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the date of this publication. If the

protest notice did not include a

statement of reasons for the protest, the

protestant shall file such a statement

with the State Director within thirty (30)

calendar days after the notice of protest

was filed.

The above-listed plats represent

dependent resurveys, subdivision of

sections.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

1828, 5353 Yellowstone Road,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003.

Dated: June 10, 1998.

Jerry L. Messick,

Acting Chief, Cadastral Survey Group.

[FR Doc. 98–16315 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Final Supplement to the Final

Environmental Impact Statement/

Resources Management Plan for

Improvement of Water Quality and

Conservation of Rare Species and

Their Habitats on Santa Rosa Island,

Channel Islands National Park;

Availability

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as

amended), the National Park Service,

Department of the Interior, has prepared

an abbreviated Final Supplement to the

Final Environmental Impact Statement/

Resources Management Plan for

improving water quality and conserving

rare species and their habitats on Santa

Rosa Island. Upon completion of the

current conservation planning and

impact analysis process, a new Record

of Decision will be prepared which will

supersede the previous decision

concerning this stewardship initiative.

BACKGROUND: In August, 1995, the

National Park Service (NPS) began

developing a resources management

plan for Santa Rosa Island to address

impacts from ongoing commercial

ranching and hunting on water quality,

riparian values, and rare plant species

and their habitats. In May, 1996 the NPS

completed and distributed a draft

environmental impact statement (Draft)

for this plan; during a 125-day public

review period, the NPS received over

240 comments. The Draft was

subsequently revised, and a final

environmental impact statement (Final)

for the resources management plan was

released in April, 1997. In a Record of

Decision signed June 9, 1997, the NPS

indicated the intent to implement the

Proposed Action, Alternative D, Revised

Conservation Strategy. Subsequently

negotiations for revising the alternative

ensued among Vail & Vickers, the

National Park and Conservation

Foundation, and the NPS. As a result, a

draft supplement to the Final was

prepared which identified a new

alternative, Alternative F, Negotiated

Settlement. Members of the public and

interested agencies and organizations

were afforded an opportunity to

comment during a 60-day public review

period from February 17 to April 17,

1998. Although many elements of the

negotiated Alternative F were similar to

the previously selected Alternative D,

there were some differences.

New Proposed Action: Under

Alternative F, Negotiated Settlement,

water quality and riparian values would

be improved and rare plants and their

habitats would be conserved by rapid

removal of cattle and phased removal of

deer and elk. With the exception of 12

head in Lobo Pasture, all cattle would

be removed by the end of 1998. Deer

and elk would be removed by the end

of 2011, although they could be

removed earlier if necessary to achieve

recovery goals for selected listed species

and their habitats. After an initial

reduction in deer and elk, an adaptive

management program for deer and elk

would be implemented. Under adaptive

management, deer and elk would be

managed at levels allowing rare species

and their habitats to recover. Provided

recovery goals were met, Vail & Vickers

would be permitted to conduct

commercial deer and elk hunting

activities. After the adaptive

management period, deer and elk

populations could be eliminated during

a final phaseout period. If for some

reason an acceptable adaptive

management program cannot be

developed, deer and elk populations

will be reduced at a pre-determined

rate. Also, the NPS would implement

road management actions to reduce

impacts to island streams, and would

develop a comprehensive alien plant

management plan to address problems

caused by alien species. The NPS would

develop monitoring programs for rare

species, water quality, and riparian

recovery. Visitor access to Santa Rosa

Island would be increased beyond

current levels.

Other Alternatives: Other alternatives

subject to the supplemental

conservation planning and impact

analysis process were the same as

identified and described in the Final. In

addition to the above, these include:

Alternative A, No Action; Alternative B,

Minimal Action; Alternative C, Targeted

Management Action; and Alternative E,

Immediate Removal of Ungulates.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final

supplement contains responses to seven

(7) respondents to the draft supplement

(eight comments were received). It also

contains changes and clarifications

which are minor and few in number;

information and analysis otherwise

remains essentially unchanged. As an

abbreviated document, it must be

combined with the draft supplement

and original Draft and Final EIS to

comprise a complete record. The noaction period for the final supplement

will extend for 30-days from EPA’s

notice of the filing of the document in

the Federal Register. Requests for

information or copies of the document

should be directed to the

Superintendent, Channel Islands

National Park, 1901 Spinnaker Drive,

Ventura, CA 93001, or by telephone at

(805) 658–5776. Copies will also be

available at area libraries.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

Martha K. Leicester,

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Community Oriented Policing

Services; Agency Information

Collection Activities: Proposed

Collection; Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Review; Universal Hiring

Program Application; Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approval collection for which approval

has expired.

The Department of Justice, Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services

has submitted the following information

collection request for review and

clearance in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Comments are encouraged and will be

accepted until August 18, 1998.

Your comments should address one or

more of the following four points:

(1) Evaluate 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;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agencies estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;
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(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,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

If you have additional comments,

suggestions, or need a copy of the

proposed information collection

instrument with instructions, or

additional information, please contact

Kristen Mahoney, 202–616–2896, U.S.

