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since the Pony Express RMP was

completed in 1990. The proposed plan

amendment also provides for

amendment of the land tenure

adjustment criteria throughout the Pony

Express RMP area. A Notice of Intent

proposing to amend the RMP was

published in the Federal Register on

June 24, 1996.

DATES: A 30 day protest period for the

planning amendment will commence

with publication of this Notice. Protests

must be received on or before

September 22, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Protests to the proposed

plan amendment should be addressed to

the Director (WO–210), Bureau of Land

Management, Attn: Brenda Williams,

Resource Planning Team, 1849 C Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20240, within 30

days after the date of publication of this

Notice for the proposed planning

amendment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Nelson, Realty Specialist, Bureau

of Land Management, Salt Lake District,

2370 South 2300 West, Salt Lake City,

Utah 84119, telephone (801) 977–4355.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This plan

amendment is subject to protest from

any adversely affected party who

participated in the planning process.

Protests must be made in accordance

with provisions of 43 CFR 1610.5–2, as

follows: Protests must pertain to issues

that were identified in the plan or

through the public participation

process. As a minimum, protests must

contain the name, mailing address,

telephone number, and interest of the

person filing the protest. A statement of

the issue or issues being protested must

be included. A statement of the part or

parts being protested and a citing of

pages, paragraphs, maps, etc., of the

proposed amendment, where practical,

should be included. A copy of all

documents addressing the issue(s)

submitted by the protester during the

planning process or a reference to the

date when the protester discussed the

issue(s) for the record. A concise

statement as to why the protester

believes the BLM State Director’s

decision is incorrect.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

G. William Lamb,

State Director.

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BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Intent To Prepare a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s Proposed Destin

Dome 56 Unit Development and

Production Plan Offshore Florida

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare

a draft environmental impact statement

(DEIS).

SUMMARY: Chevron U.S.A. Inc. proposes

to conduct natural gas development and

production activities in the Eastern Gulf

of Mexico offshore Florida. Chevron

U.S.A. Inc. filed their development and

production plan (DPP) with the

Minerals Management Service (MMS),

Gulf of Mexico OCS Regional Office on

November 19, 1996. The DPP was

deemed complete on August 12, 1997.

The MMS will prepare a DEIS for the

plan. It is anticipated that the overall

EIS process will take about 2 years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning the DEIS should

be directed to Mr. Dennis Chew,

Environmental Assessment Section,

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Minerals

Management Service, 1201 Elmwood

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana

70123–2394, (504) 736–2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Authority. Pursuant to the

regulations implementing the

procedural provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act, the MMS is

announcing its intent to prepare a DEIS

on Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s proposed

natural gas development and production

project offshore Florida. The NOI also

serves to announce the scoping process

that will be followed for this DEIS.

Throughout the scoping process,

Federal and State agencies, local

governments, and other interested

parties will have the opportunity to aid

the MMS in determining the scope of

the DEIS, significant issues that should

be addressed, and alternatives to be

considered.

2. Proposed Action. Chevron U.S.A.,

Inc. proposes to conduct development

and production activities in an 11-block

unit in the Destin Dome Area of the

Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area,

about 25 miles offshore Florida, due

south of Pensacola (see attached map).

The proposed action will be a natural

gas development project producing from

a geological formation known as the

Norphlet Formation. Preliminary tests

have indicated that production will

consist of significant quantities of

natural gas. Chevron proposes to drill

11–20 new wells and install 2 central

processing facilities in the 11-block

unit. One existing exploratory well will

be completed and put on production.

The ‘‘expected scenario’’ is a total of 12

wells producing up to 300 million cubic

feet of gas per day (MMcfd). The

‘‘maximum scenario’’ is a total of 21

wells producing up to 450 MMcfd. A

30-inch export pipeline would transport

the gas from the Destin Dome Unit to

the Mobile Area, Block 916, offshore

Alabama. The gas would be treated at

existing facilities offshore Alabama or at

existing onshore gas processing plants

in Mobile County, Alabama. The

shorebase for the project will be

Theodore, Alabama, or Pascagoula,

Mississippi.

3. Alternatives. Alternatives will

include the action as proposed by

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. in their DPP and no

action. Other possible alternatives that

may be considered include variations of

the proposed action and alternatives

identified during the scoping process.

