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information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). This notice 

identifies information collections that 

are contained in 43 CFR parts 3830 

through 3838. The BLM will request 

that the OMB approve this information 

collection activity for a 3-year term. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

need for the collection of information 

for the performance of the functions of 

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information collection; and (4) 

ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on respondents, such 

as use of automated means of collection 

of the information. A summary of the 

public comments will accompany the 

BLM’s submission of the information 

collection requests to OMB. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: 

Title: Recordation of Location Notices 

and Mining Claims; Payment of Fees (43 

CFR parts 3830–3838). 

Forms: 

• Form 3830–2, Maintenance Fee 

Waiver; and 

• Form 3830–3, Notice of Intent to 

Locate a Lode or Placer Mining Claims. 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0114. 

Abstract: This notice pertains to 

information collections that are 

necessary for the recordation of 

unpatented mining claims, mill sites, 

and tunnel sites; the annual 

maintenance of such claims and sites; 

the collection of statutory location and 

maintenance fees; and the adjudication 

of mineral rights. The information 

collections covered by this notice are 

found at 43 CFR parts 3830 through 

3838, and in the forms listed above. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: 224,420. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The 

currently approved annual reporting 

burden for this collection is 31,135 

hours. The following chart details the 

individual components and respective 

hour burden estimates of this 

information collection request: 

Regulation 

43 CFR part 

Estimated 

number of 

responses 

annually 

Estimated time 

per response 

(minutes) 

Estimated 

hours annually 

(b × c) 

(a) (b) (c) (d) 

3830—Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims or Sites ........................................ 111,274 8 14,837 

3832—Locating Mining Claims or Sites ...................................................................................... 1,800 8 240 

3833—Recording Mining Claims and Sites ................................................................................. 1,800 8 240 

3834—Required Fees for Mining Claims or Sites ....................................................................... 100,000 8 13,333 

3835—Waivers from Annual Maintenance Fees (Form No. 3830–2) ......................................... 5,675 20 1,892 

3836—Annual Assessment Work Requirements for Mining Claims ........................................... 1,800 8 240 

3837—Acquiring a Delinquent Co-Claimant’s Interests in a Mining claim or Site ...................... 1,800 8 240 

3838—Special Procedures for Locating and Recording Mining Claims and Tunnel Sites on 

Stockraising Homestead Act (SRHA) Lands (Form No. 3830–3) ........................................... 271 25 113 

Totals .................................................................................................................................... 224,420 93 31,135 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: The currently approved annual 

non-hour cost burden for Control 

Number 1004–0114 is $6,775. All of the 

non-hour cost burdens are for nonrefundable filing fees. 

The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 

provides that an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Until OMB approves a collection of 

information, you are not obligated to 

respond. 

The BLM will summarize all 

responses to this notice and include 

them in the request for OMB approval. 

All comments will become a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Jean Sonneman, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–18338 Filed 7–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–ES–2009–N151; 60120–1113– 

0000–D2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permits. 

SUMMARY: We announce our receipt of 

applications to conduct certain 

activities pertaining to enhancement of 

survival of endangered species. The 

Endangered Species Act requires that 

we invite public comment on these 

permit applications. 

DATES: Written comments on this 

request for a permit must be received by 

August 31, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written data or 

comments to the Assistant Regional 

Director-Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486, 

Denver Federal Center, Denver, 

Colorado 80225–0486; facsimile 303– 

236–0027. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Document Availability 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications are 

available for review, subject to the 


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requirements of the Privacy Act (5 

U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), by any 

party who submits a request for a copy 

of such documents within 30 days of the 

date of publication of this notice to Kris 

Olsen, by mail (see ADDRESSES) or by 

telephone at 303–236–4256. All 

comments we receive from individuals 

become part of the official public 

record. 

Applications 

The following applicants have 

requested issuance of enhancement of 

survival permits to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species 

pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Applicant: Mike Phillips, Turner 

Endangered Species Fund, Bozeman, 

Montana, TE–219757. The applicant 

requests a permit to take black-footed 

ferret (Mustela nigripes) in conjunction 

with recovery activities throughout the 

species’ range for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival and recovery. 

Applicant: Catherine Ortega, Ft. Lewis 

College, San Juan Institute of Natural 

Resources, Durango, Colorado, TE– 

220822. The applicant requests a permit 

to take Southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax traillii extimus) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant: David Johnson, Nelson 

Consulting, Inc., Durango, Colorado, 

TE–220648. The applicant requests a 

permit to take Southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 

in conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant: Katie Fessler, ZooAmerica, 

North American Wildlife Park, Hershey, 

Pennsylvania, TE–220820. The 

applicant requests a permit to possess 

black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) for 

public display and propagation in 

conjunction with recovery activities for 

the purpose of enhancing its survival 

and recovery. 

