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proposed collection of information to 

determine whether the collection is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department. In 

particular, the Coast Guard would 

appreciate comments addressing: (1) 

The practical utility of the collections; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated burden 

of the collections; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information that is the subject of the 

collections; and (4) ways to minimize 

the burden of collections on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments to DMS or OIRA must 

contain the OMB Control Number of the 

ICRs addressed. Comments to DMS 

must contain the docket number of this 

request, [USCG 2006–25898]. For your 

comments to OIRA to be considered, it 

is best if OIRA receives them on or 

before the January 16, 2007. 

Public participation and request for 

comments: We encourage you to 

respond to this request by submitting 

comments and related materials. We 

will post all comments received, 

without change, to http://dms.dot.gov, 

they will include any personal 

information you have provided. We 

have an agreement with DOT to use 

their Docket Management Facility. 

Please see the paragraph on DOT’s 

‘‘Privacy Act Policy’’ below. 

Submitting comments: If you submit a 

comment, please include your name and 

address, identify the docket number for 

this request for comment [USCG–2006–

25898], indicate the specific section of 

this document or the ICR to which each 

comment applies, and give the reason 

for each comment. You may submit 

your comments and material by 

electronic means, mail, fax, or delivery 

to the Docket Management Facility at 

the address under ADDRESSES, but 

please submit them by only one means. 

If you submit them by mail or delivery, 

submit them in an unbound format, no 

larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for 

copying and electronic filing. If you 

submit them by mail and would like to 

know that they reached the Facility, 

please enclose a stamped, self-addressed 

postcard or envelope. 

The Coast Guard and OIRA will 

consider all comments and material 

received during the comment period. 

We may change the documents 

supporting this collection of 

information or even the underlying 

requirements in view of them. 

Viewing comments and documents: 

To view comments, as well as 

documents mentioned in this notice as 

being available in the docket, go to 

http://dms.dot.gov at any time and 

conduct a simple search using the 

docket number. You may also visit the 

Docket Management Facility in room 

PL–401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif 

Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of all comments 

received in dockets by the name of the 

individual submitting the comment (or 

signing the comment, if submitted on 

behalf of an association, business, labor 

union, etc.). You may review the 

Privacy Act Statement of DOT in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

Previous Request for Comments 

This request provides a 30-day 

comment period required by OIRA. The 

Coast Guard has already published the 

60-day notice (71 FR 57984, October 2, 

2006) required by 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2). 

That notice elicited no comments. 

Information Collection Request 

Title: Regattas and Marine Parades. 

OMB Control Number: 1625–0008. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Sponsors of marine 

events. 

Forms: CG–4423. 

Abstract: Title 33 U.S.C. 1233, 

authorizes the Coast Guard to issue 

regulations to promote the safety of life 

on navigable waters during regattas or 

marine parades. The regulation 

requiring the submission of an 

application by individuals or 

organizations planning to hold a regatta 

or marine parade (marine events) that 

will introduce extra or unusual hazards 

to the safety of life on the navigable 

waters of the United States is in 33 CFR 

100.15. 

Burden Estimate: The estimated 

burden remains 3,000 hours a year. 

Dated: December 8, 2006. 

R.T. Hewitt, 

Rear Admiral, Assistant Commandant for 

Command, Control, Communications, 

Computers and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. E6–21297 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Patent, Trademark & Copyright Acts 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey. 

ACTION: Notice of Prospective Intent to 

Award Exclusive License. 

SUMMARY: The United States Geological 

Survey (USGS) is contemplating 

awarding an exclusive license to: 

Williamson and Associates, 1124 NW., 

53rd Street, Seattle, WA 98107 on U.S. 

Patent Nos. 6,236,211 B1 and 6,236,212 

B1, both entitled ‘‘Induced Polarization 

Method Using Towed Cable Carrying 

Transmitters and Receivers for 

identifying Minerals on the Ocean 

Floor.’’

Inquiries: If other parties are 

interested in similar activities, or have 

comments related to the prospective 

awards, please contact Neil Mark, 

USGS, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 

201, Reston, Virginia 20192, voice (703) 

648–4344, fax (703) 648–7219, or e-mail 

nmark@usgs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is submitted to meet the 

requirements of 35 U.S.C. 208 et seq. 

Dated: December 7, 2006. 

Karen D. Baker, 

Associate Director, Office of Administrative 

Policy and Services. 

[FR Doc. 06–9690 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Extension of Concession 

Contracts 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23, 

public notice is hereby given that the 

National Park Service proposes to 

extend the following expiring 

concession contracts for a period of up 

to one year, or until each time as a new 

contract is executed, whichever occurs 

sooner. 

EFFECTIVE DATES: October 1, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

A. Pendry, Concession Program 

Manager, National Park Service, 

Washington, DC, 20240, Telephone 202/ 

513–7156. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the 

listed concession authorizations will 

expire by their terms on or before 

September 30, 2006. The National Park 

Service has determined that the 

proposed short-term extensions are 

necessary in order to avoid interruption 

of visitor services and has taken all 

reasonable and appropriate steps to 

consider alternatives to avoid such 

interruption. 


