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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.

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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.

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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.