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born before the making of the 

application, unless their parental rights 

and the parent and child relationship 

with respect to the child have been 

terminated; and 

(6) A certificate of the results of any 

medical examination required by either 

applicable tribal ordinances, or the laws 

of the State in which the Indian country 

under the jurisdiction of the Court of 

Indian Offenses is located. 

For the purposes of section 11.600, 

Marriage, Social Security number 

information is requested to confirm 

identity. Previous marriage information 

is requested to avoid multiple 

simultaneous marriages, and to ensure 

that any pre-existing legal relationships 

are dissolved. Information on 

consanguinity is requested to avoid 

conflict with state or tribal laws against 

marriages between parties who are 

related by blood as defined in such 

laws. Medical examination information 

may be requested if required under the 

laws of the state in which the Court of 

Indian Offenses is located. 

To comply with the requirement for 

dissolution of marriage, an applicant 

must respond to the following six 

questions found at 25 CFR 11.606(c): 

(1) The age, occupation, and length of 

residence within the Indian country 

under the jurisdiction of the court of 

each party; 

(2) The date of the marriage and the 

place at which it was registered; 

(3) That jurisdictional requirements 

are met and that the marriage is 

irretrievably broken in that either—

(i) the parties have lived separate and 

apart for a period of more than 180 days 

next preceding the commencement of 

the proceeding; or 

(ii) there is a serious marital discord 

adversely affecting the attitude of one or 

both of the parties toward the marriage, 

and there is no reasonable prospect of 

reconciliation; 

(4) The names, age, and addresses of 

all living children of the marriage and 

whether the wife is pregnant; 

(5) Any arrangement as to support, 

custody, and visitation of the children 

and maintenance of a spouse; and 

(6) The relief sought. 

For the purposes of section 11.606, 

Dissolution proceedings, information on 

occupation and residency is necessary 

to establish court jurisdiction. 

Information on the status of the parties, 

whether they have lived apart 180 days 

or if there is serious marital discord 

warranting dissolution, is necessary for 

the court to determine if dissolution is 

proper. Information on the children of 

the marriage, their ages and whether the 

wife is pregnant is necessary for the 

court to determine the appropriate level 

of support that may be required from the 

non-custodial parent. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use of the 

information: The information is 

submitted in order to obtain or retain a 

benefit, namely, the issuance of a 

marriage license or a decree of 

dissolution of marriage from the Court 

of Indian Offenses. 

Affected entities: Indian applicants 

that are under the jurisdiction of one of 

the Courts of Indian Offenses. 

Estimated number of respondents:

Approximately 260 applications for a 

marriage license or petition for 

dissolution of marriage will be filed in 

the Courts of Indian Offenses listed at 

25 CFR 11.100(a) annually. 

Proposed frequency of responses: On 

occasion as needed. 

Burden: The average burden of 

submitting a marriage license or petition 

for dissolution of marriage is 15 minutes 

per application. The total annual burden 

is estimated as 65 hours. 

Estimated cost: There are no costs to 

consider, except estimated costs of $100 

per court annually, for the material, 

supplies and staff time required by the 

Court of Indian Offenses. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs requests 

your comments on this collection 

concerning: 

(a) The necessity of this information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden (hours and cost) 

of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumption used; 

(c) Ways we could enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(d) Ways we could minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on the respondents, such as through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or request, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. The OMB Control 

Number for this collection is 1076–

0094. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section, 

Room 320–SIB, during the hours of 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. If you 

wish to have your name and/or address 

withheld, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. We will honor your request 

according to the requirements of the 

law. All comments from organizations 

or representatives will be available for 

review. We may withhold comments 

from review for other reasons. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0094. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Title: Title 25 CFR 11, Subpart F, Law 

and Order on Indian Reservations. 

Brief Description of Collection: It is 

mandatory for respondent to complete 

an application, to receive a marriage 

license or obtain a decree of dissolution 

of marriage. 

Respondents: Persons who reside on 

land within the jurisdiction of a Court 

of Indian Offenses. 

Number of Respondents: 260. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Total Annual Burden to Respondents:

65 hours. 

Total Annual Cost to Respondents:

Negligible.

Dated: October 18, 2004. 

David W. Anderson, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 04–24518 Filed 11–2–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

Notice of Seasonal Closure of Crystal 

Cave, Installation of Locking Gate, and 

Implementation of Crystal Cave 

Recreation Management Plan Including 

Visitor Use Permit System

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

public access to Crystal Cave in the Salt 

Lake Field Office District of the Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) will be 

controlled via a visitor use permit 

system to protect a maternity colony of 

Townsend’s Big-eared Bats 

(Corynorhinus townsendii, a Utah 

sensitive species of special concern), to 

maintain the integrity of unique 

geologic cave formations, and to ensure 

visitor safety and compliance through 

the installation of a bat-friendly locking 

gate. The seasonal closure and permit 

system will begin upon the installation 

of the bat-friendly locking gate and 

implementation of the Crystal Cave 

Management Plan.

DATES: Public access to Crystal Cave 

will be controlled via permit system 

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from Oct 1–March 31 and seasonally 

closed from April 1–Sept 30 each year. 

Future changes to these closure dates 

may be necessary as ongoing bat 

migration research at Crystal Cave is 

accomplished. Any changes to access 

dates will be given via subsequent 

Federal Register notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding public access to 

Crystal Cave, contact the BLM’s Salt 

Lake Field Office at (801) 977–4300.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

seasonal closure to public access of 

Crystal Cave will serve to protect both 

a maternity colony of Townsend’s Bigeared Bats and unique geologic cave 

formations, and to ensure visitor safety 

and compliance through the installation 

of a bat-friendly locking gate. The BLM 

decision is to manage access to Crystal 

Cave by constructing a bat-friendly gate 

and implementing a Cave Management 

Plan coupled with a visitor use permit 

system. 

