Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 116 / Thursday, June 15, 2000 / Notices 37573

Dated: May 10, 2000.

E.P. Danenberger,

Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

[FR Doc. 00–15107 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of a

currently approved information

collection (OMB control number 1010–

0050).

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we are

submitting to OMB for review and

approval an information collection

request (ICR), titled ‘‘30 CFR 250,

Subpart J—Pipelines and Pipeline

Rights-of-Way.’’ We are also soliciting

comments from the public on this ICR.

DATES: Submit written comments by

July 17, 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 (1010–0050), 725 17th Street,

NW, Washington, DC 20503. Mail or

hand carry a copy of your 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 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 250, Subpart J,

Pipelines and Pipeline Rights-of-Way

(1010–0050).

Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS) Lands Act, as amended, 43 U.S.C.

1334(e), authorizes the Secretary of the

Interior (Secretary) to grant rights-ofway through the submerged lands of the

OCS for pipelines ‘‘* * * for the

transportation of oil, natural gas,

sulphur, or other minerals, or under

such regulations and upon such

conditions as may be prescribed by the

Secretary, * * * including (as provided

in section 1347(b) of this title) assuring

maximum environmental protection by

utilization of the best available and

safest technologies, including the safest

practices for pipeline burial. * * *’’

This authority and responsibility are

among those delegated to MMS. To

carry out these responsibilities, MMS

issues regulations governing oil and gas

or sulphur operations in the OCS. In

addition, MMS issues Notices to Lessees

and Operators to supplement

regulations to provide guidance and

clarification.

The Independent Offices

Appropriations Act of 1952 (IOAA), 31

U.S.C. 9701, authorizes Federal agencies

to recover the full cost of services that

provide special benefits. Under the

Department of the Interior’s (DOI) policy

implementing the IOAA, MMS is

required to charge the full cost for

services that provide special benefits or

privileges to an identifiable non-Federal

recipient above and beyond those which

accrue to the public at large. Pipeline

rights-of-way and assignments are

subject to cost recovery, and MMS

regulations specify filing fees for

applications.

OMB has approved the information

collection requirements in current

subpart J regulations under control

numbers 1010–0050 and 1010–0108.

The first is the primary collection for

subpart J. The latter was approved in

connection with a final rule amending

§ 250.1000(c) to implement a provision

of the new Memorandum of

Understanding between DOI and the

Department of Transportation (DOT).

Our submission will consolidate these

two subpart J collections under 1010–

0050.

The pipelines are designed by the

lessees and transmission companies that

install, maintain, and operate them. To

ensure those activities are performed in

a safe manner, MMS needs information

concerning the proposed pipeline and

safety equipment, inspections and tests,

and natural and manmade hazards near

the proposed pipeline route. The

information collected under subpart J is

used by MMS field offices to review

pipeline designs prior to approving an

application for a right-of-way or a

pipeline permitted under a lease. The

records concerning pipeline inspections

and tests are monitored by MMS

inspectors to ensure safety of operations

and protection of the environment.

Specifically, MMS uses the information

to:

• Monitor schedules for pipeline

construction, installation, and tests to

enable MMS personnel to schedule their

workload to permit the witnessing of

these operations to ensure safety and

environmental protection.

• Review applications for pipeline

permits and rights-of-way and pipeline

construction reports to ensure that the

pipeline, as constructed, will provide

for safe transportation of minerals

through the submerged lands of the

OCS.

• Review applications for pipeline

rights-of-way for compliance with

applicable rules and other legal and

administrative requirements for the

granting of a pipeline right-of-way.

• Review proposed routes of a rightof-way to ensure that the right-of-way, if

granted, would not conflict with any

State requirements or unduly interfere

with other OCS activities.

• Review pipeline repair procedures

to ensure that the lessee takes

appropriate safety and pollutionprevention measures.

• Review plans for taking pipeline

safety equipment out of service to

ensure alternate measures are used that

will properly provide for the safety of

the pipeline and associated facilities

(platform, etc.).

• Review reports on findings of

historical or potential archeological

significance to ensure that such

resources are protected.

• Review notification of

relinquishment of a right-of-way grant to

ensure that all legal obligations are met

and that a pipeline will be abandoned

properly.

• Determine the point at which DOI

or DOT has regulatory responsibility for

a pipeline and to be informed of the

responsible operator if not the same as

the right-of-way holder.

This collection of information does

not require respondents to submit

proprietary information. If such were

submitted, we will protect it under the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

552) and its implementing regulations

(43 CFR 2) and 30 CFR 250.196. No

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items of a sensitive nature are collected.

