1366 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 5 / Monday, January 8, 2001 / Notices

calling 1–800–764–2627. The Executive

Summary of this draft EIS is also

available as a separate document:

Executive Summary, MMS 2001–002. In

addition, the complete EIS is available

on CD-ROM (MMS 2001–001 CD) and

on the Internet at (http://www.mms.gov/

alaska/cproject/liberty).

You may look at copies of the draft

EIS in the following libraries and offices

in Alaska:

Alaska MMS Public Information

Resource Center, 949 E. 36th Avenue,

Anchorage; Alaska Resources Library

and Information Services, U.S.

Department of the Interior, 3150 C

Street, Suite 100, Anchorage;

Alaska State Library, State Office

Building, 333 Willoughby, Juneau;

Army Corps of Engineers Library, U.S.

Department of Defense, Elmendorf Air

Force Base, Anchorage;

Fairbanks North Star Borough Public

Library (Noel Wien Library), 1215

Cowles Street, Fairbanks;

Kaveolook School Library, Kaktovik;

Juneau Public Library, 292 Marine Way,

Juneau;

North Slope Borough School District

Library/Media Center, Barrow;

Northern Alaska Environmental Center

Library, 218 Driveway, Fairbanks;

Nuiqsut Library, Nuiqsut;

Tuzzy Consortium Library, Barrow;

University of Alaska Anchorage,

Consortium Library, 3211 Providence

Drive, Anchorage;

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E.

Rasmuson Library, 310 Tanana Drive,

Fairbanks;

University of Alaska, Fairbanks Institute

of Arctic Biology, 311 Irving Building,

Fairbanks;

University of Alaska-Juneau Library,

11120 Glacier Highway, Juneau;

Valdez Consortium Library, 200

Fairbanks Street, Valdez;

Z. J. Loussac Library, 3600 Denali Street,

Anchorage;

Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission

Office, Barrow;

Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, 431 West

7th Avenue, Suite 201, Anchorage;

Barrow City Office, Barrow;

North Slope Borough Office, Barrow;

Kaktovik City Office, Kaktovik;

Nuiqsut City Office, Nuiqsut.

Public Hearings: Five public hearings

will be held to receive comments on the

draft EIS. The hearings will provide us

with additional information that will

help in evaluating the potential effects

of the proposed project. Hearings will be

held in Anchorage, Barrow, Kaktovik,

Nuiqsut, and Fairbanks on the following

dates and times:

February 15, 2001, 12–3 p.m. and 7–9

p.m., Z. J. Loussac Library, Wilda;

Marston Theatre , 3600 Denali Street,

Anchorage;

February 19, 2001, 7:30–10 p.m.,

Inupiaq Heritage Center, Barrow;

February 20, 2001, 7–10 p.m., Kaktovik

Community Center, Kaktovik;

February 21, 2001, 7–10 p.m., at Kisik

Community Center, Nuiqsut;

February 22, 2001, 6–9 p.m., at the

Alaskaland Exhibit Hall, 2600 Airport

Way, Fairbanks.

An Inupiat translator will be available

at the public hearings held in Barrow,

Kaktovik, and Nuiqsut. Oral and written

comments on the draft EIS will be

addressed in the final EIS.

If you wish to testify at a hearing, you

may register prior to the hearing to

schedule a preferred time by contacting

the Alaska OCS Region at the above

address or Mr. Fred King at (907) 271–

6696 or toll free 1–800–764–2627 not

later than 3 days prior to the hearing

date. Every effort will be made to

accommodate individuals who have not

pre-registered to testify. Time

limitations may make it necessary to

limit the length of oral statements to 10

minutes. You may supplement an oral

statement with a more complete written

statement and submit it to a hearing

official at the hearing or by mail until

March 13, 2001. Written statements

submitted at a hearing will be

considered part of the hearing record. If

you are unable to attend the hearing,

you may submit written statements at

the address below.

We will accept comments on the draft

EIS until March 13, 2001. Address your

comments to the Regional Director,

Alaska OCS Region, Minerals

Management Service, 949 East 36th

Avenue, Room 308, Anchorage, Alaska

99508–4363.

Dated: December 21, 2000.

Carolita U. Kallaur,

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals

Management.

[FR Doc. 01–426 Filed 1–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining

Reclamation and Enforcement Interior.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation

and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing

that the information collection request

for 30 CFR 816, Permanent Program

Performance Standards—Surface

Mining Activities, has been forwarded

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval. The

information collection request describes

the nature of the information collection

and the expected burden and cost.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to

approve or disapprove the information

collections but may respond after 30

days. Therefore, public comments

should be submitted to OMB by

February 7, 2001, in order to be assured

of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request a copy of the information

collection request, explanatory

information and related form, contact

John A. Trelease at (202) 208–2783, or

electronically to jtreleas@osmre.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

require that interested members of the

public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities

[see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)]. OSM has

submitted a request to OMB to renew its

approval of the collection of information

found at 30 CFR 816, Permanent

Program Performance Standards—

Surface Mining Activities. OSM is

requesting a 3-year term of approval for

this information collection activity.

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. The OMB control

number for this collection of

information is listed in 30 CFR 816,

which is 1029–0047.

