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Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: September 12, 2006. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Department Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–15387 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5037–N–62] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; Real 

Estate Settlement Procedures Act 

(RESPA) Disclosures 

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. 

The Real Estate Settlement Procedures 

Act of 1974 (RESPA) requires settlement 

providers to give homebuyers certain 

disclosure information at and before 

settlement, and pursuant to the 

servicing of the loan and escrow 

account. This includes a Special 

Information Booklet, a Good Faith 

Estimate, an Initial Servicing Disclosure, 

the Form HUD–1 or Form HUD–1A, and 

when applicable an Initial Escrow 

Account Statement, an Annual Escrow 

Account Statement, an Escrow Account 

Disbursement Disclosure, an Affiliated 

Business Arrangement Disclosure, and a 

Servicing Transfer Disclosure. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 18, 

2006. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2502–0265) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or 

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

toll-free number. Copies of available 

documents submitted to OMB may be 

obtained from Ms. Deitzer or from 

HUD’s Web site at http:// 

hlannwp031.hud.gov/po/i/icbts/ 

collectionsearch.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development has submitted to OMB a 

request for approval of the information 

collection described below. This notice 

is soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affecting 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. 

This notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Real Estate 

Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) 

Disclosures. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0265. 

Form Numbers: HUD–1 and HUD–1A. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Its Proposed Use: The 

Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act of 

1974 (RESPA) require settlement 

providers to give homebuyers certain 

disclosure information at and before 

settlement, and pursuant to the 

servicing of the loan and escrow 

account. 

Frequency of Submission: Annually. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 20,000 154,646,000 .07 11,238,680

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

11,238,680 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: September 6, 2006. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Department Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–15391 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Recovery Plan for Phlox hirsuta (Yreka 

Phlox) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of the Recovery Plan for 

Phlox hirsuta (Yreka Phlox). This plant 

is a narrow endemic known only from 

the vicinity of the City of Yreka, 

Siskiyou County, California. 

ADDRESSES: Printed copies of this 

recovery plan will be available in 4 to 

6 weeks by request from the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Yreka Fish and 

Wildlife Office, 1829 South Oregon 

Street, Yreka, California 96097 

(telephone: 530–842–5763). An 

electronic copy of this recovery plan is 

now available at: http:// 

endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ 

index.html#plans. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nadine R. Kanim, Senior Fish and 

Wildlife Biologist, (telephone: 530–842–

5763), at the Yreka address above 

(telephone: 530–842–5763). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Restoring endangered or threatened 

animals and plants to the point where 

they are again secure, self-sustaining 

members of their ecosystems is a 

primary goal of the Service’s 

endangered species program. To help 


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guide the recovery effort, the Service is 

working to prepare recovery plans for 

most of the listed species native to the 

United States. Recovery plans describe 

actions considered necessary for the 

conservation of the species, establish 

criteria for downlisting or delisting 

listed species, and estimate time and 

cost for implementing the recovery 

measures needed. 

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

requires the development of recovery 

plans for listed species unless such a 

plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

Section 4(f) of the ESA requires that 

public notice and an opportunity for 

public review and comment be provided 

during recovery plan development. The 

Draft Recovery Plan for Phlox hirsuta 

(Yreka Phlox) was available for public 

comment from July 19, 2004, through 

October 18, 2004 (69 FR 43009). 

Information presented during the public 

comment period has been considered in 

the preparation of this final recovery 

plan, and is summarized in Appendix 8 

of the recovery plan. 

Phlox hirsuta was listed as 

endangered in 2000 (65 FR 5268). 

Critical habitat has not been designated 

for this species. Phlox hirsuta is 

endemic to serpentine soils, and is 

known from only five separate locations 

that are separated by a minimum of 0.55 

miles (0.88 kilometers). Distribution of 

Phlox hirsuta within these occurrences 

ranges from scattered plants to 

numerous discrete suboccurrences that 

are found on lands owned and managed 

by the City of Yreka, the U.S. Forest 

Service, California Department of 

Transportation, industrial timber 

companies, and private landowners. 

Phlox hirsuta is threatened by 

alteration or destruction of habitat 

resulting from residential development, 

logging, fire suppression activities, 

ongoing highway maintenance or 

construction activities, off-road vehicle 

use, illegal collection, and vandalism. 

