Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 10 / Tuesday, January 16, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 3451

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule and application

period; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the

final rule for the License Limitation

Program by adding an Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) control

number to § 902.1. The OMB control

number was inadvertently omitted from

the final rule implementing Amendment

4 to the Fishery Management Plan for

the Scallop Fishery off Alaska.

DATES: Effective January 16, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gretchen Harrington, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final

rule for Fisheries of the Exclusive

Economic Zone off Alaska; License

Limitation Program for the Scallop

Fishery (65 FR 78110, December 14,

2000) established permit requirements

to implement Amendment 4 to the

Fishery Management Plan for the

Scallop Fishery off Alaska. The permit

requirements were approved by OMB

but the control number was not added

to § 902.1(b).

Correction

In rule FR Doc 00-31649, published

on December 14, 2000 (65 FR 78110)

make the following correction. On page

78115, in the third column, after the

signature, add the following text:

For reasons set out in the preamble,

15 CFR part 902, is amended as follows:

PART 902—NOAA INFORMATION

COLLECTION REQUIREMENTS UNDER

THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT:

OMB CONTROL NUMBERS

1. The authority citation for part 902

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

2. In § 902.1, the table in paragraph (b)

under 50 CFR is amended by adding in

numerical order an entry for § 679.4(g)

with a new OMB control number to read

as follows:

§ 902.1 OMB control numbers assigned

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

CFR part or section where the

information collection requirement is located

Current OMB

control number the information (All

numbers

begin with

0648–)

*****

50 CFR

CFR part or section where the

information collection requirement is located

Current OMB

control number the information (All

numbers

begin with

0648–)

*****

679.4 (g) –0420

*****

Dated: January 8, 2001.

William T. Hogarth,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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BILLING CODE: 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

18 CFR Part 381

[Docket No. RM01–3–000]

Annual Update of Filing Fees

January 9, 2001.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (DOE).

ACTION: Final rule; annual update of

Commission filing fees.

SUMMARY: In accordance with § 381.104

of the Commission’s regulations, the

Commission issues this update of its

filing fees. This notice provides the

yearly update using data in the

Commission’s Payroll Utilization

Reporting System and the Commission’s

Management, Administrative, and

Payroll System to calculate the new

fees. The purpose of updating is to

adjust the fees on the basis of the

Commission’s costs for Fiscal Year

1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Troy

Cole, Office of the Executive Director,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Room 42–66,

Washington, DC 20426, 202–219–2970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

addition to publishing the full text of

this document in the Federal Register,

the Commission also provides all

interested persons an opportunity to

inspect or copy the contents of this

document during normal business hours

in the Public Reference Room at 888

First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington,

DC 20426.

The Commission Issuance Posting

System (CIPS) provides access to the

texts of formal documents issued by the

Commission. CIPS can be accessed via

Internet through FERC’s Home Page

(http://www.ferc.fed.us) using the CIPS

link or the Energy Information Online

icon. The full text of this document will

be available on CIPS in ASCII,

WordPerfect 6.1 and WordPerfect 8.0

format. User assistance is available at

202–208–2222 or by E-mail to

CipsMaster@ferc.fed.us.

This document is also available

through the Commission’s Records and

Information Management System

(RIMS), an electronic storage and

retrieval system of documents submitted

to and issued by the Commission after

November 16, 1981. Documents from

November 1995 to the present can be

viewed and printed. RIMS is available

in the Public Reference Room or

remotely via Internet through FERC’s

Homepage using the RIMS link or the

Energy Information Online icon. User

assistance is available at 202–208–2222,

or by E-mail to RimsMaster@ferc.fed.us.

Finally, the complete text on diskette

in WordPerfect format may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, RVJ International, Inc. RVJ

International, Inc., is located in the

Public Reference Room at 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (Commission) is issuing

this notice to update filing fees that the

Commission assesses for specific

services and benefits provided to

identifiable beneficiaries. Pursuant to

§ 381.104 of the Commission’s

regulations, the Commission is

establishing updated fees on the basis of

the Commission’s Fiscal Year 1999

costs. The adjusted fees announced in

this notice are effective February 15,

2001. The Commission has determined

with the concurrence of the

Administrator of the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs of

the Office of Management and Budget,

that this final rule is not a major rule

within the meaning of section 251 of

Subtitle E of SBREFA. [5 U.S.C.

§ 804(2)] The Commission is submitting

this final rule to both Houses of

Congress and to the Comptroller

General.

The new fee schedule is as follows:

Fees Applicable to the Natural Gas Policy

Act

1. Petitions for rate approval pursuant to 18

CFR 284.123(b)(2). (18 CFR 381.403): $7,840.

Fees Applicable to General Activities

1. Petition for issuance of a declaratory

order (except under Part I of the Federal

Power Act). (18 CFR 381.302(a)): $15,760.

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2. Review of a Department of Energy

remedial order:

Amount in controversy

$0–9,999. (18 CFR 381.303(b)): $100.

$10,000–29,999. (18 CFR 381.303(b)): $600.

$30,000 or more. (18 CFR 381.303(a)):

$23,010.

3. Review of a Department of Energy denial

of adjustment:

Amount in controversy

$0–9,999. (18 CFR 381.304(b)): $100.

$10,000–29,999. (18 CFR 381.304(b)): $600.

$30,000 or more. (18 CFR 381.304(a)):

$12,060.

4. Written legal interpretations by the

Office of General Counsel. (18 CFR

381.305(a)): $4,520.

