Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 214 / Friday, November 3, 2000 / Notices 66257

National Wildlife Refuges in North

Carolina.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Fish and Wildlife Service,

Southeast Region, intends to gather

information necessary to prepare

comprehensive conservation plans and

associated environmental documents

pursuant to the Service’s

Comprehensive Conservation Planning

Policy and the National Environmental

Policy Act and implementing

regulations to achieve the following:

(1) Advise other agencies and the

public of our intentions; and

(2) Obtain suggestions and

information on the scope of issues to

include in the environmental

documents.

DATES: Written comments should be

received within 60 days of this

publication.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and

requests for more information to the

following: D. A. Brown, M.S., P.W.S.,

1106 West Queen Street, P.O. Box 329,

Edenton, North Carolina 27932, (252)

482–2364.

Information concerning these refuges

may be found at the following website:

http://rtncf-rci.ral.r4.fws.gov

If you wish to comment, you may

submit your comments by any one of

several methods. You may mail

comments to the above address. You

may also comment via the Internet to

the following address:

D_A_Brown@fws.gov. Please submit

Internet comments as an ASCII file

avoiding the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. Please also

include your name and return address

your Internet message. If you do not

receive a confirmation from the system

that we have received your Internet

message, contact D.A. Brown directly at

the above address. Finally, you may

hand-deliver comments to Mr. brown at

1106 West Queen Street, Edenton, North

Carolina. Our practice is to make

comments, including names and home

addresses of respondents, available for

public review during regular business

hours. Individual respondents may

request that we withhold their home

address from the rulemaking record,

which we will honor to the extent

allowable by law. There also may be

circumstances in which we would

withhold from the rulemaking record a

respondent’s identity, as allowable by

law. If you wish us to withhold your

name and/or address, you must state

this prominently at the beginning of

your comment. However, we will not

consider anonymous comments. We

will make all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the

policy of the Fish and Wildlife Service

to have all lands within the National

Wildlife Refuge System managed in

accordance with an approved

Comprehensive Conservation Plan. The

plan guides management decisions and

identifies the goals, objections, and

strategies for achieving refuge purposes.

Public input into this planning process

is encouraged. The plan will provide

other agencies and the public with a

clear understanding of the desired

conditions of the refuge and how the

Service will implement management

strategies.

Dated: October 25, 2000.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–28208 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act

SUMMARY: The proposal for renewal of

the collection of information listed

below has been submitted to the Office

of Management and Budget for approval

under the provisions of Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 25).

DATES: Comments and suggestions on

the renewal must be received by

December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information and related

forms may be obtained by contacting the

Division of Real Estate Services as listed

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice.

Comments and suggestions should be

made directly to the Desk Officer for the

Department of the Interior at the Office

of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry E. Scrivner or Helen R. Latall,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of

Real Estate Services, MS–4510/MIB,

1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC

20240, telephone (202) 208–7737.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Secretary of the Interior has statutory

authority to acquire lands in trust status

for individual Indians and Federally

recognized Indian tribes. The Secretary

requests information in order to identify

the party(ies) involved and describe the

land in question. Respondents are

Native American tribes or individuals

who request real property acquisition

for trust status. The Secretary also

requests additional information

necessary to satisfy those pertinent

factors listed in 25 CFR 151.10 or

151.11. The information is used to

determine whether or not the Secretary

will approve an applicant request. No

specific form is used, but respondents

supply information and data so that the

Secretary may make an evaluation and

determination in accordance with

established Federal factors, rules and

policies.

Title: Land Acquisitions.

OMB approval number: 1076–0100.

Frequency: As needed.

Description of respondents: Native

American tribes or individuals who

request real property acquisition for

trust status.

Nature of response: Required for a

benefit.

Estimated completion time: 4 hours.

Annual responses: 9,200.

Annual Burden hours: 36,800.

You are asked to comment on whether

it is necessary for the proper

performance of agency functions; it

reduces burden on small entities; it uses

plain, coherent, and unambiguous

terminology that is understandable to

respondents; its implementation will be

consistent and compatible with current

reporting and recordkeeping practices;

why the information is being collected

and how it will be used.

Note: Comments, names and addresses of

commentors are available for public review

during regular business hours. If you wish us

to withhold this information, you must state

this prominently at the beginning of your

comment. We will honor your request to the

extent allowable by law. In compliance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as

amended, the collection has been reviewed

by the Office of Management and Budget and

assigned a number and expiration date. The

number and expiration date are at the top

right corner of a form. Please note that an

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to, a

collection of information unless there is a

valid OMB clearance number.

Dated: October 30, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–28284 Filed 11–2–00; 8:45 am]

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