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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 248 / Friday, December 28, 2007 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Reaffirmation of Statement of
Findings: Southern Arizona Water
Rights Settlement Amendments Act of
2004
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice of Statement of Findings
in accordance with Title III of Public
Law 108–451, and enactment of H.R.
3739 (Public Law Number forthcoming).

AGENCY:

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ACTION:

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) is publishing this notice in
accordance with section 302(b) of the
Southern Arizona Water Rights
Settlement Amendments Act of 2004
(Settlement Amendments Act), Public
Law 108–451, 118 Stat. 3536, 3571–72,
and H.R. 3739 (Public Law Number
forthcoming). Congress enacted the
Settlement Amendments Act as Title III
of the Arizona Water Settlements Act
(AWSA), Public Law 108–451, 118 Stat.
3478 et seq. The publication of this
notice causes the amendments to the
Southern Arizona Water Rights
Settlement Act of 1982 (1982 Act),
Public Law 97–293, 96 Stat. 1274 (as
amended), made by the Settlement
Amendments Act to take effect.
DATES: In accordance with section
302(b) of the Settlement Amendments
Act, Title III of Public Law 108–451 and
the amendments made by Title III are
effective on December 14, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Address all comments and requests for
additional information to Deborah Saint,
Chair, Arizona Water Settlements
Implementation Team, Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation,
Lower Colorado Region, Native
American Affairs Office, 400 N 5th
Street, Suite 1470, Phoenix, AZ 85004.
(602) 379–3199.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1982
Act was enacted to resolve the water
right claims of the San Xavier and Shuk
Toak Districts of the Tohono O’odham
Nation (Nation). Disagreement about the
allocation of settlement benefits
precluded implementation of the 1982
Act. On December 10, 2004, the
Settlement Amendments Act was
enacted as Title III of AWSA in order to
resolve issues which precluded
implementation of the 1982 Act.
The purposes of the Settlement
Amendments Act are:
(1) To authorize, ratify, and confirm
the Tohono O’odham settlement
agreement, the Tucson agreement, the
Asarco agreement and related leases,
and the FICO agreement;

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(2) To authorize and direct the
Secretary to execute and perform all
obligations of the Secretary under those
agreements; and
(3) To authorize the actions and
appropriations necessary for the United
States to meet its obligations under
those agreements and the Settlement
Amendments Act. In order for the
Settlement Amendments Act and its
amendments to be effective and
enforceable, the Secretary is required to
make a statement of findings that certain
conditions have been met. The Secretary
signed such a Statement of Findings on
December 10, 2007, and such findings
were published in the Federal Register
on December 14, 2007 (72 FR 71145,
Dec. 14, 2007). Subsequent to the
Secretary’s signing of the Statement of
Findings, Congress passed H.R. 3739
(Public Law Number forthcoming),
which was signed into law by the
President on December 21, 2007. This
Federal Register Notice reaffirms the
Statement of Findings in light of the
enactment of H.R. 3739 and includes a
technical correction in light of an
inadvertent typographical error.
Statement of Findings
In accordance with section 302(b) of
the Settlement Amendments Act, I find
as follows:
1. The Tohono O’odham settlement
agreement has been revised to eliminate
any conflicts with the Settlement
Amendments Act and, as so revised, has
been executed by the parties and the
Secretary.
2. The Secretary and other parties to
the Tucson agreement, the Asarco
agreement and the FICO agreement
described in section 309(h)(2)
Settlement Amendments Act (as
contained in the amendment made by
section 301) have executed those
agreements.
3. The Secretary has approved the
interim allottee water rights code
described in section 308(b)(3)(A) of the
Settlement Amendments Act (as
contained in the amendment made by
section 301).
4. Final dismissal with prejudice has
been entered in the Alvarez case and the
Tucson case on the sole condition that
this Statement of Findings be published.
5. The State court having jurisdiction
over the Gila River Adjudication
proceedings has approved the judgment
and decree attached to the Tohono
O’odham settlement agreement as
exhibit 17.1.1
1 Substantive

modification to correspond to the
provisions of H.R. 3739, signed into law by the
President on December 21, 2007 (Public Law No.
forthcoming, llStat.ll(2007)).

