34474 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 121 /Wednesday, June 24, 1998 / Notices

ACTION: The tour and meeting of the

Eastern Washington Resource Advisory

Council scheduled June 25, 1998, in

Spokane, Washington has been

canceled.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Hubbard, Bureau of Land

Management, Spokane District Office,

1103 N. Fancher Road, Spokane,

Washington, 99212; or call 509–536–

1200.

Dated: June 19, 1998.

Joseph K. Buesing,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–16901 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–020–08–1430–01; AZA–30391]

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following public lands in

Maricopa County, Arizona have been

examined and found suitable for

classification for lease or conveyance to

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors

under the provisions of the Recreation

and Public Purposes Act, as amended

(43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). Maricopa County

Board of Supervisors proposes to use

the lands for equestrian facilities.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 N., R. 7 E.,

Sec. 12, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

Containing 20 acres more or less.

The lands are not needed for Federal

purposes. Lease or conveyance is

consistent with current BLM land use

planning and would be in the public

interest.

The lease/patent, when issued, will be

subject to the following terms,

conditions and reservations:

1. Provisions of the Recreation and

Public Purposes Act and to all

applicable regulations of the Secretary

of the Interior.

2. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by the authority of

the United States.

3. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

the minerals.

4. Those rights for a switching station

granted to the Bureau of Reclamation by

Right-of-way PHX–086777.

5. Those rights for a flood control

project granted to the Flood Control

District by Right-of-way A–3959.

6. Those rights for the Salt River

Project granted to the Bureau of

Reclamation by Right-of-way A–12965.

7. Those rights for a power

transmission line granted to the Salt

River Project by Right-of-way A–23884.

Detailed information concerning this

action is available for review at the

Office of the Bureau of Land

Management, Phoenix Field Office,

2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix,

Arizona 85027.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated from all other forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except for lease or conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act

and leasing under the mineral leasing

laws. For a period of 45 days from the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested persons

may submit comments regarding the

proposed lease/conveyance or

classification of the lands to the Field

Office Manager, Phoenix Field Office, at

the above address.

Classification Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments involving the suitability of

the land for equestrian facilities.

Comments on the classification are

restricted to whether the land is

physically suited for the proposal,

whether the use will maximize the

future use or uses of the land, whether

the use is consistent with local planning

and zoning, or if the use is consistent

with State and Federal programs.

Application Comments

Interested parties may submit

comments regarding the specific use

proposed in the application and plan of

development, whether the BLM

followed proper administrative

procedures in reaching the decision, or

any other factor not directly related to

the suitability of the land for equestrian

facilities.

Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the State Director. In the

absence of any adverse comments, the

classification will become effective 60

days from the date of publication of this

notice in the Federal Register.

Dated: June 18, 1998.

Michael A. Taylor,

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–16751 Filed 6–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget Review;

Comment Request

Title: Production Accounting and

Auditing System Oil and Gas Reports,

OMB Control Number: 1010–0040.

Comments: This collection of

information has been submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for approval. In compliance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Section 3506(c)(2)(A), we are notifying

you, members of the public and affected

agencies, of this collection of

information, and are inviting your

comments. Is this information collection

necessary for us to properly do our job?

Have we accurately estimated the

public’s burden for responding to this

collection? Can we enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information we

collect? Can we lessen the burden of

this information collection on the

respondents by using automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

Comments should be made directly to

the Attention: Desk Officer for the

Interior Department, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

(OMB Control Number: 1010–0040),

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503; telephone (202)

395–7340. Copies of these comments

should also be sent to us. The U.S.

Postal Service address is Minerals

Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, Rules and

Publications Staff, P.O. Box 25165, MS

3021, Denver, Colorado 80225–0165; the

courier address is Building 85, Room A–

613, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225; and the e-Mail address

is RMP.comments@mms.gov. OMB has

up to 60 days to approve or disapprove

the information collection but may

respond after 30 days; therefore, public

comments should be submitted to OMB

within 30 days in order to assure their

maximum consideration.

Copies of the proposed information

collection and related explanatory

material may be obtained by contacting

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, telephone (303) 231–3046, FAX

(303) 231–3385, e-Mail

Dennis.C.Jones@mms.gov.

Dates: Written comments should be

received on or before July 24, 1998.

Summary: The Secretary of the

Interior is responsible for the collection

of royalties from lessees who produce

minerals from leased Federal and Indian
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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