61828 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Bay-Delta Advisory Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory

Council (BDAC) will meet to discuss

several issued including: consideration

and discussion of preliminary draft

alternatives being developed for the

programmatic EIS/EIR, a report on the

findings and recommendations of the

Ecosystem Restoration Program Plan

Scientific Review Panel, reports from

the BDAC Work Groups, and other

policy issues pertaining to the CALFED

Bay-Delta Program. Interested persons

may make oral statements to the BDAC

or may file written statements for

consideration.

DATES: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council

meeting will be held from 9:30 am to

5:00 pm on Friday, December 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The Bay-Delta Advisory

Council meeting will meet at the

Radison Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane,

Sacramento, California 95815, (916)

922–2020.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Mary Selkirk, CALFED Bay-Delta

Program, at (916) 657–2666. If

reasonable accommodation is needed

due to a disability, please contact the

Equal Employment Opportunity Office

at (916) 653–6952 or TDD (916) 653–

6934 at least one week prior to the

meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San

Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin

Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta system) is a

critically important part of California’s

natural environment and economy. In

recognition of the serious problems

facing the region and the complex

resource management decisions that

must be made, the state of California

and the Federal government are working

together to stabilize, protect, restore,

and enhance the Bay-Delta system. The

State and Federal agencies with

management and regulatory

responsibilities in the Bay-Delta system

are working together as CALFED to

provide policy direction and oversight

for the process.

One area of Bay-Delta management

includes the establishment of a joint

State-Federal process to develop longterm solutions to problems in the BayDelta system related to fish and wildlife,

water supply reliability, natural

disasters, and water quality. The intent

is to develop a comprehensive and

balanced plan which addresses all of the

resource problems. This effort, the

CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program),

is being carried out under the policy

direction of CALFED. The CALFED BayDelta Program is exploring and

developing a long-term solution for

cooperative planning process that will

determine the most appropriate strategy

and actions necessary to improve water

quality, restore health to the Bay-Delta

ecosystem, provide for a variety of

beneficial uses, and minimize Bay-Delta

system vulnerability. A group of citizen

advisors representing California’s

agricultural, environmental, urban,

business, fishing, and other interests

who have a stake in finding long term

solutions for the problems affecting the

Bay-Delta system has been chartered

under the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (FACA) as the Bay-Delta Advisory

Council (BDAC) to advise CALFED on

the program mission, problems to be

addressed and objectives for the

CALFED Bay-Delta Program. BDAC

provides a forum to help ensure public

participation, and will review reports

and other materials prepared by

CALFED staff.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the CALFED Bay-Delta

Program, Suite 1155, 1416 Ninth Street,

Sacramento, CA 95814, and will be

available for public inspection during

regular business hours, Monday through

Friday within 30 days following the

meeting.

Dated: November 13, 1997.

Roger Patterson,

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.

[FR Doc. 97–30327 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–94–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement.

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

its intention to request approval for the

collection of information for the

exemption of coal extraction incidental

to the extraction of other minerals at 30

CFR part 702.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

information collection must be received

by January 20, 1998, to be assured of

consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

John A. Trelease, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,

1951 Constitution Ave, NW, Room 210–

SIB, Washington, DC 20240. Comments

may also be submitted electronically to

jtrelease@osmre.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information and related forms, contact

John A. Trelease, at (202) 208–2783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implementing 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)). This notice identifies

information collections that OSM will

be submitting to OMB for extension.

These collections are contained in 30

CFR 702, Exemption for Coal Extraction

Incidental to the Extraction of Other

Minerals.

OSM has revised burden estimates,

where appropriate, to reflect current

reporting levels or adjustments based on

reestimates of burden or respondents.

OSM will request a 3-year term of

approval for each information collection

activity.

Comments are invited on: (1) The

need for the collection of information

for the performance of the functions of

the agency; (2) the accuracy of the

agency’s burden estimates; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility and clarity

of the information collection; and (4)

ways to minimize the information

collection burden on respondents, such

as use of automated means of collection

of the information. A summary of the

public comments will accompany

OSM’s submission of the information

collection request to OMB.

This notice provides the public with

60 days in which to comment on the

following information collection

activity:

Title: Exemption for Coal Extraction

Incidental to the Extraction of Other

Minerals, 30 CFR part 702.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0089.

Summary: This part implements the

requirement in Section 701(28) of the

Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA),

which grants an exemption from the

requirements of SMCRA to operators

extracting not more than 162⁄3

percentage tonnage of coal incidental to
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the extraction of other minerals. This

information will be used by the

regulatory authorities to make that

determination.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once and

annually thereafter.

Description of Respondents:

Producers of coal and other minerals.

