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U.S.C. 1331 et seq., requires the

Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to

preserve, protect, and develop offshore

oil and gas resources; 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 the

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 11

of the amended OCLSA requires the

holders of OCS oil and gas and sulphur

leases to submit exploration or

development and production plans for

approval prior to commencing these

activities. The implementing regulations

and associated information collection

requirements are contained in 30 CFR

part 250, subpart B, Exploration and

Development and Production Plans. In

addition, the MMS Regions have issued

Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTLs)

that provide supplementary guidance

and procedures applicable to each

Region or nationally. These NTLs

address the various surveys, reports,

plans (including supplemental deep

water operations plans and conservation

information for the Gulf of Mexico

(GOM) Region), etc., that are necessary

for MMS to approve the exploration or

development and production activities.

The MMS engineers, geologists,

geophysicists, and environmental

scientists use the information collected

under 30 CFR part 250, subpart B, and

related NTLs, to analyze and evaluate

the planned operations to ensure that

they will not adversely affect the

marine, coastal, or human environment

and that they conserve the resources of

the OCS. It would be impossible for the

Regional Supervisor to make an

informed decision on whether to

approve the proposed plans, or whether

modifications are necessary, without the

analysis and evaluation of the required

information. The affected States also

review the information collected for

consistency with approved Coastal Zone

Management plans.

The MMS will protect proprietary

information submitted with the plans in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act; 30 CFR part 250.18,

Data and information to be made

available to the public; and 30 CFR part

252, OCS Oil and Gas Information

Program. No items of a sensitive nature

are collected. Responses are mandatory.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: Approximately 130

Federal OCS sulphur or oil and gas

lessees.

Frequency: The frequency of reporting

is on occasion.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: 177,440

reporting burden hours; 260

recordkeeping burden hours. The

estimated average burden per response

is:

(1) Preliminary activities: 1 hour per

notice.

(2) Exploration or development and

production plans: 480 hours per plan.

(3) GOM Region Deepwater

Operations Plans: 480 hours per plan.

(4) Revised plans: 80 hours per

revision.

(5) Recordkeeping: 2 hours per

respondent.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The MMS

has identified no burdens associated

with this collection of information.

Comments: The MMS will summarize

written responses to this notice and

address them in its submission for OMB

approval. All comments will become a

matter of public record. As a result of

comments we receive and our

consultations with a representative

sample of respondents, we will make

any necessary adjustments to the burden

in our submission to OMB. In

calculating the burden, MMS assumed

that respondents perform many of the

requirements and maintain records in

the normal course of their activities. The

MMS considers these to be usual and

customary and took that into account in

estimating the burden.

(1) The MMS specifically solicits

comments on the following questions:

(a) Is the proposed collection of

information necessary for MMS to

properly perform its functions, and will

it be useful?

(b) Are the estimates of the burden

hours of the proposed collection

reasonable?

(c) Do you have any suggestions that

would enhance the quality, clarity, or

usefulness of the information to be

collected?

(d) Is there a way to minimize the

information collection burden on

respondents, including through the use

of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

information technology?

(2) In addition, the PRA requires

agencies to estimate the total annual

reporting and recordkeeping cost

burden to respondents or recordkeepers

resulting from the collection of

information. We need to know if you

have any. Your response should split

the cost estimate into two components:

(a) Total capital and startup cost

component; and

(b) Annual operation, maintenance,

and purchase of service components.

Your estimates should consider the

costs to generate, maintain, and disclose

or provide the information. You should

describe the methods you use to

estimate major cost factors, including

system and technology acquisition,

expected useful life of capital

equipment, discount rate(s), and the

period over which you incur costs.

Capital and startup costs include,

among other items, computers and

software you purchase to prepare for

collecting information; monitoring,

sampling, drilling, and testing

equipment; and record storage facilities.

Generally, your estimates should not

include equipment or services

purchased: (i) Before October 1, 1995;

(ii) to comply with requirements not

associated with the information

collection; (iii) for reasons other than to

provide information or keep records for

the Government; or (iv) as part of

customary and usual business or private

practices.

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach,

(202) 208–7744.

Dated: September 18, 1997.

E.P. Danenberger,

Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25348 Filed 9–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects from

Lake Texoma, OK in the Possession of

the United States Army Corps of

Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

from Lake Texoma, OK in the

possession of the United States Army

Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District,

Tulsa, OK.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by U.S. Army CorpsTulsa District professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma.

