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resource management priorities; and

assisting the BLM in identifying State or

regional standards for ecological health

and guidelines for grazing.

Council members will be

representative of various industries and

interests concerned with the

management, protection, and utilization

of the public lands. These include: (a)

Holders of Federal grazing permits in

the Council’s jurisdiction,

representatives of energy and mining

development, the timber industry,

transportation interests, rights-of-way

interests, off-road vehicle use,

commercial recreation, and developed

recreation; (b) representatives of

environmental and resource

conservation organizations,

archaeological and historic interests,

dispersed recreation activities, and wild

horse and burro interest groups; and (c)

elected officials of State, county, or local

government, representatives from a

State agency responsible for natural

resources, land, or water, Indian tribes

in the Council’s jurisdiction, academia

involved in the natural sciences, and the

public-at-large.

Council membership will include

individuals who have expertise,

education, training, or practical

experience in the planning and

management of the public lands and

their resources and who have a

knowledge of the geographical

jurisdiction(s) of the respective

Councils.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melanie Wilson, Intergovernmental

Affairs Group (640), Bureau of Land

Management, 1849 C Street, N.W.

(Room 406 LS), Washington, D.C. 20240,

telephone (202) 452–0377.

Certification Statement

I hereby certify that the renewal and

reestablishment of the Arizona Resource

Advisory Council, the Miles City

Resource Advisory Council, and the

New Mexico Resource Advisory Council

is necessary and in the public interest

in connection with the Secretary of the

Interior’s responsibilities to manage the

lands, resources, and facilities

administered by the Bureau of Land

Management.

Date Signed: June 8, 1998.

Bruce Babbitt,

Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–15890 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–020–5101–00–L012; FF091732]

Availability of the Final Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Golden

Valley Electric Association Northern

Intertie Project (EIS #97–47); Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management;

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Golden Valley Electric

Association has applied to the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) for a Right-ofWay to construct, operate, and maintain

a 230 kV transmission line from Healy,

Alaska, to Fairbanks, Alaska. Pursuant

to the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act, as amended, the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969, as amended, and 40 CFR Parts

1500–1508, the BLM has prepared an

EIS. The public comment period on the

Draft EIS ended on March 5, 1998.

Notice is hereby given on the

availability of the Final EIS for public

review and comment. Copies of the

Final EIS are available by mail by

contacting the BLM Northern Field

Office, 1150 University Avenue,

Fairbanks, Alaska, 99709, or by calling

(907) 474–2339.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted or postmarked no later than

July 13, 1998, or 30 days after

publication in the Federal Register of

the Environmental Protection Agency’s

Notice of Availability, whichever is

later.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Bureau of Land

Management, Northern Field Office,

Attn: Gary Foreman, 1150 University

Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709–3899.

Comments can also be entered via the

internet at http://aurora.ak.blm.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gary Foreman, Project Manager, at 1–

800–437–7021 or (907) 474–2339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

preferred alternative identified in the

Draft EIS was the Rex/South Route,

Option B. Based on public input

received during the comment period the

preferred alternative was changed. the

new preferred alternative identified in

the Final EIS is the Rex/South Route,

without option B.

Tom Allen,

State Director, Alaska.

[FR Doc. 98–15925 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–025–06–1150–04; AZA 29318]

Public Land Order No. 7341;

Withdrawal of Public Land for the Clay

Hills Area of Critical Environmental

Concern; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws

1,119.24 acres of public land from

surface entry and mining for a period of

50 years for the Bureau of Land

Management to protect the federally

endangered Arizona cliffrose within the

Clay Hills Area of Critical

Environmental Concern. The land has

been and will remain open to mineral

leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob

Hall, BLM Kingman Field Office, 2475

Beverly Avenue, Kingman, Arizona

86401, 520–692–4412.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the

following described public land is

hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale,

location, or entry under the general land

laws, including the United States

mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (1994)),

but not from leasing under the mineral

leasing laws, to protect the Bureau of

Land Management’s Clay Hills Area of

Critical Environmental Concern:

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 14 N., R. 11 W.,

Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S1⁄2N1⁄2, and

S1⁄2;

Sec 2, SE1⁄4;

Sec 11, NE1⁄4;

Sec 12, N1⁄2N1⁄2.

The area described contains 1,119.24 acres

in Mohave County.

2. The withdrawal made by this order

does not alter the applicability of those

public land laws governing the use of

the land under lease, license, or permit,

or governing the disposal of their

mineral or vegetative resources other

than under the mining laws.

