Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 71 / Monday, April 14, 1997 / Notices 18143

Type of application Number of

responses

Hours/responses Total hours

Exploration License ................................................................................................................................ 10 30 300

Coal for Coal & Resource Information ................................................................................................... 5 3 15

Surface Owner Consultation .................................................................................................................. 50 1 50

Exp. of Leasing Interest ......................................................................................................................... 15 6.6 100

Notice of Sale ......................................................................................................................................... 20 3 60

Leasing on Application ........................................................................................................................... 2 150 300

Surface Owner Consent ......................................................................................................................... 10 10 100

PRLA ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 150 1,500

Lease Modification ................................................................................................................................. 10 35 250

License to Mine ...................................................................................................................................... 2 5 10

Lease Transfer (incl. assignments) ........................................................................................................ 30 10 300

Sp.Leasing Qual. .................................................................................................................................... 10 4 40

Bonding Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 10 40 400

Lease Form ............................................................................................................................................ 5 1 5

Exploration Plans ................................................................................................................................... 50 59 2,950

Res. Rec. and Protection Plans ............................................................................................................. 30 174.8 5,245

Mining Plans ........................................................................................................................................... 10 457.5 4,575

Changes in Plans ................................................................................................................................... 100 29.5 2,950

Mining Operations Maps ........................................................................................................................ 650 11.30 7,350

Pref, Standards for Exploration .............................................................................................................. 90 1.75 158

Unexpected Wells .................................................................................................................................. 10 1 10

Exploration Reports ................................................................................................................................ 50 7.5 375

Royalty of Rental Reductions ................................................................................................................. 10 150 1,500

Suspensions ........................................................................................................................................... 10 14.4 144

Corr. Repts. for Noncompliances ........................................................................................................... 90 3.75 338

LMU Applications/Requirements ............................................................................................................ 10 32 320

Totals ........................................................................................................................................... 1,299 ...................... 24,737

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: April 7, 1997.

Carole Smith,

Information Collection Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–9448 Filed 4–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–040–1510–00]

Ely District Proposed Fire and

Vegetative Resource Management Plan

and Environmental Documentation

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Modify Fire

Management Plan and Other Planning

Documents As Necessary, Ely District,

Nevada.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management, Ely District, Nevada

intends to modify its current Fire

Management Plan and, if necessary,

existing land use plans, including a

Resource Management Plans (RMP), and

two Management Framework Plans

(MFPs) and to prepare appropriate

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) analysis for the adoption of a

Fire Management Plan (FMP). The

purpose of the FMP is to provide the

framework for the reintroduction of fire

into the ecosystem while maintaining

first priority on protection of human

life, and secondary priority on

protection of property and natural and

cultural resources. Public comment is

sought on identification of issues,

alternatives that should be considered,

and the level of analysis which would

be appropriate under the NEPA.

DATES: Comments will be accepted

throughout the process of modifying

plans and preparation of NEPA analysis.

However, comments received after May

28, 1997 may not be reflected in the

alternatives considered in any

preliminary NEPA analysis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill

Dunn, Fire Management Officer, Bureau

of Land Management, Ely District

Office, HC 33 Box 33500, Ely, NV

89301; Telephone (702) 289–1920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Federal Wildland Fire Policy and

Program Review was completed to

address issues of firefighter safety, as

well as costs, inefficiencies, and

inconsistencies between federal

agencies involved in wildland fire

suppression. Among the results of that

review is a standardization of policies

and procedures among Federal agencies,

including the determination that

wildland fire, as a critical natural

process, must be reintroduced into the

ecosystem. The Bureau of Land

Management, Ely District intends to

develop objectives through a Technical

Review Team, and supported by

resource professionals, which will

integrate fire into resource management;

including fire suppression, prescribed

fire, fuels management and public

education (including fire prevention)

without regard to administrative

boundaries. Because the Technical

Review Team will include private

property owners, all of the affected land

managing agencies (County, State and

Federal), and interested land users, the

preliminary fire management objectives

will be developed through consensus to

apply to all lands without regard to

administrative jurisdiction to permit a

comprehensive and realistic approach to

fire and vegetative resource

management.

At this point, it is uncertain what

level of plan modification will be

needed, if any. Land use plans affected

by actions within the Ely District

include the Egan Resource Management

Plan, Schell Management Framework

Plan, and Caliente Management

Framework Plan. The level of

environmental analysis appropriate

under the Council on Environmental

Quality’s regulations implementing

NEPA (40 CFR part 1500) is

undetermined pending the outcome of

the Technical Review Team’s

recommendations. Should it be

determined that no environmental
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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