Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 219 / Monday, November 15, 2004 / Notices 65629

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Garry Martin, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

202–208–3478.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The information collection is 

necessary to assess the need for adult 

education programs in accordance with 

25 CFR part 46, subpart A, sections 

46.20 Program Requirements and 46.30 

Records and Reporting Requirements of 

the Adult Education Program. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Adult Education Program 

regulations under 25 CFR part 46, 

subpart 46, contain the program 

requirements which govern the 

program. Information collected from the 

contractors will be used for 

administrative planning, setting longand short-term goals, and analyzing and 

monitoring the use of funds. 

III. Data 

Title of the Collection of Information:

Bureau of Indian Affairs Adult 

Education Program Annual Report 

Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0120; 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2005. 

Type of Review: Renewal of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The collection of 

information provides pertinent data 

concerning the adult education 

programs. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use of the 

information: Submission of this 

information is necessary to assess the 

need for adult education programs. The 

information is needed for the utilization 

and management of program resources 

to provide education opportunities for 

adult American Indians and Alaska 

Natives to complete high school 

requirements, and to gain new skills and 

knowledge for individual student self 

enhancement. The information collected 

with the annual report will be used by 

the Bureau or tribally controlled 

programs for fiscal accountability and 

appropriate direct services 

documentation. The results of the data 

are used for administrative planning. 

Affected Entities: Tribal adult 

education contractors. 

Estimated number of respondents: 70. 

Respondents are tribal adult education 

program administrators. 

Proposed frequency of responses:

Annually. 

Burden: The estimate of total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden that 

will result from the collection of 

information: Reporting 4 hours per 

response x 70 respondents = 280 hours. 

Estimated Annual Costs: $5,040.00 (4 

hours × 70 × $18.00 = salary dollars). 

Cost for recordkeeping and auditing is 

part of their costs for administering this 

program under Tribal Priority 

Allocation activity of the tribal budget. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The Department of the Interior invites 

comments on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary 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 (including the 

hours and cost) of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumption used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to 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 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section, 

Room 3623, during the hours of 8 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through 

Friday, except for 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. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

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 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number.

Dated: November 5, 2004. 

David W. Anderson, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 04–25265 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) is seeking comments in 

preparation for renewal of the Indian 

Child Welfare Annual Report form. The 

information collected will aid the BIA 

in fulfilling requirements of law. This 

renewal meets the requirements of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

January 14, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be sent directly to Larry Blair, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Office of Tribal Services, 

Division of Human Services, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Mail Stop 

320–SIB, Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interested persons may obtain copies of 

the information collection requests 

without charge by contacting Mr. Larry 

Blair, (202) 513–7621, Facsimile number 

(202) 208–2648.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract 

The information collection required 

by the use of this form is necessary to 

comply with Public Law 95–608, The 

Indian Child Welfare Act, and as 

codified in 25 CFR Part 23, Indian Child 

Welfare Act (ICWA). This information is 

collected through the use of a 

consolidated caseload form by tribal 

Indian Child Welfare Act program 

directors who are the providers of the 

ICWA services. The information is used 

to determine the extent of service needs 

in local Indian communities, assessment 

of the Indian Child Welfare Act program 

effectiveness, and to provide data for the 

annual program budget justification.

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The responses to this request for 

information collection are voluntary and 

the aggregated report is not considered 

confidential. The public is not required 

to respond unless a currently valid OMB 

control number is displayed. 

II. 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 assumptions 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 the 

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. 

All comments received will be 

available for public review 2 weeks after 

publication in the Federal Register. If 

you wish to have your name and 

address withheld from review, please 

make that known at the start of your 

comments. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section, 

room 355–E, during the hours of 7 a.m. 

to 4 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through Friday 

except for legal holidays. All comments 

from organizations or representatives 

will be available for review. We may 

withhold comments from review for 

other reasons. 

III. Data 

Title: Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Child 

Welfare Act Annual Report, 25 CFR Part 

23.4. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0131. 

Type of review: Renewal. 

Brief Description of collection: Indian 

tribes are required to collect selected 

data on Indian child welfare cases and 

submit them to the Bureau for 

consolidation. This data is useful on a 

local level, to the tribes and tribal 

organizations that collect it, for case 

management purposes and on a 

nationwide basis for planning and 

budget purposes. 

Respondents: Indian tribes or tribal 

entities who are operating programs for 

Indian tribes. 

Number of Respondents: 536. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Estimated Annual Burden to 

Respondents: 1072 hours.

Dated: November 5, 2004. 

David W. Anderson, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 04–25266 Filed 11–12–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service 

Environmental Documents Prepared 

for Proposed Oil and Gas Operations 

on the Gulf of Mexico Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of the Availability of 

Environmental Documents. Prepared for 

OCS Mineral Proposals on the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS. 

SUMMARY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), in accordance with Federal 

Regulations that implement the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

announces the availability of NEPArelated Site-Specific Environmental 

Assessments (SEA) and Findings of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI), prepared by 

MMS for the following oil and gas 

activities proposed on the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Public Information Unit, Information 

Services Section at the number below. 

Minerals Management Service, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, Attention: Public 

Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, or 

by calling 1–800–200–GULF.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS 

prepares SEAs and FONSIs for 

proposals that relate to exploration for 

and the development/production of oil 

and gas resources on the Gulf of Mexico 

OCS. These SEAs examine the potential 

environmental effects of activities 

described in the proposals and present 

MMS conclusions regarding the 

significance of those effects. 

Environmental Assessments are used as 

a basis for determining whether or not 

approval of the proposals constitutes 

major Federal actions that significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment in the sense of NEPA 

Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared 

in those instances where MMS finds 

that approval will not result in 

significant effects on the quality of the 

human environment. The FONSI briefly 

presents the basis for that finding and 

includes a summary or copy of the SEA. 

This notice constitutes the public 

notice of availability of environmental 

documents required under the NEPA 

Regulations. 

This listing includes all proposals for 

which the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 

prepared a FONSI in the period 

subsequent to publication of the 

preceding notice.

Activity/Operator Location Date 

Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 04–088.West Delta, Block 17, Lease OCS–G 05668, located 10 miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.7/1/2004 

Newfield Exploration Company, Structure 

Removal SEA ES/SR 04–094.

East Cameron, Block 38, Lease OCS–G 02562, located 8 miles from the nearest 

Louisiana shoreline.

7/2/2004 

Newfield Exploration Company, Structure 

Removal SEA ES/SR 04–090, 04–091, 

04–092, 04–093.

West Cameron, Block 146, Lease OCS–G 01996, located 25 miles from the nearest 

Louisiana shoreline.

7/2/2004 

Seneca Resources Corporation, Structure 

Removal SEA ES/SR 04–098.

Eugene Island, Block 98, Lease OCS–G 17965, located 20 miles from the nearest 

Louisiana shoreline.

7/7/2004 

Newfield Exploration Company, Structure 

Removal SEA ES/SR 04–095.

Vermilion (South Addition), Block 308, Lease OCS–G 11892, located 78 miles from 

the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

7/7/2004 

SPN Resources, LLC, Structure Removal 

SEA ES/SR 04–097.

South Marsh Island, Block 97, Lease OCS–G 21619, located 64 miles from the 

nearest Louisiana shoreline.

7/9/2004 

Newfield Exploration Company, Structure 

Removal SEA ES/SR 04–096.

South Timbalier, Block 194, Lease OCS–G 05610, located 37 miles from the nearest 

Louisiana shoreline.

7/9/2004