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The plat
and field notes of the dependent
resurvey and survey in Township 5
South, Range 80 West, Sixth Principal
Meridian, Colorado, were accepted on
January 31, 2013, and filed on February
12, 2013.
The plat and field notes of the
dependent resurvey, survey, and
supplemental plat in Township 5 South,
Range 81 West, Sixth Principal
Meridian, Colorado, were accepted on
January 31, 2013, and filed on February
12, 2013.
The plat, in 2 sheets, and field notes
of the dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 4 South, Range 82 West,
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado,
were accepted on January 31, 2013, and
filed on February 12, 2013.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Randy Bloom,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Colorado.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLCO956000 L14200000.BJ0000]

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey;
Colorado
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of
Survey; Colorado.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Colorado State
Office is publishing this notice to
inform the public of the intent to
officially file the survey plats listed
below and afford a proper period of time
to protest this action prior to the plat
filing. During this time, the plats will be
available for review in the BLM
Colorado State Office.
DATES: Unless there are protests of this
action, the filing of the plats described
in this notice will happen on March 25,
2013.
ADDRESSES: BLM Colorado State Office,
Cadastral Survey, 2850 Youngfield
Street, Lakewood, Colorado 80215–
7093.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Randy Bloom, Chief Cadastral Surveyor
for Colorado, (303) 239–3856.
Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
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above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
The plat
and field notes of the dependent
resurvey in Township 41 North, Range
11 East, New Mexico Principal
Meridian, Colorado, were accepted on
October 31, 2012.
The plat, in 2 sheets, and field notes
of the dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 35 North, Range 12 West,
New Mexico Principal Meridian,
Colorado, were accepted on November
13, 2012.
The plat, in 2 sheets, and field notes
of the dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 40 North, Range 11 East, New
Mexico Principal Meridian, Colorado,
were accepted on November 14, 2012.
The plat, in 2 sheets, and field notes
of the dependent resurvey and metesand-bounds survey in Luis Maria Baca
Grant No. 4, Colorado, were accepted on
November 28, 2012.
The plat, in 4 sheets, and field notes
of the survey and metes-and-bounds
survey in Luis Maria Baca Grant No. 4,
Colorado, were accepted on November
28, 2012.
The plat and field notes of the
dependent resurvey in Township 26
South, Range 73 West, Sixth Principal
Meridian, Colorado, were accepted on
December 11, 2012.
The plat and field notes of the
dependent resurvey and survey of the
NE1⁄4 of section 31, in Township 7
South, Range 70 West, Sixth Principal
Meridian, Colorado, were accepted on
December 31, 2012.
The plat, in 3 sheets, and field notes
of the dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 9 South, Range 70 West,
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado,
were accepted on December 31, 2012.
The plat and field notes of the
dependent resurvey and survey in
Township 11 South, Range 69 West,
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado,
were accepted on January 10, 2013.
The plat, in 2 sheets, and field notes
of the dependent resurvey in Township
11 South, Range 70 West, Sixth
Principal Meridian, Colorado, were
accepted on February 13, 2013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Randy Bloom,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Colorado.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–PVE–LWCF–12021; WBS#:
PSSSLAD0004011]

Proposed Information Collection; Land
and Water Conservation Fund State
Assistance Program
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; request for comments.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

We (National Park Service,
NPS) will ask the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to approve the
information collection (IC) described
below. As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 and as part of our
continuing efforts to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, we invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on this IC. This IC is
scheduled to expire on October 31,
2013. We 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.
DATES: To ensure that we are able to
consider your comments on this IC, we
must receive them by April 23, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Madonna L. Baucum, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, National
Park Service, 1201 I Street NW., MS
1237, Washington, DC 20005 (mail); or
[email protected] (email).
Please include ‘‘1024–0031’’ in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this IC, contact Elisabeth Fondriest,
Recreation Grants Chief, State and Local
Assistance Programs Division at 202–
354–6916; or 1849 C Street NW., (2225),
Washington, DC 20240 (mail); or
[email protected] (email).
Please include ‘‘1024–0031’’ in the
subject line.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965 (LWCF Act) (16 U.S.C.
460l-4 et seq.) was enacted to help
preserve, develop, and ensure public
access to outdoor recreation facilities.
The LWCF Act provides funds for and
authorizes Federal assistance to the
States for planning, acquisition, and
development of needed land and water
areas and facilities. As used for this
information collection, the term
‘‘States’’ includes the 50 States; the
Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the
Northern Mariana Islands; the District of

