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competitive basis, when, in the
judgment of the authorized officer,
equities, such as prior use of the lands,
exist; if no competitive interest exists;
or, where competitive bidding would
represent unfair competitive and
economic disadvantage to the originator
of the unique land use concept that is
compatible with the public interest.
Based on past use of the subject parcels
in the form of alfalfa hay cultivation, it
is the authorized officer’s discretion to
offer the proposed agricultural on a noncompetitive basis. Furthermore, it is the
authorized officer’s decision to offer the
proposed agricultural lease to The
Nature Conservancy on a noncompetitive basis because an
improvement consisting of a portion of
an irrigation pivot owned by TNC exists
on the public land in support of hay
production. Because of these points, it
is the opinion of the authorized officer
no competitive interests exist, or
competitive bidding would represent
unfair competitive and economic
disadvantage to TNC.
Therefore, the BLM will accept for
processing, an application to be filed by
The Nature Conservancy, or its duly
qualified designee, for a noncompetitive lease of the above described
lands, to be used, occupied, and
developed as stated above. The noncompetitive bid shall not be for less
than fair market value. That is to say,
rental value which has been based on
the fair market value of the land, is
acceptable to the BLM after taking into
account a current, independent
appraisal of, among other
considerations, the highest and best use
of the lands. The BLM will estimate the
costs of processing the lease application.
Before the BLM begins to process the
application, the lease applicant must
pay the full amount of the estimated
costs to the United States. If a lease is
not granted, the lease applicant must
pay to the United States, in addition to
the estimated costs, the reasonable costs
incurred by the BLM in processing the
lease in excess of the estimated costs.
Rent has been determined by the BLM.
If and when a lease is granted, rent must
be made paid annually or otherwise in
advance, and periodically thereafter. If a
lease is granted, the lessee shall
reimburse the United States for all
reasonable administrative and other
costs incurred by the United States in
processing the lease application and for
monitoring construction, operation,
maintenance and rehabilitation of the
land and facilities authorized. The
reimbursement of costs shall be in
accordance with the provisions of 43
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The lease application must include a
reference to this notice and comply in
all respects with the regulations
pertaining to land use authorization
applications at 43 CFR 2920.5–2 and
2920.5–5(b).
If authorized, the lease would be
subject to provisions of the Federal
Land Policy Management Act of 1976,
and all applicable regulations of the
Secretary of the Interior, including but
not limited to 43 CFR part 2920, and to
valid existing rights.
The parcels are described as follows:
Boise Meridian
T. 15 N., R. 21 E., sec. 22, (contained within)
NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4; sec.
28, (contained within) NW1⁄4NE1⁄4.
The areas described contain 9.6 acres, more
or less, in Custer and Lemhi Counties.

The United States (Lessor) shall
reserve all leasable, locatable, and
salable mineral resources and deposits
in the subject parcel together with the
right to prospect for, mine, and remove
the same under applicable laws and
regulations. The lease, when issued,
will contain a covenant requiring TNC
assign in the name of the Lessor that
amount of water applied to the subject
parcel during the use of the subject
parcel by TNC. In the event the
application of water to the public land
ceases, this assignment shall terminate
and full water right shall revert back to
the sole ownership of TNC.
Comments must be received by the
BLM Challis Field Manager at the
address stated above, on or before the
date stated above. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, be
advised 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 from
public review your personal identifying
information, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so. Any adverse
comments will be reviewed by the BLM
Idaho Falls District Manager, who may
sustain, vacate or modify this realty
action. In the absence of any objections,
or adverse comments, this proposed
realty action will become the final
determination of the Department of the
Interior.
(Authority: 43 CFR 2920.4)
Joe Kraayenbrink,
Idaho Falls District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a reinstatement of an
information collection (1010–0081).
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), MMS is inviting comments on a
collection of information that we will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
The information collection request (ICR)
concerns the paperwork requirements in
the regulations under 30 CFR 282,
Operations in the Outer Continental
Shelf for Minerals Other than Oil, Gas,
and Sulphur.
DATES: Submit written comments by
October 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods listed
below. Please use the Information
Collection Number 1010–0081 as an
identifier in your message.
• E-mail MMS at
rules.comments@mms.gov. Identify with
Information Collection Number 1010–
0081 in the subject line.
• Fax: 703–787–1093. Identify with
Information Collection Number 1010–
0081.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ‘‘Information Collection 1010–
0081’’ in your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch at (703) 787–1607.
You may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the
regulations of the subject collection of
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 30 CFR 282, Operations in the
Outer Continental Shelf for Minerals
Other than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur.
OMB Control Number: 1010–0081.
Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C.
1334 and 43 U.S.C. 1337(k)), authorizes
the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary)
to implement regulations to grant to the
qualified persons, offering the highest
cash bonus on a basis of competitive
bidding, leases of any mineral other
than oil, gas, and sulphur. This applies
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lease for such mineral upon such
royalty, rental, and other terms and
conditions as the Secretary may
prescribe at the time of offering the area
for lease. This regulation governs
mining operations within the OCS for
minerals other than oil, gas and sulphur
and establishes a comprehensive leasing
and regulatory program for such
minerals. These regulations have been
designed to (1) Recognize the
differences between the OCS activities
associated with oil, gas, and sulphur
discovery and development and those
associated with the discovery and
development of other minerals; (2)
facilitate participation by States directly
affected by OCS mining activities; (3)
provide opportunities for consultation
and coordination with other OCS users
and uses; (4) balance development with
environmental protection; (5) insure a
fair return to the public; (6) preserve
and maintain free enterprise
competition; and (7) encourage the
development of new technology.
Regulations at 30 CFR 282 implement
these statutory requirements. However,
there has been no activity in the OCS for
minerals other than oil, gas and sulphur
for many years and no information
collected since we allowed the OMB
approval to expire in 1991.
Nevertheless, because these are
regulatory requirements, the potential

