2900 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of New York (FEMA–1670–DR), 

dated December 12, 2006, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of New York is hereby amended to 

include the following area among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the catastrophe declared a 

major disaster by the President in his 

declaration of December 12, 2006: 

Sullivan County for Public Assistance. 

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050, Individuals and Households 

Program—Other Needs; 97.036, Public 

Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation 

Grant Program.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Under Secretary for Federal Emergency 

Management and Director of FEMA. 

[FR Doc. E7–880 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Meeting of the California Desert 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in 

accordance with Public Law 92–463 and 

94–579, that the California Desert 

District Advisory Council to the Bureau 

of Land Management, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, will participate in a field 

tour of BLM-administered public lands 

on Friday, March 9, 2007, from 7:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m., and meet in formal 

session on Saturday, March 10 from 8 

a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, 1511 

East Main Street, East Main & Interstate 

15, Barstow, CA 92311. 

The Council and interested members 

of the public will depart for the field 

tour at 7:30 a.m. from the main lobby of 

the Ramada Inn. The public is welcome 

to participate in the tour but should 

plan on providing their own 

transportation, lunch, and beverage. 

Agenda topics for the formal session 

on Saturday will include updates by 

Council members and reports from the 

BLM District Manager and five field 

office managers. Additional agenda 

topics are being developed. Once 

finalized, the field tour and meeting 

agendas will be published in a news 

release prior to the meeting and posted 

on the BLM California state Web site at 

http://www.blm.gov/ca/news/rac.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All Desert 

District Advisory Council meetings are 

open to the public. Public comment for 

items not on the agenda will be 

scheduled at the beginning of the 

meeting Saturday morning. Time for 

public comment may be made available 

by the Council Chairman during the 

presentation of various agenda items, 

and is scheduled at the end of the 

meeting for topics not on the agenda. 

While the Saturday meeting is 

tentatively scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 

p.m., the meeting could conclude prior 

to 3 p.m. should the Council conclude 

its presentations and discussions. 

Therefore, members of the public 

interested in a particular agenda item or 

discussion should schedule their arrival 

accordingly. 

Written comments may be filed in 

advance of the meeting for the 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council, c/o Bureau of Land 

Management, External Affairs, 22835 

Calle San Juan de Los Lagos, Moreno 

Valley, California 92553. Written 

comments also are accepted at the time 

of the meeting and, if copies are 

provided to the recorder, will be 

incorporated into the minutes. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Razo, BLM California Desert 

District External Affairs (951) 697–5217. 

Dated: January 16, 2007. 

Steven J. Borchard, 

District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–895 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–AG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–020–1010–PO] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior, Montana, Billings and Miles 

City Field Offices. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Eastern 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC), will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

February 22, 2007 in Billings, MT 

beginning at 8 a.m. When determined, 

the meeting place will be announced in 

a news release. The public comment 

period will begin at approximately 11 

a.m. and the meeting will adjourn at 

approximately 3:30 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Jacobsen, Public Affairs Specialist, 

Miles City Field Office, 111 Garryowen 

Road, Miles City, Montana 59301. 

Telephone: (406) 233–2831. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in Montana. 

At this meeting, topics to discuss 

include: 

Field Manager Updates 

The Miles City Field Office and Billings 

Field Office Updates 

Subcommittee updates and working 

sessions 

—and other topics the council may 

raise. 

All meetings are open to the public. The 

public may present written comments to 

the Council. Each formal Council 

meeting will also have time allocated for 

hearing public comments. Depending on 

the number of persons wishing to 

comment and time available, the time 

for individual oral comments may be 

limited. Individuals who plan to attend 

and need special assistance, such as 

sign language interpretation, tour 

transportation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact the 

BLM as provided above. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices 2901 

Dated: January 11, 2007. 

James A. Albano, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–894 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of an 

information collection (1010–0043). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a 

collection of information that we will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 

The information collection request (ICR) 

concerns the paperwork requirements in 

the regulations under ‘‘30 CFR 250, 

Subpart F, Oil and Gas Well-Workover 

Operations.’’

DATES: Submit written comments by 

March 26, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods listed 

below. Please use the Information 

Collection Number 1010–0043 as an 

identifier in your message. 

