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information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the revised

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

responded; including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This Notice also listed the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Lead Hazard Control

Grant Program Data Collection—

Progress Reporting.

OMB Control Number: 2539–0008.

Need for the Information and

Proposed Use: This data collection is

disigned to provide timely information

to HUD regarding the implementation

progress of the grantees on carrying out

the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control

Grant Program. The information

collection will also be used to provide

Congress with statuts reports as required

by Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard

Reduction Act (Title X of the Housing

and Community Development Act of

1992).

Agency Form Numbers: HUD–96006.

Members of Affected Public: State and

local governments.

Total Burden Estimate (first year):

Task Number of

respondends

Frequency of

response

Hours per response Burden hours

..................................................................................................................... 130 4 12 6,240

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 6,240.

Status of the Proposed Information

Collection: Revision.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The

obligation to respond to this information

collection is mandatory. Due to the

improvements and simplifcation made

to the reporting process, we expect the

actual total burden hours to be

substantially less than the estimated

total burden hours.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: June 7, 2000.

David E. Jacobs,

Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control.

[FR Doc. 00–14937 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–36]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB Request

for Occupied Conveyance

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been 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: July 14,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2502–0268) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Houseing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; email WaynelEddins@HUD.gov;

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be requested; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department. This Notice

also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Request for

Occupied Conveyance.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0268.

Form Numbers: HUD–9539.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use: HUD

generally requires that no one be living

in properties for which it accepts

ownership unless certain limited

conditions are met. Occupants request

occupied conveyance on the HUD–9539

which gives HUD information it needs

in making a determination. Respondents

are occupants of the property, former

mortgagors and tenants.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-Profit Institutions State,

Local, or Tribal Governments.

Frequency of Submission: On

Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

Respondents × Frequencyof response × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

8,025 1 .46 17,388

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Total Estimated burden Hours:

17,388.

Status: Reinstatement, without

change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Wayne Eddins,

Department Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–14936 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory

Group Nomination Solicitation

SUMMARY: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Trustee Council is soliciting

nominations for the Public Advisory

Group, which advises the Trustee

Council on decisions related to the

planning, evaluation, and conduct of

injury assessment and restoration

activities using funds obtained for

purposes of restoration as part of the

civil settlement pursuant to the T/V

Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. Public

Advisory Group members will be

selected to serve a 24 month term

beginning in October 2000.

DATES: All nominations should be

received on or before August 25, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent

to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee

Council, 645 G Street, Suite 401,

Anchorage, Alaska 99501 (fax: 907/276–

7178).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Mutter, Designated Federal

Official, Department of the Interior,

Office of Environmental Policy and

Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite 119,

Anchorage, Alaska, 99501, (907) 271–

5011; or Cherri Womac, Exxon Valdez

Oil Spill Trustee Council, 645 G Street,

Suite 401, Anchorage, Alaska, (907)

278–8012 or (800) 478-7745. A copy of

the charter for the Public Advisory

Group is available upon request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Public Advisory Group was created by

Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum of

Agreement and Consent Decree entered

into by the United States of America

and the State of Alaska on August 27,

1991 and approved by the United States

District Court for the District of Alaska

in settlement of United States of

America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action

No. A91–081 CV. The Public Advisory

Group was created to advise the Trustee

Council on matters relating to decisions

on injury assessment, restoration

activities or other use of natural

resources damage recoveries obtained

by the governments.

The Trustee Council consists of

representatives of the State of Alaska

Attorney General; Commissioner of the

Alaska Department of Fish and Game;

Commissioner of the Alaska Department

of Environmental Conservation; the

Secretary of the Interior; the Secretary of

Agriculture; and the Administrator of

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce. Appointment to the Public

Advisory Group will be made by the

Secretary of the Interior with

unanimous approval of the Trustees.

The Public Advisory Group consists

of 17 members representing the public

at large (5 members) and the following

special interests: aquaculture,

commercial fishing, commercial

tourism, forest products, environmental,

conservation, local government, Native

landowners, recreation users, sport

hunting and fishing, subsistence, and

science/academic. Two additional ex

officio non-voting members are from the

Alaska State House of Representatives

and the Alaska State Senate.

Nominees need to submit the

following information to the Trustee

Council:

1. A biographical sketch (education,

experience, address, telephone, fax);

2. Information about the nominee’s

knowledge of the region, peoples or

principal economic and social activities

of the area affected by the T/V Exxon

Valdez oil spill, or expertise in public

lands and resource management;

3. Information about the nominee’s

relationship/involvement (if any) with

the principal interest to be represented;

4. A statement explaining any unique

contributions the nominee will make to

the Public Advisory Group and why the

nominee should be appointed to serve

as a member;

5. Any additional relevant

information that would assist the

Trustee Council in making a

recommendation; and

6. Answers to the conflict of interest

questions listed below. Public Advisory

Group members and their alternates are

chosen to represent a broad range of

interests. It is possible that action could

be taken by the Public Advisory Group

when one or more of the members have

a direct personal conflict of interest

which would prejudice and call into

question the entire public process. To

avoid this and to enable the Trustee

Council to choose appropriate

individuals as members and/or

alternates to members, it is necessary

that each nominee provide the following

information with their information

packet. If the answer to any of these

questions is yes, please provide a brief

explanation of your answer. A yes will

not necessarily preclude any nominee

from being appointed to serve on the

Public Advisory Group.

a. Do you, your spouse, children, any

relative with whom you live or your

employer have, or are you defending, a

claim filed before any court or

administrative tribunal based upon

damages caused by the T/V Exxon

Valdez oil spill?

b. Do you, your spouse, children, any

relative with whom you live or your

employer own any property or interest

in property which has been, or is likely

to be, proposed for acquisition by the

Trustee Council?

c. Have you, your spouse, children,

any relative with whom you live or your

employer submitted, or likely will

submit, a proposal for funding by the

Trustee Council, or be a direct

beneficiary of such a proposal?

d. Do you know of any other potential

actions of the Trustee Council or the

Public Advisory Group to have a direct

bearing on the financial condition of

yourself, your spouse, children, other

relative with whom you live or your

employer?

Willie R. Taylor,

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and

Compliance.

[FR Doc. 00–14919 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–RG–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Interior, Office of the Secretary is

announcing a public meeting of the

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory

Group and a joint public hearing with

the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee

Council.

DATES: The public hearing is July 19,

2000, at 7:00 p.m. and the public

meeting is July 20 at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Fourth floor conference

room, 645 ‘‘G’’ Street, Anchorage,

Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Mutter, Department of the

Interior, Office of Environmental Policy

and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite

119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271–

5011.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Public Advisory Group was created by

Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum of