for Sale" are not within a community pit or common use area. We also estimate a per-response processing fee of $1,110, for a total estimated cost burden of $104,340 annually. As explained under Item 13 of the Supporting Statement, the amount of the per-response processing fee can vary widely. (2) We have made a conforming change to the collection of information formerly known as "Request for Sale" by re-naming it "Request for Sale Within a Community Pit or Common Use Area (43 CFR 3602.11)," and by subtracting from that collection the estimated number of requests (94) not within a community pit or common use area. This re-naming more precisely differentiates the two categories of requests from sale, only one of which is subject to a processing fee. (3) We have removed the non-hour cost burden from "Contract for the Sale of Mineral Materials (43 CFR subpart 3602)" because the sole non-hour cost burden in this information collection request is in fact not associated with Contracts for the Sale of Mineral Materials. We have also adjusted our estimated total annual non-hour cost burden. The estimated non-hour cost burden of $104,340 is $38,220 more than the previous estimated non-hour cost burden of $66,120. That adjustment is due to the BLM's recent experience with the highly variable processing fees associated with Requests for Sale Not Within a Community Pit or Common Use Area.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $937,544

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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