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6. Implementation costs totaling
$24,068,400, as specified in section
302(b)(6) of the Settlement Amendments
Act, have been identified and retained
in the Lower Colorado River Basin
Development Fund.
7. The State of Arizona has enacted
legislation that qualifies the Nation to
earn long-term storage credits under the
Asarco agreement; implements the San
Xavier groundwater protection program
in accordance with paragraph 8.8 of the
Tohono O’odham settlement agreement;
enables the State to assist the Secretary
in firming Central Arizona Project water
pursuant to section 306(b); and confirms
the jurisdiction of the State court having
jurisdiction over Gila River
Adjudication proceedings and decrees
to carry out the provisions of sections
312(d) and 312(h) of the Settlement
Amendments Act (as contained in the
amendment made by section 301).
8. The Secretary and the State of
Arizona have agreed to an acceptable
schedule as referred to in section
105(b)(2)(C) of AWSA.2
9. Final judgment has been entered in
Central Arizona Water Conservation
District v. United States (No. CIV 95–
625–TUC–WDB (EHC), No. CIV 95–
1720–PHX–EHC) (Consolidated Action)
in accordance with the repayment
stipulation in that case.
Dated: December 21, 2007.
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–350–1430–PE–24 1A]

Extension of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004–
0009
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
OMB for review and approval. The ICR
is scheduled to expire on December 31,
2007. The BLM may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
2 Technical correction in light of an inadvertent
typographical error. The reference to ‘‘15,000 acrefeet’’ incorrectly referenced the firming obligation
for the benefit of the Gila River Indian Community
found at section 105(b)(2)(A) of AWSA.

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unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. However, under OMB
regulations, the BLM may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
On June 21, 2006, the BLM published a
notice in the Federal Register (71 FR
35698) requesting comment on this
information collection. The comment
period ended on August 21, 2006. The
BLM received no comments. You may
obtain copies of the collection of
information and related forms and
explanatory material by contacting the
BLM Information Collection Clearance
Officer at the telephone number listed
in the ADDRESSES section below.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this request within 60 days but may
respond after 30 days. Submit your
comments to OMB at the address below
by January 28, 2008 to receive
maximum consideration.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–
6566 (fax) or
[email protected] (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Alexandra Ritchie, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of
Land Management, at U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 C
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Additionally, you may contact
Alexandra Ritchie regarding this ICR at
(202) 452–0388 (phone); (202) 653–5287
(fax); or [email protected] (email).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
program-related questions, contact
Alzata L. Ransom, Realty Use Group, on
(202) 452–7772 (Commercial or FTS).
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8330, 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, to contact Ms.
Ransom. For questions regarding this
ICR or the information collection
process, contact Alexandra Ritchie by
phone, mail, fax, or e-mail (see
ADDRESSES).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
Control Number: 1004–0009.
Title: Land Use Application and
Permit, 43 CFR 2920.
Bureau Form Number: 2920–1.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Private Citizens,
Businesses, and State and Local
Governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 519.
Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour
per response for land use authorizations
that will cause little or no damage to the
public lands and resources; 120 hours
for authorizations that may cause
considerable damage or disturbance to
the public lands and resources.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 1,709.
Abstract: The BLM uses the
information to allow State and local
governments, businesses, and private
citizens to use, occupy, or develop the
public lands under certain conditions.
Land uses that may be authorized are:
agricultural development, residential
(under certain conditions), recreation
concessions (under certain conditions),
and business, industrial, and
commercial. The types of land uses
include commercial filming, advertising
displays, commercial or noncommercial
croplands, apiaries, livestock, holding
or feeding areas not related to grazing
permits and leases, harvesting of native
or introduced species, temporary or
permanent facilities for commercial
purposes (does not include mining
claims), ski resorts, construction
equipment storage sites, assembly yards,
oil rig stacking sites, mining claim
occupancy if the residential structures
are not incidental to the mining
operation, and water pipelines and well
pumps related to irrigation and nonirrigation facilities.
We estimate that it will take a
respondent 1 hour to complete an
application for a land use authorization
that will cause little or no damage or
disturbance to the public lands and
resources. Ninety-eight percent of land
use authorization respondents are in
this category. It will take a respondent
120 hours to complete an application for
complex land use authorization
proposals that will cause considerable
damage or disturbance to the public
lands and resources. Two percent of
land use authorization respondents are
in this category. The majority of the
complex land use authorizations are
from the major motion picture film
industry. The BLM did not receive any
responses in this last category during
the current collection period. The
average annual application processing
fee for this entire collection (complex
and less complex authorization
proposals) is $148,933.28.
We again specifically request your
comments on the following:
1. Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the BLM, including
whether the information will have
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2. The accuracy of BLM’s estimate of
the burden of collecting the information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. The quality, utility and clarity of
the information we collect; and
4. How to minimize the burden of
collecting the information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: December 21, 2007.
Alexandra Ritchie,
Bureau of Land Management, Information
Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E7–25217 Filed 12–27–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–100–05–1310–DB]

Notice of Availability of a Revised Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for the Pinedale Anticline
Oil and Gas Exploration and
Development Project, Sublette County,
WY
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) of 1969,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces the availability of a Revised
Draft Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement for long-term
development of natural gas resources in
the Pinedale Anticline Project Area
(PAPA).
The BLM released a Draft
Supplemental Impact Statement (DSEIS)
on December 15, 2006. The comment
period for the DSEIS closed on April 6,
2007. Based upon public comments,
BLM is reissuing a Revised Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (RDSEIS) to include the
analysis of two additional alternatives.

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