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deter the illegal conduct described in

section 208(a)(7) of the Act.

Moreover, verification of information

identifying individuals in MVA records

would have a positive impact on the

administration of Federal and State

programs administered by State and

local governments, such as those

providing medical services, cash

payments, child support enforcement

and other types of assistance. MVA

records are useful to these agencies, and

they are required or authorized by law

to use SSNs to identify individuals in

connection with these programs.

See,e.g., sections 205(c)(2)(C)(i) and (v)

and 1137 of the Act (42 U.S.C.

405(c)(2)(C)(i) and (v) and 1320b-7). By

assisting MVAs with their efforts to

obtain and maintain accurate

information identifying individuals who

apply for, or are issued, drivers’ licenses

or identification documents, SSA would

help make MVA records more useful to

these assistance programs.

SSA disclosure of information from

the Master Files of SSN Holders and

SSN Applications system of records

under currently published routine uses

may involve providing the correct SSN

to an entity when it either has no SSN,

or has an incorrect one for a particular

individual, or verifying only the fact

that an entity has the SSN associated

with a particular individual in this

system of records. Under the proposed

routine use, SSA would only verify that

the personal identifying data submitted

by the State MVAs match or do not

match data in this system of records,

and identify the data elements that do

not match. SSA would not disclose the

data contained in this system of records

(such as name or SSN) if the MVA has

non-matching data.

The proposed routine use statement

will read as follows:

‘‘Personal identification data (i.e.,

name, SSN, and date of birth)

concerning individuals who apply for,

or are issued, drivers’ licenses or other

identification documents may be

verified for State motor vehicle agencies

(MVA) that issue such licenses or

documents. In performing such

‘verification,’ SSA may indicate whether

the identifying data furnished by a State

MVA concerning an individual match or

do not match data maintained in this

system of records, and SSA may identify

the particular data elements that do not

match. SSA will not disclose

information from this system of records

which does not match the information

furnished by the State MVA.’’

We are not publishing in its entirety

the notice of the system of records to

which we are adding the proposed new

routine use statement. A notice of that

system, the Master Files of Social

Security Number (SSN) Holders and

SSN Applications, HHS/SSA/OSR, 09–

60–0058, was last published in the

Federal Register at 60 FR 12964, March

9, 1995.

B. Compatibility of Proposed Routine

Use

We are proposing the changes

discussed above in accordance with the

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(a)(7), (b)(3),

and (e)(11)) and our disclosure

regulation (20 CFR part 401).

The Privacy Act permits us to disclose

information about individuals without

their consents for a routine use, i.e.,

where the information will be used for

a purpose that is compatible with the

purpose for which we collected the

information. The drivers’ licenses and

identification cards issued by the MVAs

to administer their laws also can be

used to establish the identity of

individuals for Federal program

purposes, and purposes of State and

local public assistance programs.

SSA collects and maintains SSNs and

other personal identification data in the

Master Files of Social Security Number

(SSN) Holders and SSN Applications in

order to identify and retrieve

information about individuals in SSA

records, to administer programs for

which SSA is responsible, and to detect

the use of an SSN by a person to whom

that SSN was not assigned. As

mentioned above, State MVAs use such

information for the same or similar

purposes. Providing verification

services to State MVAs would assist the

implementation of the national policy

described in section 205(c)(2)(C)(i) of

the Act, would assist the detection and

deterrence of conduct that violates

section 208(a)(7) of the Act, and would

support the effective and efficient

administration of various assistance

programs by State and local

governments. For these reasons, we find

that providing verification services to

State MVAs serves purposes that are

compatible with purposes for which

SSA collects the identification

information that would be disclosed in

performing those services and meets the

criteria of the Privacy Act for the

establishment of a routine use.

Providing such services under a routine

use is also permitted by 20 CFR 401.115.

C. Effect of the Proposal on Individual

Rights

As discussed above, the proposed

new routine use will permit SSA to

verify the identification data used by

State MVAs to administer their driver’s

license and identification card

programs. SSA will follow all statutory

and regulatory requirements for

disclosure. SSA will perform

verification services under written

agreements which stipulate that MVAs

will only collect, verify and redisclose

SSNs as provided for by Federal and

State law. SSA will safeguard the

information that it receives from MVAs

for verification to prevent unauthorized

access to personal information. Thus,

we do not anticipate that the disclosures

authorized by the new routine use

statement will have any unwarranted

effect on the privacy or other rights of

individuals.

Dated: March 8, 1995.

Shirley S. Chater,

Commissioner of Social Security.

[FR Doc. 95–7713 Filed 3–28–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–030–95–1990–02]

Environmental Statements;

Availability, etc.: Miramar Gold Corp.,

Lyon County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Carson City District Office.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

environmental impact statement on a

plan of operations for Miramar Gold

Corporation in Lyon County, Nevada;

and notice of scoping period and public

meetings.

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

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969 and 43 CFR Part 3809, the

Bureau of Land Management will be

directing the preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement to be

produced by a third-party contractor on

the impacts of a proposed Plan of

Operations for gold mining at Talapoosa

by Miramar Gold Corporation, in Lyon

County, Nevada. The Bureau invites

comments on the scope of the analysis.

EFFECTIVE DATE: An open-house meeting

will be held April 19, 1995 at the

Bureau of Land Management, Carson

City District Office, 1535 Hot Springs

Road, Carson City, NV, and again on

April 20, 1995 at the Mcatee Building,

2495 Ft. Churchill Rd., Silver Springs,

NV, to allow the public an opportunity

to identify issues and concerns to be

addressed in the Environmental Impact

Statement. Both meetings are scheduled

from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

Representatives of Miramar Gold

Corporation will be available to answer
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questions about the Plan of Operations.

