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production. Administrative costs could

be incurred to recover those costs as

well. MMS would be unable to identify

late delivery or under-delivery by

contractors paying for RIK they have

taken by delivering like value

production to an MMS-designated

delivery point if the contractors did not

file Form MMS–4440. Failure to submit

an RGA could impair MMS’s ability to

assure a full return on the sale of

Federal royalty natural gas. If MMS

could not accept LOCs, some small

businesses might be disqualified from

purchasing Federal royalty production.

No proprietary information will be

submitted to MMS under this collection.

No items of a sensitive nature are

collected. Responses are required to

obtain or retain benefits.

The PRA provides that 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.

Estimated Number and Type of

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Approximately 37 companies who will

submit one or multiple bids on Federal

royalty oil or gas; 25 of them will also

submit a financial statement and 5 may

also submit an LOC. Of those who

submit winning bids, a subset six will

also submit Form MMS–4440 and an

RGA.

Frequency of Response: Depending on

the contract terms of MMS’s offer, bids

are accepted monthly, twice annually,

or annually; bidders have the option to

submit one or multiple bids. Form

MMS–4440 is required monthly from a

small subset of successful bidders who

might also be asked to submit an RGA

about once a year. Financial statements

and LOCs are required about once a

year.

Burden Statement and Estimated

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping

‘‘Hour’’

Burden: We estimate the respondent

burden to average 1 hour for each bid,

financial statement, or LOC. Hard copies

must be submitted for these three items.

We estimate the respondent burden to

average .5 hour per pipeline for Form

MMS–4440 and .5 hour delivery point

for each RGA, both of which may be

submitted electronically. The total hour

burden for these five requirements is

1,324 hours annually, including

recordkeeping. Refer to the following

chart:

BURDEN BREAKDOWN

Reporting/recordkeeping requirements

Estimated

number of

respondents

Annual

frequency

Estimated

number of

responses

Per Yr

Burden per

requirement

in hours

Annual

burden

hours

Bids ................................................................................................... 37 On Occasion ..... 747 1 747

Financial Statements ........................................................................ 25 On Occasion ..... 25 1 25

Summary of Receipt and Delivery Volumes (Form MMS–4440 ...... 06 Monthly ............. 1,080 .5 540

Report of Gas Analysis ..................................................................... 06 On Occasion ..... 10 .5 05

Letters of Credit ................................................................................ 05 On Occasion ..... 07 1 07

Total Reporting .......................................................................... *79 ....................... 1,869 1,324

*NOTE: A respondent is counted each time a different form is submitted. Unsuccessful bidders will submit only 2 forms.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: This collection of information

will require total capital start-up costs of

$1,500 ($250 x 6 respondents) to adjust

their automated production reporting

systems to provide information to MMS

in Form MMS–4440 format.

Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the PRA 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.

Send your comments directly to the

offices listed under the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. OMB has up to 60

days to approve or disapprove the

information collection but may respond

after 30 days. Therefore, to ensure

maximum consideration, OMB should

receive public comments by May 18,

2000.

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach

(202) 208–7744.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

R. Dale Fazio,

Acting Associate Director for Royalty

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–9690 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Boundary Revision; Rocky Mountain

National Park

AGENCY: National Park Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of boundary revision,

Rocky Mountain National Park.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

revision of the boundary of Rocky

Mountain National Park to include two

parcels donated by Rocky Mountain

National Park Associates, Inc. The

National Park Service has determined

that this boundary revision is necessary

for the proper preservation and

protection of the National Park.

DATES: The effective date of this Order

is the April 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Superintendent, Rocky Mountain

National Park, at the above address or

by telephone at 970–586–1399.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 16 U.S.C.

4601–9(c)(1) authorizes the Secretary of

the Interior to make this boundary

revision. This boundary adjustment will

add two parcels of land comprised of

28.33 acres and 18.19 acres to Rocky

Mountain National Park in Larimer

County, Colorado.

The above parcels are depicted as

tract numbers 06–142 and 07–152 on

land acquisition map, segments 6 and 7,

having drawing number 121/92,002,

sheet 7 and 8 of 11. The map is on file

at the National Park Service,

Intermountain Land Resources Program

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Center, and at the Office of the

Superintendent, Rocky Mountain

National Park.

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Karen P. Wade,

Director, Intermountain Region.

[FR Doc. 00–9586 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Approval of Record of

Decision; Final Environmental Impact

Statement and General Management

Plan for Redwood National and State

Parks, Humboldt and Del Norte

Counties, California

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 (Pub.L. 91–190, as

amended), and the regulations

promulgated by the Council of

Environmental Quality at 40 CFR

1505.2, the Department of the Interior,

National Park Service has prepared and

approved a Record of Decision for the

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) for the General Management Plan

(GMP) for Redwood National and State

Parks, California.

