We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have developed regulations that would authorize the incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walrus during yearround oil and gas industry (Industry) exploration, development, and production operations in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent northern coast of Alaska. Industry

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The following permits were issued.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The Office of Hearings and Appeals is publishing a final rule that revises an existing regulation allocating the burden of proof in a proceeding under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Interior Department

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Assistant SecretaryIndian Affair (ASIA) is submitting the
information collection titled Gaming on Trust Lands Acquired After October 17, 1988, OMB Control Number 10760158, for review and renewal by the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, Office of Management and Budget.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Interior Department

The Guam War Claims Review Commission, pursuant to section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 10) and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in regard to the scheduling of meetings for the transaction of Commission business, as follows:

Date and Time: Monday, December 8, 2003, 8 a.m.2

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Interior Department