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Cooperative Management and Protection 

Area. 

Topics to be discussed by the Steens 

Mountain Advisory Council at these 

meetings include the Steens Mountain 

Cooperative Management and Protection 

Area Travel Management, 

Comprehensive Recreation, 

Implementation, and Monitoring Plans; 

North Steens Ecosystem Restoration 

Project Environmental Impact Statement 

and project implementation; Wildlands 

Juniper Management Area projects and 

partnerships; Steens Mountain 

Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers 

Plan; categories of interest such as 

wildlife, special designated areas, 

partnerships/programs, cultural 

resources, education/interpretation, 

volunteer-based information, adaptive 

management, and socioeconomics; and 

other matters that may reasonably come 

before the Steens Mountain Advisory 

Council. 

All meetings are open to the public in 

their entirety. Information to be 

distributed to the Steens Mountain 

Advisory Council is requested prior to 

the start of each Steens Mountain 

Advisory Council meeting. Public 

comment is generally scheduled for 11 

a.m. to 11:30 a.m., local time, both days 

of each meeting session. The amount of 

time scheduled for public presentations 

and meeting times may be extended 

when the authorized representative 

considers it necessary to accommodate 

all who seek to be heard regarding 

matters on the agenda. 

Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act management regulations 

(41 CFR 102–3.15(b)), in exceptional 

circumstances an agency may give less 

than 15 days notice of committee 

meeting notices published in the 

Federal Register. In this case, this 

notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting due to the 

urgent need to meet legal requirements 

for completion of the Steens Mountain 

Travel Management Plan/Environmental 

Assessment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rhonda Karges, Management Support 

Specialist, Burns District Office, 28910 

Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon, 

97738, (541) 573–4400 or 

Rhonda_Karges@blm.gov. 

Dated: January 10, 2007. 

Dana R. Shuford, 

Burns District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–652 Filed 1–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Major Portion Prices and Due Date for 

Additional Royalty Payments on Indian 

Gas Production in Designated Areas 

Not Associated With an Index Zone 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of major portion prices 

for calendar year 2005. 

SUMMARY: Final regulations for valuing 

gas produced from Indian leases, 

published on August 10, 1999, require 

MMS to determine major portion prices 

and notify industry by publishing the 

prices in the Federal Register. The 

regulations also require MMS to publish 

a due date for industry to pay additional 

royalty based on the major portion 

prices. This notice provides the major 

portion prices for the 12 months of 

2005. The due date to pay additional 

royalties based on the major portion 

prices is 60 days after the publication 

date of this notice. 

DATES: March 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: See FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Barder, Indian Oil and Gas Compliance 

and Asset Management, MMS; 

telephone (303) 231–3702; FAX (303) 

231–3755; e-mail to 

John.Barder@mms.gov; or Larry Gratz, 

Indian Oil and Gas Compliance and 

Asset Management, MMS; telephone 

(303) 231–3427; FAX (303) 231–3755; email to Larry.Gratz@mms.gov. Mailing 

address: Minerals Management Service, 

Minerals Revenue Management, 

Compliance and Asset Management, 

Indian Oil and Gas Compliance and 

Asset Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS 

396B2, Denver, Colorado 80225–0165. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

10, 1999, MMS published a final rule 

titled ‘‘Amendments to Gas Valuation 

Regulations for Indian Leases,’’ (64 FR 

43506) with an effective date of January 

1, 2000. The gas regulations apply to all 

gas production from Indian (tribal or 

allotted) oil and gas leases, except leases 

on the Osage Indian Reservation. 

The rule requires that MMS publish 

major portion prices for each designated 

area not associated with an index zone 

for each production month beginning 

January 2000, along with a due date for 

additional royalty payments. See 30 

CFR 206.174(a)(4)(ii) (2005). If 

additional royalties are due based on a 

published major portion price, the 

lessee must submit an amended Form 

MMS–2014, Report of Sales and Royalty 

Remittance, to MMS by the due date. If 

additional royalties are not paid by the 

due date, late payment interest, under 

30 CFR 218.54 (2005), will accrue from 

the due date until payment is made, and 

an amended Form MMS–2014 is 

received. The table below lists the major 

portion prices for all designated areas 

not associated with an index zone. The 

due date is 60 days after the publication 

date of this notice. 

