Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 197 / Friday, October 10, 1997 / Notices 53019

1849 C St. N.W., Mail Stop 401 LS,

Washington D.C. 20420.

Nature of Comments

We specifically request your

comments on the following:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for proper

functioning of the BLM, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

2. The accuracy of BLM’s estimate of

the burden of collecting information,

including the validation of the

methodology and assumption used;

3. The quality, utility and clarity of

the information to be collected; and

4. How to minimize the burden of

collecting the information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical and other forms of

information technology.

Title: 43 CFR 45120.3–3, Range

Improvement Permit.

OMB approval number: 1004–0019.

Abstract: The Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to renew the

approval of an information collection

for an existing rule at 43 CFR 4120.3–

3. The rule provides for public

rangeland grazing permittees or lessees

to apply for BLM approval to construct

or maintain removable or temporary

range improvements on the public

rangeland allotments that are necessary

for livestock management or to facilitate

handling livestock. The form is used to

apply for approval to install the

improvement and documents the

records for the service life of the

improvement.

Bureau Form Number: Form 4120–7.

Frequency: On occasion.

Description of Respondents:

Respondents are applicants requesting

permission to construct range

improvements on public lands.

Estimated completion time: 20

minutes.

Annual responses: 60.

Annual burden hours: 20.

Collection clearance officer: Carole

Smith, (202) 452–0367.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

Carole Smith,

Bureau of Land Management Information

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–26994 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO–310–1310–01–24 1A]

OMB Approval Number 1004–0135;

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act

The Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) has submitted the proposed

collection of information listed below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 3501 et seq.) On March 28,

1996, the BLM published a notice in the

Federal Register (61 FR 13869)

requesting comments on the collection.

The comment period ended May 28,

1996. No comments were received.

Copies of the proposed collection of

information and related forms and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting the BLM Clearance Officer

at the telephone number listed below.

OMB is required to respond to this

request within 60 days but may respond

after 30 days. For maximum

consideration your comments and

suggestions on the requirement should

be made within 30 days directly to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Interior Department Desk Officer (1004–

0135), Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, D.C.

20503, telephone (202) 395–7340. Please

provide a copy of your comments to the

Bureau Clearance Officer (WO–630),

1849 C St., N.W., Mail Stop 401 LS,

Washington, D.C. 20240.

Nature of Comments

We specifically request your

comments on the following:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

functioning of the Bureau of Land

Management, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of BLM’s estimate of

the burden of collecting the information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

3. The quality, utility and clarity of

the information to be collected; and

4. How to minimize the burden of

collecting the information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

information technology.

Title: Sundry Notices and Reports on

Wells.

OMB Approval Number: 1004–0135.

Abstract: Data submitted by oil and

gas operators is used for agency

approval of specific additional

operations on a well and to report the

completion of such additional work.

Bureau Form Number: 3160–5.

Frequency: On occasion.

Description of Respondents:

Operators and operating rights owners

of Federal and Indian (except Osage) oil

and gas leases.

Estimated completion time: 25

minutes.

Annual Responses: 34,000.

Annual Burden Hours: 14, 166.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole

Smith, (202) 452–0367.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

Carole Smith,

Bureau of Land Management Information

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–26995 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–014–08–3110–00–H040 GP7–0315]

Notice of Direct Sale of Public Lands

in Klamath County, OR

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of direct sale of public

lands in Klamath County, Oregon.

SUMMARY: The following described lands

have been determined to be suitable for

disposal by direct sale under Section

203 of the Federal Land Policy Land

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1713, at not less the appraised fair

market value of $645,000.

Willamette Meridian

T. 37 S., R. 9 E.

Sec. 4–SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 ................. 40.00

Sec. 9–NW1⁄4NW1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 ........................... 80.00

Sec. 35–SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 .................. 40.00

T. 37 S., R. 10 E.

Sec. 12–S1⁄2SE1⁄4 .................... 80.00

Sec. 13–NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 ................ 40.00

T. 37 S., R. 111⁄2–E.

Sec. 13–E1⁄2NW1⁄4 .................. 80.00

Sec. 14–SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 .................. 40.00

Sec. 17–SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 ................. 40.00

Sec. 20–NE1⁄4SE1⁄4 .................. 40.00

Sec. 21–W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

N1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

N1⁄2SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4 ............ 360.00

Sec. 22–W1⁄2SW1⁄4 .................. 80.00

Sec. 26–NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 ................ 40.00

Sec. 27–NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 ............... 40.00

Sec. 28–SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

W1⁄2NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 ......................... 200.00

Sec. 29–SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4,

E1⁄2SE1⁄4 ............................... 200.00
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T. 37 S., R. 11 E.

Sec. 29–N1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 120.00

Sec. 30–N1⁄2SE1⁄4 .................... 80.00

Total ................................. 1,600.00

The above described land is hereby

segregated from appropriation under the

public land laws, including the mining

laws, but not from sale under the above

cited statute, for 270 days or until the

title transfer is completed or the

segregation is terminated by publication

in the Federal Register, which ever

occurs first.

These lands are difficult and

uneconomic to manage as part of the

public lands and are not suitable for

management by another Federal agency.