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Columbia; and the territories of Guam,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American
Samoa.
In accordance with the LWCF Act, we
administer the LWCF State Assistance
Program, which provides matching
grants to States, and through the States
to local units of government. LWCF
grants are provided to States on a
matching basis for up to 50 percent of
the total project-related allowable costs.
Grants to eligible insular areas may be
for 100 percent assistance. The LWCF
State Assistance Program gives
maximum flexibility and responsibility
to the States. States establish their own
priorities and criteria and award their
grant money through a competitive
selection process based on a Statewide
recreation plan. Payments for all
projects are made to the State agency
that is authorized to accept and
administer funds paid for approved
projects. Local units of government
participate in the program as
subgrantees of the State with the State
retaining primary grant compliance
responsibility.
The information collection
requirements associated with the LWCF
State Assistance Program are currently
approved under five OMB control
numbers, all of which expire on October
31. 2013. During our review for this
renewal, we identified some other
collection requirements that need OMB
approval. In this revision of 1024–0031,
we are including all of the information
collection requirements for the LWCF
State Assistance Program. If OMB
approves this revision, we will
discontinue OMB Control Numbers
1024–0032, 1024–0033, 1024–0034, and
1024–0047. Following are the
information collection requirements for
the LWCF State Assistance Program,
which are discussed in detail in the
Land and Water Conservation Fund
State Assistance Program Federal
Financial Assistance Manual, available
online at http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/
programs/lwcf/manual/lwcf.pdf:
(1) Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor
Recreation Plan (SCORP). The LWCF
Act requires that to be eligible for LWCF
financial assistance, each State must
prepare and submit to NPS for approval
a new or revised SCORP at least once
every 5 years. The SCORP must include:
• The name of the State agency that
will have the authority to represent and
act for the State;
• An evaluation of the demand for
and supply of outdoor recreation
resources and facilities in the State;
• A program for the implementation
of the plan;
• Certification by the Governor that
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participation has taken place in plan
development; and
• Other necessary information, as
may be determined by the Secretary.
(2) Open Project Selection Process
(OPSP). Each State must develop an
OPSP that provides objective criteria
and standards for grant selection that
are explicitly based on each State’s
priority needs for the acquisition and
development of outdoor recreation
resources as identified in the SCORP.
The OPSP is the connection between the
SCORP and the use of LWCF grants to
assist State efforts in meeting high
priority outdoor recreation resource
needs. To ensure continuing close ties
between the SCORP and the OPSP,
States must review project selection
criteria each time that a new or
amended SCORP is approved by the
NPS. States must submit to the NPS a
revised set of OPSP criteria that conform
to any changes in SCORP priorities or
submit an appropriate certification that
no such revisions are necessary.
(3) Application. States may seek
financial assistance for acquisition,
development, or planning projects to be
conducted under the LWCF Act. To
receive a grant, States must submit an
application to NPS for review and
approval. Project proposals for LWCF
grants comprise the following:
• Proposal Description and
Environmental Screening Form (PD/
ESF). The PD assists the applicant in
developing a narrative that provides
administrative and descriptive
information to help the Federal
decisionmaker understand the nature of
the proposed project NPS is being asked
to fund. The ESF indicates the resources
that could be impacted by the project,
enabling States and/or local project
sponsors to more accurately follow an
appropriate pathway for compliance
with the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA). The analysis serves as part
of the Federal administrative record
required by NEPA and its implementing
regulations.
• Project Agreement (Form 10–902).
This form documents the agreement
between the NPS and the State for
accomplishing the project. It binds the
Federal Government and the State to
certain obligations through its
acceptance of Federal assistance,
including the rules and regulations
applicable to the conduct of a project
under the Act and any special terms and
conditions to the project established by