Fees Applicable to Natural Gas Pipelines

1. Pipeline certificate applications

pursuant to 18 CFR 284.22. (18 CFR

381.207(b)): $1,000.

Fees Applicable to Cogenerators and Small

Power Producers

1. Certification of qualifying status as a

small power production facility. (18 CFR

381.505(a)): $13,550.

2. Certification of qualifying status as a

cogeneration facility. (18 CFR 381.505(a)):

$15,340.

3. Applications for exempt wholesale

generator status. (18 CFR 381.801): $1,310.

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 381

Electric power plants, Electric

utilities, Natural gas, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Thomas R. Herlihy,

Executive Director and Chief Financial

Officer.

In consideration of the foregoing, the

Commission amends Part 381, Chapter I,

Title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, as

set forth below.

PART 381—FEES

1. The authority citation for Part 381

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 717–717w; 16 U.S.C.

791–828c, 2601–2645; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42

U.S.C. 7101–7352; 49 U.S.C. 60502; 49 App.

U.S.C. 1–85.

§ 381.302 [Amended]

2. In § 381.302, paragraph (a) is

amended by removing ‘‘$14,710’’ and

inserting ‘‘$15,760’’ in its place.

§ 381.303 [Amended]

3. In § 381.303, paragraph (a) is

amended by removing ‘‘$21,470’’ and

inserting ‘‘$23,010’’ in its place.

§ 381.304 [Amended]

4. In § 381.304, paragraph (a) is

amended by removing ‘‘$11,260’’ and

inserting ‘‘$12,060’’ in its place.

§ 381.305 [Amended]

5. In § 381.305, paragraph (a) is

amended by removing ‘‘$4,220’’ and

inserting ‘‘$4,520’’ in its place.

§ 381.403 [Amended]

6. Section 381.403 is amended by

removing ‘‘$7,320’’ and inserting

‘‘$7,840’’ in its place.

§ 381.505 [Amended]

7. In § 381.505, paragraph (a) is

amended by removing ‘‘$12,650’’ and

inserting ‘‘$13,550’’ in its place and by

removing ‘‘$14,320’’ and inserting

‘‘$15,340’’ in its place.

§ 381.801 [Amended]

8. Section 381.801 is amended by

removing ‘‘$1,530’’ and inserting

‘‘$1,310’’ in its place.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

25 CFR Part 151

RIN 1076–AD90

Acquisition of Title to Land in Trust

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This rule revises and clarifies

the procedures used by Indian tribes

and individuals to request the Secretary

of the Interior to acquire title to land

into trust on their behalf. It describes

the criteria that the Secretary will use in

determining whether to exercise his or

her authority to accept title to land to

be held in trust for the benefit of Indian

tribes and individuals. This rule also

describes the procedure for mandatory

acquisitions of title and establishes a

process to address the difficulties

encountered by Indian tribes which

have no reservation, have no trust land

or have trust land the character of which

renders it incapable of being developed.

DATES: Effective February 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions concerning this rule should

be directed to: Terry Virden, Director,

Office of Trust Responsibilities, Mail

Stop: 4513–MIB, 1849 C Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20240; telephone: 202–

208–5831; electronic mail:

TerryVirden@BIA.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

regulation makes more clear the process

that is followed by the Secretary in the

exercise of this discretionary authority.

The regulation also makes clear that we

will follow a process which reflects (1)

a presumption in favor of the

acquisition of trust title when an

application involves title to lands

located inside the boundaries of a

reservation (‘‘on-reservation lands’’),

and (2) a more demanding standard for

the acquisition of title when the

application involves title to lands

located outside the boundaries of a

reservation (‘‘off-reservation lands’’).

The delineation of these differing

processes will better enable the

Secretary to carry out the responsibility

for assisting Indian tribes in reestablishing jurisdiction over land

located within their own reservations. It

also creates a framework that more

adequately addresses concerns nonIndian governments may have about the

potential ramifications of placing offreservation lands into trust.

This regulation also describes the

procedure for mandatory acquisitions of

title. The general statutory authority

giving the Secretary discretion to

acquire title to lands in trust is found in

section 5 of the Indian Reorganization

Act (IRA) of 1934, 25 U.S.C. 465.

Occasionally, Congress enacts more

narrow legislation granting the Secretary

discretionary authority to acquire title to

land into trust for some specific

purpose. Acquisitions of trust title

under the IRA and other more narrow

statutes that grant discretionary

authority to the Secretary are referred to

as ‘‘discretionary acquisitions’’ of title.

Mandatory acquisitions of title are those

that Congress has directed the Secretary

to complete by removing any discretion

in the administrative decision making

process. The processing of these

mandated acquisitions has not always

been well-understood. The rule

identifies the types of acquisitions that

we consider mandatory and defines the

process by which we acquire the title.

Finally, this regulation establishes a

process to address the unique

difficulties encountered by Indian tribes

which have no reservations, have no

trust land or have trust land the

character of which renders it incapable

of being developed. The process enables

such tribes to designate a ‘‘Tribal Land

Acquisition Area’’ (TLAA) in which it

plans to acquire land. The TLAA

requires approval of the Secretary and,

when approved, will enable the tribe to

acquire title to the lands within the

TLAA into trust under the onreservation provision of this regulation

for a prescribed period of time.

On April 12, 1999, the proposed rule

for the acquisition of title to land in

trust was published in the Federal