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has the burden of showing that the

Decision appealed from is in error.

This Decision will become effective at

the expiration of the time for filing a

Notice of Appeal unless a petition for a

stay of the Decision is timely filed

together with a Notice of Appeal. See 43

CFR 4.21(a). The provisions of 43 CFR

4.21(b) define the standards and

procedures for filing a petition to obtain

a stay pending appeal.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the FEIS Record

of Decisions and Form 1842–1 are

available at the Butte Field Office, 106

N. Parkmont, Butte, Montana 59701.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad

Rixford of the Butte Field Office at 406–

494–5059.

Steve Hartmann,

Acting Butte Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–28815 Filed 11–09–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–010–1430–01; AZA–28743]

Notice of Realty Action; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following land has been

found suitable for direct sale under

Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy

and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat.

2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713), at not less than

the estimated fair market value of

$21,000. The land will not be offered for

sale until at least 60 days after the date

of this notice.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 39 N., R. 7 E.,

Sec. 4, Lots 14, 15, and 18, inclusive.

Containing 22.72 acres.

The land described is hereby

segregated from appropriation under the

public land laws, including the mining

laws, pending disposition of this action

or 270 days from the date of publication

of this notice, whichever occurs first.

This land is being offered by direct

sale to Marble Canyon Company, Marble

Canyon, Arizona, who own that portion

of the Marble Canyon Airstrip which is

located on the subject parcel. The parcel

has been leased for airstrip purposes

since the early 1950s.

The sale would be for the surface

estate only. The patent, when issued,

will contain certain reservations to the

United States and will be subject to a

restrictive covenant to protect scenic

values of the area.

DATES: Interested parties may submit

comments on or before December 28,

2000 to the Field Manager, Arizona

Strip Field Office at the address below.

In the absence of timely objections, this

proposal shall become the final

determination of the Department of the

Interior.

ADDRESSES: Detailed information

concerning the reservations, as well as,

specific conditions of the sale are

available for review at the Arizona Strip

Field Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 345 East Riverside Drive,

St. George, Utah 84790.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laurie Ford, Realty Specialist, at the

address listed above or phone (435)

688–3271.

Dated: October 31, 2000.

Roger G. Taylor,

Arizona Strip Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–28983 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection,

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an extension of an

information collection (OMB Control

Number 1010–0061).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we

are soliciting comments on an

information collection titled, Oil

Transportation Allowance. We will

submit an information collection

request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval after this comment

period closes.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before January 12, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to Connie Bartram, Acting Chief,

Regulations and FOIA Team, Minerals

Management Service, Minerals Revenue

Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS

320B2, Denver, Colorado 80225. If you

use an overnight courier service, our

courier address is Building 85, Room A–

613, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225.

PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURE: Submit

your comments to the offices listed in

the ADDRESSES section, or email your

comments to us at

MRM.comments@mms.gov. Include the

title of the information collection and

the OMB Control Number in the

‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment; also,

include your name and return address.

Submit electronic comments as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

If you do not receive a confirmation that

we have received your email, contact

Ms. Bartram at (303) 231–3410, FAX

(303) 231–3385. We will post all

comments at http://www.rmp.mms.gov

for public review.

Also, contact Ms. Bartram to review

paper copies of the comments. The

comments, including names and

addresses of respondents, are available

for public review during regular

business hours at our offices in

Lakewood, Colorado. Individual

respondents may request that we

withhold their home address from the

public record, which we will honor to

the extent allowable by law. There also

may be circumstances in which we

would withhold from the public record

a respondent’s identity, as allowable by

law. If you request that we withhold

your name and/or address, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis C. Jones, Regulations and FOIA

Team, phone (303) 231–3046, FAX (303)

231–3385, email

Dennis.C.Jones@mms.gov. A copy of the

ICR will be available to you without

charge upon request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Oil Transportation Allowance.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0061.

Bureau Form Number: MMS–4110.

Abstract: The Department of the

Interior (DOI) is responsible for matters

relevant to mineral resource

development on Federal and Indian

Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS). The Secretary of the Interior

(Secretary) is responsible for managing

the production of minerals from Federal

and Indian Lands and the OCS; for

collecting royalties from lessees who

produce minerals; and for distributing

the funds collected in accordance with

applicable laws. The Secretary also has

an Indian trust responsibility to manage

Indian lands and seek advice and

information from Indian beneficiaries.

The Secretary is required by various

laws to manage mineral resources

production on Indian lands, collect the

royalties due, and distribute the funds

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in accordance with those laws. The

product valuation and allowance

determination process that we conduct

on behalf of the Secretary is essential to

assuring that Indians receive payment

on the proper value of the minerals

being removed. When a company or an

individual enters into a lease to explore,

develop, produce, and dispose of oil

from Indian lands, that company or

individual (the lessee) agrees to pay the

Indian tribe or allottee a share (royalty)

of the value received from production

from the leased lands.

Royalty rates are specified in an

Indian lease agreement. To determine

whether the amount of royalty tendered

represents the proper royalty due, it is

first necessary to establish the proper

value of the oil that is being sold or

otherwise disposed of in some other

manner, as well as the proper costs

associated with allowable deductions.

The lessee is required to report various

kinds of information to the lessor

relative to the processing and business

transactions associated with the

disposition of the leased minerals. In

some circumstances, lessees are

authorized to deduct from royalty

payments the reasonable actual cost of

transporting the royalty portion of the

oil from an Indian lease to a delivery

point remote from the lease. We use

transportation allowances as part of the

product valuation process to determine

if the lessee is reporting and paying the

proper royalty amount.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: 3 companies or

individuals entering into Indian leases.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 5 hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour Cost’’

Burden: n/a.

Comments: The Paperwork Reduction

Act at 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) requires

each agency ‘‘to provide notice * * *

and otherwise consult with members of

the public and affected agencies

concerning each proposed collection of

information * * *.’’ Agencies must

specifically solicit comments to: (a)

Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the agency to perform its duties,

including whether the information is

useful; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

enhance the quality, usefulness, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) minimize the burden

on the respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

The Paperwork Reduction Act also

requires agencies to estimate the total

annual reporting ‘‘non-hour cost’’

burden to respondents or recordkeepers

resulting from the collection of

information. We have not identified

non-hour cost burdens and need to

know if there are other costs associated

with the collection of this information

for either total capital and startup cost

components or annual operation,

maintenance, and purchase of service

components. Your estimates should

consider the costs to generate, maintain,

and disclose or provide the information.

You should describe the methods you

use to estimate major cost factors,

including system and technology

acquisition, expected useful life of

capital equipment, discount rate(s), and

the period over which you incur costs.

Capital and startup costs include,

among other items, computers and

software you purchase to prepare for

collecting information; monitoring,

sampling, drilling, and testing

equipment; and record storage facilities.

Your estimates should not include

equipment or services purchased: (i)

before October 1, 1995; (ii) to comply

with requirements not associated with

the information collection; (iii) for

reasons other than to provide

information or keep records for the

Government; or (iv) as part of customary

and usual business or private practices.

The Paperwork Reduction Act

provides that an agency shall 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.

Dated: October 26, 2000.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–27984 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Availability of the Finding of

No Significant Impact for the U.S. Park

Police (USPP) Aviation Section Hangar

and Fuel System Improvements,

Washington, DC

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Decision Notice and Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) for the U.S.

Park Police Aviation Section Hangar

and Fuel System Improvements—

National Capital Parks—East,

Washington, DC.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations, and National Park Service

(NPS) guidance, the NPS prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) for the

construction of an additional aviation

hangar and a new fueling station at the

existing USPP Aviation Section’s

heliport in Washington, DC. The EA

contained analysis developed as a result

of public comments on a draft version

obtained during a 30-day public review

on the draft EA. The availability of the

EA for a second 30-day public comment

period was announced in the Federal

Register on August 29, 2000. After the

comment period, NPS selected the

preferred alternative which is the

proposed action, followed by a

November 2, 2000 finding of no

significant environmental impact.

These improvements are to the USPP

heliport, which is an existing facility in

Anacostia Park, National Capital ParksEast, and is used for helicopters that are

the only law enforcement and

emergency rescue helicopters serving

Washington, DC. The project would

construct an approximately 6,100-

square-foot aviation hangar and replace

the fuel trucks on-site by installation of

a new environmentally protective

fueling station. All improvements

would be completely located within the

existing area of the heliport with no

increase in the size of the heliport

footprint, and with three-fourths acre of

paving removed and restored to grass.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests

for copies of the DN/FONSI/EA, or for

any additional information, should be

directed to Mr. Michael Wilderman,

National Capital Parks-East, 1900

Anacostia Drive, SE., Washington, DC

20020, Telephone (202) 690–5165.

Dated: November 6, 2000.

Gentry Davis,

Acting Regional Director, National Park

Service, National Capital Region.

[FR Doc. 00–28948 Filed 11–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects in the

Possession of the Anthropological

Studies Center (ASC), Archaeological

Collections Facility, Sonoma State

University, Rohnert Park, CA, and in

Control of the California Department of

Transportation (CALTRANS)

AGENCY: National Park Service.