Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 208 / Tuesday, October 28, 1997 / Notices 55825

Comments

Comments received will be available

for public inspection by appointment

during normal business hours (8:00 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at

the above office. All comments received,

including names and addresses, will

become part of the administrative record

and may be made available to the

public.

Authority: This notice is being furnished

pursuant to the Council on Environmental

Quality Regulations for Implementing the

Procedural Provisions of the National

Environmental Policy Act Regulations (40

CFR sections 1501.7 and 1508.22) to obtain

suggestions and information from other

agencies and the public on the scope of

issues and alternatives that would be

analyzed or considered in preparation of an

environmental assessment or environmental

impact statement.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 97–28482 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Notice of Intent to Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians

Resource Recovery Park Project,

Riverside County, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent and public

scoping meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),

with the cooperation of the Cabazon

Band of Mission Indians, intends to

gather information necessary for

preparing a Programmatic

Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)

for the Cabazon Resource Recovery Park

Project proposed for development on

Section 6 of the Cabazon Reservation in

Riverside County, California. A

description of the proposed project,

location, and environmental

considerations to be addressed in the

PEIS are provided below (see

supplemental information). In addition

to this notice, a public meeting

regarding the proposed project and

preparation of the PEIS will be held.

This notice is published in

accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

regulations found in 40 CFR 1501.7. The

purpose of this notice is to obtain

suggestions and information from other

agencies and the public on the scope of

issues to be addressed in the PEIS.

Comments and participation in this

scoping process are encouraged.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before November 28, 1997. A public

scoping meeting will be held November

13, 1997, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Ronald Jaeger, Area

Director, Sacramento Area Office,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 4330 Watt

Avenue, 4th Floor, North Higlands,

California 95660. A public scoping

meeting will be held on November 13,

1997, at the Tribal Hall, Cabazon

Reservation, 84–245 Indio Springs

Drive, Indio, California, from 7 p.m. to

10 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frank Fryman, Acting Area Natural

Resources Officer, Sacramento Area

Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 4330

Watt Avenue, 4th Floor, North Higlands,

California 95660, telephone number

(916) 979–2575, extension 255; or

Michael Derry, Development Manager,

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, 84–

245 Indio Springs Drive, Indio,

California 92201, telephone number

(760) 342–2593, extension 3015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians plans

to develop Section 6 of their

Reservation, located between Avenue 62

and Avenue 66 on State Highway 111,

south of the City of Coachella in

Riverside County, California, into the

Cabazon Resource Recovery Park

(CRRP). The CRRP will be developed to

include numerous industrial facilities in

the areas of recycling, reclamation, and

reuse of materials that would otherwise

be disposed of as waste, and subsequent

manufacturing of products from the

reclaimed materials. The CRRP will

build on the existing waste recycling

industries already constructed on

Section 6. Future types of industries to

be pursued include: a catalytic

converter recycling plant in which

platinum metal is recovered; a waste tire

recycling plant which will produce

crumb rubber for numerous industrial

and paving uses; a materials recovery

facility (MRF) which will separate

reusable materials from the municipal

solid waste stream; a biomass to ethanol

facility; a building block production

facility; and a specialty plastic products

manufacturer using plastics recovered at

the MRF. Numerous other projects

similar in nature are planned. An

infrastructure will be constructed to

support the facilities in the Park,

including rail sidings, a road network, a

sewage treatment plant, and a

cogeneration plant. The project will use

the existing Southern Pacific rail line

and the improved State Highway 86 for

transportation of materials to and from

the Park. The PEIS will address existing,

developing, planned, and representative

projects in the CRRP. Areas of

environmental concern include: air

quality, traffic and transportation,

biological and botanical resources, and

cultural resources. The range of issues

addressed may be expanded based on

comments received during the scoping

process.

Ada E. Deer,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–28492 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO–310–1310–01–24–1A; OMB Approval

Number 1004–0136]

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 for information listed below

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

April 8, 1996, the BLM published a

notice in the Federal Register (61 FR

15510) requesting comments on the

collection. The comment period ended

June 7, 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 requirements should

be made within 30 days directly to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Interior Department Desk Officer (1004–

0136), 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 Office (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
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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: Application for Permit for Drill,

Deepen, or Plug Back.

OMB Approval Number: 1004–0136.

