49942 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 164 / Thursday, August 25, 2005 / Notices 

mechanism to provide for broadly based 

and sustained financial support for 

wetland conservation activities, 

Congress passed and the President 

signed into law the NAWCA. The 

purpose of NAWCA, as amended, is to 

promote, through partnerships, longterm conservation of North American 

wetland ecosystems and the waterfowl 

and other migratory birds, fish, and 

wildlife that depend upon such habitat. 

Principal conservation actions 

supported by NAWCA are acquisition, 

enhancement, and restoration of 

wetlands and wetlands-associated 

habitat.

In addition to providing for a 

continuing and stable funding base, 

NAWCA establishes an administrative 

body, the North American Wetlands 

Conservation Council, made up of a 

State representative from each of the 

four flyways, three representatives from 

wetlands conservation organizations, 

the Secretary of the Board of the 

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 

and the Director of the Service. The 

Council recommends funding of select 

wetlands conservation project proposals 

to the Migratory Bird Conservation 

Commission (MBCC). Competing for 

grant funds involves applications from 

partnerships that describe in substantial 

detail project locations, project 

resources, future benefits, and other 

characteristics, to meet the standards 

established by the Council and the 

requirements of NAWCA. 

Materials that describe the program 

and assist applicants in formulating 

project proposals for Council 

consideration are available on our Web 

site at http://birdhabitat.fws.gov.

Persons who do not have access to the 

Web site may still obtain instructional 

materials by mail. There has been 

virtually no change in the scope and 

general nature of these instructions 

since the OMB first approved the 

information collection in 1999. 

Instructions assist applicants in 

formulating detailed project proposals 

for Council consideration. The 

instructional materials, including any 

hard or electronic copy and information 

or other instruments, are the basis for 

this information collection request. 

Notices of funding availability, which 

are updated regularly, are posted on the 

Grants.gov Web site (http://

www.grants.gov) as well as in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

We use information collected under this 

program to respond to audits, program 

planning and management, program 

evaluation, Government Performance 

and Results Act reporting, Standard 

Form 424 (Application For Federal 

Assistance), grant agreements, budget 

reports and justifications, public and 

private requests for information, data 

provided to other programs for 

databases on similar programs, 

congressional inquiries, and reports 

required by NAWCA. 

If we do not collect this information, 

we would have to eliminate the program 

because it would not be possible to 

determine eligibility and the relative 

worth of the proposed projects or to 

meet our legal responsibilities under the 

Act and regulations. Reducing the 

frequency of collection would only 

reduce the frequency of grant 

opportunities, as the information 

collected is unique to each project 

proposal. Discontinuation of the 

program is not a viable option. 

Title of Collection: Information 

Collection in Support of Grant Programs 

Authorized by the North American 

Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA). 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0100. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Frequency of Collection: Occasional. 

The Small Grants program has one 

project proposal period per year and the 

Standard Grants program has two per 

year. Annual reports are due 90 days 

after the anniversary date of the grant 

agreement. Final reports are due 90 days 

after the end of the project period. The 

project period is 2 years. 

Description of Respondents:

Households and/or individuals; 

businesses and/or other for-profits 

organizations; educational 

organizations; not-for-profit institutions; 

Federal Government; and State, local 

and/or tribal governments. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 37,600. 

We estimate 80 hours for each Small 

Grant and 400 hours for each Standard 

Grant. 

Number of Respondents:

Approximately 150. We estimate 70 

proposals for the Small Grants program 

and 80 for the Standard Grants program. 

Approximately half of the projects 

submitted are funded. 

We interviewed five previous and 

current recipients of NAWCA grants 

with regard to three aspects of the grants 

programs: the availability of the 

information requested, the clarity of the 

instructions, and the annual burden 

hours for preparing applications and 

other materials, such as annual and final 

reports for both the Small Grants and 

the Standard Grants programs. All 

respondents advised that the 

information regarding descriptions of 

both programs and application 

instructions are readily available and 

the clarity of the information/

instructions for both programs is good, 

even considering the level of detail and 

technical information required in the 

Standard Grants program application. 

We invite your comments on: (1) 

Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the NAWCA grants 

programs, including whether or not in 

the opinion of the respondent the 

information has practical utility; (2) the 

accuracy of our estimate of the annual 

hour burden of information requested; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents. The information 

collection in this program is part of a 

system of records covered by the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).

Dated: August 3, 2005. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 05–16942 Filed 8–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal—

State Compact. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes 

approval of the Tribal—State Compact 

between the State of New Mexico and 

the Pueblo of Pojoaque.

DATES: Effective Date: August 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming Management, Office of 

the Deputy Assistant Secretary—Policy 

and Economic Development, 

Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of the 

approved Tribal-State Compacts for the 

purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 

activities on Indian lands. This Compact 

authorizes the Pueblo of Pojoaque of 

New Mexico to engage in certain Class 

III gaming activities on Indian lands. 

