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United States District Court for the
District of Alaska in settlement of
United States of America v. State of
Alaska, Civil Action No. A91–081 CV.
The meeting agenda will include review
of the draft fiscal year 2009 invitation
for restoration project proposals.
Willie R. Taylor,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. E7–24502 Filed 12–17–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains
National Monument Advisory
Committee—Notice of Renewal
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Renewal of the Santa
Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains
Advisory Committee.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice is published in
accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act of
1972 (Pub. L. 92–463). Notice is hereby
given that the Secretary of the Interior
and the Secretary of Agriculture have
renewed the Bureau of Land
Management’s Santa Rosa and San
Jacinto Mountains National Monument
Advisory Committee.
The purpose of the Committee is to
advise the Secretaries with respect to
the preparation and implementation of
the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto
Mountains National Monument
Management Plan.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Herrema, National Landscape
Conservation System (WO–170), Bureau
of Land Management, 1849 C Street,
NW., Room 5618, Washington, DC
20240, telephone (202) 208–3516.
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Certification Statement
I hereby certify that the renewal of the
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains
National Monument Advisory
Committee is necessary and in the
public interest in connection with the
Secretary of the Interior’s and the
Secretary of Agriculture’s
responsibilities to manage the lands,
resources, and facilities administered by
the Bureau of Land Management and the
Forest Service.
Dirk Kempthorne,
Secretary of the Interior.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an
information collection (1010–0112).
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in Form MMS–131,
Performance Measures Data. This notice
also provides the public a second
opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory
requirements.
Submit written comments by
January 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
either by fax (202) 395–6566 or email
(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) directly
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior (1010–0112). Mail or hand carry
a copy of your comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; Mail Stop 4024; 381 Elden
Street; Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. If
you wish to e-mail your comments to
MMS, the address is:
rules.comments@mms.gov. Reference
Information Collection 1010–0112 in
your subject line and mark your
message for return receipt. Include your
name and return address in your
message text.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607. You
may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the form
that requires the subject collection of
information.
DATE:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title/Form: Form MMS–131,
Performance Measures Data.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0112.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1331 et
seq.), as amended, requires the Secretary
of the Interior to preserve, protect, and
develop OCS oil, gas, and sulphur
resources; make such resources
available to meet the Nation’s energy
needs as rapidly as possible; balance
orderly energy resource development
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with protection of the human, marine,
and coastal environments; ensure the
public a fair and equitable return on the
resources of the OCS; and preserve and
maintain free enterprise competition.
These responsibilities are among those
delegated to MMS. The MMS generally
issues regulations to ensure that
operations in the OCS will meet
statutory requirements; provide for
safety and protect the environment; and
result in diligent exploration,
development, and production of OCS
leases.
In 1991 MMS began promoting, on a
voluntary basis, the implementation of a
comprehensive Safety and
Environmental Management Program
(SEMP) for the offshore oil and gas
industry as a complement to current
regulatory efforts to protect people and
the environment during OCS oil and gas
exploration and production activities.
From the beginning, MMS, the industry
as a whole, and individual companies
realized that at some point they would
want to know the effect of SEMP on
safety and environmental management
of the OCS. The natural consequence of
this interest was the establishment of
performance measures. We are
requesting OMB approval for a routine
renewal of Form MMS–131,
Performance Measures Data.
The responses to this collection of
information are voluntary, although we
consider the information to be critical
for assessing the effects of the OCS
Safety and Environmental Management
Program. We can better focus our
regulatory and research programs on
areas where the performance measures
indicate that operators are having
difficulty meeting MMS expectations.
We are more effective in leveraging
resources by redirecting research efforts,
promoting appropriate regulatory
initiatives, and shifting inspection
program emphasis. The performance
measures give us valuable quantitative
information to use in judging the
reasonableness of company requests for
alternative compliance or departures
under 30 CFR 250.141 and 250.142. We
also use the information collected to
work with industry representatives to
identify and request ‘‘pacesetter’’
companies make presentations at
periodic workshops.
Knowing how the offshore operators
as a group are doing, and where their
own company ranks, provides company
management with information to focus
their continuous improvement efforts.
This leads to more cost-effective
prevention actions and, therefore, better
cost containment. This information also
provides offshore operators and
organizations with a credible data
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source to demonstrate to those outside
the industry how well the industry and
individual companies are doing.
No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature
are asked, and the collection of
information involves no proprietary
information. We intend to release data
collected on Form MMS–131 only in a
summary format that is not companyspecific. We will protect the information
according to the Freedom of Information
Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR 2).
Frequency: The frequency is annual,
with responses due during the 1st
quarter of the calendar year.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 130
Federal OCS oil and gas or sulphur
lessees and we expect a 27 percent
response rate.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden
averages 8 hours per response. This
includes the time for reviewing
instructions, gathering and maintaining
data, and completing and reviewing the
information. The total annual hour
burden is estimated to be 280 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burden associated with Form
MMS–131.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 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.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide
notice * * * and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information * * *’’
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on June 1, 2007,
we published a Federal Register notice
(72 FR 30624) announcing that we
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would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In
addition, § 250.199 provides the OMB
control numbers for the information
collection requirements imposed by the
30 CFR Part 250 regulations and forms;
specifies that the public may comment
at any time on these collections of
information; and provides the address to
which they should send comments. This
information is also contained in the
PRA statement on Form MMS–131. We
have received no comments in response
to these efforts.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, send your comments
directly to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by January 17, 2008.
Public Comment Policy: 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.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208–7744.
Dated: October 10, 2007.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
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to the unusually high number of bids
received in this lease sale.
DATES: The post-sale evaluation period
ends on January 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Marin, Regional Supervisor,
Resource Evaluation, Gulf of Mexico
Region, telephone 504–736–2710.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
Central Gulf of Mexico Sale 205, held
October 3, 2007, we received 1428 bids
on 723 tracts, 616 tracts of which passed
to a second phase requiring additional
detailed evaluations. The aggressive
bidding activity is due, in part, to the
high number of quality prospects on
recently expired unexplored tracts in
newly established deepwater
hydrocarbon plays and to the cost
saving technological advances related to
hydrocarbon exploration and
development in the Gulf of Mexico’s
deepwater environment. The unusually
high number of bids received on a large
number of tracts, and the high volume
of exclusively reprocessed data
identified on Sale 205, significantly
increases the workload for reviewing the
adequacy of bids. Consequently, MMS is
unable to conduct and complete the bid
review process within the 90 days, i.e.,
by January 1, 2008. Under the
provisions of § 256.47 (e) (2), MMS is
extending the bid evaluation period
until February 15, 2008.
Dated: November 26, 2007.
Lars Herbst,
Regional Director, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
In the Matter of: Certain Low Antimony
Phosphoric Acid; Notice of
Investigation
Minerals Management Service
Extension of Post-Sale Evaluation
Period for Central Gulf of Mexico
Lease Sale 205
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice to Extend Post-Sale
Evaluation Period for Central Gulf of
Mexico Lease Sale 205.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice extends by 45
days, the post-sale evaluation period for
Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 205.
The Minerals Management Service
(MMS) will complete evaluating all the
bids received in this sale by February
15, 2008. This action is necessary due
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U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation
pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a
complaint and motion for temporary
relief were filed with the U.S.
International Trade Commission on
November 8, 2007, under section 337 of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19
U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of ICL
Performance Products, LP of St. Louis,
Missouri. The complaint alleges
violations of section 337 in the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of an information collection (1010-0112).
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SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we
are notifying the public that we have submitted to OMB an information
collection request (ICR) to renew approval of the paperwork
requirements in Form MMS-131, Performance Measures Data. This notice
also provides the public a second opportunity to comment on the
paperwork burden of these regulatory requirements.
DATE: Submit written comments by January 17, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments either by fax (202) 395-6566 or
email (OIRA--DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) directly to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for the Department
of the Interior (1010-0112). Mail or hand carry a copy of your comments
to the Department of the Interior; Minerals Management Service;
Attention: Cheryl Blundon; Mail Stop 4024; 381 Elden Street; Herndon,
Virginia 20170-4817. If you wish to e-mail your comments to MMS, the
address is: rules.comments@mms.gov. Reference Information Collection
1010-0112 in your subject line and mark your message for return
receipt. Include your name and return address in your message text.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787-1607. You may also contact Cheryl Blundon
to obtain a copy, at no cost, of the form that requires the subject
collection of information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title/Form: Form MMS-131, Performance Measures Data.
