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as a total burden of 6,700 hours. We

have estimated the cost associated with

this hour burden to be $100,500. If the

State identifies a violation and a State

has to take some action, we believe that

each State will be required to initiate

fewer than 10 administrative actions on

an annual basis against specific

individuals or entities who failed to

implement the Federal guarantee

renewability requirements.

45 CFR 146.160 Disclosure of

Information by Issuers to Employers

Seeking Coverage in the Small Group

Market in the PHS Act Provisions

This section requires issuers to

disclose information to employers

seeking coverage in the small group

market. This section requires

information to be provided by a health

insurance issuer offering any health

insurance coverage to a small employer.

This information includes the issuer’s

right to change premium rates and the

factors that may affect changes in

premium rates, renewability of

coverage, any preexisting condition

exclusion, any affiliation periods

applied by HMOs, the geographic areas

served by HMOs, and the benefits and

premiums available under all health

insurance coverage for which the

employer is qualified. The issuer is

exempted from disclosing information

that is proprietary or trade secret

information under applicable law.

The information described in this

section must be language that is

understandable by the average small

employer and sufficient to reasonably

inform small employers of their rights

and obligations under the health

insurance coverage. This requirement is

satisfied if the issuer provides an

outline of coverage, the minimum

contribution and group participation

rules that apply to any particular type

of coverage, and any other information

required by the State. An outline of

coverage is defined as a general

description of benefits and premiums.

This would include an outline of

coverage similar to the manner in which

Medigap policies are presented,

allowing the employer to easily compare

one policy form to another to determine

what is covered and how much the

coverage will cost.

We have estimated the total burden

associated with this activity to be 2,400

hours. We anticipate that 1,200 issuers

will be required to provide disclosure to

small employers on an annual basis. We

estimate this time to be approximately

2 hours for each issuer to develop and

update the standard information related

to the general description of benefits

and premiums on an annual basis and

include this information in their policy

information. We have estimated the cost

associated with this hour burden to be

$36,000.

45 CFR 146.180 Treatment of nonFederal Government Plans

Section 145.180(b) includes rules

pertaining to nonfederal governmental

plans, which are permitted under

HIPAA to elect to be exempted from

some or all of HIPAA’s requirements in

the PHS Act. The regulation establishes

the form and manner of the election. In

particular, a nonfederal governmental

plan making this election is required to

notify plan participants, at the time of

enrollment and on an annual basis, of

the fact and consequences of the

election. The burden imposed by this is

the requirement for plans to disseminate

standard notification language

describing the plans’ election and the

consequences of this election. We

anticipate that between 3,500 and 5,000

nonfederal governmental plans will

make this election and will therefore be

required to disseminate notifications to

their participants on an annual basis.

Since this is standard language that will

be incorporated into plans’ existing

policy documents, we see the burden as

approximately 2 hours per plan to

develop and update this standardized

disclosure statement on an annual basis.

Thus, we estimate the total burden for

this activity to range from 7,000 to

10,000 hours. We estimate the cost

associated with these hourly burdens to

range from $77,000 to $110,000 per

year.

The above estimate does not include

the cost of disseminating the notices to

all plan participants on an annual basis

and to new enrollees at the time of

enrollment. Although we do not have an

accurate estimate of the number of

nonfederal governmental plans will

choose to opt out of these provisions,

we have provided for a range of 50 to

100 percent. Using these ranges, we

estimated 400,000 to 800,000 of these

notices would need to be produced in

1997 and 800,000 to 1.6 million in 1998

and 1999. At 30 seconds per notice, we

estimate the total burden hours to range

from 3,400 to 6,800 in 1997; and 6,800

to 13,600 in 1998 and 1999. We have

estimated the costs associated with

these hour burdens to range from

$37,400 to $74,800 in 1997; and from

$74,800 to $149,600 in 1998 and 1999.

We have submitted a copy of this

notice to OMB for its review of these

information collections. A notice will be

published in the Federal Register when

approval is obtained.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement and any related forms for the

proposed paperwork collections

referenced above, E-mail your request,

including your address, phone number,

and HCFA form number(s) referenced

above, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call

the Reports Clearance Office on (410)

786–1326.

Interested persons are invited to send

comments regarding the burden or any

other aspect of these collections of

information requirements. However, as

noted above, comments on these

information collection and

recordkeeping requirements must be

mailed and/or faxed to the designees

referenced below, by 12/29/97:

Health Care Financing Administration,

Office of Information Services,

Information Technology Investment

Management Group, Division of

HCFA Enterprise Standards, Room

C2–26–17, 7500 Security Boulevard,

Baltimore, MD 21244–1850. Fax

Number: (410) 786–1415, Attn: John

Burke HCFA–R–205 and/or HCFA–R–

206

and,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC

20503, Fax Number: (202) 395–6974

or (202) 395–5167, Attn: Allison

Herron Eydt, HCFA Desk Officer.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–33063 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–921–41–5700; WYW136450]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

Pursuant to the provisions of 30

U.S.C. 188 (d) and (e), and 43 CFR

3108.2–3 (a) and (b)(1), a petition for

reinstatement of oil and gas lease

WYW136450 for lands in Natrona

County, Wyoming, was timely filed and

was accompanied by all the required

rentals accruing from the date of

termination.

