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RESPONDENTS’ ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS—Continued 

30 CFR parts 210 and 216 Reporting requirement Burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

number of 

responses 

Annual burden 

hours 

(a) Any operator of an offshore Facility Measurement 

Point * * * must file a Production Allocation 

Schedule Report (Form MMS–4058) * * *.

.25 hour (Manual) ........... 3,120 780 

(b) You must submit a Production Allocation Schedule Report, Form MMS–4058, for each calendar 

month * * *. 

(c) MMS must receive your Form MMS–4058 * * *. 

(1) Electronically * * *. 

(2) Other than electronically * * *. 

216.57 ................................ § 216.57 Stripper royalty rate reduction notification ... Burden covered under OMB Control Number 1010–0090 

(expires October 31, 2007). 

* * * Operators who have been granted a reduced 

royalty rate(s) * * * must submit a Stripper Royalty Rate. 

Reduction Notification (Form MMS–4377) to MMS 

* * *. 

Total ............................ ..................................................................................... ......................................... 310,401 76,631 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour’’ Cost 

Burden: Reporters require access to the 

Internet through a subscription to an 

Internet provider service. The annual 

subscription is estimated at $240 per 

reporter. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a person is not required to respond to, 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Comments: Before submitting an ICR 

to OMB, PRA Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide 

notice * * * and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information * * *.’’

Agencies must specifically solicit 

comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

duties, including whether the 

information is useful; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

The PRA also requires agencies to 

estimate the total annual reporting 

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burden to respondents 

or recordkeepers resulting from the 

collection of information. We have not 

identified non-hour cost burdens for 

this information collection. If you have 

costs to generate, maintain, and disclose 

this information, you should comment 

and provide your total capital and 

startup cost components or annual 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of service components. You should 

describe the methods you use to 

estimate major cost factors, including 

system and technology acquisition, 

expected useful life of capital 

equipment, discount rate(s), and the 

period over which you incur costs. 

Capital and startup costs include, 

among other items, computers and 

software you purchase to prepare for 

collecting information; monitoring, 

sampling, and testing equipment; and 

record storage facilities. Generally, your 

estimates should not include equipment 

or services purchased: (i) Before October 

1, 1995; (ii) to comply with 

requirements not associated with the 

information collection; (iii) for reasons 

other than to provide information or 

keep records for the Government; or (iv) 

as part of customary and usual business 

or private practices. 

We will summarize written responses 

to this notice and address them in our 

ICR submission for OMB approval, 

including appropriate adjustments to 

the estimated burden. We will provide 

a copy of the ICR to you without charge 

upon request. The ICR also will be 

posted on our Web site at http:// 

www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. 

Public Comment Policy: We will post 

all comments in response to this notice 

on our Web site at http:// 

www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

FRNotices/FRInfColl.htm. We also will 

make copies of the comments available 

for public review, including names and 

addresses of respondents, during regular 

business hours at our offices in 

Lakewood, Colorado. Upon request, we 

will withhold an individual 

respondent’s home address from the 

public record, as allowable by law. 

There also may be circumstances in 

which we would withhold a 

respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you request that we withhold 

your name and/or address, state your 

request prominently at the beginning of 

your comment. However, we will not 

consider anonymous comments. 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 inspection in their entirety. 

MMS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202) 

208–7744. 

Dated: August 29, 2005. 

Lucy Querques Denett, 

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–18161 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska 

Region, Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale 193 for Year 2007 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare 

an environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: A Call for Information and 

Nominations was published in the 

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Federal Register on February 9, 2005. 

The Call area was identical to the 

program area chosen by the Secretary 

for leasing consideration in the 5-Year 

Program for 2002–2007—approximately 

34 million acres located offshore the 

coast of Alaska at a distance from shore 

ranging from 8 nautical miles to 200 

nautical miles. Water depths range from 

32 feet to 230 feet; a small portion of the 

northeast corner of the Chukchi Sea area 

drops to approximately 3,000 feet. 

Scoping meetings will then be held as 

needed in appropriate locations. 

The response to the February 2005 

Call for Information for the Chukchi Sea 

Planning Area indicated a broader 

industry interest than envisioned in the 

‘‘special’’ sale process outlined in the 

Federal Register notice. Instead of 

nominating a small ‘‘focused’’ area, 

industry commenters proposed 

consideration of a substantial portion of 

the planning area. MMS has concluded 

that consideration of such a large area 

has merit in light of the significant 

resource potential and the 

Administration’s goal to expedite 

exploration of domestic energy 

resources. However, consideration of 

such a proposal warrants a more 

extensive National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) review than 

contemplated under the ‘‘special’’ sale 

process that MMS initially considered. 

Therefore, MMS will initiate a process 

to prepare a comprehensive ‘‘areawide’’

Chukchi Sea EIS. As a result, however, 

it may not be possible to complete such 

an EIS in time to allow a sale during the 

current program. Nonetheless, MMS 

will initiate the process at this time to 

preserve the Secretary’s options. 

Commencement of the consultative 

process in the near future will allow the 

Secretary to consider a Chukchi lease 

sale either at the end of the 2002–2007 

Program or early in the schedule for the 

next 5-Year Program for 2007–2012, but 

only if such a proposed sale is adopted 

in the next 5-year program. The decision 

whether to include such a sale will be 

made during the process of developing 

the 5-Year Program for 2007–2012. 

Our first action to initiate the NEPA 

review is to issue this NOI. Scoping 

meetings will then be held as needed in 

appropriate locations. 

DATES: Comments must be received no 

later than October 31, 2005 in envelopes 

labeled ‘‘Comments on the Notice of 

Intent to Prepare an EIS for Proposed 

Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 included in 

the 5-Year Program 2002–2007.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please call David Johnston at (907) 334–

5273 in MMS’s Alaska OCS Region 

regarding questions on the NOI. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement 

1. Authority 

The NOI is published pursuant to the 

regulations (40 CFR 1501.7) 

implementing the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

(1988)) (NEPA). 

2. Purpose of Notice of Intent 

Pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR 

1501.7) implementing the procedural 

provisions of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), MMS is 

announcing its intent to prepare an EIS 

for the Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease 

Sale 193, which is identified in the 5- 

Year Program (July 2002 through June 

2007). The EIS analysis will focus on 

the potential environmental effects of 

the sale, exploration, development and 

production in the areas selected to be 

considered for leasing. This NOI also 

serves to announce the initiation of the 

scoping process for this EIS. Throughout 

the scoping process, Federal, State, 

Tribal, and local governments and other 

interested parties aid MMS in 

determining the significant issues, 

potential alternatives, mitigating 

measures and alternatives to be 

analyzed in the EIS and the possible 

need for additional information. 

Alternatives to the proposals that may 

be considered are to delay the sale; 

modify the size, area, or terms of the 

sale; or cancel the sale. These and any 

additional alternatives developed 

through the scoping and analytical 

process will be considered in the salespecific decision process. Scoping is 

intended to solicit input on the scope of 

the EIS—specifically the issues, 

alternatives, and mitigation measures. 

Scoping meetings will be held, as 

needed, in appropriate locations that 

MMS will announce at a later date. 

3. Instructions on Notice of Intent 

Federal, state, tribal, and local 

governments and other interested 

parties are requested to send their 

written comments on the scope of the 

EIS, significant issues that should be 

addressed, and potential alternatives 

and mitigating measures that should be 

considered to the Regional Supervisor, 

Leasing and Environment, Alaska OCS 

Region. Comments should be enclosed 

in an envelope labeled ‘‘Comments on 

the Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS on 

Proposed Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193 

included in the 5-Year Program, 2002–

2007.’’ Comments are due no later than 

October 31, 2005. 

If you wish to comment on this 

decision or provide scoping comments 

on the EIS, you may submit your 

comments by any one the following 

methods: 

• You may mail comments to: Alaska 

OCS Region, Minerals Management 

Service, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 

500, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503–5823, 

http://www.mms.gov/alaska. 

• You may also comment via e-mail 

to ChukchiSeaSale193@mms.gov. Please 

submit Internet comments as an ASCII 

file avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption. 

Please also include ‘‘Attn: Sale 193 

EIS’’, in the subject line, and your name 

and return address in your Internet 

message. If you do not receive a 

confirmation from the system that we 

have received your Internet message, 

contact us directly at (907) 334–5207. 

• Finally, you may hand-deliver 

comments to the address above. 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their address from the 

rulemaking record, which we will honor 

to the extent allowable by law. There 

also may be circumstances in which we 

would withhold a respondent’s identity, 

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. However, 

we will not consider anonymous 

comments. 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 inspection in their entirety. 

4. Cooperating Agency 

The Department of the Interior invites 

other Federal, state, tribal, and local 

governments to consider becoming 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the EIS. We invite qualified 

government entities to inquire about 

cooperating agency status for this lease 

sale EIS. Per guidelines from the 

Council of Environmental Quality 

(CEQ), qualified agencies and 

governments are those with 

‘‘jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise.’’ Potential cooperating 

agencies should consider their authority 

and capacity to assume the 

responsibilities of a cooperating agency 

and to remember that your role in the 

environmental analysis neither enlarges 

nor diminishes the final decision 

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making authority of any other agency 

involved in the NEPA process. Upon 

request, MMS will provide potential 

cooperating agencies with a written 

summary of ground rules for 

cooperating agencies, including time 

schedules and critical action dates, 

milestones, responsibilities, scope and 

detail of cooperating agencies’

contributions, and availability of predecisional information. MMS 

anticipates this summary will form the 

basis for a Memorandum of 

Understanding between the MMS and 

each cooperating agency. You should 

also consider the ‘‘Factors for 

Determining Cooperating Agency 

Status’’ in Attachment 1 to CEQ’s 

January 30, 2002, Memorandum for the 

Heads of Federal Agencies on 

Cooperating Agencies in Implementing 

the Procedural Requirements of The 

National Environmental Policy Act. A 

copy of this document is available at: 

(http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ 

cooperating/ 

cooperatingagenciesmemorandum.html) 

and (http://ceq.eh.doe.gov/nepa/regs/ 

cooperating/ 

cooperatingagencymemofactors.html). 

The MMS, as the lead agency, will not 

be providing financial assistance to 

cooperating agencies. Even if your 

organization is not a cooperating 

agency, you will continue to have 

opportunities to provide information 

and comments to MMS during the 

normal public input phases of the 

NEPA/EIS process. MMS will also 

consult with Tribal governments on a 

Government-to-Government basis. If you 

would like further information about 

cooperating agencies, please contact Mr. 

Paul Stang, Regional Supervisor, 

Leasing and Environment, at the address 

noted above or by phone at (907) 334–

5230. 

5. Existing Information 

The MMS has acquired a substantial 

amount of information, including that 

gained through the use of traditional 

knowledge, on the issues and concerns 

related to oil and gas leasing in the 

Chukchi Sea. Much of this information 

has been developed as a result of past 

lease sales and Environmental Impact 

Statements in the Chukchi Sea. In 

addition, an extensive environmental, 

social, and economic studies program 

has been underway in this area since 

1975 in Alaska. The emphasis has been 

on geologic mapping, environmental 

characterization of biologically-sensitive 

habitats, endangered whales and marine 

mammals, physical oceanography, 

ocean-circulation modeling, and 

ecological and socio-cultural effects of 

oil and gas activities. 

Information on the studies program, 

completed studies, and a program status 

report for continuing studies in this area 

may be obtained from the Chief, 

Environmental Studies Section, Alaska 

OCS Region, by telephone request at 

(907) 334–5280, or by written request at 

the address stated under NOI comments 

above. A request may also be made via 

the Alaska Region Web site at http:// 

www.mms.gov/alaska/ref/pubindex/ 

pubsindex.htm. 

Dated: August 30, 2005. 

Francis Hodsoll, 

Acting Director, Minerals Management 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–18281 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

September 1, 2005. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) has 

submitted the following public 

information collection request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. chapter 35). A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting Darrin King on 202–693–

4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

email: king.darrin@dol.gov. 

Comments should be sent to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

Employment Standards Administration 

(ESA), Office of Management and 

Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC 

20503, 202–395–7316 (this is not a tollfree number), within 30 days from the 

date of this publication in the Federal 

Register. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Agency: Employment Standards 

Administration. 

Type of Review: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Construction Recordkeeping 

and Reporting. 

OMB Number: 1215–0163. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Type of Response: Recordkeeping; 

Reporting; and Third party disclosure. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit and Not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 178,487. 

Annual Reponses: 178,487. 

Average Response Time: Varies. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 

1,710,325. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: $0. 

Total Annual Costs (Operating/ 

Maintaining Systems or Purchasing 

Services): $0. 

Description: 41 CFR chapter 60 sets 

out the purpose and scope of the 

affirmative action requirements for 

construction contractors. Accordingly, 

contractors should implement the 

specific affirmative action steps in 

accordance with 41 CFR 60–4.3(a)7. The 

recordkeeping and reporting by Federal 

and Federally assisted construction 

contractors and subcontractors is 

necessary to substantiate their 

compliance with nondiscrimination and 

affirmative action contractual 

obligations. 

Darrin A. King, 

Acting Departmental Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–18214 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Submitted for Public 

Comment and Recommendations; 

ETA–204 Experience Rating Report 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

conducts a preclearance consultation 

program to provide the general public 

and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing collections of