BLM Extends Logging Road Paperwork Deadline
Published Date: 7/22/2026
Notice
Summary
The Bureau of Land Management wants to keep collecting info about tramroads and logging roads, making sure the paperwork stays easy and clear. If you’re involved in logging or land use, this affects you! They’re asking for your thoughts by August 21, 2026, and there’s no new cost or big changes—just a smooth paperwork extension.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Reporting Burden and Fee Collection Enabled
Private landowners who hold rights-of-way in western Oregon must provide information so the BLM can calculate and collect appropriate fees for use of BLM-controlled roads. The BLM estimates 1,088 annual respondents, 1,088 annual responses, 8 hours to complete each response, for a total of 8,704 annual burden hours; frequency may be annual, biannual, quarterly, or monthly, and the agency reports no annual non-hour costs.
Paperwork Requirement Extended Three Years
The Bureau of Land Management is asking OMB to renew the information collection for Tramroads and Logging Roads (OMB Control Number 1004-0168) for three more years. Comments are invited by August 21, 2026, and the current control number is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2026.
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