Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior or the head of the Bureau of Land Management shall notify the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources annually on the administration of right-of-way activities. Abstract: This report lists the number of rights-of-way granted, renewed, and terminated during the year; the number of applications on file at the beginning and end of the year; and data on any grants with special safety or environmental requirements. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-5441. Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall notify the Congress of any withholding of a federal land area aggregating 5,000 acres or more from settlement, sale, location, or entry for the purpose of limiting activities under general land laws in order to maintain other public values in the area or reserving the area for a particular public purpose or program. The Secretary shall notify the Congress of such a withdrawal no later than its effective date, and the withdrawal shall terminate at the end of 90 days after such notification if the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution disapproving the withdrawal. Abstract: The report is a short letter to the concerned committees transmitting copies of public land orders effecting the withdrawals including items required by FLPMA sec. 204(c)(2). Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343–6486. R00714-009 Report of Land Management of the California Desert Conservation Area. (BLM-1-CON-76-153). Frequency/Due Date: Annually/ October 1 OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-9921-0-2-852 / Miscellaneous permanent appropriations Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Authority: Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (P.L. 94-579, § 601(i); 90 Stat. 2784; 43 U.S.C. 1782(i)). Availability: Agency Geographic Relevance: California Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the Congress on October 1 of each year on the progress in, and any problems concerning, the implementation of the program providing for the protection and administration of the public lands in the California desert within the framework of a program of multiple use and sustained yield Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Congress, on or before March 1 of 1983 every third year thereafter, a report on the estimated size, condition and distribution of the various Tule elk herds in California and the nature and condition of their respective habitats. The report shall include the Secretary's determination as to whether or not the preservation of the Tule elk herd at its then-existing level is, or may be, endangered or threatened by actual or proposed changes in land use or land management practices on government-owned lands. The report shall also include recommendations with regard to any federal actions deemed necessary to preserve the herds at the existing level. Abstract: The report includes numbers, condition and distribution of Tule Elk in California. Includes recommendations for future management to insure healthy populations. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 653-9202. R00714-011 Federal Coal Management Report. (BLM-1-CON-76-113). OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-1109-0-1-302 / Management of lands and resources Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Requirement: Within 6 months after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit to the Congress a report on the leasing and production of coal lands subject to the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, as amended, during the preceding fiscal year. Abstract: This report shall include a summary of management, supervision, and enforcement activities relating to federal coal leases and recommendations for improvements in management, environmental safeguards, and the amount of coal production on such lands. The report shall also include a report by the U.S. Attorney General on competition in the coal and energy industries. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-4537. R00714-012 Exclusions of One or More Principal Uses for Two or More Years on Pub- resources Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall report to the Congress any management decision or action pursuant to the implementation of a Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall notify the Congress when any tract of public lands in excess of 2,500 acres has been designated for sale. Such a sale may only be made if the Congress does not adopt a concurrent resolution indicating nonapproval of the sale within 90 days of such notification. Abstract: The report is a short letter to the concerned committees transmitting field reports recommending the sale of public lands in tracts that contain more than 2500 acres. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-8693. R00714-015 Notice of Emergency Land Withdrawals. (BLM-1-CON-76-147). resources Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Geographic Relevance: National Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall notify the House and Senate Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of any emergency withholding of a federal land area from settlement, sale, location, or entry for the purpose of limiting activities under general land laws in order to preserve values that would otherwise be lost. The emergency withdrawal shall be effective when made. Withdrawals of certain public lands in 11 western states that existed on the date of this law's enactment are to be reviewed by the Secretary of Interior within 15 years and a report is to be submitted to the President with the recommendations of the Secretary on how long such withdrawals should continue. The President is directed to transmit the Secretary's report to Congress along with his own recommendations either for action by the Secretary or for further legislation. Unless before the end of 90 days, excluding periods for adjournment for more than three days, the Senate and House of Representatives have adopted a concurrent resolution of disapproval, the Secretary may terminate the withdrawals. Abstract: The report is a short letter to the concerned committees transmitting a copy of the public land order effecting the withdrawal. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-6486. Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall report to the House and Senate Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs the results of his reviews of the withholding of federal land areas from sale, settlement, location, or entry for the purpose of limiting activities under general land laws in order to maintain other public land values in the area or reserving the area for a particular public purpose or program where such withdrawals or extensions of withdrawals have a specific period. The review should be conducted toward the end of the withdrawal period and should include a determination as to whether the purpose for which the withdrawal was first made requires an extension. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-6486. Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to Congress no later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year which will provide information that will aid Congress in carrying out its oversight responsibilities for public lands programs and other purposes. The report shall include program identification information, program evaluation information, and program budgetary information for the preceding, current, and succeeding fiscal years. Abstract: The report describes the Bureau of Land Management's programs, progress and accomplishments in this fiscal year, issues of concern to the Congress and the public, and a summary of the program budgets. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343–9435. R00714-021 Review of Land Withdrawals Existing on October 21, 1976 and Recommendations To Continue or Terminate Such Withdrawals. (BLM1-CON-76-176). Frequency/Due Date: As Required/ Unspecified OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-1110-0-1-302 / Construction and access Geographic Relevance: 11 Western States Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall report to the Committees on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Senate regarding withdrawals from sale of public lands or extensions. The Secretary shall report recommendations regarding continuation of existing withdrawals to the President who shall then transmit them to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Abstract: The report includes recommendations whether and for how long a withdrawal from sale of public lands should be continued. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-6486. Availability: Agency Geographic Relevance: State; County; City Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit an accounting report biennially of income and expenditures provided for by P.L. 96-586 to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Abstract: This report of the Departments of Interior and Agriculture contains information on the amount of revenues collected from the sale of public lands in Clark County, Nevada, and the amount of the collected revenues that are expended for the acquisition of non-federal lands in the Lake Tahoe Basin. It also contains information on the amount of the revenues collected that are distributed to local governments in Clark County for acquisition and development of recreation lands and facilities and to the State of Nevada for its general education program. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-8693. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Authority: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (P.L. 96-487, § 1326(a); 94 Stat. 2488; 16 U.S.C. 3213). Availability: Agency; Federal Register Geographic Relevance: State Requirement: To the extent authorized by existing law, the President or the Secretary of the Interior may withdraw public lands in the State of Alaska exceeding 5,000 acres in the aggregate, which withdrawal shall not become effective until notice is provided in the Federal Register and to both Houses of Congress. Such withdrawal shall terminate unless Congress passes a joint resolution of approval within 1 year after the notice of such withdrawal has been submitted to Congress. Abstract: It describes the areas to be withdrawn and the purposes for which the withdrawal is made. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-6511. R00714-024 Annual Report on Progress of Study of Federal Lands on Alaska's North Slope. (BLM-1-CON-80-322). Frequency/Due Date: Annually/ Unspecified OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-1109-0-1-302 / Management of lands and resources Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Authority: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (P.L. 96-487, § 1001(e); 94 Stat. 2449; 16 U.S.C. 3141). Availability: Agency Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall carry out a study of federal lands on Alaska's north slope and make findings on: (1) the potential oil and gas resources of these lands; (2) the impact of oil and gas development on the wildlife resources on these lands; (3) the national need for development of the oil and gas resources; (4) the national interest in preservation of the wilderness characteristics of these lands; and (5) the national interest in protection of the wildlife resources. The Secretary shall submit the study and his findings to the President and the Congress no later than 8 years after December 2, 1980. The Secretary shall submit annual reports to Congress on the progress in carrying out provisions related to subsistence management and use, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (FTS) 343–7722. R00714-025 Oil and Gas Leasing, Exploration and Development Activities on Federal Lands in Alaska Other Than on the North Slope of the National Petroleum Reserve. (BLM-1-CON-80-325). Frequency/Due Date: Annually/ October 1 OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-1109-0-1-302 / Management of lands and resources Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Authority: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (P.L. 96-487, § 1008(b)(4); 94 Stat. 2455; 16 U.S.C. 3148(b)). Availability: Agency Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall report to the Congress by October 1, 1981, and yearly thereafter, his efforts pursuant to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act regarding the leasing of, and exploration and development activities on, non-North Slope federal lands. Abstract: This is the third annual report which covers the progress made in the non-North Slope oil and gas leasing program during fiscal year 1983. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (FTS) 343-7722. R00714-026 Notification of Withdrawal of More Than 5,000 Acres of Public Lands in Frequency/Due Date: As Required/ Upon occurrence of event resources R00714-030 Copy of a Notice of a Proposed Reinstatement of a Terminated Lease. (BLM 1-CON-83-413). Frequency/Due Date: As Required/ On occurrence of event resources Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Geographic Relevance: National; State Requirement: A notice of the proposed reinstatement of a terminated lease, including the terms and conditions of reinstatement, shall be published in the Federal Register at least thirty days in advance of the reinstatement. A copy of said notice, together with information concerning rental, royalty, volume of production, if any, and any other matter which the Secretary deemed significant in making this determination to reinstate, shall be furnished to Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate at least thirty days in advance of the reinstatement. The lessee of a reinstated lease shall reimburse the Secretary for the administrative costs of reinstating the lease, but not to exceed $500. In addition the lessee shall reimburse the Secretary for the cost of publication in the Federal Register of the notice of proposed reinstatement. Agency Contact: Bureau of Land Management. (202) 343-7722. R00714-034 Managing the Public Lands (Soil, Water, Air, and Livestock Grazing Portions). (1-CON-83-422). Frequency/Due Date: Annually/ February 1 OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-1109-0-1-302 / Management of lands and resources Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Requirement: For the purpose of providing information that will aid Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the President, the Congress, and the Governors of each state signatory the Colorado River Compact every 5 years containing information on the annual consumptive uses and losses of water from the Colorado River system. Abstract: The report includes a detailed breakdown of the beneficial consumptive use of water on a state-by-state basis. Specific figures on quantities consumptively used from the major tributary streams flowing into the Colorado River also are included on a stateby-state basis. Such reports are prepared in consultation with the states of the lower basin individually and with the Upper Colorado River Commission. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (202) 293-8414. R00716-003 Colorado River Basin Project for Fiscal Year. (1-CON-68-043). OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-4079-0-3-301 / Lower Colorado River Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; House Committee on Public Works and Transportation; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Authority: Colorado River Basin Project Act (P.L. 90-537, title IV, § 404; 82 Stat. 896; 43 U.S.C. 1544). Availability: Agency Geographic Relevance: State Requirement: On January 1 of each year the Secretary shall report to Congress, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1969, upon the status of the revenues from and the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining each lower basin unit of the project for the preceding fiscal year. The report of the Secretary shall be prepared to reflect accurately the federal investment allocated at that time to power, to irrigation, and to other purposes, the progress of return and repayment thereon, and the estimated rate of progress, year by year, in accomplishing full repayment. Abstract: This report on reclamation projects provides information on construction and construction costs; operations; and income and expense summary; a comparative balance sheet; power income and sales; cash receipts and disposition; repayment of federal investment; income and statistical information on the estimated project cost and estimated project cost by purpose; and a table detailing the historical and projected authorized reimbursable investment. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (703) 598-7432. R00716-004 Colorado River Storage Projects and Participating Projects for Fiscal Year. (LBR-1-CON-56-044). Frequency/Due Date: Annually/ January 1 OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-4081-0-3-301 / Upper Colorado River Basin fund Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; House Committee on Public Works and Transportation; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; House Committee on Appropriations; Senate Committee on Appropriations Authority: Colorado River Storage Project Act (P.L. 84-485, § 6; 70 Stat. 109; 43 U.S.C. 620e). Availability: Agency Geographic Relevance: State Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall report to the Congress on January 1 of each year upon the status of the revenues from and the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the Colorado River storage project and the participating projects. The report shall accurately reflect the federal investment allocated at that time to power, to irrigation, and to other purposes; the progress of return and repayment thereon; and the estimated rate of progress, year by year, in accomplishing full repayment. Abstract: This report on reclamation projects provides information on environmental activities conducted by the Bureau of Reclamation; information on construction and construction costs; operations, including reservoirs and rivers, an income and expense summary, a comparative balance sheet, power income and sales, net generation sales and income, and irrigation operations; recreation; fish and wildlife; cash receipts and disposition; repayment of federal investment; income and statistical information on the estimated project cost and estimated project cost by purpose; and a table detailing the historical and projected authorized reimbursable investment. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (801) 588-5600. R00716-005 Operation of the Colorado River Basin, with Projected Operations. (LBR1-CON-68-045). Frequency/Due Date: Annually/ January 1 OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-4079-0-3-301 / Lower Colorado River Basin development fund Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Authority: Colorado River Basin Project Act (P.L. 90-537, title VI, § 602; 82 Stat. 900; 43 U.S.C. 1552(b)). Availability: Agency Geographic Relevance: State Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall transmit a report on January 1 of each year to the Congress and to the governors of the Colorado River Basin states describing the actual operation of the reservoirs constructed and operated under the authority of the Colorado River Storage Project Act, the Boulder Canyon Project Act, and the Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act under the criteria adopted for the coordinated operation of the reservoirs for the preceding compact water year and the projected operation for the current year. Abstract: The report provides information on Upper and Lower Basin reservoirs, including actual operation, river regulation, beneficial consumptive uses, water quality control, enhancement of fish and wildlife, preservation of environment, and the projected plan of operation. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (702) 598-7677. R00716-006 Quality of Water in the Colorado River Basin. (LBR-1-CON-62-046A). Frequency/Due Date: Biennially/ January OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-4079-0-3-301 / Lower Colorado River Basin development fund Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Authority: Colorado River Storage Project Act (P.L. 84-485, § 15; 70 Geographic Relevance: State Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall continue studies and make a report to the Congress and to the states of the Colorado River Basin on the quality of water of the Colorado River. Abstract: This report presents data concerning the historical quantity and quality of the Department of the Interior: Bureau of Reclamation R00716-014 flows of the Colorado River and its principal tributaries since 1941; an evaluation of historical conditions modified to reflect present development; and a projection of the range of salinity conditions resulting from future development at selected stations in the Basin. The potential for salinity control and the current status of salinity control activities are also discussed. In addition, a section of the report is directed to water quality parameters other than salinity. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (202) 343-5275. R00716-007 Bureau of Reclamation Planning Program Changes--Public Works Appropriations. (LBR-1-CON-57-072). Frequency/Due Date: Quarterly/ End of 2nd, 3rd, 4th quarters Authority: H. Rept. 88-902. Availability: Agency Geographic Relevance: International/Foreign Requirement: This report provides the authority for the transfer of funds between investigations without Committee approval for increases from 15 percent to 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the item being increased. Abstract: Reports are provided on the use of funds appropriated for individual planning activities. The reports are filed at the end of the second, third, and fourth quarters directly to the House and Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (202) 343-5605. 3 (LBR Frequency/Due Date: As Required/ Upon occurrence of event Geographic Relevance: State Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make a study and report to the Congress on means of providing financial and other assistance in the reclamation of arid lands in the general vicinity of the Chief Joseph Dam project on the Columbia River. The report shall state the construction cost of the proposed works, portions of cost allocable to various functions, operation and maintenance costs of all functions, the amount of construction cost allocable to irrigation which irrigators may reasonably be expected to repay, proposed charges for power, proposed interest rate on the power investment, unrecovered costs to the federal treasury, the ratio of net benefits per acre, and a complete financial analysis of the repayment program. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (202) 343–3125. R00716-009 Deferments of Payments for Reclamation Projects. (LBR-1-CON-39-053). Authority: Reclamation Project Act of 1939, as amended (P.L. 86–308, Geographic Relevance: National Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall report to the Congress any deferments of installments under repayment contracts for construction charges for reclamation or irrigation projects which the Secretary grants in order to adjust the installments to amounts within the probable ability of the water users to pay. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (202) 343-5671. R00716-010 Proposed Contracts Related to Reclamation Project Act of 1939. (LBR1-CON-39-052). Frequency/Due Date: As Required/ Upon occurrence of event Availability: Agency Geographic Relevance: National Requirement: The Secretary of the Interior shall report to the Congress any proposed negotiated contracts which are drawn up to provide fair and equitable treatment of repayment problems arising under existing contracts for the repayment of the construction costs of reclamation projects under the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. Such negotiated contracts may be executed only after approval has been given by an act of Congress. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (202) 343-5671. R00716-012 Business-Type Budgets for All Operations Financed by Upper Colorado OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-4079-0-3-301 / Lower Colorado River Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs; Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; House Committee on Appropriations; Senate Committee on Appropriations Authority: Colorado River Storage Project Act (P.L. 84-485, § 5; 70 Stat. 109; 43 U.S.C. 620d(g)). Requirement: No part of any appropriation shall be available for the initiation of construction under the terms of reclamation law of any dam, reservoir, or water supply, or any tunnel, canal, or conduit for water, or water distribution system related to such dam or reservoir until the Secretary of the Interior certifies to the Congress that an adequate soil survey and land classification has been made and that the lands to be irrigated are susceptible to the production of agricultural crops by means of irrigation or that the successful irrigability of those lands and their susceptibility to sustained production of agricultural crops by means of irrigation has been demonstrated in practice. Agency Contact: Bureau of Reclamation. (202) 343-5501. R00716-014 Business-Type Budgets for All Operations Financed by Lower Colorado OMB Funding Code/Title: 14-4079-0-3-301 / Lower Colorado River Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Appropriations; Senate Committee on Appropriations |