---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3900.5"
title: "43"
number: "3900.5"
heading: "Information collection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3900.5"
---

# §3900.5. Information collection.

- (a) OMB has approved the information collection requirements in parts [3900](/cfr/43/part3900.md) through [3930](/cfr/43/part3930.md) of this chapter under [44 U.S.C. 3501](/usc/44/3501.md) et seq. The table in [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section lists the subpart in the rule requiring the information and its title, provides the OMB control number, and summarizes the reasons for collecting the information and how the BLM uses the information.
- (b) **Respondents are oil shale lessees and operators.** The requirement to respond to the information collections in these parts are mandated under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EP Act) ([42 U.S.C. 15927](/usc/42/15927.md)), the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands of 1947 ([30 U.S.C. 351-359](/usc/30/351-359.md)), and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 ([43 U.S.C. 1701](/usc/43/1701.md) et seq., including [43 U.S.C. 1732](/usc/43/1732.md)).
- (c) The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires us to inform the public that an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
- (d) **The BLM is collecting this information for the reasons given in the following table—**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 189, 359, and 241(a), 42 U.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b) and 1740.

### Source

Source: 73 FR 69469, Nov. 18, 2008, unless otherwise noted.