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after 30 days. For maximum

consideration your comments and

suggestions on the requirements should

be made within 30 days directly to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Interior Department Desk Officer (1004–

0029), Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, D.C.

20503, telephone (202) 395–7340. Please

provide a copy of your comments to the

BLM Clearance Officer (WO–630), 1849

C Street NW, Mail Stop 401 LS,

Washington, D.C. 20240.

Nature of Comments

We specifically request your

comments on the following:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

functioning of the Bureau of Land

Management, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of BLM’s estimate of

the burden of collecting the information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

3. The quality, utility, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and

4. How to minimize the burden of

collecting the information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

technology.

Title: Color-of-Title Application (43

CFR 2540). OMB approval number:

1004–0029.

Abstract: The Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to renew the

approval of an information collection

for an existing rule at 43 CFR 2540. That

rule provides for the issuance of a land

patent (deed) to eligible individuals,

groups, or corporations who believe

they have a valid claim to public lands

under color-of-title. Respondents supply

identifying information to be used by

the agency to determine validity of a

color-of-title claim to public lands.

Bureau Form Number: 2540–1.

Frequency: Once.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals applying for a color-of-title

claim to public lands. Estimated

completion time: 15 minutes.

Annual Responses: 9.

Annual Burden Hours: 2.25.

Collection Clearance Officer: Carole

Smith, 202–452–0367.

Dated: March 25, 1997.

Dr. Annetta L. Cheek,

Manager, Regulatory Affairs Group.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget Review;

Comment Request

The proposal for the collection of

information listed below has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for reapproval under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of the

proposed information collection

requirement and related forms and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting Dennis C. Jones at (303)

231–3046. Comments and suggestions

on the requirement should be made

directly to the Bureau Clearance Officer

at the telephone number listed below,

and to the OMB Paperwork Reduction

Project (1010–0064), Washington, D.C.

20503, telephone number (202) 395–

7340.

Dates: Written comments should be

received on or before May 19, 1997.

Title: Payor Information Form, Solid

Minerals.

OMB Approval Number: 1010–0064.

Abstract: The Minerals Management

Service (MMS) Royalty Management

Program (RMP) is proposing to continue

collecting certain information from

royalty payors on Federal or Indian

mineral leases in order to establish and

maintain a database consisting of

royalty information and reference data.

Bureau Form Numbers: MMS–4030.

Frequency: As submitted by lessee.

Description of Respondents: Royalty

payors on Federal and Indian mineral

leases.

Estimated Completion Time: .33

hours.

Annual Responses: 130.

Annual Burden Hours: 173 hours.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Joanne

Lauterbach, (202) 208–7744.

Dated April 14, 1997.

Donald Sant,

(Acting) Associate Director for Royalty

Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Subsistence Resource Commission

Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: The Superintendent of Gates

of the Arctic National Park and the

Chairperson of the Subsistence Resource

Commission for Gates of the Arctic

National Park announce a forthcoming

meeting of the Gates of the Arctic

National Park Subsistence Resource

Commission.

The following agenda items will be

discussed:

(1) Call to order.

(2) Roll call.

(3) Approval of summary of meeting

minutes for May 15–17, 1996, and

November 12–14, 1996.

(4) Review agenda.

(5) Superintendent’s introductions of

guests and staff and review of

Commission function and purpose.

(6) Superintendent’s management/

research reports:

a. Administration and management.

b. Park operations.

c. Resource management.

d. Subsistence program.

(7) Public and agency comments.

(8) Old business:

a. Correspondence.

b. Federal Subsistence Program

update.

c. Discussion of specific issues within

the draft NPS Subsistence Issues

Paper.

d. Review status of revised Hunting

Plan Recommendation #12:

Residency Requirement for Cabin

Use on Public Land.

e. Shared North Slope Borough/NPS

position in Anaktuvuk Pass.

f. Kobuk River sheefish harvest.

(9) New business:

a. Other park SRC actions.

b. Subsistence eligibility.

c. Work Session: Subsistence

Management Plan.

(10) Set time and place of next SRC

meeting.

(11) Adjournment.

DATES: The meeting will be held

Tuesday through Thursday, April 29-

May 1, 1997. The meeting will be from

1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, and from 8:30

a.m. to noon on Thursday.

LOCATION: The meeting will be held at

Sophie Station Hotel in Fairbanks,

Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Mills, Superintendent, Gates of

the Arctic National Park and Preserve,

P.O. Box 74680, Fairbanks, Alaska

99707. Phone (907) 456-0281.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Subsistence Resource Commissions are

authorized under Title VIII, Section 808,

of the Alaska National Interest Lands

Conservation Act, Public Law 96-487,

and operate in accordance with the
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provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committees Act.

Judith C. Gottlieb,

Acting Regional Director.