This compact is identical to the other 

New Mexico compacts that were 

approved by the Department in 2001.

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Dated: August 16, 2005. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 05–16943 Filed 8–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK964–1410–HY–P; F–14893–B, F–14893–

C, F–14893–D; BSA–2] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

DOI

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving lands for 

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act will be 

issued to Mary’s Igloo Native 

Corporation. The lands are located in 

Lot 2, U.S. Survey No. 604, Alaska, and 

T. 3 S., Rgs. 30, 31, and 32 W., Kateel 

River Meridian; T. 4 S., R. 32 W., Kateel 

River Meridian; and Ts. 3 and 4 S., R. 

33 W., Kateel River, Alaska, in the 

vicinity of Mary’s Igloo Alaska, and 

contains 18,915.33 acres. Notice of the 

decision will also be published four 

times in the Nome Nugget.

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 September 

26, 2005 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:

John Leaf, by phone at (907) 271–3283, 

or by e-mail at John_Leaf@ak.blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunication 

device (TTD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8330, 24 hours a day, seven 

days a week, to contact Mr. Leaf.

John Leaf, 

Land Law Examiner, Branch of Adjudication 

II.

[FR Doc. 05–16869 Filed 8–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–921–03–1320–EL–P; MTM 94825] 

Notice of Invitation—Coal Exploration 

License Application MTM 94825

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of invitation.

SUMMARY: Members of the public are 

hereby invited to participate with 

Spring Creek Coal Company in a 

program for the exploration of coal 

deposits owned by the United States of 

America in the following-described 

lands located in Big Horn County, 

Montana, encompassing 1917.50 acres:

T. 8 S., R. 39 E., P. M. M.

Sec. 13: NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4

Sec. 14: N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4

Sec. 15: W1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SE1⁄4

Sec. 22: NE1⁄4

Sec. 23: S1⁄2N1⁄2NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4

Sec. 24: NE1⁄4NW1⁄4

Sec. 25: SW1⁄4SW1⁄4

Sec. 26: S1⁄2

Sec. 27: S1⁄2NW1⁄4, S1⁄2

Sec. 35: N1⁄2

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any party 

electing to participate in this 

exploration program shall notify, in 

writing, both the State Director, Bureau 

of Land Management, PO Box 36800, 

Billings, Montana 59107–6800, and 

Spring Creek Coal Company, PO Box 67, 

Decker, Montana 59025. Such written 

notice must refer to serial number MTM 

94825 and be received no later than 

September 26, 2005 or 10 calendar days 

after the last publication of this Notice 

in the Sheridan Press newspaper, 

whichever is later. This Notice will be 

published once a week for two (2) 

consecutive weeks in the Sheridan 

Press, Sheridan, Wyoming. 

The proposed exploration program is 

fully-described, and will be conducted 

pursuant to an exploration plan to be 

approved by the Bureau of Land 

Management. The exploration plan, as 

submitted by Spring Creek Coal 

Company, is available for public 

inspection at the Bureau of Land 

Management, 5001 Southgate Drive, 

Billings, Montana, during regular 

business hours (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 

Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Giovanini, Mining Engineer, or 

Connie Schaff, Land Law Examiner, 

Branch of Solid Minerals (MT–921), 

Bureau of Land Management, Montana 

State Office, PO Box 36800, Billings, 

Montana 59107–6800, telephone (406) 

896–5084 or (406) 896–5060, 

respectively.

Edward L. Hughes, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Solid Minerals.

[FR Doc. 05–16872 Filed 8–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[ID–933–1430–ET; DK–G05–0002, IDI–08612, 

et al.] 

Public Land Order No. 7644; 

Revocation of 4 Bureau of Reclamation 

Orders and 2 Public Land Orders; 

Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes 4 Bureau 

of Reclamation Orders and 2 Public 

Land Orders in their entirety as they 

affect 6,785.75 acres of lands withdrawn 

for the Minidoka Reclamation Project. 

This order opens 2,767.04 acres of 

public lands to all forms of 

appropriation under the public land 

laws, and 4,018.71 acres of lands to 

such uses as may be authorized by law 

on National Forest System lands. This 

order also opens all of the lands to the 

mining laws.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 26, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jackie Simmons, BLM Idaho State 

Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise, 

Idaho 83709, 208–373–3867.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the original withdrawal orders 

containing a legal description of the 

lands involved are available from the 

BLM Idaho State Office at the address 

above. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Section 

204 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows: 

1. The following Bureau of 

Reclamation Orders and Public Land 

Orders, which withdrew a total of (a) 

2,767.04 acres of public lands, and (b) 

4,018.71 acres of National Forest System