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Fifth Principal Meridian, North Dakota
T. 143 N., R. 89 W.,
Sec. 24, SW1/4;
Sec. 26, SE1/4.
The areas described aggregate 320.00 acres.

The coal in the tracts has one minable
coal bed, which is designated as the
Upper Beulah coal seam. This seam on
average is approximately 9.4 feet thick.
The tracts are adjacent to CCMC’s
current mining operations and contain
approximately 5.23 million tons of coal.
The coal quality in the Upper Beulah
coal seam is as follows:

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British Thermal Unit (BTU) ...
Moisture ................................
Sulfur Content .......................
Ash Content ..........................

6,879 BTU/lbs.
36.94%
7.33%
1.0%

The tracts will be leased to the
qualified bidder of the highest cash
amount, provided that the high bid
meets or exceeds the BLM’s estimate of
the fair market value (FMV) of the tract.
The minimum bid for the tract is $100
per acre or fraction thereof. The
minimum bid is not intended to
represent FMV. The authorized officer
will determine if the bids meet FMV
after the sale.
The sealed bids should be sent by
certified mail, return receipt requested,
or be hand delivered to the Public
Room, BLM Montana State Office (see
ADDRESSES), and clearly marked ‘‘Sealed
Bid for NDM–110277 Coal Sale—Not to
be opened before 10 a.m. on October 1,
2020.’’ The Public Room representative
will issue a receipt for each handdelivered bid. Bids received after 9:30
a.m. will not be considered. If identical
high bids are received, the tying high
bidders will be requested to submit
follow-up sealed bids until a high bid is
received. All tie-breaking sealed bids
must be submitted within 15 minutes
following the sale official’s
announcement at the sale that identical
high bids have been received.
Prior to lease issuance, the high
bidder, if other than the applicant, must
pay the BLM the cost recovery fee in the
amount of $133,600.57, in addition to
all processing costs incurred by the
BLM after the date of this sale notice (43
CFR 3473.2(f)).
A lease issued as a result of this
offering will require payment of an
annual rental of $3 per acre, or fraction
thereof, and a royalty payable to the
United States of 12.5 percent of the
value of coal mined by surface methods.
Bidding instructions for the tracts
offered and the terms and conditions of
the proposed coal lease are included in
the Detailed Statement of Lease Sale,
with copies available at the BLM
Montana State Office (see ADDRESSES).

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Documents for case file NDM–110277
are available for public inspection at the
BLM Montana State Office Public Room.
(Authority: 43 CFR 3422.3–2)
John J. Mehlhoff,
Montana State Director.
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BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–BSAD–CONC–NPS0030497;
PPWOBSADC6, PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000, (200)
P103601; OMB Control Number 1024–0233]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; National Park Service
Leasing Program
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of Information
Collection; request for comment.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the National Park Service (NPS) are
proposing to renew an information
collection with revisions.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to Phadrea Ponds,
NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer, 1201 Oakridge Drive Fort
Collins, CO 80525; or by email at
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1024–
0233 in the subject line of your
comments.
SUMMARY:

To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Gordy Kito, Leasing
Program Manager, Commercial Services
Division by email at gordy_kito@
nps.gov; or by telephone at 202–354–
2096. Individuals who are hearing or
speech impaired may call the Federal
Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 for
TTY assistance. You may also view the
ICR at http://www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on March
18, 2020 (85 FR 15496). No public
comments were received in response to
this notice.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
NPS, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the NPS minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to- respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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.
Abstract: The NPS Leasing Program
allows any person or government entity
to lease buildings and associated
property administered by the Secretary
of the Interior as part of the National

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Park System, under the authority of the
Director of the NPS. A lease may not
authorize an activity that could be
authorized by a concessions contract or
commercial use authorization. All leases
must provide for the payment of fair
market value rent. The Director may
retain rental payments for park
infrastructure needs and, in some cases,
to provide administrative support of the
leasing program.
The authority to collect information
for the Leasing Program is derived from
54 U.S.C. 102101 et seq., 54 U.S.C.
306121, and 36 CFR part 18. For
competitive leasing opportunities, the
regulations require the submission of
proposals or bids by parties interested
in applying for a lease. The regulations
also require that the Director approve
lease amendments, construction or
demolition of structures, and
encumbrances on leasehold interests.
We collect information from anyone
who wishes to submit a bid or proposal
to lease a property. The Director may
issue a request for bids if the amount of
rent is the only criterion for award of a
lease. The Director issues a request for
proposals when the award of a lease is
based on selection criteria other than
the rental rate. A request for proposals
may be preceded by a request for
qualifications to select a ‘‘short list’’ of
potential offerors that meet minimum
management, financial, and other
qualifications necessary for submission
of a proposal.
We use the information collected to
evaluate offers, proposed subleases or
assignments, proposed construction or
demolition, the merits of proposed lease
amendments, and proposed
encumbrances. The completion times
for each information collection
requirement vary substantially
depending on the complexity of the
leasing opportunity.
The forms were revised from our
previous submission to allow for
simpler forms to be used for businesses
that are owned by an Individual or Sole
Proprietor and to accommodate bids for
smaller leases that require less financial
detail. The proposed revisions are
detailed below:

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Revision #1:
• Previous Form Name: 10–352
Identification and Credit Information
• Revised Form Name: 10–352 Business
History Information
• Revised Forms: 10–353 Business
Organization Information:
Corporation, Limited Liability
Company, Partnership, or Joint
Venture; and 10–354 Individual or
Sole Proprietorship

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Rationale for change: Based upon
comments received from previous users
of the forms, the program determined
that the level of detail required for the
offeror’s business history is not the same
for small business and large
corporations. Therefore, Form 10–352
was revised to provide a simplified
application process for small businesses
responding to requests for bids on
smaller leasing opportunities. Forms
10–353 and 10–354 were also revised
from our previous submission to allow
for simpler forms to be used for
businesses that are owned by an
Individual or Sole Proprietor and for
smaller leases that require less financial
detail.
Revision #2
• Previous Form: 10–355 Financial
Information for Revenue Producing
Uses
• Revised Forms: 10–355A Offeror
Financial Statements and
Projections—(Small Leases); and 10–
355B Offeror Financial Statements
and Projections—(Large Leases)
Rationale for change: The change in
the form is in response to comments
received from applicants not
understanding the financial information
required. The revised forms allow for a
more thorough description of larger
more complex leases that include
substantial investments in capital
improvements.
Title of Collection: National Park
Service Leasing Program, 36 CFR part
18.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0233.
Form Number: NPS Forms 10–352,
10–353, 10–354, 10–355A and 10–355B.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and businesses seeking to
submit a bid or proposal to lease NPS
property.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 250.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 4 hours to 45
hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,649.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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.

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The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Phadrea Ponds,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
National Park Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[18XR0680A1–RX312800080000002]

Notice of Intent To Accept Proposals,
Select Preliminary Lessee, and
Contract for Hydroelectric Power
Development on Lake Roosevelt
Reservoir, Grand Coulee, Washington
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to accept
proposals, select lessee, and contract for
pumped-storage hydroelectric power on
Lake Roosevelt.
AGENCY:

Current Federal policy allows
non-Federal entities to develop
electrical power resources on Federal
water resource projects. This Notice
seeks proposals to develop pumpedstorage hydroelectric power utilizing
Lake Roosevelt, located in Washington.
This Notice provides background
information, proposal content
guidelines, and information concerning
the selection of a non-Federal entity as
a preliminary lessee. The Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) is
considering such hydroelectric power
development under its lease of power
privilege (LOPP) process. Interested
entities are invited to submit proposals
on this project. This Notice of Intent to
accept proposals does not obligate
Reclamation to select a preliminarylessee; the decision to select a
preliminary-lessee will ultimately be
made based on the qualifications of
submitted proposals.
DATES: A written proposal with seven
copies and an electronic version of the
proposal must be submitted on or before
4 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time) on
January 28, 2021. A proposal will be
considered timely only if it is received
in the office of the Regional Power
Manager on or before 4 p.m. on the
above-designated date. Interested
entities are cautioned that delayed
delivery to the Regional Power
Manager’s office due to failures or
misunderstandings of the entity and/or
of mail, overnight, or courier services
will not excuse lateness, and
accordingly, are advised to provide
SUMMARY:

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