exists for information to be collected
and we are requesting that OMB
reinstate this collection of information.
We use the information required by
30 CFR 282 to determine if lessees are
complying with the regulations that
implement the mining operations
program for minerals other than oil, gas,
and sulphur. Specifically, MMS uses the
information:
• To ensure that operations for the
production of minerals other than oil,
gas, and sulphur in the OCS are
conducted in a manner that will result
in orderly resource recovery,
development, and the protection of the
human, marine, and coastal
environments.
• To ensure that adequate measures
will be taken during operations to
prevent waste, conserve the natural
resources of the OCS, and to protect the
environment, human life, and
correlative rights.
• To determine if suspensions of
activities are in the national interest, to
facilitate proper development of a lease
including reasonable time to develop a
mine and construct its supporting
facilities, or to allow for the
construction or negotiation for use of
transportation facilities.
• To identify and evaluate the
cause(s) of a hazard(s) generating a
suspension, the potential damage from a

Citation 30 CFR 282

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hazard(s) and the measures available to
mitigate the potential for damage.
• For technical and environmental
evaluations which provide a basis for
MMS to make informed decisions to
approve, disapprove, or require
modification of the proposed activities.
We protect proprietary information
according to the Freedom of Information
Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing
regulations (43 CFR 2), and 30 CFR
282.5, 282.6, and 282.7 and applicable
sections of 30 CFR parts 280 and 281.
No items of a sensitive nature are
collected. Responses are mandatory.
Frequency: Monthly; on occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: As there are no active
respondents, we estimated the potential
annual number of respondents to be
one. Respondents are OCS lessees.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The
previous OMB inventory included 201
annual burden hours for the collection
of information. The following chart
details the individual components and
respective hour burden estimates of this
ICR. In calculating the burdens, we
assumed that respondents perform
certain requirements in the normal
course of their activities. We consider
these to be usual and customary and
took that into account in estimating the
burden.
Hour burden

Reporting requirement
Subpart A—General

4(b); 12(b)(2)(ii); 12(f)(l), (2); 13(d), (e)(2);
21; 22; 25; 26; 28.
4(c); 12(c)(2)(ii); 12(f)(l), (2); 13(d), (e)(2);
21; 23; 25; 26; 28.
4(d); 12(d)(2)(ii); 12(f)(1), (2); 13(d), (e)(2);
21; 24; 25; 26; 28.
5 ...................................................................

Submit delineation plan, including environmental information, contingency plan, monitoring program, and various requests for approval referred to throughout; submit
modifications.
Submit testing delineation plan, including environmental information, contingency plan,
monitoring program, and various requests for approval referred to throughout; submit
modifications.
Submit mining delineation plan, including environmental information, contingency plan,
monitoring program, and various requests for approval referred to throughout; submit
modifications.
Request non-disclosure of G&G info ................................................................................

40
40
40
10

Subpart B—Jurisdiction and Responsibilities of Director
11(c); 12(c) ..................................................
11(d); 12(d) ..................................................
12(f)(1), (h); 20(g), (h) .................................
13(b), (f)(2); 31 ............................................
13(e)(1) ........................................................

