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BILLING CODE 4140-01-M DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 concerning opportunity for public comment on proposed collections of information, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the information collection plans, call SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer on
(240)276-1243. *Comments are invited on:*
(a)Whether the proposed collections of information are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;
(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Proposed Project: Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Application Guidance and Instruction, FY 2008-2010 (OMB No. 0930-0168)—Revisions Sections 1911 through 1920 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x through 300x-9) provide for annual allotments to assist States to establish or expand an organized, community-based system of care for adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbances. Under these provisions of the law, States may receive allotments only after an application is submitted and approved by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. For the FY 2008-2010 Community Mental Health Services Block Grant application cycle, SAMHSA will provide States guidance and instructions to guide development of comprehensive State applications/plans and implementation reports. Proposed revisions to the guidance include:
(1)The integration of mental health transformation as a guiding principle in the development of State mental health plans. State plans for FY 2008-2010 will describe State mental health transformation efforts and activities within the context of the five
(5)legislative criteria, identify mental health transformation activities funded by the MHBG and other State funding sources, identify activities of the State mental health planning council that contribute to and support State transformation efforts, include one State transformation performance indicator in the plan, and include a description of the services provided to older adults under criterion 4 of the State's plan.
(2)The introduction of the Web Block Grant Application System (WebBGAS). WebBGAS enables States to submit applications/plans, and implementation reports electronically thus reducing the burden of paperwork required for submission, revision, and reporting purposes. In FY 2008, all States and Territories will be encouraged to submit State plans using WebBGAS. Other advantages to using WebBGAS include: • Eliminating redundancy in data entry by pre-populating the States' previous year data in the current year's plans and implementation reports. • Standardizing Mental Health Block Grant data for reporting and quantitative analysis. • Allowing the States' mental health planning councils to have access to state plans and implementation reports throughout the FY as a means to enable councils to meet their Federal mandate of reviewing the plans and providing recommendations to the State. • Adhering to the Federal government's e-governments and e-grants initiatives, where applicable.
(3)A requirement for States to report nine CMHS National Outcome Measures
(NOMS)for mental health. All nine measures are derived from tables in the Uniform Reporting System
(URS)which was developed in collaboration with the States. Four
(4)of the nine measures were established, in concert with OMB PART, to support the long-term goals of the Mental Health Block Grant program and SAMHSA's Government Results and Performance Act
(GPRA)measures. The nine CMHS measures are: • Increased access to services. • Reduced utilization of psychiatric inpatient beds for 30 and 180 days. • Number of evidenced-based practices and number of persons served in these programs. • Client perception of care. • Increased/retained employment or returned to/stayed in school. • Decreased criminal justice involvement. • Increased stability in housing. • Increased social supports and social connectedness, and • Improved level of functioning. Two of the NOMS, Increased Social Supports and Social Connectedness, and Improved Functioning, are currently under development at SAMHSA. States that are unable to report data on these or other indicators will be required to describe their current reporting capacity and efforts underway to make collection of the data possible.
(4)Revisions to tables in the Uniform Reporting System (URS). Since FY 2001, States have reported annual data on the public mental health system to the MHBG Program through 21 tables in the URS. For the past three years, CMHS worked collaboratively with States, using the Data Infrastructure Grant
(DIG)process, to refine the data and make reporting more meaningful to both States and CMHS. This effort resulted in a list of revisions to the basic and developmental tables in the FY 2005-2007 MHBG guidance. The revisions to the URS tables are described below: Revisions to Tables in the Uniform Reporting System Table Description Table No. Table name Change Proposed change Table 1 Profile of State Population by Diagnosis No Change Table 2 Total Unduplicated Served by Age, Gender, & Race Minor Combine Age 0-3 with Age 4-12. Table 3 Total Served by Setting, by Age & Gender No Change Table 4 Employment Minor Add Optional Table 4a. Reporting of Employment Status by 5 Diagnostic Groupings. Table 5 Medicaid Status No Change Table 6 Profile of Client Flow and Turnover Minor Add Column for Length of Stay for clients in facility more than 1 year. Table 7 State MH Expenditures and Revenues No Change Table 8 Profile of Community MHBG Expenditures No Change Table 9 Public Mental Health Service System Inventory List (Deleted in 2005) Major New table added, “Social Connectedness and Improved Functioning” for SAMHSA's newest NOMS. Table 10 Profile of Agencies receiving MHBG Funds No Change Table 11 Consumer Evaluation of Care* Minor Add revisions to table and questions to clarify the survey instrument and methodology used to collect data for this domain if the recommended survey was not used. Table 12 State Mental Health Agency Profile No Change Table 13 Untreated Prevalence of Mental Illness No Change Continue as developmental until refined by DIG Workgroup. Table 14 Adults with SMI & SED served by Age, gender, Race, & Ethnicity Minor Combine Age 0-3 with Age 4-12. Table 15 Living Situation Profile No Change Table 16 EBPs Minor Add two questions at the end of each EBP:
(1)Did the State use the SAMHSA Toolkit to guide implementation?
