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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. 

Cathy J. Hamilton, 

Acting Associate Director for Minerals 

Revenue Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–22953 Filed 11–18–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection, 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0162). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, we are inviting comments on a 

collection of information that we will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 

This information collection request 

(ICR) is based on the Chief Financial 

Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act) and is 

titled ‘‘Accounts Receivable 

Confirmations.’’

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before January 20, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead Regulatory 

Specialist, Minerals Management 

Service, Minerals Revenue Management, 

P.O. Box 25165, MS 302B2, Denver, 

Colorado 80225. If you use an overnight 

courier service or wish to hand-carry 

your comments, our courier address is 

Building 85, Room A–614, Denver 

Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and 

Kipling Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80225. 

You may also e-mail your comments to 

us at mrm.comments@mms.gov. Include 

the title of the information collection 

and the OMB control number in the 

‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment. Also 

include your name and return address. 

Submit electronic comments as an 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption. 

If you do not receive a confirmation that 

we have received your e-mail, contact 

Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 231–3211. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303) 

231–3211, FAX (303) 231–3781, or email sharron.gebhardt@mms.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Accounts Receivable Confirmations. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0162. 

Bureau Form Number: None. 

Abstract: The Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior is responsible 

for collecting royalties from lessees who 

produce minerals from leased Federal 

and Indian lands. The Secretary is 

required by various laws to manage 

mineral resources production on 

Federal and Indian lands, collect the 

royalties due, and distribute the funds 

in accordance with those laws. The 

MMS performs the royalty management 

functions and assists the Secretary in 

carrying out the Department’s trust 

responsibility for Indian lands. 

When a company or an individual 

enters into a lease to explore, develop, 

produce, and dispose of minerals from 

Federal or Indian lands, that company 

or individual agrees to pay the lessor a 

share (royalty) of the value received 

from production from the leased lands. 

The lease creates a business relationship 

between the lessor and the lessee. The 

lessee is required to report various kinds 

of information to the lessor relative to 

the disposition of the leased minerals. 

Such information is similar to data 

reported to private and public mineral 

interest owners and is generally 

available within the records of the 

lessee or others involved in developing, 

transporting, processing, purchasing, or 

selling of such minerals. The 

information collected includes data 

necessary to ensure that the royalties are 

paid appropriately. 

The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

Management Act of 1982 (FOGRMA), 30 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq., states in Section 

101(a) that the Secretary ‘‘ * * * shall 

establish a comprehensive inspection, 

collection, and fiscal and production 

accounting and auditing system to 

provide the capability to accurately 

determine oil and gas royalties, interest, 

fines, penalties, fees, deposits, and other 

payments owed, and collect and 

account for such amounts in a timely 

manner.’’ The persons or entities 

described at 30 U.S.C. 1713 are required 

to make reports and provide reasonable 

information as defined by the Secretary. 

Every year, under the CFO Act, the 

Department’s Office of Inspector 

General, or its agent (agent), audits all 

Department bureaus’ financial 

statements. The Department’s goal is for 

every bureau to receive an unqualified 

opinion. Accounts receivable 

confirmations are a common practice in 

the audit business. Due to continuously 

increasing scrutiny on financial audits, 

third-party confirmation on the validity 

of MMS financial records is necessary. 

Companies submit financial information 

on Form MMS–2014, Report of Sales 

and Royalty Remittance (OMB Control 

Number 1010–0140, expires October 31, 

2006) and on Form MMS–4430, Solid 

Minerals Production and Royalty Report 

(OMB Control Number 1010–0120, 

expires October 31, 2007). 

As part of the CFO Act audits, the 

agent requests third-party confirmation 

responses, by a specified date, that 

MMS accounts receivable records agree 

with royalty payor records, for the 

following items: customer 

identification; royalty/invoice number; 

payor-assigned document number; date 

received; original amount reported; and 

remaining balance due MMS as of a 

specified date. In order to meet this 

requirement, MMS must mail letters on 

MMS letterhead, signed by the Deputy 

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue 

Management, to royalty payors selected 

at random, asking them to confirm back 

to the agent the accuracy and/or validity 

of selected royalty receivable items and 

amounts. Verifying the amounts 

reported and the balances due will 

require time for research and analysis by 

payors. The MMS will send 

confirmation letters to all payors 

selected by the agent. The payors will be 

asked to submit confirmation 

information directly to the agent. 