Responses are mandatory.

Frequency: The frequency of reporting

is on occasion or annual.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: Approximately 130

Federal OCS oil, gas, and sulphur

lessees and 110 holders of pipeline

rights-of way.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 78,910

hours—refer to the following chart for a

breakdown of this estimate.

Citation

30 CFR 250

Subpart J

Reporting and recordkeeping requirement Number Burden

hours

Annual

burden

hours

1000(b), (d); 1003(a);

1004(b)(5); 1007(a);

1009(a)(1), (b)(1); 1010;

1011.

Apply for new pipeline (P/L) installation or P/L right-ofway (ROW) grant, including various exceptions/departures requiring approval, and amendments.296 applications ........................... 140 41,440

1000(b); 1007(b); 1010;

1012(b)(2), (c).

Apply to modify approved lease-term P/L or ROW

grant; convert lease-term P/L to ROW grant P/L;

notify operators of deviation, including various exceptions/departures.

386 modification applications .......

16 conversion applications ..........

40

12

15,440

192

1000(b); 1006(a); 1007(c);

1009(c)(9); 1014.

Apply to MMS to abandon lease-term P/L or relinquish ROW grant, including various exceptions/departures.257 applications ........................... 8 2,056

1000(c)(2), (c)(3) ................ Identify in writing P/L operator on ROW if different

from ROW grant holder. Mark specific point on P/L

where operating responsibility transfers to transporting operator or depict transfer point on a schematic located on the facility.

One-time requirement after final rule was published; now part of application or construction process involving no additional burdens0

1000(c)(4) .......................... Petition to MMS for exceptions to general operations

transfer point description.

1 Petition (None received to

date.).

5 5

1004(c) ............................... Place sign on safety equipment identified as ineffective and removed from service.See footnote 1 0

1008(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h) Notify MMS and submit report on P/L or P/L safety

equipment repair, removal from service, analysis results, or potential measurements.

569 notices/ reports ..................... 15 8,535

1008(b) ............................... Submit P/L construction report ..................................... 239 reports ................................... 16 3,824

1008(g) ............................... Submit plan of corrective action and report of remedial action.12 plans/reports ........................... 16 192

1009(c)(4) .......................... Notify MMS of any archaeological resource discovery 1 discovery notice ........................ 4 4

1009(c)(5) .......................... Inform MMS of right-of-way holder’s name and address changes.Exempt under 5 CFR 1320.3(h) 0

1011(d) ............................... Request opportunity to eliminate conflict when application has been rejected.6 requests .................................... 1 6

1013 ................................... Apply for assignment of a ROW grant ......................... 248 applications ........................... 12 2,976

Reporting—Subtotal ............................................................................................... 2,031 Responses 74,670

1005(a) ............................... Inspect P/L routes for indication of leakage 1, record

results, maintain records 2 years 2.

159 lease-term/ROW P/L operators.20 3,180

1009(c)(8) .......................... Make available to MMS design, construcion, operation, maintenance, and repair records on ROW

area and improvements 2.

106 P/L ROW holders .................. 10 1,060

Recordkeeping—Subtotal ...................................................................................... 159 Recordkeepers 4,240

Total burden ........................................................................................................... 2,190 78,910

1These activities are usual and customary practices for prudent operators.

2 Retaining these records is usual/customary business practice; required burden is minimal.

Estimated Annual Recordkeeping

‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ Burden: Section

250.1010(a) specifies that an applicant

must pay a non-refundable filing fee

when applying for a pipeline right-ofway grant to install a new pipeline

($2,350) or to convert an existing leaseterm pipeline into a right-of-way

pipeline ($300). Under § 250.1013(b) an

applicant must pay a non-refundable

filing fee ($60) when applying for

approval of an assignment of a right-ofway grant. The estimated cost burden is

$332,230 based on:

• 133 applications × $2,350 filing fee

= $312,550

• 16 applications × $300 filing fee =

$4,800

• 248 applications × $60 filing fee =

$14,880

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

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1The Uranium Coalition consists of the Ad Hoc

Committee of Domestic Uranium Producers, the

Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy

Workers International Union, AFL–CIO, and USEC,

Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary United States

Enrichment Corporation.

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.

We published a Federal Register

notice with the required 60-day

comment period soliciting comments on

this ICR on February 23, 2000 (65 FR

8985). We received no comments in

response to that notice. If you wish to

comment in response to this notice,

send your comments directly to the

offices listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. The 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 July 17,

2000.

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach,

(202) 208–7744).

