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surrounding the Mattole Campground. It

will also allow for enforcement of the

site capacity limits at the Mattole

Campground by requiring that visitors

hike into the backcountry or travel to

other available campgrounds when this

site is full. Currently, visitors are

impacting undeveloped areas

immediately adjacent to the

campground so they can camp nearby

and use the facilities.

B. Overnight Parking Fees

The overnight parking fees will be

implemented as a management tool for

encouraging distribution of overnight

use away from the crowded Black Sands

Beach and Mattole trailheads, and to

discourage large nighttime group

gatherings at these trailheads. Neither

facility is designed to accommodate

large nighttime group events, and this

use is not compatible with the goals of

the King Range Management Program

(1974) and King Range Visitor Services

Plan (1992). All parking fees will be

used within the King Range to cover

maintenance costs of the sites and

recreation opportunities that they

support. Mattole Campground users will

not have to pay the parking fee for

vehicles (up to two) parked at their

campsite.

C. Camping Fees

Camping fees are established at

Honeydew Creek and Mattole

Campgrounds to cover a portion of the

maintenance costs; to be commensurate

with fees charged at other public and

private camping areas in the region; and

for use as a management tool to

discourage nighttime group gatherings

in the campgrounds. These nighttime

group events are not compatible with

the purpose of the site development and

management as an overnight camping

facility, nor with the goals of the King

Range Management Program (1974) and

King Range Visitor Services Plan (1992).

D. Black Sands Beach Nighttime Use

The Black Sands Beach Recreation

Site is designed to be a backcountry

trailhead parking area and day use

facility. This rule is intended to limit

nighttime use of the trailhead facilities

to a parking area for backcountry use

only. The parking facilities are located

immediately adjacent to a residential

area, and nighttime use of the area as a

destination would cause unreasonable

noise within the neighborhood. This

restriction would not affect overnight

backcountry users who park at the site,

and will also not affect day use.

Violation of any of the above rules is

punishable by a fine not to exceed

$1000 and/or imprisonment not to

exceed 12 months (43 CFR 8360.0–7).

Daniel E. Averill,

Acting Arcata Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–13134 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–6333–ET; GP0–0220; OR–55753]

Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity

for Public Meeting; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, proposes to

withdraw approximately 960 acres of

National Forest System lands, lying

within the Siskiyou National Forest, to

protect the recreation, fisheries, scenic,

and water quality values of the Scenic

section of the North Fork Smith Wild

and Scenic River. This notice closes the

lands for up to 2 years from surface

entry and mining. The public lands

have been and will remain open to

mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Comments and requests

for a public meeting must be received by

August 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments and meetings

requests should be sent to the Oregon/

Washington State Director, BLM, P.O.

Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208–

2965.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles R. Roy, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, 503–952–6189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May

19, 2000, the Forest Service filed an

application to withdraw the following

described National Forest System lands

from location and entry under the

United States mining laws (30 U.S.C.

Ch. 2 (1994)), but not the mineral

leasing laws, subject to valid existing

rights:

Willamette Meridian

Siskiyou National Forest

All lands lying on the right (west)

bank of the river corridor, including the

river bed, and extending 1⁄4 mile from

the centerline of the North Fork Smith

River, from Horse Creek downstream 4.5

miles to the confluence of Baldface

Creek, as described in the following:

T. 40 S., R. 11 W., unsurveyed

Sec. 15, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 16, E1⁄2;

Sec. 21, E1⁄2E1⁄2 and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 22, W1⁄2W1⁄2 and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 27, W1⁄2E1⁄2, E1⁄2W1⁄2 and NW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 28, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 34, W1⁄2E1⁄2 and E1⁄2W1⁄2.

T. 41 S., R. 11 W.,

Sec. 2, W1⁄2;

Sec. 3, NE1⁄4;

Sec. 11, N1⁄2NW1⁄4.

AND all lands lying on the left (east)

bank of the river corridor, including the

river bed, and extending 1⁄4 mile from

the centerline of the North Fork Smith

River as described in the following:

T. 41 S., R. 11 W.,

Sec. 2, those portions of the E1⁄2SW1⁄4 and

W1⁄2SE1⁄4, lying outside the boundaries

of the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area;

Sec. 11, those portions of the NW1⁄4NE1⁄4

and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, lying outside the

boundaries of the Wild segment of the

North Fork Smith Wild and Scenic River.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 960 acres in Curry County.

The purpose of the proposed

withdrawal is to protect the outstanding

recreation, fisheries, scenic, and water

quality values for which the North Fork

Smith River was designated Wild and

Scenic.

For a period of 90 days from the date

of publication of this notice, all persons

who wish to submit comments,

suggestions, or objections in connection

with the proposed withdrawal may

present their views in writing to the

State Director at the address indicated

above.

