33570 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 24, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO 310 1310 03–2410; OMB Approval

Number 1004–0074]

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act

The proposal for the collection of

information listed below has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for approval under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). On March 7,

2000, the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) published a notice in the Federal

Register (65 FR 12027) requesting

comments on the collection. The

comment period ended May 8, 2000. No

comments were received. Copies of the

proposed collection of information may

be obtained by contacting the Bureau’s

Clearance Office at the phone number

listed below.

OMB is required to respond to this

request within 60 days but may respond

after 30 days. For maximum

consideration, your comments and

suggestions on the requirement should

be made within 30 days directly to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Interior Department Desk Officer (1004–

0074), Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC

20503, telephone (202) 395–7340. Please

provide a copy of your comments to the

Bureau Clearance Officer (WO–630)

1849 C St., NW, Mail Stop 401 LS,

Washington, DC 20240.

Nature of Comments: We specifically

request your comments on the

following:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for proper

functioning of the Bureau of Land

Management, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of BLM’s estimate of

the burden of collecting the information,

including the validity of the

methodology 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 on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

information technology.

Title: Oil and Gas and Geothermal

Resources Leasing (43 CFR 3120, 3209

and 3220).

OMB Approval Number: 1004–0074.

Abstract: Respondents supply

information that will be used to

determine the highest qualified bonus

bid submitted for a competitive oil and

gas or geothermal resources parcel on

Federal land and to enable the BLM to

complete reviews in compliance with

the National Environmental Policy Act.

The BLM needs the information to

determine the eligibility of an applicant

to hold, explore for, develop, and

produce oil and gas and geothermal

resources on Federal lands.

Forms Numbers: 3000–2 and 3200–9.

Frequency: On occasion.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals, small business, large

corporations.

Estimated Completion Time: 2 hours

each form.

Annual Responses: 443.

Annual Burden Hours: 886.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole

Smith, (202) 452–0367.

Dated: May 9, 2000.

Carole J. Smith,

Bureau Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–13072 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(WY–921–5440–K029–EU; WYW 150541)

Realty Action; Conveyance of Public

Lands; Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action; airport

conveyance to the Joint Powers Big

Piney-Marbleton Airport Board.

SUMMARY: The following public lands in

Sublette County have been found

suitable for conveyance to the Joint

Powers Big Piney-Marbleton Airport

Board for airport purposes under the

Act of May 24, 1928, as amended, and

Section 516 of the Airport and Airway

Improvement Act of 1982.

Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County,

Wyoming

T. 30 N., R. 111 W.,

Sec. 7, lots 3, 4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 8, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 17, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4,

N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 18, lot 1, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 20, S1⁄2NW1⁄4.

The area described contains 499.5 acres.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tamara Gertsch, Wyoming State Office,

Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

1828, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003, 307–

775–6115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Conveyance of the lands is consistent

with applicable Federal and county land

use plans and will help meet the needs

of Sublette County residents. Under this

conveyance, improvements will be

made at the Big Piney-Marbleton

Municipal Airport for safety purposes.

The conveyance will contain

reservations to the United States for

ditches, canals and all minerals.

Additionally the conveyance will be

subject to rights of record including a

right-of-way, WYW 7389 to Sublette

County for road purposes; a right-ofway, WYW 146644 to the Federal

Highway Administration; three rightsof-way, WYW 36810, WYW 87760, and

WYW 6316, issued to Pacificorp for

power transmission purposes; and two

rights-of-way, WYW 76039, and 090925,

issued to Century Telephone for

communication purposes.

Specific covenants required by the

Federal Aviation Administration will

also be included in the conveyance and

are available by contacting the office

listed below.

The conveyance is consistent with the

Pinedale Resource Management Plan.

The land is not required for any other

Federal purpose.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the above described

land will be segregated from all forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except applications for airport purposes

and leasing under the mineral leasing

laws.

For a period of 45 days from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested parties may

submit comments to the Bureau of Land

Management, Branch of Minerals &

Lands Authorizations, Wyoming State

Office, P.O. Box 1828, Cheyenne,

Wyoming 82003. Any adverse

comments will be evaluated by the State

Director, who may sustain, vacate, or

modify this realty action. In the absence

of any objection, this proposed realty

action will become final.

Dated: May 18, 2000.

Tamara J. Gertsch,

Realty Specialist.

