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measures to be implemented under the

umbrella of the company’s

‘‘environmental principles.’’ The

measures would be developed under the

following general categories:

1. Riparian Management Areas.

Conservation measures would be

developed to regulate activities in

riparian areas. Such measures would

address habitat needs by providing

adequate wood for habitat complexity,

adequate canopy cover for temperature

management, and adequate filtration for

the prevention of sediment delivery to

streams.

2. Forest Road Management.

Sediment from forest roads is

recognized as having the potential to

significantly impact fish habitat.

Conservation measures would be

developed to minimize the delivery of

sediment from forest roads to streams.

3. Grazing. Livestock grazing

(primarily cattle) occurs on over 40% of

Plum Creek ownership in the planning

area. Intensive grazing on many of these

acres has occurred annually for decades,

and for over a century in some

locations. Conservation measures would

be developed to manage riparian

impacts resulting from grazing.

4. Land-Use Planning. Plum Creek

owns property in the planning area that

may ultimately have long-term uses

other than forestry. Plum Creek also

buys and sells land in the planning area.

Land Use Planning measures would be

developed to mitigate the impacts of

future development or land ownership

adjustments.

5. Legacy Management and Other

Restoration Opportunities. On Plum

Creek ownership, the legacy impacts of

a variety of past management activities

may have a greater bearing on fish

habitat health than current practices

under well-informed land-management

policies and regulations. Restoration

and legacy-management projects

designed to remove threats to fish

habitat may be identified as a part of

this Plan.

6. Administration and

Implementation. Plum Creek would

initiate a program to monitor significant

elements of the Plan and develop a

program to inform and educate

contractors and employees on standards

and practices to be implemented.

Monitoring and Adaptive Management

As currently envisioned, the Plan

would incorporate active adaptive

management features, including

watershed analysis. Research and

monitoring would help determine the

effectiveness of the Plan, validate

models used to develop the Plan, and

provide the basic information used to

implement ‘‘mid-course corrections’’ if

necessary.

Dated: December 8, 1997.

Thomas Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 97–32512 Filed 12–11–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Request for Public Comments on

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act

A request revising and extending the

collection of information listed below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for approval

below has been submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget for approval

under the provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Copies of the proposed collection of

information and related forms may be

obtained by contacting the Bureau’s

Clearance Officer at the phone number

listed below. Comments and suggestions

on the requirement should be made

within 30 days directly to the Desk

Officer for the Interior Department,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503 and to

the Bureau Clearance Officer, U.S.

Geological Survey, 807 National Center,

Reston, VA 20192.

As required by OMB regulations at 5

CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the U.S. Geological

Survey solicits specific public

comments regarding the proposed

information collection as to:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

bureau, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of the bureau’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

3. The utility, quality, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and,

4. How to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

information technology.

Title: Lime.

Current OMB approval number: 1032–

0038.

Abstract: Respondents supply the

U.S. Geological Survey with domestic

production, values, end-use data, and

capacity information on the domestic

lime industry. This information will be

published as an Annual Report for use

by Government agencies, industry, and

the general public.

Bureau form number: 6–1221–A.

Frequency: Annual.

Description of respondents:

Commercial and captive producers of

quicklime, hydrated lime, and deadburned dolomite.

Annual Responses: 110.

Annual burden hours: 165.

Bureau clearance officer: John E.

Cordyack, Jr., 703–648–7313.

John H. DeYoung, Jr.,

Acting Chief Scientist, Minerals Information

Team.

[FR Doc. 97–32514 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–31–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Request for Public Comments on

Information Collection To Be

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for Review Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act

A request revising and extending the

collection of information listed below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget for approval

under the provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Copies of the proposed collection of

information and related forms may be

obtained by contacting the Bureau’s

Clearance Officer at the phone number

listed below. Comments and suggestions

on the requirement should be made

within 30 days directly to the Desk

Officer for the Interior Department,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Washington DC 20503 and to

the Bureau Clearance Officer, U.S.

Geological Survey, 807 National Center,

Reston, VA 20192.

As required by OMB regulations at 5

CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the U.S. Geological

Survey solicits specific public

comments regarding the proposed

information collection as to:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

bureau, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of the bureau’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

3. The utility, quality, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and,
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4. How to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

information technology.

Title: Portland and Masonry Cement.

OMB approval number: 1028–0058.

Abstract: Respondents supply the

U.S. Geological Survey with data on

cement shipments to final customers.

This information will be published as

monthly reports for use by Government

agencies, industry, and the general

public.

Bureau form number: 9–3079.

Frequency: Monthly.

