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support future RMP processes. As a

result, RMP deleted Forms MMS–3160

and MMS–4051 and streamlined and

modified required data elements on

Forms MMS–4054 through MMS–4058.

These revised forms will not be used

until RMP implements it’s new financial

accounting system, currently scheduled

for implementation in October 2001.

MMS proposes to use these four

revised forms for gathering oil and gas

production data from industry as

follows:

a. Form MMS–4054, Oil and Gas

Operations Report (OGOR),

b. Form MMS–4055, Gas Analysis

Report (GAR),

c. Form MMS–4056, Gas Plant

Operations Report (GPOR), and

d. Form MMS–4058, Production

Allocation Schedule Report (PASR).

The data from these forms are

matched with sales and royalty data

reported to MMS. The production

reports provide MMS with ongoing

information on lease, agreement

(property) and facility production, sales

volumes, and inventories. The reports

summarize all operations on a property

or facility during a reporting period.

They identify production by API well

number and sales by product. Data

collected are used as a method of cross

checking reported production with

reported sales.

Industry will not begin using the

revised forms until October 2001 when

we implement our new financial

accounting system. However, we are

requesting approval of these revised

forms immediately, so that industry can

begin work on the necessary systems

development and reprogramming

adjustments and changes that may be

required as they prepare for the new

reporting requirements that will be

effective October 2001. Please note that

the existing forms (Forms MMS–4054,

MMS–4055, MMS–4056, and MMS–

4058) will continue to be used until the

change over to the revised forms in the

fall of 2001.

Failure to collect all of this

information will prevent MMS from

ensuring that all royalties owed on lease

production are paid. Additionally, the

data are shared electronically with the

MMS’s Offshore Minerals Management

program, Bureau of Land Management,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, and tribal and

State governments so they can perform

their lease management responsibilities.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Operators of Federal or Indian leases.

Frequency of Response: Monthly.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,450 operators.

Estimated Total Annual Reporting

and Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden:

89,717 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: $1.5 million.

Comments: 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.

The PRA 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.

As required in 5 CFR 1320.8(d), MMS

published a 60-day Federal Register

Notice on February 23, 1999 (64 FR

8835), soliciting comments from the

public on these revised forms.

Send your comments directly to the

offices listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. 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 June 19,

2000.

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach,

telephone (202) 208–7744.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

[FR Doc. 00–12486 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Central Valley Project Improvement

Act, Criteria for Evaluating Water

Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: To meet the requirements of

the Central Valley Project Improvement

Act (CVPIA) of 1992 and the

Reclamation Reform Act of 1982, the

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation)

developed and published the Criteria for

Evaluating Water Conservation Plans,

dated April 30, 1993. In September 1996

Reclamation revised the document and

renamed it to Criteria for Evaluating

Water Management Plans (Criteria). The

Criteria have been revised again in 1999.

The City of Roseville and El Dorado

Irrigation District have developed Water

Management Plans (Plan) which

Reclamation has evaluated and

preliminarily determined to meet the

requirements of the Criteria.

The 1999 Criteria were developed

based on information provided during

public scoping and review sessions held

throughout Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific

(MP) Region. Reclamation uses these

Criteria to evaluate the adequacy of all

Plans developed by Central Valley

Project contractors. The Criteria were

developed and the Plans have been

evaluated for the purpose of promoting

the most efficient water use reasonably

achievable by all MP Region contractors.

Reclamation made a commitment

(stated within the Criteria) to publish a

notice of its draft determination of the

adequacy of each contractor’s Plan in

the Federal Register to allow the public

a minimum of 30 days to comment on

its preliminary determinations.

DATES: All public comments must be

received by June 19, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Our practice is to make

comments, including names and home

addresses of respondents, available for

public review. Individual respondents

may request that we withhold their

home address from public disclosure,

which we will honor to the extent

allowable by law. There also may be

circumstances in which we would

withhold a respondent’s identity from

public disclosure, as allowable by law.

If you wish us to withhold your name

and/or address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. 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 disclosure in their entirety.

Please mail comments to Lucille

Billingsley, Bureau of Reclamation,

2800 Cottage Way, MP–410,

Sacramento, California 95825.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

be placed on a mailing list for any

subsequent information, please contact

Lucille Billingsley at the address above,

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or by telephone at (916) 978–5215 (TDD

978–5608).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

provision of Section 3405(e) of the

CVPIA (Title 34 Pub. L. 102–575), ‘‘The

Secretary [of the Interior] shall establish

and administer an office on Central

Valley Project water conservation best

management practices that shall * * *

develop criteria for evaluating the

adequacy of all water conservation

plans developed by project contractors,

including those plans required by

section 210 of the Reclamation Reform

Act of 1982.’’ Also, according to Section

3405(e)(1), these criteria will be

developed ‘‘* * * with the purpose of

promoting the highest level of water use

efficiency reasonably achievable by

project contractors using best available

cost-effective technology and best

management practices.’’

The Criteria states that all parties

(Contractors) that contract with

Reclamation for water supplies

(municipal and industrial contracts over

2,000 irrigable acre-feet and agricultural

contracts over 2,000 irrigable acres) will

prepare Plans which will be evaluated

by Reclamation based on the following

required information detailed in the

sections listed below to develop,

implement, monitor, and update their

Plans. The sections are:

1. Description of the District

2. Inventory of Water Resources

3. Best Management Practices (BMPs)

for Agricultural Contractors

4. BMP’s for Urban Contractors

5. Plan Implementation

6. Exemption Process

7. Regional Criteria

8. 5-Year Revisions

Public comment on Reclamation’s

preliminary (i.e., draft) determination of

both the City of Roseville’s and El

Dorado Irrigation District’s Plans are

invited at this time. A copy of both

Plans will be available for review at

Reclamation’s MP Regional Office

located in Sacramento, California, and

MP’s Central California Area Office

located in Folsom, California. If you

wish to review a copy of the plan,

please contact Ms. Billingsley to find

the office nearest you.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Mary Johannis,

Acting Regional Resources Manager, MidPacific Region.

[FR Doc. 00–12350 Filed 5–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Refuge Water Supply Long-Term Water

Service Agreements

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) has scheduled the first

meeting for long-term water service

contracts with the California

Department of Fish and Game,

Grassland Water District (representing

the Grasslands Resources Conservation

District), and long-term memoranda of

understanding with the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service. This first meeting will

include distribution of the draft

agreements, establishing each party’s

negotiation team, and setting the

schedule for future negotiation sessions.

The public is welcome to observe the

meeting process.

DATES: The first meeting will be held on

Thursday, May 18, 2000 from 10 a.m. to

1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Expo Inn, 1413 Howe Avenue,

Sacramento, California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stan

Yarborough, Reclamation, at (916) 978–

5516.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The water

service contractual agreements are to

provide ‘‘firm water supplies of suitable

quality to maintain and improve

wetland habitat areas on units of the

National Wildlife Refuge System in the

Central Valley of California; on the Gray

Lodge, Los Banos, Volta, North

Grasslands, and Mendota state wildlife

management areas; and on the

Grasslands Resources Conservation

District in the Central Valley of

California,’’ in accordance with the

requirements of section 3406(d) of the

Central Valley Project Improvement Act

(CVPIA). Before the enactment of the

CVPIA, most of the Federal, State and

local refuges identified above did not

have firm water supplies to meet

optimum refuge water management

needs (Level 4 needs). The negotiation

process that commences on May 18,

2000, is intended to yield new long-term

refuge water service agreements to

supply up to Level 4 needs. In some

cases, these new agreements may

replace existing agreements.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Mary Johannis,

Acting Regional Resources Manager, MidPacific Region.

[FR Doc. 00–12349 Filed 5–15–00; 5:09 pm]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree

in Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act Cost Recovery Action

In accordance with the Departmental

Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby

given that a Consent Decree in United

States v. Cytec Industries, Inc., Ford

Motor Company, and SPS Technologies,

Inc., Civil Action No. 00–CV–2248 was

lodged with the United States District

Court for the Eastern District of

Pennsylvania on May 2, 2000. This

Consent Decree resolves certain claims

of the United States against Cytec

Industries, Inc., Ford Motor Company,

and SPS Technologies (‘‘Settling

Defendants’’) under Sections 106 and

107(a) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.

9606 and 9607(a), for performance of

Operable Unit 1 response action and for

Operable Unit 1 future response costs at

the Boarhead Farms Superfund Site

located in Bridgeton Township,

Pennsylvania. The Consent Decree

requires the Settling Defendants to

perform all Operable Unit 1 activities

(as defined in the Decree) and to pay all

Future Response Costs relating to

Operable Unit 1 activities at the

Boarhead Farms Superfund Site.

The Department of Justice will accept

written comments on the proposed

Consent Decree for thirty (30) days from

the date of publication of this notice.

Please address comments to the

Assistant Attorney General,

Environment and Natural Resources

Division, Department of Justice, P.O.

Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station,

Washington, DC 20044 and refer to

United States v. Cytec Industries, Inc.,

Ford Motor Company, and SPS

Technologies, Inc., DOJ #90–11–2–

06036.

Copies of the proposed Consent

Decree may be examined at the Office of

the United States Attorney, Eastern

District of Pennsylvania, 615 Chestnut

Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 and at

EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103. A copy of the

proposed Consent Decree may be

obtained by mail from the U.S.

Department of Justice, Consent Decree

Library, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC