4412 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 27, 2010 / Notices soliciting proposals in this case. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR stay the filing pending our Responding to national priorities and consideration of the protest. global trends is our highest priority and Bureau of Land Management We will not officially file a plat until requires science that not only builds on [LLES956000–L14200000–BJ0000] the day after we have accepted or our existing strengths and partnerships dismissed all protests and they have but also demands the innovation made Eastern States: Filing of Plats of become final, including decisions on possible by integrating the full breadth Survey appeals. Dated: January 19, 2010. and depth of our capabilities with other AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, strong science partners which includes Interior. Dominica Van Koten, other government agencies, academic ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of Chief Cadastral Surveyor. institutions, non-government Survey; Arkansas and Illinois. [FR Doc. 2010–1584 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] organizations and private industries. BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P The USGS chooses to go forward at this SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land time because the science issues that will Management (BLM) will file the plats of be addressed will represent major survey of the lands described below in DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR challenges for our Nation’s natural the BLM–Eastern States office in resources. We would like to assure you, Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days Bureau of Land Management that as with all our efforts, we will be from the date of publication in the [LLES956000–L14200000–BJ0000– fair and unbiased in selecting the future Federal Register. LXSITRST0000] sites and ever mindful concerning the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: advancement of our scientific integrity. Bureau of Land Management-Eastern Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey We are thankful for your response and States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, concern in this matter. Springfield, Virginia 22153. Attn: Interior. Cadastral Survey. As the commenter did not address ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The this specific information collection, we survey; Minnesota and Wisconsin. survey in the State of Arkansas was have not made any changes as a result requested by the U.S. Forest Service. of the comment. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land The survey in the State of Illinois was Management (BLM) will file the plat of We again invite comments concerning requested by the U.S. Army Corps of survey of the lands described below in this ICR on: (a) Whether the proposed Engineers. the BLM–Eastern States office in collection of information is necessary The lands surveyed are: Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days for the agency to perform its duties, Fifth Principal Meridian, Arkansas from the date of publication in the including whether the information is Federal Register. useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s T. 13 N., R. 25 W. The plat of survey represents the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: estimate of the burden on the proposed Bureau of Land Management-Eastern collection of information; (c) ways to dependent resurvey of portions of the south boundary (Standard Parallel States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, enhance the quality, usefulness, and North), Township 14 North, Range 25 Springfield, Virginia 22153. Attn: clarity of the information to be West; east boundary, Township 13 Cadastral Survey. collected; and (d) ways to minimize the North, Range 26 West, east boundary, a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These burden on the respondents, including portion of the south boundary, a portion surveys were requested by the Bureau of the use of automated collection of the subdivisional lines, the Indian Affairs. techniques or other forms of information subdivision of certain sections, the The lands surveyed are: technology. survey of certain Forest Service tracts, Fifth Principal Meridian, Minnesota Comments that you submit in and exceptions to certain Forest Service T. 143 N., R. 41 W. response to this notice are a matter of tracts of Township 13 North, Range 25 The plat of survey represents the public record. Before including your West, of the Fifth Principal Meridian, in dependent resurvey of a portion of the west address, phone number, e-mail address the State of Arkansas, and was accepted boundary and a portion of the subdivisional or other personal identifying September 28, 2009. lines and the dependent resurvey and survey of the subdivision of section 30, of Township information in your comment, you Fourth Principal Meridian, Illinois should be aware that your entire 143 North, Range 41 West, of the Fifth T. 6 S., R 6 W. Principal Meridian, in the State of comment including your personal The plat of survey represents the Minnesota, and was accepted October 14, identifying information, may be made dependent resurvey of the fractional 2009. publically available at any time. While township boundary, the subdivisional Fourth Principal Meridian, Minnesota you can ask us in your comment to lines, and the resurvey of the lock and withhold your personal identifying T. 48 N., R. 17 W. dam no. 24 acquisition boundary, of The plat of survey represents the information from public review, we Township 6 South, Range 6 West, of the dependent resurvey of a portion of the north cannot guarantee that we will be able to Fourth Principal Meridian, in the State boundary and the subdivisional lines and the do so. of Illinois, and was accepted September survey of the subdivision of section 4, Dated: January 20, 2010. 29, 2009. Township 48 North, Range 17 West, of the Fourth Principal Meridian, in the State of Susan D. Haseltine, We will place copies of the plats we described in the open files. They will be Minnesota, and was accepted December 23, Associate Director for Biology, U.S. Geological available to the public as a matter of 2009. Survey. information. Fourth Principal Meridian, Wisconsin [FR Doc. 2010–1686 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] If BLM receives a protest against a T. 47 N., R 2 W. BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P survey, as shown on the plat, prior to The plat of survey represents the the date of the official filing, we will dependent resurvey of portions of the south, VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:22 Jan 26, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27JAN1.SGM 27JAN1 srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES.