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4245.

Dated: July 6, 1998.

Michael J. Spear,

Acting Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife

Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.

Dated: July 7, 1998.

David L. Evans,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–18845 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Request for Public Comments on

Proposed Information Collection

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for Review Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act

The proposed collection of

information described belo0w has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for approval under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of the

proposed collection of information may

be obtained by contracting the Bureau’s

clearance officer at the phone number

listed below. 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. Comments and

suggestions on the proposal should be

made directly to the Desk Officer for the

Interior Department, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503 and to the

Bureau clearance officer, U.S.

Geological Survey, 807 National Center,

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,

Virginia, 20192, telephone (703) 648–

7313.

Specific public comments are

requested as to:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

bureau, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of the bureau’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

3. The quality, utility, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and

4. How to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other form of

information technology.

Title: User Survey for National

Biological Information Infrastructure.

OMB Approval Number: New

Collection.

Abstract: The U.S. Geological Survey

is leading the cooperative development

of the National Biological Information

Infrastructure (NBII). The NBII is a

distributed electronic federation of

biological data and information which is

available publicly on the Internet/World

Wide Web (http://www.nbii.gov).

Internet users from government

agencies, non-government

organizations, universities, and from the

general public use the NBII to locate and

access data and information on

biological resources and resource issues.

In order to better understand the

requirements of NBII users and to

continue to make improvements to the

NBII system, both in content and in

functionality, a voluntary survey will be

conducted whereby visitors to the NBII

World Wide Web site will have the

opportunity (optional) to provide
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feedback on the utility and effectiveness

of the NBII operation and contents in

meeting their needs.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency: One time per respondent.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households, Federal

Government, State, Local, or Tribal

Government, Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions.

Estimated Competition Time: 3

minutes per respondent (approximate).

Number of Respondents: 320 per

month (estimated based on an average of

1600 different visitors to the NBII World

Wide Web site each month, and, of the

total number of site visitors, an estimate

survey response rate of 20 percent).

Burden Hours: 192 hours. (Estimate of

annual burden hours based on an

estimated 20 percent survey response

rate for an average of 1600 web site

visitors per month, and an estimate of

3 minutes to complete each survey).

Dated: July 9, 1998.

Byron K. Williams,

Chief, Cooperative Research Units.

[FR Doc. 98–18745 Filed 7–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–Y7–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–040–05–1310–01]

Pinedale Anticline Natural Gas Field

Development Project EIS and Notice of

Field Tour and Public Meeting,

Sublette County, Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct

public scoping and prepare an

environmental impact statement.

SUMMARY: The action is to conduct

scoping and to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on Ultra Resources, Inc., McMurry Oil

Company, Alpine Gas Company, Amoco

Production Company, and other

companies potential natural gas

development in the area referred to as

the Pinedale Anticline. Those interested

in participating in the process and who

have concerns, issues, or alternatives

they would like to see addressed in the

EIS, should respond with written

comments within 30 days of the date of

this Notice.

DATES: A Scoping Notice will be

distributed by mail on or about the date

of this notice. Responses and comments

will be accepted for 30 days following

the date of this notice. The proponents

of this action and the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) cordially invite

those interested to attend a public tour

of the project area on July 23, 1998.

Attendees will leave from the BLM

Office, 432 E. Mill Street, Pinedale,

Wyoming, at 1 p.m. (parking is

available), and the tour will end by 5

p.m. Transportation and refreshments

will be provided as long as you RSVP

by 4:30 p.m., July 17, 1998, by calling

307–367–5300.

BLM will also hold a public meeting

at the Pinedale Public School

Auditorium, Pinedale, Wyoming,

starting at 7 p.m., July 23, 1998. BLM

will be soliciting representatives from

affected interests and stakeholders to

participate in the environmental

analysis process. All comments received

at the public meeting or through written

comments submitted by mail will aid

the BLM in identifying alternatives and

assuring all issues are analyzed in the

environmental impact analysis.

ADDRESSES: Information and a copy of

the Scoping Notice for the Pinedale

Anticline Natural Gas Field

Development Project EIS can be

obtained by writing or visiting the

following offices:

BLM, Wyoming State Office, 5353

Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828,

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003.

BLM, Rock Springs District Office, 280

Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,

Wyoming 82902–1869.

BLM, Pinedale Resource Area Office,

432 East Mill Street, P.O. Box 768,

Pinedale, Wyoming 82941.

Scoping comments should be sent to:

Bureau of Land Management, Rock

Springs District Office, ATTN: Bill

McMahan, Project Manager, 280

Highway 191 North, Rock Springs,

Wyoming 82901.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bill McMahan, Project Manager, Bureau

of Land Management, Rock Springs

District Office, phone 307–352–0224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The total

project area includes approximately

197,170 acres. This acreage includes

approximately 157,330 acres Federal

surface, 30,130 acres private surface,

and 9,710 acres State surface. The

subsurface mineral estate is comprised

of approximately 164,200 acres Federal

minerals, 21,980 acres of private

minerals, and 10,990 acres State

minerals.

The Pinedale Anticline Project area is

located in the central part of Sublette

County, Wyoming, bordered by Pinedale

on the north, Highway 191 on the east,

the northern border of the Jonah II

Project area on the south, and the Green

River on the west. Access to the project

area is from U.S. Highway 191,

Wyoming Highway 351, County roads

and other roads via existing rights-ofway.

The companies would like to proceed

with implementing the potential field

development within the area beginning

in the summer of 1999. They do not

know at this time the number of wells

reasonably expected to adequately

extract the natural gas. Currently, the

companies are drilling exploratory

wells, the results of which will give the

companies the necessary information

upon which to project the potential

number of wells reasonably possible.

The information from the exploratory

drilling should be available by fall of

this year. Once this information is

available, the companies will develop a

drilling program, based on the level of

exploratory drilling success, including

estimated miles of access road,

pipelines, and compressors that will be

needed to develop the resource. The

area currently has 23 wells located

along 27 miles of the Pinedale

Anticline. Also, two pipelines currently

serve the Pinedale Anticline area. This

field development project will address

additional pipeline needs for

transporting natural gas. The potential

development would include the

following associated facilities:

• At each surface well location:

separator, dehydrator, production tanks,

and tinhorns (for holding produced

water).

• To each surface well location:

access road and a 3 to 4 inch gas

gathering pipeline.

• Water supply wells.

• Natural gas transmission pipeline

extending southwest to tie in to an

existing pipeline transportation system.

• Compressor facilities to transport

the natural gas through pipelines to a

gas processing facility.

The Companies will be allowed to

drill a limited number of exploratory

wells while the EIS document is being

prepared in accordance with the May 7,

1998, decision by the Pinedale Resource

Area Manager. The exploratory drilling

will include evaluating the feasibility of

pad drilling (multiple wells from a

single pad) by some companies. The

exploratory drilling will be allowed so

long as there is no significant impact, no

irreversible or irretrievable commitment

of a resource, and/or no compromising

the selection of an alternative identified

through the environmental analysis

process. Results from the exploratory

wells will assist the BLM and the

companies in determining the likely

level of development necessary to

achieve the Federal mandate of

maximum ultimate recovery of Federal

mineral resources.