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vehicle trails located within the lands

described above. In addition, this

prohibition will also serve to protect the

safety and health of individuals and

groups visiting and hiking the network

of trails in the North Oquirrh

Management Area and individuals and

groups camping in the Simpson Springs

developed campground.

Violations of this closure are

punishable by a fine up to $100,000

and/or imprisonment not to exceed 12

months as provided in 43 CFR part

8360.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

Glenn A. Carpenter,

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–16827 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–1020–JL]

Public Meetings on the Great Basin

Restoration Initiative

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Public Meetings on the Great

Basin Restoration Initiative have been

scheduled. The purpose of the meetings

is to solicit public comment on this

Initiative. The Great Basin Restoration

Initiative will implement a set of actions

in the Great Basin that will promote

both plant community diversity and a

structure that allows plant communities

to be more resilient to disturbance and

invasive species over the long term. The

Initiative will increase the ecosystem

stability of the Great Basin, and focus on

getting the most work done in those

areas with the most critical resource

values and the highest potential for

success through a common approach.

SUMMARY: Public Meetings on the Great

Basin Restoration Initiative have been

scheduled for:

— July 17 at the Bureau of Land

Management, Elko, Nevada, Field

Office.

— July 18 at the Bureau of Land

Management, Ely, Nevada, Field

Office.

— July 19 at the Bureau of Land

Management, Nevada State Office in

Reno.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo

Simpson, U.S. Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Land Management,

Office of Communications, PO Box

12000, Reno, Nevada 89520–0006 or

telephone (775) 861–6586.

Dated: June 21, 2000.

Robert E. Stewart,

Acting Chief, Office of Communications.

[FR Doc. 00–16828 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–1430–ES; N–66445]

Notice of Realty Action: Change of Use

for Existing Lease/Conveyance for

Recreation and Public Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Recreation and Public Purpose

Lease/Conveyance.

SUMMARY: The following described

public lands in Las Vegas, Clark County,

Nevada, were segregated on December 1,

1996 for administrative purposes under

serial number N–61855, on September

14, 1990, under serial number N–37313

and on September 22, 1995, under serial

number N–59229, both for lease/

conveyance for Recreation and Public

Purposes. Those segregations on the

lands listed below will be terminated

upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register.

The Clark County School District

proposes to construct a middle school

on public lands, located at the

southwest corner of the intersection of

Ann and Campbell Roads, legally

described as follows:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 19 S., R. 60 E.,

Section 32: N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

N1⁄2N1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

Containing 22.5 acres, more or less.

The land is not required for any

federal purpose. The leases/

conveyances are consistent with current

Bureau planning for this area and would

be in the public interest. The leases/

patents, when issued, will be subject to

the provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act and applicable

regulations of the Secretary of the

Interior, and each will contain the

following reservations to the United

States:

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches

or canals constructed by the authority of

the United States, Act of August 30,

1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).

2. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine and remove

such deposits from the same under

applicable law and such regulations as

the Secretary of the Interior may

prescribe.

And will be subject to:

1. Easements in favor of Clark County

for roads, public utilities and flood

control purposes.

2. All valid and existing rights, which

are identified and shown in the case

file.

The lands have been segregated from

all forms of appropriation under the

Southern Nevada Public Lands

Management Act (Pub. L. 105–263).

Detailed information concerning this

action is available for review at the

office of the Bureau of Land

Management, Las Vegas Field Office,

4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las Vegas,

Nevada.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the above described

land will be segregated from all other

forms of appropriation under the public

land laws, including the general mining

laws, except for lease/conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

leasing under the mineral leasing laws

and disposals under the mineral

material disposal laws.

For a period of 45 days from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested parties may

submit comments regarding the

proposed lease/conveyance for

classification of the lands to the Field

Manager, Las Vegas Field Office, 4765

Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108.

Classification Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments involving the suitability of

the land for a middle school site.

Comments on the classification are

restricted to whether the land is

physically suited for the proposal,

whether the use will maximize the

future use or uses of the land, whether

the use is consistent with local planning

and zoning, or if the use is consistent

with State and Federal programs.

Application Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments regarding the specific use

proposed in the application and plan of

development, whether the BLM

followed proper administrative

procedures in reaching the decision, or

any other factor not directly related to

the suitability of the lands for the

development of middle school.

Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the State Director.

In the absence of any adverse

comments, the classification of the land

described in this Notice will become

effective 60 days from the date of

publication in the Federal Register. The

lands will not be offered for lease/

conveyance until after the classification

become effective.

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Dated: June 22, 2000.

Rex Wells,

Assistant Field Manager, Las Vegas, NV.

[FR Doc. 00–16826 Filed 7–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

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 an extension of a

currently approved information

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0088).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), we are submitting

to OMB for review and approval an

information collection request (ICR)

titled, Delegation of Authority to States.

We are also soliciting comments from

the public on this ICR which describes

the information collection, its expected

costs and burden, and how the data will

be collected.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before August 4, 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 (OMB Control Number 1010–

0088), 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503. Also, submit

copies of your written comments to

David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and

Publications Staff, Minerals

Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, P.O. Box 25165,

MS 3021, Denver, Colorado 80225. If

you use an overnight courier service,

our courier address is Building 85,

Room A–613, Denver Federal Center,

Denver, Colorado 80225.

Public Comment Procedure

You may mail your comments and

copies of your comments to the offices

listed in the ADDRESSES section, or you

may email us at

RMP.comments@mms.gov. Please

include the title of the information

collection and the OMB Control Number

in the ‘‘Attention’’ line of your

comment; also, include your name and

return address. Submit electronic

comments as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. If you do not receive a

confirmation that we have received your

email, contact David S. Guzy at (303)

231–3432. We will post all comments

for public review on our web site at

http://www.rmp.mms.gov. Also, to view

paper copies of these comments, please

contact David S. Guzy at (303) 231–

3432, FAX (303) 231–3385. Our practice

is to make these paper comments,

including names and addresses of

respondents, available for public review

during regular business hours at our

offices in Lakewood, Colorado.

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 also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold from the

rulemaking record a respondent’s

identity, 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

comments. 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:

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, telephone (303) 231–3046, FAX

(303) 231–3385, email

Dennis.C.Jones@mms.gov. A copy of the

ICR is available to you without charge

upon request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Delegation of Authority to

States.

OMB Control Number: OMB 1010–

0088.

Bureau Form Number: N/A.

Abstract: The Department of the

Interior (DOI) is responsible for matters

relevant to mineral resource

development on Federal and Indian

Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS). The Secretary of the Interior

(Secretary) is responsible for managing

the production of minerals from Federal

and Indian Lands and the OCS; for

collecting royalties from lessees who

produce minerals; and for distributing

the funds collected in accordance with

applicable laws. The Secretary also has

an Indian trust responsibility to manage

Indian lands and seek advice and

information from Indian beneficiaries.

We perform the royalty management

functions and assist the Secretary in

carrying out DOI’s Indian trust

responsibility.

The Royalty Simplification and

Fairness Act (RSFA) amendments to

section 205 of the Federal Oil and Gas

Royalty Management Act of 1982

provide that we may delegate other

Federal royalty management functions

to requesting States, including:

a. Conducting audits, and

investigations;

b. Receiving and processing

production and royalty reports;

c. Correcting erroneous report data;

d. Performing automated verification;

and

e. Issuing demands, subpoenas

(except for solid mineral and geothermal

leases), orders to perform restructured

accounting, and related tolling

agreements and notices to lessees or

their designees.

In accordance with RSFA, and to

properly administer the delegation of

the functions to the requesting States,

MMS must collect pertinent information

from industry and States. Therefore, a

State will have to submit an application

requesting to perform these delegable

functions.

No proprietary data, confidential

information, or items of a sensitive

nature will be collected. Responses are

voluntary.

Frequency: Monthly, quarterly, and

annually.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: 4,010 States and royalty

payors.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 210,400

hours. Please refer to chart.

Reporting/recordkeeping requirements Frequency Number of respondents X

Burden

per

reqmnt

=

Annual

burden

hours

Application, vouchers, work plans, recordkeeping.Monthly Quarterly Annually .... 4 States .................................. 2,000 8,000

Delegated audit functions ............................... Monthly Quarterly Annually .... 6 States .................................. 400 2,400