51894 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 192 / Friday, October 3, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–030–07–1820–00–1784]

Southwest Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; Resource Advisory

Council Meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C.), notice is hereby given that the

Southwest Resource Advisory Council

(Southwest RAC) will meet on

Thursday, November 13, 1997, at the

Anasazi Heritage Center near Dolores,

Colorado.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Thursday, November 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: For additional information,

contact Roger Alexander, Bureau of

Land Management, Montrose District

Office, 2465 South Townsend Avenue,

Montrose, Colorado 81401; telephone

970–240–5335; TDD 970–240–5366; email r2alexan@co.blm.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

November 13, 1997, meeting will begin

at 9:00 a.m. at the Anasazi Heritage

Center, 27501 Highway 184, three miles

west of Dolores, Colorado. The agenda

will include a summary of the fee pilot

program at the Heritage Center, status

reports on sage grouse planning efforts

in Dry Creek Basin and the abandoned

mine land reclamation effort in the

upper Animas River drainage, and

discussion on recreation guidelines.

Time will be provided for public

comments.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements to the Council, or written

statements may be submitted for the

Council’s consideration. If necessary, a

per-person time limit may be

established by the Montrose District

Manager.

Summary minutes for Council

meetings are maintained in the

Montrose District Office and on the

World Wide Web at http://

www.co.blm.gov/mdo/

mdolswlrac.htm and are available for

public inspection and reproduction

within thirty (30) days following each

meeting.

Dated: September 26, 1997.

Mark W. Stiles,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–26307 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–070–1220–00]

Restrictions on Public Land; San Juan,

Rio Arriba and Sandoval Counties,

New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of use restrictions.

SUMMARY: In order to reduce the impacts

to various resources caused by the high

number of open roads and the use of offhighway vehicles in the Farmington

District, use restrictions are announced

by the Farmington District. Effective

immediately, vehicle travel is limited to

designated roads and trails within the

13 Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV)

management units designated in the

Farmington Proposed Resource

Management Plan Amendment/

Environmental Assessment Off-Highway

Vehicle Use, as specified in the Decision

Record which was approved in July of

1995. The 13 management units include

a total of almost 500,000 acres of public

land.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Hansen, BLM Farmington District

Office, 1235 La Plata Highway, Suite A,

Farmington, NM 87401; 505–599–6325.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Resource Management Plan Amendment

(RMPA) was completed and approved

with extensive public involvement. The

purpose of the amendment was to

protect resource values such as wildlife

habitat, soil, cultural sites and

threatened and endangered species. The

management units are listed below,

1. Tank Mountain/Pump Canyon

2. Middle Mesa

3. Rosa Mesa

4. Sims Mesa

5. Laguna Seca

6. Largo/Carrizo

7. Gallo Canyon

8. North Huerfano

9. Pinon Mesa

10. Kiffen Canyon

11. Manzanares Mesa

12. Blanco Mesa

13. Rincon Largo

A map showing the specific location

of the management units is available for

viewing at the Farmington District

Office located in Farmington, New

Mexico at 1235 La Plata Highway.

Off Highway Vehicle management

plans will be written for each of the

management units as funding and

personnel allow. Closures will be

enforced as signing is completed. The

management plan for the Rosa Mesa

area was completed in June of 1996.

Authority for these closures is found

in 43 CFR part 8364. Any person who

fails to comply with a closure issued

under 43 CFR part 8364 may be subject

to the penalties provided in 43 CFR

8360.0–7: violations are punishable by a

fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or

imprisonment not to exceed 12 months.

Lee Otteni,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–26240 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget Review;

Comment Request

TITLE: Office of Indian Royalty Assistant

Customer Satisfaction Survey Postcard.

COMMENTS: This collection of

information has been submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for approval. In compliance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Section 3506(c)(2)(A), we are notifying

you, members of the public and affected

agencies, of this collection of

information, and are inviting your

comments. Is this information collection

necessary for us to properly do our job?

Have we accurately estimated the

public’s burden for responding to this

collection? Can we enhance the quality,

utility, and clarify of the information we

collect? Can we lessen the burden of

this information collection on the

respondents by using automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

Comments should be made directly to

the Attention: Desk Officer for the

Interior Department, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503; telephone (202)

395–7340. Comments should also be

directed to the agency. The U.S. Postal

Service address is Minerals

Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, Rules and

Publications Staff, P.O. Box 25165, MS

3021, Denver, Colorado 80225–0165; the

courier address is Building 85, Room A–

613, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225; and the E-mail address

is DavidlGuzy@mms.gov. OMB has up

to 60 days to approve or disapprove the

information collection but may respond

after 30 days; therefore, public

comments should be submitted to OMB

within 30 days in order to assure their

maximum consideration.
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Copies of the proposed information

collection and related explanatory

material may be obtained by contacting

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, telephone (303) 231–3046, FAX

(303) 231–3385, E-mail

DennislJones@mms.gov.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before November 3, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service’s Office of Indian Royalty

Assistance (OIRA) is soliciting

comments from Indian mineral owners

to determine the effectiveness of its

services. OIRA will use this information

to develop and implement new

procedures to improve and streamline

its services.

