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Staff, telephone (303) 231–3432, FAX

(303) 231–3385. Our practice is to make

comments, including names and

addresses of respondents, available for

public review on the Internet and

during regular business hours at our

offices in Lakewood, Colorado.

Individual respondents may request that

we withhold their home address from

the rulemaking record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law.

There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold from the

rulemaking record a respondent’s

identity, as allowable by law. If you

wish us to withhold your name and/or

address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. However, we will not

consider anonymous comments. We

will make all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, phone (303) 231–3046, FAX (303)

231–3385, email

Dennis.C.Jones@mms.gov. A copy of the

information collection is available to

you without charge upon request.

Title: Office of Indian Royalty

Assistance Customer Satisfaction

Survey, OMB Control Number 1010–

0098.

Abstract: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act requires each

agency ‘‘to provide notice * * * and

otherwise consult with members of the

public and affected agencies concerning

each proposed collection of information

* * *’’ Agencies must specifically

solicit comments to: (a) evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the agency

to perform its duties, including whether

the information is useful; (b) evaluate

the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of

the burden of the proposed collection of

information; (c) enhance the quality,

usefulness, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

minimize the burden on the

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

The Department of the Interior (DOI)

is responsible for matters relevant to

mineral resource development on

Federal and Indian Lands and the Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS). The Secretary

of the Interior (Secretary) is responsible

for managing the production of minerals

from Federal and Indian Lands and the

OCS; for collecting royalties from

lessees who produce minerals; and for

distributing the funds collected in

accordance with applicable laws. The

Secretary also has an Indian trust

responsibility to manage Indian lands

and seek advice and information from

Indian beneficiaries. MMS performs the

royalty management functions and

assists the Secretary in carrying out his

Indian trust responsibility.

Executive Order 12862 requires

Federal agencies to develop and

implement customer service standards.

As part of these standards, the Office of

Indian Royalty Assistance (OIRA)

pledges to ‘‘work continuously to

streamline and improve our services.’’

When individual Indian mineral owners

request assistance from OIRA offices, we

include a postage-paid Customer

Satisfaction Survey card when

responding to the owner’s request. This

survey card asks Indian mineral owners

several questions regarding the quality

of service that our offices are providing

to them.

The information collected from these

Customer Satisfaction Survey cards

helps us determine the effectiveness of

our office and guides us in developing

and implementing new procedures to

improve our service.

We receive approximately 300

completed survey cards annually. Based

on this response rate and the 2 minutes

required to complete the survey card,

we estimate the annual reporting and

recordkeeping ‘‘hour’’ burden is 10

hours; there is no ‘‘non-hour’’ burden.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: 300 individual Indian

mineral owners.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 10

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour’’ Burden: 0

hours.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

R. Dale Fazio,

Acting Associate Director for Royalty

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–9803 Filed 4–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Environmental Assessment Prepared

for Proposed Western Gulf Sale 177 on

the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental

Shelf (OCS)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

environmental assessment on proposed

western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 177.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service (MMS) has prepared an

environmental assessment (EA) for the

proposed annual Lease Sale 177 for the

Western Planning Area of the Gulf of

Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.

In this EA, MMS has reexamined the

potential environmental effects of the

proposed action and alternatives based

on any new information regarding

potential impacts and issues that were

not available at the time the Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

for Lease Sales 171, 174, 177, and 180

was prepared.

In summary, no new significant

impacts were identified for proposed

Lease Sale 177 that were not already

assessed in the FEIS for Lease Sales 171,

174, 177, and 180. As a result, MMS

determined that a supplemental EIS is

not required and prepared a Finding of

No New Significant Impact.

If you wish to comment, you may

mail or hand-carry written comments to

the Department of the Interior, Minerals

Management Service, Regional Director

(MS–5410), Minerals Management

Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region,

1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New

Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394. Our

practice is to make comments, including

names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public review

during regular business hours.

Individual respondents may request that

we withhold their home address from

the rulemaking record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law.

There may be circumstances in which

we would withhold from the

rulemaking record a respondent’s

identity, as allowable by the law. If you

wish us to withhold your name and/or

address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. However, we will not

consider anonymous comments. We

will make all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Public Information Unit, Information

Services Section at number below. You

may obtain single copies of the EA from

the Minerals Management Service, Gulf

of Mexico OCS Region, Attention:

Public Information Office (MS 5034),

1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room

114, New Orleans, LA 70123–2394 or by

calling 1–800–200–GULF.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 76 / Wednesday, April 19, 2000 / Notices 21009

Dated: April 13, 2000.

Chris C. Oynes,

Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.

[FR Doc. 00–9738 Filed 4–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

60 Day Notice of Intention To Request

Clearance of Collection of Information;

Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior, Golden Gate

National Recreation Area.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Golden Gate National

Recreation Area (GGNRA) is a national

park which comprises over 76,000 acres

of coastal lands spanning three

California counties: Marin, San

Francisco and San Mateo. GGNRA is

proposing to conduct survey interview

in peak, shoulder and off-peak season of

calendar year 2000, and possibly

through Spring 2001, to identify the

market viability and specific visitor flow

information for operationlizing

recreational ferry services to sites within

the GGNRA on San Francisco Bay such

as Ft. Baker, Crissy Field (Presidio) and

Ft. Mason. The results of these surveys

will be used to develop alternative plans

for a possible ferry service and to

forecast potential demand for water

shuttle access to GGNRA’s sites, as well

as land-based transit connections.

Intercept interviews will be conducted

at 5 park sites and at least 2 non-park

sites. Telephone surveys will be

conducted in 3–4 counties surrounding

the park to determine latent demand for

ferry service, and under what conditions

such service might be used.

Estimated number of

Responses Burden hours

GGNRA Water Shuttle Access Plan: ...................................................................................................................... 1400 240

Telephone Interviews

GGNRA Water Shuttle Access Plan: ...................................................................................................................... 8400 700

Intercept Surveys

Total ........................................................................................................................................................... 9800 940

Under provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 CFR Part

1320, Reporting and Record Keeping

Requirements, the National Park Service

(NPS) is soliciting comments on: (a)

Whether the collection of information is

necessary for such a reliable and valid

market analyses and to support the

proper performance of the functions of

the GGNRA in evaluating the best

alternative operations in the interest of

the government and the general public,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

the NPS estimate of the burden of the

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (c) the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (d) how to minimize

the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, while maintaining an unbiased

sample, including the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Public comments will be

accepted on or before June 19, 2000.

SEND COMMENTS TO: GGNRA, Attn. Mike

Savidge, Bay and Franklin St., Bldg.,

201, Ft. Mason, San Francisco, CA

94123.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Savidge at (415) 561–4725.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Scope of Work for Water Shuttle Access

Plan.

Bureau Form Number: None.

OMB Number: To be requested.

Expiration Date of Approval: To be

requested.

Type of Request: Request for new

clearance.

Description of Need: The

Metropolitan Transportation

Commission (MTC) of the San Francisco

Bay Area has identified updated data

collection and surveys of this nature as

critical to the foundation of improving

alternative transportation access to

GGNRA, and particularly to the

feasibility of developing a potential

water shuttle service to park sites.

GGNRA has also been identified as one

of five national park demonstration sites

to improve alternative transportation

access through a coordinated program

with the U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT) because of its over

15 million visitors per year. To support

these efforts, GGNRA needs information

to better develop ridership potential to

alternate park sites, and to determine

the specific market feasibility and

operational plans for alternative modes

of access to GGNRA sites, particularly

by ferry service. Such a need was

identified in a GGNRA Travel Study

completed in 1977 and remains today.

GGNRA seeks to acquire this

information in order to plan for

increasing alternative access modes to

the park and to decongest the critical

roadway corridors to park sites such as

the Golden Gate Bridge and Rt. 101

which result in both extensive traffic

delays for visitors and other residents.

Automated Data Collection: At the

present time, there is no automated way

to gather this information, since the

information gathering process involves

asking visitors and/or the general public

to identify characteristics, use patterns,

expectations, preferences and

perceptions that are relevant to a study

of ferry service. Computerized responses

could not be controlled for bias as

intercept and random digit dialing

surveys can be.

Description of respondents: Intercept

interviews will be conducted with a

random sample of individuals who visit

GGNRA sites to include Alcatraz, Muir

Woods, Presidio, Ft. Mason and the

Marin Headlands. Intercept interviews

will also be conducted at non-park sites

in San Francisco and the East Bay with

a random sample of individuals who are

not visiting GGNRA. Telephone surveys

will be conducted with a random

sample of residents of the Counties of

San Francisco, Alameda and one or two

other counties surrounding the Bay as

yet unselected.

Estimated average number of

respondents: 1400 (completed telephone

interviews); 8400 (completed intercept

interviews).

Estimated average number of

responses: Each respondent will

respond only one time, so the number

of responses will be the same as the

number of respondents.

Estimated average burden hours per

response: 10 minutes (telephone