4. Scoping. Scoping is an open and

early process for determining the scope

of the DEIS and for identifying

significant issues related to a proposed

action. Scoping also provides an

opportunity to identify alternatives to

the proposed action. For the subject

DEIS, public scoping meetings are

planned for Pascagoula, Mississippi;

Theodore, Alabama; and Pensacola,

Panama City, and Tallahassee, Florida.

Additional information regarding the

scoping meetings will be distributed to

interested parties and details of the

actual dates, times, and facilities for the

meetings will be advertised in local

media. Public information versions of

the Destin Dome Unit DPP submitted by

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. are available for

review at the following locations:

Minerals Management Service, Eastern

Gulf Information Office, Pensacola,

Florida

Jackson-George Regional Library,

Pascagoula, Mississippi

Eudora Welty Library, Jackson,

Mississippi

Thomas B. Norton Public Library, Gulf

Shores, Alabama

University of South Alabama, Mobile,

Alabama

Alabama Public Library Service,

Montgomery, Alabama

Fort Walton Beach Public Library, Fort

Walton Beach, Florida

Bay County Public Library, Panama

City, Florida

West Florida Regional Library,

Pensacola, Florida
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University of West Florida, Government

Documents Department, Pensacola,

Florida

Florida State University, Documents

Department, Tallahassee, Florida

5. Comments on the NOI. In addition

to input received at the scoping

meetings, Federal and State agencies,

local governments, and other interested

parties are requested to send their

written comments on the scope of the

DEIS, significant issues to be addressed,

and alternatives that should be

considered to the contact person and

address listed above. Comments should

be enclosed in an envelope labeled

‘‘Comments on the NOI to Prepare a

DEIS for the Destin Dome DPP’’ and

should be submitted no later than 45

days after publication of the NOI in the

Federal Register.

Dated: August 13, 1997.

J. Hammond Eve,

Acting Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS

Region.

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–C

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Reclamation Information Collection

Activities: Request for Comments

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation), as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections as required under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). Currently

Reclamation is soliciting comments

about obtaining data for use in the

preparation of a report to the President

and the Congress on the status of agency

implementation of customer service

standards as directed by Executive

Order 12862.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section on or before October

21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct comments on the

collection of information to the Bureau

of Reclamation, Director, Program

Analysis Office, D–5200, Attention: Mr.

Gene Munson, P.O. Box 25007, Denver,

Colorado 80225–0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For additional information or a copy of

the proposed collection of information,

contact Mr. Munson at the address

under the addresses section of this

notice or by telephone at: (303) 236–

1061, extension 297.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Reclamation is prepared to collect

Reclamation-wide customer service

information in support of Executive

Order 12862, and the Government

Performance and Results Act of 1993

(GPRA) requirements, and in pursuit of

Reclamation’s mission to manage,

develop, and protect water and related

resources in an environmentally and

economically sound manner in the

interest of the American people.

Collection of Reclamation-wide

customer service information furthers

our bureau’s ability to accomplish 3

essential mission objectives, which are

driven by 16 strategies identified in our

multi-year GPRA-based strategic plan.

As part of the Business Practices and

Productivity Mission Objective, the

Improve Customer Service strategy

ensures that the highest quality services

are delivered and met through

systematically obtaining feedback from

our customers.

The fiscal year 1998 data collection is

the first assessment and will establish a

baseline of capabilities. The baseline

data will be used by Reclamation and its

region and area offices to increase

service to customers. The initial

assessment is the beginning of a cyclical

process in which similar assessments

will occur in support of required GPRA

cycles, identifying improvements over

time. The data will enable Reclamation

to gauge its business practices in the

areas of Reclamation administration and

management of its natural resources;

contractual arrangements, overhead cost

containment, and revenues

management; and maintain a standard

of quality for service delivery systems.

Once the baseline is established,

Reclamation will benchmark its

business practices against the best in the

business and recommendations will be

issued for further reengineering of

service delivery systems.

Collection of Information

Title: Reclamation-wide Customer

Satisfaction Survey.

Type of Review: New.

Abstract: Reclamation is prepared to

collect Reclamation-wide customer

service information in support of

Executive Order 12862 and the GPRA

requirements, and in pursuit of

Reclamation’s mission. Collection of

this information will further