5368 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2004 / Notices 

clearance under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. 35). This notice announces 

that the Information Collection Request 

(ICR) abstracted below has been 

forwarded to OMB for review and 

comment. The ICR describes the nature 

of the information collection and its 

expected burden.

DATES: Send your comments by March 

5, 2004. A comment to OMB is most 

effective if OMB receives it within 30 

days of publication.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: DHS–TSA Desk 

Officer, at (202) 395–5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Conrad Huygen, Privacy Act Officer, 

Information Management Programs, 

Transportation Security Administration 

HQ, West Tower, Floor 4, TSA–17, 601 

S. 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202–

4220; telephone (571) 227–1954; 

facsimile (571) 227–2912.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Transportation Security Administration 

Title: NEPA Compliance Checklist. 

OMB Control Number: New 

collection. 

Type of Request: Emergency 

processing request of new collection. 

Forms(s): NEPA Compliance 

Checklist. 

Affected Public: Applicants for grant 

funds. 

Abstract: The National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 

4321, et seq., requires agencies to 

consider whether major Federal actions, 

including the awarding of grants, will 

have a significant impact on the 

environment. TSA will be providing a 

checklist to collect information from 

grant applicants to determine if funded 

projects will require the completion of 

an Environmental Assessment. The 

subject information includes questions 

on the impact to natural resources and 

historic sites; any likely controversy, 

especially with regards to any impact on 

housing and development; any traffic or 

noise increases; impacts on air and 

water quality; consistency with local 

environmental laws; and any direct or 

indirect effects on humans by way of 

significant impact on the environment. 

Number of Respondents: 1300. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: It is 

estimated that this checklist will take 30 

minutes for each applicant to prepare, 

for a total burden of 650 hours. 

TSA is soliciting comments to—

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

information requirement is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 

of the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology.

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on January 

23, 2004. 

Susan T. Tracey, 

Chief Administrative Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–2363 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Acquisition and Property 

Management; Agency Information 

Collection Activities: Submitted for 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition and 

Property Management (PAM), Office of 

the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the OMB 

approval of information collection for 

Private Rental Survey (OMB Control 

Number 1084–0033) and request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are submitting to OMB for 

review and approval an information 

collection request (ICR), titled ‘‘Private 

Rental Survey.’’ We are also soliciting 

comments from the public on this ICR.

DATES: Submit written comments by 

March 5, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may direct comments 

to the Desk Officer for the Department 

of the Interior, OMB–OIRA, and to 

submit them via e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–6566. Mail or 

hand carry a copy of your comments to 

the Department of the Interior; Office of 

Acquisition and Property Management; 

Attention: Linda Tribby; Mail Stop 

5512; 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20240. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically to 

linda_tribby@ios.doi.gov. Our practice is 

to make comments, including names 

and home addresses of respondents, 

available for public review during 

regular business hours. Individual 

respondents may request that we 

withhold their home address from the 

record, which we will honor to the 

extent allowable by law. There may be 

circumstances in which we would 

withhold from the record a respondent’s 

identify, as allowable by the law. If you 

wish us to withhold your name and/or 

address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment. However, we will not 

consider anonymous comments. We 

will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Tribby, Departmental Quarters 

Program Manager, telephone (202) 219–

0728.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Private Rental Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1084–0033. 

Bureau Form Number: OS–2000 and 

OS–2001. 

Abstract: Public Law 88–459 

authorizes Federal agencies to provide 

housing for Government employees 

under specified circumstances. In 

compliance with OMB Circular A–45 

(Revised), Rental and Construction of 

Government Quarters, a review of 

private rental market housing rates is 

required at least once every 5 years to 

ensure that the rental, utility charges, 

and charges for related services to 

occupants of Government Furnished 

Quarters (GFQ) are comparable to 

corresponding charges in the private 

sector. To avoid unnecessary 

duplication and inconsistent rental 

rates, PAM conducts housing surveys in 

support of quarters management 

programs for the Departments of the 

Interior (DOI), Agriculture, Commerce, 

Defense, Justice, Transportation, 

Treasury, Health and Human Services, 

and Veterans Affairs. This collection of 

information provides data that helps 

DOI as well as other Federal agencies to 

manage GFQ in compliance with the 

requirements of OMB Circular A–45 

(Revised). If the collection activity were 

not performed, there would be no basis 

for determining open market rental costs 

for GFQ. 

