Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 228 / Wednesday, November 26, 1997 / Notices 63185

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

25,000.

Status: Reinstatement, with changes.

Contact: Kenneth L. Crandall, HUD,

(202) 708–6396 X5626; Joseph F.

Lackey, Jr., OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: November 20, 1997.

[FR Doc. 97–31072 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Application Notice Describing the

Areas of Interest and Establishing the

Closing Date for Receipt of

Applications Under the National

Earthquake Hazards Reduction

Program (NEHRP) for Fiscal Year (FY)

1999

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, U.S.

Geological Survey.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Applications are invited for

research projects under the NEHRP.

The purpose of this program is to

support research in earthquake hazards

prediction; to provide earth-science data

and information essential to determine

seismic hazards present in the United

States; and information essential to

mitigate earthquake damage.

Applications may be submitted by

educational institutions, private firms,

private foundations, individuals, and

agencies of state and local governments.

The NEHRP supports research related

to the following general areas of interest:

I. Evaluating National and Regional

Hazard and Risk. National and regional

hazard and risk maps are critical to

effective risk reduction strategies.

II. Evaluating Urban Hazard and Risk.

The strong ground shaking and resulting

catastrophic losses in the 1994

Northridge earthquake reinforced the

need for the U.S. Geological Survey to

concentrate its efforts where the risks

are highest, that is, in the nation’s urban

areas.

III. Understanding Earthquake

Processes. The effectiveness of riskmitigation strategies and disaster

response are limited by our meager

understanding of the tectonic processes

that cause earthquakes and generate the

strong shaking and ground failure that

devastates the built environment.

IV. Providing Real-time Hazard

Assessment. Effective earthquake hazard

evaluation and response to damaging

events depend on timely, accurate

information. Short, intermediate, and

long-term earthquake forecasts in

regions of high earthquake potential can

all lead to mitigation activities that

reduce the losses in subsequent

earthquakes.

V. Providing Geologic Hazards

Information Services. Computer

technology has evolved rapidly in

recent years to the point that new

powerful tools are accessible both to the

providers and the users of geologic

hazards information.

DATES: The closing date for receipt of

applications will be on or about April 1,

1998. The actual closing date will be

specified in Announcement No. 1434–

HQ–99–PA–00061.

ADDRESSES: The program announcement

is expected to be available on or about

February 2, 1998. You may obtain a

copy of Announcement No. 1434–HQ–

99–PA–00061 from the USGS Contracts

and Grants Information Site at http://

www.usgs.gov/contracts/nehrp/ or by

writing Brian Heath, U.S. Geological

Survey, Office of Acquisition and

Federal Assistance—Mail Stop 205A,

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,

Virginia 20192, or by fax (703–648–

7901).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John Sims, Earthquake Hazards

Reduction Program—U.S. Geological

Survey, Mail Stop 905, 12201 Sunrise

Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192.

Telephone: (703) 648–6722.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority

for this program is contained in the

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of

1977. Pub. L. 95–124 (42 U.S.C. 7701, et

seq.). The Office of Management and

Budget Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 15.807.

Tim Calkins,

Acting Associate Chief, Operations.

[FR Doc. 97–30897 Filed 11–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–31–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[4310–CA065–1492]

Notice of Availability

November 20, 1997.

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Record of Decision for the Soledad

Mountain Gold Mine, Kern County,

California, is available.

ADDRESSES: Written requests for copies

of the Record of Decision should be

addressed to Bureau of Land

Management, Ridgecrest Resource Area,

300 S. Richmond Road, Ridgecrest,

California 93555, Attention: Ahmed

Mohsen, EIS Coordinator.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ahmed Mohsen-EIS Coordinator (760)

384–5421.

Russell Miles,

Acting Area Manager.

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BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

DOI.

ACTION: Notice of information collection

solicitation.

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Minerals

Management Service (MMS) is soliciting

comments on an information collection,

Oil Transportation Allowance (OMB

Control Number 1010–0061); this

information collection pertains to

Indian leases only.

FORMS: MMS–4110, Oil Transportation

Allowance Report

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before January 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments sent via the U.S.

Postal Service should be sent to

Minerals Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, Rules and

Publications Staff, P.O. Box 25165, MS

3021, Denver, Colorado 80225–0165;

courier address is Building 85, Room

A613, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225; e:Mail address is

David—Guzy@mms.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, phone (303) 231–3046, FAX (303)

231–3385, e-Mail Dennis—C—

Jones@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 industry

burden for responding to this

collection? Can we enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity 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?