77060 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 246 / Friday, December 22, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Energy Policy Act of 2005, Section 

1813, Draft Report to Congress 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Publication of Draft 

Report to Congress. 

SUMMARY: Section 1813 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58) 

requires the Department of the Interior 

and the Department of Energy 

(Departments) to jointly conduct a study 

of issues related to energy rights-of-way 

(ROWs) on tribal lands. The Act further 

directs the Departments to submit a 

report to Congress on the findings of the 

study. The Draft Report to Congress is 

available for review on the Section 1813 

Web site (http://1813.anl.gov). 

DATES: Comments and suggestions on 

the Draft Report to Congress will be 

accepted through February 5, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: Mail, 

personal, or messenger delivery: 

Attention: Section 1813 ROW Study, 

Office of Indian Energy and Economic 

Development, Room 20—South Interior 

Building, 1951 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20245. E-mail: 

IEED@bia.edu (please include the 

phrase ‘‘Section 1813 Comments’’ in the 

subject line). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darryl Francois (DOI Office of Indian 

Energy and Economic Development) at 

(202) 219–0740, or Rollie Wilson (DOE 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability) at (202) 586–3946. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339, to contact the above 

individuals during business hours. FIRS 

is available twenty-four hours a day, 

seven days a week. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

Commenting on the Draft Report to 

Congress written comments or 

suggestions should: be specific and 

substantive; explain the reasoning 

behind your comments and suggestions; 

and where possible, reference the 

specific section or paragraph you are 

addressing. Comments, including names 

and street addresses of respondents, will 

be available for public review at the 

address listed under ADDRESSES: Mail, 

personal, or messenger delivery during 

regular business hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. Individual respondents may 

request confidentiality, which will be 

honored to the extent allowable by law. 

Those wishing to withhold their name 

or address (except for the city or town) 

must state this prominently at the 

beginning of their comment. 

Submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

II. Background 

Section 1813 of the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58) requires the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Department of Energy (Departments) to 

jointly conduct a study of issues 

regarding grants, expansions, and 

renewals of energy rights-of-way 

(ROWs) on tribal lands. Section 1813 

also requires the Departments to consult 

with Indian tribes, the energy industry, 

appropriate governmental entities, and 

affected businesses and consumers in 

the course of the study. The Act further 

directs the Departments to submit a 

report to Congress on the findings of the 

study, including: (1) An analysis of 

historic rates of compensation paid for 

energy ROWs on tribal land; (2) 

recommendations for appropriate 

standards and procedures for 

determining fair and appropriate 

compensation to Indian tribes for grants, 

expansions, and renewals of energy 

ROWs on tribal land; (3) an assessment 

of the tribal self determination and 

sovereignty interests implicated by 

applications for the grant, expansion, or 

renewal of energy ROWs on tribal land; 

and (4) an analysis of relevant national 

energy transportation policies relating to 

grants, expansions, and renewals of 

energy ROWs on tribal land. 

The Departments held a number of 

public meetings to seek input and 

feedback from Indian tribes, the energy 

industry, appropriate governmental 

entities, and affected businesses and 

consumers. In addition, the 

Departments held a number of 

government-to-government 

consultations with Indian tribes. On 

August 9, 2006, the Departments 

released a first draft of the Report to 

Congress and accepted comments on 

that draft report. This revised Draft 

Report to Congress reflects the 

Departments’ considered response to the 

substantial number of comments 

received. 

The Draft Report to Congress is 

available for review on the Section 1813 

Web site (http://1813.anl.gov). 

Dated: December 19, 2006. 

Abraham E. Haspel, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–02–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–930–5410–00–B211; CACA 47945] 

Conveyance of Mineral Interests in 

California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of segregation. 

SUMMARY: An application has been filed 

for the conveyance of the Federally 

owned mineral interest in the tract of 

land described in this notice. 

Publication of this notice temporarily 

segregates the mineral interests in the 

public lands covered by the application 

from appropriation under the mining 

and mineral leasing laws while the 

application is being processed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Gary, Bureau of Land 

Management, California State Office, 

2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, 

California 95825, (916) 978–4677. 

Comments: Your comments are 

invited. Please submit all comments in 

writing to Kathy Gary at the address 

listed above. Comments, including 

names, street addresses, and other 

contact information of respondents, will 

be available for public review. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to request 

that the BLM consider withholding your 

name, street address, and other contact 

information, e.g., Internet address, FAX 

or phone number, from public review of 

disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

written comment. The BLM will honor 

requests for confidentiality on a case-bycase basis to the extent allowed by law. 

