77664 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 239 / Tuesday, December 12, 2000 / Notices

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Rebecca A. Mullin,

Fish and Wildlife Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–31508 Filed 12–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–C

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–6310–PF–01–24 1A]

Extension of Approved Information

Collection, OMB Number 1004–0168

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is

announcing its intention to request

extension of an existing approval to

collect certain information from private

landowners which will allow BLM to

determine road use and maintenance

fees for logging road right-of-way

permits issued under the O&C Logging

Road Right-of-Way regulations (43 CFR

2812).

DATES: You must submit your comments

to BLM at the appropriate address below

on or before February 12, 2001. BLM

will not necessarily consider any

comments received after the above date.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

to: Regulatory Affairs Group (630),

Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C

Street NW, Room 401LS, Washington,

DC 20240.

Comments may be sent via Internet to:

WOComment@blm.gov. Please include

‘‘ATTN: 1004–0168’’ and your name

and return address in your Internet

message.

Comments may be hand-delivered to

the Bureau of Land Management,

Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620

L Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Comments will be available for public

review at the L Street address during

regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15

p.m.), Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Styduhar, BLM Oregon State Office, on

(503) 952–6454 (Commercial or FTS).

Persons who use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the

Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8330, 24 hours a

day, seven days a week, to contact Mr.

Styduhar.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR

1320.12(a) requires BLM to provide 60-

day notice in the Federal Register

concerning a collection of information

contained in regulations found in 43

CFR 2812 to solicit comments on (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed collection

of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. BLM will receive and

analyze any comments sent in response

to this notice and include them with its

request for approval from the Office of

Management and Budget under 44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Private landowners in western Oregon

obtain authorization to transport their

timber over BLM-controlled roads under

Title V of the Federal Land Policy and

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

1761). The logging road right-of-way

permits that BLM issues are subject to

the requirements of the O&C Logging

Road Right-of-Way regulations (43 CFR

Part 2812). As a condition of each rightof-way permit, a permittee must provide

BLM with a certified statement

containing the amount of timber

removed, the lands from which the

timber was removed, and the BLM roads

used to transport the timber. BLM

collects this information on a quarterly

basis using the Form OR–2812–6,

Report of Road Use.

The monies BLM receives for road use

contribute to the recovery of costs

incurred in the construction of forest

access roads. Fees collected for road

maintenance are reimbursements for

services BLM provided to maintain

roads the permittees use. If BLM did not

require the collection of information

included in the Report of Road Use

Form, it would not be possible to

determine payment amounts, ledger

account status, or monitor a permittee’s

compliance with the terms of the

permit. The costs for services BLM

provides would not be collected in a

timely manner if we reduce the

frequency of reporting. This would have

a direct effect on the ability of BLM to

properly maintain its road system,

protect the road investment, and

provide safe and efficient access to the

public lands.

Based on BLM’s experience

administering the activities described

above, the public reporting burden for

the information collected estimates to

average 1 hour per response. The

respondents include individuals,

partnerships, and corporations engaged

in the removal and transportation of

timber and other forest products. The

frequency of response is quarterly. The

estimated number of responses per year

totals 400. The estimated total annual

burden is 1600 hours. BLM specifically

requests 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

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request for Office of Management and

Budget approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 6, 2000.

Michael Schwartz,

BLM Information Collection Clearance

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–31497 Filed 12–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–030–01–1220–PA: GP1–0051]

Notice of Meeting of the Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center Advisory Board

AGENCY: National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center, Vale District,

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that a meeting

of the Advisory Board for the National

Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive

Center will be held on Tuesday, January

9, 2001 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the

Conference Room at the Baker County

Library, 2400 Resort Street, Baker City,

Oregon. Public comments will be

received from 11 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.,

January 9, 2001. Topics to be discussed

are the review and approval of the

updated Strategic Plan, reports from

Coordinators of Subcommittees, and the

development of Action Plan and

Recommendations for FY2001–2002.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 8 a.m.

and run to 12 p.m. January 9, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David B. Hunsaker, Bureau of Land

Management, National Historic Oregon

Trail, Interpretive Center, P.O. Box 987,

Baker City, OR 97814, (Telephone 541–

523–1845).