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Concession 

Contract number Concessioner 

name Park 

GATE019–01 Dover Gourmet Corporation.Gateway National 

Recreation 

Area. 

INDE001–94 City Tavern, 

Concepts 

by Staid, 

Ltd.

Independence National Historical 

Park. 

LARO003–92 Colville Tribal 

Enterprise 

Corporation.

Lake Roosevelt National 

Recreation 

Area. 

STLI003–89 .. ARAMARK 

Sports and 

Entertainment Services, Inc,.

Statue of Liberty National 

Monument. 

Dated: November 30, 2006. 

John Wessels, 

Acting Assistant Director, Business Services. 

[FR Doc. 06–9660 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Continuation of Visitor 

Services 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the terms of 

existing concession contracts, public 

notice is hereby given that the National 

Park Service intends to request a 

continuation of visitor services for a 

period not-to-exceed 1 year from the 

date of contract expiration. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo. 

A. Pendry, Concession Program 

Manager, National Park Service, 

Washington, DC 20240, Telephone, 202/ 

513–7156. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

contracts listed below have been 

extended to maximum allowable under 

36 CFR 51.23. Under the provisions of 

current concession contracts and 

pending the completion of the public 

solicitation of a prospectus for a new 

concession contract, the National Park 

Service authorizes continuation of 

visitor services for a period not-toexceed 1 year under the terms and 

conditions of the current contract as 

amended. The continuation of 

operations does not affect any rights 

with respect to selection for award of a 

new concession contract. 

Concession 

Contract 

number 

Concessional 

name Park 

BIBE002–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Big Bend 

National 

Park. 

BLRI007–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Blue Ridge 

Parkway. 

ISRO002–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Isle Royale 

National 

Park. 

JEFF002–

95.

Jefferson National 

Parks Association.

Jefferson 

National 

Expansion Memorial. 

LAME004–

89.

Lake Mead Ferry 

Service, Inc.

Lake Mead 

National 

Recreation 

Area. 

MACA002–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Mammoth 

Cave National 

Park. 

OLYM003–

82.

Forever Resorts, 

LLC.

Olympic 

National 

Park. 

Dated: November 30, 2006. 

John Wessels, 

Acting Assistant Director, Business Services. 

[FR Doc. 06–9661 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of National Natural Landmark 

Designation for Irvine Ranch, Orange 

County, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public notice of National 

Natural Landmark Designation. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

has determined that an area of 36,398 

acres within the Irvine Ranch in Orange 

County, California meets the criteria for 

national significance and has designated 

this site a National Natural Landmark. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Gibbons at 360–856–5700, 

extension 306. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 6, 2006, Interior Secretary Dirk 

Kempthorne designated a 36,398-acre 

area within Irvine Ranch in Orange 

County, California, as a National Natural 

Landmark. This area is significant for its 

Mediterranean shrublands, including 

extensive areas of chaparral and coastal 

sage scrub associations. It is one of the 

largest areas of this association 

remaining in the South Pacific Border 

Province. The Irvine Ranch NNL also 

represents a remarkably unique, long 

time-range stratigraphic succession that 

shows the linkage between tectonic 

framework, provenances, 

sedimentology, paleoenvironments, 

paleontology, paleoclimate, landscape 

evolution and geologic history. In this 

regard it represents one of the most 

critical time intervals and locations in 

the geologic history of the South Pacific 

Border Province. 

The Secretary of the Interior 

established the National Natural 

Landmarks Program in 1962 under the 

authority of the Historic Sites Act of 

1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). The 

National Park Service (NPS) manages 

this program using regulations found at 

36 CFR Part 62. Potential natural 

landmarks are identified in studies by 

the NPS and from other sources, 

evaluated by expert natural scientists, 

and, if determined nationally 

significant, designated as landmarks by 

the Secretary of the Interior. When 

designated, a landmark is included in 

the National Registry of Natural 

Landmarks, which currently lists 581 

National Natural Landmarks 

nationwide. Of the 581 listed 

landmarks, half are administered solely 

by public agencies, i.e., Federal, State, 

county or municipal governments. 

Nearly one-third are owned solely by 

private parties. The remaining natural 

landmarks are owned or administered 

by a mixture of public and private 

owners. Owner permission must be 

obtained to visit natural landmarks that 

are privately owned or not managed for 

public access. Designation does not 

infer a right of public access. 

National natural landmark 

designation is not a land withdrawal, 

does not change the ownership of an 

area and does not dictate activity. 

However, Federal agencies should 

consider impacts to the unique 

properties of these nationally significant 

areas in carrying out their 

responsibilities under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.). Designation could result 

in State or local planning or land use 

implications. National Natural 

Landmark preservation is made possible 

by the long-term, voluntary 

commitments of public and private 

owners to protect the outstanding values 

of the areas. Information on the National 

Natural Landmarks Program can be 

found on the Internet at 

www.nature.nps.gov/nnl. 

Dated: December 7, 2006. 

Margaret A. Brooks, 

National Natural Landmarks Program 

Manager. 

[FR Doc. 06–9692 Filed 12–13–06; 8:45 am] 

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