Department of Justice, Office of

Community Oriented Policing Services,

1100 Vermont Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20530.

Additionally, comments and/or

suggestions regarding the item(s)

contained in this notice, especially

regarding the estimated public burden

and associated response time should be

directed to Kristen Mahoney, 202–616–

2896, U.S. Department of Justice, Office

of Community Oriented Policing

Services, 1100 Vermont Avenue, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20530.

Overview of this information

collection:

(1) Type of Information Collection:

Reinstatement, without change, of a

previously approved collection for

which approval has expired.

(2) Title of the Form/Collection:

Universal Hiring Grant Application.

(3) Agency form number, if any, and

the applicable component of the

Department of Justice sponsoring the

collection:

Form: None. Office of Community

Oriented Services, Department of

Justice.

(4) Affected public who will be asked

or required to respond, as well as a brief

abstract:

Primary: State and Local

governments, Tribal governments.

Other: None.

This application will be used by state

and local jurisdictions to apply for

federal funding which will be used to

increase the number of law enforcement

positions in their law enforcement

agencies.

(5) An estimate of the total number of

respondents and the amount of time

estimated for an average respondent to

respond: 3200 respondents; 5.5 hours.

(6) An estimate of the total public

burden (in hours) associated with the

collection: 17,600 annual burden hours.

If additional information is required

contact: Mr. Robert B. Briggs, Clearance

Officer, United States Department of

Justice, Information Management and

Security Staff, Justice Management

Division, Suite 850, Washington Center,

1001 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

20530.

Dated: June 15, 1998.

Robert B. Briggs,

Department Clearance Officer, United States

Department of Justice.

[FR Doc. 98–16295 Filed 6–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–AT–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of the Attorney General

[A.G. Order No. 2166–98]

RIN 1105–AA56

Proposed Guidelines for the Jacob

Wetterling Crimes Against Children

and Sexually Violent Offender

Registration Act, as Amended

AGENCY: Department of Justice.

ACTION: Proposed guidelines.

SUMMARY: The United States Department

of Justice is publishing Proposed

Guidelines to implement the Jacob

Wetterling Crimes Against Children and

Sexually Violent Offender Registration

Act as amended by Megan’s Law, the

Pam Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking

and Identification Act of 1996, and

section 115 of the General Provisions of

Title I of the Departments of Commerce,

Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and

Related Agencies Appropriations Act,

1998.

DATES: Comments must be received by

August 18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Bonnie J. Campbell, Director, Violence

Against Women Office, U.S. Department

of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20530, 202–616–

8894.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pam

Lychner Sexual Offender Tracking and

Identification Act of 1996, Pub. L. No.

104–236, 110 Stat. 3093 (the ‘‘Pam

Lychner Act’’), and section 115 of the

General Provisions of Title I of the

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and

State, the Judiciary, and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998,

Pub. L. No. 105–119, 111 Stat. 2440,

2461 (the ‘‘CJSA’’), amended section

17101 of the Violent Crime Control and

Law Enforcement Act of 1994, Pub. L.

No. 103–322, 108 Stat. 1796, 2038

(codified at 42 U.S.C. 14071), which

contains the Jacob Wetterling Crimes

Against Children and Sexually Violent

Offender Registration Act (the

‘‘Wetterling Act’’ or ‘‘the Act’’). These

legislative changes require conforming

changes in the Final Guidelines for the

Jacob Wetterling Act and Megan’s Law

(Pub. L. No. 104–145, 110 Stat. 1345)

that were published by the Department

of Justice on July 21, 1997, in the

Federal Register (62 FR 39009).

The Wetterling Act generally sets out

minimum standards for state sex

offender registration programs. States

that fail to comply with these standards

within the applicable time frame will be

subject to a mandatory 10% reduction of

formula grant funding under the Edward

Byrne Memorial State and Local Law

Enforcement Assistance Program (42

U.S.C. 3756), which is administered by

the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the

Department of Justice. Any funds that

are not allocated to noncomplying states

will be reallocated to states that are in

compliance. Information concerning

compliance review procedures and

requirements appears in part VIII of

these guidelines.

The Wetterling Act’s requirements for

compliance may be divided into three

categories, each of which carries a

different compliance deadline,

depending on the legislation from

which it derives:

1. Original requirements. Many of the

provisions of the current formulation of

the Wetterling Act derive from the

original version of the Act, which was

enacted on September 13, 1994, or from

the Megan’s Law amendment to the Act.

These include, for example, the basic

requirements to register offenders for at

least 10 years; to take registration

information from offenders and to

inform them of registration obligations

when they are released; to require

registrants to update address

information when they move; to verify

the registered address periodically; and

to release registration information as

necessary for public safety. The

deadline for compliance with these

features of the Act was September 12,

1997, based on the specification of 42

U.S.C. 14071(g) that states have three

years from the Act’s original enactment

date (i.e., September 13, 1994) to

achieve compliance. However, 42 U.S.C.

14071(g) allows a two-year extension of

the deadline for states that are making

good faith efforts to achieve compliance,

and states that have been granted this

extension have until September 12,

1999, to comply with these features of

the Act.

2. Pam Lychner Act requirements. The

Pam Lychner Act’s amendments to the

Wetterling Act created a limited number

of new requirements for state

registration programs, including a

requirement that the perpetrators of

particularly serious offenses and