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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
Open Meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Water Information
United States Geological
Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of the
Advisory Committee on Water
Information (ACWI).
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given of a
meeting of the ACWI. This meeting is to
discuss broad policy-related topics
relating to national water initiatives,
and the development and dissemination
of water information, through reports
from ACWI subgroups. The agenda will
include updates from ACWI’s various
subcommittees; discussion of a new
Climate Workgroup that is being
formed; a report on the National
Monitoring Conference, which was held
earlier this year in Portland, Oregon; a
demonstration of new features that will
be released later in the summer for the
U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water
Information System; an update on the
National Ground Water Monitoring
Network Data Portal; a report on the
Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work
Group’s progress on revising Bulletin
17B, Guidelines For Determining Flood
Flow Frequency; and a demonstration of
a new component of the National
Environmental Methods Index that
provides better access to statistical and
assessment methods for water quality.
The ACWI was established under the
authority of the Office of Management
and Budget Memorandum M–92–01 and
the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
The purpose of the ACWI is to provide
a forum for water information users and
professionals to advise the Federal
Government on activities and plans that
may improve the effectiveness of
meeting the Nation’s water information
needs. Member organizations help to
foster communications between the
Federal and non-Federal sectors on
sharing water information.
Membership, limited to 35
organizations, represents a wide range
of water resources interests and
functions. Representation on the ACWI
includes all levels of government,
academia, private industry, and
professional and technical societies. For
more information on the ACWI, its
membership, subgroups, meetings and
activities, please see the Web site at:
http://ACWI.gov.
DATES: The formal meeting will take
place from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on
July 10, 2012, and from 9:00 a.m. until

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4:30 p.m. on July 11, 2011 (times are
Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Crowne Plaza Dulles Airport,
located at 2200 Centreville Road,
Herndon, Virginia 20171. The meeting
will also be accessible by teleconference
and WebEx. There will also be a
teleconference line and a WebEx
internet link available for the use of
those who cannot attend in person.
Information on the teleconference and
WebEx is available on the ACWI Web
site at: http://acwi.gov/acwi-minutes/
acwi2012/
ACWI_July_2012_DRAFT_agenda.pdf
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Wendy E. Norton, ACWI Executive
Secretary and Chief, Water Information
Coordination Program, U.S. Geological
Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS
417, Reston, VA 20192. Telephone: 703–
648–6810; Fax: 703–648–5644; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is open to the public. Up to a
half hour will be set aside for public
comment. Persons wishing to make a
brief presentation (up to 5 minutes) are
asked to provide a written request with
a description of the general subject to
Ms. Norton at the above address no later
than July 6, 2012. It is requested that 65
copies of a written statement be
submitted at the time of the meeting for
distribution to members of the ACWI
and placement in the official file. Any
member of the public may submit
written information and (or) comments
to Ms. Norton for distribution at the
ACWI meeting.
Dated: June 20, 2012.
Wendy Norton,
Chief, Water Information Coordination
Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Renewal of Approved Information
Collection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) invites public
comments on, and plans to request
approval to continue, the collection of
information pertaining to Federal and

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Indian oil and gas leasing and drainage
protection (except on the Osage
Reservation). The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) has assigned control
number 1004–0185 to this information
collection.
DATES: Submit comments on the
proposed information collection by
August 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by mail, fax, or electronic
mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street, NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202–245–
0050.
Electronic mail:
[email protected].
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0185’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donnie Shaw, Division of Fluid
Minerals, at 202–912–7155. Persons
who use a telecommunication device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339, to leave a message for
Mr. Shaw.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be given an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)).
This notice identifies an information
collection that the BLM plans to submit
to OMB for approval. The Paperwork
Reduction Act provides that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Until OMB approves a collection of
information, you are not obligated to
respond.
The BLM will request a 3-year term of
approval for this information collection
activity. Comments are invited on: (1)
The need for the collection of
information for the performance of the
functions of the agency; (2) the accuracy
of the agency’s burden estimates; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(4) ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information. A summary of the
public comments will accompany our
submission of the information collection
requests to OMB.
The following information is provided
for the information collection:

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Title: Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing
and Drainage Protection (43 CFR Parts
3100, 3120, and 3150, and Subpart
3162).
Forms: This is a nonform collection.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0185.
Abstract: The BLM proposes to extend
the currently approved collection of
information. The collection enables the
BLM to monitor and enforce compliance
with requirements pertaining to:
1. Statutory acreage limitations;
2. Waiver, suspension, or reduction of
rental or royalty payments;
3. Various types of agreements,
contracts, consolidations and
combinations;

4. Subsurface storage of oil and gas;
5. Transfers, name changes, and
corporate mergers;
6. Lease renewal, relinquishment,
termination, and cancellation;
7. Leasing under railroads and certain
other types of rights-of-way;
8. Lands available for competitive
leasing; and
9. Drainage protection.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion,
except for Option Statements (43 CFR
3100.3–3), which must be filed within
90 days after June 30 and December 31
of each year. All responses under this
control number are required to obtain or
retain a benefit.

Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents Annually: 2,484 Federal
and Indian oil and gas lessees,
operators, record title owners, and
holders of options to acquire an interest
in Federal or Indian leases.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden
Annually: 6,689 hours.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden Annually: $110,478.
The following table details the
individual components and respective
hour burdens of this information
collection request:

Type of
response

Number of
responses

Hours per
response

Total hours
(Column B ×
Column C)

A.

B.

C.

D.

Notice of option holdings 43 CFR 3100.3–1(b) ...........................................................................
Option statement 43 CFR 3100.3–3 ...........................................................................................
Proof of acreage reduction 43 CFR 3101.2–4(a) ........................................................................
Excess acreage petition 43 CFR 3101.2–4(a) ............................................................................
Ad hoc acreage statement 43 CFR 3101.2–6 ............................................................................
Joinder evidence statement 43 CFR 3101.3–1 ...........................................................................
Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty 43 CFR 3103.4–1 ...................................
Communitization or drilling agreements 43 CFR 3105.2 ............................................................
Operating, drilling, or development contracts interest statement 43 CFR 3105.3 ......................
Joint operations, transportation of oil application 43 CFR 3105.4 ..............................................
Subsurface storage application 43 CFR 3105.5 .........................................................................
Consolidation of leases 43 CFR 3105.6 .....................................................................................
Heirs and devisees statement 43 CFR 3106.8–1 .......................................................................
Change of name report 43 CFR 3106.8–2 .................................................................................
Corporate merger notice 43 CFR 3106.8–3 ................................................................................
Lease renewal application 43 CFR 3107.8 .................................................................................
Relinquishment 43 CFR 3108.1 ..................................................................................................
Class I reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2–2 ........................................................................
Class II reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2–3 .......................................................................
Class III reinstatement petition 43 CFR 3108.2–4 ......................................................................
Application for lease under right-of-way 43 CFR 3109.1 ............................................................
Lands available for competitive leasing 43 CFR 3120.1–1(e) ....................................................
Protests and appeals 43 CFR 3120.1–3 .....................................................................................
Preliminary drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2–9 ..........................................................
Detailed drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2–9 ...............................................................
Additional drainage protection report 43 CFR 3162.2–9 ............................................................

30
50
10
10
10
50
20
150
50
20
50
1
40
60
100
30
150
87
59
7
20
280
90
1,000
100
10

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0.5
1
18
1
1
2.5
1.5
2
8
8

30
50
10
10
10
50
20
150
50
20
50
1
40
60
100
30
75
87
1,062
7
20
700
135
2,000
800
80

Totals ....................................................................................................................................

2,484

........................

5,647

Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.
Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information
Collection Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey;
Montana
AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.
ACTION:

Notice of filing of plats of

survey.
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) will file the plat of
survey of the lands described below in

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the BLM Montana State Office, Billings,
Montana, on July 27, 2012.
DATES: Protests of the survey must be
filed before July 27, 2012 to be
considered.
Protests of the survey
should be sent to the Branch of
Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land
Management, 5001 Southgate Drive,
Billings, Montana 59101–4669.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marvin Montoya, Cadastral Surveyor,
Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of
Land Management, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669,
telephone (406) 896–5124 or (406) 896–
5009, [email protected].
ADDRESSES:

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