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encourage qualified women and
members of minority groups to apply.
Qualification of Members
Members must have at least 5 years of
experience related to maritime or port
security operations. Applicants may be
required to pass an appropriate security
background check before appointment
to the Committee/Sub-Committees.
Applicants must register and remain
active as Coast Guard Homeport users if
appointed.
The term of office for each vacancy is
5 years. However, a member may serve
one additional term of office. Members
are not salaried or otherwise
compensated for their service on the
Committee/Sub-Committees.
Format of Applications
Applications for membership may be
in any format. However, because
members must demonstrate an interest
in the security of the area covered by the
Committee/Regional Sub-Committees,
we particularly encourage the
submission of information highlighting
experience in maritime or security
matters.
Authority
Section 102 of the Maritime
Transportation Security Act of 2002
(Pub. L. 107–295) (the Act) authorizes
the Secretary of the Department in
which the Coast Guard is operating to
establish Area Maritime Security
Committees for any port area of the
United States. See 33 U.S.C. 1226; 46
U.S.C. 70112(a)(2); 33 CFR 103.205;
Department of Homeland Security
Delegation No. 0170.1. The Act exempts
Area Maritime Security Committees
from the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. (Pub. L. 92–
463).
Dated: December 11, 2007.
S.J. Ferguson,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the
Port, Buffalo.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management

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Extension of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004–
0103
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
requesting the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing
approval to collect information from
applicants who apply to purchase
mineral materials from public lands
under regulations at 43 CFR parts 3600
and 3610. The BLM uses the
information collected on Form 3600–9
(Contract for the Sale of Mineral
Materials) to evaluate the environmental
impacts of and otherwise evaluate
mineral materials disposal proposals.
DATES: You must submit your comments
to BLM at the address below on or
before March 10, 2008. BLM will not
necessarily consider any comments
received after the above date.
ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to:
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, Mail Stop 401LS,
1849 C Street, NW., ATTN: Bureau
Information Collection Clearance Officer
(WO–630), Washington, DC 20240.
You may send comments via Internet
to: [email protected].
Please include ‘‘Attn: 1004–0103’’ and
your name and return address in your
Internet message.
You may deliver comments to the
Bureau of Land Management,
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620
L Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20036.
All comments will be available for
public review at the L Street address
during regular business hours (7:45 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m.), Monday through Friday
except Federal holidays. Before
including your address, telephone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be advised that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask in your comment to
withhold from public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may contact George Brown at (202) 452–
7765 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who
use a telecommunication device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) on
1–800–877–8330, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, to leave a message for Mr.
Brown.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR
1320.12(a) requires that we provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning a collection of information
to solicit comments on:
(1) Whether the collection of
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functioning of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimates of
the information collection burden,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions we use;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
(4) Ways to minimize the information
collection burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
The Mineral Materials Act of 1947, as
amended (Act), 30 U.S.C. 601 and 602,
provides for the disposal of mineral
materials, such as sand, gravel, and
petrified wood from public lands by sale
or free use. BLM disposes such
materials under the regulations at 43
CFR parts 3600 and 3610.
BLM uses Form 3600–9 to collect
information to:
(1) Determine whether the sale of
mineral materials is in the public
interest;
(2) Mitigate the environmental
impacts of mineral materials
development;
(3) Get fair market value for materials
sold; and
(4) Prevent trespass removal of the
materials.
Applicants must submit a request in
writing to BLM to purchase mineral
materials. Specific information
requirements are not stated in the
regulations, but sale agreements are
made on Form 3600–9 approved by
BLM.
BLM estimates we process 5,400
contracts for mineral materials each
year. We estimate it takes 30 minutes to
complete and compile supporting
documentation. The estimated total
annual information collection burden is
2,700 hours.
The BLM will summarize all
responses to this notice and include
them in the request for OMB approval.
All comments will be of public record.
Dated: January 2, 2008.
Ted R. Hudson,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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