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which are sought by hunters,

conservationists, and art collectors.

The public may view the 2001 Federal

Duck Stamp Contest entries on Monday,

November 5, 2001, from 10 a.m. to 2

p.m. in Department of the Interior

Auditorium (‘‘C’’ Street entrance), 1849

C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. This

year’s judging will be held November 6–

7, 2001, beginning at 10:30 a.m. on

Tuesday, November 6, and continuing at

9 a.m. on Wednesday, November 7, if

needed. In the event of a smaller than

usual number of entries, all of the

judging will take place on Tuesday,

November 6.

Dated: January 30, 2001.

Marshall Jones,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 01–3888 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(NV–030–1430–ES; N–65834)

Realty Action: Recreation and Public

Purposes Act Classification; Churchill

County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: The following federal land in

Churchill County, Nevada has been

examined and found suitable for

classification for lease/conveyance to

the Churchill County under the

provisions of the Recreation and Public

Purposes (R&PP) Act, as amended (43

U.S.C. 869 et seq.):

Mt. Diablo Meridian

T. 18 N., R. 29 E.

Sec. 21, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

(containing 10 acres, more or less)

Churchill County proposes to use the

land for an animal protection facility.

The land is located near the intersection

of Berney and Pasture Roads, near the

Fallon Naval Air Station. The land is

not needed for federal purposes. Lease/

conveyance is consistent with current

BLM land use planning and would be in

the public interest. Issuance of a 5-year

lease with a purchase option is

proposed. The lease/patent when

issued, will be subject to the provisions

of the R&PP Act and to all applicable

regulations of the Secretary of the

Interior, and will contain the following

reservations to the United States:

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches

and canals constructed by the authority

of the United States, Act of August 30,

1890 (43 U.S.C. 945).

2. All mineral deposits in the land so

patented, and to it, or persons

authorized by it, the right to prospect,

mine and remove such deposits from

the same under applicable law and

regulations to be established by the

Secretary of the Interior.

Upon publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the land will be

segregated from all forms of

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the general mining laws,

except for lease or conveyance under

the Recreation and Public Purposes Act

and leasing under the mineral leasing

laws. For a period of 45 days after

publication of this notice, interested

parties may submit comments regarding

the proposed lease/conveyance or

classification to the Acting Assistant

Manager, Non-Renewable Resources,

Bureau of Land Management, Carson

City Field Office, 5665 Morgan Mill

Road, Carson City, NV 89701.

Classification Comments: Interested

parties may submit comments involving

the suitability of the land for an animal

protection facility. Comments on the

classification are restricted to whether

the land is physically suited for the

proposal, whether the use will

maximize the future use or uses of the

land, whether the use is consistent with

local planning and zoning, or if the use

is consistent with State and Federal

programs.

Application Comments: Interested

parties may submit comments regarding

the specific use proposed in the

application and plan of development,

whether the BLM followed proper

administrative procedures in reaching

the decision, or any other factor not

directly related to the suitability of the

land for an animal protection facility.

Any adverse comments will be reviewed

by the State Director. In the absence of

any adverse comments, the

classification will become effective 60

days from the date of publication of this

notice in the Federal Register. The land

will not be offered for lease/conveyance

until after the classification becomes

final.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments, including names and street

addresses of respondents will be

available for public review at the Carson

City Field Office during regular business

hours. Individual respondents may

request confidentiality. If you wish to

withhold your name or address from

public review or from disclosure under

the Freedom of Information Act, you

must state this prominently at the

beginning of your comments. Such

requests will be honored to the extent

allowed by law. All submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

Dated this 2nd day of February, 2001.

Richard Conrad,

Assistant Manager, Non-Renewable

Resources, Carson City Field Office.

[FR Doc. 01–3894 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–010–1210–ET; AZA–31344]

Cancellation of Proposed Withdrawal;

Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice terminates the

segregative effect of a proposed

withdrawal of 299,952.41 acres of lands

requested by the Bureau of Land

Management at the Paria Plateau. On

November 9, 2000, the Vermilion Cliffs

National Monument was established by

Presidential Proclamation No. 7374, so

the withdrawal is not needed. This

notice opens the lands, that are not

located within the Vermilion Cliffs

National Monument, to surface entry

and mining.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laurie Ford, BLM Arizona Strip Field

Office, 345 East Riverside Drive, St.

George, Utah 84790, 435–688–3200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Proposed Withdrawal was published

in the Federal Register, FR 00–20678,

August 15, 2000, which temporarily

segregated the lands described therein

from location and entry under the

general land laws, including the mining

laws, subject to valid existing rights.

The new Vermilion Cliffs National

Monument includes most of the lands

proposed for withdrawal, so the Bureau

of Land Management has determined

that the proposed withdrawal is not

needed and has cancelled its

application.

At 9 a.m. on March 19, 2001, the

lands that were described in the Notice

of Proposed Withdrawal in the Federal

Register, FR 00–20678, August 15, 2000,

that are not located within the

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument,

will be opened to operation of the

public land laws generally, subject to

valid existing rights, the provision of

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existing withdrawals, other segregations

of record, and the requirements of

applicable law. All valid applications

received at or prior to 9 a.m. on March

19, 2001, shall be considered as

simultaneously filed at that time. Those

received thereafter shall be considered

in the order of filing.

