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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: November 3, 2000.

Cathy J. Hamilton,

Acting Associate Director for Minerals

Revenue Management.

[FR Doc. 00–28821 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–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 1010–0074).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we

are soliciting comments on an

information collection titled, Coal

Washing and Transportation

Allowances. 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 8, 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: You may

mail your comments to us (see

ADDRESSES section), or you may 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: Coal Washing and

Transportation Allowances.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0074.

Bureau Form Number: n/a.

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 the production of

mineral resources on Indian lands, to

collect the royalties due, and to

distribute the funds in accordance with

those laws. The product valuation and

allowance determination process that

we perform on behalf of the Secretary is

essential to assure that the Indians

receive payment on the full value of the

minerals being removed. When a

company or an individual enters into a

lease to develop, mine, and dispose of

coal deposits from Indian lands, that

company or individual (the lessee)

agrees to pay the gross proceeds

received from the sale of production

from the leased lands.

Royalty rates are specified in an

Indian lease agreement. The lessee is

required to report various kinds of

information to the lessor relative to the

transportation, processing, and

commercial transactions associated with

the disposition of the leased minerals.

In order to determine whether the

amount of royalty tendered represents

the proper royalty due, it is necessary to

establish the value of the coal being sold

or otherwise disposed of in some other

manner (for example, used by the

lessee). Under some circumstances the

lessee may be authorized to deduct

certain costs in the calculation of

royalties due from an Indian lease, and

allowances may be granted from

royalties to compensate the lessee for

the reasonable actual cost of washing

and transporting the royalty portion of

coal.

Frequency: Annually.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: 1 company or individual

entering into an Indian lease.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 2 hours.

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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: November 3, 2000.

Cathy Hamilton,

Acting Associate Director for Minerals

Revenue Management.

[FR Doc. 00–28822 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Boston Harbor Islands Advisory

Council; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act (Pub. L. 92–463) that the Boston

Harbor Islands Advisory Council will

meet on Wednesday, December 6, 2000.

The meeting will convene at 4:00 p.m.

at the New England Aquarium

Education Center, Long Wharf, Boston,

Massachusetts.

The Advisory Council was appointed

by the Director of National Park Service

pursuant to Public Law 104–333. The 28

members represent business,

educational, cultural, and

environmental entities; municipalities

surrounding Boston Harbor; Boston

Harbor advocates; and Native American

interests. The purpose of the Council is

to advise and make recommendations to

the Boston Harbor Islands Partnership

with respect to the development and

implementation of a management plan

and the operation of the Boston Harbor

Islands National Recreation Area.

The Agenda for this meeting is as

follows:

1. Approval of minutes from September

6, 2000

2. Discussion regarding the park

operations ‘‘report card’’

3. Discussion on water transportation

issues

The meeting is open to the public.

Further information concerning Council

meetings may be obtained from the

Superintendent, Boston Harbor Islands.

Interested persons may make oral/

written presentations to the Council or

file written statements. Such requests

should be made at least seven days prior

to the meeting to: Superintendent,

Boston Harbor Islands NRA, 408

Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA, 02110,

telephone (617) 223–8667.

Dated: November 1, 2000.

George E. Price, Jr.,

Superintendent, Boston Harbor Islands NRA.

[FR Doc. 00–28837 Filed 11–8–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Central Valley Project Improvement

Act, Criteria for Evaluating Water

Management Plans

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: To meet the requirements of

the Central Valley Project Improvement

Act (CVPIA) of 1992 and the

Reclamation Reform Act of 1982,

Reclamation developed and published

the Criteria for Evaluating Water

Conservation Plans, dated April 30,

1993. In September 1996, Reclamation

revised the document and renamed it to

Criteria for Evaluating Water

Management Plans (Criteria). The

Criteria were revised again in 1999.

The Cities of Avenal, Coalinga, and

Huron, along with Broadview Water

District and West Stanislaus Irrigation

District, all have developed Water

Management Plans (Plan) which

Reclamation has evaluated and

preliminarily determined to meet the

requirements of the Criteria.

The 1999 Criteria were developed

based on information provided during

public scoping and review sessions held

throughout Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific

(MP) Region. Reclamation uses these

Criteria to evaluate the adequacy of all

Plans developed by Central Valley

Project contractors. The Criteria were

developed and the Plans have been

evaluated for the purpose of promoting

the most efficient water use reasonably

achievable by all MP Region contractors.

Reclamation made a commitment

(stated within the Criteria) to publish a

notice of its draft determination of the

adequacy of each contractor’s Plan in

the Federal Register to allow the public

a minimum of 30 days to comment on

its preliminary determinations.

DATES: All public comments must be

received by December 11, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Our practice is to make

comments, including names and home

addresses of respondents, available for

public review. Individual respondents

may request that we withhold their

home address from public disclosure,

which we will honor to the extent

allowable by law. There also may be

circumstances in which we would

withhold a respondent’s identity from

public disclosure, 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. We will make all submissions

from organizations or businesses, and