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necessary to accommodate necessary
business and all who seek to be heard
regarding matters before the RAC.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Burns BLM offices, 28910 Highway
20, West Hines, OR 97738. The
telephone conference line number for
the meeting is 1–866–524–6456,
Participant Code: 608605.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Larisa Bogardus, Public Affairs
Specialist, BLM Lakeview District
Office, 1301 S G Street, Lakeview,
Oregon 97630, (541) 947–6237 or
[email protected]. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1(800) 877–8339 to contact
the above individual during normal
business hours. The service is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave
a message or question with the above
individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This RAC
consists of 15 members chartered and
appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior. Their diverse perspectives are
represented in commodity,
conservation, and general interests.
They provide advice to BLM and Forest
Service resource managers regarding
management plans and proposed
resource actions on public land in
southeast Oregon. This meeting is open
to the public in its entirety. Information
to be distributed to the RAC is requested
prior to the start of each meeting.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please 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.
Shane DeForest,
Acting Vale District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Bureau of Land Management
[LLAK930000.L13100000.PP0000]

Renewal of Approved Information
Collection; OMB Control No. 1004–
0196
AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

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60-Day notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

In compliance 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 from participants in the oil
and gas leasing program within the
National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska
(NPRA). The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) has assigned control
number 1004–0196 to this information
collection.

SUMMARY:

Please submit comments on the
proposed information collection by
March 14, 2017.
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: Jean_Sonneman@
blm.gov.
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0196’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
DATES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Svejnoha at 907–271–4407.
Persons who use a telecommunication
device for the deaf may call the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 to
leave a message for Mr. Svejnoha.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 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

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(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.
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.
The following information is provided
for the information collection:
Title: Oil and Gas Leasing: National
Petroleum Reserve—Alaska.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0196.
Summary: This control number
applies to the National Petroleum
Reserve—Alaska (NPRA). In accordance
with the Naval Petroleum Reserve
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6501–6508)
and regulations at 43 CFR part 3130, the
BLM may authorize participation in an
NPRA unit agreement. Participants in
such an agreement are required to
comply with routine data submissions
that are used to document drilling and
production and ensure compliance with
the unit agreement, lease terms,
regulations, Onshore Oil and Gas
Orders, Notices to Lessees, lease
stipulations, or conditions of approval.
In addition, participants in such an
agreement may apply for reduction of
royalty, suspension of operations or
production, or a subsurface storage
agreement.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Forms: None.
Description of Respondents:
Participants in the oil and gas leasing
program within the NPRA.
Estimated Annual Responses: 21.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 218
hours.
Estimated Annual Non-Hour Costs:
None.
The estimated burdens are itemized in
the following table:

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Type of response

Number of
responses

Time per
response

Total time
(Column B ×
Column C)

A.

B.

C.

D.

Royalty reduction (43 CFR 3133.4) ............................................................................................
Suspension of operations (43 CFR 3135.3) ...............................................................................
Notification of operations (43 CFR 3135.6) ................................................................................
Unit designation (43 CFR 3137.21 and 3137.23) .......................................................................
Notification of unit approval (43 CFR 3137.25) ..........................................................................
Certification for modification (43 CFR 3137.52) .........................................................................
Acceptable bonding (43 CFR 3137.60) ......................................................................................
Change of unit operator (43 CFR 3137.61) ................................................................................
Certification of unit obligation (43 CFR 3137.70) .......................................................................
Certification of continuing development (43 CFR 3137.71) .......................................................
Productivity for a participating area (43 CFR 3137.84) ..............................................................
Unleased tracts (43 CFR 3137.87) .............................................................................................
Notification of productivity (43 CFR 3137.88) .............................................................................
Notification of productivity for non-unit well (43 CFR 3137.91) ..................................................
Production information (43 CFR 3137.92) ..................................................................................
Lease extension (43 CFR 3137.111) ..........................................................................................
Inability to conduct operations activities (43 CFR 3137.112) .....................................................
Unit termination (43 CFR 3137.130) ...........................................................................................
Impact mitigation (43 CFR 3137.135) .........................................................................................
Storage agreement (43 CFR 3138.11) .......................................................................................
Totals ...................................................................................................................................

Mark Purdy,
Bureau of Land Management, Management
Analyst.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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BILLING CODE 4310–84–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLOR936000.L14400000.ET0000.
16XL1109AF; OR68370]

Public Land Order No. 7859;
Withdrawal of National Forest System
and Bureau of Land Management
Public Lands in Southwestern Oregon;
Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Public Land Order.
AGENCY:

This order withdraws, subject
to valid existing rights, approximately
5,216.18 acres of public domain and
Revested Oregon and California
Railroad lands and 95,805.53 acres of
National Forest System lands from
settlement, sale, location, and entry
under the public land laws; location and
entry under the United States mining
laws; and operation of the mineral and
geothermal leasing laws for a period of
20 years while Congress considers
legislation to permanently withdraw
those areas and to protect the
Southwestern Oregon watershed from
possible adverse effects of mineral
development.

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SUMMARY:

This Public Land Order is
effective on December 30, 2016.

DATES:

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Jacob Childers, Land Law Examiner, at
503–808–6225, Bureau of Land
Management, Oregon/Washington State
Office, P.O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon
97208–2965. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to
reach the above individual. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this order is to protect the
lands while Congress considers
legislation to permanently withdraw
those areas and to protect the
Southwestern Oregon watershed from
possible adverse effects of mineral
development.
Order
By virtue of the authority vested in
the Secretary of the Interior by Section
204 of the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.
1714, it is ordered as follows:
1. Subject to valid existing rights, the
following described public domain,
Revested Oregon and California
Railroad lands, and National Forest
System lands, are hereby withdrawn
from settlement, sale, location, and
entry under the public land laws,
location and entry under the United
States mining laws, and operation of the
mineral and geothermal leasing laws
while Congress considers legislation to
permanently withdraw those areas and
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watershed from possible adverse effects
of mineral development.
Willamette Meridian
Public Lands
T. 36 S., R. 14 W.,
Sec. 24, E1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 25, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4.
T. 37 S., R. 14 W.,
Sec. 1, lots 1 thru 4, inclusive, S1⁄2N1⁄2,
N1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;
Sec. 2, lots 1 and 2, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 11, E1⁄2;
Sec. 12, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and
S1⁄2SW1⁄4;
Sec. 13, N1⁄2N1⁄2 and SE1⁄4;
Sec. 14, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec. 23, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4;
Sec. 24, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4,
S1⁄2NW1⁄4, and S1⁄2.
T. 40 S., R. 8 W.,
Sec. 18, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 19, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4;
Sec. 20, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4.
T. 41 S., R. 9 W.,
Sec. 3, lots 2, 3, and 4, and S1⁄2NW1⁄4;
Sec. 9.
The areas described aggregate 4,235.61
acres in Josephine and Curry Counties.
Revested Oregon and California Railroad
Lands
T. 39 S., R. 8 W.,
Sec. 31, un-numbered lots in the
W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SW1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4,
and NE1⁄4SW1⁄4.
T. 40 S., R. 8 W.,
Sec. 7, lots 1 and 2, E1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4,
and SW1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 17, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, and
NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate 980.57 acres
in Josephine and Curry Counties.

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