At 9 a.m. on March 19, 2001, the

lands that were described in the Notice

of Proposed Withdrawal in the Federal

Register, FR 00–20678, August 15, 2000,

that are not located within the

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument

will be opened to location and entry

under the United States mining laws,

subject to valid existing rights, the

provision of existing withdrawals, and

other segregations of record.

Appropriation of any of the lands

referenced in this order under the

general mining laws prior to the date

and time of restoration is unauthorized.

Any such attempted appropriation,

including attempted adverse possession

under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1994), shall vest no

rights against the United States. Acts

required to establish a location and to

initiate a right of possession are

governed by State law where not in

conflict with Federal law. The Bureau of

Land Management will not intervene in

disputes between rival locators over

possessory rights since Congress has

provided for such determinations in

local courts.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

Michael A. Ferguson,

Deputy State Director, Resources Division.

[FR Doc. 01–3893 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), Alaska

OCS Region, Beaufort Sea, Proposed

Liberty Development and Production

Plan (DPP)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Reschedule of dates and times

of public hearings for the draft

environmental impact statement (EIS)

and extension of comment period to

April 13, 2001.

SUMMARY: We are changing some of the

public hearing dates on the draft EIS for

the Liberty DPP and extending the

public comment period to accommodate

the change of dates.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 8, 2001, we announced in the

Federal Register (Vol. 66, No 5, Pages

1365–6) the availability of the draft EIS

for the Liberty DPP; the locations, dates,

and times of the public hearings; and

the end of the public comment period.

In response to a letter from the North

Slope Borough and comments from the

community leaders in Barrow and

Nuiqsut, Alaska, some of the hearings

have been rescheduled to the following

dates, times, and locations:

March 19, 2001, 7–10 p.m., Kisik

Community Center, Nuiqsut;

March 20, 2001, 7–10 p.m., Kaktovik

Community Center, Kaktovik; and

March 21, 2001, 7–10 p.m., Inupiaq

Heritage Center, Barrow.

The dates and times for the scheduled

hearings in Anchorage and Fairbanks,

Alaska remain unchanged.

If you wish to testify at one of the

public hearings, please register by

contacting the Alaska OCS Region at the

address below or Mr. Fred King at (907)

271–6696 or toll free 1–800–764–2627

no later than 3 days prior to the hearing

date. When you register, you may also

request a preferred time to testify. Every

effort will be made to accommodate

individuals who have not pre-registered

to testify. Time limitations may require

limiting the length of oral statements to

10 minutes. You may supplement an

oral statement with a more complete

written statement and submit it to the

hearing officer at the hearing or by mail

until April 13, 2001. Written statements

submitted at the hearing will be

considered part of the hearing record. If

you are unable to attend the hearings,

you may submit written statements at

the address below.

To accommodate the later dates for

the above three public hearings, we

have extended the comment period on

the draft EIS until April 13, 2001. Please

mark your comments ‘‘Liberty Draft

EIS’’ and address them to the Regional

Director, Minerals Management Service,

Alaska OCS Region, 949 East 36th

Avenue, Room 308, Anchorage, Alaska

99508–4363.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Richard Wildermann,

Chief, Environmental Assessment Branch.

[FR Doc. 01–4034 Filed 2–13–01; 3:51 pm]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

30-Day Notice of Submission to OMB—

Opportunity for Public Comment

AGENCY: Department of the Interior,

National Park Service, Land and Water

Conservation Fund State Assistance and

Urban Park and Recreation Recovery

Programs.

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB

and request for comments.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. 3507) and 5 CFR

1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements, the National Park Service

invites public comments on eight

information collection requests (ICR) for

the Land and Water Conservation Fund

(LWCF) and Urban Park and Recreation

Recovery (UPARRR) grant programs as

describes below. Comments are invited

on: (1) The need for the information

including whether the information has

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the

reporting burden estimate; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(4) ways to minimize the burden of the

information collection on respondents,

including use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

1. LWCF Description and Notification

(DNF, NPS 10–903, OMB 1024–0031).

The DNF is necessary to provide data

input into the NPS automated project

information system which provides

timely data on projects funded over the

life of the IWCF program. Respondents:

56 State governments, DC and

territories. Estimated Annual Reporting

burden: 115 hours. Estimated Average

Burden Hours Per Response: 0.25 hours.

Estimated Frequency of Response: 450

nationwide.

2. LWCF Program Performance Report

(OMB 1024–0032). As required by OMB

Circular A–102, grantee must submit

performance reports which describe the

status of the work required under the

project scope. Respondents: 56 State

governments, DC and territories.

Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:

700 hours. Estimated Average Burden

Hours Per Response: 1.0 hours.

Estimated Frequency of Response: 700

nationwide.

3. LWCF Project Agreement and

Amendment Form (NPS 10–902 and 10–

902a, respectively, OMB 1024–0033).

The Project Agreement and Amendment

Forms set forth the obligations assumed

by the State through its acceptance of

federal assistance under the LWCF Act

and any special terms and conditions.

Respondents: 56 State governments, DC

and territories. Estimated Annual

Reporting Burden: 450 hours. Estimated

Average Burden Hours Per Response:

1.0 hours. Estimated Frequency of

Response: 450 nationwide.

4. LWCF On-Site Inspection Report

(OMB 1024–0034). The On-site

Inspection Reports are used to insure

compliance by grantees with applicable

Federal laws and program guidelines,