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[FR Doc. 08–498 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Privacy Act of 1974; as Amended; 

Creation of a New System of Records 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed addition of a new 

system of records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, (5 

U.S.C. 552a), notice is hereby given that 

the Department of the Interior proposes 

to establish a new system of records, 

INTERIOR, BLM–40, to be maintained 

by the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM). 

The Department of the Interior is 

establishing a new system of records to 

manage the consolidated database of 

qualifications of Federal, State, local, 

contractor, volunteer, and special group 

wildland firefighters. This system will 

provide a single consolidated database 

for access to determine if personnel are 

qualified for specific positions on 

incident response teams. The typical 

incident for which the information 

would be used is on wildland fire 

support. However, other types of 

incidents do occur in which qualified 

personnel are needed and requested by 

other Federal Agencies, such as the 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency, and by states for emergency 

situations such as hurricanes, floods, 

and human-caused disasters. 

The creation and the maintenance of 

this system are authorized in 

accordance with provisions of 43 U.S.C. 

1811e, 42 U.S.C. 1856a, 15 U.S.C. 2201, 

5 U.S.C. 4118, 5 U.S.C. 3101, 16 U.S.C. 

551C, 43 U.S.C. 1457, EO 10561, 620 

DM 1. 

EFFECTIVE DATES: 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11) 

requires that the public be provided a 30 

day period in which to comment on the 

agency’s intended use of the 

information in the system of records. 

The Office of Management and Budget, 

in its Circular A–130, requires an 

additional 10 day period (for a total of 


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40 days) in which to make these 

comments. Any persons interested in 

commenting on this proposed system of 

records may do so by submitting 

comments in writing to Laura Bell, BLM 

Privacy Act Administrator, 1849 C 

Street, NW., 725 LS, Washington, DC 

20240, or e-mail: lfbell@blm.gov. 

Comments received within 40 days of 

the publication in the Federal Register 

will be considered. The system will be 

effective as proposed at the end of the 

comment period unless comments are 

received that would require a contrary 

determination. The Department will 

publish a revised notice if changes are 

made upon review of comments 

received. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Morgen, Business Steward, 

Bureau of Land Management, Incident 

Qualifications and Certification System, 

3833 S. Development Avenue, Boise, 

Idaho 83705–5354. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

system will integrate information from 

systems currently maintained by 

agencies involved with incident support 

and emergency management 

(Department of Agriculture, Department 

of the Interior, and state and local 

agency systems) that maintain 

qualification data on individuals 

involved in firefighting. This system 

will provide a time-efficient method for 

the participating agencies and offices for 

determining qualifications and status of 

personnel to insure that qualified 

personnel are assigned to incidents in 

order to protect lives and property. This 

means that when a resource order is 

sent out requesting a Division 

Supervisor, that only persons with 

current qualifications that have met all 

of the prerequisite training will be 

identified and referred to the requesting 

agency. 

Laura F. Bell, 

FOIA/PA Program Analyst, Policy and 

Records Group, Bureau of Land Management. 

Interior/BLM–40 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Incident Qualification and 

Certification System (IQCS)—Interior, 

BLM–40. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

(1) The consolidated central database 

is located at the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) hosting facility, 

National Information Technology 

Center, 8930 Ward Parkway, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64114. Information from 

this system is accessed by cooperating 

agencies and field offices through Web 

secured Web links. 

(2) Records from this system (paper 

and electronic) are managed by the 

bureau and office sites listed below, 

located at the National Interagency Fire 

Center, and involved in the Federal fire 

program: 

(a) Bureau of Indian Affairs, 3833 S. 

Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho 

83705–5354. 

(b) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

3833 S. Development Avenue, Boise, 

Idaho 83705–5354. 

(c) Bureau of Land Management, 3833 

S. Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho 

83705-5354. 

(d) National Park Service, 3833 S. 

Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho 

83705–5354. 

(e) U.S. Forest Service, 3833 S. 

Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho 

83705–5354. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

All federal, state, local, special 

interest group members, and contractor 

employees with wild land fire 

qualifications who voluntarily provide 

information to qualify for fire 

assignments. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Name of employee; date of birth, 

Social Security Number, office address 

and phone number, physical clearance 

status, pertinent education history, 

pertinent work or skills experience; 

listing of special qualifications; licenses 

and certificates held; and training 

completed. Firefighters with certain 

qualifications and past a certain age 

must have a medical clearance before 

they can take the fitness test. The IQCS 

only stores the status of the medical test 

and whether the firefighter has 

‘‘cleared’’ or ‘‘not cleared’’ the medical 

test. Training scores may be entered as 

‘‘pass’’ or ‘‘fail’’ or the letter grade for 

the class—this is an optional field. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 4118, 3101; 16 U.S.C. 551C; 

43 U.S.C. 1457; EO 10561. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

(1) To support management officials 

for any agency responsible for managing 

an incident by insuring that only 

qualified personnel are assigned to wild 

and prescribed fires, natural disasters, 

and responses to terrorist acts, in 

positions that they are qualified to 

perform, thus reducing the potential for 

loss of property or life due to having 

unqualified personnel assigned to 

incident positions. The participating 

agencies are the USDA-Forest Service, 

four DOI bureaus; the Bureau of Land 

Management, National Park Service, 

Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of 

Indian Affairs (BIA), and The Nature 

Conservancy. Some Tribal information 

is included in accordance with BIA 

agreements. No states participate in the 

application. 

(2) To support home unit (employing 

unit) coordinators updating the database 

with information about training course 

completion, task book completion, 

qualifications obtained, and positions 

that individuals are no longer qualified 

to perform. Each participating agency or 

bureau maintains their own portion of 

the information within IQCS. 

The IQCS database contains data 

elements that require review under the 

Privacy Act (PA) disclosure 

requirements at 5 U.S.C. 552a (b) and 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 

5 U.S.C. 552, before any information 

will be released. Rules of Behavior 

documentation is in accordance with 

BLM policy and is available from the 

specific project files. Applicable Privacy 

Act warning statements are placed on 

all information printouts of data from 

the system. Since each cooperating 

agency has access to the records of their 

personnel contained in the system, any 

requests for that information is the 

responsibility of the agency to which 

the data in question belongs. 

DISCLOSURES OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR MAY BE MADE UNDER THE ROUTINE

USES LISTED BELOW WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF

THE INDIVIDUAL IF THE DISCLOSURE IS

COMPATIBLE WITH THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH

THE RECORD WAS COLLECTED: 

(1)(a) To any of the following entities 

or individuals, when the circumstances 

set forth in paragraph (b) are met: 

(i) The U.S. Department of Justice 

(DOJ); 

(ii) A court or an adjudicative or other 

administrative body; 

(iii) A party in litigation before a court 

or an adjudicative or other 

administrative body; or 

(iv) Any DOI employee acting in his 

or her individual capacity if DOI or DOJ 

has agreed to represent that employee or 

pay for private representation of the 

employee: 

(b) When: 

(i) One of the following is a party to 

the proceeding or has an interest in the 

proceeding: 

(A) DOI or any component of DOI; 

(B) Any other Federal agency 

appearing before the Office of hearings 

and Appeals; 

(C) Any DOI employee acting in his or 

her official capacity; 

(D) Any DOI employee acting in his 

or her individual capacity if DOI or DOJ 

has agreed to represent that employee or 


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pay for private representation of the 

employee; 

(E) The United States, when DOJ 

determines that DOI is likely to be 

affected by the proceeding; and 

(2) To a congressional office in 

response to a written inquiry that an 

individual covered by the system, or the 

heir or such individual if the covered 

individual is deceased, has made to the 

office. 

(3) To any criminal, civil, or 

regulatory law enforcement authority 

(whether federal, state, territorial, local, 

tribal, or foreign) when a record, either 

alone or in conjunction with other 

information, indicates a violation or 

potential violation of law—criminal, 

civil, or regulatory in nature, and the 

disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

compiled. 

(4) To an official of another federal 

agency to provide information needed 

in the performance of official duties 

related to reconciling or reconstructing 

data files or to enable that agency to 

respond to an inquiry by the individual 

to whom the record pertains. 

