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Management (Recreation Survey and 

Focus Groups). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0217. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 5,330. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 7,230. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 1 minute to 

answer an on-site survey to 90 minutes 

to participate in a focus group. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,046. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $0. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Darrin King, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28951 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[L19900000.PO0000.LLHQ320000.25X; OMB 

Control No. 1004–0025] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Mineral Surveys, 

Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse 

Claims, Protests, and Contests 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) proposes to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

9, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection request (ICR) should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact John Grasso by email 

at jgrasso@blm.gov, or by telephone at 

(303) 239–3777. Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may 

also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we 

invite the public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on new, proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the BLM assess 

impacts of its information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand BLM information 

collection requirements and ensure 

requested data are provided in the 

desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on August 9, 

2024 (89 FR 65390). 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again inviting the 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on the proposed ICR described 

below. The BLM is especially interested 

in public comment addressing the 

following: 

(1) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How the agency could minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information 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, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice are a matter of public record. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Abstract: The General Mining Law (30 

U.S.C. 29, 30, and 39) authorizes a 

holder of an unpatented claim for 

hardrock minerals to apply for fee title 

(patent) to the federal land (as well as 

minerals) embraced in the claim. 

Division E, Title I of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2024 (Pub. L. 118– 

42), the annual appropriation bill for the 

Department of the Interior, prevents the 

BLM from processing mineral patent 

applications unless the applications 

were grandfathered under the initial 

legislation. While grandfathered 

applications are rare at present, the 

approval to collect the information 

continues to be necessary because of the 

possibility that the moratorium will be 

lifted and applicable regulations that 

contain the information are still part of 

the Code of Federal Regulations. OMB 

control number 1004–0025 is scheduled 

to expire on July 31, 2025. This request 

is for OMB to renew this OMB control 

number for an additional three (3) years. 

Title of Collection: Mineral Surveys, 

Mineral Patent Applications, Adverse 

Claims, Protests, and Contests (43 CFR 

parts 3860 and 3870). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0025. 

Form Numbers: 3860–2 and 3860–5. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Owners 

of unpatented mining claims and mill 

sites upon the public lands, and of 

reserved mineral lands of the United 

States, National Forests, and National 

Parks. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 1. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 10. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 1–100 hours, 

depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 559. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: $259,035. 


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99270 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 10, 2024 / Notices 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Darrin King, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28948 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500183156] 

Notice of Lease Sale and Notice of 

Availability of the Detailed Statement 

of Sale for the Coastal Plain 2025 Oil 

and Gas Lease Sale 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management’s (BLM) Alaska State 

Office will hold an oil and gas lease sale 

bid opening for twelve tracts in the 

Coastal Plain of the Arctic National 

Wildlife Refuge. 

DATES: The oil and gas lease sale bid 

opening will be at 10 a.m. (AKST) on 

January 9, 2025. The BLM must receive 

all sealed bids by 4 p.m. (AKST), 

January 6th, 2025. The Detailed 

Statement of Sale for the Coastal Plain 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2025 will be 

available to the public on BLM’s website 

on the date of this Notice’s publication 

in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Sealed bids must be 

received at the BLM-Alaska State Office, 

ATTN: Wayne Svejnoha (AK932); 222 

West 7th Avenue, #13; Anchorage, AK 

99513–7504. The Detailed Statement of 

Sale is available from the BLM Alaska 

website at https://www.blm.gov/alaska. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wayne Svejnoha, Supervisory Minerals 

and Energy Specialist, phone 907–271– 

4407 or email, wsvejnoh@blm.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Mr. Svejnoha. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services within their country to 

make international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Bidder Disclosure 

Several tracts available for bid in the 

sale are the subject of ongoing litigation 

in the U.S. District Court for the District 

of Alaska. Tract 29 covers the StainesCanning River area along the 

northwestern boundary of the Arctic 

Refuge, which the State of Alaska claims 

an entitlement to under the Alaska 

Statehood Act in State of Alaska v. U.S. 

Department of the Interior, et al. (Case 

No. 3:22–cv–00078–SLG). Tracts 16, 17, 

24, 26, 27, 30 and 31 were leased to the 

Alaska Industrial Development and 

Export Authority (AIDEA) in January 

2021, but those leases were 

subsequently cancelled by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior in September 

2023 due to pre-leasing legal defects. 

AIDEA challenges those cancellations 

and seeks reinstatement of the leases in 

Alaska Industrial Development and 

Export Authority v. United States 

Department of the Interior (Case No. 

3:24–cv–00051–SLG). In the event that 

one or more of these cases results in a 

decision adverse to the Department and 

a remedy that changes the status quo, a 

court or the Department may ultimately 

determine the validity of any lease 

issued in this sale to the extent it is for 

a disputed tract. 

The 2025 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale will include 12 tracts 

(approximately 400,000 acres) that are 

available for leasing under the Coastal 

Plain Environmental Impact Statement 

Record of Decision issued in December 

2024. 

The opening and reading of the bids 

for the 2025 lease sale will be available 

for online public viewing via video 

livestreaming at https://www.blm.gov/ 

live. 

The Detailed Statement of Sale 

includes a description of the areas the 

BLM is offering for lease, as well as the 

lease terms, conditions, special 

stipulations, required operating 

procedures, and directions for how to 

submit bids. If you plan to submit a 

bid(s), please note that all bids must be 

sealed in accordance with the 

provisions identified in the Detailed 

Statement of Sale. 

The United States reserves the right to 

withdraw any tract from this sale prior 

to issuance of a written acceptance of a 

bid. 

Authority: Section 20001 of the Tax 

Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Pub. L. 115– 

97); 43 CFR 3131.4–1. 

Steven M. Cohn, 

State Director, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28989 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLHQ310000.L13100000.PP0000; OMB 

Control No. 1004–0137] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Onshore Oil and Gas 

Operations and Production 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to renew an information 

collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

9, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by 

email at j35spenc@blm.gov, or by 

telephone at 202–912–7146. Individuals 

in the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may 

also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq. and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 


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