No significant resource values will be

affected by this disposal. The sale is

consistent with the Bureau of Land

Management’s planning for the lands

involved and the public interest will be

served by the sale. Sale of these lands

will contribute to reducing the land sale

commitment the Klamath Falls Resource

Area incurred with the acquisition of

the Wood River Ranch.

Purchaser must be U.S. citizens, 18

years of age or older, a state or state

instrumentality authorized to hold

property, or a corporation authorized to

own real estate in the state in which the

land is located.

The land is being offered by direct

sale to the American Land Conservancy,

a California public benefit corporation

using the Direct sale procedures

authorized under 43 CFR 2711.3–3.

direct sale is appropriate because the

American Land Conservancy assisted

the Bureau of Land Management in

acquiring the north half of the Wood

River Ranch.

The terms, conditions, and

reservations, applicable to the sale are

as follows:

1. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals will be reserved to the United

States under 43 U.S.C. 945.

2. The mineral interests being offered

for conveyance have not known mineral

value. The acceptance of a direct sale

offer will constitute an application for

conveyance of the mineral estate, with

the exception of the Oil, Gas and

Geothermal interests which will be

reserved to the United States in

accordance with Section 209 of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976. Direct purchasers must

submit a non refundable $50.00 filing

fee for the conveyance of the mineral

estate upon request of the Bureau of

Land Management.

3. Patents will be issued subject to all

valid existing rights and reservations of

record.

If the lands identified in this notice

are not sold, they will be offered

competitively on a continuing basis

until sold. Sealed bids will be accepted

at the Klamath Falls Resource Area

Office during regular business hours.

All bids will be opened the first

Wednesday of the month beginning on

March 4, 1998. To be considered, bids

must be received by 10:00 AM on the

day of the bid opening.

Detailed informational concerning the

sale, including the reservations, sale

procedures and conditions, and

planning and environmental

documents, is available at the Klamath

Falls Resource Area Office 2795

Anderson Ave. Building 25, Klamath

Falls, Oregon 97603 (541/883–6916).

This notice is for information

purposes only and is not appealable to

the Interior Board of Land Appeals. The

environmental assessment prepared for

the disposal of these public lands

evaluated disposal by sale or exchange.

The decision of the Klamath Falls Area

Manager, issued on May 13, 1994, was

to dispose of the above, and other,

public lands by exchange to the

American Land Conservancy, with

subsequent sale to the Thomas Lumber

Company or direct sale to the American

Land Conservancy. That decisions was

protested and subsequently appealed to

the Department of the Interior Board of

Land Appeals. The appeal was resolved

by the appellants and the Bureau of

Land Management agreeing to a

settlement which removed 560 acres of

public land from the proposed disposal.

A. Barron Bail,

Area Manager, Klamath Falls Resource Area.

[FR Doc. 97–26969 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–942–07–1420–00]

Filing of Plats of Survey; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to inform the public and interested State

and local government officials of the

filing of Plats of Survey in Nevada.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Filing is effective at

10:00 a.m. on the dates indicated below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert H. Thompson, Acting Chief,

Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Nevada State

Office, 850 Harvard Way, P.O. Box

12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 702–785–

6541.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. The Plat of Survey of the following

described lands was officially filed at

the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada

on July 31, 1997:

The plat, in six (6) sheets,

representing the dependent resurvey of

a portion of the south, east, west and

north boundaries, a portion of the

subdivisional lines, and a portion of the

subdivision-of-section lines of sections

1 and 24, and the subdivision and

further subdivision of certain sections,

and the metes-and-bounds survey of

portions of U.S. Highway 50 right-ofway, in sections 5 and 6, Township 14

North, Range 19 East, of the Mount

Diablo Meridian, in the State of Nevada,

under Group No. 743, was accepted July

29, 1997.

This survey was executed to meet

certain administrative needs of the U.S.

Forest Service.

2. The Plat of Survey at of the

following described lands was officially

filed at the Nevada State Office, Reno,

Nevada on August 14, 1997:

The plat, representing the dependent

resurvey of a portion of the south

boundary and a portion of the

subdivisional lines of Township 17

South, Range 63 East, of the Mount

Diablo Meridian, in the State of Nevada,

under Group No. 733, was accepted

August 12, 1997.

This survey was executed to meet

certain administrative needs of Clark

County.

3. The Plat of Survey of the following

described lands was officially filed at

the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada

on August 14, 1997:

The plat, in eleven (11) sheets,

representing the dependent resurvey of

a portion of the east boundary of

Township 18 South, Range 62 East, a

portion of the south boundary and a

portion of the subdivisional lines, and

the subdivision of certain sections,

Township 18 South, Range 63 East, of

the Mount Diablo Meridian, in the State

of Nevada, under Group No. 733, was

accepted August 12, 1997.

This survey was executed to meet

certain administrative needs of Clark

County.

4. The Plat of Survey of the following

described lands was officially filed at

the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada

on August 14, 1997:

The plat, in three (3) sheets,

representing the dependent resurvey of

a portion of the east boundary of

Township 19 South, Range 62 East, and

a portion of the subdivisional lines of

Township 19 South, Range 63 East, of