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OMB Control No: 1004-0121	ICR Reference No: 202504-1004-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202206-1004-002
Agency/Subagency: DOI/BLM	Agency Tracking No: 2025 Renewal & DFR xAF18
Title: Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (43 CFR 3500-3590)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 07/17/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	506	507
Time Burden (Hours)	27,276	27,296
Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,051,690	2,051,105

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	506	507	-1	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	27,276	27,296	-20	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	2,051,690	2,051,105	-40	625

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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The direct final rule for RIN 1004-AF18 rescinds 43 CFR 3517.10 through 3517.16 resulting in the removal of the information collection in 3517.15.In addition to program changes resulting from the pertinent direct final rules, there is an adjustment in the non-hour cost burden of +$625. This adjustment results from updating estimated costs due to routine inflation adjustments. This adjustment is not part of the direct final rules.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,708,207

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