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three Program elements. A public

hearing has been scheduled to receive

comments on the DEIS/DEIR. Three

public workshops will be held before

the public hearing to allow interested

parties to learn more about the Program

and its potential environmental

consequences.

DATES: Please submit written comments

on the DEIS/DEIR on or before August

25, 2000. Comments may be submitted

to Reclamation or the District at the

addresses provided below.

The public workshop dates are:

• June 29, 2000, 7:00 p.m., Arbuckle,

CA

• July 13, 2000, 7:00 p.m., Colusa, CA

• July 20, 2000, 7:00 p.m., Willows,

CA

The public hearing on the DEIS/DEIR

will be held on August 9, 2000, at 7:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The public workshop

locations are:

• Arbuckle: Pierce High School

Library, 960 Wildwood Road

• Colusa: Colusa Industrial

Properties, Agricultural Building

Conference Room, 100 Sunrise

Boulevard

• Willows: Willows City Hall, 201

North Lassen Street

The public hearing will be held at the

Willows City Hall, located at 201 North

Lassen Street, Willows, California 95988

Written comments on the DEIS/DEIR

should be addressed to Ms. Gaye Lopez,

Colusa Basin Drainage District, P.O. Box

312, Woodland, CA 95776.

Copies of the DEIS/DEIR may be

requested from Ms. Susan Lamb or Ms.

Diane Hopkins by calling (916) 852–

1300.

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for locations where copies of the

DEIS/DEIR are available for public

inspection.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Gaye Lopez, Colusa Basin Drainage

District, at (530) 795–3038 or Mr. Russ

Smith, Reclamation, at (530) 275–1554.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed action is to construct flood

detention dams and basins on certain

ephemeral streams in the foothills west

of the Basin that cause the greatest flood

damage. Reclamation and the District

also propose to implement

approximately 10,000 acres of

environmental restoration measures to

help restore degraded upland, riparian,

and wetland habitats in the project area.

In addition, the detention basins could

provide a water supply that could be

used for environmental purposes.

The goal of the Program is to

substantially reduce flood damages and

restore upland, riparian, and wetland

habitats that have been historically

degraded in the Colusa Basin. In

addition to a No Program Alternative,

which involves the continued use of the

existing Colusa Basin Drain for drainage

management and inadequate flood flow

conveyance, six program alternatives are

examined. Alternatives 1a, 2a, and 3a

include the proposed construction of 14,

8, and 5 foothill flood detention dams

and reservoirs, respectively, and about

10,000 acres of upland, riparian, and

wetland restoration measures in the

Colusa Basin. Alternatives 1b, 2b, and

3b include all the elements of

Alternatives 1a, 2a, and 3a, respectively,

and would also be operated to provide

a water supply that could be used for

environmental purposes, including the

dedication of some reservoir space for

water storage.

Copies of the DEIS/DEIR are available

for public inspection at the following

locations:

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver

Office Library, Building 67, Room 167,

Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling,

Denver CO 80225; telephone: (303) 445–

2072

• Bureau of Reclamation, Office of

Public Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento CA 95825–1898; telephone:

(916) 978–5100

• Natural Resources Library, U.S.

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street

NW, Main Interior Building,

Washington DC 20240–0001

• Colusa County Library, 738 Market

Street, Colusa CA 95932

• Sacramento State University

Library, 6000 J Street, Sacramento CA

95521

• Princeton Public Library, P.O. Box

97, Princeton CA 95970–0097

• Elk Creek Library, Box 163, Elk

Creek CA 95939–0163

• Bayliss Library, Rd 39 and West

Bayliss, Bayless CA 95943

• Willows City Library, 201 N. Lassen

Street, Willows CA 95988

• Woodland Public Library, 250 First

Street, Woodland CA 95695

• Grimes Library, P.O. Box 275,

Grimes CA 95950

• Orland City Library, 333 Mill Street,

Orland CA 95963

• Shasta College Library, 1065 Old

Oregon Trail, Redding, CA 96099

• Arbuckle Library, 7th & King,

Arbuckle, CA 95912

• Butte Community College Library,

3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville, CA

95965

• Campus Library, Humboldt State

University, Arcata, CA 95521

• Knights Landing Library, 42351 3rd

Street, Knights Landing, CA 95645

• Willows Public Library, 201 North

Lassen Street, Willows, CA 94988

• Shields Library, University of

California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616

Hearing Process Information

Colusa Basin Drainage District staff

will make a brief presentation to

describe the proposed project, its

purpose and need, and alternatives

considered. The public may comment

on environmental issues addressed in

the DEIS/DEIR. If necessary due to large

attendance, comments will be limited to

5 minutes per speaker. Written

comments will also be accepted.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Lester A. Snow,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–13854 Filed 6–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Notice of Availability of a Draft Agency

Handbook on the National

Environmental Policy Act; Extension of

Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the public comment period for

Reclamation’s draft agency handbook is

extended 16 days to end on July 5, 2000.