Individual Indian mineral owners are

requested to respond, using a customer

comment postcard, to three questions by

checking ‘‘Yes’’ or ‘‘No’’ boxes and to a

fourth question with a written response.

The four questions are: 1. Did we

answer your questions? 2. Did we

respond timely? 3. Did we treat you

courteously? 4. How can we improve

our service? We estimate that it takes

about 2 minutes to respond to these

questions and that approximately 60

respondents will respond annually.

Description of Respondents:

Individual Indian mineral owners.

Frequency of Response: Upon request

after receiving assistance from the Office

of Indian Royalty Assistance.

Estimated Reporting and

Recordkeeping Burden: 2 minutes.

Annual Responses: 60 responses.

Annual Burden Hours: 2 hours.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Jo Ann

Lauterbach, (202) 208–7744.

Dated: September 22, 1997.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

[FR Doc. 97–26237 Filed 10–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

30-Day Notice of Submission to OMB—

Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior,

National Park Service, Land and Water

Conservation Fund State Assistance and

Urban Park and Recreation Recovery

Programs.

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB

and request for comments.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3507) and 5 CFR

part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements, the National Park Service

invites public comments on eight

information collection requests (ICR) for

the Land and Water Conservation Fund

(LWCF) and Urban Park and Recreation

Recovery (UPARR) grant programs as

described below. Comments are invited

on: (1) The need for the information

including whether the information has

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the

reporting burden estimate; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

1. LWCF Description and Notification

(DNF, NPS 10–903, OMB 1024–0031).

The DNF is necessary to provide data

input into the NPS automated project

information system which provides

timely data on projects funded over the

life of the LWCF program. Respondents:

56 State governments, DC and

territories. Estimated Annual Reporting

Burden: 13 hours. Estimated Average

Burden Hours Per Response: 0.25 hours.

Estimated Frequency of Response: 50

nationwide.

2. LWCF Program Performance Report

(OMB 1024–0032). As required by OMB

Circular A–102, grantees must submit

performance reports which describe the

status of the work required under the

project scope. Respondents: 56 State

governments, DC and territories.

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:

690 hours. Estimated Average Burden

Hours Per Response: 1.0 hours.

Estimated Frequency of Response: 690

nationwide.

3. LWCF Project Agreement and

Amendment Form (NPS 10–902 and 10–

902a, respectively, OMB 1024–0033).

The Project Agreement and Amendment

forms set forth the obligations assumed

by the State through its acceptance of

Federal assistance under the LWCF Act

and any special terms and conditions.

Respondents: 56 State governments, DC

and territories. Estimated Annual

Reporting Burden: 70 hours. Estimated

Average Burden Hours Per Response:

1.0 hours. Estimated Frequency of

Response: 70 nationwide.

4. LWCF On-Site Inspection Report

(OMB 1024–0034). The On-Site

Inspection Reports are used to insure

compliance by grantees with applicable

Federal laws and program guidelines,

and to insure the continued viability of

the funded site. Respondents: 56 State

governments, DC and territories.

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:

3,000 hours. Estimated Average Burden

Hours Per Response: 0.5 hours.

Estimated Frequency of Response: 6,000

nationwide.

5. LWCF Conversion of Use

Provisions (OMB 1024–0047). To

convert assisted sites to other than

public outdoor recreation, LWCF project

sponsors must provide relevant

information necessary to comply with

section 6(f)(3) of the LWCF Act of 1965.

Respondents: 56 State governments, DC

and territories. Estimated Annual

Reporting Burden: 1,750 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per

Response: 35 hours. Estimated

Frequency of Response: 50 nationwide.

6. UPARR Project Performance Report

(OMB 1024–0028). As required by OMB

Circular A–102, grant recipients must

submit performance reports which

describe the status of the work required

under the project scope. Respondents:

Urban cities and counties. Estimated

Annual Reporting Burden: 250 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Hours Per

Response: 1.5 hours. Estimated

Frequency of Response: 165 nationwide.

7. UPARR Conversion of Use

Provisions (OMB 1024–0048). To

convert assisted sites to other than

public outdoor recreation, UPARR

project sponsors must provide relevant

information necessary to comply with

section 1010 of the UPARR Act of 1978.

Respondents: Urban cities and counties.

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 75

hours. Estimated Average Burden Hours

Per Response: 25 hours. Estimated

Frequency of Response: 3 nationwide.

8. UPARR Project Agreement and

Amendment Form (NPS 10–912 and 10–

915, respectively, OMB 1024–0089). The

Project Agreement and Amendment

forms set forth the obligations assumed

by grant recipients through their

acceptance of Federal assistance under

the UPARR Act and any special terms

and conditions. Respondents: Urban

cities and counties. Estimated Annual

Reporting Burden: 20 hours. Estimated

Average Burden Hours Per Response:

1.0 hours. Estimated Frequency of

Response: 20 nationwide.

There were no public comments

received as a result of publishing on

July 25, 1997 in the Federal Register a

60-day notice of intention to request

clearance for this ICR.

DATES: Public comments on these eight

proposed ICRs will be accepted on or

before November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs of

OMB, Attention Desk Officer for the

Interior Department, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503; and also to: Mr. Kenneth R.

Compton, Acting Program Manager,

Recreation Grants, National Park Service