48882 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 180 / Wednesday, September 17, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Operation and Maintenance Rate

Adjustment: San Carlos Irrigation

Project, Arizona

ACTION: Notice of proposed irrigation

operation and maintenance (O&M) rate

adjustment.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs

proposes to change the assessment rates

for operating and maintaining the San

Carlos Irrigation Project for the 1998 and

1999 irrigation season. The following

table illustrates the impact of the rate

adjustment.

SAN CARLOS IRRIGATION PROJECT

[Irrigation Rate Per Assessable Acre]

Year

Present

1997

Proposed

1998

Proposed

1999

Rate ................................................................................................................................................................ $30.00 $20.00 $26.00

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Area

Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Phoenix Area Office, P.O. Box 10,

Phoenix, Arizona 85001, Telephone

(602) 379–6956.

DATE: Interested parties may submit

comments on the proposed rate

adjustment. Comments must be

submitted on or before October 17,

1997.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning

the proposed rate adjustment must be in

writing and addressed to: Director,

Office of Trust Responsibilities, Attn.:

Irrigation and Power, MS#4513–MIB,

Code 210, 1849 ‘‘C’’ Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20240, Telephone

(202) 208–5480.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

authority to issue this document is

vested in the Secretary of the Interior by

5 U.S.C. 301 and the Act of August 14,

1914 (38 Stat. 583, 25 U.S.C. 385). The

Secretary has delegated this authority to

the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

pursuant to part 209 Departmental

Manual, Chapter 8.1A and

Memorandum dated January 25, 1994,

from Chief of Staff, Department of the

Interior, to Assistant Secretaries, and

Heads of Bureaus and Offices.

This notice is given in accordance

with § 171.1(e) and 171.1(g) of part 171,

Subchapter H, Chapter 1, of Title 25 of

the Code of Federal Regulations, which

provides for the fixing and announcing

the rates for annual operation and

maintenance assessments and related

information of Bureau of Indian Affairs

irrigation projects.

The assessment rates are based on a

prepared estimate of the cost of normal

operation and maintenance of the

irrigation project. Normal operation and

maintenance means the expenses we

incur to provide direct support or

benefit to the project’s activities for

administration, operation, maintenance,

and rehabilitation. We must include at

least:

(a) Personnel salary and benefits for

the project engineer/manager and our

employees under his management/

control;

(b) Materials and supplies;

(c) Major and minor vehicle and

equipment repairs;

(d) Equipment, including

transportation, fuel, oil, grease, lease

and replacement;

(d) Capitalization expenses;

(e) Acquisition expenses, and

(f) Other expenses we determine

necessary to properly perform the

activities and functions characteristic of

an irrigation project.

Payments

The irrigation operation and

maintenance assessments become due

based on locally established payment

requirements. No water shall be

delivered to any of these lands until all

irrigation charges have been paid.

Interest and Penalty Fees

Interest, penalty, and administrative

fees will be assessed, where required by

law, on all delinquent operation and

maintenance assessment charges as

prescribed in the Code of Federal

Regulations, Title 4, Part 102, Federal

Claims Collection Standards; and 42

BIAM Supplement 3, part 3.8 Debt

Collection Procedures. Beginning 30

days after the due date interest will be

assessed at the rate of the current value

of funds to the U.S. Treasury. An

administrative fee of $12.50 will be

assessed each time an effort is made to

collect a delinquent debt; a penalty

charge of 6 percent per year will be

charged on delinquent debts over 90

days old and will accrue from the date

the debt became delinquent. No water

shall be delivered to any farm unit until

all irrigation charges have been paid.

After 180 days a delinquent debt will be

forwarded to the United States Treasury

for further action in accordance with

Debt Collection Improvement Act of

1996 (Pub. L. 104–134).

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–24697 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management Alaska

[AK–962–1410–00-P]

Notice for Publication (AA–9260);

Alaska Native Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue

conveyance under the provisions of Sec.

14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, 43

U.S.C. 1601, 1613(h)(1), will be issued

to Calista Corporation for approximately

26.9 acres. The lands involved are in the

vicinity of Nunivak Island, Alaska.

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 4 S., R. 98 W.,

Secs. 4 and 9.