DATES: The end of the public comment

period, as originally noted in the

Federal Register (65 FR 21210) on April

20, 2000, was to be June 19, 2000. The

public comment period is now extended

to July 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

NEPA Handbook should be addressed to

Bureau of Reclamation, Office of Policy,

Attention: Dr. Darrell Cauley,

Manager—Environmental and Planning

Coordination, D–5100, Denver Federal

Center, PO Box 25007, Denver, CO

80225–0007.

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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.

Copies of the NEPA Handbook may

also be requested from Theresa Taylor at

the above address, via the Internet at

nepa@do.usbr.gov, or by calling (303)

445–2826. The entire document is

available at http://www.usbr.gov/nepa

on the Internet.

Copies of the NEPA Handbook are

available for public inspection and

review at the following locations:

• Bureau of Reclamation,

Reclamation Service Center Library,

Building 67, Room 167, Denver Federal

Center, 6th and Kipling, Denver,

Colorado 80225; telephone: (303) 445–

2072

• Natural Resources Library, U.S.

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street

NW., Main Interior Building,

Washington DC 20240–0001

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Theresa Taylor, Bureau of Reclamation,

Office of Policy, at (303) 445–2826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests

for the document have depleted our

supply. To accommodate requests, more

copies are being printed for distribution.

Reclamation’s goal is to give the public

a reasonable opportunity to review and

offer comments on the content of this

handbook. The NEPA Handbook was

developed to assist Reclamation

employees who are required to comply

with the National Environmental Policy

Act and various other environmental

laws as part of their daily work.

Reclamation’s NEPA Handbook was first

published in 1984, not in 1991 as

previously reported on April 20, 2000.

After Reclamation was re-organized in

1994 to reflect a de-centralization of

decision making and authority, the

NEPA Handbook needed major

revisions to reflect the re-organization

and to update the content. The

handbook was extensively revised and

has gone through various stages of

review both internally and with the

Council on Environmental Quality. At

the commencement of the extended

public review period, comments

received will be considered as part of a

final revision of the handbook.

Dated: May 25, 2000.

Wayne O. Deason,

Associate Director.

[FR Doc. 00–13796 Filed 6–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing

its intention to request approval for the

collection of information for

Requirements for Permits and Permit

Processing, 30 CFR part 773.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

information collection must be received

by August 1, 2000, to be assured of

consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,

1951 Constitution Ave, NW, Room 210–

SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Comments

may also be submitted electronically to

jtreleas@osmre.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information and related forms, contact

John A. Trelease at the address listed in

ADDRESSES.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implementing provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13), require that interested

members of the public and affected

agencies have an opportunity to

comment on information collection and

recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR

1320.8(d)]. This notice identifies

information collection that OSM will be

submitting to OMB for extension. This

collection is contained in 30 CFR part

773, Requirements for Permits and

Permit Processing.

OSM has revised burden estimates,

where appropriate, to reflect current

reporting levels or adjustments based on

reestimates of burden or respondents.

OSM will request a 3-year term of

approval for each information collection

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) The

need for the collection of information

for the performance of the functions of

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility and clarity

of the information collection; and (4)

ways to minimize the information

collection burden on respondents, such

as use of automated means of collection

of the information. A summary of the

public comments will accompany

OSM’s submission of the information

collection request to OMB.

This notice provides the public with

60 days in which to comment on the

following information collection

activity:

Title: Requirements for Permits and

Permit Processing, 30 CFR Part 773.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0041.

Summary: The collection activities for

this part ensure that the public has the

opportunity to review permit

applications prior to their approval, and

that applicants for permanent program

permits or their associates who are in

violation of the Surface Mining Control

and Reclamation Act do not receive

surface coal mining permits pending

resolution of their violations.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once.

Description of Respondents:

Applicants for surface coal mining and

reclamation permits and State

governments and Indian Tribes.

Total Annual Responses: 310.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,909.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Richard G. Bryson,

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

[FR Doc. 00–13884 Filed 6–1–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT

CORPORATION

Submission for OMB Review:

Comment Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment

Corporation.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), agencies are required to

publish a Notice in the Federal Register

notifying the public that the Agency has

prepared an information collection

request for OMB review and approval