---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3830.8"
title: "43"
number: "3830.8"
heading: "How will BLM use the information it collects and what does it estimate the burden is on the public?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3830.8"
---

# §3830.8. How will BLM use the information it collects and what does it estimate the burden is on the public?

- (a) The Office of Management and Budget has approved the collections of information contained in [parts 3830-3838](/cfr/43/part3830-3838.md) of this chapter under [44 U.S.C. 3501](/usc/44/3501.md) et seq. and has assigned clearance number 1004-0114.
- (b) BLM will use the information collected to:
  - (1) Keep records of mining claims or sites;
  - (2) Maintain ownership records to those mining claims or sites;
  - (3) Determine the geographic location of the mining claims or sites recorded for proper land management purposes; and
  - (4) Determine which mining claims or sites the claimant wishes to continue to hold under applicable Federal statutes.
- (c) **BLM estimates that the public reporting burden for this information averages 8 minutes per response.** This burden includes time for reviewing instructions, searching existing records, gathering and maintaining the data collected, and completing and reviewing the information collected.
- (d) Send any comments on information collection, including your views on the burden estimate and how to reduce the burden, to: the Information Collection Clearance Officer (WO-630), Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 22153; and the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project, 1004-0114, Washington, D.C. 20503.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 1001, 3571; 30 U.S.C. 22 et seq., 611; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1212, 1457, 1474, 1701 et seq.; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.; 115 Stat. 414; 125 Stat. 786.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 61064, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.