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drilled to the Green River, Wasatch, in the impact analysis, or will provide provide the historic documentation on
Mesaverde, Mancos ‘‘B’’, and possibly, technical or scientific rationale for which decisions for listing and
other formations. EOG’s proposal is opinions or preferences. It is BLM’s eligibility are based.
based on 40-acre spacing; although practice to make comments, including DATES: Public comments will be
some pilot 20-acre locations may be the names and street addresses of each accepted on or before February 13, 2006.
drilled to the Mesaverde Group to help respondent, available for public review ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
in determining whether development on at the BLM office listed above during directly to the Desk Officer for the
40-acre spacing can reasonably provide business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Department of the Interior (OMB #1024–
for optimum recovery. The Proposed Monday through Friday, except for 0018), Office of Information and
Action incorporates standard operating Federal holidays. Your comments may Regulatory Affairs, OMB, by fax at 202/
procedures and applicant-committed be published as part of the EIS process. 395–6566, or by electronic mail at
best management practices currently Individual respondents may request [email protected]. Please also
employed on BLM-administered public confidentiality. If you wish to withhold mail or hand carry a copy of your
lands in the Uintah Basin that mitigate your name or street address, or both, comments to Beth L. Savage, Managing
impacts to the environment. from public review, or from disclosure Editor, National Register of Historic
The DEIS describes in detail and under the Freedom of Information Act, Places, National Park Service, 1849 C
analyzes the impacts of EOG’s Proposed you must state this prominently at the Street, NW., #2280, Washington, DC
Action and the No Action Alternative. beginning of your written comments. 20240. All comments will be a matter of
Seven additional alternatives were Such requests will be honored to the public record.
considered but eliminated from detailed extent allowed by law. BLM will not
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
analysis. The following is a summary of consider anonymous comments. All
Title: 36 CFR parts 60 and 63,
the alternatives: submissions from organizations or
1. Proposed Action—Up to 627 new National Register of Historic Places
businesses will be made available for
gas wells at 40-acre spacing, including Registration Form, Continuation Sheet,
public inspection in their entirety.
up to 66 new locations drilled on 20- Multiple Property Documentation
acre spacing, would be drilled to the
William Stringer, Forms (aka MPS).
Vernal Field Manager. Form: NPS 10–900, 10–900–a, 10–
Green River, Wasatch, Mesaverde Group
[FR Doc. E6–251 Filed 1–11–06; 8:45 am] 900–b.
(including the Blackhawk), Mancos
OMB Control Number: 1024–0018.
Shale, and possibly, other formations. BILLING CODE 4310–22–P
Type of Request: Extension of a
About 99 miles of new roads and 104.5
currently approved collection.
miles of pipelines would be constructed Expiration Date: December 31, 2005.
to support this proposed development. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Description of need: The National
At this time the Proposed Action is the National Park Service Historic Preservation Act requires the
BLM’s preferred alternative. Secretary of the Interior to maintain and
2. No Action Alternative—The 30 Day Notice of Intention To Request expand the National Register of Historic
proposed natural gas development on Clearance of Collection of Information; Places, and to establish criteria and
Federal lands would not be Opportunity for Public Comment guidelines for including properties in
implemented; however, natural gas
AGENCY: National Park Service, The the National Register. The National
development would continue to occur
Department of the Interior. Register of Historic Places Registration
under the authority of the 1985 Book
ACTION: Notice and request for
Form documents properties nominated
Cliffs RMP, the 1999 Chapita Wells EA,
comments. for listing in the National Register and
and on non-Federal lands within the
demonstrates that they meet the criteria
project area.
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the established for inclusion. The
3. Alternatives Considered, but
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. documentation is used to assist in
Eliminated from Further Analysis—
a. One pad per well. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 3507) and preserving and protecting the properties
b. No new development. 5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record and for heritage education and
c. Directional drilling. keeping Requirements, the National interpretation.
d. No new development in the White Park Service invites public comments National Register properties must be
River Corridor and floodplains. on a submitted request to the Office of considered in the planning for Federal
e. White River Protection. Management and Budget (OMB) to or federally assisted projects. National
f. Decreased density. approve an extension of a currently Register listing is required for eligibility
g. Best Management Practices (BMP). approved collection (OMB #1024–1018). for the federal rehabilitation tax
The public is encouraged to comment The primary purpose of the incentives. Comments are invited on: (1)
on any of these alternatives. Information Collection Request is to The need for information including
The BLM welcomes your comments nominate properties for listing in the whether the information has practical
on the Chapita Wells-Stagecoach Area National Register of Historic Places, the utility; (2) the accuracy of the reporting
DEIS. The BLM asks that those official list of the Nation’s cultural burden estimate; (3) ways to enhance
submitting comments make them as resources worthy of preservation, which the quality, utility, and clarity of the
specific as possible with reference to public law requires that the Secretary of information to be collected; and (4)
chapters, page numbers, and paragraphs the Interior maintain and expand. ways to minimize the burden of
in the DEIS document. Comments that Properties are listed in the National information collection on respondents,
contain only opinions or preferences Register upon nomination by State including the use of automated
will not receive a formal response; Historic Preservation Officers and collection techniques or other forms of
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however, they will be considered, and Federal Preservation Officers. Law also information technology.
included, as part of the BLM decision- requires Federal agencies to request Description of respondents: The
making process. The most useful determinations of eligibility for property affected public are State, tribal, and
comments will contain new technical or under their jurisdiction or affected by local governments, businesses, non-
scientific information, identify data gaps their programs and projects. The forms profit organizations, and individuals.