[FR Doc. 00–13030 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget Review,

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 24, 2000 / Notices 33571

ACTION: Notice of extension of a

currently approved information

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0064).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), we are notifying you that

we have submitted an information

collection request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

request an extension of OMB’s approval

for a currently approved information

collection. We are also soliciting your

comments on this ICR which describes

the information collection, its expected

costs and burden, and how the data will

be collected.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before June 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments

directly to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:

Desk Officer for the Department of the

Interior (OMB Control Number 1010–

0064), 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of these

comments should also be sent to David

S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and Publications

Staff, Minerals Management Service,

Royalty Management Program, P.O. Box

25165, MS 3021, Denver, Colorado

80225. Courier address is Building 85,

Room A–613, Denver Federal Center,

Denver, Colorado 80225. Email address

is RMP.comments@mms.gov.

Public Comment Procedure

Please submit Internet comments as

an ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Please also include Attn: Payor

Information Form—Solid Minerals,

Form MMS–4030, OMB Control Number

1010–0064, and your name and return

address in your Internet message. If you

do not receive a confirmation from the

system that we have received your

Internet message, contact David S. Guzy

directly at (303) 231–3432.

We will post public comments after

the comment period closes on the

Internet at http://www.rmp.mms.gov.

You may arrange to view paper copies

of the comments by contacting David S.

Guzy, Chief, Rules and Publications

Staff, telephone (303) 231–3432, FAX

(303) 231–3385. Our practice is to make

comments, including names and

addresses of respondents, available for

public review on the Internet and

during regular business hours at our

offices in Lakewood, Colorado.

Individual respondents may request that

we withhold their home address from

the rulemaking record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law.

There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold from the

rulemaking record a respondent’s

identity, 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. 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:

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, phone (303) 231–3046, FAX (303)

231–3385, email

Dennis.C.Jones@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Payor Information Form—Solid

Minerals.

Bureau Form Number: Form MMS–

4030.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0064.

Abstract: The Department of the

Interior is responsible for matters

relevant to mineral resource

development on Federal and Indian

Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS). The Secretary of the Interior is

responsible for managing the production

of minerals from Federal and Indian

Lands and the OCS; for collecting

royalties from lessees who produce

minerals; and for distributing the funds

collected in accordance with applicable

laws. MMS performs the royalty

management functions for the Secretary.

MMS’ Royalty Management Program

is proposing to continue the use of Form

MMS–4030 to be used by royalty payors

on Federal or Indian mineral leases. The

information on Form MMS–4030 is used

to establish a database of new payors/

leases, lease-level (rent, advance and

minimum royalty) obligations, other

royalty/lease data, and to change

existing royalty/lease data.

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. A

60-day Federal Register notice soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on December

8, 1999 (64 FR 68700). No comments

were received.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Royalty payors.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

annually.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

130 payors.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 173

burden hours. Refer to the following

chart:

Citations Reporting and recordkeeping requirements Frequency Number Burden

Total annual

burden

hours

30 CFR 210.201 ............ Complete and submit Form MMS–4030 ........... Annual .......................... 130 1 hour 130 hours

30 CFR 212.50 .............. Maintain records for 6 years .............................. Annual .......................... 130 .333 hours 43 hours

Total ....................... ....................................................................... ................................. 130 173

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: We have identified no cost

burdens for this collection.

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.

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 23,

2000.

33572 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 101 / Wednesday, May 24, 2000 / Notices

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach

(202) 208–7744 .

Dated: April 24, 2000.

R. Dale Fazio,

Acting Associate Director for Royalty

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–13020 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Availability of Environmental

Assessment for Proposed

Construction and Operation of

Telecommunications Facilities in John

D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway,

WY

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

environmental assessment.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the

National Park Service announces the

availability of an environmental

assessment for proposed the

construction and operation of a wireless

communication facility on Steamboat

Mountain in John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

Memorial Parkway, WY. Steamboat

Mountain is located at N. latitude 44–

3–5, W. longitude 110–41–50. Union

Telephone Company made an initial

application to install the site in April,

1999. Public notice of the application

was published in the Federal Register/

Vol. 64. No. 86/Wednesday, May 5,

1999/Notices. JBR Environmental

Consultants, Inc. prepared the

assessment for the two companies for

submittal to the National Park Service.

The environmental assessment

describes a no action alternative and

two action alternatives. Union

Telephone and CommNet Cellular,

Inc.’s proposed action includes the

installation of an underground power

line to the site, two 8x18x9 wooden

buildings, and a 70′ wooden tower,

including various wireless

communication devices, at the site.

Under the proposal, the companies

would bring all materials to the site via

a 3,300 cleared route needed for the

powerline. At this time, the National

Park Service’s preferred alternative

would bring some of the materials to the

site by helicopter. The assessment

discloses the possible environmental

impacts of all the alternatives. Persons

wishing to receive a copy of the

assessment may do so by contacting the

Superintendent, Grand Teton National

Park, P.O. Drawer 170, Moose, WY

83012, or by calling (307) 730–3410.

DATES: Written comments on the

environmental assessment must be

postmarked or hand delivered by close

of business June 30, 2000. Please

address comments to the

Superintendent at the above address.

Comments will become part of the

official record. Names and addresses of

those who make comments will become

part of the public record and cannot be

withheld unless anonymity is

specifically requested of and approved

by the National Park Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the

Superintendent, Grand Teton National

Park, at the above address.

Dated: May 12, 2000.

Jack Neckels,

Superintendent, Grand Teton National Park.

[FR Doc. 00–13031 Filed 5–23–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Funding Assistance for Non-Federal

Acquisition of Civil War Battlefield

Land

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Availability of Funding for

Acquisition of Civil War Battlefield

Land.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) announces the availability of

funds to assist States and local

communities in acquiring for permanent

protection lands, or interests in lands, at

significant Civil War battlefield sites.

ADDRESSES: Funding proposals should

be mailed to: Hampton Tucker, National

Park Service, Heritage Preservation

Services 1849 C Street, NW, NC 200,

Washington, DC 20240, telephone (202)

343–3580.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Hampton Tucker, National Park Service,

Heritage Preservation Services, 1849 C

Street NW, NC 200, Washington, DC

20240; telephone (202) 343–3580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

1999 Interior Appropriations Act

(Public Law 105–83), Congress

appropriated $8 million from the Land

& Water Conservation Fund to assist

non-Federal efforts to acquire and

preserve Civil War battlefield lands. The

Congress assigned most of these funds

to specific projects. At this time, it

appears that a portion of these funds

will be left unspent and will be

reassigned to other worthy projects. NPS

seeks proposals from State and local

governments—or from qualified nonprofit historic preservation

organizations acting through an agency

of State or local government—for the

non-federal acquisition of significant

Civil War battlefield land.

Project proposals are subject to the

following requirements:

1. The 1999 Appropriations Act

requires that these funds be matched on

a two-for-one basis with non-federal

dollars. That is, the federal dollars can

pay for no more that one-third of the

acquisition cost.

2. The purchase price must be

supported by a qualified appraisal that

has been approved by NPS as meeting

the Uniform Appraisal Standards for

Federal Land Acquisitions.

3. The battlefield land acquired with

the assistance of these funds must be

permanently protected from

inappropriate development either

through public ownership or through

conveyance of a perpetual easement to

a public historic preservation agency.

NPS will give priority to acquisition

of land, or interests in land, within the

‘‘core’’ areas of Priority I and Priority II

battlefields, as identified by the

Congressionally-chartered Civil War

Sites Advisory Commission (see list

below). Among potential projects NPS

will give highest priority to acquisition

projects that can be completed within

the immediate future.

Proposals should be submitted by July

14, 2000, and must include:

1. A carefully drawn map (preferably

on a U.S.G.S. Quadrangle Map) that sets

out the boundaries of the battlefield and

identifies within those boundaries the

specific lands to be acquired.

2. The number of acres of land to be

acquired.

3. A description of the battle-related

events that occurred on the land.

4. A statement of whether the owner

of the land to be acquired has indicated

a willingness to sell the land.

5. A statement of the owner’s asking

price and/or the estimated fair market

value of the land to be acquired.

6. A statement of how much federal

assistance from this program the

applicant is requesting.

7. A statement of how much matching

share is already on hand or firmly

pledged.

Priority I Civil War Battlefields

Alabama Mobile Bay (Ft Morgan &

Blakeley); Arkansas Prairie Grove;

Georgia Allatoona, Chickamauga

Kennesaw Mountain, Ringgold Gap;

Kentucky Mill Springs, Perryville;

Louisiana Port Hudson; Maryland

Antietam, Monocacy, South Mountain;

Mississippi Brices Cross Roads,