3. This withdrawal will expire 50

years from the effective date of this

order unless, as a result of a review

conducted before the expiration date

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (1994), the

Secretary determines that the

withdrawal shall be extended.
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Dated: June 4, 1998.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–15865 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–930–1430–01; COC–61890]

Proposed Withdrawal; Opportunity for

Public Meeting; Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management proposes to withdraw

approximately 2,594 acres of public

land and 220 acres of public minerals

for 50 years to protect the Lake Fork of

the Gunnison River. This notice closes

this land to operation of the public land

laws including location and entry under

the mining laws for up to two years. The

lands have been and remain open to

mineral leasing.

DATES: Comments on this proposed

withdrawal or requests for public

meeting must be received on or before

September 14, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for

a meeting should be sent to the

Colorado State Director, BLM, 2850

Youngfield Street, Lakewood, Colorado

80215–7076.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Doris E. Chelius, 303–239–3706.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 4,

1998, a petition was approved allowing

the Bureau of Land Management to file

an application to withdraw the

following described public lands from

settlement, sale, location, or entry under

the general land laws, including the

mining laws, subject to valid existing

rights:

New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 46 N., R. 3 W.,

Sec. 7, lots 8 and 9;

Sec. 18, lots 1 and 2, parcels A, B, C, D,

F, and G;

Sec. 19, lot 8.

T. 47 N., R. 3 W.,

Sec. 5, NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 8, E1⁄2;

Sec. 16, W1⁄2W1⁄2;

Sec. 17, E1⁄2E1⁄2;

Sec. 20, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and parcel A of the

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 21, W1⁄2W1⁄2;

Sec. 28, parcel A of the W1⁄2NW1⁄4;

Sec. 29, parcel A of the NE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

T. 48 N., R. 3 W.,

Sec. 32, W1⁄2.

T. 45 N., R. 4 W.,

Sec. 1, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 23, E1⁄2E1⁄2 (only the Federally owned

land);

Sec. 24, S1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 25, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 26, lots 1 thru 3, and NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 (only

the Federally owned land).

T. 46 N., R. 4 W.,

Sec. 13, E1⁄2E1⁄2;

Sec. 24, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 25, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4;

Sec. 36, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 2,594 acres of public lands in

Gunnison County.

The minerals in the following lands would

be withdrawn from entry under the U.S.

mining laws. The surface of these lands have

been patented:

New Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado

T. 45 N., R. 4 W.,

Sec. 2, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 14, W1⁄2E1⁄2, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

The areas described aggregate 220 acres of

public domain minerals in Gunnison and

Hinsdale Counties.

For a period of 90 days from the date

of publication of this notice, all parties

who wish to submit comments,

suggestions, or objections in connection

with this proposed action, or to request

a public meeting, may present their

views in writing to the Colorado State

Director. If the authorized officer

determines that a meeting should be

held, the meeting will be scheduled and

conducted in accordance with 43 CFR

2310.3–1(c)(2).

This application will be processed in

accordance with the regulations set

forth in 43 CFR Part 2310.

For a period of two years from the

date of publication in the Federal

Register, these lands will be segregated

as specified above unless the

application is denied or cancelled or the

withdrawal is approved prior to that

date. During this period the Bureau of

Land Management will continue to

manage this land.

Jenny L. Saunders,

Realty Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–15968 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Approved Collection

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approval of

information collection (1010–0071).

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, this notice informs the public

and other Federal agencies of the

approval by the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) of a collection of

information. The Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (PRA) provides that 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alexis London, Rules Processing Team,

telephone (703) 787–1600. You may also

contact Alexis London to obtain a copy

of this collection of information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR Part 203, Relief or

Reduction in Royalty Rates.

Abstract: On January 16, 1998, MMS

published a final rule on the titled

collection (RIN 1010–AC13, 63 FR 2605)

with an effective date of February 16,

1998. The preamble to the final rule

stated that the information collection

requirement in § 203.61 would not take

effect until approved by OMB. The

preamble to the final rule provided the

required 60-day comment period. On

April 1, 1998, MMS published a notice

(63 FR 15859) that we had submitted the

information collection request to OMB

for approval. On May 30, 1998, OMB

approved all of the collection of

information required in 30 CFR part 203

with an expiration date of May 31, 2001.

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach

(202) 208–7744.

Dated: June 8, 1998.

E.P. Danenberger,

Chief, Engineering and Operations Division.

[FR Doc. 98–15863 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior.

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

its intention to request approval for the

collection of information for a series of

customer surveys to evaluate OSM’s

performance in meeting the

performance goals outlined in its annual

plans developed pursuant to the