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The road data model development

effort will be closely coordinated with

NCHRP Project 20–27 (Phase 3), which

focuses in the development of

implementation guidelines for

multimodal transportation location

reference systems. It will also provide a

focus for possible follow-up workshops

to Wrightsville Beach.

Once there is general agreement

among the Road Data Model Team that

the model meets agreed-upon

requirements, the model will be

submitted for formal public review

through the FGDC’s Standards

Development Process.

Development and Completion Schedule

• Solicitation and selection of Road

Data Model Team—May 1998.

• Initial draft of road data model by

BTS contractor—June 1998.

• Review and revisions to road data

model—summer and fall 1998.

• At least one meeting of the full team

will take place after the initial road data

model has been delivered and

distributed to team members.

• Team members will be responsible

for informing and soliciting feedback

from their constituencies about the

standards development effort through

presentations at annual meetings,

articles in newsletters, etc.

• The road data model will be

prototyped on one or more road

databases to assess implementation and

maintenance issues, requirements for

additional tools, etc.

• Revised draft of road data model

prepared by BTS contractor and

approved by majority of road data

model team—December 1998

• Road Data Model Standard

submitted for public review through

FGDC—January 1999

• Informational presentations on road

data model to be made at major

transportation and GIS conferences,

including TRB, GIS–T Symposium, etc.

• Final Road Data Model Standard

approved as FGDC standard—June 1999.

Resources Required

Funding support for contractor to

prepare initial road data model and to

revise model in response to review

comments will be borne by the Bureau

of Transportation Statistics.

Participation on the Road Data Model

Team will be on a voluntary basis. Time

spent by team members to familiarize

themselves with the NSDI framework

and linear data models, review draft

documents, participate in team

meetings, and serve as liaison to their

respective constituencies will be borne

by each member’s agency or

organization. Some additional FGDC

funding may be needed to support travel

to meetings for some team members.

Potential Participants

Team members will include

representatives from the FGDC Ground

Transportation Subcommittee, Facilities

Working Group, Base Cartographic

Subcommittee, Cultural and

Demographic Subcommittee, and

Framework Focus Group. Additional

representation will be sought from key

transportation and spatial data

stakeholders, including the

Transportation Research Board (TRB)

GIS–T Task Force, the Intelligent

Transportation Systems (ITS) standards

working group, the American

Association of State Highway and

Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the

Open GIS Consortium (OGC)

Transportation Work Group, NSGIC,

NaCO, and other interested

stakeholders.

Related Standards

There are a number of standards for

roads and other transportation currently

being promulgated by different

stakeholders. In general these standards

have been designed to meet the specific

requirements of the stakeholder groups

sponsoring their development, and do

not generally satisfy the basic NSDI

requirements for database sharing and

transactional updating. Nevertheless,

these standards will be investigated as

part of this development effort to

determine commonalities and

opportunities for integration.

The ITS Standards and Protocol

Subcommittee has proposed adoption of

the Geographic Data Files (GDF) as its

standard for digital road databases. This

standard does not meet all of the

requirements of the broader GIS for

transportation (GIS–T) community,

particularly with respect to location

referencing.

The DIGEST/Vector Product Format

standard is an interchange standard for

spatial data used by the U.S.

Department of Defense, NATO, and the

Transportation Association of Canada.

DIGEST/VPF. This standard, like GDF

does not meet all of the requirements of

the GIS–T community.

A draft Transportation Network

Profile (TNP) was developed for the

Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS)

several years ago, but was never

submitted for formal adoption due to a

number of unresolved issues. Adoption

of a standard road data model may help

resolve many of these outstanding

issues, and lead to resumption of the

SDTS TNP development.

A Ground Transportation Data

Content Standard is being proposed to

provide a common set of entity/

attribute/domain definitions for

transportation features. These two

efforts will be closely coordinated, and

the road data model will provide the

foundation on which transportation

features in the content standard will be

defined.

ITS is also proposing the

establishment of a national linear

datum, consisting of well defined and

accurately located control points from

which linear measurements can be

made along a road segment. The

proposed road data model is compatible

with the ITS linear datum. Every effort

will be made during the development of

the road data model to maintain this

compatibility so that framework road

segments can fully utilize the linear

datum, if it is actually implemented.

Other Targeted Authorization Bodies

None at this time. However,

depending on the acceptance of the

proposed road data model by the

transportation community, it may be

appropriate to submit it to ANSI and

ISO at a later date.

Dated: June 29, 1998.

