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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 63, No. 102

Thursday, May 28, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Extension of Currently Approved

Information Collection for Locatable

Minerals

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice: request for comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Forest Service announces its intent to

extend the existing information

collection found in 36 CFR Part 228,

Subpart A, for locatable minerals. The

current information collection will

expire July 31, 1998.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing on or before July 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to

Director, Minerals and Geology

Management, mail stop 1126, Forest

Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090,

Washington, D.C. 20090–6090.

The public may inspect comments in

the Office of the Director. To facilitate

entrance into the building, visitors are

encouraged to call ahead (202) 205–

1042.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sam Hotchkiss, Minerals and Geology

Management, telephone: (202) 205–

1535.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description of Information Collection

Title: Locatable Minerals.

OMB Number: 0596–0022.

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31,

1998.

Type of Request: Extension of an

existing information collection.

Abstract: Locatable mineral operators

must conduct their operations in

accordance with the mineral regulations

at 36 CFR Part 228, Subpart A, to ensure

that the environmental impacts are

minimized to the extent practicable.

When submitting a notice of intent, a

plan of operations, or a notice of

cessation of operations, the operator

may use any format to submit the

required information. To facilitate this

process, the Forest Service has

developed a plan of operations form to

collect the information required in the

locatable mineral regulations. Although

use of the form is optional by the

operator, it was used about 1,000 times

last year. The Forest Service uses the

information to review and evaluate a

mining proposal. Without an

established procedure for joint Forest

Service and operator planning, adverse

impacts such as a significant soil loss,

water pollution, and adverse impacts to

plants and animals will likely occur.

The types of activities that will cause

severe impacts to surface resources

include an improperly located access

road, unplanned disposal of waste rock

and mill tailings, inadequate water

drainage controls in disturbed areas,

and a failure to reclaim disturbed areas

after operations are complete. Public

safety would also be a major concern if

operators were allowed to leave shafts,

cuts, and adits uncovered, unfenced,

and unmarked.

Estimate of Burden: 2 hours.

Type of Respondents: Locatable

mineral operators.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1000.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 2000.

Comment Is Invited

The agency invites comments on the

following: (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 respondents, including the use of

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Use of Comment

All comments, including name and

address when provided, will become a

matter of public record. Comments

received in response to this notice will

be summarized and included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Darrel L. Kenops,

Acting Deputy Chief, National Forest Systems.

[FR Doc. 98–14131 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Diamond Lake Drawdown, Umpqua

National Forest, Douglas, OR

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation of an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: On February 2, 1998, a Notice

of Intent (NOI) to prepare an

environmental impact statement (EIS)

for the Diamond Lake Drawdown on the

Diamond Lake Ranger District of the

Umpqua National Forest was published

in the Federal Register (63 FR 5350).

The February 2 NOI is being withdrawn

because the Forest Service is no longer

the lead agency for the EIS. The Forest

Service NOI is hereby rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this

cancellation to Jim Leoni,

Interdisciplinary Team Leader, Umpqua

National Forest, P.O. Box 1008,

Roseburg, Oregon 97470, phone 541–

957–3391.

Dated: May 18, 1998.

Don Ostby,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 98–14082 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
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Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: 1999 New York City Housing

and Vacancy Survey.

Form Number(s): H–100, –105, –108,

–100(L).

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0757.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of an expired collection.

Burden: 11,200 hours.

Number of Respondents: 17,200.

Avg Hours Per Response: 35 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Census Bureau

plans to conduct the 1999 New York

City Housing and Vacancy Survey

(NYCHVS) under contract for the City of

New York. The purpose of the survey is

to measure the supply, condition, and

vacancy rate of housing in the City.

Vacancy rate is the primary factor in

determining the continuation of rent

control regulations. Other survey

information is used by city and state

agencies for planning purposes as well

as the private sector for business

decisions. The laws of New York require

such a survey to be conducted every

three years.

Census Bureau interviewers will

conduct personal visit interviews at a

sample of housing units in the city, the

vast majority of which are apartments in

apartment buildings. Basic demographic

information will be collected from

residents along with information about

living conditions (rent, facilities,

maintenance, neighborhood, etc.). This

information will be collected from

rental agents or other knowledgeable

persons in the case of vacant units. A

small number of reinterviews with

agents or landlords will be conducted

for quality assurance purposes. We will

also determine, by observation only, if

a sample of units known to have been

lost from the housing inventory have

been reconverted for residential use.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit.

Frequency: Every 3 years.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 USC, Section

8.

OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall,

(202) 395–7313.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–14030 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission For OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal:

Integrated Coverage Measurement and

Post Enumeration Survey Activities

(Person Follow-up Interview and

Evaluation Interview) and Initial Phase

Evaluation Activities (Administrative

Record Coverage and Multiple

Response).

Form Number(s): DX–1301, DX–

1301.EI, DX–1301.PSA, and DX–

1301(P).

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 6,173 hours.

Number of Respondents: 20,190.

Avg Hours Per Response: 18 and a

half minutes.

Needs and Uses: In the Census 2000

Dress Rehearsal, the Census Bureau will

conduct a dress rehearsal of both its

Integrated Coverage Measurement (ICM)

and Post Enumeration Survey (PES)

methodologies that can be used

alternatively to measure coverage of the

census for housing units and people.

During Person Follow-up, we reconcile

differences between ICM/PES person

interview phase and the census initial

enumeration. The result will be the

information needed to produce the final

estimates of the coverage for the Census

2000 Dress Rehearsal. The evaluation

activities include analyzing the

effectiveness of the ICM/PES data

collection process and the potential

coverage improvement from utilizing

alternate response options and

administrative records in census

operations.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: One time.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13, United

States Code, Section 141.

OMB Desk Officer: Nancy Kirkendall,

(202) 395–7313.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Nancy Kirkendall, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–14031 Filed 5–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Docket 25–98]

Foreign-Trade Zone 124—LaPlace,

Louisiana, Foreign-Trade Subzone

124B—North American Shipbuilding,

Inc.; Application for Expansion

An application has been submitted to

the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board

(the Board) by the South Louisiana Port

Commission, grantee of FTZ 124,

requesting authority to expand Subzone

124B, which currently covers the main

shipyard facility of North American

Shipbuilding, Inc. (NASI) located in

LaFourche Parish, Louisiana, adjacent to

the Gramercy Customs port of entry, to

include two new sites located in

Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. The

application was submitted pursuant to

the provisions of the Foreign-Trade

Zones Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–

81u), and the regulations of the Board

(15 CFR Part 400). It was formally filed

on May 19, 1998.

Subzone 124B was approved on

October 29, 1991 (Board Order 539, 56

F.R. 56627, 11/6/91). The subzone

currently consists of one site (14 acres)

located at 800 Industrial Park Road and

Highway 308, Lafourche Parish, one

mile north of Larose, Louisiana.

The applicant is now requesting

authority to expand the subzone to

include two additional sites: proposed

Site 2 (27 acres)—North American

Fabricators, LLC, 208 North American

Court, Houma (Terrebonne Parish); and,

proposed Site 3 (26 acres)—C-Port, LLC,

106 9th Street, Port Fourchon

(Lafourche Parish).

The NASI facility is used for the

construction and repair of commercial,

military and research vessels under

zone procedures within Subzone 124B.