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Farrell under a sale/leaseback agreement

will most likely be paid off and

scrapped.

A redacted copy of the transfer

application will be available for

inspection at the Department of

Transportation (DOT) Dockets Facility

and on the DOT Dockets website

(address information follows). Any

person, firm or corporation having an

interest in this proposal, and desiring to

submit comments concerning the

application, may file comments as

follows. You should mention the docket

number that appears at the top of this

notice. Written comments should be

submitted to the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT

Dockets, Room PL–401, Nassif Building,

Department of Transportation, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, D.C.

20590. Comments may also be

submitted by electronic means via the

internet at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit/

. You may call Docket Management at

(202) 366–9324. You may visit the

docket room to inspect and copy

comments at the above address between

10 a.m. and 5 p.m. EDT, Monday

through Friday, except holidays. An

electronic version of this document is

available on the World Wide Web at

http://dms.dot.gov. Comments must be

received by close of business June 14,

2000.

This notice is published as a matter of

discretion, and the fact of its publication

should in no way be considered a

favorable or unfavorable decision on the

application, as filed, or as may be

amended. MARAD will consider all

comments submitted in a timely

fashion, and will take such action

thereto as may be deemed appropriate.

By Order of the Maritime Administration.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Joel C. Richard,

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–14354 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–81–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Community Development Financial

Institutions Fund Open Meetings

AGENCY: Community Development

Financial Institutions Fund, Department

of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of open meetings.

SUMMARY: The Community Development

Financial Institutions Fund (the

‘‘Fund’’) is considering revising its

regulations implementing the Bank

Enterprise Award (‘‘BEA’’) Program.

Before revising such regulations in the

form of an interim rule, the Fund seeks

to provide the public with meaningful

participation in advance of the

rulemaking process. Specifically, the

Fund intends to convene four regional

meetings that are open to the public for

purposes of gathering facts and

information on how to improve the BEA

Program. The Fund will consider the

facts and information gathered from

such regional meetings in deciding

whether to revise the BEA Program

regulations.

DATES AND LOCATIONS: The four regional

meetings are scheduled for the

following cities and dates: (1) June 21,

2000, Los Angeles, CA; (2) June 23,

2000, Dallas, TX; (3) June 28, 2000, New

York, NY; and (4) June 30, 2000,

Chicago, IL. Registration is required,

because space is limited in each city to

40 members of the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR TO

REGISTER CONTACT: The Community

Development Financial Institutions

Fund (the Fund), U.S. Department of

Treasury, 601 13th Street, NW., Suite

200 South, Washington, DC, 20005,

(202) 622–8662 (this is not a toll free

number) or visit the Fund’s website at

http://www.treas.gov/cdfi. Other

information regarding the Fund and its

programs also may be obtained through

the Fund’s website at http://

www.treas.gov/cdfi.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the BEA Program is to assist

in the revitalization of distressed urban

and rural communities. Under the BEA

Program, the Fund issues grant awards

annually (e.g. in September 1999) to

insured depository institutions that

have increased their level of investment

in Community Development Financial

Institutions and distressed communities

(‘‘BEA Program activities’’) between a

six month assessment period (e.g.

January 1 through June 30, 1999) and a

six month baseline period (e.g. January

1 through June 30, 1998). As part of its

strategy to maximize the effectiveness of

scarce public resources, the Fund is

considering various means to enhance

the efficacy of the BEA Program in

revitalizing distressed urban and rural

communities.

For example, the Fund is considering

whether to measure increases in BEA

Program activities from six month

baseline/assessment periods (e.g.

January 1 through June 30) to annual

baseline/assessment periods (e.g.

January 1 through December 31) for

purposes of affording insured

depository institutions greater flexibility

in planning BEA Program activities year

round as part of their community

reinvestment strategies and to take into

account the longer lead times often

required to close complicated large

dollar transactions.

The Fund also is considering selecting

insured depository institutions to

participate in the BEA Program before

the commencement of the assessment

period. The Fund is considering such a

change to: (1) Provide greater incentives

for insured depository institutions to

engage in BEA Program activities that

they would not otherwise engage in by

(a) Assuring such institutions that if

they carry out their BEA Program

activities within the assessment period,

they will receive a BEA Program award

and (b) enabling such institutions to

take into consideration the economic

value of an award when underwriting a

transaction; and (2) reduce paperwork

burdens for those insured depository

institutions that are not deemed

competitive by relieving such

institutions of the burden of having to

submit a final report at the end of the

assessment period. As part of this

change, the Fund would utilize a

competitive evaluation and selection

process.

