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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. 

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. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: (1) Title 

of the information collection; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) summary of the 

information collection activity; and (4) 

frequency of collection, description of 

the respondents, estimated total annual 

responses, and the total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

the collection of information. 

Title: 43 CFR part 3860—Mineral 

Patent Applications and 43 CFR part 

3870—Adverse Claims, Protests and 

Conflicts. 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0025. 

Summary: On its face, 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. 

Since 1994, a rider on the annual 

appropriation bill for the Department of 

the Interior has prevented the BLM from 

processing mineral patent applications 

unless the applications were 

grandfathered under the initial 

legislation. This moratorium does not 

affect mineral surveys, contests, or 

protests to existing mineral patent 

applications. Therefore, this information 

collection continues to be necessary. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Description of Respondents: 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 Annual Responses: 28 mineral 

survey applications. 3 protests or 

adverse claims. 

Total Annual Burden Hours for 

Mineral Survey Applicants: 28. 

Total Annual Burden Hours for 

Protests or Adverse Claims: 6. 

Total Annual Burden for All 

Respondents: 34 hours. 

Jean Sonneman, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–12872 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activities Under OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently 

approved collection (OMB No. 1006– 

0005). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces the Bureau of Reclamation 

(we, our, or us) has forwarded the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval: Individual 

Landholder’s and Farm Operator’s 

Certification and Reporting Forms for 

Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 

and 43 CFR part 428, OMB Control 

Number: 1006–0005. This ICR is 

required under the Reclamation Reform 

Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation 

Rules and Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, 

and Information Requirements for 

Certain Farm Operations In Excess of 

960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain 

Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. 

The ICR describes the nature of the 

information collection and its expected 

cost and burden. 

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to 

approve or disapprove this information 

collection, but may respond after 30 

days; therefore, public comments must 

be received on or before July 6, 2009 to 

assure maximum consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may send written 

comments regarding the burden 

estimate, or any other aspect of the 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, to 

the Desk Officer for the Department of 

the Interior at the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, via facsimile to (202) 

395–5806 or e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy 

of your comments should also be 

directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, 

Attention: 84–53000, P.O. Box 25007, 

Denver, CO 80225–0007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445–2897. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Individual Landholder’s and 

Farm Operator’s Certification and 

Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 

43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428. 

Abstract: This information collection 

requires certain landholders (direct or 

indirect landowners or lessees) and farm 

operators to complete forms 

demonstrating their compliance with 

the acreage limitation provisions of 

Federal reclamation law. Responses are 

required to retain or obtain a benefit. 

These forms are submitted to districts 

that use the information to establish 

each landholder’s status with respect to 

landownership limitations, full-cost 

pricing thresholds, lease requirements, 

and other provisions of Federal 

reclamation law. In addition, forms are 

submitted by certain farm operators to 

provide information concerning the 

services they provide and the nature of 

their farm operating arrangements. All 

landholders whose entire westwide 

landholdings total 40 acres or less are 

exempt from the requirement to submit 

RRA forms. Landholders who are 

‘‘qualified recipients’’ have RRA forms 

submittal thresholds of 80 acres or 240 

acres depending on the district’s RRA 

forms submittal threshold category 

where the land is held. Only farm 

operators who provide multiple services 

to more than 960 acres held in trusts or 

by legal entities are required to submit 

forms. 

Changes to the RRA Forms and the 

Instructions to Those Forms. 

Minor editorial changes were made to 

the currently approved RRA forms and 

the instructions to those forms prior to 

the 60-day comment period initiated by 

the notice published in the Federal 

Register (73 FR 63509, Oct. 24, 2008). 

Those changes were designed to assist 

the respondents by increasing their 

understanding of the forms, clarifying 

the instructions for use when 

completing the forms, and clarifying the 

information that is required to be 

submitted to the districts with the 

forms. We received no public comments 

from the 60-day public comment period. 

The proposed revisions to the RRA 

forms will be included starting in the 

2010 water year. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondents: Landholders and farm 

operators of certain lands in our 

projects, whose landholdings exceed 

specified RRA forms submittal 

thresholds. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 15,279. 


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Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.02. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 15,585. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 11,522 hours. 

Estimate of Burden for Each Form: 

Form No. 

Burden 

estimate 

per form 

(in minutes) 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Annual 

burden on 

respondents 

(in hours) 

Form 7–2180 ................................................................................................... 60 4,124 4,206 4,206 

Form 7–2180EZ ............................................................................................... 45 425 434 326 

Form 7–2181 ................................................................................................... 78 1,205 1,229 1,598 

Form 7–2184 ................................................................................................... 45 32 33 25 

Form 7–2190 ................................................................................................... 60 1,620 1,652 1,652 

Form 7–2190EZ ............................................................................................... 45 96 98 74 

Form 7–2191 ................................................................................................... 78 777 793 1,031 

Form 7–2194 ................................................................................................... 45 4 4 3 

Form 7–21PE ................................................................................................... 75 146 149 186 

Form 7–21PE–IND .......................................................................................... 12 4 4 1 

Form 7–21TRUST ........................................................................................... 60 882 900 900 

Form 7–21VERIFY .......................................................................................... 12 5,434 5,543 1,109 

Form 7–21FC ................................................................................................... 30 214 218 109 

Form 7–21XS ................................................................................................... 30 144 147 74 

Form 7–21FARMOP ........................................................................................ 78 172 175 228 

Totals ................................................................................................. ........................ 15,279 15,585 11,522 

Comments. 

Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of our functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical use; 

(b) The accuracy of our burden 

estimate for the proposed collection of 

information; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. Reclamation will 

display a valid OMB control number on 

the RRA forms. A Federal Register 

notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on this collection 

of information was published in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 63509, Oct. 24, 

2008). No public comments were 

received. 

OMB has up to 60 days to approve or 

disapprove this information collection, 

but may respond after 30 days; 

therefore, public comment should be 

submitted to OMB within 30 days in 

order to assure maximum consideration. 

Before including your address, 

telephone 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. 

Dated: April 21, 2009. 

Richard W. Rizzi, 

Acting Director, Program and Policy Services, 

Denver Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–12924 Filed 6–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement; 

Prisoners Harbor Coastal Wetland 

Restoration Project, Channel Islands 

National Park; Notice of Availability 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 81–190 as 

amended), the National Park Service, 

Department of Interior, has prepared a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for Prisoners Harbor Coastal 

Wetland Restoration. The Draft EIS 

evaluates alternative methods for 

ecological restoration and cultural 

resource protection. Appropriate 

mitigation measures are incorporated, 

and an ‘‘environmentally preferred’’ 

course of action is identified. The 

‘‘action’’ alternatives are based upon 

information gained during public 

scoping, as well as park values, effective 

restoration strategies, National Park 

Service policy, and applicable laws. 

Background: Prisoners Harbor and 

Canada del Puerto creek are located on 

the north side of Santa Cruz Island, 

Santa Barbara County, California. The 

project’s area of potential effect 

encompasses the lower 3⁄4 mile of 

Canada del Puerto extending to the 19- 

acre triangular shaped Prisoners Harbor 

area. This area includes a beach, cobble 

bar, lower stream channel and the Park’s 

largest coastal floodplain wetland 

highly-valued archeological resources, 

historic resources associated with the 

island’s ranching history, and stands of 

invasive eucalyptus trees along the 

riparian corridor in Canada del Puerto. 

Historically the Prisoners Harbor area 

has been extensively modified by direct 

filling of the coastal floodplain wetland, 

placement of a berm on the west bank 

of the associated Canada del Puerto 

creek, and introduction of the invasive 

fennel, eucalyptus, and kikuyu grass. 

Combined, these extensive 

modifications resulted in the loss of 

approximately 50%, or 3 acres, of 

wetland, altered channel hydraulics 

essentially disconnecting the creek from 

its floodplain wetland, and 

inadvertently directed the erosive power 

of flood flows toward highly-valued 

archeological resources and caused the 

loss of approximately 20 acres of 

southern oak riparian woodland. The 

purpose of the project is to restore a 

functional ecosystem including wetland 

and riparian components, protect 

archeological resources and the historic 

scale house, control invasive species, 

and provide a compatible visitor 

experience. Under current conditions 

the coastal wetland habitat is degraded 


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