(2)Has staff been specifically trained to implement the EBP? Table 17 EBPs Minor Add two questions at the end of each EBP:
(1)Did the State use the SAMHSA Toolkit to guide implementation?
(2)Has staff been specifically trained to implement the EBP? Table 18 Use of New Generation Atypical Antipsychotics No Change Table 19 Outcomes: Criminal Justice & School Attendance Minor Add new questions for two CMHS NOMS: Arrests, and School Attendance. Table 20 30 and 180 day state hospital readmissions Minor Combine Age 0-3 with Age 4-12. Table 21 30 and 180 day readmission to any psych bed Minor Combine Age 0-3 with Age 4-12. The future of the SAMHSA/CMHS State mental health data reporting program continues to evolve with a related plan to implement a State Client Level Initiative project with a few States to test the feasibility of implementing client level reporting in the States. Activities of this pilot in the next three years will include:
(1)Identifying and documenting the States' most promising approaches to the collection of client-level data;
(2)developing recommendations for expanding client-level data collection systems to incorporate the NOMs; and
(3)pilot testing the most promising approaches with other interested States to determine their feasibility. The following table summarizes the annual burden for the revised application. Part of application Number of responses Responses/ respondent Burden response
(hrs)Total burden hours Plan—(Parts B and C) 30 1 180 5,400 1 year 2 year 4 1 150 600 3 year 25 1 110 2,750 Implementation Report (Part D) 59 1 80 4,720 Data Tables (Part E) 59 1 40 2,360 Total 59 15,830 Send comments to Summer King, SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer, Room 7-1044, One Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD 20857. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Dated: March 23, 2007. Elaine Parry, Acting Director, Office of Program Services. [FR Doc. E7-5796 Filed 3-28-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4162-20-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY National Communications System [Docket No. NCS-2007-0001] National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee; Notice of Cancellation of Committee Meeting AGENCY: National Communications System, DHS. ACTION: Notice of Partially Closed Advisory Committee Meeting; Notice of Cancellation. SUMMARY: The Agency is issuing this notice to cancel a meeting by teleconference of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). This meeting was originally announced in the **Federal Register** of March 15, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kelvin Coleman, 703-235-5643. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The March 29, 2007, National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee teleconference has been cancelled. This meeting was originally announced in the **Federal Register** of March 15, 2007, in FR Doc 15mr07-70, on page 12179, in the second column. Dated: March 26, 2007. Arnella Terrell, Federal Register Certification Official. [FR Doc. E7-5830 Filed 3-28-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Existing Information Collection Comment Request ACTION: 30-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form N-644, Application for Posthumous Citizenship; OMB Control No. 1615-0059. The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection was previously published in the **Federal Register** on January 22, 2006, at 72 FR 2708 allowing for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received on this information collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until April 30, 2007. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory Management Division, Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor, Washington, DC 20529. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via facsimile to 202-272-8352 or via e-mail at *rfs.regs@dhs.gov* , and to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer via facsimile at 202-395-6974 or via e-mail at *kastrich@omb.eop.gov* . When submitting comments by e-mail please make sure to add OMB Control Number 1615-0059 in the subject box. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the following four points:
(1)Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2)Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3)Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4)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 responses. Overview of this information collection:
(1)*Type of Information Collection:* Extension of a currently approved information collection.