Applicant: Brian Graeb, U.S. 

Geological Survey, Biological Resources 

Division, South Dakota Coop Unit, 

Brookings, South Dakota, TE–047249. 

The applicant requests a permit 

amendment to take pallid sturgeon 

(Scaphirhynchus albus) in conjunction 

with recovery activities throughout the 

species’ range for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival and recovery. 

Dated: July 23, 2009. 

Noreen E. Walsh, 

Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado. 

[FR Doc. E9–18286 Filed 7–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVB0200000.L51100000.GN0000. 

LVEMCF020000; 9–08807; TAS: 14X5017] 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Round Mountain Expansion 

Project, Nye County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Battle Mountain District, 

Tonopah Field Office has prepared a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the Round Mountain 

Expansion Project in Nye County, 

Nevada, and by this notice is 

announcing the opening of the comment 

period. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Draft EIS for 

the Round Mountain Expansion Project, 

Nye County, Nevada, within 45 days 

following the date the Environmental 

Protection Agency publishes the Notice 

of Availability in the Federal Register. 

The BLM will announce future meetings 

or hearings and any other public 

involvement activities at least 15 days 

in advance through public notices, 

media news releases, and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft EIS 

may be submitted by the following 

methods: 

• BLM Web site: www.blm.gov/nv/st/ 

en/fo/battle_mountain_field.html. 

• Fax: (775) 482–7810; 

• E-mail: NV–E-mail Tonopah Field 

Office@blm.gov; or mail: 

• BLM, Attn: Field Manager, P.O. Box 

911, Tonopah, NV 89049. 

Copies of the Draft EIS for the Round 

Mountain Expansion Project, Nye 

County, Nevada, are available in the 

BLM Battle Mountain District, Tonopah 

Field Office at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Williams, 775–482–7800. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Round 

Mountain Gold Corporation, which is a 

joint venture of Kinross Gold 

Corporation and Barrick Gold 

Corporation, proposes to expand its 

Round Mountain Mine, an existing 

open-pit gold mining and processing 

operation. The proposed Round 

Mountain Expansion Project is located 

in: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 9 N., R. 43 E., 

Sec. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 

T. 9 N., R. 44 E., 

Sec. 6 

T. 10 N., R. 43 E., 

Sec. 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25, 26, 34, 35 

and 36 

T. 10 N., R. 44 E., 

Sec. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20, 29, 30 and 

31 

T. 11 N., R. 43 E., 

Sec. 25 and 36 

T. 11 N., R. 44 E., 

Sec. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33 

The area described comprises 15,395 acres, 

more or less. 

The proposed project would increase 

the existing Round Mountain mine plan 

boundary by 3,122 acres to a total of 

10,385 acres; expand the Round 

Mountain pit by 209 acres to 

approximately 1,289 acres; expand the 

dewatering operations by 1,325 gallons 

per minute (gpm) to a maximum rate of 

7,525 gpm; conduct underground 

mining operations within the Round 

Mountain Pit; expand the north waste 

rock dump by 700 acres to 

approximately 1,919 acres; construct the 

new north dedicated leach pad with a 

footprint of approximately 538 acres, 

increase the daily production capacity 

of the Round Mountain mill from 11,000 

tons per day to 22,000 tons per day; and 

increase tailings disposal capacity from 

a currently authorized 677 acres to 

approximately 1,563 acres. 

Development in the Gold Hill area 

would include delineating a Gold Hill 

project boundary of approximately 

4,928 acres; excavating an open pit with 

a footprint of approximately 222 acres; 

creating two waste rock dumps with 

combined footprints of approximately 

552 acres; constructing and operating a 

heap leach facility and lined solution 

ponds with a footprint of approximately 

300 acres and constructing a 1.1 mile 

transportation and utility corridor of 

about 66.2 acres between the Round 

Mountain area and the Gold Hill area. 

The primary method of processing lowgrade ore in the Gold Hill area would be 

heap leaching. 

Depending on economics, the Gold 

Hill operation may be developed either 

concurrently with the Round Mountain 

operation or sequentially as mining in 

the Round Mountain area approaches 

completion. Construction and operation 

of the Round Mountain Expansion 

Project is projected to begin in early 

2010 followed by an estimated 13 years 


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