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BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Development of Strategic Plan for the

Bureau of Reclamation, Pursuant to

the Government Performance and

Results Act of 1993

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Government Performance

and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) requires

the Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) and other Federal

agencies to set strategic goals, measure

performance, and report on results. It

requires development, no later than the

end of fiscal year 1997, of a 5-year

strategic plan, to include the

organization’s mission statement,

identify its long-term strategic goals,

and describe how it intends to achieve

its goals. The Act also requires that in

developing its Strategic Plan, that

Reclamation solicit and consider the

ideas of those potentially affected by or

interested in the Strategic Plan. This

notice asks for public comment

concerning the development of the

Bureau of Reclamation’s Strategic Plan

for the years 1997–2002.

DATES: Comments must be received by

May 9, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be directed to Karen Pedone, GPRA

Program Manager, W–6300, Bureau of

Reclamation, 1849 C Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Pedone, (202) 208–4972. Copies

may be obtained by contacting your

local Reclamation office or by calling

Karen Pedone.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Background

The Government Performance and

Results Act of 1993, Public Law 103–62

was enacted to make Federal programs

more effective and publicly accountable

by targeting results, service quality, and

customer satisfaction. Other statutory

goals were to improve Congressional

decisionmaking and to improve internal

management of the Federal Government.

Section 306 of title 5, United States

Code, requires that Reclamation submit

to the Director, Office of Management

and Budget, and to the Congress a

strategic plan for program activities no

later than September 30, 1997. The plan

is to contain:

(1) A comprehensive mission

statement covering the major functions

and operations of the agency;

(2) General goals and objectives,

including outcome-related goals

objectives, for the major functions and

operations of the agency;

(3) A description of how the goals and

objectives are to be achieved, including

a description of the operational

processes, skills and technology, and

the human, capital, information, and

other resources required to meet those

goals and objectives;

(4) A description of how the

performance goals included in the plan

required by section 1115(a) of title 31

shall be related to the general goals and

objectives in the strategic plan;

(5) An identification of those key

factors external to the agency and

beyond its control that could

significantly affect the achievement of

the general goals and objectives; and

(6) a description of the program

evaluations used in establishing or

revising general goals and objectives,

with a schedule for future program

evaluations.

Strategic Plan Summary

The Bureau of Reclamation Strategic

Plan also provides the framework for

Reclamation’s implementation of the

other parts of the Act, including

development of annual performance

plans, and annual program performance

reports that compare actual performance

to the annual goals.

Reclamation is the largest water

resources management agency in the

West, administering or operating 348

reservoirs (with a total storage capacity

of 245 million acre-feet), 58

hydroelectric powerplants, and more

than 300 recreation sites. With these

facilities, Reclamation delivers water to

over 31 million people and about 10

million acres of irrigated land or about

one-third of the irrigated acreage in the

West; generates more than 40 billion

kilowatt hours of energy each year,

making it the Nation’s second largest

producer of hydroelectric power and the

fifth largest electric producer (based on

generating capacity) in the West;

provides water-based recreation

activities for about 90 million visitors a

year; provides water supplies to support

habitat for wildlife refuges, migratory

waterfowl, anadramous and resident

fish, and endangered and threatened

species; and provides flood control

including $414 million in 1995 in flood

control benefits. This number reflects

the amount of damages from flooding

predicted to have occurred if

Reclamation facilities had not been in

place.

Reclamation projects stimulate an

estimated $24 billion in economic

activity each year. Benefits in

agriculture, recreation, power

dependent industries, municipal and

industrial water service, and other

related areas, including the construction

industry, are the direct result of

Reclamation management of a finite, but

variable natural yearly water supply.

These multipurpose benefits generate

about $5 billion in State and Federal tax

revenues. An estimated 700,000 personyears of employment are produced each

year as a result of the Reclamation

program.

The Reclamation program was created

by the Reclamation Act of 1902 to

reclaim the arid West and to provide

economic stability in the 17 western

states by developing irrigation projects.

Over time, these single purpose projects

gave way to the development and

construction of multipurpose water

resources projects. Over the past 90 plus

years, the Federal Government has

invested more than $16 billion in

Reclamation projects, 80 percent of

which is subject to repayment to the

U.S. Treasury (although often without

interest). Project beneficiaries pay for

annual operation and maintenance

costs. In addition, Reclamation is

responsible for securing the safety of its

dams and ensuring that Reclamation

facilities are maintained, operated, and

repaired in a manner that assures

project purposes are reliably met.

With a major network of water supply

and power generation facilities in place

and settlement of the West

accomplished, public interest has

shifted to concern for the efficient use

of already developed water supplies, the

protection of social and environmental

values, and the protection of the Federal

investment and infrastructure. As a

corollary, Reclamation’s emphasis has

evolved from narrowly focused project

development to the broadest aspects of

contemporary water and related

resources management and protection.

The transition from a development

emphasis to a resources management

orientation has involved several years of

introspection and change. In the mid1980’s, Reclamation undertook an

agency-wide assessment and published

the findings in a public document:

‘‘Assessment ’87 * * * A New Direction

for the Bureau of Reclamation.’’ That

document concluded that Reclamation’s