(2)*Title of the Form/Collection:* Application for Posthumous Citizenship.
(3)*Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection:* Form N-644. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
(4)*Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract:* *Primary:* Individual or households. The information collected will be used to determine an applicant's eligibility to request posthumous citizenship status for a decedent and to determine the decedent's eligibility for such status.
(5)*An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:* 50 responses at 1 hour and 50 minutes (1.83 hours) per response.
(6)*An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection:* 92 annual burden hours. If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the information collection instrument, please contact Richard A. Sloan, Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529; Telephone 202-272-8377. Dated: March 26, 2007. Richard A. Sloan, Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E7-5783 Filed 3-28-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-01-P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-5121-N-11] Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Insurance of Adjustable Rate Mortgages
(ARMS)AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. DATES: *Comments Due Date:* May 29, 2007. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 4781, Washington, DC 20410. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James A. Beavers, Acting Director, Office of Single Family Program Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone
(202)708-2121 (this is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to:
(1)Evaluate whether the proposed collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2)Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;
(3)Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(4)Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond; including the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, *e.g.* , permitting electronic submission of responses. This Notice also lists the following information: *Title of Proposal:* Disclosure of Adjustable Rate Mortgages
(ARMS)Rates. *OMB Control Number, if applicable:* 2502-0322. *Description of the need for the information and proposed use:* The Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983 amended the National Housing Act to permit FHA to insure adjustable rate mortgages (ARMS). On March 10, 2004, the Department of Housing and Urban Development published a final rule in the **Federal Register** amending the mortgage insurance regulations to implement additional product offerings known as “hybrid” adjustable rate mortgages. The Federal Housing Administration
(FHA)has insured ARMS since 1984; however, these were limited to 1-year ARMS. FHA is now offering mortgage insurance on 3-year, 5-year, 7-year and 10-year ARMS. The terms of all ARMS insured by HUD-FHA are required to be fully disclosed as part of the loan approval process. Additionally, an annual disclosure is required to reflect the adjustment to the interest rate and monthly mortgage amount. Lenders must electronically indicate that the mortgage to be insured is an ARM and the term or type of the ARM. *Agency form numbers, if applicable:* None. *Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the information collection including number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response:* The estimated number of respondents is 20,000, frequency of response is annually, the total annual responses are 220,000, time per response is estimated at three minutes and the estimated annual burden hours requested is 11,000. *Status of the proposed information collection:* Extension of a currently approved collection. *Authority:* The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended. Dated: March 23, 2007. Frank L. Davis, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner. [FR Doc. E7-5731 Filed 3-28-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [WY-060-1320-EL, WYW161248, WYW172585, WYW172657, WYW173360] Notice of Public Hearing, Notice of Intent To Begin Scoping, and To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing, Notice of Intent
(NOI)To Begin Scoping, and to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS)on Four Federal Coal Lease Applications
