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whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) Evaluate the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) Enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) Minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond; including

through the use of appropriate

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Customer

Satisfaction Survey.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2503–0031.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

purpose of this information collection

will be to evaluate existing Ginnie Mae

services and programs. This request to

conduct the Ginnie Mae customer

satisfaction survey is in response to

Executive Order 12862 on setting

customer driven standards. The survey

will be used to evaluate what benefits

would be needed to understand and

satisfy the customers.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

Not applicable.

Members of affected public: For profit

business (mortgage companies, thrifts,

savings & loans, etc.)

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response:

Respondents Frequency of response Hours of response

Single Family MBS Issuers ....................................................... 520 50% or 260 ......................... 3900 minutes or 65 hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: May 22, 1998.

George S. Anderson,

Executive Vice President, Ginnie Mae.

[FR Doc. 98–15213 Filed 6–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Letters of Authorization to Take Marine

Mammals

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of Letters of

Authorization to take marine mammals

incidental to oil and gas industry

activities.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

101(a)(5) of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended, and

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

implementing regulations [50 CFR

18.27(f)(3)], notice is hereby given that

Letters of Authorization to take polar

bears and Pacific walrus incidental to

oil and gas industry exploration,

development, and production activities

have been issued to the following

companies:

Company Activity Date issued

BP Exploration

(Alaska)

Inc.

Exploration ... May 12, 1998.

Company Activity Date issued

Western

Atlas

Intl/

Western

Geophysical.

Exploration ... May 19, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. John W. Bridges at the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals

Management Office, 1011 East Tudor

Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, (800)

362–5148 or (907) 786–3810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Letters of

Authorization were issued in

accordance with U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service Federal Rules and Regulations

‘‘Marine Mammals; Incidental Take

During Specified Activities (58 FR

60402; November 16, 1993); modified

and extended (60 FR 42805; August 17,

1995).’’

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Robyn Thorson,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 98–14861 Filed 6–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–180–1430–01; CACA 3070]

Termination of Classification of Public

Land for Recreation and Public

Purposes and Opening Order;

California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice terminates, in its

entirety, the classification, dated April

9, 1976, which classified public land for

lease for recreation and public purposes

pursuant to the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act of June 14, 1926, as

amended (43 U.S.C 869 et seq.). The

land will be opened to the operation of

the public land laws including the

mining laws, subject to valid existing

rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, other segregations of

record, and the requirements of

applicable law. The land has been and

remain open to the operation of the

mineral leasing laws. The termination is

necessary to facilitate the completion of

a pending land exchange.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Marti, BLM California State

Office (CA–931.4), 2135 Butano Drive,

Sacramento, California 95825–0451;

telephone number 916–978–4675.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. CACA 3070

T. 12 N., R. 10 E., Mount Diablo Meridian

Sec. 1, a portion of lot 1 described as

beginning at the northeast corner of the

parcel herein described, a 11⁄2 inch

capped iron pipe set on the easterly

boundary of said section 1 from which

the northeast corner of said section 1

bears N. 0°41′55′′ E., 501.06 feet; thence

from point of beginning and along the

easterly boundary of said section 1, S.

0°41′55′′ W., 344.43 feet, a similar pipe

set on the northwesterly boundary of

Wentworth Springs Road; thence along

said boundary, S. 41°07′ W., 269.47 feet,

a similar pipe; thence leaving said

boundary, N 8°21′ W., 391.12 feet, a

similar pipe; thence N. 56° 02′ E., 287.20

feet to the point of beginning.

The area described contains 1.853 acres in

El Dorado County.

On April 9, 1976, the public land, as

described above, was classified as

suitable for lease under the Act of June

14, 1926, as amended (43 U.S.C 869 et

seq.) The land was segregated from all