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impact statement is needed, NEPA

analysis will be accomplished through

an environmental assessment or an

administrative determination.

Public input on issues and

alternatives for the fire and vegetative

resource management plan will be

forthcoming through the Technical

Review Team’s efforts. This notice

invites additional public comment on

the proposal to modify the Fire

Management Plan, and affected land use

plans, if applicable. Preliminary issues identified include:

human health and safety; protection of

property; protection of natural and

cultural resources; use of fire to enhance

biodiversity, stabilize soils, and promote

ecological health; maintenance or

improvement of rangeland health in

accordance with established standards;

and the proper role of fire in areas

managed for wilderness values. No

preliminary alternatives have been

identified.

Dated: April 2, 1997.

Gene A. Kolkman,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–9457 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–990–1020–00]

Notice of Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Upper Columbia—Salmon Clearwater

Districts, Idaho.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.

Appendix, the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

meeting of the Upper Columbia—

Salmon Clearwater Districts Resource

Advisory Council (RAC) on Wednesday,

May 14, 1997 and Thursday, May 15,

1997 in Salmon, Idaho.

The purpose of the meeting is to brief

the RAC on upcoming sub-basin and

watershed assessments, which will be

part of the implementation process for

the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project, and to provide a

field tour of the Herd Creek watershed.

Other administrative issues may be

discussed as time permits. The RAC will

meet from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (MDT)

on May 14 and 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

(MDT) on May 15. The public may

address the Council during the public

comment period starting at 1:30 p.m. on

May 14 at BLM’s Salmon Field Office,

Highway 93 South, Salmon, Idaho.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All

Resource Advisory Council meetings are

open to the public. Interested persons

may make oral statements to the

Council, or written statements may be

submitted for the Council’s

consideration. Depending on the

number of persons wishing to make oral

statements, a per-person time limit may

be established by the District Manager. The Council’s responsibilities include

providing long-range planning and

establishing resource management

priorities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted

Graf (208) 769–5004.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

Fritz U. Rennebaum,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–9456 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension and revision

of a currently approved information

collection.

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, MMS invites the public and

other Federal agencies to comment on a

proposal to extend and revise the

currently approved collection of

information discussed below. The

Paperwork Reduction act of 1995 (PRA)

provides that an agency may not

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

required to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) control number.

DATE: Submit written comments by June

13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to the Rules Processing Team, Minerals

Management Service, Mail Stop 4700,

381 Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia

20170–4817.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexis London, Rules Processing Team,

telephone (703) 787–1600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR Part 254, Oil Spill

Response Requirements for Facilities

Located Seaward of the Coast Line.

Abstract: The Federal Water Pollution

Control Act as amended by the Oil

Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) requires

that a spill-response plan be submitted

for offshore facilities prior to February

18, 1993. The OPA specifies that after

that date, an offshore facility may not

handle, store, or transport oil unless a

plan has been submitted. In order to

meet the deadline and assure that spillresponse plans of sufficient quality were

being developed, MMS issued an

interim final rule (IFR) and the OMB

approved the information collection

requirements. MMS subsequently issued

a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR0

incorporating the experience gained

with the IFR and OMB approved the

revised information collection

requirements. MMS has now published

a final rule (62 FR 13991) which

supersedes the IFR effective June 23,

1997. The final rule changes the

structure of the regulation, thereby

changing the citations for the

information collections. However, no

significant changes to the information

collection resulted from the comments

received in response to the NPR and

restructuring.

The MMS uses the information

collected under Part 254 to determine

the response capability of the owner/

operator. The requirements allow the

Regional Supervisor to verify

compliance with the requirements of

OPA. The final rule removes any

duplicative reporting requirements in 30

CFR part 250, subpart C. If MMS did not

collect the information we would be

unable to comply with the mandates of

the OPA.

The collection does not include

proprietary or confidential information

and no items of a sensitive nature are

collected. The requirement to respond is

mandatory. Description of Respondents:

Owners or operators of an oil handling,

storage, or transportation facility which

is located seaward of the coast line.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

270.

Estimated Annual Burden: 28,756

burden hours. Based on $35 per hour,

the cost to respondents is $1,005,410.

Estimated Other Annual Costs to

Respondents: MMS has identified no

other cost burdens on respondents for

providing this information.

OMB Number: 1010–0091.

Comments: The MMS will summarize

written responses to this notice and

address them in its submission for OMB

approval. All comments will become a

matter of public record. We will also

consult with a representative sample of

respondents. The estimates shown

above are those currently approved by

OMB for this collection of information.

As a result of the consultations and