(LBA)in the Decertified Powder River Federal Coal Production Region, Wyoming. SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Casper Field Office announces its intent to prepare one EIS titled “South Gillette Area Coal EIS” on the potential and cumulative impacts of leasing four tracts of Federal coal. Consistent with Federal regulations promulgated for the Minerals Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, 43 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR)3425, the BLM must prepare an environmental analysis prior to holding a competitive Federal coal lease sale. DATES: This notice initiates the scoping process. The BLM can best use public input if comments and resource information are submitted to the address below in the ADDRESSES section by June 1, 2007. To provide the public with an opportunity to review the proposal and gain understanding of the coal leasing process, the BLM will host a meeting on April 11, 2007, at 7 p.m. at the Gillette College Presentation Hall, Room 120, 300 West Sinclair, Gillette, Wyoming. At the meeting, the public is invited to submit comments and resource information, plus identify issues or concerns to be considered in the coal leasing process. The BLM will announce future public meetings and other opportunities to submit comments on this project at least 15 days prior to the events. Announcements will be made through local news media and the Casper Field Office's Web site, which is: *http://www.wy.blm.gov/cfo/.* ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments or concerns to the BLM Casper Field Office, Attn: Teresa Johnson, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. Written comments or resource information may also be hand-delivered to the BLM Casper Field Office or sent by facsimile to the attention of Teresa Johnson at
(307)261-7510. Comments may be sent electronically to *casper_wymail@blm.gov.* Please put “South Gillette Area Coal EIS/Teresa Johnson” in the subject line. Members of the public may examine documents pertinent to this proposal by visiting the Casper Field Office during its business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday through Friday, except holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa Johnson or Mike Karbs, BLM Casper Field Office, 2987 Prospector Drive, Casper, Wyoming 82604. Ms Johnson or Mr. Karbs may also be reached at
(307)261-7600. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A maintenance tract is a parcel of land containing Federal coal reserves that can be leased to maintain production at an existing mine. The BLM received four Federal coal LBAs for use as maintenance tracts in Campbell County, Wyoming. On June 6, 2004, RAG Wyoming Land Company
(RAG)applied for a maintenance coal lease tract of approximately 1,578.74 acres (approximately 200 million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the Belle Ayr Mine. RAG subsequently sold the Belle Ayr Mine and its associated interests to Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc. (Foundation). From this point forward, the applicant for the Belle Ayr North Tract will be referred to as Foundation. The tract, which is referred to as the Belle Ayr North Tract, has been assigned case number WYW161248. The Belle Ayr North Tract includes the following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming: T. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming Section 18: Lots 17, 18, 19 (W 1/2 , SE 1/4 ); Section 19: Lots 5 through 19; Section 20: Lots 3 (SW 1/4 ), 4 (W 1/2 , SE 1/4 ), 5, 6, 7 (S 1/2 ), 9 (S 1/2 ), 10 through 16; Section 21: Lots 13, 14; Section 28: Lots 3 through 6; Section 29: Lots 1, 6; T. 48 N., R. 72 W., 6th PM, Wyoming Section 24: Lots 1, 8. Containing 1,578.74 acres, more or less. Foundation proposes to mine the tract as a part of the Belle Ayr Mine. At the 2006 mining rate of 24.6 million tons per year, the coal included in the Belle Ayr North Tract would extend the life of the Belle Ayr Mine by as many as 8 years. On February 10, 2006, Ark Land Company
(Ark)applied for a maintenance coal tract of approximately 1,151 acres (approximately 57 million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the Coal Creek Mine. The tract, which is referred to as the West Coal Creek Tract, has been assigned case number WYW172585. The West Coal Creek Tract includes the following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming: T. 46 N., R. 70 W., 6th PM, Wyoming Section 18: Lots 14 through 17; Section 19: Lots 7 through 10, 15 through 18; Section 30: Lots 5 through 20. Containing 1,151.26 acres, more or less. Ark's subsidiary, Thunder Basin Coal Company, proposes to mine the tract as a part of the Coal Creek Mine. At the 2006 mining rate of 4.2 million tons per year, the coal included in the West Coal Creek Tract would extended the life of the Coal Creek Mine by as many as 13 years. On March 15, 2006, Caballo Coal Company (Caballo) applied for a maintenance coal tract of approximately 777.485 acres (approximately 87.5 million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the Caballo Mine. The tract, which is referred to as the Caballo West Tract, has been assigned case number WYW172585. The Caballo West Tract includes the following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming: T. 48 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming Section 7: Lots 12, 19; Section 8: Lot 10; Section 17: Lots 1 through 10, 11 (N 1/2 , SE 1/4 ), 