The lessee has agreed to the amended

lease terms for rentals and royalties at

rates of $5.00 per acre, or fraction

thereof, per year and 16–2⁄3 percent,

respectively.

The lessee has paid the required $500

administrative fee and $125 to
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reimburse the Department for the cost of

this Federal Register notice. The lessee

has met all the requirements for

reinstatement of the lease as set out in

Section 31 (d) and (e) of the Mineral

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.

188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

lease WYW136450 effective September

1, 1997, subject to the original terms and

conditions of the lease and the

increased rental and royalty rates cited

above.

Pamela J. Lewis,

Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.

[FR Doc. 97–32862 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–930–1430–01; CACA 7569]

Public Land Order No. 7304; Partial

Revocation of Secretarial Order dated

September 14, 1942; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a

Secretarial order insofar as it affects

138.90 acres of lands withdrawn for the

Bureau of Reclamation’s American River

Investigations. The lands are no longer

needed for the purpose for which they

were withdrawn and the revocation is

necessary to consummate pending land

exchanges. The lands are temporarily

closed to surface entry and mining due

to the pending land exchanges. The

lands have been and will remain open

to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Marti, BLM California State

Office (CA–931.4), 2135 Butano Drive,

Sacramento, California 95825; 916–978–

4675.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Secretarial Order, dated

September 14, 1942 (CACA 7569),

which withdrew public lands for the

Bureau of Reclamation’s American River

Investigations, is hereby revoked insofar

as it affects the following described

land:

Mount Diablo Meridian

T. 11 N., R. 10 E.,

Sec. 8, W1⁄2SW1⁄4; Sec. 18, lots 5 to 10,

inclusive (originally described as

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4), and

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 138.90 acres

in El Dorado County.

2. The above described lands are

hereby made available for exchange

under Section 206 of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43

U.S.C. 1716 (1994).

Dated: December 3, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

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BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–069–1220–00–25.7]

Notice of Intent

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare

proposed plan amendment for the San

Juan Resource Management Plan (RMP).

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management San Juan Field Office is

proposing to amend the San Juan RMP

in order to change certain specific

management decisions regarding

recreation and other programs.

DATES: Comments on these proposed

amendments should be submitted no

later than 30 days after publication of

this notice or January 16, 1998 to the

address listed below.

ADDRESSES: Comments and/or questions

regarding this proposed amendment

must be submitted to San Juan Field

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

435 North Main Street, P. O. Box 7,

Monticello, UT 84535.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robin Fehlau, Outdoor Recreation

Planner, Project Lead, San Juan Field

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

435 North Main Street, P. O. Box 7,

Monticello, UT 84535. Telephone (801)

587–1500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San

Juan RMP was approved in March of

1991. Since that period there has been

a significant increase in recreational use

that has lead to degradation of sensitive

resources including riparian areas,

cultural sites, visual resources etc., in

the Indian Creek Area and other areas of

the Canyon Basins Special Recreation

Management Area. Preliminary issues

that have been identified for proposed

plan amendment include camping

restrictions and modifications to

existing OHV designations in order to

reduce resource degradation, firewood

closures to reduce degradation in

riparian areas, and the addition of

specific management prescriptions in

the Bridger Jack Mesa Areas of Critical

Environmental Concern (ACEC),

Lavender Mesa ACEC, and Shay Canyon

ACEC to reduce resource degradation

from uncontrolled recreation use.

No new planning criteria have been

developed specifically for this proposed

plan amendment. An interdisciplinary

team will be used to analyze this

proposed amendment in addition to

other alternatives that may be

considered.

Dated: December 10, 1997.

Linda Colville,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 97–32915 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–960–1420–00; ES–48892, Group 28,

Illinois]

Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey;

Illinois

The plat, in five sheets, of the

dependent resurvey of the west

boundary and subdivisional lines, and

the survey of the Lock and Dam No. 26

Acquisition Boundary, Township 12

South, Range 1 West, and the dependent

resurvey of portions of the north

boundary, portions of the subdivisional

lines, and the survey of the Lock and

Dam Nos. 25 and 26 Acquisition

Boundaries, Township 12 South, Range

2 West, and the dependent resurvey of

the north and east boundaries and

subdivisional lines, Township 12 South,

Range 3 West, all of the Fourth Principal

Meridian, Illinois, will be officially filed

in Eastern States, Springfield, Virginia

at 7:30 a.m., on January 20, 1998.

The survey was requested by the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers.

All inquiries or protests concerning

the technical aspects of the survey must

be sent to the Chief Cadastral Surveyor,

Eastern States, Bureau of Land

Management, 7450 Boston Boulevard,

Springfield, Virginia 22153, prior to

7:30 a.m., January 20, 1998.

Copies of the plat will be made

available upon request and prepayment

of the reproduction fee of $2.75 per

copy.

Dated: December 8, 1997.

Stephen G. Kopach,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 97–32912 Filed 12–16–97; 8:45 am]

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