GAS MAJOR PORTION PRICES FOR DESIGNATED AREAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDEX ZONE

MMS-Designated areas 

Jan 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Feb 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Mar 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Apr 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Blackfeet Reservation .............................................................................................................. 7.93 7.28 7.41 5.86 

Fort Belknap ............................................................................................................................ 5.59 5.71 5.83 5.92 

Fort Berthold ............................................................................................................................ 5.08 5.00 5.60 5.98 

Fort Peck Reservation ............................................................................................................. 6.30 6.21 6.70 7.05 

Navajo Allotted Leases in the Navajo Reservation ................................................................. 5.46 5.31 5.35 6.09 

Rocky Boys Reservation ......................................................................................................... 4.56 4.58 5.36 5.50 

Ute Allotted Leases in the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ..................................................... 5.58 5.13 5.21 6.09

Ute Tribal Leases in the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ........................................................ 5.54 5.09 5.45 5.71 

May 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Jun 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Jul 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Aug 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Blackfeet Reservation .............................................................................................................. 5.82 5.29 5.66 5.95 

Fort Belknap ............................................................................................................................ 5.84 5.79 5.97 5.97 


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May 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Jun 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Jul 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Aug 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Fort Berthold ............................................................................................................................ 5.58 5.46 6.80 7.60 

Fort Peck Reservation ............................................................................................................. 6.60 6.52 7.41 7.90 

Navajo Allotted Leases in the Navajo Reservation ................................................................. 6.06 5.36 6.00 6.31 

Rocky Boys Reservation ......................................................................................................... 4.77 5.19 5.27 6.72 

Ute Allotted Leases in the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ..................................................... 6.00 5.28 5.80 6.22

Ute Tribal Leases in the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ........................................................ 5.77 5.28 5.71 5.97 

Sep 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Oct 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Nov 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Dec 

2005 

(MMBtu) 

Blackfeet Reservation .............................................................................................................. 7.76 9.60 10.53 8.93 

Fort Belknap ............................................................................................................................ 6.63 7.10 6.68 6.63 

Fort Berthold ............................................................................................................................ 9.93 11.22 8.45 11.26 

Fort Peck Reservation ............................................................................................................. 9.26 10.61 12.33 9.75 

Navajo Allotted Leases in the Navajo Reservation ................................................................. 8.13 9.40 10.26 8.52 

Rocky Boys Reservation ......................................................................................................... 8.42 9.46 7.46 9.34 

Ute Allotted Leases in the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ..................................................... 8.07 9.42 9.70 8.04

Ute Tribal Leases in the Uintah and Ouray Reservation ........................................................ 7.99 9.37 9.75 8.71 

For information on how to report 

additional royalties due to major portion 

prices, please refer to our Dear Payor 

letter dated December 1, 1999, on the 

MMS Web site address at http:// 

www.mrm.mms.gov/ReportingServices/ 

PDFDocs/991201.pdf. 

Dated: November 16, 2006. 

Lucy Querques Denett, 

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–629 Filed 1–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment Standards Administration 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of 

information in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This 

program helps to ensure that requested 

data can be provided in the desired 

format, reporting burden (time and 

financial resources) is minimized, 

collection instruments are clearly 

understood, and the impact of collection 

requirements on respondents can be 

properly assessed. Currently, the 

Employment Standards Administration 

is soliciting comments concerning the 

proposed collection: Securing Financial 

Obligations under the Longshore and 

Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act and 

its Extension (LS–276, LS–275–IC and 

LS–275–SI). A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the office listed 

below in the addresses section of this 

Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

addresses section below on or before 

March 19, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Hazel M. Bell, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Room S–3201, Washington, 

DC 20210, telephone (202) 693–0418, 

fax (202) 693–1451, E-mail 

bell.hazel@dol.gov. Please use only one 

method of transmission for comments 

(mail, fax, or E-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Longshore and Harbor Workers’

Compensation Act (LHWCA) requires 

covered employers to secure the 

payment of compensation under the Act 

and its extensions by purchasing 

insurance from a carrier authorized by 

the Secretary of Labor to write 

Longshore Act insurance, or by 

becoming authorized self-insured 

employers (33 U.S.C. 932 et seq.). Each 

authorized insurance carrier (or carrier 

seeking authorization) is required to 

establish annually that its Longshore 

obligations are fully secured either 

through an applicable state guaranty (or 

analogous) fund, a deposit of security 

with the Division of Longshore and 

Harbor Workers’ Compensation 

(DLHWC), or a combination of both. 

Similarly, each authorized self-insurer 

(or employer seeking authorization) is 

required to fully secure its Longshore 

Act obligations by depositing security 

with DLHWC. These requirements are 

designed to assure the prompt and 

continued payment of compensation 

and other benefits by the responsible 

carrier or self-insurer to injured workers 

and their survivors. Forms LS–275, 

Application for Security Deposit 

Determination; LS–275–IC, Agreement 

and Undertaking (Insurance Carrier); 

and LS–275–SI, Agreement and 

Undertaking (Self-insured Employer) are 

used to cover the submission of 

information by insurance carriers and 

self-insured employers regarding their 

ability to meet their financial 

obligations under the Longshore Act 

and its extensions. This information 

collection is currently approved for use 

through June 30, 2007. 

II. Review Focus 

The Department of Labor is 

particularly interested in comments 

which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 


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