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that the applicant is the surface owner 

that overlies the Federally-owned 

mineral rights and that statutory 

requirements for their conveyance are 

met. The regulations under 43 CFR Part 

2720 authorize BLM to collect 

information (no specific form is 

required) to convey Federally-owned 

mineral interests to surface owners if 

certain conditions are met. 

DATES: You must submit your comments 

to the address below no later than 

November 24, 2008. Comments received 

or postmarked after this date may not be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Director (630), Bureau of Land 

Management, Mail Stop 401 LS, 1849 C 

St., NW., (Attention: 1004–0153), 

Washington, DC 20240. 

Personal or messenger delivery: 1620 

L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington, 

DC 20036. 

E-mail: 

information_collection@blm.gov (Attn.: 

1004–0153). 

All 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 

except Federal holidays. Before 

including your address, telephone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask in your comment to 

withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may contact Alzata L. Ransom, Division 

of Lands, Realty and Cadastral Survey, 

on (202) 452–7772 (Commercial or FTS). 

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. 

Ransom. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 

1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning a collection of information 

to solicit comments on: 

(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. 

Section 209 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976 and 

implementing regulations at 43 CFR part 

2720 establish procedures for BLM to 

convey Federally-owned (reserved) 

mineral interests to non-Federal surface 

ownership, if the value of the surface 

use or planned use exceeds the value of 

the mineral rights, or that there are no 

minerals there, and that the mineral 

rights prevent beneficial surface use. 

The regulations authorize BLM to 

collect this information (no specific 

form is required) to determine if BLM 

may convey the Federally-owned 

mineral interests to surface owners who 

apply and meet the statutory 

requirements. We list in 43 CFR 2720.1– 

2 the specific information requirements 

you must submit when applying for a 

conveyance of Federally-owned mineral 

interests. Without this information, 

BLM would not be able to analyze and 

approve applications to convey 

Federally-owned mineral interests that 

interfere with beneficial surface uses. 

Based upon BLM experience 

administering the regulations, we 

estimate the public reporting 

information collection burden to be 10 

hours per application. The respondents 

are surface owners in which the mineral 

interests are reserved or owned by the 

United States. The estimated number of 

responses per year is 30 and the total 

annual burden is 300 hours. 

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. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Ted R. Hudson, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. E8–22244 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–350–1430–PF–24 1A] 

Extension of Approved Information 

Collection, OMB Control Number 1004– 

0004 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

requests the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to extend an existing 

approval to collect information from 

those persons who submit Form 2520– 

1 to apply for a desert-land entry to 

reclaim, irrigate, and cultivate arid and 

semiarid public lands in the Western 

United States. The BLM uses this 

information to determine if the 

applicant is eligible to make a desertland entry under the appropriate land 

entry laws. 

DATES: You must submit your comments 

to BLM at the address below on or 

before November 24, 2008. BLM will not 

necessarily consider any comments 

postmarked or received after the above 

date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Director (630), Bureau of Land 

Management, Mail Stop 401 LS, 1849 C 

St., NW., (Attention: 1004–0004), 

Washington, DC 20240. 

Personal or messenger delivery: 1620 

L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington, 

DC 20036. 

E-mail: 

information_collection@blm.gov (Attn.: 

1004–0004) 

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, 

excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may contact Alzata L. Ransom, Division 

of Lands, Realty and Cadastral Survey, 

on (202) 452–7772 (Commercial or FTS). 

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. 

Ransom. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 

1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning a collection of information 

to solicit comments on: 


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(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. 

Congress passed the Desert Land Act 

of March 3, 1877 (19 Stat. 377; 43 U.S.C. 

321–323), as amended by the Act of 

March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1096; 43 U.S.C. 

231, 323, 325, 327–329) to encourage 

and promote the economic development 

of the arid and semiarid public lands. 

Through the Act, you may apply for a 

desert-land entry to reclaim, irrigate, 

and cultivate arid and semiarid public 

lands in the Western United States. 

The regulations in 43 CFR part 2520 

provide guidelines and procedures to 

obtain public lands under the Act. You 

qualify to file a desert-land entry if you 

are a citizen of the United States; 21 

years old; and a resident in the States of 

Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, 

Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, 

South Dakota, Utah, Washington, or 

Wyoming (no residency is required in 

the State of Nevada). 

