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

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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. 

[FR Doc. 06–9832 Filed 12–21–06; 8:45 am] 

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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