25744 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 86 / Wednesday, May 3, 2000 / Notices

Failure to submit your preference at the

time of application will be treated as a

technical deficiency, which may be corrected

as noted in Section V of the General Section

of the SuperNOFA.

4. The due date for applications

submitted under the Fair Housing

Partnership Components of the

Education and Outreach and Private

Enforcement Initiatives is extended to

June 30, 2000. For all other Initiatives/

Components, the application due date is

extended to June 2, 2000.

On page 9487, first column, under

‘‘Program Overview’’ and following the

heading ‘‘Application Deadline,’’ the

date ‘‘May 16, 2000’’ is removed, and

the following is inserted:

Application Deadline. For all

Initiatives/Components, except the Fair

Housing Partnership Components of the

Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI)

and the Private Enforcement Initiative

(PEI), June 2, 2000. For the EOI and PEI

Fair Housing Partnership Components,

June 30, 2000.

On page 9487, first column, in Section

I, under the heading ‘‘Application Due

Date’’ the first paragraph is revised to

read as follows:

For all Initiatives/Components, except

the Fair Housing Partnership

Components of the Education and

Outreach Initiative (EOI) and the Private

Enforcement Initiative (PEI), you must

submit completed applications to HUD

Headquarters, at the address shown

below, on or before 12:00 midnight,

Eastern time, on June 2, 2000. For

applications submitted under the EOI

and PEI Fair Housing Partnership

Components, you must submit

completed applications to HUD

Headquarters, at the address shown

below, on or before 12:00 midnight,

Eastern time, on June 30, 2000.

Dated: April 27, 2000.

Eva M. Plaza,

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity.

[FR Doc. 00–11088 Filed 5–1–00; 11:22 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–28–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO–320–1330–PB–24–1A]

Extension of Currently Approved

Information Collection; OMB Approval

Number 1004–121

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act.

The Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) has submitted the following

renewal for the collection of information

to the Office of Management and Budget

for approval under the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

We request that interested parties

provide us comments on this

information collection renewal.

You may get copies of the proposed

collection of information and related

forms and explanatory material from the

Bureau’s Clearance Officer at the phone

number listed below. Please make any

comments and suggestions about our

information collection requirements

directly to the Bureau Clearance Officer

and to the Office of Management and

Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project

(1004–30, 1004–121 and 1004–142),

Washington, DC 20503.

Nature of Comments

We specifically request your

comments on the following:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

functioning of BLM, including whether

the information will have practical

utility;

2. The accuracy of BLM’s estimate of

the burden, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used.

3. The quality, utility and clarity of

the information to be collected; and

4. How to minimize the burden of

collecting the information those on who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical or other forms of

information technology.

Title: Leasing of Solid Minerals Other

Than Coal and Oil Shale (43 CFR 3500).

OMB Approval Number: 1004–121.

Abstract: We require persons to

supply us information that we use to

establish their qualifications to hold

permits and leases for solid minerals

other than coal and oil shale. We also

require information that we use to

determine procedures for the leasing of

solid minerals other than coal or oil

shale and for developing those leases.

BLM uses this information to ensure

that operations on permits and leases

are conducted in a manner that is

consistent with the regulations and

environmental requirements in

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended.

Form Numbers: 3504–1, 3504–3,

3504–4, 3510–1, 3520–7.

Frequency: On occasion.

Description of Respondents: Those

seeking to lease and develop solid

minerals other than coal and oil shale.

Estimated Completion Times

BREAKDOWN OF INFORMATION COLLECTIONS AND TOTAL HOURS

Type of application Number of

responses

Hours per responses Total hours

Prospecting Permit ............................................................................................................................ 25 1 25

Exploration Plan for Prospecting Permit ........................................................................................... 20 80 1600

Prospecting Permit Extension ........................................................................................................... 5 1 5

Preference Right Lease ..................................................................................................................... 2 100 200

Competitive Lease Bid ....................................................................................................................... 5 40 200

Fringe Acreage Lease or Lease Modification ................................................................................... 5 40 200

Assignment or Sublease .................................................................................................................... 40 2 80

Lease Renewals or Adjustments ....................................................................................................... 15 1 15

Use Permit ......................................................................................................................................... 1 1 1

Exploration License ........................................................................................................................... 1 3 3

Exploration Plan for Exploration License .......................................................................................... 1 80 80

Development Contract ....................................................................................................................... 1 1 1

Bond ................................................................................................................................................... 150 4 600

Mine Plan ........................................................................................................................................... 5 150 750

Total ............................................................................................................................................ 276 ...................... 3760

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BLM estimates that it will take an

average of 14 hours to complete the

applications, petitions, offers and

statements required. The applicants will

have access to records, plats and maps

necessary for providing legal land

descriptions. The type of information

necessary is outlined in the regulations

and is already maintained by the

respondents for their own

recordkeeping purposes and needs only

to be compiled in a reasonable format.

