3732 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 15 / Monday, January 24, 2000 / Notices

by the State on behalf of the Federal

Government under 11 revenue-sharing

laws specified at (31 U.S.C. 6903(a)(1)).

BLM provides the States with a printout

matrix designed to facilitate recording

the requested information. Each

printout lists each qualifying unit of

local government down the left hand

side of the page along with the unit of

local government code used by the

Census Bureau. Across the top of the

printout are columns which indicate

each of the revenue Acts. BLM uses the

information provided by the States to

compute the PILT payments to local

governments within the State.

Based on BLM’s experience in

administering PILT, BLM estimates each

State’s reporting burden for this

information collection to average 20

hours. The respondents already

maintain this information for their own

record-keeping purposes and need only

transfer it to the matrix described above.

The estimate includes time for research,

time to transcribe and audit the data,

and time to prepare the PILT

submission. The respondents are offices

designated by the Governor of each

State, usually the Treasurer’s office. The

frequency of response is once annually,

reporting on the previous fiscal year’s

revenues. The number of responses per

year is 50. The estimated total annual

burden on the States collectively is

about 1,000 hours.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for Office of Management and Budget

approval. All comments will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: January 3, 2000.

Carole Smith,

Bureau of Land Management, Information

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–1607 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–930–00–1020–PH]

Availability of Proposed Statewide

Resource Management Plan

Amendment/Final Environmental

Impact Statement, of Land Use Plans

in New Mexico for Implementation of

New Mexico Standards for Public Land

Health and Guidelines for Livestock

Grazing Management

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

New Mexico State Office.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

availability of the Proposed Statewide

Resource Management Plan

Amendment/Final Environmental

Impact Statement, of Land Use Plans in

New Mexico for Implementation of New

Mexico Standards for Public Land

Health and Guidelines for Livestock

Grazing Management.

The Proposed Statewide Resource

Management Plan

Amendment/Final Environmental

Impact Statement addresses the effects

of adopting statewide standards for

public land health and guidelines for

livestock grazing on BLM administered

lands in New Mexico. When adopted

the standards and guidelines would be

incorporated into eight BLM land use

plans that cover approximately 13.5

million acres of BLM-administered land.

This action is proposed in accordance

with revised regulations for livestock

grazing on BLM-administered lands (43

CFR 4100).

The Proposed Plan is the New Mexico

Resource Advisory Council (RAC)

Alternative. The RAC modified the

alternative based on public comment on

the Draft, and to make the alternative

more in concert with the regulations (43

CFR § 4180). All parts of the Proposed

Plan may be protested. Only those

persons or organizations who

participated in the planning amendment

and analysis process may protest issues

previously raised in the Draft.

ADDRESSES: Protests must be sent to the

Director (WO–210), Bureau of Land

Management, Attn.: Brenda Williams,

1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC

20240. Also send a Carbon Copy to the

Office of the Lieutenant Governor, State

Capitol, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505—

Attention Cecilia Abeyta. Protests must

be postmarked on or before February 28,

2000. The protest must include the

following information: (1) Name,

mailing address, telephone number, and

interest of the person filing the protest;

(2) a statement of the issue or issues

being protested; (3) a statement of the

parts or part being protested; (4) a copy

of all documents addressing the issue or

issues that were submitted during the

planning amendment process by the

protesting party or an indication of the

date the issue or issues were discussed

for the records; and (5) a concise

statement explaining why the BLM New

Mexico State Director’s decision is

wrong. For those who do not want to

protest the Proposed Plan but wish to

comment on the Proposed Plan, they

may do so. All comments received will

be considered in preparation of the

Record of Decision. Comments must

also be postmarked on or before

February 28, 2000 and sent to: BLM—

S&G Comment, NM931, P.O. Box 27115,

Santa Fe, NM 87502–0115. At the end

of the 30-day protest period, and

following resolution of any protests, a

Record of Decision will be published

and the Resource Management Plans

updated to reflect the Resource

Management Plan Amendment changes.

Single copies of the Proposed Statewise

Resource Management Plan

Amendment/Final Environmental

Impact Statement can be obtained by

writing or calling J.W. Whitney the BLM

Project Team Leader. A limited number

of copies of the Proposed Statewide

Resource Management Plan

Amendment/Final Environmental

Impact Statement are available at BLM

Field Offices in Farmington, Taos,

Albuquerque, Socorro, Las Cruces,

Roswell, Carlsbad and at the BLM State

Office in Santa Fe, NM.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.W.

Whitney, BLM Project Leader, BLM,

New Mexico State Office, P.O. Box

27115, Santa Fe, NM 87502–7115;

telephone 505–438–7438.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Four

alternatives are considered in detail in

the Proposed Statewide Resource

Management Plan Amendment/Final

Environmental Impact Statement. The

Four alternatives include: No Action

Alternative (continuation of current

management), RAC Alternative

(Proposed Plan), County Alternative,

and Fallback Alternative.

The RAC Alternative (Proposed Plan)

has four Standards which include: an

Upland Standard, a Biotic Standard, a

Riparian Standard, and a Sustainable

Communities and Human Dimension

Standard.

Dated: January 14, 2000.

M.J. Chavez,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–1593 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–930–1310–01]; [NMNM 101077]

New Mexico: Proposed Reinstatement

of Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

Under the provisions of Public Law

97–451, a petition for reinstatement of

oil and gas lease NMNM 101077 for

lands in Eddy County, New Mexico, was

timely filed and was accompanied by all

required rentals and royalties accruing

from September 1, 1999, the date of

termination.