Description of respondents:

Manufacturers and importers of

portland and masonry cement.

Annual responses: 600.

Annual burden hours: 300.

Bureau clearance officer: John E.

Cordyack, Jr., 703–648–7313.

John H. DeYoung, Jr.,

Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team.

[FR Doc. 97–32515 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–31–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–990–1020–01]

Call for Nominations for Upper Snake

River District, Resource Advisory

Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Resource Advisory

Council Call for Nominations.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to solicit public nominations for the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

Upper Snake River District (USRD),

Resource Advisory Council that have

two vacant positions, which expire

August 1998. This Council provides

advice and recommendations to the

BLM USRD on land use planning and

management of the public lands within

central and eastern Idaho. Public

nominations will be considered for 30

days after the publication date of this

notice.

The Federal Land Policy and

Management Act (FLPMA) directs the

Secretary of the Interior to involve the

public in planning and issues related to

management of lands administered by

BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA directs the

Secretary to select 10 to 15 member

citizen-based advisory councils that are

established and authorized consistent

with the requirements of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As

required by the FACA, Resource

Advisory Council members appointed to

the council must be balanced and

representative of the various interests

concerned with the management of the

public lands. The two vacant categories

are in Category 1 and Category 2.

Category 1 includes holders of federal

grazing permits, representatives of

energy and mining development, timber

industry, off-road vehicle use and

developed recreation; Category 2

includes representatives of

environmental and resource

conservation organizations,

archaeological and historic interests,

and wild horse and burro groups.

Individuals may nominate themselves

or others. Nominees must be residents

of the State of Idaho in which the

council has jurisdiction. Nominees will

be evaluated based on their education,

training, and experience of the issues

and knowledge of the geographical area

of the Council. Nominees should have

demonstrated a commitment to

collaborative resource decision making.

All nominations must be accompanied

by letters of reference from represented

interests or organizations, a completed

background information nomination

form, as well as any other information

that speaks to the nominee’s

qualifications.

Simultaneous with this notice, BLM

Upper Snake River District will issue

press releases providing additional

information for submitting nominations

and with specifics about the positions

available for this council. Nominations

for Upper Snake River District Resource

Advisory Council should be sent to

Debra Kovar, BLM Shoshone Resource

Area Office, 400 West F Street, P O Box

2-B, Shoshone, Idaho 83352–1522.

Dated: December 5, 1997.

Tom Dyer,

Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–32535 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–931–1310–00–NPRA]

Northeast National Petroleum ReserveAlaska Draft Integrated Activity Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of availability and

announcement of public subsistencerelated hearing schedule

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management announces the availability

of Northeast National Petroleum

Reserve-Alaska Draft Integrated Activity

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

(IAP/EIS). The planning area is roughly

bounded by the Colville River to the

east and south, the Ikpikpuk River to the

west and the Beaufort Sea to the north.

The IAP/EIS contains five alternatives

for a land management plan for the 4.6

million-acre planning area and

assessments of each plan’s impacts on

the surface resources present there.

These alternatives provide varying

answers to two primary questions. First,

will BLM conduct oil and gas lease sales

in the planning area and, if so, what

lands will be made available for leasing?

Second, what protections and

enhancements will be implemented for

natural and cultural resources and the

activities that are based on these

resources?

Alternative A calls for no action, or no

change from the status quo, and under

it no leasing would occur. Alternatives

B through E make progressively more

land, and more environmentally

sensitive land, available to possible

leasing. Alternative B makes 43 percent

available, Alternative C makes 74

percent available, Alternative D makes

89 percent available and Alternative E

makes the entire planning area

available. Restrictive stipulations would

provide protections for natural and

cultural resources under all alternatives,

but their number and scope would vary

between alternatives.

Alternative A contains the fewest

stipulations because it authorizes the

fewest activities and entirely precludes

leasing. As alternatives B through E

make progressively more sensitive lands

available for leasing, they also include

increasing numbers of protective

stipulations. Thus, while Alternative E

opens the entire planning area to leasing

it also has many specific stipulations

whose intent is to ensure that sensitive

natural resources are protected.

Some alternatives contain proposals

for specially designated areas that

would enhance recognition of their

values. The Secretary of the Interior is

authorized to identify specific lands in

the NPR–A as ‘‘Special Areas’’, and

there are two previously designated

Special Areas within the planning area.

Some alternatives recommend that the

Pik Dunes, an unusual geologic feature

in the planning area with importance for

caribou, be added to the existing

Teshekpuk Lake Special Area. Some

alternatives also contain

recommendations that lands along the

Ikpikpuk River be designated as a

Special Area for their paleontological

values.