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responses per year is estimated to total

190,000. The estimated total annual

burden is 9,500 hours. BLM is

specifically requesting your comments

on its estimate of the amount of time

that it takes to prepare a response.

BLM will summarize all responses to

this notice and include them in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: November 27, 2000.

Michael Schwartz,

BLM Information Collection Clearance

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–30492 Filed 11–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–077–1220–PA]

Notice of Seasonal Road/Trail Closures

on Public Lands in Cassia and Twin

Falls Counties, Idaho.

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management announces seasonal

closure of roads and trails in Twin Falls

and Cassia Counties. Each year roads

and trails shall have a seasonal closure

in crucial wildlife winter range and/or

may have temporary conditional

closures to minimize resource damage

and reduce public safety hazards when

traveled by motorized vehicles during

wet/muddy conditions. All trails

leading from the road identified below

shall have seasonal closures consistent

with the road closures. Conditional

closures are to be activated by the

Authorized Officer during wet/muddy

conditions. Several requests for the

seasonal road/trail closures were

received from the public during the

comment period on the Indian Springs/

North Cottonwood Road Upgrade

Environmental Assessment (EA #ID–

077–00–031).

Time Periods

Conditional closure for all motorized

vehicles during wet/muddy conditions

to minimize damage to roads/trails and

natural resources will be from December

1 through January 15 and March 16

through May 15. During this time

period, roads and trails will remain

open if the entire area is dry or frozen.

Firm closure for all motorized

vehicles to protect mule deer and sage

grouse from disturbance in crucial

winter range will be from January 16

through March 15.

Closures, including time periods, will

be posted at the entrance to each road.

The Legal Land Descriptions for the

Road Closure Are as Follows

The North Cottonwood Creek Road

(BLM road #4221), has two entrances,

one on the east side and one on the

west. There is also an alternate road

(BLM road #42163) located between the

two entrances to the North Cottonwood

Creek Road that starts at the Foothill

Road and ties in with the North

Cottonwood Creek Road, a distance of

approximately 3 miles. The east

entrance of North Cottonwood Creek

Road closure starts 0.25 miles south of

the Foothill Road and goes to the

junction at the U. S. Forest Service

boundary, a distance of approximately 7

miles. The west entrance to North

Cottonwood Road starts at the Foothill

Road and goes to the U.S. Forest Service

boundary, a distance of approximately 6

miles, and back to the Foothill Road, a

loop of approximately 13 miles total.

The legal descriptions for the road

entrances are T. 12 S., R. 17 E., Section

11 (west entrance), and T. 12 S., R. 18

E., Section 06 (east entrance), and T. 12

S., R. 17 E., Section 02 (alternate road),

in Twin Falls County.

The Indian Springs Road (BLM road

#4214) closure starts 1.5 miles south of

the Foothill Road and goes to the U.S.

Forest Service boundary, a distance of

approximately 5.5 miles. The road

closure starts at T. 12 S., R. 18 E.,

Section 9 in Twin Falls County. The

first 1.5 miles of the Indian Springs

Road will remain open, allowing nonmotorized trail users access to the two

lower parking areas during periods in

which closures for motorized vehicles

are activated.

The Cherry Springs Road (BLM road

#4213), from the Rock Creek Road

southwest to its intersection with the

Indian Springs Road, just north of the

U.S. Forest Service boundary. This is a

distance of approximately 6 miles. The

road starts at T. 12 S., R. 18 E., Section

02 in Twin Falls County.

Dry Creek Road (BLM road #1610),

from the Tugaw Ranch southwest to the

U.S. Forest Service boundary, a distance

of approximately 7 miles. The road

closure starts in T. 12 S., R. 19 E.,

Section 12, in Cassia County.

No person may use, drive, move,

transport, let stand, park, or have charge

or control over any type of motorized

vehicle on closed routes.

Exceptions to This Order Are Granted

to the Following

Law enforcement patrol and

emergency services and

administratively approved access for

actions such as monitoring, research

studies, grazing activity, and access to

private lands.

Employees of valid right-of-way

holders in the course of duties

associated with the right-of-way.

Holders of valid lease(s) and/or

permit(s) and their employees in the

course of duties associated with the

lease and/or permit.

Other actions would be considered on

a case-by-case basis.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This closure is effective

December 1, 2000, and shall remain

effective until rescinded by the

Authorized Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Theresa M. Hanley, Burley Field

Manager, 200 South 15 East, Burley, ID.

83318. Telephone (208) 677–6641. A

map showing vehicle routes of travel is

available from the Burley BLM Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority

for this closure and restriction order

may be found in 43 CFR 8364.1.

Violation of this closure is punishable

by a fine not to exceed $1000.00 and/

or imprisonment not to exceed 12

months.

Dated: November 20, 2000.

Theresa M. Hanley,

Burley Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–30510 Filed 11–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–010–1430–EU/1430–HN; NM 101521]

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) for a Proposed Land Exchange

With the Pueblo of Santo Domingo;

Albuquerque Field Office, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Albuquerque Field

Office has completed a DEIS. This

document describes and analyzes three

alternatives for a land exchange. The

exchange would involve public land

north of County Road 252 A (formerly

State Road 22) and south of the Santo

Domingo Reservation, and private lands

of equal value yet to be identified,

within high-priority acquisition areas

(as identified in the Rio Puerco and the

Taos Resource Management Plans). The

alternatives are: (A) Proposed Action—

exchange public lands with a

conservation easement, (B) Exchange

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public lands with no conservation

easement, and (C) No Action.

