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OMB Control No: 1004-0206	ICR Reference No: 202311-1004-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202306-1004-001
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No: NFRM 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: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 08/13/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/01/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this information collection request is being conditionally approved for three years. The agency is reminded that when moving forms from one control number to another, please coordinate the revisions to both control numbers so that the forms are accounted for in an approved collection.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2026
Responses	3,116	0	3,042
Time Burden (Hours)	47,338	0	47,112
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,182,302	0	2,182,302

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	3,116	3,042	74	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	47,338	47,112	146	80
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,182,302	2,182,302	0	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: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: This burden hour increase would result from a new information collection requirement contained in paragraph 2806.52(i) of the final rule 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. There are no projected changes to the non-hour cost burdens as a result of this final rule.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,739,981

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