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• According to the Paper~Reduction Act of 1995, no per are required to <br />respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control <br />number. The valid OMH control number for this information collection is <br />0596-0082. <br />This information ie needed by the Forest Service to evaluate requests to use <br />National Forest System lands and manage those lands to protect natural <br />resources, administer the use, and ensure public health and safety. This <br />information ie required to obtain or retain a benefit. The authority for that <br />requirement is provided by the Organic Act of 1897 and the Federal Land Policy <br />and Management Act of 1976, which authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to <br />promulgate rules and regulations for authorizing and managing National Forest <br />System lands. These statutes, along with the Term Permit Act, National Forest <br />Ski Area Permit Act, Granger-Thye Act, Mineral Leasing Act, Alaska Term Permit <br />Act, AcC of September 3, 1959, Wilderness'Act, National Forest Roads and Trails <br />Act, Act of November 16, 1973, Archeological Resources Protection Act, and <br />Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, authorize the Secretary of <br />Agriculture to issue authorizations for the use and occupancy of National <br />Forest System lands. The Secretary of Agriculture's regulations at 36 CFR Part <br />251, Subpart B, establish procedures for issuing those authorizations. <br />The Privacy Act of 1974 (5 II.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information Act (5 <br />U.S.C. 552) govern the confidentiality to be provided for information received <br />by the Forest Service. <br />Public reporting burden for this collection of information, if requested, is <br />estimated to average 1 hour per response for annual financial information; <br />average 1 hour per response to prepare or update operation and/or maintenance <br />plan; average 1 hour pez response for inspection reports; and an average of 1 <br />hour for each request that may include such things as reports, loge, facility <br />and user information, sublease information, and other similar miscellaneous <br />information requests. This includes the time for reviewing instructions, <br />searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and <br />completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments <br />regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of <br />information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to Department of <br />Agriculture, Clearance Officer, OIRM, AG Box 7630, Washington D.C. 20250; and <br />to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction_.Project-(OMB_#--~------ -- - - <br />0596-0082), Washington, D.C. 20503. <br />