Sandra L. Guches,

Acting Vale District Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–31506 Filed 12–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK—910–1410–PG]

Notice of Alaska Resource Advisory

Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

SUMMARY: The BLM Alaska Resource

Advisory Council will conduct an open

meeting Thursday, January 11, 2001,

from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and

Friday, January 12, 2001, from 8:30 a.m.

until 3 p.m. The meeting will be held

at the BLM Northern Field Office, 1150

University Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska.

The primary agenda item for this

meeting is to review draft resource

management standards for BLM public

lands in Alaska and to take public

comment on this draft from 1 to 3 p.m.

Thursday, January 11, 2001. The draft

standards are standards are available for

public review and comment at

www.ak.blm.gov or call (907) 271–5555

to request a copy. Both oral and written

comments will be taken at the meeting,

or written comments may be mailed to

BLM at the address below.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries or comments

should be sent to External Affairs,

Bureau of Land Management, 222 W.

7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK

99513–7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Teresa McPherson, (907) 271–5555.

Francis R. Cherry, Jr.,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–31536 Filed 12–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Request for Comments on the

Preparation of a New 5-Year Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas

Leasing Program for 2002–2007; and

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Proposed 5-Year Program

SUMMARY: Section 18 of the OCS Lands

Act (43 USC 1344) requires the

Department of the Interior to solicit

information from interested and affected

parties during the preparation of a 5-

year OCS oil and gas leasing program.

The current 5-year program covers the

period July 1997 to July 2002. The

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

intends to prepare a new 5-year program

for 2002–2007 to succeed the current

one.

The MMS is starting the program

preparation process at this time because

section 18 requires completion of a

lengthy, multi-step process of

consultation and analysis before the

Secretary of the Interior may approve a

new 5-year program. The section 18

process includes the following required

steps: this solicitation of comments;

development of a draft proposed

program, a proposed program, and a

proposed final program; and Secretarial

approval. The MMS also will prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

that analyzes the alternatives considered

for the new 5-year program. This notice

announces the start of the EIS

preparation process. The MMS will

consider comments received in response

to this notice in developing the draft

proposed program and in determining

the scope of the EIS.

DATES: The MMS must receive all

comments and information by February

1, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments and

information to: 5-Year Program

Manager, Minerals Management Service

(MS–4400), Room 2324, 381 Elden

Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170. The

MMS will accept hand deliveries at

1849 C Street, N.W., Room 4230,

Washington, D.C. Please label your

comments and the packaging in which

they are submitted as to subject matter:

mark those pertaining to program

preparation, ‘‘Comments on Preparation

of the 5-Year Program for 2002–2007;

and mark those pertaining to EIS

preparation, ‘‘Scoping Comments on the

EIS for the 5-Year Program for 2002–

2007.’’ If you submit any privileged or

proprietary information to be treated as

confidential, please mark the envelope,

‘‘Contains Confidential Information.’’

The MMS will accept comments

submitted by electronic mail. Send your

comments on the preparation of the

program to MMS5-

year.document@mms.gov and your

comments concerning the scope of the

EIS to MMS5-year.eis@mms.gov. We

also will provide access to information

concerning the 5-year program and EIS,

including copies of comments we

receive in response to this notice, at the

MMS internet website (www.mms.gov).

Public Comment Procedure

Our practice is to make comments,

including the names and home

addresses of respondents, available for

public review. An individual

commenter may ask that we withhold

his or her name, home address, or both

from the public record, and we will

honor such a request to the extent

allowable by law. If you submit

comments and wish us to withhold such

information, you must state so

prominently at the beginning of your

submission.

We will not consider anonymous

comments, and we will make available

for inspection in their entirety all

comments submitted by organizations

and businesses or by individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives of organizations and

businesses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ralph Ainger, 5-Year Program Manager,

at (703) 787–1215.