Applicable Citations 

Applicable citations include: Public 

Law 101–576—Nov. 15, 1990, CFO Act; 

30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., FOGRMA; 30 

U.S.C. 189 pertaining to Public Lands; 

30 U.S.C. 359 pertaining to Acquired 

Lands; 25 U.S.C. 396d pertaining to 

Indian Lands; 43 U.S.C. 1334 pertaining 

to Outer Continental Shelf Lands; 30 

U.S.C. 1713 pertaining to solid minerals, 

and revised geothermal regulations at 30 

CFR 210.354. Relevant Minerals 

Revenue Management (MRM) 

regulations are codified at 30 CFR 

subchapter A, part 201 et seq., and 

§§ 210.52 and 210.53; and part 206, 

subparts F and J; part 210, subparts B, 

E, and H; and part 218, subparts B and 

E. Applicable public laws pertaining to 

mineral leases on Federal and Indian 

lands are located on our Web site at 

http://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/ 

PublicLawsAMR.htm. 

This collection does not require 

proprietary, trade secret, or other 

confidential information not protected 

by agency procedures, and no items of 

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a sensitive nature are collected. The 

requirement to respond is voluntary. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: 125 Federal and Indian oil 

and gas and solid mineral royalty 

payors. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 32 

hours. We estimate that each response 

will take 15 minutes. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour Cost’’

Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burden associated with the 

collection of information. 

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. 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. 

Cathy J. Hamilton, 

Acting Associate Director for Minerals 

Revenue Management. 

[FR Doc. 05–22954 Filed 11–18–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Fort King Special Resource Study 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, the National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) for the Fort King Special 

Resource Study. The document 

describes ways that the NPS may assist 

in preserving the Fort King site by 

outlining four management alternatives 

for consideration by Congress, including 

a no-action alternative. The DEIS 

analyzes the environmental impacts of 

those alternatives considered for the 

future protection, interpretation, and 

management of the site’s cultural 

resources. The 37-acre study area is 

located in the city of Ocala, Marion 

County, Florida. 

DATES: There will be a 60-day comment 

period beginning with the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

publication of its notice of availability 

in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the DEIS are 

available by contacting Tim 

Bemisderfer, Planning and Compliance 

Division, Southeast Region, National 

Park Service, 100 Alabama Street, SW., 

1924 Building, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

An electronic copy of the DEIS is 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.nps.gov/sero/planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Bemisderfer, 404–562–3124, extension 

693. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS 

held a series of community and 

stakeholder meetings in 2002 and 2003 

to gather advice and feedback on 

desired outcomes of the study. The 

meetings assisted the NPS in developing 

alternatives for managing associated 

cultural and natural resources and 

creating interpretive and educational 

programs. Responses from the meetings 

were incorporated into the four 

alternatives described in the study. 

Alternative A is the no-action 

alternative. For the purposes of this 

study, it is assumed that the Fort King 

site would continue to be owned and 

managed cooperatively by the city of 

Ocala, Marion County, and the Ocala 

Chapter of the Daughters of the 

American Revolution. The site would 

remain predominantly undeveloped, 

public access would be restricted, and 

the site’s archaeological resources 

would be protected and preserved in an 

undisturbed condition. Under 

Alternative B, the site’s archaeological 

resources would be preserved and 

interpreted in-situ. Alternative B, takes 

a conservative approach to site 

development that favors a simple and 

low cost implementation strategy. 

Under Alternative C, existing site 

infrastructure would be used as a base 

to quickly and efficiently provide public 

access and interpretive services. 

Alternative C favors a development 

strategy that builds upon a modest 

initial investment that can be expanded