Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 234 / Friday, December 5, 1997 / Notices 64399

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land management

[ID–957–1020–00]

Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey; Idaho

The plats of the following described

land were officially filed in the Idaho

State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, Boise, Idaho, effective

9:00 a.m. November 25, 1997.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the Sixth

Auxiliary Meridian East (east boundary)

and subdivisional lines, the

subdivisional lines, the subdivision of

section 25, and a metes-and-bounds

survey in section 25, T. 7 N., R. 24 E.,

Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group 974, was

accepted November 25, 1997.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of a portion of the

subdivisional lines, the subdivision of

section 30, and metes-and-bounds

surveys in section 30, T. 7 N., R. 25 E.,

Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group 974, was

accepted November 25, 1997.

These surveys were executed to meet

certain administrative needs of the

Bureau of Land Management. All

inquiries concerning the surveys of the

above described land must be sent to the

Chief, Cadastral Survey, Idaho State

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

1387 South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho,

83709–1657.

Dated: November 25, 1997.

Duane E. Olsen,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho.

[FR Doc. 97–31907 Filed 12–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–66–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–960–1910–00–4442] ES–048576, Group

158, Minnesota

Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey;

Minnesota, Stay Lifted

On Thursday, March 20, 1997, there

was published in the Federal Register,

Volume 62, Number 54, on page 13393,

a notice entitled, ‘‘Notice of Filing of

Plat of Survey; Minnesota, Stayed.’’ Said

notice referenced the stay of the plat of

the dependent resurvey of portions of

the west and north boundaries, a

portion of the subdivisional lines, and

the subdivision of sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 16

and 33, Township 145 North, Range 38

West, Fifth Principal Meridian,

Minnesota, accepted January 23, 1997.

The protest against the survey was

withdrawn on September 3, 1997, and

the plat of survey accepted January 23,

1997, was officially filed in Eastern

States Office, Springfield, Virginia, at

7:30 a.m., on September 4, 1997.

Copies of the plat will be made

available upon request and prepayment

of the reproduction fee of $2.75 per

copy.

Dated: November 25, 1997.

Stephen G. Kopach,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 97–31852 Filed 12–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Marine Transportation of Federal Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS) Crude Oil

Produced Offshore California

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Proposed Notice to Lessees and

Operators (NTL).

SUMMARY: MMS proposes to issue an

NTL concerning information

requirements on marine transportation

of OCS crude oil produced offshore

California. MMS recognizes that the

State of California and its localities have

concerns about potential impacts on the

environment from the transportation of

such oil. The proposed NTL would

assist Federal lessees and operators and

State and local governments in meeting

their responsibilities and addressing

their concerns in this area.

DATES: MMS will consider all comments

received by February 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-carry

comments to MMS Pacific Region; 770

Paseo Camarillo; Camarillo, CA 93010;

Attention: E. Aronson. E-mail comments

to transportation.ntl@mms.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Aronson at 805–389–7511 or email to transportation.ntl@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

17, 1996, Deputy Secretary of the

Interior John Garamendi issued a Policy

Directive to MMS, which provides in

pertinent part that:

The policies of the State of California

and the county of Santa Barbara prefer

that oil and gas production, including

offshore resources, be transported by

onshore pipeline, rather than by

offshore tanker, whenever pipelines are

economically and technically feasible.

The Minerals Management Service

(MMS) regulates activities which occur

within OCS lease boundaries, and

generally up to the point of landfall.

The MMS policies should particularly

attempt to ensure that new and, where

appropriate, amended Development and

Production Plans adequately reflect the

principle that transportation of OCS

crude be consistent with State and local

policies.

Statutory Authority

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands

Act (OCSLA), as amended, 43 U.S.C.

1331 et seq., provides the Secretary of

the Interior with broad authority

relating to the development and

production of mineral resources of the

OCS. The Secretary is required to

provide for the suspension or temporary

prohibition of activities if a threat of

serious, irreparable, or immediate harm

or damage to the marine, coastal, or

human environment exists. The

Secretary may also take action to cancel

a lease if continued activity under it

would probably cause serious harm to

such environments and the threat of

such harm will not decrease to an

acceptable level in a reasonable period

of time. 43 U.S.C. 1334(a). The Secretary

may also disapprove or require

modification of a new Development and

Production Plan (DPP) if he determines

that the lessee has failed to make

adequate provision in such plan for safe

operations on the lease area or for

protection of the marine, coastal or

human environment. 43 U.S.C.

1351(h)(1). To carry out these

responsibilities, MMS must monitor

those activities proximately related to

the development and production of oil

and gas resources on the OCS and

safeguard against activities that may

threaten the environment.

Through the OCSLA, the Congress has

also recognized the OCS activities may

have significant impacts on the States.

The OCSLA emphasizes that State and

local governments whose interests are

affected by activities on the OCS are

entitled to participate, to the extent

consistent with the national interest, in

the policy and planning decisions made

by the Federal Government relating to

exploration for, and development and

production of, minerals located in the

OCS. 43 U.S.C. 1332(4)(C). Furthermore,

the rights and responsibilities of all

States and, where appropriate, local

governments, to preserve and protect

their marine, human, and coastal

environments through such means as

regulation of land, air, and water uses,

of safety, and of related development

and activity should be considered and

recognized. 43 U.S.C. 1332(5).

MMS performs its statutory

responsibilities with respect to

development activities principally

through the approval and periodic

review of DPP’s. 43 U.S.C. 1351; 30 CFR

250.34. The lessee or operator must