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the LBA process. The BLM will 

announce public meetings and other 

opportunities to submit comments on 

this project at least 15 days prior to the 

event. Announcements will be made 

through local news media and the 

Casper Field Office’s Web site: http://

www.wy.blm.gov/cfo.

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments or concerns to the BLM 

Casper Field Office, Attn: Nancy 

Doelger, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, 

Wyoming 82604. Written comments or 

resource information may be handdelivered to the BLM Casper Field 

Office. Comments or questions may also 

be sent by facsimile to the attention of 

Nancy Doelger at (307) 261–7587; or 

sent electronically to: 

casper_wymail@blm.gov. Please put 

Maysdorf Tract/Nancy Doelger in the 

subject line. 

Members of the public may examine 

documents pertinent to this proposal by 

visiting the Casper Field Office during 

its business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m.), Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

Your response is important and will 

be considered in the EIS process. If you 

do respond we will keep you informed 

of the availability of environmental 

documents that address impacts that 

might occur from this proposal. Please 

note that comments and information 

submitted regarding this project 

including names, electronic mail 

addresses and street addresses of the 

respondents will be available for public 

review and disclosure at the Casper 

Field Office. Individuals may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold 

your name, electronic mail address, or 

street address from public review or 

from disclosure under the Freedom of 

Information Act, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

written comment. Such requests will be 

honored to the extent allowed by law. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses, or from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Doelger or Mike Karbs, BLM 

Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector 

Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. Ms. 

Doelger or Mr. Karbs may also be 

reached by telephone at (307) 261–7600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Cordero 

Mining Company (CMC) initially filed 

an application to lease the Federal coal 

on the Maysdorf Tract adjacent to the 

Cordero Rojo Mine on September 20, 

2001. The Powder River Regional Coal 

Team reviewed this lease application at 

a public meeting held on May 30, 2002, 

in Casper, Wyoming, and recommended 

that BLM process it. 

CMC filed applications to modify the 

tract on May 22, 2002; April 30, 2004; 

and November 9, 2004. As currently 

filed, the application includes 

approximately 230.3 million tons of inplace Federal coal underlying the 

following lands in Campbell County, 

Wyoming:

T. 46 N., R. 71 W., 6th P.M., Wyoming 

Section 4: Lots 5, 6, 7 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 10 (E1⁄2

E1⁄2), 11, 12; 

Section 10: Lots 1, 2, 3 (N1⁄2, N1⁄2 S1⁄2), 4 

(N1⁄2, N1⁄2 S1⁄2), 5 (N1⁄2, N1⁄2 S1⁄2), 6 (N1⁄2, N1⁄2

S1⁄2); 

Section 11: Lots 1 through 8, 9 (N1⁄2, N1⁄2

S1⁄2), 10 (N1⁄2, N1⁄2 S1⁄2), 11 (N1⁄2, N1⁄2 S1⁄2), 

12 (N1⁄2, N1⁄2 S1⁄2); 

T. 47 N., R. 71 W, 6th P.M., Wyoming

Section 8: Lots 3 through 6, 11 through 13; 

Section 21: Lots 1, 2, 3 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 6 (E1⁄2

E1⁄2), 7 through 10, 11 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 14 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 

15, 16; 

Section 28: Lots 1, 2, 3 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 6 (E1⁄2

E1⁄2), 7 through 10, 11 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 14 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 

15, 16; 

Section 33: Lots 1, 2, 3 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 6 (E1⁄2

E1⁄2), 7 through 10, 11 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 14 (E1⁄2 E1⁄2), 

15, 16. 

Containing 2,219.39 acres more or less.

The surface estate of Lots 3, 4, 5, of 

Section 10, and Lot 4 of Section 11, T. 

46 N., R. 71 W., containing 132.13 acres, 

more or less, is owned by the Federal 

government and administered by the 

BLM. The remainder of the surface 

estate is privately owned. 

CMC proposes to mine the tract as a 

part of the Cordero Rojo Mine. At the 

2003 mining rate of 36 million tons per 

year, the coal included in the Maysdorf 

Tract would extend the life of the 

Cordero Rojo Mine six to seven years. In 

accordance with 43 CFR 3425.1–9, BLM 

will evaluate the tract’s proximity to all 

mining operations and may decide to 

add or subtract Federal coal lands to 

avoid bypassing coal or to increase 

potential competitive interest in the 

tract. 

