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prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. We will honor your request 

according to the requirements of the 

law. All comments from organizations 

or representatives will be available for 

review. We may withhold comments 

from review for other reasons. 

Information Collection Abstract 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0161. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Title: 25 CFR 170, Indian Reservation 

Roads. 

Brief Description of Collection: Some 

of the information such as the 

application of Indian Reservation Roads 

High Priority Projects (IRRHPP) (25 CFR 

170.210), the road inventory updates (25 

CFR 170.443), the development of a 

long-range transportation plan (25 CFR 

170.411 and 170.412), the development 

of a tribal transportation improvement 

program and priority list (25 CFR 

170.420 and 170.421) are mandatory for 

consideration of projects and for 

program funding from the formula. 

Some of the information such as public 

hearing requirements is necessary for 

public notification and involvement (25 

CFR 170.437 and 170.439). While others 

such as data appeals (25 CFR 170.231) 

and requests for design exceptions (25 

CFR 170.456) are voluntary information. 

Respondents: Respondents include 

federally-recognized Indian tribal 

governments who have transportation 

needs associated with the IRR Program 

as described in 25 CFR 170. 

Number of Respondents: 562. 

Number of Responses: Varies from 10 

to 562. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

reports require from 30 minutes to 40 

hours to complete. An average would be 

16 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually or 

on an as needed basis. 

Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 

18,828 hours. 

Total Annual Cost to Respondents: 

$188,280. 

Dated: September 1, 2005. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 05–17969 Filed 9–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–LY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Notice of Intent To Establish and Call 

for Nominations for the North Slope 

Science Initiative Science Technical 

Group 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Interior. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

establishment of the North Slope 

Science Initiative Science Technical 

Group by the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) and calls for nominations to 

serve on the Science Technical Group in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) of 1972, 5 U.S.C. Appendix. A 

copy of the Science Technical Group 

charter will be filed with the 

appropriate committees of Congress and 

the Library of Congress in accordance 

with Section 9(c) of FACA. 

DATES: Submit a completed nomination 

form and nomination letters to the 

address listed below no later than 

October 27, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Taylor, Executive Director, North Slope 

Science Initiative (910), Bureau of Land 

Management, 222 W. Seventh Avenue, 

#13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513, 

telephone (907) 271–3131. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Science Technical Group 

is to assist in identifying and 

prioritizing inventory, monitoring and 

research needs, and providing other 

scientific advice as requested by the 

Oversight Group of the North Slope 

Science Initiative. The Oversight Group 

consists of the Alaska Regional Directors 

of the Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Minerals Management Service, National 

Park Service, Geological Survey, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, State 

Director of the Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska Commissioners of 

the Department of Natural Resources 

and the Department of Fish and Game, 

the Mayor of the North Slope Borough, 

and the President of the Arctic Slope 

Regional Corporation. 

The duties of the Science Group are 

solely advisory to the Oversight Group. 

Duties will include the following: 

a. Advise the Oversight Group on 

science planning and relevant research 

and monitoring projects; 

b. Advise the Oversight Group on 

scientific information relevant to the 

Oversight Group’s mission: 

c. Review selected reports to advise 

the Oversight Group on their content 

and relevance; 

d. Review ongoing scientific programs 

of North Slope Science Initiative (NSSI)- 

member organizations on the North 

Slope at the request of the member 

organizations to promote compatibility 

in methodologies and compilation of 

data; 

e. Advise the Oversight Group on how 

to ensure that scientific products 

generated through NSSI activities are of 

the highest technical quality; 

f. Periodically review the North Slope 

Science Plan and provide 

recommendations for changes to the 

Oversight Group; 

g. Provide recommendations for 

proposed NSSI funded inventory, 

monitoring and research activities to the 

Oversight Group; 

h. Provide other scientific advice as 

requested by the Oversight Group; and 

i. Coordinate with groups and 

subgroups appointed or requested by 

the Oversight Group to provide science 

advice, as needed. 

The Science Technical Group will 

consist of up to 15 members. The 

Executive Director for the North Slope 

Science Initiative shall serve as the 

Designated Federal Officer for the 

Science Technical Group. Specifically, 

the membership will consist of 

professionals typically with advanced 

degrees and a minimum of 5 years of 

work experience in their field in Alaska, 

preferably in the North Slope region. 

Professionals will be selected from 

among but not limited to the following 

disciplines: expertise in North Slope 

traditional and local knowledge, 

landscape ecology, petroleum 

engineering, civil engineering, 

petroleum geology, botany, hydrology, 

limnology, habitat biology, wildlife 

biology, marine ecology, biometrics, 

sociology, cultural anthropology, 

economics, ornithology, oceanography, 

civil engineering, fisheries biology, and 

climatology. Any individual or 

organization may nominate one or more 

persons to serve on the Science 

Technical Group. Members will be 

appointed for 3-year terms, on a 

staggered term basis, with one-third of 

the Science Group members subject to 

appointment, or reappointment, each 

year. In order to establish these 

staggered terms all appointments begin 

on the effective date of this charter then 

one-third of the members’ terms will 

terminate in 1-year and one-third of the 

members’ terms will terminate in 2 

years. The terms of the remaining onethird of the membership will terminate 

in 3 years. Members will be appointed, 

or reappointed, each year thereafter for 

3-year terms. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

to the Science Technical Group. You 

may obtain nomination forms from the 

Executive Director, North Slope Science 

Initiative (see address above). To make 

a nomination, you must submit a 

completed nomination form with a 

letter of reference which speaks to the 

nominee’s qualifications to serve on the 

Science Technical Group. The 

professional discipline the nominee 

would like to represent should be 

identified in the letter of nomination 

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and in the nomination form. Nominees 

may be professionals from agencies, 

academia, businesses, Alaska Native 

organizations, or the public-at-large. 

Nominees selected to serve on the 

Science Technical Group will serve only 

in their professional capacity and will 

not serve to represent any group, agency 

or entity with whom they may be 

affiliated. 

The Executive Director shall collect 

the nomination forms and letters of 

reference and distribute them to the 

Oversight Group for the NSSI. The 

Oversight Group will submit their 

recommendations through the Bureau of 

Land Management to the Secretary of 

the Interior who has responsibility for 

making the appointments. 

Members on the Science Technical 

Group will serve without monetary 

compensation. Members will be 

reimbursed for travel and per diem 

expenses at current rates for Federal 

Government employees. 

Certification 

I hereby certify that the establishment 

of the Science Technical Group for the 

North Slope Science Initiative is 

necessary and in the public interest in 

connection with the Secretary of the 

Interior’s responsibilities to manage the 

lands, resources and facilities of the 

Department of the Interior. 

Date Signed: September 1, 2005. 

Gale A. Norton, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 05–18031 Filed 9–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO600–05–1040–MO] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Southwest 

Resource Advisory Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) Southwest 

Colorado Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Southwest Colorado RAC 

meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn 

at 4 p.m. on October 28, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The Southwest Colorado 

RAC meeting will be held at the 

Uncompahgre Field Office, 2505 S. 

Townsend Ave., Montrose, Colorado. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Sharrow, Field Manager, BLM 

Uncompahgre Field Office, 2505 S. 

Townsend Ave., Montrose, CO, 

telephone (970) 240–5300; or Melodie 

Lloyd, Public Affairs Specialist, BLM 

Western Slope Center, 2815 H Rd., 

Grand Junction, CO, telephone (970) 

244–3097. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with public lands 

managed by the BLM in southwestern 

Colorado. All meetings are open to the 

public. 

The purpose of the meeting: 

Field manager updates. 

Briefing on BLM sage grouse policies 

and strategies. 

Briefing on improved processes for 

lease sale notification. 

Briefing on land acquisition projects 

in southwestern Colorado. 

Schedule 2006 meetings. 

There will be an opportunity for the 

public to address the RAC at 2:30 p.m. 

Written comments may be submitted for 

the RAC’s consideration. Individuals 

who plan to attend and need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact the 

BLM as provided above. 

Dated: September 1, 2005. 

Barbara Sharrow, 

Lead Designated Federal Officer and 

Uncompahgre Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. 05–17900 Filed 9–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–960–1910–BJ–4789] ES–053726, Group 

No. 27, Illinois 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management. 

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of 

Survey; Illinois. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, 

Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date 

of publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 7450 

Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 

22153. Attn: Cadastral Survey. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was requested by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

The lands we surveyed are: 

Fourth Principal Meridian, Illinois 

T. 13 S., R. 1 W. 

The plat of survey represents the 

survey of a portion of the Lock and Dam 

No. 26 acquisition boundary on an 

island in the Mississippi River in 

Township 13 South, Range 1 West, of 

the Fourth Principal Meridian, in the 

State of Illinois, and was accepted 

September 2, 2005. We will place a copy 

of the plat we described in the open 

files. It will be made available to the 

public as a matter of information. 

Dated: September 2, 2005. 

Stephen D. Douglas, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. 05–17974 Filed 9–9–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–960–1420–BJ–TRST] ES–053722, 

Group No. 170, Minnesota 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plat survey; 

Minnesota. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, 

Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date 

of publication in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 7450 

Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 

22153. Attn: Cadastral Survey. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was requested by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs. 

The lands we surveyed are: 

Fifth Principal Meridian, Minnesota 

T. 143 N., R. 37 W. 

The plat of survey represents the 

dependent resurvey of portions of the south, 

east, west and north boundaries, a portion of 

the subdivisional lines; and the dependent 

resurvey and survey of the subdivision of 

sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 27, 

30, 32, 34 and 36, Township 143 North, 

Range 37 West, of the Fifth Principal 

Meridian, in the State of Minnesota., and was 

accepted September 1, 2005. We will place 

a copy of the plat we described in the open 

files. It will be available to the public as a 

matter of information. 

If BLM receives a protest against this 

survey, as shown on the plat, prior to 

the date of the official filing, we will 

stay the filing pending our 

consideration of the protest.