The Fund intends to provide the

public with meaningful participation in

improving the efficacy of the BEA

Program by obtaining facts and

information from the public prior to

making any regulatory changes. The

Fund intends to accomplish this by

convening four regional information

gathering sessions in the month of June

that are open to the public. The Fund

will consider the facts and information

from such public meetings in deciding

whether to revise the BEA Program

regulations.

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 4703; 12 U.S.C. 4713;

12 U.S.C. 1834a; and E.O. 12866, § 6(a).

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Maurice A. Jones,

Deputy Director for Policy and Programs,

Community Development Financial

Institutions Fund.

[FR Doc. 00–14308 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0219]

Proposed Information Collection

Activity: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Veterans Health

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Veterans Health

Administration (VHA), Department of

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Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an

opportunity for public comment on the

proposed collection of certain

information by the agency. Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of

1995, Federal agencies are required to

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of

information, including each proposed

Reinstatement, with change, of a

previously approved collection for

which approval has expired, and allow

60 days for public comment in response

to the notice. This notice solicits

comments for information needed to

adjudicate and pay healthcare benefit

claims.

DATES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

collection of information should be

received on or before August 7, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

on the collection of information to Ann

W. Bickoff, Veterans Health

Administration (193B1), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20420. Please

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0219’’

in any correspondence.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

W. Bickoff at (202) 273–8310 or Fax

(202) 273–9381.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

PRA of 1995 (Public Law 104–13; 44

U.S.C., 3501–3520), Federal agencies

must obtain approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for each

collection of information they conduct

or sponsor. This request for comment is

being made pursuant to Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA.

With respect to the following

collection of information, VHA invites

comments on: (1) Whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of VHA’s

functions, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of VHA’s estimate of

the burden of the proposed collection of

information; (3) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

the use of other forms of information

technology.

Titles

a. Application for CHAMPVA

Benefits, VA Form 10–10D.

b. CHAMPVA Claim Form, VA Form

10–7959A.

c. CHAMPVA—Other Health

Insurance (OHI) Certification, VA Form

10–7959C.

d. CHAMPVA Potential Liability

Claim, VA Form 10–7959D.

e. VA Spina Bifida Healthcare

Benefits, Claim for Miscellaneous

Expenses, VA Form 10–7959E.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0219.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Abstract: The following forms are

used by Civilian Health and Medical

Program-VA (CHAMPVA) and spina

bifida claimants to claim reimbursement

for medical care and by VA to determine

eligibility, process claims, detect fraud

and recover costs from third parties.

a. VA Form 10–10D is used to

determine eligibility of persons

applying for healthcare benefits under

the CHAMPVA program.

b. VA Form 10–7959A is used to

adjudicate claims for CHAMPVA

benefits.

c. VA Form 10–7959C is used to

systematically obtain Other Health

Insurance information and to correctly

coordinate benefits among all liable

parties.

d. VA Form 10–7959D is used to

recover costs associated with healthcare

services related to injury or illness

caused by a third party.

e. VA Form 10–7959E is used by VA

Spina Bifida Healthcare beneficiaries to

claim payment or reimbursement for

healthcare services and related travel

expenses.

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households, Business or Other forProfit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 60,467

hours.

a. VA Form 10–10D—1,500 hours.

b. VA Form 10–7959A—50,000 hours.

c. VA Form 10–7959C—6,200 hours.

d. VA Form 10–7959D—1,167 hours.

e. VA Form 10–7959E—1,600 hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent

a. VA Form 10–10D—10 minutes.

b. VA Form 10–7959A—10 minutes.

c. VA Form 10–7959C—6 minutes.

d. VA Form 10–7959D—7 minutes.

e. VA Form 10–7959E—4 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

405,000.

a. VA Form 10–10D—9,000.

b. VA Form 10–7959A—300,000.

c. VA Form 10–7959C—62,000.

d. VA Form 10–7959D—10,000.

e. VA Form 10–7959E—24,000.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

By direction of the Secretary:

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 00–14265 Filed 6–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8320–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0098]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the

collection of information abstracted

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment.

The PRA submission describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise

McLamb, Information Management

Service (045A4), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

8030 or FAX (202) 273–5981. Please

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0098.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Application for Survivors’ and

Dependents’ Educational Assistance

(Under Provisions of Chapter 35, Title

38, U.S.C.), VA Form 22–5490.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0098.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: VA Form 22–5490 serves as

an application for Dependents’

Educational Assistance (DEA). Spouses,

surviving spouses, and children of

veterans must submit evidence to

establish eligibility and entitlement to

DEA under Title 38, U.S.C., 3513. VA

uses the information to determine if an

individual claimant qualifies for DEA

benefits.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on March

9, 2000 at page 12627.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 10,050

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 30 minutes.