The Cordero Rojo Mine is operating 

under approved mining permits from 

the Wyoming Department of 

Environmental Quality, Land Quality 

and Air Quality Divisions. 

The Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) 

will be a cooperating agency in the 

preparation of the EIS. If the Maysdorf 

Tract is leased to the applicant, the new 

lease must be incorporated into the 

existing mining and reclamation plan 

for the adjacent mine and the Secretary 

of the Interior must approve the revision 

to the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) 

mining plan before the Federal coal in 

the tract can be mined. OSM is the 

Federal agency that would be 

responsible for recommending approval, 

approval with conditions, or 

disapproval of the revised MLA mining 

plan to the office of the Secretary of the 

Interior if this tract is leased. 

The BLM will provide interested 

parties the opportunity to submit 

comments or relevant information or 

both. This information will help BLM 

identify issues to be considered in 

preparing a draft EIS and in evaluating 

the FMV and MER of the Federal coal 

included in the Maysdorf Tract. Issues 

that have been raised during processing 

previous EISs in the Wyoming PRB 

include: the need for resolution of 

conflicts between existing and proposed 

oil and gas development including coal 

bed natural gas (CBNG) and coal mining 

on the tract proposed for leasing; 

potential impacts to big game herds and 

hunting; potential impacts to sage 

grouse; potential impacts to listed 

threatened and endangered species; 

potential health impacts related to 

blasting; the need to consider the 

cumulative impacts of coal leasing 

decisions combined with other existing 

and proposed development in the 

Wyoming PRB; and potential site 

specific and cumulative impacts on air 

and water quality. 

The BLM open house that precedes 

the scoping meeting will provide 

information about the PRB Coal Review, 

a regional technical study being 

prepared to update the BLM’s current 

status of coal development in the PRB, 

and to forecast coal and related 

industrial development. Based on these 

two review documents, a cumulative 

impact analysis will be developed for 

use in future EISs, including the EIS 

that BLM will prepare for the Maysdorf 

Tract.

Alan L. Kesterke, 

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 05–1599 Filed 1–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation 

Agency Information Collection; 

Proposed Revisions to a Currently 

Approved Information Collection; 

Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently 

approved collection (OMB No. 1006–

0005). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

5220 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 20 / Tuesday, February 1, 2005 / Notices 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of 

Reclamation (we, our, or us) intends to 

submit a request for renewal (with 

revisions) of an existing approved 

information collection to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB): 

Individual Landholder’s and Farm 

Operator’s Certification and Reporting 

Forms for Acreage Limitation, 43 CFR 

part 426 and 43 CFR part 428, OMB 

Control Number: 1006–0005. This 

information collection is required under 

the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 

(RRA), Acreage Limitation Rules and 

Regulations, 43 CFR part 426, and 

Information Requirements for Certain 

Farm Operations In Excess of 960 Acres 

and the Eligibility of Certain Formerly 

Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428. We 

request your comments on the revised 

RRA forms and specific aspects of the 

information collection.

DATES: Your written comments must be 

received on or before April 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may send written 

comments to the Bureau of Reclamation, 

Attention: D–5300, PO Box 25007, 

Denver, CO 80225–0007. You may 

request copies of the proposed revised 

forms by writing to the above address or 

by contacting Stephanie McPhee at: 

(303) 445–2897.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445–2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Individual Landholder’s and 

Farm Operator’s Certification and 

Reporting Forms for Acreage Limitation, 

43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR part 428. 

Abstract: This information collection 

requires certain landholders (direct or 

indirect landowners or lessees) and farm 

operators to complete forms 

demonstrating their compliance with 

the acreage limitation provisions of 

Federal reclamation law. These forms 

are submitted to districts who use the 

information to establish each 

landholder’s status with respect to 

landownership limitations, full-cost 

pricing thresholds, lease requirements, 

and other provisions of Federal 

reclamation law. In addition, forms are 

submitted by certain farm operators to 

provide information concerning the 

services they provide and the nature of 

their farm operating arrangements. All 

landholders whose entire westwide 

landholdings total 40 acres or less are 

exempt from the requirement to submit 

RRA forms. Landholders who are 

‘‘Aqualified recipients’’ have RRA forms 

submittal thresholds of 80 acres or 240 

acres depending on the district’s RRA 

forms submittal threshold category 

where the land is held. Only farm 

operators who provide multiple services 

to more than 960 acres held in trusts or 

by legal entities are required to submit 

forms. 

