Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices 34473

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, BLM is required

to provide a 60-day notice in the

Federal Register concerning a collection

of information to solicit comments on:

(a) whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance 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 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. BLM will analyze any

comments sent in response to this

notice and include them with its request

for approval from OMB under 44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.

On December 5, 1971, the Wild, FreeRoaming Horse and Burro Act,

commonly referred to as the Wild Horse

and Burro Act, became a Federal law. In

1998, the twenty-seventh anniversary of

the Act, the public plays a major role in

preserving wild horses and burros as a

cultural icon. Since 1973, over 140,000

wild horses and burros have been

adopted throughout the United States.

Each year as many as 9,000 wild horses

and burros are adopted. More than half

of these animals are placed through the

efforts of BLM’s Eastern States Office.

The Act requires the protection,

management, and control of wild, freeroaming horses and burros on public

lands at population levels that assure a

thriving ecological balance and

multiple-use relationship. BLM

developed a Strategic Plan for the

Management of Wild Horses and Burros

on Public Lands that established longterm goals and objectives for the wild

horse and burro program. The plan,

approved in 1992, is a product of BLM’s

commitment to manage wild horses and

burros as part of the natural ecosystem

and recognizes the biological, social,

and cultural attributes that these

animals possess.

To address management goals and

requirements, BLM’s Eastern States

Office conceived and implemented the

Internet Wild Horse and Burro Adoption

Pilot Project. Through the Pilot Project,

BLM hopes to reach out and contact

new potential adopters—people who

have and use home computers and often

have children living at home. These

additions to our adopter base could

potentially increase BLM’s ability to

place additional animals in safe, secure,

and happy adoptive homes.

The Internet adoption site will

contain a series of questions designed to

solicit customer comments, feedback,

and information. BLM will use these

responses to determine whether or not

to continue the pilot program, and, if

the program is continued, what

improvements to make.

The questions asked are: What state

are you from? What city? How did you

learn about this site? Will you be

participating in the Internet adoption?

What more could we do to make you

want to adopt using the Internet? Have

you adopted any BLM wild horses or

burros before? Would you be more

willing to adopt if you could pick up the

horses closer to your home? How could

we improve this site? Any other

comments or suggestions? To respond to

these questions, participants would use

‘‘Yes’’ or ‘‘No’’ radio buttons, drop

down selection menus, or blank screens,

depending upon the question.

The Wild Horse and Burro Internet

Adoption Program could potentially be

implemented with a general request for

comments and suggestions, but a

specific set of questions is more likely

to generate responses useful to BLM’s

Eastern States Office in improving the

website and the overall management of

the adoption program.

BLM estimates that it will take an

average of 3 minutes for each electronic

response, and that the number of

respondents will be 600 annually. The

estimated annual burden hours is 30.

Each response is voluntary. The

respondents are potential adopters of

wild horses and burros.

Anyone interested in the HTML code

for the questions and format may obtain

a copy from the individual named in the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section.

BLM will summarize all responses to

this notice and include them in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will also become a matter of

public record.

Dated: June 15, 1998.

Carole J. Smith,

Bureau of Land Management Clearance

Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–16740 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–962–1410–00–P; AA–8096–03]

Notice for Publication; Alaska Native

Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue

conveyance under the provisions of Sec.

14(e) of the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, 43

U.S.C. 1601, 1613(e), will be issued to

Chugach Alaska Corporation for

approximately 11,572 acres. The lands

involved are in the vicinity of Icy Bay,

Alaska.

Copper River Meridian, Alaska

T. 21 S., R. 24 E.,

T. 21 S., R. 25 E.,

T. 22 S., R. 25 E.,

T. 23 S., R. 25 E.,

T. 21 S., R. 26 E.

A notice of the decision will be

published once a week, for four (4)

consecutive weeks, in the Anchorage

Daily News. Copies of the decision may

be obtained by contacting the Alaska

State Office of the Bureau of Land

Management, 222 West Seventh

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 ((907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until July 24, 1998 to file an

appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Chris Sitbon,

Land Law Examiner, ANCSA Team, Branch

of 962 Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 98–16732 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–130–1020–00; GP8–0233]

Cancellation of Eastern Washington

Resource Advisory Council Tour and

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Spokane District.