12 (NE 1/4 ), 15 (N 1/2 , SE 1/4 ), 16; Section 18: Lots 5, 12 (NE 1/4 ); Section 20: Lots 1, 2 (NE 1/4 ), 8 (N 1/2 SE 1/4 ). Containing 777.485 acres, more or less. Caballo proposes to mine the tract as a part of the Caballo Mine. At the 2006 mining rate of 39 million tons per year, the coal included in the Caballo West Tract would extend the life of the Caballo Mine by as many as 2.2 years. On September 1, 2006, Cordero Mining Company (Cordero) applied for a maintenance coal tract of approximately 4,653.80 acres (approximately 483 million tons of in-place coal) adjacent to the Cordero Rojo Mine. The tract, which is referred to as the Maysdorf II Tract, has been assigned case number WYW173360. The Maysdorf II Tract includes the following lands in Campbell County, Wyoming: T. 46 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming Section 4: Lots 8, 9, 16, 17; Section 5: Lots 5, 12, 13, 20; Section 9: Lots 6 through 8; Section 10: Lots 7 through 10; Section 11: Lots 13 through 16; T. 47 N., R. 71 W., 6th PM, Wyoming Section 7: Lots 6 through 11, 14 through 19; Section 17: Lots 1 through 15, SW 1/4 NW 1/4 ; Section 18: Lots 5 through 14, 19, 20; Section 20: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16; Section 21: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13; Section 28: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13; Section 29: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16; Section 32: Lots 1, 8, 9, 16; Section 33: Lots 4, 5, 12, 13; T. 47 N., R. 72 W., 6th PM, Wyoming Section 12: Lots 1 through 16; Section 13: Lots 1 through 8. Containing 4,653.80 acres, more or less. Cordero proposes to mine the tract as a part of the Cordero Rojo Mine. At the 2006 mining rate of 39.7 million tons per year, the coal included in the Maysdorf II Tract would extend the life of the Cordero Rojo Mine by as many as 12 years. Lands in the Belle Ayr North, West Coal Creek, and Caballo West Tracts contain private surface estate overlying the Federal coal. Lands in the Maysdorf II Tract contain private and Federal surface estate overlying the Federal coal. The Federal surface is administered by BLM. The Belle Ayr Mine, Coal Creek Mine, Caballo Mine, and Cordero Rojo Mine are operating under approved mining permits from the Land Quality and Air Quality Divisions of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality. The Powder River Regional Coal Team recommended that BLM process these four coal lease applications after they reviewed the Belle Ayr North Tract at a public meeting held on April 24, 2005, in Gillette, Wyoming, and the West Coal Creek, Caballo West, and Maysdorf II Tracts at a public meeting held on April 19, 2006, in Casper, Wyoming. The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
(OSM)will be a cooperating agency in the preparation of the EIS. If the four tracts are leased to the applicants, the new leases must be incorporated into the existing mining and reclamation plans for the adjacent mines. Before the Federal coal in each tract can be mined, the Secretary of the Interior must approve the revised MLA mining plan for the mine in which each tract will be included. The OSM is the Federal agency that is responsible for recommending approval, approval with conditions, or disapproval of the revised MLA mining plan to the Office of the Secretary of the Interior. Other cooperating agencies may be identified during the scoping process. The BLM will provide interested parties the opportunity to submit comments or relevant information or both. This information will help the BLM identify issues to be considered in preparing the South Gillette Area Coal EIS. Issues that have been identified in analyzing the impacts of previous Federal coal leasing actions in the Wyoming Powder River Basin
(PRB)include the need for resolution of conflicts between existing and proposed oil and gas development and coal mining on the tracts proposed for coal leasing; potential impacts to big game herds and hunting; potential impacts to sage-grouse; potential impacts to listed Threatened and Endangered Species; potential health impacts related to blasting operations conducted by the mines to remove overburden and coal; the need to consider the cumulative impacts of coal leasing decisions combined with other existing and proposed development in the Wyoming PRB; and potential site-specific and cumulative impacts on air and water quality. Your response is important and will be considered in the EIS process. If you do respond, we will keep you informed of the availability of environmental documents that address impacts that might occur from this proposal. 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. 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. Dated: February 21, 2007. Donald A. Simpson, Associate State Director. [FR Doc. 07-1566 Filed 3-28-07; 8:45 am]
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