Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 131 /Thursday, July 9, 1998 / Notices 37131

Frequency: Monthly and Annual.

Description of respondents: Producers

and consumers of ferrous and related

metals.

Annual Responses: 3,560.

Annual burden hours: 1,997.

Bureau clearance officer: John E.

Cordyack, Jr., 703–648–7313.

John H. DeYoung, Jr.,

Chief Scientist, Minerals Information Team.

[FR Doc. 98–18195 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–Y7–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–050–1990–00]

Closure of Public Lands

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Closure of public lands

Saguache County, CO.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

effective July 6, 1998 that certain public

lands, including all existing roads and

trails, in Saguache County are closed to

the public. The purpose of this closure

is to assure public health and safety by

preventing contact with contaminated

soils and vegetation in the identified

area. This closure is made under the

authority of 43 CFR 8364.1. The public

lands affected by this emergency closure

are specifically identified as follows:

Saguache County, Colorado

T. 45N, R. 7E., NMPM

Section 26, S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Section 35, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

N1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4.

20 acres total.

DATES: Effective July 6, 1998 and will

remain in effect until July 5, 2000 unless

revised, revoked or amended.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land

Management, Canon City District Office,

3170 East Main Street, Canon City,

Colorado 81212; Telephone (719) 269–

8500; TDD (719) 269–8597 or Saguache

Field Office, P.O Box 67, Saguache, CO

81149. Telephone (719) 655–2547.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Goodwin, Saguache Field Office

Manager, Saguache Field Office at the

above address and phone number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

closure does not apply to emergency,

law enforcement, and federal or other

government or contracted personnel and

vehicles while being used for official or

emergency purposes, or those persons

with expressly authorized or otherwise

officially approved by BLM. Violation of

this order is punishable by fine and/or

imprisonment as defined in 18 U.S.C.

3571. A copy of this Federal Register

Notice and map showing the closure

area is posted in the Canon City District

Office and Saguache Field Office and in

public places in the affected area.

Donnie R. Sparks,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–18265 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–010–1430–00; GP8–0240]

Meeting Notice for South Steens

Subcommittee of The Southeast

Oregon Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Lakeview District, Bureau of

Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The South Steens

Subcommittee of the Southeast Oregon

Resource Advisory Council meeting that

was scheduled for June 25 and 26, 1998,

was postponed. The new meeting is

scheduled for the Burns District BLM

Office on July 30, 1998, at 8 am. Upon

meeting, they will proceed to the South

Steens allotment for a field trip. They

will reconvene on July 31, 1998, at 8 am

at the Burns District BLM Office. The

purpose of this meeting is to gather

information on the proposed projects

associated with the Catlow Conservation

Agreement.

DATES: July 30, 1998, and July 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sonya Hickman, Bureau of Land

Management, Lakeview District, P.O.

Box 151, Lakeview, OR 97630,

(Telephone 541–947–2177).

Scott R. Florence,

Acting Lakeview District Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–17985 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–350–1020–00]

Notice of Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Northeast California Resource Advisory

Council, Susanville, California, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in

the Federal Advisory Committees Act

(Public Law 92–463) and the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act

(Public Law 94–579), the U.S. Bureau of

Land Management’s Northeast

California Resource Advisory Council

will meet Thursday and Friday, August

13 and 14, 1998 at the Bureau of Land

Management’s Eagle Lake Field Office,

2950 Riverside Drive, Susanville, CA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

Thursday, Aug. 13, the council will

convene at 9 a.m. at the Eagle Lake Field

Office and depart for a field tour of

livestock grazing allotments in the BLM

Eagle Lake Field Office area of

responsibility. Members of the public

are invited on the field tour, but they

must provide their own transportation

in a high-clearance vehicle. On Friday,

Aug. 14, the council will convene at 8

a.m. in the conference room of the Eagle

Lake Field Office for a business meeting.

Agenda items include a

recommendation on implementation of

recreation user fees, implementation of

healthy rangeland standards and

guidelines, an update on the

northeastern California mule deer

project, an update on the proposed

Pronghorn Area of Critical

Environmental Concern, and a

discussion about monitoring. Public

comments will be taken at 1 p.m.

Depending on the number of persons

wishing to speak, a time limit could be

established.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact

Jeff Fontana, public affairs officer, at

(530) 257–5381.

Linda D. Hansen,

Eagle Lake Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–18198 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–050–1020–00: GP8–0239]

Notice of Meeting of John Day-Snake

Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Prineville District.

ACTION: Meeting of John Day-Snake

Resource Advisory Council: Baker City,

Oregon; August 13 & 14, 1998.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the John DaySnake Resource Advisory Council will

be held on August 13, 1998 from 8:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Forest Service—

BLM office, 3165 10th Street, Baker

City, Oregon. On August 14, from 7:30

a.m. to 12 noon, the Council will take

a field tour of Forest Service and BLM

land near Baker City. The meeting is

open to the public. Public comments