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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 159 / Friday, August 20, 2021 / Notices The BLM also welcomes suggestions for other potential approaches to the Federal coal program including approaches that may differ from those articulated below. We encourage commenters to be as specific as possible in identifying the types of changes to the program that the BLM should consider, including changes to regulations, guidance, and management practices.
BLM also solicits input on the following:
1. Potential new leasing models, or potential reforms to the previous or existing leasing models of regional leasing and lease by application;
2. Other approaches to increase competition in the leasing process;
3. Data or analyses that justify a specific change to the royalty rate;
4. Potential approaches to improve the pre-sale estimate of fair market value;
5. Whether, and how, to account in the leasing process for the extent to which reclamation responsibilities have been met;
6. Potential approaches to design a budget for the amount of Federal coal and/or acreage to be leased over a given period; and 7. How to account for export potential in the leasing process.
In submitting written comments, individuals should be aware that their entire commentincluding personal identifying information including address, phone number, and email addressmay be made publicly available at any time. While the commenter can request in the comment that the commenters personal identifying information be withheld from public review, this cannot be guaranteed. All comments from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be available for public inspection in their entirety.
The DOI will consult with Indian tribes on a government-to-government basis in accordance with Executive Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal concerns, including impacts on Indian trust assets and potential impacts to cultural resources, will be given due consideration. Federal, State, and local agencies, along with Tribes and other stakeholders that may be interested in or affected by the Federal coal program, are invited to participate in the review.
Following closure of the comment period, the BLM will prepare a comment summary report, make the report available to the public, and will detail the scope and form of its
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programmatic review. The BLMs goal is to announce additional steps for the programmatic review by November 2021.
Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., 30 U.S.C.
181 et seq., 30 U.S.C. 351 et. seq.
Nada Wolff Culver, Deputy Director, Programs and Policy, Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management OMB Control Number 10100072; Docket ID: BOEM20170016

Agency Information Collection Activities; Commercial Prospecting, Noncommercial Geological and Geophysical Exploration, and Scientific Research for Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and Sulfur on the Outer Continental Shelf Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management BOEM proposes to renew an information collection request ICR.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 20, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent to the Office of Management and Budgets Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior within 30 days of publication of this notice at www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information collection by selecting Currently under ReviewOpen for Public Comments or by using the search function. Please provide a copy of your comments to the BOEM Information Collection Clearance Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166; or by email to anna.atkinson@
boem.gov. Please reference Office of Management and Budget OMB Control Number 10100072 in the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna Atkinson by email at anna.atkinson@boem.gov or by telephone at 7037871025.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, BOEM provides SUMMARY:

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the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps BOEM assess the impact of the information collection requirements and minimize the publics reporting burden.
It also helps the public understand BOEMs information collection requirements.
Title of Collection: Commercial Prospecting, Noncommercial Geological and Geophysical Exploration, and Scientific Research for Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and Sulfur on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Abstract: This ICR covers the information collection requirements in 30 CFR part 580, Prospecting for Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur 1 on the Outer Continental Shelf OCS, which concern commercial prospecting and scientific research. This request also includes information collection requirements related to authorizations of noncommercial geological and geophysical G&G exploration issued pursuant to section 11 of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act OCS
Lands Act, as amended 43 U.S.C. 1340
et seq., and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq..
The OCS Lands Act authorizes the Secretary of the Interior Secretary to prescribe rules and regulations to administer leasing of mineral resources on the OCS. Section 8 of the OCS Lands Act authorizes the Secretary to grant to the qualified persons offering the highest cash bonuses on a basis of competitive bidding leases of any mineral other than oil, gas, and sulphur in any area of the Outer Continental Shelf not then under lease for such mineral upon such royalty, rental, and other terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe at the time of offering the area for lease. 43 U.S.C.
1337k1. Additionally, the Secretary may noncompetitively negotiate agreements for the use of OCS sand, gravel, and shell resources for use in shore protection, beach restoration, or coastal wetlands restoration projects undertaken by a Federal, State, or local government agency, or for use in a construction project funded in whole or in part by or authorized by the Federal Government. 43 U.S.C. 1337k2.
Section 11 of the OCS Lands Act states that any person authorized by the Secretary may conduct geological and geophysical explorations in the Outer Continental Shelf, which do not 1 BOEM acknowledges that the generally and scientifically accepted spelling for this compound is sulfur. Throughout this notice, BOEM uses the spelling consistent with its current regulations.

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