Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2005 / Notices 69987 

Land Management, Eastern States 

Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, 

Virginia 22153. 

Nature of Comments: We specifically 

request your comments on the 

following: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the BLM, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate 

of the burden of collecting the 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

3. The quality, utility and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and 

4. How to minimize the burden of 

collecting the information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: Conveyance of Federally-Owned 

Mineral Interest (43 CFR Part 2720). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0153. 

Bureau Form Number: Nonform 

information. 

Abstract: The Bureau of Land 

Management uses the information to 

determine if private surface estate land 

owners seeking conveyance of the 

Federally-owned mineral interests lying 

beneath the surface meet the statutory 

requirements of 43 CFR part 2720. 

Frequency: Once. 

Description of Respondents: Privately 

owned surface estate owners. 

Estimated Completion Time: 10 

hours. 

Annual Responses: 12. 

Application Fee Per Response: $50. 

Annual Burden Hours: 120. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: Ian Senio, 

(202) 452–5033. 

Dated: July 18, 2005. 

Ian Senio, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND 

WATER COMMISSION; UNITED 

STATES AND MEXICO 

United States Section; Notice of 

Availability for the Record of Decision 

on the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Clean Water Act Compliance at the 

South Bay International Wastewater 

Treatment Plant, Located in San Diego 

County, CA 

AGENCY: United States Section, 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission (USIBWC), United States 

and Mexico. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability for the 

Record of Decision (ROD). 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969; the Council on 

Environmental Quality Final 

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 

1508); and the USIBWC’s Operational 

Procedures for Implementing Section 

102 of NEPA, published in the Federal 

Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 

44083); the USIBWC hereby gives notice 

that the Record of Decision (ROD) for 

the Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement, Clean Water Act 

Compliance at the South Bay 

International Wastewater Treatment 

Plant, located in San Diego County, 

California is available. The ROD was 

signed and made available via the 

USIBWC website on September 30, 

2005. A Notice of Availability of the 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (SEIS) dated July 14, 

2005, provided a thirty (30)-day 

comment period. The Notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 22, 2005 (70 FR 42379). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gilbert Anaya, Environmental 

Management Division; United States 

Section, International Boundary and 

Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C–

100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: 

(915) 832–4702, email: 

gilbertanaya@ibwc.state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Action 

The United States Section, 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission (USIBWC) has prepared the 

Record of Decision on the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for Clean Water Act 

Compliance at the South Bay 

International Wastewater Treatment 

Plant (Final SEIS). The South Bay 

International Wastewater Treatment 

Plant (SBIWTP) is an existing 

international wastewater treatment 

plant located in San Diego County at the 

United States-Mexico border. The 

SBIWTP and its associated facilities 

capture and treat to the advanced 

primary level an average of 25 million 

gallons per day (mgd) of raw sewage 

originating from the Tijuana region of 

Mexico and discharge the treated 

effluent approximately 3.5 miles 

offshore into the Pacific Ocean through 

the South Bay Ocean Outfall (SBOO). 

The SBIWTP and its system of canyon 

collectors prevent millions of gallons of 

dry weather flows of raw sewage from 

flowing daily into the United States 

from Mexico and polluting the Tijuana 

River, the Tijuana River Valley and 

Estuary, and south San Diego beaches. 

The Final SEIS analyzed existing and 

new alternatives that would enable the 

USIBWC to bring the SBIWTP into 

compliance with the Clean Water Act 

(CWA) and with the SBIWTP’s National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) permit either by providing 

secondary treatment at the SBIWTP; or 

by having another entity, either private 

or public, provide secondary treatment 

of the SBIWTP’s effluent in Mexico; or 

by achieving CWA compliance by some 

other means. The Final SEIS also 

evaluated new information on the 

current discharges of advanced primary 

effluent from the SBIWTP through the 

SBOO, as well as potential interim 

actions that would allow continued 

operations of the SBIWTP until the 

SBIWTP achieves CWA compliance. 

The Record of Decision was prepared in 

compliance with 40 CFR 1505.2 to 

document the USIBWC’s decision on 

the project. The decision is based on the 

Final SEIS development process (40 

CFR part 1502) and public involvement 

(40 CFR part 1500). 

On July 22, 2005, USIBWC made the 

Final SEIS available for public review 

and comment. A Notice of Availability 

of the Final SEIS was published in the 

Federal Register by the USIBWC on July 

22, 2005 (70 FR 42379), and by the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) on July 29, 2005 (70 FR 

43867). USIBWC invited written 

comments on the Final SEIS to be 

submitted on or before August 24, 2005. 

USIBWC received one comment letter 

on the Final SEIS. The comments on the 

Draft and Final SEIS along with 

USIBWC responses are discussed in 

Sections VI and VII of the Record of 

Decision, respectively. 

Availability 

Single hard copies of the Record of 

Decision may be obtained by request at 

the above address. Electronic copies 

may also be obtained from the USIBWC 

Home Page at http:// 

www.ibwc.state.gov. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Susan Daniel, 

General Counsel. 

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