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contacting the BLM Information 

Collection Clearance officer at the 

telephone number listed below. 

The OMB must respond to this 

request within 60 days but may respond 

after 30 days. For maximum 

consideration your comments and 

suggestions on the requirement should 

be directed within 30 days to the Office 

of Management and Budget, Interior 

Department Desk Officer (1004–0025), at 

OMB–OIRA via facsimile to (202) 395–

6566 or e-mail to 

ORRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

Bureau Information Collection 

Clearance Officer (WO–630), Bureau of 

Land Management, Eastern States 

Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, 

Virginia 22153. 

Nature of Comments: We specifically 

request your comments on the 

following: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the BLM, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of our estimates of the 

information collection burden, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions we use; 

3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information we 

collect; and 

4. Ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: Mineral Surveys, Mineral Patent 

Applications, Adverse Claims, Protests, 

and Contests (43 CFR parts 3860 and 

3870). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0025. 

Bureau Form Number: 3860–2 and 

3860–5. 

Abstract: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) collects and uses 

the information to determine the right to 

a mineral patent and to disputes 

concerning the rights to the property in 

order to issue the patent to the rightful 

claimant. 

Frequency: Once. 

Description of Respondents: Holders 

of unpatented mining claims and mill 

sites located on public lands, reserved 

mineral lands of the United States, 

National Forests, and National Parks. 

Estimated Completion Time: Form 

3860–2 is 4 hours and Form 3860–5 is 

1 hour. 

Annual Responses: 1. 

Average Application Processing Fee 

Per Response: $750. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: Ted 

Hudson, (202) 452–5033. 

Dated: March 13, 2006. 

Ted R. Hudson, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–6886 Filed 8–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–350–1430–PF–24 1A]; OMB CONTROL 

NUMBER 1004–0012] 

Information Collection Submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) has sent a request to extend the 

current information collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). On April 8, 2005, the BLM 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 18041) requesting 

comment on this information collection. 

The comment period ended on June 7, 

2005. The BLM did not receive any 

comments. You may obtain copies of the 

collection of information and related 

forms and explanatory material by 

contacting the BLM Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at the 

telephone number listed below. 

The OMB must respond to this 

request within 60 days but may respond 

after 30 days. For maximum 

consideration your comments and 

suggestions on the requirement should 

be directed within 30 days to the Office 

of Management and Budget, Interior 

Department Desk Officer (1004–0025), at 

OMB–OIRA via facsimile to (202) 395–

6566 or e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

Bureau Information Collection 

Clearance Officer (WO–630), Bureau of 

Land Management, Eastern States 

Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, 

Virginia 22153. 

Nature of Comments: We specifically 

request your comments on the 

following: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the BLM, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of our estimates of the 

information collection burden, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions we use; 

3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information we 

collect; and 

4. Ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: Recreation and Public Purposes 

Act (43 CFR part 2740). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0012. 

Bureau Form Number: 2740–1. 

Abstract: The BLM collects and uses 

the information to determine if States 

and local governments, and nonprofit 

corporations and associations are 

eligible to lease or purchase public 

lands administered by the BLM for 

recreational and public purposes. 43 

CFR parts 2740 and 2912 provide 

guidelines and procedures to sell or 

lease certain public lands. 

Frequency: Once. 

Description of Respondents: States 

and local governments, and nonprofit 

corporations and associations. 

Estimated Completion Time: 40 

hours. 

Annual Responses: 7. 

Average Application Processing Fee 

per Response: $700. 

Annual Burden Hours: 280. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: Ted 

Hudson, (202) 452–5033. 

Dated: August 8, 2006. 

Ted R. Hudson, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–6899 Filed 8–11–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–910–0777–XP–241A] 

State of Arizona Resource Advisory 

Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Arizona Resource Advisory 

Council Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Arizona Resource 

Advisory Council (RAC). 

The business meeting will be held on 

September 6, 2006, in St. George, Utah, 

at the Arizona Strip District Office 

located at 245 East Riverside Drive. It 

will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 

4 p.m.—Mountain Standard Time. The 

agenda items to be covered include: 

Review of the March 2 and June 8, 2006, 

Meeting Minutes; BLM State Director’s 

Update on Statewide Issues; 

Presentations BLM’s Vermilion Cliffs 

National Monument—Coyote Buttes 

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mining on the Arizona Strip; Updates 

on the Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee, and Arizona Land Use 

Planning; RAC Questions on written 

reports from BLM Field Managers; Field 

Office Rangeland Resource Team 

Proposals; Reports by the Standards and 

Guidelines, Recreation, Off-Highway 

Vehicle Use, Public Relations, Land Use 

Planning and Tenure, and Wild Horse 

and Burro Working Groups; Reports 

from RAC members; and discussion of 

future meetings. A public comment 

period will be provided at 11:30 a.m. on 

September 6, 2006, for any interested 

publics who wish to address the 

Council. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Stevens, Bureau of Land 

Management, Arizona State Office, One 

North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004–4427, (602) 

417–9215. 

