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OMB Control No: 1004-0206	ICR Reference No: 202306-1004-001
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 202303-1004-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No: NPRM RIN 1004-AE78
Title: Competitive Processes, Terms, and Conditions for Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy Development
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 11/06/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/16/2023
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.11(c), OMB is filing comment and withholding approval at this time. This OMB action is not an approval to conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current approvals. If OMB has assigned this ICR a new OMB Control Number, the OMB Control Number will not appear in the active inventory. For future submissions of this information collection, reference the OMB Control Number provided. The agency shall examine public comment in response to the proposed rulemaking and include in the supporting statement of the next ICR--to be submitted to OMB at the final rule stage--a description of how the agency has responded to any public comments on the ICR, including comments on maximizing the practical utility of the collection and minimizing the burden. Given that the cost estimates presented rely largely on non-public data, the agency is requested to work with OMB to increase the amount of quality supporting information underlying the cost estimates before this information collection is submitted for renewal. Lastly, the supporting statement submitted at final rule stage should include any changes that occurred between the proposed and final rule related to this ICR.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2026	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2026
Responses	3,042	0	3,042
Time Burden (Hours)	47,112	0	47,112
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,182,302	0	2,182,302

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The burden increase would result from a proposed new information collection requirement contained in paragraph 2806.52(i) pertaining to the annual certified statement. This change in burden is considered a program change due to agency discretion. This new information collection is needed to help the BLM more accurately determine the production MW capacity fee based on the certified statement provided. We are also adjusting the burden for 2 existing and unchanged information collections to reflect the burden those activities more accurately would involve for the industry. These adjustments include the following: • Preliminary Application Review Meetings for 2 public meetings for a Large-Scale Right-of-Way (43 CFR 2804.12(b)(4)). The average response time is adjusted from 2 hours to 4 hours. This adjustment resulted in a 40-hour burden increase (from 40 hours to 80 hours). • Environmental, Technical, and Financial Records, Reports, and Other Information 43 CFR 2805.12(a)(15). We have added a 50 percent increase in the hours required to prepare reports (from 4 per response to 6 per response). This resulted in an increasing the estimated annual burden hours for these activities from 80 hours to 120 hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,740,212

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: Darrin King 202-693-4129 King.Darrin@dol.gov