Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 10 / Wednesday, January 17, 2007 / Notices 2007 

Dated: January 5, 2007. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E7–582 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4743–N–09] 

Notice of Planned Closing of Nashville, 

TN Post-of-Duty Station 

AGENCY: Office of the Inspector General, 

HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of planned closing of the 

Nashville, Tennessee post-of-duty 

station. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that HUD’s Office of the Inspector 

General (HUD/OIG) plans to close its 

Nashville, Tennessee post-of-duty 

station, and also provides a cost-benefit 

analysis of the impact of this closure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Saddler, Counsel to the Inspector 

General, Room 8260, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20410–4500, (202) 708–1613. (This is 

not a toll-free number.) A 

telecommunications device for hearingand speech-impaired persons (TTY) is 

available at (800) 877–8339 (Federal 

Information Relay Services). (This is a 

toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Nashville, Tennessee post-of-duty 

station was opened in 2003 to address 

fraud statewide. In 2006, one of the two 

agents assigned to Nashville resigned 

and another was transferred to Texas. 

Additionally, HUD/OIG plans to add 

investigative staff to its existing post-ofduty station in Knoxville. HUD/OIG has 

determined that greater efficiency and 

cost-savings can be achieved by now 

consolidating staff and resources in the 

Knoxville office. 

Section 7(p) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act 

(42 U.S.C. 3535(p)) provides that a plan 

for field reorganization, which may 

involve the closing of any field or 

regional office, of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development may 

not take effect until 90 days after a costbenefit analysis of the effect of the plan 

on the office in question is published in 

the Federal Register. The required costbenefit analysis should include: (1) An 

estimate of cost savings anticipated; (2) 

an estimate of the additional cost which 

will result from the reorganization; (3) a 

discussion of the impact on the local 

economy; and (4) an estimate of the 

effect of the reorganization on the 

availability, accessibility, and quality of 

services provided for recipients of those 

services. 

Legislative history pertaining to 

section 7(p) indicates that not all 

reorganizations are subject to the 

requirements of section 7(p). Congress 

stated that ‘‘[t]his amendment is not 

intended to [apply] to or restrict the 

internal operations or organization of 

the Department (such as the 

establishment of new or combination of 

existing organization units within a 

field office, the duty stationing of 

employees in various locations to 

provide on-site service, or the 

establishment or closing, based on 

workload, of small, informal offices 

such as valuation stations).’’ (See House 

Conference Report No. 95–1792, 

October 14, 1978 at 58.) Through this 

notice, HUD/OIG advises the public of 

the closing of the Nashville, Tennessee 

duty station and provides the costbenefit analysis of the impact of the 

closure. 

Impact of the Closure of the Nashville, 

Tennessee, Post-of-Duty Station: HUD/ 

OIG considered the costs and benefits of 

closing the Nashville, Tennessee postof-duty station, and is publishing its 

cost-benefit analysis with this notice. In 

summary, HUD/OIG has determined 

that the closure will result in a cost 

savings, and, as a result of the size and 

limited function of the office, will cause 

no appreciable impact on the provision 

of authorized investigative services/ 

activities in the area. 

A. Cost Savings: The Nashville, 

Tennessee post-of-duty station currently 

costs approximately $31,764.38 per 

annum for space rental. Additional 

associated overhead expenses (e.g., 

telephone service) are incurred to 

operate the post-of-duty station. Thus, 

closing the office will result in annual 

savings of at least $32,000. 

B. Additional Costs: Since the 

Nashville, Tennessee post-of-duty is 

currently not staffed, there are no 

offsetting costs associated with the 

closure. 

C. Impact on Local Economy: No 

appreciable impact on the local 

economy is anticipated. The post-ofduty station is located in a desirable 

office park, and it is anticipated that the 

space can easily be re-leased to other 

tenants. 

D. Effect on Availability, Accessibility 

and Quality of Services Provided to 

Recipients of Those Services: The 

availability, accessibility and quality of 

services provided to complainants will 

not be adversely impacted. Special 

agents assigned to other HUD/OIG 

offices—chiefly Atlanta, and soon 

Knoxville—can cost-effectively address 

fraud allegations in Tennessee generally 

and Nashville specifically. 

For the reasons stated in this notice, 

HUD/OIG intends to proceed to close its 

Nashville, Tennessee post-of-duty 

station at the expiration of the 90-day 

period from the date of publication of 

this notice. 

Dated: January 10, 2007. 

Kenneth M. Donohue, Sr., 

Inspector General. 

[FR Doc. E7–578 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

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INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 

BOARD MEETING 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: January 22, 2007, 9:15 

a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

PLACE: 901 N. Stuart Street, Tenth Floor, 

Arlington, Virginia 22203. 

STATUS: Open session. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

• Approval of the Minutes of the May 

22, 2006, Meeting of the Board of 

Directors. 

• President’s Report. 

• Program Update. 

• Operations Update. 

• External Affairs. 

• Congressional Affairs. 

• Board site visit to IAF grantees. 

PORTIONS TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC: 

• All. 

PORTIONS TO BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC: 

• None. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

• Jennifer R. Hodges, General 

Counsel—(703) 306–4320. 

Dated: January 9, 2007. 

Jennifer R. Hodges, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 07–189 Filed 1–12–07; 3 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Class III Gaming 

Amendment taking effect. 

SUMMARY: Notice is given that the 

Amendment to the Tribal-State gaming 

compact between the State of California 

and the Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma 

Indian Reservation is considered 

approved and is in effect. 

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