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comments will be taken at 4 p.m.

Depending on the number of persons

wishing to speak, a time limit could be

established.

On Friday, the council will convene

at 8 a.m. at the Clear Lake Field Office

and depart immediately for a field tour

in the Cache Creek area. Members of the

public are welcome, but they must

provide their own transportation.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact

Jeff Fontana, public affairs officer, at

(530) 257–5381.

Jeff Fontana,

Public Affairs Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–33695 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for Office of

Management and Budget Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of revision of a currently

approved collection, 1010–0049.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Interior has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Act)

the collection of information discussed

below. The Act requires that OMB

provide interested Federal agencies and

the public an opportunity to comment

on information collection requests. The

Act also 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.

DATES: Submit written comments by

January 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and

suggestions directly to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the

Department of the Interior (1010–0049),

725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503. Send a copy of your comments

to the Rules Processing Team, Mail Stop

4020, Minerals Management Service,

381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia

20170–4817.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexis London, Rules Processing Team,

Engineering and Operations Division,

Minerals Management Service,

telephone (703) 787–1600. You may

obtain copies of the supporting

statement and collection of information

by contacting the MMS Information

Collection Clearance Officer at (202)

208–7744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR 250, Subpart B,

Exploration and Development and

Production Plans.

OMB Number: 1010–0049.

Abstract: Respondents provide

information and maintain records on

their proposed exploration or

development and production activities

on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The MMS uses the information to

ensure that OCS operations are carried

out in a manner that is safe, pollution

free, do not interfere with the rights of

other users, and conserve the resources

of the OCS. Responses to this collection

of information are mandatory. The MMS

will protect proprietary information in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act and 30 CFR 250.18,

Data and information to be made

available to the public.

Description of Respondents: Federal

OCS oil and gas and sulphur lessees.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

130.

Frequency: The frequency of response

is on occasion.

Estimated Annual Burden on

Respondents: Reporting and

recordkeeping ‘‘hour’’ burden of

269,438 hours (see chart below); no

reporting and recordkeeping ‘‘cost’’.

BURDEN BREAKDOWN

Reporting requirement Average number

per year

Burden per requirement

Annual

burden

hours

Citation 30 CFR 250 subpart B and related NTLs:

31 ................................ Notify MMS of preliminary activities ......................................... 10 notices ............. 1 ....................... 10

33 ................................ Submit initial exploration plan, including surveys, reports,

studies, etc.

288 plans .............. 580 hours ......... 167,040

33 ................................ Submit revised exploration plan, including surveys, reports,

studies, etc.

185 revisions ........ 80 hours ........... 14,800

34 ................................ Submit initial development and production plan (or development operations coordination document used in western

GOM), including surveys, reports, studies, etc.

97 plans ................ 580 hours ......... 56,260

34 ................................ Submit revised development and production plan (or development operations coordination document used in western

GOM), including surveys, reports, studies, etc.

294 revisions ........ 82 hours ........... 24,108

34 ................................ Submit supplemental deepwater operations plans for projects

in GOM water depths greater than 1,000 feet and projects

utilizing subsea production technology.

12 plans ................ 580 hours ......... 6,960

Total Reporting ............................................................................................................ 886 responses ...... ........................... 269,178

Citation 30 CFR 250 subpart B and related NTLs:

Supplemental NTLs ..... Retain original copies of surveys, studies, reports, etc. (Note:

Respondents would retain these as part of usual & customary business activities. The burden is to make them

available to MMS if needed.).

130 ........................ 2 hours ............. 260

Total recordkeeping.................................................................................................... ............................... ........................... 260
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Comments: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Section 3506 (c)(2)(A), each agency

must provide notice and otherwise

consult with members of the public and

affected agencies concerning this

collection of information. Comments are

specifically solicited in order to: (a)

evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the

burden estimates for the proposed

collection of information; (c) enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Submit your comments to the offices

listed in the addresses section of this

notice. The OMB has up to 60 days to

approve or disapprove the information

collection but may respond after 30

days. Therefore, in order to assure

maximum consideration, OMB should

receive your comments by January 28,

1998.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Jo Ann

Lauterbach (202) 208–7744.

Dated: November 25, 1997.

E. P. Danenberger,

Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

60-Day Notice of Intention To Request

Clearance of Collection of

Information—Opportunity for Public

Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior,

National Park Service, and 13 Units of

the National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is

proposing to sponsor during the

summer of 1998 a project to determine

how park visitors at a sample of thirteen

parks feel about the recreation fee

demonstration program that currently is

being tested in approximately 100

projects that involve more than 100

units of the National Park System. The

parks proposed to be surveyed in 1998

include:

NPS unit

Estimated

number responses

Estimated burden hours

(1) Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historical Site .......................................................................................... 300 100

(2) Colonial National Historical Park ........................................................................................................................ 300 100

(3) Everglades National Park ................................................................................................................................... 300 100

(4) Frederick Douglass National Historic Site .......................................................................................................... 300 100

(5) Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ............................................................................................................. 300 100

(6) Golden Gate National Recreation Area ............................................................................................................. 300 100

(7) Grand Canyon National Park ............................................................................................................................. 300 100

(8) Independence National Historical Park .............................................................................................................. 400 200

(9) Mesa Verde National Park ................................................................................................................................. 300 100

(10) Sitka National Park ........................................................................................................................................... 300 100

(11) Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore ....................................................................................................... 300 100

(12) Yellowstone National Park ............................................................................................................................... 400 200

(13) Yosemite National Park .................................................................................................................................... 400 200

Totals ................................................................................................................................................................ 4,200 1,600

Under provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR part

1320, Reporting and Record Keeping

Requirements, the National Park Service

is soliciting comments on the need for

gathering the information in this

proposed visitor study. The NPS is also

asking for comments on the practical

utility of the information being

gathered; the accuracy of the burden

hour estimate; ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and ways to

minimize the burden to respondents,

including use of automated information

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

The NPS goal in conducting this

survey is to identify what influences, if

any, changes in park fee structures have

had on the characteristics and relative

mix of different types of park visitors

who use the parks, on how

implementing the demonstration fee

program is affecting the operations of

the parks from the perspective of the

visitors, and on how the changes

associated with the changed fee

structures and any resulting changes in

park operations affect the experiences of

the visitors using these parks. In

addition, at the three more intensively

surveyed parks, the project goal is to

determine how changes caused by the

fee demonstration program may be

impacting local and regional

communities and economies. Results of

the surveys proposed to be conducted at

these 13 parks will be used by NPS

managers in their ongoing planning and

management activities to improve

visitor services, protect park resources,

and better serve the parks’ current and

future visitors. Results of the recreation

fee demonstration program of which

this proposed survey activity will be a

part will be used by the National Park

Service, the Department of the Interior,

and the Congress to evaluate the

outcome of the trial recreation fee

demonstration program and to consider

whether or not to enact legislation to

establish permanent recreation fee

authority for the National Park Service.

DATES: Public comments will be

accepted on or before February 27, 1998.

Send Comments To: Dr. John Duffield,

3699 Larch Camp Road, Missoula,

Montana 59803, phone and fax: 406–

728–9510.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

John Duffield at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Visitor and Related Survey at 13

Recreation Fee Demonstration Parks.

Bureau Form Number: None.

OMB Number: To be requested.

Expiration Date: To be requested.