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approval by, the Migratory Bird

Conservation Commission, established

by the Migratory Bird Conservation Act

(16 U.S.C. 715–715d, 715e, 715f–715g).

Proposals require a minimum of 50

percent non-Federal matching funds.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,

Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 01–4173 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of a

currently approved information

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0098).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), we are notifying

you that an information collection

request (ICR) titled ‘‘Office of Indian

Royalty Assistance Customer

Satisfaction Postcard’’ has been

forwarded to OMB for review and

approval. We are also soliciting your

comments on this ICR which describes

the information collection, its expected

costs and burden, and how the data will

be collected.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before March 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments

directly to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:

Desk Officer for the Department of the

Interior (OMB Control Number 1010–

0098), 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503. Also, please

submit copies of your comments to

Dennis C. Jones, Regulations and FOIA

Team, Minerals Management Service,

Minerals Revenue Management, PO Box

25165, MS 320B2, Denver, Colorado

80225. If you use an overnight courier

service, our courier address is Building

85, Room A–613, Denver Federal

Center, Denver, Colorado 80225.

PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURE: Please

submit your comments to the offices

listed in the ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ section, or

email your comments to us at

MRM.comments@mms.gov. Include the

title of the information collection, the

OMB Control Number in the

‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment, and

your name and return address. Submit

electronic comments as an ASCII file

avoiding the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. If you do

not receive a confirmation that we have

received your email, contact Mr. Jones

at (303) 231–3046, FAX (303) 231–3385.

We will post all comments for public

review at http://www.rmp.mms.gov.

Also, contact Mr. Jones to review

paper copies of the comments. Our

practice is to make comments, including

names and addresses of respondents,

available for public review during

regular business hours at our offices in

Lakewood, Colorado. Individual

respondents may request that we

withhold their home address from the

public record, which we will honor to

the extent allowable by law. There also

may be circumstances in which we

would withhold from the rulemaking

record a respondent’s identity, as

allowable by law. If you request that we

withhold your name and/or address,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your comment. However,

we will not consider anonymous

comments. We will make all

submissions from organizations or

businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis C. Jones, Regulations and FOIA

Team, telephone (303) 231–3046, FAX

(303) 231–3385, email

Dennis.C.Jones@mms.gov. You may also

contact Mr. Jones to obtain at no cost a

copy of our submission to OMB, which

includes a copy of the postcard that will

be used to collect this information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Office of Indian Royalty Assistance

Customer Satisfaction Postcard.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0098.

Bureau Form Number: N/A.

Abstract: The Department of the

Interior (DOI) is responsible for matters

relevant to mineral resource

development on Federal and Indian

Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS). The Secretary of the Interior

(Secretary) is responsible for managing

the production of minerals from Federal

and Indian Lands and the OCS; for

collecting royalties from lessees who

produce minerals; and for distributing

the funds collected in accordance with

applicable laws. The Secretary also has

an Indian trust responsibility to manage

Indian lands and seek advice and

information from Indian beneficiaries.

We perform the royalty management

functions and assist the Secretary in

carrying out DOI’s Indian trust

responsibility.

MMS’s Office of Indian Royalty

Assistance (OIRA) often resolves

questions and issues related to

individual Indian royalty payments.

When an individual Indian mineral

owner requests assistance from an OIRA

office, we include a Customer

Satisfaction Postcard, consisting of four

questions, when responding to the

owner’s request to help us determine if

our service was effective and to identify

how we can improve our service.

Responses to this information

collection are voluntary. No proprietary,

confidential, or sensitive information is

collected.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: 200 Individual Indian

mineral owners.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 7 hours.

Annual reporting/recordkeeping

requirements Frequency No. of respondents Burden hours Annual burden hours

Customer Satisfaction Postcard .. On occasion ................... 200 .................................. 2 minutes ........................ 7 hours

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour Cost’’

Burden: N/A.

Comments: The PRA provides that an

agency shall 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. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

PRA requires each agency * * * to

provide notice * * * and otherwise

consult with members of the public and

affected agencies concerning each

proposed collection of information

***’’ Agencies must specifically

solicit comments to: (a) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the agency

to perform its duties, including whether

the information is useful; (b) evaluate

the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of

the burden of the proposed collection of

information; (c) enhance the quality,

usefulness, and clarity of the

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information to be collected; and (d)

minimize the burden on the

respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

To comply with the public

consultation process, we published a

60-day Federal Register Notice on April

19, 2000 (65 FR 21007), with the

required 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this information

collection. No comments were received.

If you wish to comment in response

to this notice, send your comments

directly to the offices listed under the

ADDRESSES section of this notice. OMB

has up to 60 days to approve or

disapprove the information collection

but may respond after 30 days.

Therefore, to ensure maximum

consideration, OMB should receive

public comments by March 23, 2001.

MMS Information Collection

Clearance Officer: Jo Ann Lauterbach,

telephone (202) 208–7744.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

[FR Doc. 01–4225 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Intent to Prepare a Draft Environmental

Statement for the General Management

Plan, Biscayne National Park, Florida

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS) for the General Management Plan

(GMP), Biscayne National Park, Florida.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that in

accordance with section 102(2)(c) of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as amended), the

National Park Service has begun

preparation of a Draft EIS on the GMP

for Biscayne National Park. The

statement will assess potential

environmental impacts associated with

various types and levels of visitor use,

and resources management within the

park. Specific issues to be addressed

include appropriate levels and types of

visitor use at various park sites,

protection of natural resources such as

coral reefs and seagrass beds, protection

of cultural resources, and concerns

regarding land use surrounding the

park.

DATES: To determine the scope of issues

to be addressed in the Draft GMP and

EIS and identify significant issues

related to the project, a series of five

public meetings were held between

January 22 and January 30, 2001.

Additional public meetings will be held

at a later date and will be announced by

local media.

Comments on this planning effort

should be received no later than March

9, 2001. In addition, a newsletter with

mailback form was distributed to

provide information about this planning

process and to obtain public input. The

newsletter is posted on the Internet at

www.nps.gov/bisc.

ADDRESSES: Additional comments or

requests for information should be

addressed to Superintendent, Biscayne

National Park, 9700 SW 328th Street,

Homestead, Florida 33030.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft

and final environmental impact

statement will be distributed to all

known interested parties and

appropriate agencies. Full public

participation by federal, state, and local

agencies as well as other concerned

organizations and private citizens is

invited throughout the preparation

process of this document.

Biscayne National Park boundaries

encompass approximately two-thirds of

Biscayne Bay, protect a rare

combination of terrestrial and undersea

life, preserve a scenic subtropical setting

and provide outstanding recreational

opportunities. Proclaimed as Biscayne

National Monument in 1968, the area

was redesignated in 1980 as Biscayne

National Park to protect both the

historical and natural features. These

features include the natural

environment of Biscayne Bay, the

subtropical marine ecosystem,

populations of fish and wildlife, and

submerged cultural resources. The

environmental impact statement will

evaluate a range of alternative methods

to provide a diverse visitor experience

while maximizing protection of

resources and operational efficiency.

The responsible official for this

environmental impact statement is Jerry

Belson, Regional Director, National Park

Service, Southeast Region, 100 Alabama

Street, SW, 1924 Building, Atlanta,

Georgia 30303.

Our practice is to make comments,

including names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public review

during regular business hours. If you

wish for us to withhold your name and/

or address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. However, we will not

consider anonymous comments. We

will make all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

Dated: January 25, 2001.

W. Thomas Brown,

Regional Director, Southeast Region.

[FR Doc. 01–4309 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

National Preservation Technology and

Training Board: Meeting

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix (1988), that the

National Preservation Technology and

Training Board will meet on March 27

and 28, 2001, in Murfreesboro, TN.

The board was established by

Congress to provide leadership, policy

advice, and professional oversight to the

National Center for Preservation

Technology and Training, as required

under the National Historic Preservation

Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C.

470).

The board will meet in the Bradley

Academy Historical and Cultural

Center, 415 South Academy Street,

Murfreesboro, TN 37130, on Tuesday,

March 27, 2001. The meeting will start

at 8:30 a.m. and end at approximately

noon. Matters to be discussed include

officer, committee, university, National

Park Service, and center reports, and the

status of the grants program.

On Wednesday, March 28, 2001, the

meeting will start at 8:30 a.m. and end

at or before noon. Matters to be

discussed include a review of past

accomplishments of the center and a

look towards the future of the center

and its partners in the preservation

community.

This meeting will be open to the

public. However, facilities and space for

accommodating members of the public

are limited and persons will be

accommodated on a first-come, firstserved basis. Any member of the public

may file a written statement concerning

the matters to be discussed with Dr.

Neville Agnew, Chair, National

Preservation Technology and Training

Board, Group Director, Information and

Communication, The Getty

Conservation Institute, 1200 Getty

Center Drive, Suite 700, Los Angeles,

CA 90049–1684.

Persons wishing more information

concerning this meeting, or who wish to

submit written statements, may do so by