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Susan Wicker, Executive Housing
Director, Poarch Band of Creek
Indians, Atmore, Alabama.
Jason Adams, Executive Director, Salish
Kootenai Housing Authority, Pablo,
Montana.
Lafe Haugen, Executive Director,
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Housing
Authority, Lame Deer, Montana.
Rebecca Phelps, Development
Specialist, Turtle Mountain Housing
Authority, Belcourt, North Dakota.
S. Jack Sawyers, Paiute Indian Tribe of
Utah, Cedar City, Utah.
Marguarite Becenti, Member, Board of
Commissioners, Umatilla Reservation
Housing Authority, Pendleton,
Oregon.
Henry Cagey, The Honorable Chairman,
Lummi Nation, Bellingham,
Washington.
Larry Coyle, Executive Director, Cowlitz
Indian Tribal Housing, Chehalis,
Washington.
Karin Foster, Legal Counsel, Yakama
Nation Housing Authority,
Toppenish, Washington.
Marvin Jones, Manager, Housing
Oversight, Cherokee Nation,
Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Thomas McGeisey, Executive Director,
Seminole Nation Housing Authority,
Wewoka, Oklahoma.
Shawna Pickup, Housing
Director/Secretary, Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma, Wyandotte,
Oklahoma.
Russell Sossamon, Executive Director,
Choctaw Nation Housing Authority,
Hugo, Oklahoma.
Ervin Keeswood, Member, Navajo
Housing Authority Board of
Commissioners, Window Rock,
Arizona.
Judith Marasco, Executive Director,
Yurok Indian Housing Authority,
Klamath, California.
Alvin Moyle, The Honorable Chairman,
Fallon Business Council, Fallon
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, Fallon,
Nevada.
Darlene Tooley, Executive Director,
Northern Circle Indian Housing
Authority, Ukiah, California.
Dated: December 24, 2009.
Sandra B. Henriquez,
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing.
[FR Doc. E9–31302 Filed 1–4–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWO320000L1320000.PP]

Extension of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004–
0073
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces its intention to request that
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) extend approval for the
paperwork requirements in 43 CFR parts
3400 through 3500, which cover leasing
or developing Federal coal. The BLM
uses the information to determine if the
applicant is qualified to hold a Federal
coal lease. The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) previously approved
this information collection activity
under the control number 1004–0073.
DATES: You must submit your comments
to the BLM at the address below on or
before March 8, 2010. The BLM is not
obligated to consider any comments
postmarked or received after the above
date.
ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, Mail Stop 401–
LS, 1849 C St., NW., Washington, DC
20240, Attention: 1004–0073. You may
also comment by e-mail at:
Jean_Sonneman@blm.gov. 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 John A. Lewis, Division of
Solid Minerals at (202) 912–7116
(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–
8339, 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, to contact Mr. Lewis. You may
also contact Mr. Lewis to obtain a copy,
at no cost, of the regulations and forms
that require this collection of
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521),
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be
provided an opportunity to comment on
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 3400
through 3500, which cover leasing and
the development of Federal coal. 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: Coal Management (43 CFR
3400–3500).
Forms:
• Form 3400–12; Coal Lease.
• Form 3440–1; License to Mine.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0073.
Abstract: This notice pertains to
information collections that cover the
leasing and development of Federal
coal. The BLM determines if the
applicant to lease is qualified to hold a
lease or develop Federal coal. The
information collections covered by this
notice are found at 43 CFR parts 3400
through 3500; and in the form listed
above.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 1235
applicants to hold a coal lease or
develop Federal coal.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The
currently approved annual reporting
burden for this collection is 21,022
hours. The following chart details the
individual components and respective
hour burden estimates of this
information collection request:
Estimated
number of
responses

Regulation 43 CFR

Type of application

3410 ...........................
3410 ...........................

Application for an exploration license .........................................................................................
Issuance and termination of an exploration license ....................................................................

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responses

Regulation 43 CFR

Type of application

3410 ...........................
3410 ...........................
3420 ...........................
3420 ...........................
3420 ...........................
3422 ...........................
3422 ...........................
3425 ...........................
3427 ...........................
3430 ...........................
3432 ...........................
3440 ...........................
3452 ...........................
3453 ...........................
3410, 3453, 3473 ......
3471 ...........................
3471 ...........................
3472 ...........................
3472 ...........................
3473 ...........................
3473, 3483 .................
3475 ...........................
3475, 3481, 3487 ......
3481 ...........................
3482 ...........................
3482 ...........................
3482 ...........................
3482 ...........................
3483 ...........................
3484 ...........................
3484 ...........................
3485 ...........................
3485, 3486 .................
3486 ...........................
3486 ...........................

Operations under and modification of an exploration license .....................................................
Collection and submission of data from an exploration license .................................................
Call for coal resource and other resource information ...............................................................
Surface owner consultation .........................................................................................................
Expressions of leasing interest ...................................................................................................
Response to notice of sale ..........................................................................................................
Consultation with Attorney General .............................................................................................
Leasing on application .................................................................................................................
Surface owner consent ................................................................................................................
Preference right lease application ...............................................................................................
Lease modifications .....................................................................................................................
License to mine ...........................................................................................................................
Relinquishments ..........................................................................................................................
Transfers, assignments, subleases .............................................................................................
Bonds ..........................................................................................................................................
Land description requirements ....................................................................................................
Future interest lease application .................................................................................................
Special leasing qualifications ......................................................................................................
Qualification statement ................................................................................................................
Lease rental and royalty rate reductions .....................................................................................
Lease suspensions ......................................................................................................................
Lease form ...................................................................................................................................
Logical mining units .....................................................................................................................
General obligations of the operator/lessee .................................................................................
Exploration plans .........................................................................................................................
Resource recovery and protection plan ......................................................................................
Modifications to exploration plans and resource recovery and protection plans ........................
Mining operations maps ..............................................................................................................
Request for payment of advance royalty in lieu of continued operation ....................................
Performance standards for exploration (Retention of samples) .................................................
Performance standards for surface and underground coal mines .............................................
Exploration reports ......................................................................................................................
Production reports .......................................................................................................................
Notices and orders ......................................................................................................................
Enforcement ................................................................................................................................

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: The currently approved annual
non-hour cost burden for Control
Number 1004–0073 is $1,048,578.
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

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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Jean Sonneman,
Acting Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. E9–31375 Filed 1–4–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–84–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMT924000–L54200000–FR0000–
LVDIE09E0470; SDM 99176]

Notice of Application for Disclaimer of
Interest, Brookings County, SD
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: An application has been filed
with the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) by Northern States Power
Company (NSP), d/b/a/Xcel Energy, for
a Recordable Disclaimer of Interest from
the United States for an easement in
Brookings County, South Dakota. This
notice is intended to inform the public
of the pending application.

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DATES: Comment period is open for 90
days from publication of this notice.
Only written comments will be
accepted. Refer to serial No. SDM
99176.
ADDRESSES: Address all written
comments to Cindy Staszak, Chief,
Branch of Land Resources, BLM
Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tami Lorenz, BLM Montana State
Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings,
Montana 59101–4669; 406–896–5053.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 315 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended (43 U.S.C. 1745), and the
regulations contained in 43 CFR subpart
1864, a Recordable Disclaimer of
Interest, if issued, will confirm that the
United States has no valid interest in
the easement. The NSP has filed
condemnation proceedings for easement
rights to construct, operate, maintain,
use, rebuild, or remove an electric
transmission line through, over, under
and across the subject land. A
Recordable Disclaimer of Interest will
not be issued until the NSP secures title

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