• E-mail MMS at 

rules.comments@mms.gov. Identify with 

Information Collection Number 1010–

0043 in the subject line. 

• Fax: 703–787–1093. Identify with 

Information Collection Number 1010–

0043. 

• Mail or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; Minerals 

Management Service; Attention: Cheryl 

Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024; 

Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please 

reference ‘‘Information Collection 1010–

0043’’ in your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and 

Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607. 

You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to 

obtain a copy, at no cost, of the 

regulations that require the subject 

collection of information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart F, Oil and 

Gas Well-Workover Operations. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0043. 

Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 

1331 et seq. and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), 

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) to prescribe rules and 

regulations to administer leasing of the 

OCS. Such rules and regulations will 

apply to all operations conducted under 

a lease. Operations on the OCS must 

preserve, protect, and develop oil and 

natural gas resources in a manner that 

is consistent with the need to make such 

resources available to meet the Nation’s 

energy needs as rapidly as possible; to 

balance orderly energy resource 

development with protection of human, 

marine, and coastal environments; to 

ensure the public a fair and equitable 

return on the resources of the OCS; and 

to preserve and maintain free enterprise 

competition. 

Section 5(a) of the OCS Lands Act 

requires the Secretary to prescribe rules 

and regulations ‘‘to provide for the 

prevention of waste, and conservation of 

the natural resources of the Outer 

Continental Shelf, and the protection of 

correlative rights therein’’ and to 

include provisions ‘‘for the prompt and 

efficient exploration and development 

of a lease area.’’ These authorities and 

responsibilities are among those 

delegated to the Minerals Management 

Service (MMS) to ensure that operations 

in the OCS will meet statutory 

requirements; provide for safety and 

protection of the environment; and 

result in diligent exploration, 

development, and production of OCS 

leases. This information collection 

request addresses the regulations at 30 

CFR 250, Subpart F, Oil and Gas WellWorkover Operations and the associated 

supplementary Notices to Lessees and 

Operators (NTLs) intended to provide 

clarification, description, or explanation 

of these regulations. 

MMS District Managers use the 

information collected to analyze and 

evaluate planned well-workover 

operations to ensure that operations 

result in personnel safety and protection 

of the environment. They use this 

evaluation in making decisions to 

approve, disapprove, or to require 

modification to the proposed wellworkover operations. For example, 

MMS uses the information to: 

• Review log entries of crew meetings 

to verify that safety procedures have 

been properly reviewed. 

• Review well-workover procedures 

relating to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) to 

ensure the safety of the crew in the 

event of encountering H2S. 

• Review well-workover diagrams 

and procedures to ensure the safety of 

well-workover operations. 

• Verify that the crown block safety 

device is operating and can be expected 

to function and avoid accidents. 

• Verify that the proposed operation 

of the annular preventer is technically 

correct and will provide adequate 

protection for personnel, property, and 

natural resources. 

• Verify the reasons for postponing 

blowout preventer (BOP) tests, verify 

the state of readiness of the equipment 

and to ascertain that the equipment 

meets safety standards and 

requirements, ensure that BOP tests 

have been conducted in the manner and 

frequency to promote personnel safety 

and protect natural resources. Specific 

testing information must be recorded to 

verify that the proper test procedures 

were followed. 

• Assure that the well-workover 

operations are conducted on well casing 

that is structurally competent. 

We will protect information from 

respondents considered proprietary 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing 

regulations (43 CFR Part 2) and under 

regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data 

and information to be made available to 

the public.’’ No items of a sensitive 

nature are collected. Responses are 

mandatory. 

Frequency: On occasion, weekly, 

monthly, varies by section. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: Approximately 130 

Federal OCS lessees and operators. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The 

currently approved annual reporting 

burden for this collection is 19,459 

hours. The following chart details the 

individual components and respective 

hour burden estimates of this ICR. In 

calculating the burdens, we assumed 

that respondents perform certain 

requirements in the normal course of 

their activities. We consider these to be 

usual and customary and took that into 

account in estimating the burden. 

Citation 30 CFR 253 Reporting requirement Hour burden 

602 .................................................................. Request exceptions prior to moving well-workover equipment. ........ 1. 

602 .................................................................. Notify MMS of any rig mvoement within Gulf of Mexico (Form

MMS–144).

Burden included in 1010–

0150. 

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