14294 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 58 / Tuesday, March 27, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–1430–ES; WYW–06321501] 

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation 

and Public Purposes Act 

Classification; Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has examined and 

found suitable for classification for 

conveyance under the provisions of the 

Recreation and Public Purposes Act a 

parcel of public lands located near 

LaBarge, in Lincoln County, Wyoming. 

The land has been leased under the 

Recreation and Public Purposes Act to 

the Town of LaBarge for use as a 

sanitary landfill since 1981, but has 

been closed to disposal of waste 

generally, since 1995. The Town of 

LaBarge intends to use the lands for a 

solid waste transfer facility. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

written comments to the BLM at the 

address stated below. Comments must 

be received no later than May 11, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land 

Management, Pinedale Field Office, 432 

East Mill Street, P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, 

Wyoming 82941. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill 

Wadsworth, Realty Specialist, at the 

address above or at 307–367–5341. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following described public land in 

Lincoln County, Wyoming, has been 

examined and found suitable for 

classification for conveyance under the 

provisions of the Recreation and Public 

Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43 

U.S.C. 869 et seq.) and is hereby 

classified accordingly: 

WYW–06321501—LaBarge, WY—

Closed landfill and current solid waste 

transfer facility currently under lease to 

Town of LaBarge to be classified for 

conveyance: 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Lincoln County, 

Wyoming 

T. 26 N., R. 112 W., 

Sec. 6, Lots 4, 31, 32. 

The land described contains 30.82 acres. 

In accordance with the R&PP Act and 

implementing regulation, at 43 CFR part 

2740, the Town of LaBarge has filed a 

R&PP petition/application and plan of 

development in which it proposes to 

use the above described public lands for 

a closed landfill and a solid waste 

transfer facility. The lands are not 

needed for federal purposes. 

Conveyance pursuant to the R&PP Act is 

consistent with the Pinedale Resource 

Management Plan, dated December 12, 

1988, and would be in the public 

interest. 

The conveyance, when issued, will be 

subject to the following terms, 

conditions, and reservations: 

1. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to 

all applicable regulations, including but 

not limited to the regulations stated in 

43 CFR part 2740, and policy and 

guidance of the Secretary of the Interior. 

2. Reservation of a right-of-way to the 

United States for ditches and canals 

pursuant to the Act of August 30, 1890, 

43 U.S.C. 945. 

3. All minerals shall be reserved to 

the United States, together with the 

right to prospect for, mine and remove 

the minerals under applicable laws and 

regulations established by the Secretary 

of the Interior, including all necessary 

access and exit rights. 

4. No portion of the lands patented 

shall revert back to the United States 

under any circumstances. In addition, 

the patentee shall comply with all 

Federal and State laws applicable to the 

disposal, placement, or release of 

hazardous substances (substance as 

defined in 40 CFR part 302) and 

indemnify the United States against any 

legal liability or future costs that may 

arise out of any violation of such laws. 

5. All valid existing rights of record, 

including those documented on the 

official public land records at the time 

of lease/patent issuance. 

6. Pursuant to the requirements 

established by section 120(h) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act, (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)) (CERCLA), as 

amended by the Superfund 

Amendments and Reauthorization Act 

of 1988, (100 Stat. 1670) notice is hereby 

given that the above-described lands 

have been examined and no evidence 

was found to indicate that any 

hazardous substances had been stored 

for one year or more, nor had any 

hazardous substances been disposed of 

or released on the subject property. 

7. The purchaser/patentee, by 

accepting a patent, covenants and agrees 

to indemnify, defend, and hold the 

United States harmless from any costs, 

damages, claims, causes of action, 

penalties, fines, liabilities, and 

judgments of any kind or nature arising 

from the past, present, and future acts 

or omissions of the patentees or their 

employees, agents, contractors, lessees, 

or any third party, arising out of or in 

connection with the patentee’s use, 

occupancy, or operations on the 

patented real property. This 

indemnification and hold harmless 

agreement includes, but is not limited 

to, acts and omissions of the patentee 

and their employees, agents, 

contractors, or lessees, or any third 

party, arising out of or in connection 

with the use and/or occupancy of the 

patented real property which has 

already resulted or does hereafter result 

in: (1) Violations of Federal, state, and 

local laws and regulations that are now 

or may in the future become, applicable 

to the real property; (2) Judgments, 

claims or demands of any kind assessed 

against the United States; (3) Costs, 

expenses, or damages of any kind 

incurred by the United States; (4) 

Releases or threatened releases of solid 

or hazardous waste(s), and/or hazardous 

substance(s), as defined by Federal or 

state environmental laws, off, on, into or 

under land, property and other interests 

of the United States; (5) Activities by 

which solid waste or hazardous 

substances(s) or waste, as defined by 

Federal and state environmental laws 

are generated, released, stored, used or 

otherwise disposed of on the patented 

real property, and any cleanup 

response, remedial action or other 

actions related in any manner to said 

solid or hazardous substances(s) or 

waste(s); or (6) Natural resource 

damages as defined by Federal and state 

law. This covenant shall be construed as 

running with the parcels of land 

patented or otherwise conveyed by the 

United States, and may be enforced by 

the United States in a court of 

competent jurisdiction. Detailed 

information concerning the proposed 

actions, including but not limited to 

documentation relating to compliance 

with applicable environmental and 

cultural resource laws, is available for 

review at the BLM, Pinedale Field 

Office, 432 East Mill Street, P.O. Box 

768, Pinedale, WY 82941, telephone: 

307–367–5341. 