The BLM will make available for public 

inspection, in their entirety, all 

submissions from organizations and 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations of businesses. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tract 

of land referred to above in this notice 

consists of 160 acres of land, situated in 

Los Angeles County, and is described as 

follows: 

San Bernardino Meridian, California 

T.4 N., R.14 W., 


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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 246 / Friday, December 22, 2006 / Notices 77061 

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Sec. 9, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4

Under certain conditions, Section 

209(b) of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 authorizes the 

sale and conveyance of the Federally 

owned mineral interests in land when 

the non-mineral, or so-called ‘‘surface’’

interest in the land is not Federally 

owned. The objective is to allow 

consolidation of the surface and mineral 

interests when either one of the 

following conditions exist: (1) There are 

known mineral values in the land; or (2) 

where continued Federal ownership of 

the mineral interests interferes with or 

precludes appropriate non-mineral 

development and such development is a 

more beneificial use of the land than 

mineral development. 

An application was filed for the sale 

and conveyance of the Federally owned 

mineral interest in the above-described 

tract of land. Publication of this notice 

segregates, subject to valid existing 

rights, the Federally owned mineral 

interests in the public lands referenced 

above in this notice from appropriation 

under the general mining and mineral 

leasing laws, while the application is 

being processed to determine if either 

one of the two specified conditions 

exists and, if so, to otherwise comply 

with the procedural requirements of 43 

CFR Part 2720. The segregative effect 

shall terminate: (i) Upon issuance of a 

patent or other document of conveyance 

as to such mineral interests; (ii) upon 

final rejection of the application; or (iii) 

two years from the date of filing the 

application, whichever occurs first. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2720.1–1(b)). 

Dated: May 22, 2006. 

Howard Stark, 

Chief, Branch of Lands Management. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the office of the Federal Register 

on December 6, 2006. 

[FR Doc. 06–9625 Filed 12–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Change in Discount Rate for Water 

Resources Planning 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Change. 

SUMMARY: The Water Resources 

Planning Act of 1965 and the Water 

Resources Development Act of 1974 

require an annual determination of a 

discount rate for Federal water 

resources planning. The discount rate 

for Federal water resources planning for 

fiscal year 2007 is 4.875 percent. 

Discounting is to be used to convert 

future monetary values to present 

values. 

DATES: This discount rate is to be used 

for the period October 1, 2006, through 

and including September 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karl 

J. Stock, Economist, Contract Services 

Office, Denver, Colorado 80225; 

telephone: 303–445–2929. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the interest rate to be 

used by Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of plans for 

water and related land resources is 

4.875 percent for fiscal year 2007. 

This rate has been computed in 

accordance with Section 80(a), Pub. L. 

93–251 (88 Stat. 34) and 18 CFR 704.39, 

which: (1) Specify that the rate shall be 

based upon the average yield during the 

preceding fiscal year on interest-bearing 

marketable securities of the United 

States which, at the time the 

computation is made, have terms of 15 

years or more remaining to maturity 

(average yield is rounded to nearest oneeighth percent); and (2) provide that the 

rate shall not be raised or lowered more 

than one-quarter of 1 percent for any 

year. The Treasury Department 

calculated the specified average to be 

4.9351 percent. This average value is 

then rounded to the nearest one-eighth 

of a point, resulting in 4.875 percent. 

Since this is within the permissible onequarter of 1 percent change from the 

fiscal year 2006 rate of 5.125 percent, 

the rate changes to 4.875. Therefore, the 

change is limited to a one-quarter 

percent decrease. 

The rate of 4.875 percent shall be 

used by all Federal agencies in the 

formulation and evaluation of water and 

related land resources plans for the 

purpose of discounting future benefits 

and computing costs or otherwise 

converting benefits and costs to a 

common-time basis. 

Dated: October 23, 2006. 

Roseann Gonzales, 

Director, Office of Program and Policy 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E6–21930 Filed 12–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Institute of Electrical and 

Electronics Engineers 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

November 9, 2006, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics 

Engineers (‘‘IEEE’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing additions or 

changes to its standards development 

activities. The notifications were filed 

for the purpose of extending the Act’s 

provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, five new standards have 

been initiated and five existing 

standards are being revised. More detail 

regarding these changes can be found at 

http://standards.ieee.org/standardswire/ 

sba/11–02–06.html. 

On September 17, 2004, IEEE filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on November 3, 2006. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on November 29, 2006 (71 FR 

69146). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4410–11–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Tree Care Industry 

Association, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

November 27, 2006, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Tree 

Care Industry Association, Inc. (‘‘TCIA’’) 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing additions or 

changes to its standards development 


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