the NPS and agreed to by the State. It
obligates the United States to provide
grants up to a designated amount for
eligible costs; sets forth methods of
costing, accounting, incurrence of costs,
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establishes the project performance
period and briefly describes the scope of
the project. (Currently approved under
OMB Control Number 1024–0033.)
• Description and Notification Form
(DNF) (Form 10–903). The State must
submit a DNF for each project. This
form provides data about assisted
project sites, such as location, acreages
and details about improvements, as
understood at the beginning of each
project. (Currently approved under
OMB Control Number 1024–0031.)
• Pre-award Onsite Inspection Report.
The State must physically inspect
proposed project sites prior to the award
of grant funds and report on the
findings. The inspection must be
conducted in accord with the onsite
inspection agreement between the State
and NPS. See additional information
under Reports, below. (Currently
approved under 1024–0034.)
• Maps and other supporting
documentation. Applicants must
develop and submit two maps: one
depicting the general location of the
park as well as the entrance area; the
other delineating the boundaries of the
outdoor recreation area that will be
subject to the conversion provisions of
Section 6(f)(3) of the Act. Applicants
should submit other documents that
have a significant bearing on the project.
(4) Grant Amendments. After initial
award but during the award
performance period, a State or project
sponsor may seek to modify the agreedupon terms, such as the award end date,
the scope of work, or the budget. NPS
must review and approve such changes.
States must submit an amendment
request on behalf of themselves or the
local sponsor, which depending on the
nature of the change, could comprise
the following elements: Amendment to
Project Agreement, revised Standard
Forms, a letter from the SLO describing
the proposed changes and the impact to
the project, the PD/ESF, a revised
boundary map, and a revised DNF.
• Amendment to Project Agreement
(Form 10–902A). An amendment form is
required to alter the signed Project
Agreement. When the amendment is
signed by the NPS, it becomes part of
the agreement and supersedes it in the
specified matters. (Currently approved
under 1024–0033.)
• Description and Notification Form
(Form 10–903). A revised DNF may be
required for changes in scope that alter
the planned facility development or the
acreage of the site or area to be protected
under 6(f).
(5) Conversions of Use. In accordance
with section 6(f)(3) of the Act and as
codified in 36 CFR 59, no lands
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funds can be converted to other than
public outdoor recreation uses unless
the NPS approves. States must submit a
formal request to the appropriate NPS
Regional Office with documentation to
substantiate that: (a) All alternatives to
the conversion have been evaluated and
then rejected on a sound basis; (b)
required replacement land being offered
as a substitute is of reasonably
equivalent location and recreational
usefulness as the assisted sites proposed
for conversion; (c) the property
proposed for substitution meets the
eligibility requirements for LWCF
assistance; and (d) replacement property
is of at least equal fair market value as
established by an appraisal developed
in accordance with Federal appraisal
standards. Required documentation is
similar to that submitted for grant
amendment requests. Additional
documents include maps identifying the
existing 6(f) boundary with the area to
be converted, and of the proposed
replacement property; and appraisal
reports establishing property values.
(Currently approved under OMB
Control Number 1024–0047.)
(6) Proposal for a Public Facility.
Project sponsors must seek NPS
approval to construct public indoor or
non-recreation facilities within a
Section 6(f) area. In most cases,
development of such facilities would
constitute a conversion, but, in certain
cases NPS may approve them where it
can be shown that there will be a net
gain in outdoor recreation benefits and
enhancements for the entire park. The
request comprises the PD/ESF, which is
used to describe the nature of the
facility, how it will support and
enhance the outdoor recreation use of
the site, and ownership and
management; as well as a copy of a
proposed revised 6(f) map indicating the
location of the proposed facility.
(7) Requests for Temporary NonConforming Uses Within Section 6(f)(3)
Areas. Project sponsors must seek NPS
approval for the temporary (up to 6
months) use of an LWCF-assisted site
for purposes that do not conform to the
public outdoor recreation requirement.
The State’s proposal to NPS must
include: (a) The PD/ESF (used to
describe the proposed temporary use);
(b) SLO recommendations; and (c) an
acknowledgement by the SLO that a full
conversion will result if the temporary
use has not ceased after 6 months.
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assisted site from one eligible use to
another when the proposed use
significantly contravenes the plans or
intent for the area as they were outlined
in the original LWCF application for
Federal assistance; e.g., changing a site’s
use from passive to active recreation.
The PD/ESF is used for this request.
(9) Proposal to Shelter Facilities.
Project sponsors must seek NPS
approval to construct new or partially or
fully enclose an existing outdoor
recreation facility, such as a pool or ice
rink to shelter them from cold climatic
conditions and thereby increase the
recreational opportunities. This
approval is required whether seeking to
use grant funds for this purpose or not.
The PD/ESF is used for this request.
(10) Extension of the 3-year Limit for
Delayed Outdoor Recreation
Development. Project sponsors must
seek NPS approval to continue a nonrecreation use beyond the 3-year limit
for acquisition projects that were
previously approved with delayed
outdoor recreation development. The
State must submit a written request and
justification for such an extension to
NPS before the end of the initial 3-year
period. This request must include: (a) A
full description of the property’s current
public outdoor recreation resources and
the public’s current ability to use the
property; and (b) an update of the
project sponsor’s plans and schedule for
developing outdoor recreation facilities
on the property.
(11) Reports.
• Onsite Inspection Reports. States
must administer a regular and
continuing program of onsite
inspections of projects. Onsite
inspection reports are prepared for all
inspections conducted and are included
in the official project files maintained
by the State. Progress onsite inspection
reports occur during the project period
and are generally combined with the
annual performance report or when
grant payments are made. Final onsite
inspection reports must be submitted to
the NPS within 90 days after the date of
completing a project and prior to final
reimbursement and administrative
closeout. Post-completion onsite
inspection reports must be completed
within 5 years after the final project
reimbursement and every 5 years
thereafter. If there are problems, the
report should include a description of
the discrepancy and the corrective
action to be taken. Reports indicating
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reports are maintained in State files.
(Currently approved under OMB
Control Number 1024–0034.)
• Financial and Program
Performance Reports. In accordance
with 43 CFR part 12 (Uniform
Administrative Requirements for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements to State
and Local Governments), grantees must
monitor grant and subgrant supported
activities to ensure compliance with
applicable Federal requirements and
that performance goals are being
achieved. States must submit reports to
NPS at least annually that include
performance and financial information.
(Currently approved under OMB
Control Number 1024–0032.)
(12) Recordkeeping. In accordance
with OMB Circular A–102, States must
maintain financial records, supporting
documents, statistical records, and all
other records pertinent to a grant
program for a period of 3 years after
final payment on a project. The records
must be retained beyond the 3 year
period if audit findings have not been
resolved.
(13) Request for Reimbursement/
Record of Electronic Payment. States
use the Automated Standard
Application for Payments (ASAP)
system for drawing funds on approved
grants. For planning grants, States must
submit to NPS a progress report and
request for reimbursement before they
may request payments. Acquisition and
development projects do not require
prior approval, but upon completion of
an electronic payment on a given date
the State must concurrently (within 24
hours) submit a completed ‘‘LWCF
Record of Electronic Payment’’ to the
program offices in Washington, DC and
their applicable NPS Region.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1024–0031.
Title: Land and Water Conservation
Fund State Assistance Program, 36 CFR
59.
Service Form Numbers: 10–902, 10–
902A, and 10–903.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents: States;
the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and
the Northern Mariana Islands; the
District of Columbia; and the territories
of Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and
American Samoa.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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Number of
annual
responses