Notice is hereby given that an

opportunity for a public meeting is

afforded in connection with the

proposed withdrawal. All interested

parties who desire a public meeting for

the purpose of being heard on the

proposed withdrawal must submit a

written request to the State Director at

the address indicated above within 90

days from the publication of this notice.

Upon determination by the authorized

officer that a public meeting will be

held, a notice of the time and place will

be published in the Federal Register at

least 30 days before the scheduled date

of the meeting.

The application will be processed in

accordance with the regulations set

forth in 43 CFR 2300.

For a period of 2 years from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated as specified above unless the

application is denied or canceled or the

withdrawal is approved prior to that

date. The temporary land uses which

may be permitted during this

segregative period include licenses,

permits, rights-of-way, and disposal of

vegetative resources other than under

the mining laws.

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Dated: May 19, 2000.

Robert D. Deviney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 00–13170 Filed 5–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of a

currently approved information

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0091).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are

inviting comments on an information

collection request (ICR), titled ‘‘30 CFR

Part 254, Oil-Spill Response

Requirements for Facilities Located

Seaward of the Coast Line.’’ We are

preparing an ICR, which we will submit

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval.

DATES: Submit written comments by

July 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand carry

comments to the Department of the

Interior; Minerals Management Service;

Attention: Rules Processing Team; Mail

Stop 4024; 381 Elden Street; Herndon,

Virginia 20170–4817. Our practice is to

make comments, including names and

home addresses of respondents,

available for public review during

regular business hours. 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

may be circumstances in which we

would withhold from the record a

respondent’s identity, as allowable by

the 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:

Alexis London, Rules Processing Team,

telephone (703) 787–1600. You may also

contact Alexis London to obtain a copy

of the collection of information at no

cost.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR Part 254, Oil-Spill

Response Requirements for Facilities

Located Seaward of the Coast Line.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0091.

Abstract: The Federal Water Pollution

Control Act, as amended by the Oil

Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), requires

that a spill-response plan be submitted

for offshore facilities prior to February

18, 1993. The OPA specifies that after

that date, an offshore facility may not

handle, store, or transport oil unless a

plan has been submitted. Regulations at

30 CFR part 254 establish requirements

for spill-response plans for oil-handling

facilities seaward of the coast line,

including associated pipelines.

We use the information collected

under 30 CFR part 254 to determine

compliance with OPA by owners/

operators. Specifically, MMS needs the

information to:

• determine effectiveness of the spillresponse capability of owners/operators;

• review plans prepared under the

regulations of a State and submitted to

MMS to satisfy the requirements of this

rule to ensure that they meet minimum

requirements of OPA;

• verify that personnel involved in

oil-spill response are properly trained

and familiar with the requirements of

the spill response plans and to witness

spill-response exercises;

• assess the sufficiency and

availability of contractor equipment and

materials;

• verify that sufficient quantities of

equipment are available and in working

order;

• oversee spill-response efforts and

maintain official records of pollution

events; and

• assess the efforts of owners/

operators to prevent oil spills or prevent

substantial threats of such discharges.

Responses are mandatory. No

proprietary, confidential, or sensitive

information is collected.

Frequency: The frequency varies by

regulatory requirement, but is mostly

annual or on occasion.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: Approximately 193

owners or operators of facilities located

in both State and Federal waters

seaward of the coast line.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The

currently approved burden for this

information collection is 47,439 hours.

The major components of this burden

are for:

• Spill response plans for OCS or

State water facilities (100 hours).

• Revised spill response plans (16.5

hours).

• Modified OCS spill response plan

for facilities in State waters (45 hours).

• Response plan for facilities in State

waters using State requirements (93

hours).

• Conduct of annual training; retain

records for 2 years (40 hours).

• Conduct of triennial response plan

exercise; retain records for 3 years (110

hours).

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: We have identified no non-hour

cost burdens for this collection.

Comments: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501,

et seq.) 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.

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 also requires agencies to

estimate the total annual reporting

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden to respondents

or recordkeepers resulting from the

collection of information. We have not

identified any non-hour cost burdens

and need to know if you have other

costs associated with the collection of

this information for either total capital

and startup cost components or annual

operation, maintenance, and purchase

of service components. Your estimates

should consider the costs to generate,

maintain, and disclose or provide the

information. You should describe the

methods you use to estimate major cost

factors, including system and

technology acquisition, expected useful

life of capital equipment, discount

rate(s), and the period over which you

incur costs. Capital and startup costs

include, among other items, computers

and software you purchase to prepare

for collecting information; monitoring,

sampling, drilling, and testing

equipment; and record storage facilities.

Generally, your estimates should not

include equipment or services

purchased: (i) before October 1, 1995;

(ii) to comply with requirements not