Dated: May 12, 2000.

John V. Mirabella,

Acting Chief, Engineering and Operations

Division.

[FR Doc. 00–15108 Filed 6–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT

CORPORATION

June 13, 2000 Board of Directors

Meeting; Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, June 13, 2000,

1 pm (Open Portion); 1:30 pm (Closed

Portion).

PLACE: Offices of the Corporation,

Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New

York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

STATUS: Meeting open to the Public from

1 pm to 1:30 pm. Closed portion will

commence at 1:30 pm (approx.)

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. President’s Report

2. Appointment—Joan Logue-Kinder

3. Approval of March 21, 2000 Minutes

(Open Portion)

FURTHER MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

(Closed to the Public 1:30 pm).

1. Finance Project in Southeast Europe

2. Insurance Project in Bulgaria

3. Finance and Insurance Project in

Equatorial Guinea

4. Finance Project in Turkey

5. Approval of March 21, 2000 Minutes

(Closed Portion)

6. Pending Major Projects

8. Reports

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:

Information on the meeting may be

obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202)

336–8438.

Dated: June 12, 2000.

Connie M. Downs,

OPIC Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–15249 Filed 6–13–00; 10:26 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation Nos. 731–TA–539 C, E, and

F (Review)]

In the Matter of Uranium From Russia,

Ukraine, and Uzbekistan; Notice of

Commission Determination To

Conduct a Portion of the Hearing In

Camera

AGENCY: International Trade

Commission.

ACTION: Closure of a portion of a

Commission hearing.

SUMMARY: Upon requests of the parties,

the Ministry of the Russian Federation

for Atomic Energy (‘‘Russian

respondents’’), the Republic of

Uzbekistan (‘‘Uzbekistan respondents’’),

and the Uranium Coalition,1 the

Commission has determined to conduct

a portion of its hearing in the abovecaptioned reviews scheduled for June

13, 2000, in camera. See Commission

rules 207.24(d), 201.13(m) and

201.36(b)(4) (19 CFR 207.24(d),

201.13(m) and 201.36(b)(4)). The

remainder of the hearing will be open to

the public. The Commission has

determined that the seven-day advance

notice of the change to a meeting was

not possible. See Commission rule

201.35(a), (c)(1) (19 CFR 201.35(a),

(c)(1)).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robin L. Turner, Office of General

Counsel, U.S. International Trade

Commission, telephone 202–205–3103,

e-mail rturner@usitc.gov. Hearingimpaired individuals are advised that

information on this matter may be

obtained by contacting the

Commission’s TDD terminal on 202–

205–1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Commission believes that the parties

have justified the need for a closed

session. In these reviews, significant

data for both the foreign and domestic

industries are business proprietary. The

parties seek a closed session in order to

fully address the issues before the

Commission without referring to

business proprietary information (BPI).

In making this decision, the

Commission nevertheless reaffirms its

belief that whenever possible its

business should be conducted in public.

The hearing will begin with public

presentations by the Uranium Coalition,

domestic parties opposing revocation of

the antidumping duty order and

suspension agreements, and by Russian

and Uzbekistan respondents in support

of revocation. During the public session,

the Commission may question the

parties following their respective

presentations. Next, the hearing will

include a 15-minute in camera session

for a confidential presentation by the

Uranium Coalition and for questions

from the Commission relating to the

BPI, followed by a 15-minute in camera

session for confidential presentation by

the Russian and Uzbekistan respondents

and for questions from the Commission.

Each side will be permitted to use any

portion of their allotted in camera time

for in camera rebuttal presentations. For

any in camera session the room will be

cleared of all persons except those who

have been granted access to BPI under

a Commission administrative protective

order (APO) and are included on the

Commission’s APO service list in these

investigations. See 19 CFR 201.35(b)(1),

(2). The time for the parties’

presentations and rebuttals in the in

camera session will be taken from their

respective overall time allotments for

the hearing. All persons planning to

attend the in camera portions of the

hearing should be prepared to present

proper identification.

Authority: The General Counsel has

certified, pursuant to Commission Rule

201.39 (19 CFR 201.39) that, in her opinion,

a portion of the Commission’s hearing in

Uranium from Russia, Ukraine, and

Uzbekistan, Inv. Nos. 731–TA–539–C, E, and

F (Review), may be closed to the public to

prevent the disclosure of BPI.

Issued: June 9, 2000.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Federal Bureau of Investigation

DNA Advisory Board Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice

is hereby given that the DNA Advisory

Board (DAB) will meet on Wednesday,