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Apply for right-of-use and easement .................................................................................
Request consolidation of two or more OCS mineral leases or portions ..........................
Request approval of operations or departure from operating requirements. (Burden included with applicable operation).
Request suspension or temporary prohibition or production or operations ......................
Submit site-specific study plan and results. (Since this has never been done, we do
not know the cost of such a study).

30
1
0

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Submit ‘‘green’’ response copy of Form MMS–1832 indicating date violations (INCs)
corrected.

$100,000
1

2
8

Subpart C—Obligations and Responsibilities of Lessees
20(a), (g); 29(i) ............................................
20(b) thru (e) ...............................................
21(d) ............................................................
27(b) ............................................................

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Make available all mineral resource or environmental data and information; submit reports and maintain records. (Burden included with applicable operation).
Submit designation of payor, operator, or local representative; submit changes ............
Notify MMS of preliminary activities ..................................................................................
Request use of new or alternative technologies, techniques, etc ....................................

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Hour burden

Citation 30 CFR 282

Reporting requirement

27(c) ............................................................

Notify MMS of death or serious injury; fire, exploration, or other hazardous event; submit report.
Request reimbursement for furnishing food, quarters, and transportation for MMS representatives (OCS Lands Act specifies reimbursement; no requests received in
many years; minimal burden).
Identify vessels, platforms, structures, etc. with signs ......................................................
Log all drill holes susceptible to logging; submit copies of logs to MMS .........................
Mark equipment; record items lost overboard; notify MMS ..............................................
Submit monthly report of minerals produced ....................................................................
Submit quarterly status and final report on exploration and/or testing activities ..............
Submit results of environmental monitoring activities .......................................................
Submit marked and certified maps annually or as required .............................................
Maintain rock, minerals, and core samples for 5 years and make available upon request.
Maintain original data and information and navigation tapes as long as lease is in effect and make available upon request.
Maintain hard mineral records and make available upon request ....................................

27(d)(2) ........................................................
27(e) ............................................................
27(f)(2) .........................................................
27(h)(3), (4) .................................................
29(a) ............................................................
29(b), (c) ......................................................
29(d) ............................................................
29(e) ............................................................
29(f) .............................................................
29(g) ............................................................
29(h) ............................................................

1
2
1
3
1
1
5
5
1
1
1
1

Subpart D—Payments
40 .................................................................

Submit surety or personal bond ........................................................................................

2

Subpart E—Appeals

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File an appeal. (Burden exempt under 5 CFR 1320.4(a)(2), (c)) .....................................

Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There is one non-hour cost
burden associated with 282.13(e)(1), a
site specific study. Since this has not
been done to date, we estimated that the
cost of such study would cost industry
at least $100,000 to comply with the
requirement.
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: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A)
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.
Agencies must also estimate the ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens to respondents or
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collection of information. Therefore, if
you have costs to generate, maintain,
and disclose this information, you
should comment and provide your total
capital and startup cost components or
annual operation, maintenance, and
purchase of service components. You
should describe the methods you use to
estimate major cost factors, including
system and technology acquisition,
expected useful life of capital
equipment, discount rate(s), and the
period over which you incur costs.
Capital and startup costs include,
among other items, computers and
software you purchase to prepare for
collecting information, monitoring, and
record storage facilities. You should not
include estimates for equipment or
services purchased: (i) Before October 1,
1995; (ii) to comply with requirements
not associated with the information
collection; (iii) for reasons other than to
provide information or keep records for
the Government; or (iv) as part of
customary and usual business or private
practices.
We will summarize written responses
to this notice and address them in our
submission for OMB approval. As a
result of your comments, we will make
any necessary adjustments to the burden
in our submission to OMB.
Public Comment Procedures: Before
including your address, phone number,
e-mail 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.
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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: August 1, 2007.
E.P. Danenberger,
Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[USITC SE–07–015]

Government in the Sunshine Act
Meeting Notice
United
States International Trade Commission
TIME AND DATE: August 20, 2007 at 2
p.m.
PLACE: Room 101, 500 E. Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:
(202) 205–2000.
STATUS: Open to the public.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Agenda
for Future Meetings: None.
2. Minutes.
3. Ratification List.
4. Inv. Nos. 701–TA–448 and 731–
TA–1117 (Preliminary)(Certain Off-theRoad Tires from China)—briefing and
vote. (The Commission is currently
scheduled to transmit its determination
and Commissioners’ opinions to the
Secretary of Commerce on or before
August 27, 2007).
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:

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