On March 27, 2007, the above 

described lands will be segregated from 

all other forms of appropriation under 

the public land laws, including the 

general mining laws, except for lease or 

conveyance under the R&PP Act and 

leasing under the mineral leasing laws. 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments regarding the proposed 

conveyance or classification of the lands 

to the Field Manager, Pinedale Field 

Office, at the address stated above in 

this notice for that purpose. Comments 

must be received no later than May 11, 

2007. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 


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be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Classification Comments: Interested 

parties may submit comments involving 

the suitability of the lands for 

conveyance for the closed landfill and 

solid waste transfer facilities. Comments 

on the classification(s) 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, and 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 closed landfill and solid waste 

transfer facilities. Any adverse 

comments will be reviewed by the State 

Director, who may sustain, vacate, or 

modify this realty action. In the absence 

of any adverse comments, the 

classification will become effective 60 

days after March 27, 2007. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2741.5) 

Dated: February 5, 2007. 

William Lanning, 

Associate Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–5543 Filed 3–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

60-Day Notice of Intention To Request 

Clearance of Collection of Information; 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 

CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Record 

Keeping Requirements, the National 

Park Service (NPS) invites public 

comments on an extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information (OMB#1024–0224). 

DATES: Public comments will be 

accepted on or before May 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send Comments To: Dr. 

James H. Gramann, NPS Visiting Chief 

Social Scientist; NPS Social Science 

Program, Texas A & M University, 225–

B Francis Hall, 2261, College Station, 

TX 77843; Voice: 202–513–7189; Fax: 

202–371–2131; E-mail: 

James_Gramann@partner.nps.gov. Also, 

you may send comments to Leonard 

Stowe, NPS, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, 1849 C St., NW. 

(2065), Washington, DC 20240, or by email at leonard_stowe@nps.gov. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan McBride, NPS Social Science 

Senior Research Associate; c/o NPS Air 

Resource Division, P.O. Box 25287, 

Denver, Co 80225; Voice: 303–969–

2814; E-mail: Megan_McBride@ 

contractor.nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Programmatic Approval for 

NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

OMB Number: 1024–0224. 

Expiration Date: 1/31/2008. 

Type of Request: Extension for a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Need: The NPS needs 

information concerning park visitors 

and visitor services, potential park 

visitors, and residents of communities 

near parks to provide park and NPS 

managers with usable knowledge for 

improving the quality and utility of 

agency programs, services, and planning 

efforts. 

Since many of the NPS surveys are 

similar in terms of the populations 

being surveyed, the types of questions 

being asked, and research 

methodologies, the NPS proposed to 

and received clearance from OMB for a 

program of review for NPS-sponsored 

public surveys (OMB #1024–0224 exp. 

8/31/2001; 3-year extension granted, 

exp. 9/30/2004; 3-year extension 

granted, exp. 1/31/2008). 

The program presented an alternative 

approach to complying with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. In the eight 

year since the NPS received clearance 

for the program of expedited review, 

371 public surveys have been conducted 

in units of the National Park System. 

The benefits of this program have been 

significant to the NPS, Department of 

Interior, OMB, NPS cooperators, and the 

public. Significant time and cost savings 

have been incurred. Expedited approval 

was typically granted in 60 days or less 

from the date the Principal Investigator 

first submitted the survey package for 

review. This is a significant reduction 

over the approximate 6–8 months 

involved in the standard OMB review 

process. From FY 1999 through FY 

2006, the expedited review process has 

accounted for a cost savings to the 

federal government and PIs estimated at 

$723,087. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

practical utility of the information being 

gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden 

hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden to 

respondents, including use of 

automated information collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Automated data collection: At the 

present time, there is no automated way 

to gather this information, since the 

information gathering process involves 

asking the public for their opinions on 

services and facilities that they used 

during their visits, services and facilities 

they are likely to use on future park 

visits, and opinions regarding park 

management. The burden on 

individuals is minimized by rigorously 

designing public surveys to maximize 

the ability of the surveys to use small 

samples of individuals to represented 

large populations of the public, and by 

coordinating the program of surveys to 

maximize the ability of new surveys to 

build on the findings of prior surveys. 

Description of respondents: A sample 

of visitors to parks, potential visitors to 

parks, and residents of communities 

near parks. 

Estimated average number of 

respondents: The program does not 

identify the number of respondents 

because that number will differ in each 

individual survey, depending on the 

purpose and design of each information 

collection. 

Estimated average number of 

responses: The program does not 

identify the average number of 

responses because that number will 

differ in each individual survey. For 

most surveys, each respondent will be 

asked to respond only one time, so in 

those cases the number of responses 

will be the same as the number of 

respondents. 

Estimated average burden hours per 

response: The program does not identify 


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