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a

Federal Register notice soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on October

17, 2000 (65 FR 61363). No comments

were received. This notice provides the

public with an additional 30 days in

which to comment.

The following information is provided

for the information collection: (1) Title

of the information collection; (2) OMB

control number; (3) summary of the

information collection activity; and (4)

frequency of collection, description of

the respondents, estimated total annual

responses, and the total annual

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

the collection of information. Where

appropriate, OSM has revised burden

estimates to reflect current reporting

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levels and adjustments based on

reestimates of the burden or number of

respondents.

Title: Permanent Program

Performance Standards—Surface

Mining Activities, 30 CFR Part 816.

OMB Control Number: 1029–0047.

Summary: Section 525 of the Surface

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of

1977 provides that permittees

conducting surface coal mining

operations shall meet all applicable

performance standards of the Act. The

information collected is used by the

regulatory authority in monitoring and

inspecting surface coal mining activities

to ensure that they are conducted in

compliance with the requirements of the

Act.

Bureau Form Number: None.

Frequency of Collection: Once, on

occasion, quarterly and annually.

Description of Respondents: Surface

coal mining operators.

Total Annual Responses: 731,787.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 355,405.

Send comments on the need for the

collection of information for the

performance of the functions of the

agency; the accuracy of the agency’s

burden estimates; ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information collection; and ways to

minimize the information collection

burden on respondents, such as use of

automated means of collection of the

information, to the following address.

Please refer to the appropriate OMB

control number in all correspondence.

ADDRESSES: Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, Attention:

Department of Interior Desk Officer, 725

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503; and to John A. Trelease, Office

of Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement, 1951 Constitution Ave.,

NW., Room 210–SIB, Washington, DC

20240.

Dated: January 3, 2001.

Richard G. Bryson,

Chief, Division of Regulatory Support.

[FR Doc. 01–428 Filed 1–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–05–M

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL

TRADE COMMISSION

[USITC SE–01–001]

Notice of Sunshine Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United

States International Trade Commission.

TIME AND DATE: January 12, 2001 at 11

a.m.

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street S.W.,

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:

(202) 205–2000.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agenda for future meeting: none.

2. Minutes.

3. Ratification List.

4. Inv. Nos. 731–TA–624–625

(Review)(Helical Spring Lock Washers from

China and Taiwan)—briefing and vote. (The

Commission is currently scheduled to

transmit its determination and

Commissioners’ opinions to the Secretary of

Commerce on January 25, 2001.)

5. Inv. Nos. 731–TA–470–472

(Review)(Silicon Metal from Argentina,

Brazil, and China)—briefing and vote. (The

Commission is currently scheduled to

transmit its determination and

Commissioners’ opinions to the Secretary of

Commerce on January 25, 2001.)

6. Inv. Nos. 731–TA–671–673

(Review)(Silicomanganese from Brazil,

China, and Ukraine)—briefing and vote. (The

Commission is currently scheduled to

transmit its determination and

Commissioners’ opinions to the Secretary of

Commerce on January 25, 2001.)

7. Outstanding action jackets: none.

In accordance with Commission

policy, subject matter listed above, not

disposed of at the scheduled meeting,

may be carried over to the agenda of the

following meeting.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: January 2, 2001.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–578 Filed 1–4–01; 2:26 pm]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND

SPACE ADMINISTRATION

[Notice 01–001]

NASA Advisory Council (NAC), AeroSpace Technology Advisory

Committee, Goals Subcommittee;

Meeting.

AGENCY: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Pub.

L. 92–463, as amended, the National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

announces a forthcoming meeting of the

NASA Advisory Council, Aero-Space

Technology Advisory Committee, Goals

Subcommittee.

DATES: Tuesday, February 6, 2001, 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, February 7,

2001, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, Room 9H40, 300

E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20546.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Mary-Ellen McGrath, Office of

Aerospace Technology, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration,

Washington, DC 20546 (202/358–4729).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting will be open to the public up

to the seating capacity of the room. The

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Tuesday, February 6, 2001

—Aviation Noise Reduction Overview

—Noise Reduction Strategic Thrust Weights

—Noise Reduction Technologies Briefing

—NASA Progress Toward Noise Reduction

Targets

—Noise Reduction Assessment, Priorities,

and Directions

—Subcommittee Caucus

Wednesday, February 7, 2001

—Aviation Safety Overview

—Aviation Safety Strategic Thrust Weights

—Aviation Safety Technologies Briefing

—NASA Progress Toward Safety Targets

—Overall Safety Assessment, Priorities, and

Directions

—Analysis Issues and Developments

—Subcommittee Caucus

In addition, for those interested, there

will be an Integrated Space

Transportation Plan (ISTP) presentation

from 9 a.m.–11 a.m., February 8, 2001.

The presentation will provide updated

program long-term goals and directions.

It is imperative that the meeting be held

on these dates to accommodate the

scheduling priorities of the key

participants.

Beth M. McCormick,

Advisory Committee Management Officer,

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–432 Filed 1–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7510–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Submission for OMB Review; Request

for Review of an Expiring Information

Collection: OPM Form 805 Series

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 104–13, May 22, 1995), this

notice announces that the Office of

Personnel Management has submitted

simultaneously with publication of this

notice a request to the Office of

Management and Budget for review of

an expiring information collection: OPM