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conjunction with recovery activities

throughout the species’ range for the

purpose of enhancing its survival and

recovery.

Applicant: Ronald J. Kass,

Intermountain Ecosystems, Springville,

Utah.

The applicant requests a permit to

take Southwestern willow flycatchers

(Empidonax traillii extimus) in

conjunction with recovery activities

throughout the species’ range for the

purpose of enhancing its survival and

recovery.

DATES: Written comments on these

requests for permits must be received on

or before July 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Assistant

Regional Director-Ecological Services,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box

25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225–0486; facsimile 303–

236–0027.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents within 20

days of the date of publication of this

notice to the address above; telephone

303–236–7400.

Dated: June 6, 2001.

Ralph O. Morgenweck,

Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

[WO–830–1030–XP–2–24 1A]

Extension of Approved Information

Collections, OMB 1004–0172 and 1004–

0181

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior, and Forest Service, Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and

the United States Department of

Agriculture, Forest Service (USDAFS),

request the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) to extend existing

approvals to collect information through

conducting surveys of the public for

their respective user groups.

DATES: You must submit your comments

to BLM at the appropriate address below

on or before August 14, 2001. BLM will

not necessarily consider any comments

receive after the above date.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to:

Regulatory Affairs Group (630), Bureau

of Land Management, 1849 C Street,

NW., Room 401LS, Washington, DC

20240.

You may send comments via Internet

to: WOComment@blm.gov. Please

include ‘‘ATTN: 1004–0172 and 1004–

0181’’ and your name and return

address in your Internet message.

You may hand deliver comments to

the Bureau of Land Management,

Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620

L Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Comments will be available for public

review at the L Street address during

regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15

p.m.), Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You

may contact Andrew Goldsmith,

Management Systems Group, Business

and Fiscal Resources Directorate, on

(202) 452–5169 (Commercial or FTS).

Persons who use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the

Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8330, 24 hours a

day, seven days a week, to contact Mr.

Goldsmith.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR

1320.12(a) requires that we provide a

60-day notice in the Federal Register

concerning a collection of information

to solicit comments on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

functioning of the agencies, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(b) The accuracy of our estimates of

the information collection burden,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions we use;

(c) Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information

collected; and

(c) Ways to minimize the information

collection burden on those who are to

respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical or to her technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology. BLM will

receive and analyze any comments sent

in response to this notice and include

them with its request for approval from

OMB under 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

I. Background

II. Current Actions

III. Methodology

IV. Requests for Comments

I. Background

The Government Performance and

Results Act of 1993 (Pub. L. No 103–62)

sets out to ‘‘improve Federal program

effectiveness and public accountability

by promoting a new focus on results,

service quality, and customer

satisfaction.’’ In order to fulfill this

responsibility, the BLM and USDAFS

must collect data from their respective

user groups to:

(1) Better understand the needs and

desires of the public; and

(2) Respond to those needs and

desires accordingly.

Executive Order No. 12862 fortifies

this course of action. The Order

discusses surveys as a means to

determine the kinds and qualities of

services the Federal Government’s

customers desire and to determine

satisfaction levels for existing services.

The BLM and USDAFS use these

voluntary customer surveys to ascertain

customer satisfaction with our services

and products. Respondents are

individuals and organizations who

receive our services and products.

Previous customer surveys provide

useful information to assess how well

we deliver our services, products, and

for making improvements.

II. Current Actions

The request to OMB will be fore a

three-year clearance to conduct

customer surveys in the BLM and

USDAFS. Over the past several years,

we conducted several customer surveys,

including the use of focus groups an a

BLM–USDAFS comment card. The BLM

uses this information to improve its

products and services. (Examples of

previously conducted customer surveys

are available upon request.) Our

planned activities in the next three

fiscal years reflect our increased

emphasis on and expansion of these

activities.

III. Methodology

The BLM and USDAFS survey

customers in the following general

categories:

(1) Use requiring authorization;

(2) State and private foresty;

(3) Timber sales;

(4) Wild horse and burro;

(5) Research;

(6) Law enforcement;

(7) Fire and aviation;

(8) Wildlife and fisheries;

(9) Recreation;

(10) Information [general, land, title,

and technology-based];

(11) Pilot programs;

(12) Stakeholders and partners; and

(13) State and local governments.

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We use a stratified sampling

technique for categories 1 through 8;

categories 9 and 10 use intercept

surveys. We use a general sampling

technique for categories 11 through 13.

The randomize sample we pull from the

database will include an estimated

1,200 persons unless the database

population is less than 1,200, at which

point we will survey all. We set an 80%

response rate goal. Whenever possible,

we choose telephone surveys over mail

surveys.

We develop questionnaires with the

help of focus groups from around the

country. We ask questions in the

following general areas:

(1) Program specific (i.e., processing

permits, recordation of mining claims,

facilities and access to public land for

recreation);

(2) Service delivery;

(3) Management practices;

(4) Resource protection;

(5) Rules, regulations, and policies;

(6) Communication with the public;

(7) Overall satisfaction; and

(8) General demographics.

IV. Requests for Comments

We are particularly interested in

comments on the actions discussed in

Items II and III. We provide the

following guidelines to assist you in

responding.

General Issues

A. Is the proposed collection of

information in categories 1 through 13

(see III) necessary, taking into account

accuracy, adequacy, and reliability, and

the agency’s ability to process the

information in a useful and timely

fashion?

B. What enhancements can the BLM

and USDAFS make to the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected?

As a Potential Respondent

A. We estimate the average public

reporting burden for a customer survey

is 15 minutes per response (13,000

respondents per year × 15 minutes per

response = 3,250 hours annually). For

comment cards, we estimate the average

public reporting burden is three minutes

per response (30,000 respondents per

year × three minutes per response =

1,500 hours annually).

The information collection burden

includes the total time, effort, or

financial resources we expend to

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or

provide the information including to:

(1) Review instructions;

(2) Develop, acquire, install, and

utilize technology and systems for

purposes to collect, validate, verify,

process, maintain, disclose, and provide

information;

(3) Adjust the existing ways to comply

with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements;

(4) Train personnel to respond to a

collection of information;

(5) Search data sources;

(6) Complete and review the

collection of information; and

(7) Transmit or otherwise to disclose

the information.

Please comment on (1) the accuracy of

our estimate and (2) how the agencies

could minimize the burden of the

collection information, including the

use of automated collection techniques.

B. The BLM and USDAFS estimate

that respondents will incur no

additional costs for reporting other than

the time required to complete the

collection. The estimates should take

into account the costs associated to

generate, maintain, and disclose or

provide information.

C. Do you know of any other Federal,

State, or local agency collecting similar

data? If you do, specify the agency,

collection element(s), and the methods

of collection.

As a Potential User

Are there any alternative sources of

data? Do you use them? If so, what are

their deficiencies and/or strengths?

BLM will summarize all responses to

this notice and include them in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will also become a matter of

public record.

Dated: May 29, 2001.

Michael Schwartz,

BLM Information Collection Clearance

Officer.

Dated: May 21, 2001.

William Delaney,

USDA, Forest Service, Program Manager,

Customer Service.

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BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–962–1410–HY–P; AA–52323]

Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

DOI.

ACTION: Notice of decision designating

lands for conveyance.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an

appealable decision approving lands for

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska

National Interest Lands Conservation

Act will be issued to the Afognak Joint

Venture for lands in T. 22 S., R. 18 W.,

Seward Meridian, Alaska, located on

Afognak Island. Notice of the decision

will also be published four times in the

Kodiak Daily Mirror.

DATES: The time limits for filing an

appeal are:

1. Any party claiming a property

interest which is adversely affected by

the decision shall have until July 16,

2001 to file an appeal.

2. Parties receiving service of the

decision by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal.

Parties who do not file an appeal in

accordance with the requirements of 43

CFR part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed

to have waived their rights.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may

be obtained from: Bureau of Land

Management, Alaska State Office, 222

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,

Alaska 99513–7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerri

Sansone (907) 271–3231

Authority: 43 CFR 2650.7(d).

Jerri Sansone,

Land Law Examiner.

[FR Doc. 01–15109 Filed 6–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–962–1410–HY–P; F–19155–1]

Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

DOI.

ACTION: Notice of decision approving

lands for conveyance.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that an

appealable decision approving lands for

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska

Native Claims Settlement Act will be

issued to Doyon, Limited, for lands in

T. 3 N., R. 13 E., Kateel River Meridian,

located in the vicinity of Huslia, Alaska,

containing approximately 40 acres.

Notice of the decision will also be

published four times in the Fairbanks

Daily News-Miner.

DATES: The time limits for filing an

appeal are:

1. Any party claiming a property

interest which is adversely affected by

the decision, shall have until July 16,

2001 to file an appeal.

2. Parties receiving service by

certified mail shall have 30 days from

the date of receipt to file an appeal.

Parties who do not file an appeal in

accordance with the requirements of 43