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lands. The Secretary is authorized to

manage lands, to collect royalties due,

and to distribute royalty funds. The

Minerals Management Service (MMS) is

responsible for the royalty management

functions assigned to the Secretary and

has developed the Production

Accounting and Auditing System

(PAAS) as a part of an overall effort to

improve management of the Nation’s

resources.

PAAS is an integrated computer

system based on production and

processing reports submitted by lease

operators and is designed to track

minerals produced from Federal and

Indian lands from the point of

production to the point of disposition,

or royalty determination, and/or point

of sale. It is used in conjunction with

MMS Auditing and Financial System

(AFS), which provides payment and

sales volumes and values as reported by

payors. These data are compared to

production and processing volumes

reported on PAAS. The comparison

enables MMS to verify that proper

royalties are being received for the

minerals produced.

MMS uses six forms for gathering oil

and gas production data from industry.

The production and disposition reports

provide MMS with ongoing information

on lease and facility production, sales

volumes, and inventories. The reports

summarize all operations on a lease or

facility during a reporting period. They

identify production by well number and

sales by product. Data collected by

PAAS are used as a method of crosschecking reported production with sales

reported to the AFS. Failure to collect

all of this information will prevent

MMS from ensuring that all royalties

owed on lease production are paid.

Additionally, the data are shared

electronically with the Bureau of Land

Management and MMS’s Offshore

Minerals Management so they can

perform their lease management

responsibilities.

Description of Respondents:

Companies or individuals (operators)

that operate leases to develop, produce,

and dispose of minerals from Federal or

Indian lands.

Forms Numbers: Form MMS–4051,

Facility and Measurement Information

Form; Form MMS–4054, Oil and Gas

Operations Report; Form MMS–4055,

Gas Analysis report, Form MMS–4056,

Gas Plant Operations Report, Form

MMS–3160, Monthly Report of

Operations, and Form MMS–4058,

Production Allocation Schedule Report.

Frequency of Response: Monthly.

Estimated Reporting Burden: 15 to 30

minutes per manually completed report,

7 to 15 minutes per electronically

completed report.

Recordkeeping Burden: 12 hours

annually for recordkeeping.

Annual Responses: 356,668.

Annual Burden Hours: 81,938 hours.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Jo Ann

Lauterbach, (202) 208–7744.

Dated: May 29, 1998.

R. Dale Fazio,

Acting Associate Director for Royalty

Management.

[FR Doc. 98–16723 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing

that the information collection requests

for the titles described below have been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The information collection

requests describe the nature of the

information collections and the

expected burden and cost for 30 CFR

Parts 764 and 822.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to

approve or disapprove the information

collections but may respond after 30

days. Therefore, public comments

should be submitted to OMB by July 24,

1998, in order to be assured of

consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request a copy of either information

collection request, explanatory

information and related forms, contact

John A. Trelease at (202) 208–2783, or

electronically to jtreleas@osmre.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

require that interested members of the

public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). OSM has

submitted two requests to OMB to

renew its approval of the collections of

information contained in: State

processes for designating areas

unsuitable for surface coal mining

operations, 30 CFR Part 764; and

Special permanent program

performance standards—operations in

alluvial valley floors, 30 CFR Part 822.

OSM is requesting a 3-year term of

approval for each information collection

activity.

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 OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for these collections of

information are 1029–0030 for Part 764,

and 1029–0049 for Part 822.

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

Federal Register notices soliciting

comments on these collections of

information was published on April 6,

1998 (63 FR 16825). No comments were

received. This notice provides the

public with an additional 30 days in

which to comment on the following

information collection activities:

Title: State processes for designating

areas unsuitable for surface coal mining

operations, 30 CFR Part 764.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0030.

Summary: This part implements the

requirement of section 522 of the

Surface Mining Control and

Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), P.L.

95–87, which provides authority for

citizens to petition States to designate

lands unsuitable for surface coal mining

operations, or to terminate such

designation. The regulatory authority

uses the information to identify, locate,

compare and evaluate the area requested

to be designated as unsuitable, or

terminate the designation, for surface

coal mining operations.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once.

Description of Respondents: The 5

individuals, groups or businesses who

petition the States, and the 4 State

regulatory authorities who must process

the petitions.

Total Annual Responses: 5.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,324.

Title: Special permanent program

performance standards—operations in

alluvial valley floors, 30 CFR Part 822.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0049.

Summary: Sections 510(b)(5) and

515(b)(10)(F) of the Surface Coal Mining

and Reclamation Act of 1977 (the Act)

protect alluvial valley floors from the

adverse effects of surface coal mining

operations west of the 100th meridian.

Part 822 requires the permittee to

install, maintain, and operate a

monitoring system in order to provide

specific protection for alluvial valley

floors. This information is necessary to

determine whether the unique
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hydrologic conditions of alluvial valley

floors are protected according to the

Act.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Annually.

Description of Respondents: 10

surface coal mining operators who

operate on alluvial valley floors.

Total Annual Responses: 10.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,000.

