Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 124 / Tuesday, June 27, 2000 / Notices 39625

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 28,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to:

Gail N. Ward, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,

Room P3206, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joey

Y. Zhou, (202) 755–1758 ext. 153 (this

is not a toll-free number), for copies of

the proposed forms and other available

documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35, as amended).

This Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

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

respond; including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Title of Proposal: National Survey of

Lead Hazards in Child Care Facilities.

OMB Control Number: To be assigned.

Need for the Information and

Proposed Use: Lead is a highly toxic

heavy metal that adversely affects

virtually every organ system in the

body. Young children are particularly

susceptible to the effects of lead. Lead

poisoning remains one of the top

childhood environmental health

problems today. The most current

national survey (1991–1994) shows that

nearly 900,000 children are lead

poisoned. A large body of evidence

shows that the most common source of

lead exposure for children today is lead

paint in older housing and the

contaminated dust and soil it generates.

The Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) conducted a

National Survey of Lead Hazards in

Housing in 1999. This proposed survey

on child care facilities is required to

supplement the National Survey in

residential homes. Young children may

spend a significant portion of their time

in child care facilities. Although child

care facilities have the same painting

history as does housing across the

Nation, the environmental conditions

and exposure characteristics maybe

different. There is no systematic

national survey previously done for lead

hazards in child care facilities, and the

extent of lead hazards in child care

facilities is unknown. Results from this

survey will provide current information

needed for regulatory and policy

decisions and enables an assessment of

progress in making the U.S. housing

stock lead-safe.

Agency Form Numbers: None.

Members of Affected Public:

Operators of licensed child care

facilities.

Total Burden Estimate (first Year):

Task Number of

respondents × Frequency ofresponses × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Respondents ............................................................................................... 220 1 3 660

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 660.

Status of the Proposed Information

Collection: New request.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

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

Dated: June 20, 2000.

David E. Jacobs,

Director, Office of Lead Hazard Control.

[FR Doc. 00–16189 Filed 6–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–39]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB;

Reporting Requirements Associated

With 24 CFR 203.508b and 24 CFR

235.1001

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 27,

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 (2502–0235) 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 Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail

Wayne_Eddins@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 or 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 required; (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: Reporting

Requirements Associated with 24 CFR

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203.508b and 24 CFR 235.1001—

Providing Information.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0235.

Form Numbers: None.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use:

Mortgagees must inform mortgagors of

the system available for obtaining

answers to loan inquiries and remind

mortgagors, at least once annually, of

the system by written statement.

Mortgagees must provide homeowners

with the amount of interest paid and

taxes disbursed from the escrow account

for income tax purposes. On Section 235

mortgages, lenders must provide the

interest accounting in such a way as to

allow the homeowner to easily deduct

the amount of subsidy HUD paid on

behalf of the homeowner.

Respondents: Individuals or

Households, Not-For-Profit Institutions.

Frequency of Submission: Reporting

third party disclosure annually.

Reporting Burden Number of

respondents × Frequencyof response × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

12,000 1 0.25 3,000

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,000.

Status: Reinstatement, without

change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

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

amended.

Dated: July 21, 2000.

Donna L. Eden,

Director, Office of Investment Strategies and

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–16190 Filed 6–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of Draft

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and

Environmental Assessment for Ottawa,

Cedar Point and West Sister Island

National Wildlife Refuges, Oak Harbor,

OH

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Refuge

Improvement Act of 1997, the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service has published the

Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge

Complex Draft Comprehensive

Conservation Plan and Environmental

Assessment. The Plan describes how the

Service intends to manage the Ottawa

Refuge Complex for the next 10–15

years.

DATES: Submit written comments by

July 28, 2000. All comments should be

addressed to Gary Muehlenhardt (RE–

AP), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111.

Comments may also be submitted

through the Service’s regional Web site

at http://midwest.fws.gov/planning.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Plan or a

summary may be obtained by writing to

Gary Muehlenhardt at the address above

or placing a request through the Web

site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information contact Larry

Martin, Ottawa National Wildlife

Refuge, 14000 W. State Route 2, Oak

Harbor, OH 43449, phone (419) 898–

0014 or E-mail: larry_d_martin@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Located

east of Toledo, Ohio, the Ottawa

National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a

unique slice of marshland on the

southwestern shore of Lake Erie. As a

major migration corridor, the area is

vital to migratory birds including

waterfowl, shorebirds, raptors and

songbirds that need rest and food either

after crossing Lake Erie on their way

south or before they head back north

over the winter. As much as 70 percent

of the Mississippi flyway’s population

of black ducks use Lake Erie marshes

during migration.

The Draft Comprehensive

Conservation Plan emphasizes the

habitat needs of fish and wildlife as well

as opportunities for wildlife-dependent

recreation.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Marvin E. Moriarty,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–16174 Filed 6–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[Utah; UTU–76188; UT–050–1430–DB–24–

1A]

Utah; Initial Classification of the Public

Lands for State Indemnity Selection

Pursuant to title 43 Code of Federal

Regulations, subpart 2400; and section 7

of the Act of June 28, 1934; and the

provisions granted to the State under

the provisions of Act of Congress of

August 17, 1958 (72 Stat. 928) as

amended, and the acts supplementary

and amendatory thereto, the public

lands described below are hereby

classified by State Indemnity Selection.

The State of Utah has filed application

to acquire 1479.84 acres of public lands

in lieu of certain school lands that were

encumbered by other rights or

reservations before the State’s title could

attach. This application was assigned

serial number UTU–76188.

The notice of proposed classification

of these lands was published July 10,

1998, in the Federal Register volume

63, number 132, page 37407, and was

widely publicized. As a result of the

publication, Southern Utah Wilderness

Alliance (SUWA) protested the

proposed classification of the lands

because a portion of the lands were

within an area proposed for wilderness

by the Utah Wilderness Coalition. They

also appealed the adequacy of the

environmental assessment. As a result

of this protest/appeal the following

lands are excluded from this initial

classification: Township 36 South,

Range 11 East, Section 29, W1⁄2SW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4W1⁄4, and Township. 37 South,

Range 11 East, Section 5, Lots 3 and 4,

S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4. Salt Lake Meridian,

Utah, Only the lands outside the area

proposed for wilderness are now

included in this Initial Classification

Decision.

The lands included in this

classification are located within Garfield

County, Utah, and are described as

follows: Township 36 South, Range 11

East, Section 15, All, and Section 29,

W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and Township 37 South,

Range 11 East, Section 5, Lots 1 and 2,

S1⁄2NE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4, Salt Lake meridian,

Utah. Containing approximately 1039.98

acres.

This classification decision is based

on the following disposal criteria set

forth in title 43, Code of Federal

Regulations, part 2400.

Transfer of the lands to the State will

help fulfill the Federal government’s

common school land grant to the State,

and constitute a public purpose use of

the land. Lands found to be valuable for

a public purpose use will be considered

chiefly valuable for public purposes (43

CFR 2430.2b).