Activity

Completion
time per
response
(hours)

Total annual
burden hours *

Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan ..................................................................
Open Project Selection Process ..................................................................................................
Applications ..................................................................................................................................
Grant Amendments ......................................................................................................................
Conversions of Use .....................................................................................................................
Public Facility Requests ..............................................................................................................
Requests for Temporary Non-Conforming Uses .........................................................................
Request for a Significant Change of Use ....................................................................................
Request to Shelter Facilities ........................................................................................................
Extension of 3-Year Limit for Delayed Outdoor Recreation Development .................................
Onsite Inspection Reports ...........................................................................................................
Financial and Program Performance Reports .............................................................................
Recordkeeping .............................................................................................................................
Requests for Reimbursement/Record of Electronic Payment .....................................................

11
11
250
180
50
8
5
2
1
5
4,350
660
56
325

200
10
5
3.5
35
2
2
1
1
1
1.5
1
40
.5

2,200
110
1,250
630
1,750
16
10
2
1
5
6,525
660
2,240
163

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

5,914

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

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* rounded.

III. Comments

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

We invite comments concerning this
information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. 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.

National Park Service

Dated: February 15, 2013.
Madonna L. Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Wilderness Stewardship Plan,
Olympic National Park, Clallam, Grays
Harbor, Jefferson and Mason County,
WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Intent.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with
§ 102(2)(C) of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Pub.
L. 91–190) Olympic National Park is
initiating the conservation planning and
environmental impact analysis process
required to inform consideration of
alternative strategies for the future
management of the Olympic
Wilderness. In November 1988,
Congress designated about 95%
(876,669 acres) of park lands as the
Olympic Wilderness. Through this
planning process a Wilderness
Stewardship Plan (WSP) and
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be developed to provide guidance
and direction to meet the requirements
of the Wilderness Act of 1964 and 2006
NPS Management Policies, as well as to
implement actions identified in the
park’s 2008 General Management Plan
(GMP). This process will include
identifying and analyzing a range of
alternatives for achieving wilderness
stewardship objectives and conducting
wilderness eligibility studies for areas
identified in the GMP Record of
Decision (2008). The WSP will identify
standards, conditions, and thresholds to
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adhere to legally mandated management
and preservation requirements.
DATES: All comments must be
postmarked or transmitted not later than
April 23, 2013.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When
Olympic National Park approved the
Record of Decision for the GMP/Final
EIS in August 2008 (the approved GMP
is available at http://
parkplanning.nps.gov/
documentsList.cfm?projectID=10233),
the final plan provided broad direction
for wilderness stewardship at the park,
with the overarching vision to ensure
that the park’s wilderness resources and
character are valued, enjoyed, protected,
preserved, and restored for the benefit of
current and future generations. The
GMP committed to development of a
detailed WSP for specific management
actions for wilderness based on the
desired conditions and strategies
prescribed in the GMP. Accordingly, the
WSP will provide detailed guidance on
a variety of topics including, but not
limited to: wildlife management,
cultural resource management, trail
maintenance, trail bridges, and other
necessary infrastructure in wilderness,
day use and overnight use in
wilderness, wilderness permitting, use
of campfires, proper food storage,
human waste management, stock use,
group and party size, camping and camp
areas, ecological restoration and
rehabilitation in wilderness, scientific
research activities, and commercial
services.
To inform development of the WSP,
the park will host a series of public
scoping meetings, which are expected to
occur in Clallam, Jefferson, Grays
Harbor, Kitsap, and Mason Counties,
and the greater Seattle area during
January through March 2013. Confirmed

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