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(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information 

collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are 

required to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 

(MLA), 30 U.S.C. 191 et seq., gives the 

Secretary of the Interior responsibility 

for oil and gas leasing on approximately 

570 million acres of public lands and 

national forests, and private lands 

where the mineral rights are reserved by 

the Federal government. The Act of May 

21, 1930 (30 U.S.C. 301–306), authorizes 

the leasing of oil and gas deposits under 

railroads and other rights-of-way. The 

Act of August 7, 1947 (Mineral Leasing 

Act of Acquired Lands), authorizes the 

Secretary to lease lands acquired by the 

United States (30 U.S.C. 341–359). The 

regulations under 43 CFR part 3000 et 

al. authorize BLM to manage the oil and 

gas leasing and exploration activities. 

Without the information, BLM would 

not be able to analyze and approve oil 

and gas leasing and exploration 

activities. 

BLM collects nonform information on 

oil and gas leasing and exploration 

activities when the lessee, record title 

holder, operating rights owner, or 

operator files any of the following 

information for BLM to adjudicate: 

43 CFR Information collection requirements Number of 

responses 

Reporting 

hours per 

respondent 

Total hours 

3100.3–1 ..................................... Notice of option holdings ................................................................ 30 1 30 

3100.3–3 ..................................... Option statement ............................................................................ 50 1 50 

3101.2–4(a) ................................ Excess acreage petition ................................................................. 10 1 10 

3101.2–6 ..................................... Showings statement ....................................................................... 10 1.5 15 

31.1.3–1 ...................................... Joinder evidence statement ........................................................... 50 1 50 

3103.4–1 ..................................... Waiver, suspension, reduction of rental, etc. ................................. 20 2 40 

3105.2 ......................................... Communitization or drilling agreement ........................................... 150 2 300 

3105.3 ......................................... Operating, drilling, development contracts interest statement ....... 50 2 100 

3105.4 ......................................... Joint operations; transportation of oil applications ......................... 20 1 20 

3105.5 ......................................... Subsurface storage application ...................................................... 50 1 50 

3106.8–1 ..................................... Heirs and devisee statement .......................................................... 40 1 40 

3106.8–2 ..................................... Change of name report .................................................................. 60 1 60 

3106.8–3 ..................................... Corporate merger notice ................................................................ 100 2 200 

3107.8 ......................................... Lease renewal application .............................................................. 30 1 30 

3108.1 ......................................... Relinquishments ............................................................................. 150 .5 75 

3108.2 ......................................... Reinstatement petition .................................................................... 500 .5 250 

3109.1 ......................................... Leasing under rights-of-way application ......................................... 20 1 20 

3120.1–1(e) ................................ Lands available for leasing ............................................................. 280 2.5 700 

3120.1–3 ..................................... Protests and appeals ...................................................................... 90 1.5 135 

3152.1 ......................................... Oil and gas exploration in Alaska application ................................ 20 1 20 

3152.6 ......................................... Data collection ................................................................................ 20 1 20 

3152.7 ......................................... Completion of operations report ..................................................... 20 1 20 

Totals ................................... ......................................................................................................... 1,770 .................... 2,235 

BLM collects the information in the 

regulations that address oil and gas 

drainage and no form is required. 

Type of drainage analysis 

Number 

of analyses Hours 

Preliminary ...................... 1,000 2,000 

Detailed ........................... 100 2,400 

Additional ........................ 10 200 

Total ......................... 1,110 4,600 

Based upon our experience managing 

oil and gas activities, we estimate for the 

information collection 2,880 responses 

per year with an annual information 

burden of 6,835 hours. 

BLM will summarize all responses to 

this notice and include them in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: September 14, 2005. 

Ian Senio, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18699 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–025–1232–EA–NV06; Special 

Recreation Permit # NV–025–05–01] 

Notice of Temporary Closure of Public 

Lands: Pershing, Washoe, & Humboldt 

Counties, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Winnemucca Field Office, Nevada, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice to the public of 

temporary closures on public lands 

administered by the Bureau of Land 

Management, Winnemucca Field Office, 

Nevada. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

certain lands will be temporarily closed 

to public use in and around the Paragon 

Astronautics rocket launch site, located 

in Pershing, Washoe and Humboldt 

counties, Nevada, from 0700 to 1200 

hours, September 27, 2005–September 

30, 2005; October 3, 2005–October 7, 

2005; and October 11, 2005–October 14, 

2005. These closures are being made in 

the interest of public safety at and 

around the location of an amateur highaltitude rocket launch site. This event is 

expected to attract approximately 50 

participants. The lands involved are 

located northeast of Gerlach, Nevada in 

the Mount Diablo Meridian. 

The following Public Lands are closed 

to public use: Public land areas north of 

the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, east of 

State Highway 34 and County Road 200, 

and west of the Pahute Peak and Black 

Rock Desert wilderness boundaries 

within the following legally described 

areas: 

Unsurveyed T33.5N, R24E 

Sec. 25–28, 33–36 

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Unsurveyed T33N R24E 

Sec., 1–5, 8–12, 14–18, 19–22, 29–30 

Unsurveyed T33N, R25E 

Sec. 3,4 

Unsurveyed T34N, R24E 

Sec. 1,2, 11,12, 13–15, 22–24, 25–27, 

34–36 

Unsurveyed T34N, R25E 

Sec.1–4, 9–16, 21–28, 33–36 

Unsurveyed T34N, R26E 

Sec. 1–23, 28–31 

Unsurveyed T34N, R27E 

Sec. 3–6, 7, 8 

Unsurveyed T35.5N, R25E 

Sec. 27–29, 32–34 

Unsurveyed T35.5N, R26E 

Sec. 25–36 

Unsurveyed T35N, R24E 

Sec. 13, 24–26, 35, 36 

Unsurveyed T35N, R25E 

Sec. 1–4,9–16, 21–28, 33–36 

Unsurveyed T35N, R26E 

Unsurveyed T35N R27E 

Unsurveyed T36N, R25E 

Sec. 1–3, 9–16, 21–28, 32–36 

Unsurveyed T36N, R26E 

Unsurveyed T36N, R27E 

Sec. 4–9, 16–21, 28–33 

Unsurveyed T37N, R25E 

Sec. 22–27, 34–36 

Unsurveyed T37N, R26E 

Sec. 19–36 

Unsurveyed T37N, R27E 

Sec. 19–21, 28–33 

To ensure public safety these lands 

will be closed to public use from 0700–

1200 hours during the Paragon 

Astronautics permit period, with the 

exception of BLM personnel, law 

enforcement, emergency medical 

services, and Paragon Astronautics staff 

as designated by the BLM authorized 

officer. 

A map showing these temporary 

closures, restrictions and prohibitions is 

available from the following BLM 

offices: 

BLM-Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 

East Winnemucca Blvd, Winnemucca, 

Nevada 89445–2921. 

BLM-State Office, 1340 Financial Blvd, 

Reno, Nevada 89520–0006. 

DATES: Closure to public use from 0700–

1200 hours, September 27–30, 2005; 

October 3–7, 2005; and October 11–14, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Lefevre, National Conservation 

Area Outdoor Recreation Planner, 

Bureau of Land Management, 

Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 E 

Winnemucca Blvd, Winnemucca, NV 

89445, telephone: (775) 623–1500. 

Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1. 

Penalty: Any person failing to comply 

with the closure orders may be subject 

to imprisonment for not more than 12 

months, or a fine in accordance with the 

applicable provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3571, 

or both. 

Gail G. Givens, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. 05–18607 Filed 9–19–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–056–1430–EU; N–61362] 

Recreation and Public Purposes Act 

Classification, Nye County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has examined and 

found suitable for classification for lease 

or conveyance under the provisions of 

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act 

approximately 82.81 acres of public 

land in Nye County, Nevada. The Nye 

County School District proposes to use 

the land for school site purposes. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments to the BLM at the 

address stated below. Comments must 

be received by not later than November 

4, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Please mail your comments 

to the Las Vegas Field Manager, Bureau 

of Land Management, Las Vegas Field 

Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, 

Las Vegas, Nevada 89130–2301. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shawna Woods, Realty Specialist at the 

above address or by telephone at (702) 

515–5099. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following described public land near 

Pahrump, Nevada in Nye County has 

been examined and found suitable for 

classification for lease or conveyance 

under the provisions of the Recreation 

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as 

amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.) and is 

hereby classified accordingly: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 21 S., R 53 E., 

Sec. 3, Lots 2 and 3. 

Containing 82.82 acres, more or less. 

In accordance with the R&PP Act, the 

Nye County School District has filed a 

petition/application and Plan of 

Development for an elementary school 

campus, bus storage, and maintenance 

yard. The Plan of Development was 

subsequently amended to add a middle 

school and high school. The land is not 

required for any federal purpose. The 

lease or conveyance is consistent with 

the Las Vegas Resource Management 

Plan, dated October 5, 1998, and would 

be in the public interest. The lease or 

conveyance, when issued, will be 

subject to the following terms, 

conditions, and reservations: 

1. Provisions of the Recreation and 

Public Purposes Act are all applicable 

regulation of the Secretary of the 

Interior. 

2. Reservation of a right-of-way 

thereon for ditches or canals 

constructed by the authority of the 

United States, Act of August 30, 1890 

(26 Stat. 391, 43 U.S.C. 945). 

3. All minerals shall be reserved to 

the United States, together with the 

right to prospect for, mine, and remove 

such deposits from the same under 

applicable laws and regulations 

established by the Secretary of the 

Interior. 

And will be subject to: 

Valid existing rights of record, 

including those documented on the 

official public land records at the time 

of lease or patent issuance. 

These lands were previously 

identified for exchange and segregated 

from mineral entry under case file 

number N–61968FD, with record 

notation as of October 1, 2002. The 

exchange is no longer being pursued, 

the associated segregation, therefore, 

will terminate upon the date and time 

of publication of this Notice of Realty 

Action in the Federal Register, and the 

lands will thereupon be opened to 

disposal. 

(43 CFR 2201.1–2(c)(2)) 

Detailed information concerning the 

proposed action, including but not 

limited to documentation relating to 

compliance with applicable 

environmental and cultural resource 

laws, is available for review at the BLM, 

4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, Las 

Vegas, Nevada 89130, and telephone: 

(702) 515–5099. 

On September 20, 2005, the above 

described land will be segregated from 

all other forms of appropriation under 

the public land laws, including the 

general mining laws, except for leasing 

or conveyance under the R&PP Act and 

leasing under the mineral leasing laws. 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments regarding the proposed lease 

or conveyance or classification of the 

land to the Field Manager at the address 

stated above in this notice for that 

purposes. Comments must be received 

by not later than November 4, 2005. 

Classification Comments: Interested 

parties may submit comments involving 

the suitability of the land for an 

elementary school campus, bus storage,