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Nominations to the National Register of DATES: Public comments on this notice Dated: December 19, 2005.
Historic Places are voluntary. will be accepted on or before March 13, Leonard E. Stowe,
Estimated annual reporting burden: 2006 to be assured of consideration. National Park Service Information and
52,824 hours, broken down as follows: ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Michael Collection Clearance Officer.
196 nominations submitted under J. Auer, Heritage Preservation Services, [FR Doc. E6–230 Filed 1–11–06; 8:45 am]
existing MPS @ 18 hrs. each = 3,528; National Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
1,186 newly proposed individual Org. code 2255, Washington, DC 20240.
nominations @ 36 hrs. each = 42,696; 55 E-mail: [email protected].
newly proposed MPS @ 120 hrs. each = To Request Copies of the Document DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
6,600. Contact: Michael J. Auer, at the above
Estimated average burden hours per address. The information collection may National Park Service
response: Depending on which form is also be viewed on-line at: http://
used, the average burden hours per www.cr.nps.gov/hps/tps/tax/ Notice of Availability
response may vary considerably because hpcappl.htm.
of many complex factors. In general, to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
fulfill minimum program requirements Michael J. Auer, 202–354–2031. SUMMARY: National Park Service (NPS)
describing the nominated property and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: has prepared a Final Environmental
demonstrating its eligibility under the Title: Historic Preservation Impact Statement (EIS) for Acadia
criteria, the average burden hours range Certification Application. National Park, Schoodic General
from 18 hours for a nomination OMB Number: 1024–0009.
proposed under an existing Multiple Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, Management Plan Amendment, which
Property Submission (MPS), to 36 hours 2006. is now available from the NPS.
for a newly proposed individual Type of Request: Extension of a ADDRESSES: Request for copies should
nomination, to 120 hours for a newly currently approved information be sent to Superintendent, Acadia
proposed MPS. Continuation sheets collection. National Park, P.O. Box 177, Bar Harbor,
(10–900–a) are used for additional Description of need: Section 47 of the
Maine 04609.
information for both the individual Internal Revenue Code requires that the
nomination form and the multiple Secretary of the Interior certify to the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
property form, as needed. As such, the Secretary of the Treasury upon Superintendent at 207–288–8703.
calculation of average burden hours per application by owners of historic
properties for Federal tax benefits: (a) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NPS
response for the continuation sheets has prepared a Draft General Management
been included in the average The historic character of the property,
and (b) that the rehabilitation work is Plan Amendment (GMPA)/Draft EIS for
calculations above for the nomination Acadia National Park, Maine, pursuant
form (10–900) and the multiple property consistent with that historic character.
The NPS administers the program with to section 102(2)(c) of the National
form (10–900–b).
the Internal Revenue Service. NPS uses Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The
Estimated average number of
the Historic Preservation Certification draft was made available for public
respondents: 1,513.
Application to evaluate the condition review for 60 days (September–
Estimated frequency of response: and historic significance of buildings November 2004), during which time the
1,513 annually. undergoing rehabilitation for continued NPS distributed over 160 copies of the
Dated: December 14, 2005. use, and to evaluate whether the plan. Also, the full text and graphics
Leonard E. Stowe, rehabilitation work meets the Secretary were posted on the park’s NPS Planning
NPS, Information Collection Clearance of the Interior’s Standards for Web sites. NPS received 14 comment
Officer. Rehabilitation. NPS specifically requests letters and 50 people participated in a
[FR Doc. 06–275 Filed 1–11–06; 8:45 am] comments on: (1) The need for public meeting held October 20, 2004.
BILLING CODE 4312–52–M information including whether the Oral and written comments were
information has practical utility; (2) the considered by the NPS and informed the
accuracy of the reporting burden hour
preparation of the final environmental
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR estimate; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the impact statement. The consensus of the
National Park Service information to be collected; and (4) public comment was that the NPS was
ways to minimize the burden of pursuing the correct path for Acadia
60-Day Notice of Intention to Request information collection on respondents, National Park in Alternative C, the
Clearance of Collection of Information; including the use of automated preferred alternative. An abbreviated
Opportunity for Public Comment collection techniques or other forms of format is used for the final EIS because
information technology. changes to the Draft GMPA/Draft EIS are
National Park Service, Interior.
AGENCY:
Description of respondents: confined primarily to factual corrections
Notice and request for
ACTION: Individuals or households, businesses and explanations as to why comments
comments. or other for-profit entities. Application do not warrant further agency response.
for Historic Preservation Certifications Use of this format is in compliance with
SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the is voluntary. the 1978 regulations (40 CFR 1503.4(c))
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. Estimated annual reporting burden: for the National Environmental Policy
L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 3507) and 42,000 hours.
5 CFR part 1320, Reporting and Record Act.
Estimated average burden hours per
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Keeping Requirements, the National response: 14.0 hours. DATES: The National Park Service will
Park Service (NPS) invites public Estimated average number of execute a Record of Decision no sooner
comments on an extension of a respondents: 3,000 annually. than 30 days following publication by
currently approved information Estimate frequency of response: 3,000 the Environmental Protection Agency of
collection (OMB #1024–0009). annually.

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