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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWYD04000.L14300000.EU0000, 

WYW128340] 

Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of 

Public Lands in Sublette County, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) proposes to sell a 

29.42-acre parcel of public land in 

Sublette County, Wyoming, for the 

appraised fair market value to Magagna 

Bros Inc., to resolve an unintentional 

unauthorized use of public lands. 

DATES: Comments regarding the 

proposed sale must be received by the 

BLM at the address below not later than 

March 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send all written comments 

concerning this proposed sale to the 

Field Manager, BLM-Rock Springs Field 

Office, 280 Highway 191 North, Rock 

Springs, Wyoming 82901. Comments 

received in electronic form, such as email or facsimile, will not be 

considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri 

Deakins, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, at the above address or at 

307–352–0211. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the provisions of 43 

CFR Part 2710, the following described 

public land is proposed to be sold 

pursuant to the authority provided in 

Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 

as amended (43 U.S.C. 1713): 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Sublette County, 

Wyoming 

T. 27 N., R. 103 W., 

sec. 4, lot 6. 

The area described contains 29.42 acres 

more or less. 

The appraised market value for this 

parcel is $4,000. The proposed sale is 

consistent with the objectives, goals and 

decision of the BLM Green River 

Resource Management Plan, dated 

August 8, 1997, and the land is not 

required for other Federal purposes. The 

direct sale of this land to Magagna Bros 

Inc. will resolve an unintentional, 

unauthorized occupancy of public land 

managed by the BLM including 

residences and agricultural buildings. In 

accordance with 43 CFR 2710.0– 

6(c)(3)(iii) and 43 CFR 2711.3–3(a), 

direct sale procedures are appropriate to 

resolve an inadvertent unauthorized 

occupancy of the land or to protect 

existing equities in the land. The sale, 

when completed, would protect the 

improvements involved and resolve the 

inadvertent encroachment. The parcel is 

the minimum size possible to ensure 

that all the improvements are included. 

Magagna Bros Inc. will be allowed 30 

days from the receipt of a written offer 

to submit a deposit of at least 20 percent 

of the appraised value of the parcel, and 

180 days thereafter to submit the 

balance. 

On November 3, 2008 the above 

described land was segregated from 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, including the mining laws. The 

segregative effect of this notice shall 

terminate upon issuance of a patent, 

upon publication in the Federal 

Register of a termination of the 

segregation, or 2 years from date of 

segregation, whichever comes first. 

The following reservations, rights, 

and conditions will be included in the 

patent that may be issued for the above 

parcel of Federal land: 

1. A reservation of all minerals to the 

United States; 

2. A right-of-way thereon for ditches 

or canals constructed by the authority of 

the United States pursuant to the Act of 

August 30, 890 (43 U.S.C. 945); 

3. All valid existing rights of record, 

including those documented on the 

official public land records at the time 

of patent issuance. Detailed information 

concerning the proposed land sale, 

including sale procedures, appraisal, 

planning and environmental 

documents, and a mineral report is 

available for review at the BLM, Rock 

Springs Field Office at the above 

address. Normal business hours are 7:45 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

For a period of 45 days from the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, the general public and 

interested parties may submit written 

comments to the BLM Field Manager at 

the above address. Before including 

your address, phone number, e-mail 

address, or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, be 

advised that your entire comment— 

including your personal identifying 

information—may be publicly available 

at any time. While you can ask us in 

your comment to withhold from public 

review your personal identifying 

information, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Any adverse comments will be 

reviewed by the State Director, who may 

sustain, vacate, or modify this realty 

action. In the absence of timely filed 

objections, this realty action will 

become the final determination of the 

Department of the Interior. 

The land will not be offered for sale 

prior to March 16, 2009. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2711.1–2(a)) 

Dated: December 22, 2008. 

Lance C. Porter, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E9–582 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Colorado: Filing of Plats of Survey 

December 31, 2008. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the 

following described land will be 

officially filed in the Colorado State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

Lakewood, Colorado, effective 10 a.m., 

December 31, 2008. All inquiries should 

be sent to the Colorado State Office 

(CO–956), Bureau of Land Management, 

2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, 

Colorado 80215–7093. 

The plat, and field notes, of the 

dependent resurveys and surveys in 

Township 4 North, Range 72 West, 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado, 

were accepted on October 30, 2008. 

The supplemental plat of Sections 28 

and 33 in Township 5 South, Range 99 

West, Sixth Principal Meridian, 

Colorado, was accepted on October 10, 

2008. 

The plats and field notes, of the 

dependent resurvey of certain lines in 

Township 8 North, Range 100 West and 

Township 9 North, Range 101 West, 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado, 

were accepted on November 20, 2008. 

The plat, and field notes, of the 

dependent resurvey, in Township 8 

North, Range 95 West, Sixth Principal 

Meridian, Colorado, were accepted on 

December 9, 2008. 

The plat, of the entire record, of the 

corrective dependent resurvey, in 

Township 2 South, Range 98 West, 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado, was 

accepted on December 17, 2008. 

The plat, and field notes, of the 

dependent resurvey and section 

subdivision of Sections 27 and 28, 

Township 46 North, Range 8 East, New 

Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado, 

were accepted on December 22, 2008. 

The plat and field notes, of the 

dependent resurvey of the east 

boundary and a portion of the 

subdivisional lines in Township 42 

North, Range 13 West, New Mexico 


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Principal Meridian, Colorado, were 

accepted on December 22, 2008. 

Randall M. Zanon, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Colorado. 

[FR Doc. E9–514 Filed 1–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

[Docket No. MMS–2008–MRM–0019] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection, 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection (OMB Control Number 1010– 

0162). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) an 

information collection request (ICR) to 

renew approval of the paperwork 

requirements under the Chief Financial 

Officers Act of 1990 (CFO). This notice 

also provides the public a second 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of the regulatory 

requirements. This ICR is titled 

‘‘Accounts Receivable Confirmations.’’ 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before February 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

by either FAX (202) 395–6566 or e-mail 

(OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov) directly to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior (OMB 

Control Number 1010–0162). 

Please submit copies of your 

comments to MMS by one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronically go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the ‘‘Comment 

or Submission’’ column, enter ‘‘MMS– 

2008–MRM–0019’’ to view supporting 

and related materials for this ICR. Click 

on ‘‘Send a comment or submission’’ 

link to submit public comments. 

Information on using Regulations.gov, 

including instructions for accessing 

documents, submitting comments, and 

viewing the docket after the close of the 

comment period, is available through 

the site’s ‘‘User Tips’’ link. All 

comments submitted will be posted to 

the docket. 

• Mail comments to Hyla Hurst, 

Regulatory Specialist, Minerals 

Management Service, Minerals Revenue 

Management, P.O. Box 25165, MS 

302B2, Denver, Colorado 80225. Please 

reference ICR 1010–0162 in your 

comments. 

• Hand-carry comments or use an 

overnight courier service. Our courier 

address is Building 85, Room A–614, 

Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. 

and Kipling St., Denver, Colorado 

80225. Please reference ICR 1010–0162 

in your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hyla 

Hurst, telephone (303) 231–3495, or email hyla.hurst@mms.gov. You may also 

contact Hyla Hurst to obtain copies, at 

no cost, of (1) the ICR, (2) any associated 

forms, and (3) the regulations that 

require the subject collection of 

information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Accounts Receivable Confirmations. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0162. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior is responsible 

for mineral resource development on 

Federal and Indian lands and the Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary 

is required by various laws to manage 

mineral resource production on Federal 

and Indian lands and the OCS, collect 

the royalties and other mineral revenues 

due, and distribute the funds in 

accordance with those laws. Applicable 

laws pertaining to mineral leases on 

Federal and Indian lands are posted on 

our Web site at http:// 

www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

PublicLawsAMR.htm. 

The Secretary also has a trust 

responsibility to manage Indian lands 

and seek advice and information from 

Indian beneficiaries. The MMS performs 

the minerals revenue management 

functions and assists the Secretary in 

carrying out the Department’s trust 

responsibility for Indian lands. 

When a company or an individual 

enters into a lease to explore, develop, 

produce, and dispose of minerals from 

Federal or Indian lands, that company 

or individual agrees to pay the lessor a 

share in an amount or value of 

production from the leased lands. The 

lessee is required to report various kinds 

of information to the lessor relative to 

the disposition of the leased minerals. 

Such information is generally available 

within the records of the lessee or others 

involved in developing, transporting, 

processing, purchasing, or selling of 

such minerals. The information 

collected includes data necessary to 

ensure that the royalties are accurately 

valued and appropriately paid. 

Every year, under the CFO, the 

Department’s Office of Inspector 

General, or its agent (agent), audits the 

Department’s financial statements. The 

Department’s goal is to receive an 

unqualified opinion. Accounts 

receivable confirmations are a common 

practice in the audit business. Due to 

continuously increasing scrutiny on 

financial audits, third-party 

confirmation on the validity of MMS 

financial records is necessary. 

Companies submit financial information 

on Form MMS–2014, Report of Sales 

and Royalty Remittance (OMB Control 

Number 1010–0140, expires November 

30, 2009) and on Form MMS–4430, 

Solid Minerals Production and Royalty 

Report (OMB Control Number 1010– 

0120, expires December 31, 2010). 

As part of CFO audits, the agent 

requests, by a specified date, third-party 

confirmation responses confirming that 

MMS accounts receivable records agree 

with royalty payor records, for the 

following items: Customer 

identification; royalty/invoice number; 

payor-assigned document number; date 

received; original amount reported; and 

remaining balance due MMS as of a 

specified date. In order to meet this 

requirement, MMS must mail letters on 

MMS letterhead, signed by the Deputy 

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue 

Management, to royalty payors selected 

by the agent at random, asking them to 

respond to the agent, confirming the 

accuracy and/or validity of selected 

royalty receivable items and amounts. 

Verifying the amounts reported and the 

balances due requires time for research 

and analysis by payors. 

This collection does not require 

proprietary, trade secret, or other 

confidential information not protected 

by agency procedures. No items of a 

sensitive nature are collected. The 

requirement to respond is voluntary. 

The MMS is requesting OMB’s 

approval to continue to collect this 

information. Failure to collect this 

information would limit the Secretary’s 

ability to discharge the duties of the 

office. Failure to collect this information 

could be considered a scope limitation 

for CFO audits. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: 100 Federal and Indian oil 

and gas and solid mineral royalty 

payors. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 25 

hours. 

We estimate that each response will 

take 15 minutes for payors to complete. 

There are no additional recordkeeping 

costs associated with this information 

collection. We have not included in our 

estimates certain requirements 

performed in the normal course of 


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