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OMB Control No: 1004-0034	ICR Reference No: 201711-1004-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201410-1004-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Oil and Gas, or Geothermal Resources: Transfers and Assignments (43 CFR Subparts 3106, 3135, and 3216)
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 06/13/2018
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/24/2018
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2021	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2018
Responses	17,626	0	14,041
Time Burden (Hours)	8,814	0	7,021
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,674,470	0	1,263,690

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 30 USC 1001 - 1025 Name of Law: Geothermal Steam Act of 1970
   US Code: 30 USC 341 - 359 Name of Law: Mineral Leasing Act of Acquired Lands
   US Code: 42 USC 6506a Name of Law: National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Act
   US Code: 40 USC 171 et seq. Name of Law: Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
   US Code: 30 USC 181 et seq. Name of Law: Mineral Leasing Act of 1920

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	17,626	14,041	3,585
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	8,814	7,021	1,793
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,674,470	1,263,690	410,780

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There are no program changes. Cumulatively, the estimated annual responses have been adjusted upward by 3,585, from 14,041 to 17,626 responses. These adjustments have increased the hour burden by 1,793, from 7,021 to 8,814 hours. All of these adjustments are due to the BLM’s recent experience with this control number. Cumulatively, the non-hour cost burdens have been adjusted upward by $410,780, from $1,263,690 to $1,674,470. All of these adjustments are due to increases in the number of responses, and to updates of cost-recovery fees, from $90 to $95.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $388,124

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? Uncollected

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