Joanie Losacco, 

Acting Arizona State Director. 

[FR Doc. 06–6890 Filed 8–11–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Final Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment, Arctic Ocean Continental 

Shelf Seismic Surveys—2006 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a 

Programmatic Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact. 

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management 

Service (MMS) has prepared a final 

programmatic environmental 

assessment (PEA) for proposed seismic 

surveys in the Arctic Ocean Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) in 2006. In this 

PEA, OCS EIS/EA MMS 2006–038, 

MMS examined the potential 

environmental effects of the proposed 

action and its alternatives. Based on 

MMS’s examination in the draft PEA of 

the potential impacts associated with 

the Proposed Action and review of 

comments received from the public and 

agencies, Alternative 6 (Seismic Surveys 

for Geophysical Exploration Activities 

would be Permitted with Existing 

Alaska OCS Geological and Geophysical 

Exploration Stipulations and Guidelines 

and Additional Protective Measures for 

Marine Mammals, including a 180/190 

dB Specified-Exclusion Zone) is MMS’s 

Selected Alternative. The Selected 

Alternative and the incorporated 

mitigation measures fulfill MMS’s 

statutory mission and responsibilities 

and the stated purpose and need for the 

Proposed Action (to issue geophysical 

exploration permits for seismic surveys 

that are technically safe and 

environmentally sound) while 

considering environmental, technical, 

and economic factors. By incorporating 

mitigation measures into the Selected 

Alternative and designating them as 

permit stipulations and/or conditions of 

approval, MMS has determined that no 

significant adverse effects (40 CFR 

1508.27) on the quality of the human 

environment would occur from the 

Selected Alternative. Therefore, an 

environmental impact statement is not 

required and MMS has issued a Finding 

of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The 

National Marine Fisheries Service was a 

cooperating agency on the PEA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Minerals Management Service, Alaska 

OCS Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, 

#500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503–5820, 

Deborah Cranswick, telephone (907) 

334–5267. 

EA Availability: To obtain a copy of 

the final PEA and FONSI, you may 

contact the Minerals Management 

Service, Alaska OCS Region, Attention: 

Ms. Nikki Lewis, 3801 Centerpoint 

Drive #500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503–

5820, telephone (907) 334–5206. You 

may also view the EA on the MMS Web 

site at http://www.mms.gov/alaska. 

Dated: July 10, 2006. 

John T. Goll, 

Regional Director, Alaska OCS Region. 

[FR Doc. E6–13208 Filed 8–11–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Environmental Documents Prepared 

for Proposed Oil and Gas Operations 

on the Gulf of Mexico Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of the Availability of 

Environmental Documents. Prepared for 

OCS Mineral Proposals on the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS. 

SUMMARY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), in accordance with Federal 

Regulations that implement the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

announces the availability of NEPArelated Site-Specific Environmental 

Assessments (SEA) and Findings of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI), prepared by 

MMS for the following oil and gas 

activities proposed on the Gulf of 

Mexico OCS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Public Information Unit, Information 

Services Section at the number below. 

Minerals Management Service, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, Attention: Public 

Information Office (MS 5034), 1201 

Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room 114, 

New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394, or 

by calling 1–800–200–GULF. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS 

prepares SEAs and FONSIs for 

proposals that relate to exploration for 

and the development/production of oil 

and gas resources on the Gulf of Mexico 

OCS. These SEAs examine the potential 

environmental effects of activities 

described in the proposals and present 

MMS conclusions regarding the 

significance of those effects. 

Environmental Assessments are used as 

a basis for determining whether or not 

approval of the proposals constitutes 

major Federal actions that significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment in the sense of NEPA 

Section 102(2)(C). A FONSI is prepared 

in those instances where MMS finds 

that approval will not result in 

significant effects on the quality of the 

human environment. The FONSI briefly 

presents the basis for that finding and 

includes a summary or copy of the SEA. 

This notice constitutes the public 

notice of availability of environmental 

documents required under the NEPA 

Regulations. 

This listing includes all proposals for 

which the Gulf of Mexico OCS Region 

prepared a FONSI in the period 

subsequent to publication of the 

preceding notice. 

Activity/operator Location Date 

Maritech Resources, Inc., Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 06–

028.

West Cameron, Block 515, Lease OCS–G 15102, located 92 

miles from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

4/6/2006. 

Walter Oil & Gas Corporation, Structure Removal SEA ES/SR 

06–015, 92–043A, 93–058A.

West Delta, Block 35, Lease OCS–G 13641, located 11 miles 

from the nearest Louisiana shoreline.

4/10/2006. 


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