Changes to the RRA Forms and the 

Instructions to Those Forms 

We made a few editorial changes to 

the currently approved RRA forms and 

the instructions to those forms that are 

designed to assist the respondents by 

increasing their understanding of the 

forms, clarifying the instructions for use 

when completing the forms, and 

clarifying the information that is 

required to be submitted to the districts 

with the forms. The proposed revisions 

to the RRA forms will be included 

starting in the 2006 water year. 

In response to Reclamation’s efforts to 

fully implement the acreage limitation 

provisions applicable to public entities 

(43 CFR 426.10 and the Act of July 7, 

1970, Pub. L. 91–310), we have revised 

the existing ‘‘Declaration of Public 

Entities Landholdings’’ (Form 7–21PE) 

to allow Reclamation to ascertain 

required information about public 

entities’ landholdings and the revenue 

generated from public entities’ farming 

activities. There is expected to be a 

minimal increase in burden hours 

resulting from the changes to this form 

because (1) the number of public 

entities expected to complete the 

revised areas of Form 7–21PE is 

minimal, (2) the majority of public 

entities will continue to submit the 

same information on the revised Form 

7–21PE that they have already been 

submitting on the current Form 7–21PE, 

and (3) the majority of pubic entities 

will be allowed to skip entire sections 

of the revised Form 7–21PE based on 

the characteristics of their farming 

activities. The proposed revisions to 

Form 7–21PE will be included starting 

in the 2006 water year. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondents: Landholders and farm 

operators of certain lands in our 

projects, whose landholdings exceed 

specified RRA forms submittal 

thresholds. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 17,875. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.02. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 18,233.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 13,590 hours. 

Estimate of Burden for Each Form:

Form No. 

Burden estimate per form 

(in minutes) 

Number of respondents 

Annual number of responses Annual burden 

on respondents (in hours) 

Form 7–2180 ................................................................................................... 60 4,963 5,062 5,062 

Form 7–2180EZ ............................................................................................... 45 503 513 385 

Form 7–2181 ................................................................................................... 78 1,467 1,496 1,945 

Form 7–2184 ................................................................................................... 45 36 37 28 

Form 7–2190 ................................................................................................... 60 1,845 1,882 1,882 

Form 7–2190EZ ............................................................................................... 45 109 111 83 

Form 7–2191 ................................................................................................... 78 880 898 1,167 

Form 7–2194 ................................................................................................... 45 4 4 3 

Form 7–21PE ................................................................................................... 75 178 182 228 

Form 7–21PE–IND .......................................................................................... 12 5 5 1 

Form 7–21TRUST ........................................................................................... 60 1,045 1,066 1,066 

Form 7–21VERIFY .......................................................................................... 12 6,237 6,362 1,272 

Form 7–21FC ................................................................................................... 30 243 248 124 

Form 7–21XS ................................................................................................... 30 164 167 84 

Form 7–21FARMOP ........................................................................................ 78 196 200 260 

Comments 

Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of our functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical use; 

(b) The accuracy of our burden 

estimate for the proposed collection of 

information; 

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(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

We will summarize all comments 

received regarding this notice. We will 

publish that summary in the Federal 

Register when the information 

collection request is submitted to OMB 

for review and approval. 

Department of the Interior practice is 

to make comments, including names 

and home addresses of respondents, 

available for public review. Individual 

respondents may request that we 

withhold their home address from 

public disclosure, which we will honor 

to the extent allowable by law. There 

also may be circumstances in which we 

would withhold a respondent’s identity 

from public disclosure, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name and/or address, you must state 

this prominently at the beginning of 

your comment. We will make all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public disclosure in their entirety.

Dated: January 14, 2005. 

Roseann Gonzales, 

Director, Office of Program and Policy 

Services, Denver Office.

[FR Doc. 05–1789 Filed 1–31–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Revisions to a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection; Comment Request

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently 

approved collection (OMB No. 1006–

0023). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Bureau of 

Reclamation (we, our, or us) intends to 

submit a request for renewal (with 

revisions) of an existing approved 

information collection to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB): 

Limited Recipient Identification Sheet, 

Trust Information Sheet for Acreage 

Limitation, 43 CFR part 426, OMB 

Control Number: 1006–0023. As a result 

of Reclamation’s activities to fully 

implement the acreage limitation 

provisions applicable to public entities 

(43 CFR 426.10 and the Act of July 7, 

1970, Public Law 91–310), a new 

‘‘Public Entity Information Sheet’’

(Form 7–2565) has been developed for 

approval as part of this information 

collection. We request your comments 

on the proposed RRA forms and specific 

aspects of the information collection.

