63722 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 1997 / Notices

clearance to conduct a series of surveys

to implement Executive Order 12862.

Participation in the surveys will be

voluntary. This request covers customer

service surveys of regulated entities,

such as food processors; cosmetic, drug,

biologic and medical device

manufacturers; consumers; and health

professionals. The request also covers

partner surveys of State and local

governments.

FDA will use the information

gathered through these surveys to

identify strengths and weaknesses in

service provided to customers and

partners and to make improvements in

it. The surveys will assess timeliness,

appropriateness, accuracy of

information, courtesy, and problem

resolution in the context of individual

programs.

In the Federal Register of July 15,

1997 (62 FR 37923), FDA invited

comments on this proposed collection

of information. FDA received no

comments in response to this notice.

FDA estimates the burden of this

collection of information as follows:

TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN1

Type of Survey No. of

Respondents

Annual

Frequency per

Response

Hours per

Response Total Hours

Mail/telephone surveys 29,040 1 0.09 2,614

Total 29,040 1 0.09 2,614

1There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information.

These estimates are based on

experience with other surveys FDA has

conducted, and they have been adjusted

downward since the July 15, 1997,

notice because the agency plans to

conduct fewer surveys than previously

anticipated. In addition, the agency does

not believe that focus groups will be

necessary for effective implementation

of Executive Order 12862.

Dated: November 23, 1997.

William K. Hubbard,

Associate Commissioner for Policy

Coordination.

[FR Doc. 97–31586 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for Reinstatement Approval

under the Paperwork Reduction Act

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The collection of information

listed below has been submitted to OMB

for approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act. Copies of the

proposed information collection

requirement, related forms, and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting the Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer at the

address listed below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions

on the requirement should be sent

directly to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs; Office of

Management and Budget; Attention:

Desk Officer for the Department of the

Interior; Washington, DC 20503; and a

copy of the comments should be sent to

the Information Collection Clearance

Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

MS 224–ARLSQ; 1849 C Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Phyllis H. Cook, Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer, 703/358–

1943; 703/358–2269 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Service has submitted the following

information collection requirements to

OMB for review and approval under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments are

invited on (1) whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (3) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and, (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

The information collection

requirements in this submission

implement the regulatory requirements

of the Endangered Species Act (16

U.S.C. 1539), the Migratory Bird Treaty

Act (16 U.S.C. 704), the Lacey Act (18

U.S.C. 42–44), the Bald Eagle Protection

Act (16 U.S.C. 668), the Convention on

International Trade in Endangered

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora,

(CITES) (27 UST 108), the Marine

Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C.

1374), and the Wild Bird Conservation

Act of 1992, contained, or will be

contained in Service regulations in

Chapter I, Subchapter B of Title 50 of

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).

Common permit application and record

keeping requirements have been

consolidated in 50 CFR 13, and unique

requirements of the various statutes in

separate parts as identified below.

The Service has redesigned the

standard license/permit application

form 3–200 to assist persons in applying

for Service permits issued under

Subchapter B. Under the present

clearance, the Service consolidated all

requirements in one submission, and

they were assigned OMB Approval

Number 1018–0022, the Federal Fish

and Wildlife License/Permit and

Related Reports. In an attempt to take

the application process more ‘‘user

friendly,’’ and to aid the public in

commenting on specific license/permit

requirements without having to

comment on the entire package, similar

types of permits have been grouped

together and numbered. The permits

have been divided into four groups:

migratory bird permits, law

enforcement, endangered species and

Office of Management Authority. The

application to apply for Service permits

issued under Subchapter B of 50 CFR,

will still require completion of the

Service form 3–200, which has been

revised and renumbered and is now

Service form 3–200–1. In addition to the

permit application, attachments are

often necessary to provide additional

information required for each specific

type of permit, and these attachments

have been assigned numbers, e.g., 3–

200–2.

The information to be supplied on the

application form and the attachments

will be used to review the application

and allow the Service to make

decisions, according to criteria
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 1997 / Notices 63723

established in various Federal wildlife

conservation statutes and regulations on

the issuance, suspension, revocation, or

denial of permits. The obligation to

respond is, ‘‘required to obtain a

benefit.’’ An agency may not conduct or

sponsor a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. The following requirements are

included in this submission:

1. Native Endangered/Threatened

Species—Incidental Take. The

regulations in 50 CFR 17.22[b][1] & [3]

and 17.32[b][1] & [3], and the parts

listed below, implement the Endangered

Species Act (ESA), except for those

provisions in the ESA concerning the

Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora,

for which regulations are provided in

Part 23 of this subchapter. The ESA

provides for the protection of listed

species through establishments of

programs for their recovery and through

prohibition of harmful activities.