With increasing visitation, additional 

measures are needed to effectively 

protect the cave. Formations are being 

illegally removed and critical bat habitat 

is being disturbed. A permit system will 

provide an opportunity to educate the 

public on the importance of protecting 

critical cave resources. 

Installation of a gate will provide the 

maximum security for Crystal Cave 

resources while minimizing the negative 

effects on the cave’s ecology. The gate 

will be constructed as a joint effort 

between the Salt Lake BLM Field Office, 

Timpanogos Cave National Monument, 

Salt Lake NSS Grotto, the Timpanogos 

NSS Grotto, and other interested 

individuals. 

The Crystal Cave Management Plan 

will set forth direction for long-range 

management planning and oversight of 

this important resource and identify 

specific management actions for 

recreation use at Crystal Cave. The 

management plan will emphasize 

recreational use while providing for 

natural resource conservation and 

enhancement. 

The authority for establishing this 

restriction is found at 43 CFR 8364.1(a). 

This restriction does not apply to: 

(1) Any Federal, State or local 

government officer or member of an 

organized rescue or fire fighting force 

while in the performance of an official 

duty. 

(2) Any Bureau of Land Management 

employee, agent, contractor, or 

cooperator while in the performance of 

an official duty. 

(3) Any Federal, State, local, or 

contract law enforcement officer, while 

in the performance of their official 

duties, or while enforcing this closure 

notice. 

Violation of this closure is punishable 

by a fine not to exceed $100,000 and/

or imprisonment not to exceed 12 

months as provided in 43 CFR 8360–0.7 

as further defined in 18 U.S.C. 3571.

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

Glenn A. Carpenter, 

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–24662 Filed 11–1–04; 1:52 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation 

Review of Existing Coordinated LongRange Operating Criteria for Colorado 

River Reservoirs (Operating Criteria)

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed decision 

regarding the operating criteria and 

announcement of public consultation 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this action is 

to provide notice of a public 

consultation meeting. In addition, based 

on information submitted for review by 

the Department of the Interior, 

Reclamation is proposing that the 

Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) 

make a number of identified 

modifications to the text of the 

Operating Criteria developed pursuant 

to Section 602 of the Colorado River 

Basin Project Act of 1968. The bases for 

the proposed changes are: (1) Specific 

changes in Federal law applicable to the 

Operating Criteria, (2) language in the 

current text of the Operating Criteria 

that is outdated, and (3) specific 

modifications to Article IV(b) of the 

Operating Criteria that reflect actual 

operating experience.

DATES: To receive input on the proposed 

decision regarding specific limited 

changes to the Operating criteria, 

Reclamation will conduct a public 

consultation meeting in Henderson, 

Nevada. The meeting will be held at the 

following time and location: 

• November 19, 2004—9 a.m. to 1 

p.m. at the Henderson Convention 

Center, 200 South Water Street, 

Henderson, Nevada. 

All comments relevant to the 

proposed decision should be received 

no later than December 6, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should 

send comments or questions to: 

Regional Director, Attention: BCOO–

4600, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower 

Colorado Region, P.O. Box 61470, 

Boulder City, Nevada 89006–1470.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jayne Harkins, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Lower Colorado Region, P.O. Box 61470, 

Boulder City, Nevada 89006–1470; 

telephone (702) 293–8411; faxogram 

(702) 293–8614; e-mail: 

jharkins@lc.usbr.gov; or Tom Ryan, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado 

Region, 125 South State Street, Room 

6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–1147; 

telephone (801) 524–3732; faxogram 

(801) 524–5499; e-mail: 

tryan@uc.usbr.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public review process began with a 

Federal Register Notice published on 

January 15, 2002, announcing the sixth 

review of the Operating Criteria and 

inviting comments regarding whether 

the Operating Criteria should be 

modified, and if so, how they should be 

modified. The January 15, 2002, Notice 

provided for a comment period that 

ended on March 18, 2002. On March 6, 

2002, a second Notice was published in 

the Federal Register extending the 

comment period to March 29, 2002, and 

inviting public feedback on whether or 

not Reclamation should conduct a 

public meeting to solicit comments as 

part of the sixth review of the Operating 

Criteria. A letter was then sent to all 

interested parties, tribes, and 

stakeholders on March 7, 2002, that 

included copies of both Federal 

Register Notices and the Operating 

Criteria. 

On June 27, 2002, a Fact Sheet 

providing information on the Operating 

Criteria, scope of the review process, 

public participation, timeline for the 

review process, and contact information 

was sent to all interested parties and 

stakeholders. In addition to the Fact 

Sheet, Reclamation set up a Web site 

(http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/

lroc) for the sixth review of the 

Operating Criteria that contained further 

information on the review, copies of all 

comment letters received, and links to 

technical documents Reclamation felt 

would be useful during the review 

process. 

Detailed written comments were 

received from 16 interested parties 

providing Reclamation with numerous 

issues, comments, and concerns 

regarding possible changes to the 

Operating Criteria. The comment letters 

were posted on the Operating Criteria 

Web site in May 2002 and have been 

reviewed by Reclamation for 

identification and analysis of the issues. 

As required by Federal law, formal 

consultation with the representatives of 

the seven Basin States, and with 

members of the general public, was 

conducted during this review of the