DATES: Your written comments must be 

received on or before April 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may send written 

comments to the Bureau of Reclamation, 

Attention: D–5300, PO Box 25007, 

Denver, CO 80225–0007. You may 

request copies of the proposed forms by 

writing to the above address or by 

contacting Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 

445–2897.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephanie McPhee at: (303) 445–2897.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Limited Recipient Identification 

Sheet, Trust Information Sheet, Public 

Entity Information Sheet for Acreage 

Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and the Act 

of July 7, 1970, Public Law 91–310. 

Abstract: Identification of limited 

recipients—Some entities that receive 

Reclamation irrigation water may 

believe that they are under the RRA 

forms submittal threshold and 

consequently, may not submit the 

appropriate RRA form(s). However, 

some of these entities may in fact have 

a different RRA forms submittal 

threshold than what they believe it to be 

due to the number of natural persons 

benefiting from each entity and the 

location of the land held by each entity. 

In addition, some entities that are 

exempt from the requirement to submit 

RRA forms due to the size of their 

landholdings (directly and indirectly 

owned and leased land) may in fact be 

receiving Reclamation irrigation water 

for which the full-cost rate must be paid 

because the start of Reclamation 

irrigation water deliveries occurred after 

October 1, 1981 (43 CFR 426.6(b)(2)). 

The information obtained through 

completion of the Limited Recipient 

Identification Sheet allows us to 

establish entities’ compliance with 

Federal reclamation law. The Limited 

Recipient Identification Sheet is 

disbursed at our discretion. The 

proposed revisions to the Limited 

Recipient Identification Sheet will be 

included starting in the 2006 water year, 

and are designed to facilitate ease of 

completion. 

Trust review—We are required to 

review and approve all trusts (43 CFR 

426.7(b)(2)) in order to ensure trusts 

meet the regulatory criteria specified in 

43 CFR 426.7. Land held in trust 

generally will be attributed to the 

beneficiaries of the trust rather than the 

trustee if the criteria are met. When we 

become aware of trusts with a relatively 

small landholding (40 acres or less), we 

may extend to those trusts the option to 

complete and submit for our review the 

Trust Information Sheet instead of 

actual trust documents. If we find 

nothing on the completed Trust 

Information Sheet that would warrant 

the further investigation of a particular 

trust, that trustee will not be burdened 

with submitting trust documents to us 

for in-depth review. The Trust 

Information Sheet is disbursed at our 

discretion. The proposed revisions to 

the Trust Information Sheet will be 

included starting in the 2006 water year, 

and are designed to facilitate ease of 

completion. 

Acreage limitation provisions 

applicable to public entities—Land 

farmed by a public entity can be 

considered exempt from the application 

of the acreage limitation provisions 

provided the public entity meets certain 

criteria pertaining to the revenue 

generated through the entity’s farming 

activities (43 CFR 426.10 and the Act of 

July 7, 1970, Public Law 91–310). We 

are required to ascertain whether or not 

public entities that receive Reclamation 

irrigation water meet such revenue 

criteria regardless of how much land the 

public entities hold (directly or 

indirectly own or lease) (43 CFR 

426.10(a)). In order to minimize the 

burden on public entities, standard RRA 

forms are submitted by a public entity 

only when the public entity holds more 

than 40 acres, which makes it difficult 

to apply the revenue criteria as required 

to those public entities that hold less 

than 40 acres. A new ‘‘Public Entity 

Information Sheet’’ (Form 7–2565) has 

been developed for approval as part of 

this information collection. The 

information obtained through 

completion of Form 7–2565 allows us to 

establish compliance with Federal 

reclamation law for those public entities 

that hold less than 40 acres and thus do 

not submit a standard RRA form 

because they are below the RRA forms 

submittal threshold. In addition, for 

those public entities that do not meet 

the exemption criteria, we must 

determine the proper rate to charge for 

Reclamation irrigation water deliveries. 

There is anticipated to be a very 

minimal increase in burden hours 

resulting from the addition of this form 

because of the very limited type of 

landholders that can use this form (i.e., 

only those public entities that hold less