[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13209-13210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7208]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[WO-330-1030-02-24 1A]
Extension of Approved Information Collection, OMB 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) is announcing its intention to request
renewal of existing approval to collect certain information from
Federal timber purchasers to allow the BLM to determine compliance with
export restrictions. Federal timber purchasers must keep records of
Federal timber volume purchased and private timber volume exported for
a period of three years from the date the activity occurred. BLM uses
this information to administer export restrictions on BLM timber sales
and to determine whether substitution of Federal timber for exported
private timber has occurred.
DATES: Comments on the proposed information collection must be received
by May 28, 1996 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to: Regulatory Management Team (420),
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C Street NW, Room 401LS, Washington,
D.C. 20240.
Comments may be sent via Internet to: !WO[email protected]. Please
include
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``ATTN: 1004-0058'' and your name and return address in your Internet
message.
Comments may be hand-delivered to the Bureau of Land Management
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620 L Street, NW, Washington, DC.
Comments will be available for public review at the L Street
address during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.), Monday
through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dwight Fielder, (202) 452-7758.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.12(a), BLM is
required to provide 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning a
collection of information contained in a published current rule to
solicit comments on (a) whether the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. BLM will receive and analyze any
comments sent in response to this notice and include them with its
request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget under 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
BLM manages and sells timber located on the revested Oregon and
California Railroad and the reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands
pursuant to authority of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 875, 43
U.S.C. 1181e). BLM manages and sells timber located on other lands
under the jurisdiction of the BLM pursuant to the Act of July 31, 1947,
as amended (61 Stat. 681, 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). 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 assure that un-processed 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 implementing regulations are found at 43 CFR 5400, Sales of
Forest Products; General. The regulations were issued on June 13, 1970
(35 FR 9785). The regulations were amended on March 26, 1976 (41 FR
12658) to reflect the prohibition against export and substitution, and
last amended on March 11, 1991 (56 FR 10175). Timber purchasers or
their affiliates must provide the information listed at 43 CFR
5424.1(a). BLM collects the purchaser's name, timber contract number,
processing facility location, 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 using BLM Form 5460-
17, Substitution Determination. The regulations at 43 CFR 5424.1(b)
requires that 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 the information to determine if there was a substitution
of Federal timber for exported private timber in violation of 43 CFR
5400.(3)(c). If BLM did not collect this information, it could not
protect against export and substitution.
Based on BLM's experience administering timber contracts, the
public reporting burden for the information collected is estimated to
average one hour per response. The respondents are Federal timber
purchasers who have exported private timber within one year preceding
the purchase date of Federal timber and/or affiliates of a timber
purchaser who exported private timber within one year before the
acquisition of Federal timber from the purchaser. The frequency of
response for substitution determination is annually. The number of
responses per year is estimated to be about 100. The estimated total
annual burden on new respondents is about 100 hours.
Any interested member of the public may request and obtain, without
charge, a copy of Form 5460-17 by contacting the person identified
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
Dated: March 20, 1996.
Dr. Annetta L. Cheek,
Chief, Regulatory Management Team.
[FR Doc. 96-7208 Filed 3-25-96; 8:45 am]
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