Other threats include competition with 

exotic plants, herbicide application, 

grazing by domestic animals, inadequate 

existing regulatory mechanisms, and 

potential extirpation as a result of 

random events. 

The objective of this recovery plan is 

to provide a framework for the recovery 

of Phlox hirsuta so that protection by 

the ESA is no longer necessary. This 

recovery plan establishes criteria 

necessary to accomplish downlisting 

and eventually delisting of Phlox 

hirsuta. The criteria for downlisting to 

threatened status are that: (1) Four 

occurrences (two of which must be the 

China Hill and Soap Creek Ridge 

occurrences) have secure permanent 

protection (legally-binding 

arrangements that ensure management 

for the benefit of Phlox hirsuta in 

perpetuity), and (2) a Phlox hirsuta seed 

bank and effective propagation 

techniques have been established. The 

criteria for delisting are: (1) The 

reclassification criteria for downlisting 

have been met, and (2) two additional 

occurrences have been located and 

permanently protected, or 10 years of 

demographic research and/or 

quantitative monitoring at four 

protected occurrences has indicated that 

plant population size has not declined 

more than 10 percent at any occurrence 

(total change between year 0 and year 

10). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is section 

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: July 27, 2006. 

Steve Thompson, 

Manager, California/Nevada Operations 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–7713 Filed 9–15–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Recovery Plan for the Newcomb’s 

Snail Erinna newcombi 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (‘‘we’’) announces the 

availability of a Recovery Plan for the 

Newcomb’s snail (Erinna newcombi). 

This aquatic snail is listed as threatened 

(65 FR 4162) and is endemic to the 

Hawaiian Island of Kaua‘i. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Recovery Plan 

are available by request from the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific 

Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 

Ala Moana Boulevard, Room 3–122, Box 

50088, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850 (phone 

808/792–9400); and the Hawaii State 

Library, 478 S. King Street, Honolulu, 

Hawaii 96813. An electronic copy of the 

recovery plan is available on the world 

wide Web at: http://endangered.fws.gov/ 

recovery/index.html#plans. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lorena Wada, Invertebrate Program 

Supervisor, at the above Pacific Islands 

Fish and Wildlife Office address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Restoring endangered or threatened 

animals and plants to the point where 

they are again secure, self-sustaining 

members of their ecosystems is a 

primary goal of our endangered species 

program. The Endangered Species Act 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act) requires 

the development of recovery plans for 

listed species unless such a plan would 

not promote the conservation of a 

particular species. Recovery plans help 

guide the recovery effort by describing 

actions considered necessary for the 

conservation of the species, establishing 

criteria for downlisting or delisting 

listed species, and estimating time and 

cost for implementing the measures 

needed for recovery. 

Section 4(f) of the Act requires that 

public notice and an opportunity for 

public review and comment be provided 

during recovery plan development. In 

fulfillment of this requirement, the Draft 

Recovery Plan for the Newcomb’s Snail 

(Erinna newcombi) was available for 

public comment from March 24, 2004, 

through May 24, 2004 (69 FR 13868). 

Information presented during the public 

comment period has been considered in 

the preparation of this recovery plan, 

and is summarized in the appendix to 

the recovery plan. We will forward 

substantive comments regarding 

recovery plan implementation to 

appropriate Federal or other entities so 

that they can take these comments into 

account during the course of 

implementing recovery actions. 

Newcomb’s snail is an aquatic snail 

known to occur at 10 small locations in 

streams and springs located in 6 

watersheds found in the mountainous 

interior of the Hawaiian Island of Kau1i. 

Newcomb’s snail is a type of freshwater 

snail belonging to the lymnaeid family 

of snails. Adult Newcomb’s snails are 

approximately 6 millimeters (0.25 

inches) long and 3 millimeters (0.12 

inches) wide. Three of the six 

watersheds containing sites where 

Newcomb’s snails occur are privately 

owned; the remaining sites are located 

on State of Hawaii lands. 

Some of the historical decline of the 

snail may be attributed to habitat loss 

and degradation through water 

diversion and well drilling. In addition, 

predation by alien species, natural 

disasters, and habitat alteration are 

threats that imperil the Newcomb’s 

snail. Presently, Newcomb’s snail faces 

an increased likelihood of extinction 

from naturally occurring events due to 

the small number of remaining 

populations and their limited 

distribution. Significant habitat 

destruction through reduction or 


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