(5) To federal, state, territorial, local, 

tribal, or foreign agencies that have 

requested information relevant or 

necessary to the hiring, firing or 

retention of an employee or contractor, 

or the issuance of a security clearance, 

license, contract, grant, or other benefit, 

when the disclosure is compatible with 

the purpose for which the records were 

compiled. 

(6) To representatives of the National 

Archives and Records Administration to 

conduct records management 

inspections under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

(7) To state and local governments 

and tribal organizations to provide 

information needed in response to court 

orders and/or discovery purposes 

related to litigation, when the disclosure 

is compatible with the purpose for 

which the records were compiled. 

(8) To an expert, consultant, or 

contractor (including employees of the 

contractor) of DOI that performs services 

requiring access to these records on 

DOI’s behalf to carry out the purposes 

of the system. 

(9) To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

(a) It is suspected or confirmed that 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; and 

(b) The Department has determined 

that as a result of the suspected or 

confirmed compromise there is a risk of 

harm to economic or property interest, 

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the 

security or integrity of this system or 

other systems or programs (whether 

maintained by the Department or 

another agency or entity) that rely upon 

the compromised information; and 

(c) The disclosure is made to such 

agencies, entities and persons who are 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with the Department’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed compromise and prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 

(10) To the Office of Management and 

Budget during the coordination and 

clearance process in connection with 

legislative affairs as mandated by OMB 

Circular A–19. 

(11) To the Department of Treasury to 

recover debts owed to the United States. 

(12) To the news media when the 

disclosure is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

compiled. 

Disclosure to consumer reporting 

agencies: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b)(12), records can be disclosed to 

consumer reporting agencies as they are 

defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Paper records are stored in file 

folders, in locked file cabinets until data 

input is verified. Any paper records that 

are not input into the system will be 

maintained in secured files. Electronic 

records are stored on disk, system hard 

drive, tape or other appropriate media. 

Individual data is retained for a 

minimum of three years in an Active 

status—during which an individual 

employee is being deployed in the 

position(s) for which he or she is 

qualified. After three years of inactivity 

(no deployments), the individual’s 

identifying information is moved into 

an Inactive repository. Upon two 

additional years of inactivity (for a total 

of five years), the individual’s 

information is moved into a Data 

Archive. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records can be retrieved by the name 

or a system-generated employee 

identifier for the individual, and only by 

the agency responsible for that 

individual. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to records is limited to 

authorized personnel. Paper records are 

maintained in locked file cabinets. 

Electronic records are maintained with 

safeguards meeting minimum security 

requirements of 43 CFR 2.51. A security 

plan was developed to prevent 

unauthorized access to the system and 

in transmission of the data. A Privacy 

Impact Assessment was completed and 

signed in April 2004, and reviewed for 

validity in October 2005. This 

Assessment evaluated the privacy risks 

and ensured appropriate safeguards 

were in place. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

BLM Manual 1220, Appendix 2, 

Schedule 1, Item 43, provides the 

disposition instructions for these 

records. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESSES: 

(1) Fire IT Business Systems Unit 

Leader, National Interagency Fire 

Center, Bureau of Land Management, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 3833 S. 

Development Avenue, Boise, ID 83705–

5354. 

(2) Bureau fire or personnel officers: 

(a) Director of Fire and Aviation 

Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

3833 S. Development Avenue, Boise, ID 

83705–5354. 

(b) Personnel Officer, U.S. Geological 

Survey, National Center, 12201 Sunrise 

Valley Drive, Reston, VA 22092. 

(c) Director of Fire Management, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 3833 S. 

Development Avenue, Boise, ID 83705–

5354. 

(d) Labor Relations Officer, Bureau of 

Reclamation, P.O. Box 25001, Denver, 

CO 80225. 

(e) Deputy Assistant Director, Fire and 

Aviation, Bureau of Land Management, 

3833 S. Development Avenue, Boise, ID 

83705–5354. 

(f) Chief, Fire and Aviation Division, 

National Park Service, 3833 S. 

Development Avenue, Boise, ID 83705–

5354. 

(g) Personnel Officer, Minerals 

Management Service, Personnel 

Division, 1110 Herndon Parkway, 

Herndon, VA 22070. 

(h) Personnel Officer, Office of 

Surface Mining, Division of Personnel, 

1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20245. 

(i) Director of Operations, U.S. Forest 

Service, 3833 S. Development Avenue, 

Boise, ID 83705–5354. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

An individual requesting notification 

of the existence of records on him or 

her, should address his/her request to 

the appropriate System Manager above. 

The request must be in writing, contain 

the requester’s original signature, and 

comply with the content requirements 

of 43 CFR 2.60. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

An individual requesting access to 

records maintained on him or her, 


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should address his/her request to the 

appropriate System Manager above. The 

request must be in writing, contain the 

requester’s original signature, and 

comply with the requirements of 43 CFR 

2.63. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

An individual requesting amendment 

of a record maintained on him or her, 

should address his/her request to the 

appropriate System Manager above. The 

request must be in writing, contain the 

requester’s original signature, and 

comply with the content requirements 

of 43 CFR 2.71. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information collected and stored in 

this system is submitted by the 

individuals to whom the records 

pertain. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

[FR Doc. E8–2136 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–920–08–1310FI; TXNM 106958] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 

106958 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions 

of Title IV, Public Law 97–451, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

received a Petition for Reinstatement of 

Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 106958 from 

the lessee, Sun-West Oil and Gas Inc., 

for lands in Trinity County, Texas. The 

petition was filed on time and was 

accompanied by all the rentals due 

since the date the lease terminated 

under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico 

State Office, at (505) 438–7586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid 

lease has been issued that affects the 

lands. The lessee agrees to new lease 

terms for rentals and royalties of $10.00 

per acre or fraction thereof, per year, 

and 16 2⁄3 percent, respectively. The 

lessee paid the required $500.00 

administrative fee for the reinstatement 

of the lease and $166.00 cost for 

publishing this Notice in the Federal 

Register. The lessee met all the 

requirements for reinstatement of the 

lease as set out in sections 31(d) and (e) 

of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 

U.S.C. 188). We are proposing to 

reinstate lease TXNM 106958, effective 

the date of termination, September 1, 

2007, under the original terms and 

conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 

above. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: January 31, 2008. 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, 

Land Law Examiner. 

[FR Doc. E8–2129 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NM–920–08–1310FI; TXNM 106959] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 

106959 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the Class II provisions 

of Title IV, Public Law 97–451, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

received a Petition for Reinstatement of 

Oil and Gas Lease TXNM 106959 from 

the lessee, Sun-West Oil and Gas Inc., 

for lands in Trinity County, Texas. The 

petition was filed on time and was 

accompanied by all the rentals due 

since the date the lease terminated 

under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, BLM, New Mexico 

State Office, at (505) 438–7586. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No valid 

lease has been issued that affect the 

lands. The lessee agrees to new lease 

terms for rentals and royalties of $10.00 

per acre or fraction thereof, per year, 

and 162⁄3 percent, respectively. The 

lessee paid the required $500.00 

administrative fee for the reinstatement 

of the lease and $166.00 cost for 

publishing this Notice in the Federal 

Register. The lessee met all the 

requirements for reinstatement of the 

lease as set out in sections 31(d) and (e) 

of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 

U.S.C. 188). We are proposing to 

reinstate lease TXNM 106959, effective 

the date of termination, September 1, 

2007, under the original terms and 

conditions of the lease and the 

increased rental and royalty rates cited 

above. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: January 31, 2008. 

Lourdes B. Ortiz, 

Land Law Examiner. 

[FR Doc. E8–2130 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–910–07–7122–PN–C002] 

Notice of Proposed Supplementary 

Rules for Public Land Administered by 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

in Colorado, Relating to Camping and 

Occupancy of Public Lands 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed supplementary rules 

for public lands within the State of 

Colorado. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is proposing these 

supplementary rules for public lands 

within the State of Colorado, relating to 

camping. These rules extend the time 

period and distance the camping public 

must move once the current 14-day stay 

limit is reached. These supplementary 

rules are needed to protect natural 

resources and provide for public health 

and safety. They are based upon existing 

regulations that address camping and 

residency, and update existing 

supplementary rules specific to camping 

stay limits. These supplementary rules 

further promote consistency between 

the BLM and similar rules of other 

natural resource agencies, including the 

U.S. Forest Service. 

DATES: You should submit your 

comments by March 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by the following methods: 


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