Abstract: Data submitted by oil and

gas operators is used for agency

approval of proposed drilling operations

through review of technical and

environmental factors.

Bureau Form Number: 3160–3.

Frequency: On occasion.

Description of Respondents: Oil and

gas operators.

Estimated Completion Time: 30

minutes.

Annual Responses: 4,000.

Annual Burden Hours: 2,000.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole

Smith (202) 452–0367.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Carole Smith,

Bureau of Land Management Information

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–28445 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ917–AZA29960]

Notice of Proposed Decision of

Exchange of Lands in Maricopa and

Pima Counties, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on

October 17, 1997 Michael A. Taylor,

Phoenix Field Office Manager, approved

the proposed land exchange between

the Bureau of Land Management,

Phoenix Field Office and Tucson

Mountain Investors, L.L.C. The

proposed decision, the Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) and the

Environmental Assessment (EA) are

available for public review at the State

Office, 222 North Central Avenue,

Phoenix, Arizona 85004. Copies can

also be obtained by calling Alicia A.

Leone at (602) 417–9567. The following

described federal land has been

determined to be suitable for transfer

out of federal ownership by exchange

pursuant to Section 206 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976 (U.S.C. 1716), as amended:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 5 N., R. 1 W.,

Sec. 1, lots 1–7, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 3, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,

W1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 5, E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 7, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, N1⁄2S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 8, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4,

E1⁄2E1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 9, all;

Sec. 10, all;

Sec. 11, all;

Sec. 14, lots 1–10, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 15, lots 1–10, N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 22, N1⁄2N1⁄2, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4.

The area described contains 4,322.40 acres.

In exchange the United States will

acquire the following described land

from Tucson Mountain Investors, L.L.C.:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 13 S., R. 12 E.,

Sec. 10, part of;

Sec. 11, part of.

The area described contains 632.78 acres

more or less.

Approval of the exchange is to

implement the Phoenix Resource

Management Plan Decision which

identified the selected federal lands for

disposal and on development

information submitted by Noranda

Properties, Inc. Acquisition of the

private lands was authorized by Public

Law 103–364, signed into law in

October 1994, which added 3,460 acres

to the park and changed the name from

Saguaro National Monument to Saguaro

National Park. Resource values of the

private lands enhance the resource

management within the Saquaro

National Park. The offered lands contain

representative Sonoran Desert

vegetation in excellent condition. The

diversity of vegetation, representing the

paloverde/saguaro/mixed cactus and

ironwood associations, provides

important habitat for some of the

sensitive wildlife species which occur

in the Arizona Upland vegetation type.

Also as part of the Saguaro National

Park, the area will be accessible to

hikers, horseback riders, birdwatchers,

botanists and students of natural

history. The public interest will be

served by making the exchange.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may

submit comments and/or protests

concerning the Proposed Decision for

the exchange to the Bureau of Land

Management, Phoenix Field Office 2015

West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix,

Arizona 85027. Comments must be in

writing to the Field Office Manager and

be postmarked within 45 days from the

publication of this notice.

Dated: October 17, 1997.

Michael A. Taylor,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–28512 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–960–1910–12] ES–48891, Group 29,

Illinois

Notice of Cancellation of Plat of Survey

The plat accepted July 11, 1997

published in the Federal Register on

July 22, 1997 (62 FR 39249) and stayed

August 28, 1997 published August 28,

1997 (62 FR 45680) has been cancelled

effective October 17, 1997.

Dated: October 20, 1997.

Stephen G. Kopach,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 97–28446 Filed 10–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Final Environmental Impact Statement/

General Management Plan; San

Francisco Maritime National Historical

Park, California; Record of Decision

Introduction

Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Pub.

L. 91–190 (as amended), and the

regulations promulgated by the Council

on Environmental Quality at 40 CFR

1505.2, the Department of the Interior,

National Park Service, has prepared this

Record of Decision (ROD) for the Final

Environmental Impact Statement on the

General Management Plan for San

Francisco Maritime National Historical

Park. The ROD is a concise statement of

what decisions were made, what

alternatives were considered, the

environmentally preferred alternative,

the basis for the decision, and the

mitigating measures developed to avoid

or minimize environmental impacts.

Selected Action

The National Park Service (NPS) will

implement Alternative A, described as

the proposed action in the Draft and