Redwood National and State Parks are

comprised of Redwood National Park

and three state parks included within

the national park boundary, Jedediah

Smith, Del Norte Coast, and Prairie

Creek Redwoods State Parks. The Final

GMP is a joint General Management

Plan/General Plan (GMP/GP) produced

in cooperation with the State of

California’s Department of Parks and

Recreation. This document incorporates

all the elements of an Environmental

Impact Report/General Plan (EIR/GP)

required under state law. The National

Park Service (NPS) and the California

Department of Parks and Recreation

(CDPR) will use the joint plan as a

comprehensive guide for managing the

105,516-acre area of contiguous federal

and state parklands cooperatively. The

California State Park and Recreation

Commission issued a resolution

following a public hearing on the FEIR/

GP on November 17, 1999 unanimously

approving the Proposed Action

(alternative 1) as it appeared in the

FEIS/R as the option under which the

three state parks will be managed. The

CDPR has completed its conservation

planning and environmental impact

analysis process required under the

California Environmental Quality Act.

The NPS will implement actions

identified as the Proposed Action

(alternative 1) in the Final General

Management Plan/General Plan, as

described in the Final EIS/R issued in

November 1999. The Draft EIS/R was

issued in August 1998 and analyzed

three alternatives in addition to the

Proposed Action. Under the no action

alternative (alternative 2), the parks

would be managed according to the

prescriptions in the 1980 Redwood

National Park General Management Plan

and the 1985 State Redwoods Parks

General Plan, and subsequent approved

planning documents based on those

general plans. Under the Preservation

Emphasis alternative (alternative 3), the

agencies would emphasize the

preservation and restoration of the

parks’ resources and values;

opportunities for public use and

enjoyment would be limited to

experiences that are consistent with this

high degree of resource stewardship.

This was the environmentally preferred

alternative but it was not selected

because it unnecessarily restricted

visitor use without a substantial

concomitant increase in benefits to the

resources when compared to the

selected action. Under the Visitor Use

Emphasis alternative (alternative 4), the

agencies would provide a wide

spectrum of appropriate visitor

experiences that relate to the parks’

resources, consistent with overarching

obligations to protect the parks’

resources and values.

The Record of Decision is a concise

statement of all alternatives considered,

what decisions were made, and the

rationale supporting the selection of the

final plan. It also contains a synopsis of

the conservation planning and

environmental impact analysis process,

identifies the environmentally preferred

alternative, notes the important public

collaboration undertaken and its part in

the decision, and summarizes the

critical mitigation measures.

Copies of the complete Record of

Decision may be obtained from the

Superintendent, Redwood National and

State Parks, 1111 Second Street,

Crescent City, CA, or via telephone at

(707) 464–6101.

Dated: April 6, 2000.

John J. Reynolds,

Regional Director, Pacific West Region.

[FR Doc. 00–9587 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Realty Action; Mojave

National Preserve

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

SUMMARY: Proposed Exchange of Federal

Property for Private Property at Mojave

National Preserve.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sondra S. Humphries, Chief, Pacific

Land Resources Program Center at (415)

427–1416.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public

comments will be accepted for a period

of 45 calendar days from the date of this

notice. In order to resolve the

encroachment of a private residence and

ranch headquarters on federal land, it is

necessary for the National Park Service

to effect a land exchange at Mojave

National Preserve, San Bernardino

County, California.

Authority for the land exchange is

contained in 16 U.S.C. 410aaa–56. The

land to be conveyed by the United

States of America is located

approximately 15 miles northwesterly

from Interstate Highway 15 off of Essex

Road and contains 40.00 acres, more or

less.

The land to be acquired by the United

States of America is located seven miles

northeast of the intersection of Essex

and Black Canyon Roads and also

contains 40.00 acres, more or less.

Both sites were surveyed for the

presence of hazardous materials and

none were found. In addition, natural

and cultural resource surveys were

conducted and impacts were found to

be minimal. The biological survey did

not disclose the presence of any rare,

endangered or threatened species.

Title to the lands being exchanged

will be subject to encumbrances of

record as well as existing rights-of-way.

The value of the lands to be

exchanged shall be determined by a

current fair market appraisal and if they

are not equal, the value shall be

equalized by payment of cash and/or

donation, as circumstances require.

The 40.00 acre parcel to be acquired

by the United States of America will

enable the National Park Service to

further protect critical Desert Tortoise

Habitat within the Preserve.

Detailed information concerning this

proposal, land descriptions, Land

Protection Plan and other information

are available at the National Park

Service, Pacific Land Resources Program

Center, 600 Harrison Street, Suite 600,

San Francisco, California, 94107–1372.

Comments will be accepted from

interested parties for a period of 45

calendar days from the date of this

notice, and may be submitted to the

above address. Comments will be

evaluated and this action may be

modified or vacated accordingly. In the

absence of any action to modify or

vacate, the realty action will become the