On November 21, 2003, we published 

a Federal Register notice (volume 68, 

Number 225, page 65726–65727) with 

the required 60-day comment period 

announcing that we would submit this 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval. We received no comments in 

response to the notice. 

Frequency of Collection: We survey 

each of 15 regions every fourth year, 

surveying three to four regions each 

year.

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Description of Respondents:

Individual property owners and small 

businesses or organizations (real estate 

managers, appraisers, or property 

managers). 

Estimated Annual Responses: 3,872. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 767 

hours (refer to burden chart). There are 

no recordkeeping requirements.

RESPONSE BURDEN CHART

Form No. Number of

respondents 

Number of

responses per 

respondent 

Total annual 

per responses 

Hours per

response

(minutes) 

Burden

hours 

OS–2000 .............................................................................. 3,672 1 3,672 12 734 

OS–2001 .............................................................................. 200 1 200 10 33

Total .............................................................................. 3,872 ........................ 3,872 ........................ 767 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: None. 

Comments: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, 

et seq.) provides that an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA 

requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide 

notice * * * and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information * * *’’

Agencies must specifically solicit 

comments to: 

(a) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the agency to perform its duties, 

including whether the information is 

useful; 

(b) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; 

(c) Enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and, 

(d) Minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

If you with to comment in response to 

this notice, send your comments 

directly to the office listed under the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. The 

OMB has up to 60 days to approve or 

disapprove the information collection 

but may respond after 30 days. 

Therefore, to ensure maximum 

consideration, OMB should receive 

public comments by March 5, 2004. 

PAM Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Debra E. Sonderman, 

(202) 208–6352.

Dated: January 29, 2004. 

Debra E. Sonderman, 

Director, Office of Acquisition and Property 

Management.

[FR Doc. 04–2262 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RF–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary 

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; 

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior, Office of the Secretary is 

announcing a public meeting of the 

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 

Committee.

DATES: February 25, 2004, at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 

Trustee Council Office, 441 West 5th 

Avenue, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Mutter, Department of the 

Interior, Office of Environmental Policy 

and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite 

119, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501, (907) 

271–5011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Public Advisory Committee was created 

by Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum 

of Agreement and Consent Decree 

entered into by the United States of 

America and the State of Alaska on 

August 27, 1991, and approved by the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Alaska in settlement of 

United States of America v. State of 

Alaska, Civil Action No. A91–081 CV. 

The meeting agenda will feature 

discussions about the small parcel 

habitat program.

Willie R. Taylor, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance.

[FR Doc. 04–2222 Filed 2–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RG–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–130–1020–PH; GP4–0082] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern 

Washington Resource Advisory 

Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Eastern 

Washington Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC), will meet as indicated below.

DATES: The Eastern Washington 

Resource Advisory Council (EWRAC) 

will meet on February 25, 2004, at the 

Spokane District Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 1103 North Fancher Road, 

Spokane, Washington, 99212–1275.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will start at 9 a.m. and adjourn 

about 4 p.m. Topics on the meeting 

agenda include: 

• BLMs Proposed Rule to Revise 

Federal Grazing Regulations (published 

in the Federal Register on December 8, 

2003). 

• Environmental Impact Statement on 

the Proposed Grazing Rule (released 

January 2, 2004). 

The RAC meeting is open to the 

public, and there will be an opportunity 

for public comments at 10:30 a.m. 

Information to be distributed to Council 

members for their review is requested in 

written format 10 days prior to the 

Council meeting date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra Gourdin or Kathy Helm, Bureau 

of Land Management, Spokane District 

Office, 1103 N. Fancher Road, Spokane, 

Washington, 99212, or call (509) 536–

1200.