Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 168 / Friday, August 29, 1997 / Notices 45867

13. Wind River Police Department

14. Fort Totten Municipal Center

15. Nett Lake Law Enforcement Center

16. Rosebud Law Enforcement Center

17. Quinault Police Department

18. Northern Cheyenne Law

Enforcement Center

19. Sacaton Adult Detention Center

20. Owyhee Detention Center

21. Warm Springs Detention

22. Fort Peck Police Department

23. Sacaton Juvenile Detention Center

24. Peach Springs Detention Center

25. Hopi Rehabilitation Center

26. Menominee Tribal Jail

27. Fort Thompson Jail

28. Omaha Tribal Police Department

29. Sells Adult Detention Center

30. Standing Rock Law Enforcement

Center

31. Chemawa Indian School

32. Fort Peck Indian Youth Service

Center

33. Walter Miner Law Enforcement

Center-Adult

34. Walter Miner Law Enforcement

Center-Juvenile

Dated: August 20, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–22990 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Gaming

Compacts Taking Effect.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988

(IGRA), Public Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C.

2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall

publish, in the Federal Register, notice

of Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose

of engaging in Class III (casino)

gambling on Indian reservations. The

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,

Department of the Interior, through her

delegated authority, is publishing the

Tribal-State Compacts between the

following Tribe/Pueblos and the State of

New Mexico executed on July 9, 1997.

The Mescalero Apache Tribe, Pueblo of

San Felipe, Pueblo of Pojoaque, Pueblo

of Tesuque, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of

Santa Clara, Pueblo of Sandia, Pueblo of

Taos, Pueblo of Acoma, and Pueblo of

Isleta. By the terms of IGRA these

Compacts are considered approved, but

only to the extent the compacts are

consistent with the provisions of IGRA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department believes that the decision to

let the 45-day statutory deadline for

approval or disapproval of the Compacts

expire without taking action is the most

appropriate course of action given the

unique history of state and federal court

cases and legislative actions that have

shaped the course of Indian gaming in

New Mexico. A letter further explaining

the Department’s decision is available

from the Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Indian Gaming Management Staff at the

address below.

DATES: This action is effective August

29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Indian

Gaming Management Staff, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street NW, MS

2070–MIB, Washington, DC 20240, (202)

219–4068.

Dated: August 23, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–22989 Filed 8–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[HE–952–9911–00]

Information Collection Associated With

Contracts for Sale of In-Kind Crude

Helium

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces its

intention to request approval for the

collection of information from those

persons who have entered into

enforceable contracts to purchase an

equivalent amount of crude helium from

the Secretary. The BLM uses the

information to balance crude helium

sales with sales to Federal agencies.

DATES: Comments in the proposed

collection must be received by October

28, 1997 to be considered.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

or hand delivered to: Bureau of Land

Management, Helium Operations, 801 S.

Fillmore, Suite 500, Amarillo, TX

79101–3545. Comments will be

available for public review at the

Fillmore address during regular

business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.),

Monday through Friday. You may also

send comments electronically by way of

the Internet to Cneely@he.blm.gov.

Please submit comments as an ASCII

file to avoid the use of special characters

and any form of encryption.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Connie H. Neely, Helium Sales Officer,

(806) 324–2635.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.12(a), BLM

is required to provide a 60-day notice in

the Federal Register concerning a

collection of information contained in

proposed rules or other documents to

solicit comments on: (a) Whether the

collection of information is necessary

for proper performance of the functions

of the agency, including whether the

information has practical utility; (b) the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of collecting the information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical or technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

The Helium Privatization Act of 1996

requires the Department of Defense, the

Atomic Energy Commission, the

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration and other Federal

agencies to purchase their major

requirements for helium from people

who have entered into enforceable

contracts to purchase an equivalent

amount of crude helium from the

Secretary. The Act requires BLM to

change its current helium regulations at

30 CFR 601 and 602. In advance of the

regulatory changes, however, BLM must

prepare a new standard contract to meet

the ‘‘enforceable contract’’ provision of

the Act. This information collection

meets the requirements of that

provision.

The proposed contract will contain

the following information and

recordkeeping requirements:

Information pertaining to definitions,

effective date and term of contract,

delivery, pricing, charges, billing and

payment of crude helium, and reports of

sales to Federal agencies.

BLM will use the information to

account for helium sold to Federal

agencies and crude helium purchased

from BLM. Upon request, BLM will

furnish information as to which

companies are in-kind crude helium

customers and which Federal agencies

might have a major helium requirement.

If BLM did not collect this information,

there could be no accurate accounting of

BLM helium to Federal agencies from

Federal helium suppliers. The

information, which is required by law,

is mandatory for reporting purposes.