A notice of the decision will be

published once a week, for four (4)

consecutive weeks, in the Anchorage

Daily News. Copies of the decision may

be obtained by contacting the Alaska

State Office of the Bureau of Land

Management, 222 West Seventh
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Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 (907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until October 17, 1997 to file

an appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Patricia A. Baker,

Land Law Examiner, ANCSA Team, Branch

of 962 Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 97–24631 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management Alaska

[AK–962–1410–00–P]

Notice for Publication (AA–9284);

Alaska Native Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue

conveyance under the provisions of Sec.

14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, 43

U.S.C. 1601, 1613(h)(1), will be issued

to Calista Corporation for approximately

0.95 acre. The lands involved are in the

vicinity of Nunivak Island, Alaska.

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 3 S., R. 102 W.,

Sec. 23

A notice of the decision will be

published once a week, for four (4)

consecutive weeks, in the Anchorage

Daily News. Copies of the decision may

be obtained by contacting the Alaska

State Office of the Bureau of Land

Management, 222 West Seventh

Avenue, # 13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 ((907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until October 17, 1997 to file

an appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Patricia A. Baker,

Land Law Examiner, ANCSA Team, Branch

of 962 Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 97–24632 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–060–01–1310–00]

Gillette South Coalbed Methane

Project, Campbell County, Wyoming;

Availability of the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

availability of the Gillette South

Coalbed Methane Project abbreviated

(FEIS). Together with the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

issued in March 1997, the FEIS analyzes

the environmental consequences of

coalbed methane development within

the Gillette South assessment area. The

development area is located in

Campbell County and generally located

within Townships 42 through 49 North;

Ranges 70 through 73 West, 6th

Principal Meridian. The area is accessed

by U.S. Highway 59 south of Gillette,

Wyoming. Access to the interior of the

assessment area is provided by a road

system developed to service prior and

ongoing drilling and production

activities.

DATES: Since the FEIS is abbreviated it

must be reviewed with the DEIS.

Comments on the FEIS will be accepted

for 30 days following the date the

Environmental Protection Agency

publishes their Notice of Availability in

the Federal Register. The EPA notice is

expected on or about September 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the FEIS

should be sent to Mr. Richard Zander,

Bureau of Land Management, Buffalo

Resource Area, 1425 Fort Street, Buffalo,

Wyoming 82834.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DEIS

issued in March 1997, received twelve

comments. These comments were

addressed and considered in the

analysis of the FEIS. The FEIS analyzes

a proposed action, and the no action

alternative. It also considers four other

alternatives, Restrict Timing of

Approval of Federal Wells, Reduce

Number of Federal Wells Approved,

Change the Method of Surface Water

Disposal, and Inject Produced Water

Underground. The proposal presented

by the operators is to continue to drill

additional wells on their leased acreage

within this methane gas development

area.

Over the next 3 to 5 years, the

operators propose to drill up to 400 (210

private or State and 190 Federal)

additional wells to obtain maximum

recovery of methane gas from existing

Federal (41 percent), State, and private

oil and gas leases. The FEIS describes

the physical, biological, cultural,

historic, and socioeconomic resources

in and surrounding the project area. The

focus of the impact analysis was based

upon resource issues, concerns

identified during public scoping, and

the public and internal review

comments received on the DEIS.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Alan R. Pierson,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 97–24606 Filed 9–16–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–330–1010–00]

Notice of Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management’s Northwest (Ukiah)

Resource Advisory Council will hold a

business meeting and field tour

Thursday and Friday, October 2 and 3,

1997 at the Mattole Lodge, located in

the Mattole Valley, halfway between

Petrolia and Honeydew, California. The

Mattole Lodge is located on the Mattole

River near AW Way County Park.

The meeting is open to the public.

Agenda items include an update on

BLM’s Environmental Impact Statement

for Livestock Grazing, a discussion on

BLM’s proposal to close 3.5 miles of

beach in the King Range National

Conservation Area to motorized use, an

overview of the land exchange/

acquisition program within BLM

California, an update on a National

Conservation Area proposal for the

Sacramento River, a subcommittee

report on recreation fees on public land

facilities, updates from the Arcata, Clear

Lake and Redding Resource Areas, and

a State Office update on current issues.

The October 2 meeting begins at 10:30

a.m. at the fairground parking lot in