Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Colleciton, Comment Request

Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 9, 2008 / Notices
Dated: October 28, 2008.
Kenneth Stansell,
Assistant Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. E8–28830 Filed 12–8–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AA–6696–E; AK–964–1410–HY–P]

Hillary Woods,
Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer
Adjudication I.
[FR Doc. E8–29093 Filed 12–8–08; 8:45 am]

Alaska Native Claims Selection
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of decision approving
lands for conveyance.

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Bureau of Land Management, Alaska
State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue,
#13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7504.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: The
Bureau of Land Management by phone
at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at
[email protected]. Persons
who use a telecommunication device
(TTD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, to contact the Bureau of Land
Management.

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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an
appealable decision approving lands for
conveyance pursuant to the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act will be
issued to St. George Tanaq Corporation.
The lands are in the vicinity of Unalaska
Island, Alaska, and are located in:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Seward Meridian, Alaska
T. 77 S., R. 122 W.,
Secs. 2, 4, and 11.
Containing 83.50 acres.
T. 78 S., R. 124 W.,
Sec. 5, 6, 7, and 10.
Containing 3.85 acres.
Aggregating 87.35 acres.

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed
Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and
Gas Lease.

A portion of the subsurface estate in
these lands will be conveyed to The
Aleut Corporation when the surface
estate is conveyed to St. George Tanaq
Corporation. The remaining lands lie
within the Aleutian Islands National
Wildlife Refuge, now known as the
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife
Refuge, established by Executive Order
No. 1733 on March 3, 1913. The
subsurface estate in the refuge lands
will be reserved to the United States at
the time of conveyance. Notice of the
decision will also be published four
times in the Anchorage Daily News.
DATES: The time limits for filing an
appeal are:
1. Any party claiming a property
interest which is adversely affected by
the decision shall have until January 8,
2009 to file an appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the
decision by certified mail shall have 30
days from the date of receipt to file an
appeal.
Parties who do not file an appeal in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR Part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed
to have waived their rights.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
be obtained from:

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Bureau of Land Management
[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW174821]

Wyoming: Notice of Proposed
Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and
Gas Lease

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30
U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR
3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) received a
petition for reinstatement from Whiting
Oil and Gas Corporation for competitive
oil and gas lease WYW174821 for land
in Lincoln County, Wyoming. The
petition was filed on time and was
accompanied by all the rentals due
since the date the lease terminated
under the law.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management,Pamela J.
Lewis, Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals
Adjudication, at (307) 775–6176.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee
has agreed to the amended lease terms
for rentals and royalties at rates of
$10.00 per acre, or fraction thereof, per
year, and 162⁄3 percent, respectively.
The lessee has paid the required $500
administrative fee and $163 to
reimburse the Department for the cost of
this Federal Register notice. The lessee
has met all the requirements for
reinstatement of the lease as set out in
Sections 31(d) and (e) of the Mineral
Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.
188), and the Bureau of Land
Management is proposing to reinstate
lease WYW174821 effective October 1,
2008, under the original terms and

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conditions of the lease and the
increased rental and royalty rates cited
above. BLM has not issued a valid lease
affecting the lands.
Pamela J. Lewis,
Chief, Branch of Fluid Minerals Adjudication.
[FR Doc. E8–29081 Filed 12–8–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Agency Information Collection;
Request for Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of currently
approved collection (OMB No. 1006–
0014).
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intentions of the
Bureau of Reclamation to seek extension
of the information collection for the
Lower Colorado River Well Inventory.
The current OMB approval expires on
March 31, 2009.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by February 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: To obtain copies of the
information collection form and to
submit comments on this information
collection contact: Ruth Thayer (BCOO–
4200), PO Box 61470, Boulder City, NV
89006. Comments may also be
submitted by email to
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ruth Thayer, Group Manager, Boulder
Canyon Operations Office, Bureau of
Reclamation, 702–293–8426.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Lower Colorado River Well
Inventory.
OMB No.: OMB No. 1006–0014.
Abstract: Pursuant to the Boulder
Canyon Project Act (Pub. L. 70–642, 45
Stat. 1057), all diversions of mainstream
Colorado River water must be in
accordance with a Colorado River water
entitlement. The Consolidated Decree of
the United States Supreme Court in
Arizona v California, 547 U.S. 150
(2006) requires the Secretary of the
Interior to account for all diversions of
mainstream Colorado River water along
the lower Colorado River, including
water drawn from the mainstream by
underground pumping. To meet the
water entitlement and accounting
obligations, an inventory of wells and
river pumps is required along the lower

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Colorado River, and the gathering of
specific information concerning these
wells.
Description of respondents: The
respondents will include well and riverpump owners and operators along the
lower Colorado River in Arizona,
California, and Nevada. Each diverter
(including well pumpers) must be
identified and their diversion locations
and water use determined.
Frequency: These data are collected
only once for each well or river-pump
owner or operator as long as changes in
water use, or other changes that would
impact contractual or administrative
requirements, are not made. A
respondent may request that the data for
their well or river pump be updated
after the initial inventory.
Estimated completion time: An
average of 20 minutes is required to
interview individual well and riverpump owners or operators. Reclamation
will use the information collected
during these interviews to complete the
information collection form.
Annual responses: 1,500.
Annual burden hours: 500 hours.
Comments:
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of our functions, including
whether the information will have
practical use;
(b) The accuracy of our burden
estimate for the proposed collection of
information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
We will summarize all comments
received regarding this notice. We will
publish that summary in the Federal
Register when the information
collection request is submitted to OMB
for review and approval.
Before including your address,
telephone 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 us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.

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Dated: December 3, 2008.
Lorri Gray,
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region,
Bureau of Reclamation.
[FR Doc. E8–29080 Filed 12–8–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
and Enforcement
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for 1029–0111
AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining
Reclamation and Enforcement.
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 Part 761—Areas Designated
by Act of Congress, has been submitted
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This
information collection request describes
the nature of the information collection
and the expected burden and cost for 30
CFR Part 761.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collection but may respond after 30
days. Therefore, public comments
should be submitted to OMB by January
8, 2009, in order to be assured of
consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Department of
Interior Desk Officer, by telefax at (202)
395–6566 or via e-mail to
[email protected]. Also,
please send a copy of your comments to
John A. Trelease, Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
1951 Constitution Ave., NW., Room
202–SIB, Washington, DC 20240, or
electronically to jtreleaseosmre.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
receive a copy of the information
collection request, contact John Trelease
at (202) 208–2783, or electronically at
jtreleaseosmre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
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submitted a request to OMB to renew its
approval of the collection of information
contained in 30 CFR Part 761—Areas
Designated by Act of Congress. 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 1029–0111.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments for these collections of
information was published on
September 3, 2008 (73 FR 51514). No
comments were received. This notice
provides the public with an additional
30 days in which to comment on the
following information collection
activity:
Title: 30 CFR Part 761—Areas
Designated by Act of Congress.
OMB Control Number: 1029–0111.
Summary: OSM and State regulatory
authorities use the information collected
under 30 CFR Part 761 to ensure that
persons planning to conduct surface
coal mining operations on the lands
protected by § 522(e) of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act of
1977 have the right to do so under one
of the exemptions or waivers provided
by this section of the Act.
Bureau Form Number: None.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
Description of Respondents: 17
applicants for certain surface coal mine
permits and the corresponding State
regulatory authorities.
Total Annual Responses: 158.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 531.
Total Annual Non-Hour Burden
Costs: $2,682.
Send comments on the need for the
collections 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 collections; and ways to
minimize the information collection
burdens on respondents, such as use of
automated means of collections of the
information, to the individual listed in
ADDRESSES. Please refer to OMB control
number 1029–0111 in all
correspondence.
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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying

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