Total Annual Responses: 78.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 733.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

Richard G. Bryson,

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

[FR Doc. 97–30305 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[DEA Number 170N]

Task Force on Suspicious Orders

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement

Administration (DEA), Justice.

ACTION: Notice of establishment of Task

Force on Suspicious Orders.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2 (1972),

and 41 CFR 101–6.1001–6.1035 (1992),

the Administrator of the Drug

Enforcement Administration (DEA),

with the concurrence of the Attorney

General, is establishing a Task Force on

Suspicious Orders for the purpose of

developing proposals to define

suspicious orders of listed chemicals

which can be used by registrants in

determining if an order is a suspicious

order which must be reported to the

DEA.

The Task Force is authorized by

Public Law 104–237, Section 504 of

Subtitle V, Education and Research, the

Comprehensive Methamphetamine

Control Act of 1996 (the MCA). The

specific provisions of the Act state that:

The Task Force shall be responsible

for providing the Attorney General with

recommendations, advice, and

proposals for the establishment of such

guidelines that will adequately define

suspicious orders of listed chemicals.

The Task Force shall limit its area of

consideration to domestic issues

regarding suspicious orders.

DATES: This Task Force is effective

September 3, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Leser, Program Analyst, Liaison

and Policy Section, Office of Diversion

Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration, Washington, D.C.

20537, Telephone (202) 307–4026 or

Facsimile (202) 307–8570.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope: Regulated persons are required

to report suspicious regulated

transactions to DEA pursuant to 21 CFR

1310.05(a)(1) and 21 U.S.C. 830(b)(1)(A).

In the past, DEA has had general

guidelines which were published in the

Chemical Handlers’ Manual as to what

constituted a suspicious chemical order.

The Comprehensive Methamphetamine

Control Act of 1996 (MCA) mandated

the establishment of the Suspicious

Orders Task Force with the express

purpose of developing proposals that

further define a suspicious order. The

scope of discussion of this Task Force

shall be limited to enhancements and

clarifications of what constitutes a

suspicious chemical order that needs to

be reported to DEA.

Membership: In accordance with the

provisions of the MCA, this Task Force

will be composed of appropriate

personnel with experience in

investigating and prosecuting illegal

transactions of listed chemicals and

supplies, and representatives from the

chemical and pharmaceutical

industries.

The Task Force will consist of 20

members nominated by the chairman of

the Task Force from relevant industry/

trade associations and state and local

law enforcement agencies. The

composition of the Task Force shall be:

Two members from the DEA

investigative workforce

One member from the U.S. Attorney’s

Office, Southern District of California

One member from the International

Association of Chiefs of Police

One member from The National

Association of Diversion Investigators

One member from the California Bureau

of Narcotics Enforcement

One member from the Missouri State

Highway Patrol

One member from the Missouri

Attorney General’s Office

One member from the National

Association of Boards of Pharmacy

One member from the National

Association of State Controlled

Substances Authorities

Two members from the Chemical

Manufacturers Association

Two members from the National

Association of Chemical Distributors

One member from the national NonPrescription Drug Manufacturers’

Association

Four members from the wholesale and

retail pharmaceutical marketing

associations

The chairman of the Task Force shall

reserve the right to add up to two

additional members to the Task Force as

appropriate.

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, all meetings of

the Task Force shall be open to the

public with notice of times and

locations appearing in the Federal

Register. Interested parties shall be

permitted to attend meetings, appear

before the Task Force and present

limited verbal statements, and file

written statements with Task Force

members. Written statements will be

taken at any time during the meeting

and distributed to the Task Force as

soon as feasible. Presenters of written

statements are requested to provide 25

copies of the statement to expedite

distribution to the Task Force members.

If the presenter does not/can not

provide the requested copies, the

Designated Federal Official (DFO) will

make the copies and the Task Force will

consider the statement when the copies

are available. Verbal comments may be

limited in time by the DFO to insure

adequate opportunity for testimony by

as many presenters as possible.

The Task Force will be advisory only

and will provide its report to the

Attorney General.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control.

[FR Doc. 97–30275 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–09–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[DEA NUMBER 171N]

Task Force on Suspicious Orders

Meeting

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement

Administration (DEA), Justice.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act

(Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

Suspicious Orders Task Force will be

held on December 16–17, 1997. The

panel will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. both days at The Marriot Residence

Inn, 550 Army Navy Drive, Arlington,

Virginia 22202.

This meeting will be open to the

public on a space available basis. Any

interested person may observe meetings

or portions thereof and shall be

permitted to participate in the

discussions at the discretion of the

meeting chairman and with the

approval of the full-time Designated

Federal Official (DFO) in attendance.