[Federal Register: January 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 11)]
[Notices]
[Page 2305]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO-230-1020-PB-24 1A]
Submission to Office of Management and Budget--Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004-0058
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted a request for an
extension of an approved information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for approval.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days
but may respond after 30 days. Submit your comments to OMB at the
address below by February 20, 2007 to receive maximum consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the OMB, Interior Department Desk Officer
(1004-0058), at OMD-OIRA e-mail OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or via
facsimile at (202) 395-6566. Also please send a copy of your comments
to BLM via Internet and include your name, address, and ATTN: 1004-0058
in your Internet message to comments_washington@blm.gov or via mail
to: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Mail
Stop 401LS, 1849 C Street, NW., ATTN: Bureau Information Collection
Clearance Officer (WO-630), Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may contact Shirlean Beshire to
obtain copies and explanatory material on this information collection
at (202) 452-5033. Persons who use a telecommunication device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1-
800-877-8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to contact Ms. Beshir.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 6, 2006, the BLM published a notice
in the Federal Register (71 FR 11222) requesting comments on the
information collection. The comment period closed on May 5, 2006. The
BLM did not receive any comments. We are soliciting comments on the
following:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper functioning of the agency, including whether the information
will have practical utility.
(b) The accuracy of our estimates of the information collection
burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions we
use;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the information collection burden on those who
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Title: Timber Export Reporting and Substitution Determination (43
CFR part 5420)
OMB Control Number: 1004-0058.
Abstract: The BLM manages and sells timber located on the revested
Oregon and California Railroad and the reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road
Grant Lands under the authority of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat.
875, 43 U.S.C. 1181e). Under the Act of July 31, 1947, as amended (61
Stat. 681, 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), BLM also manages and sells timber
located on other lands under our jurisdiction. The Department of the
Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Acts of 1975 and 1976
contained a requirement for the inclusion of provisions in timber sale
contracts that will ensure that unprocessed timber sold from public
lands under the jurisdiction of the BLM will not be exported or used by
the purchasers as a substitute for timber they export or sell for
export. The regulations at 43 CFR part 5400, Sales of Forest Products,
General, cover these provisions.
Timber purchasers or their afiliates must submit the information
listed at 43 CFR 5424.1(a) using Form 5460-17, Substitution
Determination. We collect the purchaser's name, timber contract number,
processing facility lcoation, total volume of Federal timber purchased
on an annual basis, total volume of private timber exported on an
annual basis, and method of measuring the volume. The regulation at 43
CFR 5424.1(b) requires that the purchasers or affiliates retain a
record of Federal timber acquisitions and private timber exports for
three years from the date the activity occurred. BLM uses this
information to determine if there was a substitution of Federal timber
for exported private timber in violation of 43 CFR 5400.0-3(c).
Burden Estimate Per Form: We estimate it takes 1 hour to complete
Form 5460-17 and is submitted on occasion to the BLM by the private
sector.
Annual Responses: 1.
Application Fee Per Response: 0.
Annual Burden Hours: 1.
Dated: January 11, 2007.
Ted R. Hudson,
Bureau of Land Management, Acting Division Chief Regulatory Affairs.
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