The ESA also provides for a number

of exceptions against ‘‘take’’ of listed

species. The Federal regulations cited

above have been promulgated to guide

implementation of these exceptions to

the ‘‘take’’ prohibitions through

permitting programs. Form 3–200–56,

was developed to facilitate collection of

information required by these

regulations.

Form 3–200–56 addresses

applications and reporting requirements

for Incidental Take Permits under

Section 10[a][1][B] of ESA. These

permits will allow ‘‘take’’ of listed

species that is incidental to otherwise

lawful non-federal actions. Take

authorized under this permit program

would otherwise be prohibited by the

ESA.

2. Native Endangered and Threatened

Species—Recovery and Interstate

Commerce. Service form number 3–

200–55 addresses application and

reporting information requirements for

Interstate Commerce and for Scientific

Research permits under Section

10[a][1][A] of the ESA. Interstate

Commerce permits allow transport and

sale of listed species across State lines

as part of breeding programs enhancing

the survival of the species. Scientific

Research permits allow ‘‘take’’ of listed

species as part of research and

management actions, enhancement of

propagation or survival, or zoological

exhibition, or educational purposes, or

special purposes consistent with the

ESA designed to benefit the species

involved. Detailed descriptions of the

proposed taking, its necessities for

success of the proposed action, and

benefits to the species resulting from the

proposed action are required under the

implementing regulations cited above.

Take authorized under this permit

program would otherwise be prohibited

by the ESA.

3. Safe Harbor and Candidate

Conservation Agreements. The ESA

provides number of exceptions to its

prohibitions against ‘‘take’’ of listed

species. Regulations have not been

promulgated at 50 CFR 17.22

(endangered species) and 17.32

(threatened species) to guide

implementation of these exceptions to

the ‘‘take’’ prohibitions through

permitting programs. However, a

proposed rule was published in the

Federal Register on June 12, 1997 (62

FR 32189). (NOTE: The current Part

17.22[c] and 17.32[c] will be

redesignated 17.22 [e] and 17.32[e],

respectively, to allow insertion of the

new subsections). Currently, Part 17.22

[a] and [b] contain application

requirements, issuance, criteria, and

permit conditions for permits for

scientific research, enhancement of

propagation and survival, and

incidental take. The regulations for

which this information collection

clearance is sought, have not yet been

promulgated.

Service form number 3–200–54

addresses application requirements for

permits for enhancement of survival

through safe harbor and candidate

conservation agreements. The permittee

will be required to notify the Service of

any transfer of lands subject to the Safe

Harbor Agreement so that any

landowners may be offered the

opportunity to continue the actions

which the original landowner agreed to

and thus he or she may be offered the

same legal assurances. A major

incentive for landowner participation in

the Safe Harbor program is the longterm certainty the program provides,

including the certainty that the

incidental takes authorization will stay

with the land when it changes hands.

The Service also requires the permittee/

landowner to notify the Service as far in

advance as possible when he or she

expects to incidentally take any species

covered under the permit and provide

the Service with an opportunity to

translocate affected individual

specimens if possible and appropriate.

Description of respondents:

Individuals and households.

BURDEN ESTIMATE FOR THE FEDERAL FISH AND WILDLIFE LICENSE/PERMIT—ENDANGERED SPECIES

Permit/report Number of

respondents

Completion

time

Annual burden

Safe Harbor & Candidate Agreements, 3–200–54 .................................................................................. 50 2.5 125

Annual Report .......................................................................................................................................... 150 5.0 750

Native E/T Species Recovery & Comm. 3–200–55 ................................................................................. 525 2.0 1,050

Annual Report .......................................................................................................................................... 100 2.0 200

Native E/T Species Incidental Take 3–200–56 ........................................................................................ 100 2.5 250

Annual Report .......................................................................................................................................... 350 5.0 1,750

Totals ............................................................................................................................................. 1,275 .................... 4,125
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Dated: November 25, 1997.