The estimate also includes the time

required for assembling the information,

as well as the time of clerical personnel

if needed. BLM estimates that

approximately 276 filings will be made

each year for a total of 3,760 reporting

hours.

Annual Responses: 276.

Annual Burden Hours: 3,760.

Annual Cost Burden Due to Filing

Fees: $2,675 (estimated 107 filings at

$25 each).

Bureau Clearance Office: Carole

Smith, (202) 452–0367.

Dated: April 27, 2000.

Carole Smith,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–10966 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–920–1990–NJ]

Notice of Availability of the

Programmatic Environmental

Assessment for Selected Actions

Taken for Mining Claim Use and

Occupancy in Nevada, and the Finding

of No Significant Impact

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA), and Use and Occupancy

Under the Mining Laws regulations (43

CFR 3715), the Bureau of Land

Management has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) that

evaluates the impacts of typical mining

claim and/or mill site occupancies. This

EA describes and analyzes the proposed

action, consisting of six typical

occupancy scenarios, and the no

occupancy option. The actions analyzed

in this EA involve operations that

disturb 5 acres or less. This notice is

intended to inform the public of the

analysis of impacts presented in the EA

and the performance measures

developed for the proposed action.

DATES: Copies of the EA and the Finding

of No Significant Impact (FONSI) will

be provided to any person or agency, or

to other interested parties, upon written

request.

ADDRESSES: Send requests for the EA to:

Bureau of Land Management, Nevada

State Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, NV

89520–0006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob

Gibson, Geologist, Nevada State Office.

Telephone: (775) 861–6564.

Robert V. Abbey,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–10974 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–030–00–1020–XU: GPO–0198]

Notice of Meeting of John Day/Snake

Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land

Management, Interior.

ACTION: Meeting of John Day/Snake

Resource Advisory Council: Enterprise,

Oregon, May 23 & 24, 2000.

SUMMARY: On May 23, 2000 a field trip

to view grazing and weed issues for the

John Day/Snake Resource Advisory

Council will begin at the WallowaWhitman National Forest office, 88401

Hwy 82, Enterprise, Oregon at 8:00 a.m.

The meeting will continue on May 24,

2000 at the Wallowa-Whitman National

Forest office, 88401 Hwy 82, Enterprise,

Oregon from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The

meeting is open to the public. Public

comments will be received at 10:00 a.m.

on May 24, 2000. The following topics

will be discussed by the council on May

24: Hells Canyon Subgroup

recommendation on the Hells Canyon

Comprehensive Management Plan, John

Day River Subgroup update, Blue Mtn.

Demo discussion, and a 15 minute

round table for general issues.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juan

Palma, Bureau of Land Management,

Vale District Office, 100 Oregon Street,

Vale, Oregon 97918, Telephone (541)

473–3144.

Juan Palma,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–11043 Filed 5–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO–200–00–1020–00]

Science Advisory Board

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces a public

meeting of the Science Advisory Board

to examine the use of science for

improving the management of the

Nation’s public lands and resources.

Topics of discussion will include the

proposed BLM strategic science plan,

continuity of culture across borders, use

of GIS in managing paleontologic

resources, and implications for science

on national monument designations.

DATES: BLM will hold the public

meeting on Wednesday, May 31, 2000,

from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time.

ADDRESSES: BLM will hold the public

meeting in Room 6071 at the Main

Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW.,

Washington, DC, 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee

Barkow, Bureau of Land Management

Denver Federal Center, Building 50,

P.O. Box 25047, Denver, CO 80225–

0047, (303) 236–6454.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published in accordance with

Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92–463).

I. The Agenda for the Public Meeting Is

as Follows

9:00—9:30 Opening Remarks

Committee Membership and Chair

9:30—10:00 Report from BLM Assistant

Director

10:00—12:00 Proposed BLM Strategic

Science Plan

12:00 Lunch

1:00—2:00 Continuity of Culture

Across Borders

2:00—3:00 Use of GIS in Managing

Paleontologic Resources

3:00—4:00 Implications for Science on

National Monument Designations

4:00—4:30 Public Comments

4:30 Adjourn

II. Public Comment Procedures

Participation in the public meeting is

not a prerequisite for submittal of

written comments from all interested

parties. Your written comments should

be specific and explain the reason for

any recommendation. The BLM

appreciates any and all comments, but

those most useful and likely to

influence decisions on BLM’s use of