The following described public lands

are being analyzed for disposal through

exchange to the Santo Domingo Pueblo

by the United States:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 13 N., R. 6 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 5, 6, 7, and 13.

T. 14 N., R. 6 E.,

Sec. 9, lots 9, 10, S1⁄2;

Sec. 10, lots 10 to 13, inclusive, S1⁄2S1⁄2;

Sec. 11, lots 9, 10 and 11;

sec. 13, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, S1⁄2NW1⁄4 and

S1⁄2;

Sec. 14, lot 2, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4,

and S1⁄2;

Sec. 15;

Sec. 22, lots 1, 5, and 6;

Sec. 23, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, N1⁄2 and

SE1⁄4;

Secs. 24 and 25;

Sec. 26, lots 1, 2, 6 to 9, inclusive, and lots

15, and 16, NE1⁄4;

Sec. 35, lots 1, 2, 5 to 8, inclusive, and lot

11.

T. 13 N., R. 7 E.,

Sec. 6, lots 5 to 12, inclusive;

Sec. 7, lots 5, 6, 7, and 11.

T. 14 N., R. 7 E.,

Sec. 17, lots 10 and 11;

Sec. 18, lots 5 to 8, inclusive, SW1⁄4 and

S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 19;

Sec. 20, lots 1 to 4, inclusive;

Sec. 29, lots 1 and 2;

Sec. 30, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, N1⁄2N1⁄2,

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, W1⁄2W1⁄2.

The areas described aggregate 7,376.34

acres.

In this proposed exchange, the United

States would acquire lands of equal

value that are yet to be identified within

or adjacent to BLM Wilderness Study

Areas, Areas of Critical Environmental

Concern, Special Management Areas

and/or other BLM high-priority

acquisition areas.

DATES: Written comments must be

postmarked no later than January 15,

2001. A public open house to discuss

the alternatives will be held in the main

conference room at the BLM

Albuquerque Field Office, 435 Montan ̃o

Rd. NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico from

4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday, December

18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to: Albuquerque Field Manager,

BLM Albuquerque Field Office, 435

Montan ̃o Rd. NE, Albuquerque, New

Mexico 87107–4935.

Copies of the DEIS are available for

review at the Albuquerque Field Office

and at the following address on the

Internet: www.nm.blm.gov. Additional

copies are available at the following

BLM New Mexico offices: State Office,

1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe; and Taos

Field Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road, Taos.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Debby Lucero, BLM Albuquerque Field

Office at the above address, or telephone

(505) 761–8787, fax (505) 761–8911.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following issues are addressed in the

environmental analysis: (1) Ecological

Sites/Vegetation, (2) Threatened,

Endangered and Other Special Status

Species, (3) Water Resources, (4)

Wildlife, (5) Geology/Paleontology, (6)

Minerals, (7) Land Uses, (8) Wilderness,

(9) Recreation, (10) Visual Resources,

(11) Air Quality and Noise, (12)

Hazardous Materials, (13) Cultural

Resources, (14) American Indian Uses,

(15) Rangeland Management, and (16)

Socioeconomic Conditions.

All public lands managed by the

Albuquerque Field Office are identified

in a lower class retention zone, so they

may be disposed of only for lands in a

higher class retention zone. The lands to

be acquired by the BLM through this

exchange are in high class retention

areas, supporting their acquisition

through exchange of lower class

retention lands to the Pueblo.

Edwin J. Singleton,

Albuquerque Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–30117 Filed 11–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–AG–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–932–1430–ET; A–062024]

Public Land Order No. 7471; Extension

of Public Land Order No. 6127; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order extends Public

Land Order No. 6127 for an additional

20-year period. This extension is

necessary to continue the protection of

the Bureau of Land Management’s

Campbell Tract Administrative Site.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 11, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robbie J. Havens, Bureau of Land

Management, Alaska State Office, 222

W. 7th Avenue, No. 13, Anchorage,

Alaska 99513–7599, (907) 271–5049.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. Public Land Order No. 6127, which

withdrew public land from settlement,

sale, location, or entry under the general

land laws, including the United States

mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch.2 (1994)), for

the protection of the Campbell Tract

Administrative Site, is hereby extended

for an additional 20 years as it affects

the following described land:

Seward Meridian

T. 12 N., R. 3 W.,

Sec. 2, W1⁄2W1⁄2E1⁄2NW1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4,

W1⁄2E1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive,

S1⁄2N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and

E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 10, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

and N1⁄2N1⁄2N1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 11, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and

W1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4.

The area described contains 730.13 acres.

2. This withdrawal will expire 20

years from the effective date of this

order unless, as a result of a review

conducted before the expiration date

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the

Secretary determines that the

withdrawal shall be extended.

Dated: November 15, 2000.

Sylvia V. Baca,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 00–30509 Filed 11–29–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS

ADMINISTRATION

Records Schedules; Availability and

Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Archives and Records

Administration (NARA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed records schedules; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The National Archives and

Records Administration (NARA)

publishes notice at least once monthly

of certain Federal agency requests for

records disposition authority (records

schedules). Once approved by NARA,

records schedules provide mandatory

instructions on what happens to records

when no longer needed for current

Government business. They authorize

the preservation of records of

continuing value in the National

Archives of the United States and the

destruction, after a specified period, of

records lacking administrative, legal,

research, or other value. Notice is

published for records schedules in

which agencies propose to destroy

records not previously authorized for

disposal or reduce the retention period