Gerry A. Jackson,

Acting Assistant Director—Ecological

Services.

[FR Doc. 97–31491 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–933–1990–00]

Notice of Availability of the Finding of

No Significant Impact and the

Programmatic Environmental

Assessment for Selected Actions for

Mining Claim Use and Occupancy in

Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (NEPA), and Use and Occupancy

Under the Mining Laws regulations (43

CFR 3715), the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) that

evaluates the impacts of typical mining

claim and/or millsite occupancies. This

EA describes and analyzes the proposed

action, consisting of seven typical

occupancy scenarios, and the no action

option. The BLM provided a 30-day

comment period. Analysis and response

to the comments received have been

incorporated into the present document

and the final Finding of No Significant

Impact (FONSI).

DATES: Copies of the EA and the Finding

of No Significant Impact will be

provided to any person, agency, or other

interested parties, upon request.

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies should

be addressed to: Bureau of Land

Management, Arizona State Office, AZ933, 222 North Central Avenue,

Phoenix, AZ 85004–2203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ralph Costa, Mining Engineer, Arizona

State Office. Telephone: (602) 417–9349.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

Gary D. Bauer,

Associate State Director.

[FR Doc. 97–31474 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[(CA–067–7122–6606); CACA–35511]

Environmental Statements;

Availability, Etc.; Imperial Project

Proposed Gold Mining/Processing

Operation; Imperial County

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Imperial Project Draft Environmental

Impact Statement on the Imperial

Project Proposed Gold Mining/

Processing Operation, Imperial County.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

availability of the joint Draft

Environmental Impact Statement/

Impact Report (DEIS/EIR) prepared by

the Bureau of Land Management and the

County of Imperial for a 60-day public

review.

DATES: Written comments must be

received no later than January 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Area Manager, Attn:

Imperial Project, El Centro Resource

Area, 1661 South Fourth St., El Centro,

California 92243.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Romoli (909) 697–5237.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Imperial Project is a proposal by Glamis

Imperial Corporation (a sister

corporation of the former project

applicant Chemgold Inc.) to develop an

open-pit, gold mining operation

utilizing a heap leach process. Located

in eastern Imperial County, California,

approximately 45 miles northeast of El

Centro, California and 20 miles

northwest of Yuma, Arizona, the

proposed project area comprises

approximately 1,625 acres. Up to 150

million tons of ore would be leached,

and 300 million tons of waste rock

would be deposited at the proposed

waste rock stockpiles or the mined-out

portions of the three planned open pits.

The maximum average mining rate

would be 130,000 tons per day. Five

alternatives besides the proposed action

were analyzed in the DEIS/EIR. Impacts

on air quality, noise, groundwater,

vegetation, desert tortoise among other

resources were analyzed. Impacts on

cultural resources and Native America

values were identified. Two public

hearings have been scheduled:

December 10, 1997 at 7:00 p.m., Comfort

Inn, 8000 Parkway Drive, La Mesa, CA

December 11, 1998 at 7:00 p.m., Barbara

Worth Country Club, 2050 Country

Club Dr., Holtville, CA

Comments, including names and

street addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review. Individual

respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. Such requests

will be honored to the extent allowed by

law. All submissions from organizations

or business, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organization or businesses, will be made

available for public inspection in their

entirety.

Dated: November 24, 1997.

Alan Stein,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–31478 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Approved Collections

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approval of

information collections (1010–0006 and

1010–0050).

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, this notice informs the public

and other Federal agencies of the

approval by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) of two collections of

information. The Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (PRA) provides that 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.

ADDRESSES: Direct all correspondence to

the Rules Processing Team, Minerals

Management Service, Mail Stop 4020,

381 Elden Street, Herndon, VA 20170–

4817.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexis London, Rules Processing Team,

telephone (703) 787–1600. You may also

contact Alexis London to obtain a copy

of these collections of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Titles: 30

CFR 250, Subpart J, Pipelines and

Pipeline Rights-of-Way; and 30 CFR Part

256, Leasing of Sulphur or Oil and Gas

in the Outer Continental Shelf. OMB

Control Numbers: 1010–0050 and 1010–

0006.

Abstract: On July 24, 1997 MMS

published a final rule on Pipeline Right-