Send comments on the need for the

collections of information for the

performance of the functions of the

agency; the accuracy of the agency’s

burden estimates; ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information collections; and ways to

minimize the information collection

burdens on respondents, such as use of

automated means of collections of the

information, to the following addresses.

Please refer to the appropriate OMB

control numbers in all correspondence.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of Interior Desk Officer,725

17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.

Also, please send a copy of your

comments to John A. Trelease, Office of

Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave,

NW, Room 210–SIB, Washington, DC

20240, or electronically to

jtreleas@osmre.gov.

Dated June 19, 1998.

Richard G. Bryson,

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

[FR Doc. 98–16810 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Foreign Claims Settlement

Commission

[F.C.S.C. Meeting Notice No. 12–98]

Sunshine Act Meeting

The Foreign Claims Settlement

Commission, pursuant to its regulations

(45 CFR Part 504) and the Government

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b),

hereby gives notice in regard to the

scheduling of meetings and oral

hearings for the transaction of

Commission business and other matters

specified, as follows:

DATE AND TIME: Friday, July 31, 1998,

10:00 a.m.

SUBJECT MATTER:

A. Oral Hearings on Objections to

Proposed Decisions on claims against

Albania, as follows:

10:00 a.m. Claim No. ALB–247 Stephen

J. Pantos

11:00 a.m. Claim No. ALB–117 James

Elias

B. Hearings on the Record on

Objections to Proposed Decisions on

claims against Albania, as follows:

1. Claim No. ALB–042 Xhani Femera, et

al.

2. Claim No. ALB–072 Thomas M. Toma

3. Claim No. ALB–092 Thanas A. Laske

4. Claim Nos. ALB–137 Klementina

Sevo ALB–138 Marianthi Fili

5. Claim No. ALB–153 Bibi Xhemal

Bejleri

6. Claim No. ALB–173 Marigo

Vasiliades,et al.

7. Claim No. ALB–187 Helena Liolin

8. Claim No. ALB–203 Stavri G. Buri

9. Claim No. ALB–220 Gjergji Gjeli

C. Issuance of Proposed Decisions on

claims against Albania.

STATUS: Open.

All meetings are held at the Foreign

Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E

Street, N.W., Washington, DC. Requests

for information, or advance notices of

intention to observe an open meeting,

may be directed to: Administrative

Officer, Foreign Claims Settlement

Commission, 600 E Street, NW., Room

6002, Washington, DC 20579.

Telephone: (202) 616–6988.

Dated at Washington, DC June 19, 1998.

Judith H. Lock,

Administrative Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–16940 Filed 6–22–98; 11:37 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–BA–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training

Administration

Grants and Cooperative Agreements;

Availability, etc.: Postsecondary

Education and School-to-Work

Systems

ACTION: Notice inviting proposals to

identify and develop intermediary

entities that would serve as agents to

connect schools, employers and other

stakeholders involved in building

School-to-Work (STW) systems.

SUMMARY: This notice contains all of the

necessary information and forms to

apply for grant funding. The

Departments of Labor and Education

jointly invite proposals for a new award

in FY 98, as authorized under section

403 of the School-to-Work

Opportunities Act of 1994 (the Act). The

Departments believe that the long term

effectiveness of STW partnerships is

enhanced when there are convenient

and effective mechanisms for

connecting school based learning and

work based learning, as well as

mechanisms for connecting the various

STW stakeholders, particularly schools

and employers. Further, the

Departments believe that the capability

of STW systems to be sustained beyond

the life of the Act will be influenced by

the identification, evaluation, and

replication of intermediary entities that

would serve as agents to connect

schools, employers and other

community stakeholders.

DATES: Applications will be accepted

commencing June 24, 1998. The closing

date for receipt of applications is August

10, 1998, at 4 P.M., (Eastern Time) at the

address below.

ADDRESSES: Applications shall be

mailed to Ms. Laura Cesario, U.S.

Department of Labor, Employment and

Training Administration, Division of

Acquisition and Assistance, 200

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room S–

4203, Washington, D.C. 20210,

Reference: SGA/DAA 98–013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions should be faxed to Ms. Laura

Cesario, Division of Acquisition and

Assistance, Fax (202) 219–8739. This is

not a toll-free number. All inquiries

should include the SGA number (DAA

98–013) and a contact name and phone

number. This solicitation will also be

published on the Internet, on the

Employment and Training

Administration’s Home Page at http://

www.doleta.gov. Award notifications

will also be published on this Home

Page.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Definition of Intermediary

Any entity or organization which

brokers and supports relationships

between schools and employers for the

purpose of providing students with real

work experiences. Intermediary

organizations may recruit employers for

schools, match students with workbased learning opportunities, provide

technical assistance to teachers,

employers, parents or other

stakeholders, and help students connect

what they are learning on the job with

their classroom activities. Intermediary

organizations may include, but are not

limited to nonprofit organizations,

Chambers of Commerce, workforce

development or employment entities, or

schools.

II. Background

Status of Investments in STW Systems

Building the capacity of key

stakeholders to participate in STW

systems at the community level is

critical for STW sustainability. The

strength of the STW framework is the