Additional scoping meetings may be

held as appropriate. Written comments

on the Plan of Operations and the scope

of the Environmental Impact Statement

will be accepted until May 5, 1995.

A Draft Environmental Impact

Statement is expected to be completed

by late summer 1995 and made

available for public review and

comment. At that time a Notice of

Availability of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement will be published in

the Federal Register. The comment

period on the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement will be 60 days from

the date the Notice of Availability is

published.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Scoping comments may be sent to:

District Manager, Bureau of Land

Management, 1535 Hot Springs Road,

Suite 300, Carson City, NV 89706.

ATTN: Talapoosa Environmental Impact

Statement Project Manager.

For additional information, write to

the above address or call Ron Moore at

(702) 885–6155.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Miramar

Gold Corporation of Reno, Nevada has

submitted a Plan of Operations for the

Talapoosa Mine located approximately

3 miles north of Silver Springs, Nevada.

The proposed operation will include an

open-pit mine, tailing facilities, heap

leach facilities, waste rock dumps, water

treatment facilities, a milling complex

as well as administrative and

maintenance buildings. The proposal is

expected to disturb 570 acres of public

and private land.

The issues expected to be analyzed in

the Environmental Impact Statement

are: Surface and groundwater quantity

and quality, mine pit water quality,

threatened and endangered species,

wildlife, cultural resources, reclamation,

hazardous materials, air quality, soils

and watershed, vegetation, visual

resources, recreation and wilderness,

social and economic values, geology,

paleontology, grazing management,

access and land use, noise, and

cumulative impacts. These topics will

be evaluated by an interdisciplinary

team and will include review of the

proposed Plan of Operations as well as

other pertinent environmental

documents and studies.

A range of alternatives (including but

not limited to alternative reclamation

measures and the no-action alternative),

as well as mitigating measures, will be

considered to evaluate and minimize

environmental impacts and to assure

that the proposed action does not result

in undue or unnecessary degradation of

public lands.

Federal, state and local agencies and

other individuals or organizations who

may be interested in or affected by the

Bureau’s decision on the Plan of

Operations are invited to participate in

the scoping process with respect to this

environmental analysis. These entities

and individuals are also invited to

submit comments on the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement.

It is important that those interested in

the Plan of Operations participate in the

scoping and commenting processes. To

be most helpful, comments should be as

specific as possible.

The tentative project schedule is as

follows:

Begin Public Comment Period—April

1995

Issuance of Draft Environmental Impact

Statement—August 1995

File Final Environmental Impact

Statement—November 1995

Record of Decision—January 1996

Begin Construction of Operation—

Spring of 1996.

The Bureau of Land Management’s

scoping process for the Environmental

Impact Statement will include: (1)

Identification of issues to be addressed;

(2) Identification of viable alternatives;

(3) Notification of interested groups,

individuals and agencies so that

additional information concerning these

issues, or other additional issues, can be

obtained.

Dated: March 21, 1995.

John O. Singlaub,

Carson City District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–7644 Filed 3–28–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

[CO–034–95–1220–00]

Designation Order; San Miguel County,

CO; Establishment of 7 Day Camping

Limit on Public Lands Within San

Miguel and Montrose Counties,

Colorado

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Uncompahgre Basin Resource Area,

Montrose District, Montrose, Colorado.

ACTION: Amendment of existing 14 day

camping stay limits on 32,641 acres of

public lands administered by the

Bureau of Land Management as a San

Miguel River Special Recreation

Management Area (SRMA) and Area of

Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC)

in San Miguel and Montrose Counties,

Colorado.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that person(s)

may occupy a designated camping site

or multiple sites on BLM Public Lands

not closed or otherwise restricted to

camping within the San Miguel River

Special Recreation Management Area

located in the San Miguel and Montrose

Counties, Colorado, for a total period of

not more than seven (7) days within a

thirty (30) day period.

Following the seven (7) day period,

person(s) may not relocate on public

lands within the Special Recreation

Management Area defined to the north

by the town of Pinon in Montrose

County, approximately nine miles

northwest of the town of Norwood, and

to the south by Deep Creek,

approximately 7 miles east of the town

of Telluride on the San Miguel River,

until completion of the thirty (30) day

period.

The seven (7) day limit may be

reached either through a number of

separate visits or through a period of

continuous occupation of a site. Under

special circumstances and upon request,

the authorized officer may give written

permission for extension of the seven (7)

day limit.

Additionally, no person may leave

personal property unattended in

designated campgrounds, recreation

developments, or anywhere else on

BLM public lands within the State of

Colorado for a period of more than fortyeight (48) hours without written

permission from the authorized officer.

This camping stay limit does not

apply to Long Term Visitor Use Areas

which may be so designated in the

future by the BLM Montrose District

office.

DATES: This camping stay limit will be

effective May 1, 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

camping stay limit is being established

to assist the Bureau in reducing the

incidences of long-term occupancy

trespass being conducted under the

guise of camping on public lands within

the San Miguel River Special Recreation

Management Area and Area of Critical

Environmental Concern. Of equal

importance is the problem of long-term

camping which precludes equal

opportunities for other members of the

public to camp in the same area, which

creates user conflicts.

The restriction is also necessary to

prevent excessive impacts to soil,

vegetation and other resources caused

by long-term camping. The restriction

applies to all public land users except

those who have obtained prior approval

from the authorized officer, and those

who are specifically allowed a longer

stay under terms of a Special Recreation

Permit.

CFR Title 43, Chapter II, Part 8360,

Subpart 8364.1, Subpart 8365, Subpart

8365.1–2, 8365.1–6, and 8365.2–3

provide BLM authority for establishing