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owners are also addressed by these

supplementary rules.

This order is in no way intended to

affect the rights or existing privileges of

private land owners or their interests

within the defined public land. Existing

public easements, county roads, state

highways, private lanes or driveways,

and private real estate is exempt from

these supplementary rules. Further, this

order does not infer any Bureau of Land

Management jurisdiction over private or

state owned lands. These

supplementary rules will be in effect

until replaced by a more comprehensive

recreational management plan for the

areas. These supplementary rules are in

compliance with the Caliente Resource

Management Plan of May 1997.

Federal, State, and local law

enforcement officers and California

peace officers, as defined in Chapter 4.5

of the California Penal Code, are exempt

from these supplementary rules in the

course of their official duties.

Limitations upon the use of motorized

vehicles do not apply to emergency

vehicles, fire suppression and rescue

vehicles, law enforcement vehicles, and

other vehicles performing official

duties, or as approved by an authorized

officer of the BLM.

These supplementary rules will take

effect following review of public

comment, and publication as final

supplementary rule making in the

Federal Register.

Penalties

The authorities for these closures and

supplementary rules are 43 CFR 8341.2,

8364.1, and 8365.1–6. Violations of

these supplementary rules are

punishable by fines of up to $1,000 and/

or imprisonment not to exceed 12

months as well as the penalties

provided under State law.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT. Ronald

D. Fellows, Bureau of Land

Management, Bakersfield Field Officer

Manager, 3801 Pegasus Drive,

Bakersfield, CA 93308

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Ron Fellows,

Field Office Manager, Bakersfield Field Office.

[FR Doc. 00–16462 Filed 6–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–930; COC–60653]

Notice of Meeting on Proposed

Withdrawal; Spanish Peaks Planning

Area; Colorado

June 20, 2000.

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and agenda for a forthcoming

meeting on the Forest Service

withdrawal application for the Spanish

Peaks Planning Area for the protection

of natural resources. This meeting will

provide the opportunity for public

involvement in this proposed action as

required by regulation. All comments

will be considered when a final

determination is made on whether this

land should be withdrawn.

DATES: Meeting will be held on

September 12, 2000, at 7:00 p.m. All

comments or requests to be heard

should be received by close of business

on September 7, 2000, at the Colorado

State Office.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Walsenburg Community Center,

Walsenburg, Colorado, 81089.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris E. Chelius, BLM Colorado State

Office, (303) 239–3706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal for the

Spanish Peaks Planning Area which was

published in the Federal Register on

June 20, 1997, (62 FR 33675), is hereby

modified to schedule a public meeting

as provided by 43 U.S.C. 1714, and 43

CFR 2310.

This meeting will be open to all

interested persons; those who desire to

be heard in person and those who desire

to submit written comments on this

subject. All comments and requests to

be heard should be submitted to the

Colorado State Director, Bureau of Land

Management, 2850 Youngfield Street,

Lakewood, Colorado 80215–7093, by

September 7, 2000.

Herbert K. Olson,

Acting Realty Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–16464 Filed 6–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

60 Day Notice of Intention To Request

Clearance of Collection of Information;

Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior,

National Park Service, Urban and

Adjacent Parks.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service

(NPS) is proposing in 2000 and 2001 to

conduct surveys of persons living in the

metropolitan areas of Boston, MA, Los

Angeles, CA, Miami, FL, and New

Orleans, LA where the following urban

national parks are located: Boston

African-American National Historic

Site, Santa Monica Mountains National

Recreation Area, Biscayne National

Park, and Jean Lafitte National

Historical Park and Preserve. In these

surveys, persons will be asked about

their knowledge of the urban national

park located in their metropolitan area,

and their familiarity with community

outreach efforts that the urban national

park has instituted.

URBAN NATIONAL PARK COMMUNITY

OUTREACH SURVEY

Estimated numbers of

Responses Burden hours

400 200

Under provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part

1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements, the National Park Service

is soliciting comments on the need for

gathering the information in the

proposed surveys. The NPS also is

asking for comments on the practical

utility of the information being

gathered; the accuracy of the burden

hour estimate; ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and ways to

minimize the burden to respondents,

including use of automated information

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

The NPS goal in conducting these

surveys is to assess the effectiveness of

community outreach programs of urban

national parks to residents within

selected metropolitan areas

DATES: Public comments will be

accepted on or before August 28, 2000.

SEND COMMENTS TO: Ronald J. Vogel,

Nelson Mandela School of Public

Policy, Higgins Hall, Southern