You may apply for one or more tracts 

of public lands totaling no more than 

320 acres. The land must be surveyed or 

unsurveyed, unappropriated, nonmineral, and non-timber. The lands 

must be suitable for agricultural 

purposes and more valuable for that 

purpose than any other. The tracts of 

land must be sufficiently close to each 

other to manage satisfactorily as an 

economic unit. 

You must locate lands you feel can be 

economically developed and determine 

the legal land description. You must 

contact the BLM State Office where the 

lands are located and verify the lands 

are available for desert-land entry 

application. 

When BLM receives the application, 

we will examine your application for 

completeness and accuracy and classify 

the lands included in the application. 

BLM will approve your application of 

the lands are classified suitable for 

desert-land entry or reject your 

application if the lands are classified 

unsuitable for desert-land entry. 

Based on past experience processing 

these applications, BLM estimates the 

public reporting burden for completing 

the Form 2520–1 is 2 hours. BLM 

estimates that we receive approximately 

3 applications annually, with a total 

annual burden of 6 hours. 

Any member of the public may 

request and obtain, without charge, a 

copy of the BLM Form 2520–1 by 

contacting the person identified under 

for further information contact. 

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. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Ted Hudson, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. E8–22250 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–956–08–1420–BJ] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the 

described lands were officially filed in 

the Arizona State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, Phoenix, Arizona, on 

dates indicated. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Gila and Salt River Meridian, 

Arizona: 

The plat representing the survey of 

the metes-and-bounds surveys in 

sections 7 and 8, Township 21 North, 

Range 3 East, accepted January 16, 2008, 

and officially filed January 22, 2008, for 

Group 1020, Arizona. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the United States Forest Service. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of a portion of the north 

boundary and the corrective dependent 

resurveys of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines, a portion of the 

1892 and 1973–75 meanders of the left 

bank of the Verde River through section 

5, a portion of the subdivision of the 

northwest quarter of section 5, and a 

portion of a metes-and-bounds survey in 

the northwest quarter of section 5, 

Township 13 North, Range 5 East, 

accepted January 10, 2008, and officially 

filed January 15, 2008, for Group 916, 

Arizona. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the United States Forest Service. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines and the subdivision 

of section 28, Township 20 North, 

Range 7 East, accepted November 23, 

2007, and officially filed November 29, 

2007, for Group 1016, Arizona. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the United States Forest Service. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of the Fourth Guide Meridian 

East (east boundary), the south and 

north boundaries and the subdivisional 

lines and the survey of the subdivision 

of all sections, Township 22 North, 

Range 16 East, accepted December 6, 

2007, and officially filed December 13, 

2007, for Group 958, Arizona. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo 

Regional Office. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of the south, west and north 

boundaries, and the subdivisional lines, 

and the subdivision of all sections, 

Township 23 North, Range 18 East, 

accepted April 7, 2008, and officially 

filed April 11, 2008, for Group 1015, 

Arizona. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo 

Regional Office. 

The plat (3 sheets) representing the 

dependent resurvey of the Sixth 

Standard Parallel North (south 

boundary), Township 25 North, Range 

17 East, the Sixth Standard Parallel 

North (south boundary) Township 25 

North, Range 18 East, which are 

identical with portions of the HopiNavajo Partition Line, Segment ‘‘A’’ and 

the dependent resurvey of portions of 

the Hopi-Navajo Partition Line, Segment 

‘‘A’’, the east and west boundaries and 

the subdivisional lines and the 

subdivision of certain sections and 

metes-and bounds surveys, Township 

24 North, Range 18 East, accepted 

September 2, 2008, and officially filed 

September 5, 2008, for Group 1023, 

Arizona. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo 

Regional Office. 

The supplemental plat of section 6, 

Township 30 North, Range 18 East, 

accepted August 14, 2008, and officially 

filed August 19, 2008, for Group 887, 

Arizona. 

This plat was prepared at the request 

of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Western 

Regional Office. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of the south and west 

boundaries, the subdivisional lines, and 

the subdivision of sections 6, 24, 32 and 

34, Township 22 North, Range 19 East, 


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