In 1971, human remains representing

two individuals were exposed during a

work project at site 34Jn30, Lake

Texoma, Johnson County, OK and

removed by University of Oklahoma

staff. No known individuals were
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identified. The 114 associated funerary

objects included an iron padlock, a

silver pendant, ceramics, glass seed

beads, dark green glass sherds, animal

bones, metal fragments, buttons, knife

blades, a clay pipe, a screw, mussel

shell, and stone flakes, however, these

objects have not been located within the

collections of the original curating

institution, the University of Oklahoma.

Morphological evidence based on

shoveled incisors indicates these

individuals are Native American. The

recorded associated funerary objects

indicate these burial date to between

c.1850—1890 A.D. During this time, site

34JN30 was located within the exclusive

territory of the Chickasaw Nation of

Oklahoma, and was allotted between

1901 and 1906 to Mr. Bluford J. Greer

and Ms. Sophia R. Arpealer, two

Chickasaw citizens.

During 1986–1987, human remains

representing a minimum of four

individuals were exposed by shoreline

erosion at site 34MA15, Lake Texoma,

Marshall County, OK and recovered by

Army Corps-Tulsa District personnel.

No known individuals were identified.

The eleven associated funerary objects

include three triangular-wire looped

thumbscrews, one heart-shaped looped

wire, one ribbon and bow decorative

metal coffin hardware, one pair of

decorative metal leaves coffin hardware,

one decorative metal bird or flower

hardware, and one metal coffin handle

fragment with two screws.

Based on the coffin hardware, these

burials are estimated to date between

the late 1800s and the early 1900s.

Morphological evidence, including

curved femurs, indicates that three of

these individuals are Native American.

The fourth individual, a young adult

woman found commingled with the

remains of one of the Native American

men, shows Caucasian facial

morphology. Site 34Ma15 is located

within an allotment held in the early

1900s by Mr. John Edward Mayo, Mr.

William Phillip Mayo, and Mr. James D.

Mayo, all of whom were Chickasaw

citizens.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District have

determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed

above represent the physical remains of

five individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District have

also determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the eleven objects

listed above are reasonably believed to

have been placed with or near

individual human remains at the time of

death or later as part of the death rite

or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District

have determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship

of shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and

associated funerary objects and the

Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains and

associated funerary objects should

contact Mr. Robert W. Jobson, NAGPRA

Coordinator, Planning Division, U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa district,

P.O. Box 61, Tulsa, OK 74121–0061,

telephone (918) 669–7193 , before

October 24, 1997. Repatriation of the

human remains and associated funerary

objects to the Chickasaw Nation of

Oklahoma may begin after that date if

no additional claimants come forward.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

C. Timothy McKeown,

Acting Departmental Consulting

Archeologist, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing

that the information collection request

for the title described below has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The information collection

request describes the nature of the

information collection and the expected

burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before October 24, 1997, to be assured

of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information and related form, contact

John A. Trelease at (202) 208–2783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

require that interested members of the

public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). OSM has

submitted a request to OMB to renew its

approval of the collection of information

contained in 30 CFR part 700, General.

OSM is requesting a 3-year term of

approval for this information collection

activity.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

number for this collection of

information is listed in 30 CFR part 700,

which is 1029–0094.

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a

Federal Register notice soliciting

comments on these collections of

information was published on June 20,

1997 (62 FR 33678). No comments were

received. This notice provides the

public with an additional 30 days in

which to comment on the following

information collection activity:

Title: General, 30 CFR part 700.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0094.

Summary: This Part establishes

procedures and requirements for

terminating jurisdiction of surface coal

mining and reclamation operations,

petitions for rulemaking, and citizen

suits filed under the Surface Mining

Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

Bureaur Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once.

Description of Respondents: State and

tribal regulatory authorities, private

citizens and citizen groups, and surface

coal mining companies.

Total Annual Responses: 10.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 8.

Send comments on the need for the

collections of information for the

performance of the functions of the

agency; the accuracy of the agency’s

burden estimates; ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information collections; and ways to

minimize the information collection

burdens on respondents, such as use of

automated means of collections of the

information, to the following addresses.

Please refer to the appropriate OMB

control number in all correspondence.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of the Interior Desk Officer,

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503. Also, please send a copy of your

comments to John A. Trelease, Office of