OMB Control Number: 1010-0112.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands Act (43 U.S.C.
1331 et seq.), as amended, requires the Secretary of the Interior to
preserve, protect, and develop OCS oil, gas, and sulphur resources;
make such resources available to meet the Nation's energy needs as
rapidly as possible; balance orderly energy resource development with
protection of the human, marine, and coastal environments; ensure the
public a fair and equitable return on the resources of the OCS; and
preserve and maintain free enterprise competition. These
responsibilities are among those delegated to MMS. The MMS generally
issues regulations to ensure that operations in the OCS will meet
statutory requirements; provide for safety and protect the environment;
and result in diligent exploration, development, and production of OCS
leases.
In 1991 MMS began promoting, on a voluntary basis, the
implementation of a comprehensive Safety and Environmental Management
Program (SEMP) for the offshore oil and gas industry as a complement to
current regulatory efforts to protect people and the environment during
OCS oil and gas exploration and production activities. From the
beginning, MMS, the industry as a whole, and individual companies
realized that at some point they would want to know the effect of SEMP
on safety and environmental management of the OCS. The natural
consequence of this interest was the establishment of performance
measures. We are requesting OMB approval for a routine renewal of Form
MMS-131, Performance Measures Data.
The responses to this collection of information are voluntary,
although we consider the information to be critical for assessing the
effects of the OCS Safety and Environmental Management Program. We can
better focus our regulatory and research programs on areas where the
performance measures indicate that operators are having difficulty
meeting MMS expectations. We are more effective in leveraging resources
by redirecting research efforts, promoting appropriate regulatory
initiatives, and shifting inspection program emphasis. The performance
measures give us valuable quantitative information to use in judging
the reasonableness of company requests for alternative compliance or
departures under 30 CFR 250.141 and 250.142. We also use the
information collected to work with industry representatives to identify
and request ``pacesetter'' companies make presentations at periodic
workshops.
Knowing how the offshore operators as a group are doing, and where
their own company ranks, provides company management with information
to focus their continuous improvement efforts. This leads to more cost-
effective prevention actions and, therefore, better cost containment.
This information also provides offshore operators and organizations
with a credible data
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source to demonstrate to those outside the industry how well the
industry and individual companies are doing.
No questions of a ``sensitive'' nature are asked, and the
collection of information involves no proprietary information. We
intend to release data collected on Form MMS-131 only in a summary
format that is not company-specific. We will protect the information
according to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its
implementing regulations (43 CFR 2).
Frequency: The frequency is annual, with responses due during the
1\st\ quarter of the calendar year.
Estimated Number and Description of Respondents: Approximately 130
Federal OCS oil and gas or sulphur lessees and we expect a 27 percent
response rate.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden averages 8 hours per response.
This includes the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and
maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the information. The
total annual hour burden is estimated to be 280 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost''
Burden: We have identified no ``non-hour cost'' burden associated with
Form MMS-131.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
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.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et
seq.) requires each agency ``* * * to provide notice * * * and
otherwise consult with members of the public and affected agencies
concerning each proposed collection of information * * *'' Agencies
must specifically solicit comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to
perform its duties, including whether the information is useful; (b)
evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d)
minimize the burden on the respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public consultation process, on June 1, 2007, we
published a Federal Register notice (72 FR 30624) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. In addition, Sec. 250.199 provides the
OMB control numbers for the information collection requirements imposed
by the 30 CFR Part 250 regulations and forms; specifies that the public
may comment at any time on these collections of information; and
provides the address to which they should send comments. This
information is also contained in the PRA statement on Form MMS-131. We
have received no comments in response to these efforts.
If you wish to comment in response to this notice, send your
comments directly to the offices listed under the ADDRESSES section of
this notice. The OMB has up to 60 days to approve or disapprove the
information collection but may respond after 30 days. Therefore, to
ensure maximum consideration, OMB should receive public comments by
January 17, 2008.
Public Comment Policy: 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.
MMS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (202)
208-7744.
Dated: October 10, 2007.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
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