Richard E. Witmer,

Chief, National Mapping Division.

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BILLING CODE 4310–Y7–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A))

is soliciting comments on the proposed

information collection for the Housing

Improvement Program.

DATES: The agency must receive

comments on or before September 8,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments and

suggestions on the requirements to Mrs.

June Henkel, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Office of Tribal Services, 1849 C Street,

NW, MS–4603–MIB, Washington, DC

20240. Telephone (202) 208–3667.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the documents contained in

the information collection request may
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be obtained by contacting Mrs. June

Henkel, 202–208–3667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Housing Improvement Program

(HIP) Annual Program Performance

Report, OMB No. 1076-(new)

information collection complies with

the requirements of 25 CFR Part 256, the

Housing Improvement Program. The

information is collected from tribes and

BIA agencies and consolidated at the

area office for the purpose of gathering

data to determine the number and types

of housing assistance provided. The

data is also used by the administering

agency or tribe to review program

implementation, to benchmark program

service population and to identify areas

in need of additional services. The

headquarters office uses the data to

prepare the annual program budget

justification.

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.

II. Request for Comments

We specifically request your

comments concerning:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the BIA,

including whether the information will

have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of the BIA’s estimate

of the burden of the information

collection, 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

information collection on those who are

to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

information technology.

III. Data

Title of the Collection of Information:

U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau

of Indian Affairs, Housing Improvement

Program, Annual Program Performance

Report.

OMB Number: 1076-(new).

Affected Entities: Individual members

of Indian tribes who are living on or

near a reservation or in a legislatively

mandated service area.

Frequency of Response: Annual.

Estimated Number of Annual

Responses: 520.

Estimated Time per Application: 1

hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 520 hours.

Dated: June 22, 1998.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–17983 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO 310 1310 03–2410; OMB Approval

Number 1004–0160]

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act

The proposal for the collection of

information listed below 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). On April 7,

1998, the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) published a notice in the Federal

Register (63 FR 17013) requesting

comments on the collection. The

comment period ended June 8, 1998. No

comments were received. Copies of the

proposed collection of information may

be obtained by contacting the Bureau’s

Clearance Office at the phone number

listed below.

OMB is required to respond to this

request within 60 days but may respond

after 30 days. For maximum

consideration, your comments and

suggestions on the requirement should

be made within 30 days directly to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Interior Department Desk Officer (1004–

0160), Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC

20503, telephone (202) 395–7340. Please

provide a copy of your comments to the

Bureau Clearance Officer (WO–630)

1849 C St., NW., Room 401 LS Bldg.,

Washington, DC 20240.

Nature of Comments

We specifically request your

comments on the following:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

functioning of the Bureau of Land

Management, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of BLM’s estimate of

the burden of collecting the information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

3. The quality, utility, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and

14. How to minimize the burden of

collecting the information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

information technology.

Title: Geothermal Leasing Reports.

OMB Approval Number: 1004–0160.

Abstract: Information on diligent

efforts toward utilization of geothermal

resources, bona fide efforts to produce

geothermal resources, and/or significant

expenditures of funds made on

geothermal leases is needed to comply

with the provisions of the Geothermal

Steam Act Amendments of 1988 (P.L.

100–443). The information is needed to

determine if a geothermal lessee

qualifies for lease extensions.

Form Numbers: N/A.

Frequency: On occasion.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals, small businesses, large

corporations.

Estimated Completion Time: 2 hours

each form.

Annual Responses: 75.

Annual Burden Hours: 150.

Bureau Clearance Officer: Carole

Smith (202) 452–0367.

Dated: June 27, 1998.

Carole Smith,

Bureau Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–18067 Filed 7–7–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–4210–05; N–61075]

Notice of Realty Action: Segregation

Terminated, Lease/Conveyance for

Recreation and Public Purposes

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Segregation Terminated,

Recreation and Public Purpose Lease/

Conveyance.

SUMMARY: The following described

public land in Las Vegas, Clark County,

Nevada was segregated on July 23, 1997

for exchange purposes under serial

number N–61855. The exchange

segregation on the subject lands will be

terminated upon publication of this

notice in the Federal Register. The land

has been examined and found suitable

for lease/conveyance for recreational or

public purposes under the provisions of

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act,

as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.).

Clark County proposes to use the lands

for a public park.

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 22 S., R. 61 E.,

Sec. 33, Lots 52, 53, 59, 60.

Containing 20.0 acres, more or less, located

at Gilespie St. and Chartan Ave.