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(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

Households. Refugees and asylees, 

Cuban/Haitian Entrants under section 

202 of Public Law 99–603, and 

Amerasians under Public Law 97–359, 

must use this form when applying for 

adjustment of status, with the U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services 

(USCIS). USCIS will provide the data 

collected on this form to the Department 

of Health and Human Services (HHS). 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 195,000 responses at 55 

minutes (.916) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 178,620 annual burden 

hours. 

If you have additional comments, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

information collection instrument, 

please contact Richard A. Sloan, Chief, 

Regulatory Management Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd 

Floor, Suite 3008, Washington, DC 

20529; Telephone No. 202–272–8377. 

Dated: March 14, 2007. 

Richard Sloan, 

Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E7–4948 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5030–FA–04] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

the Rural Housing and Economic 

Development Program Fiscal Year 

2006 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of funding awards. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102 (a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 

notifies the public of funding decisions 

made by the Department in a 

competition for funding under the 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

for the Rural Housing and Economic 

Development Program. This 

announcement contains the names of 

the awardees and the amounts of the 

awards. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jackie L. Williams, Ph.D., Director, 

Office of Rural Housing and Economic 

Development, Office of Community 

Planning and Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 7137, 

Washington, DC 20410–7000; telephone 

(202) 708–2290 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Hearing- and speech-impaired 

persons may access this number via 

TTY by calling the Federal Relay 

Service toll-free at (800) 877–8339. For 

general information on this and other 

HUD programs, call Community 

Connections at (800) 998–9999 or visit 

the HUD Web site at http:// 

www.hud.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Rural 

Housing and Economic Development 

program was authorized by the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, Housing 

and Urban Development and 

Independent Agencies Appropriations 

Act of 1999. The competition was 

announced in the NOFA published 

March 8, 2006 (71 FR 11903). 

Applications were rated and selected for 

funding on the basis of selection criteria 

contained in that notice. 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance number for this program is 

14.250. 

The Rural Housing and Economic 

Development Program is designed to 

build capacity at the State and local 

level for rural housing and economic 

development and to support innovative 

housing and economic development 

activities in rural areas. Eligible 

applicants are local rural non-profit 

organizations, community development 

corporations, federally recognized 

Indian tribes, state housing finance 

agencies, and State community and/or 

economic development agencies. The 

funds made available under this 

program were awarded competitively, 

through a selection process conducted 

by HUD. 

For the Fiscal Year 2006 competition, 

a total of $16,800,000 was awarded to 56 

projects nationwide. 

In accordance with section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 

U.S.C. 3545), the Department is 

publishing the grantees and amounts of 

the awards in Appendix A to this 

document. 

Dated: February 22, 2007. 

Nelson R. Brego ́n, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

Appendix A—Fiscal Year 2006 Funding 

Awards for Rural Housing and 

Economic Development Program 

Recipient City State Award 

Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc .......................................... Anchorage ....................................... AK ...................... 300,000 

Chilkot Indian Association ......................................................................... Haines ............................................. AK ...................... 300,000 

Asa’carsarmiut Tribal Council .................................................................... Mountain Village ............................. AK ...................... 300,000 

Organized Village of Kasaan .................................................................... Ketchikan ........................................ AK ...................... 300,000 

Hale Empowerment and Revitalization Organization ................................ Greensboro, .................................... AL ....................... 300,000 

Volunteers of America Southeast, Inc. ..................................................... Mobile ............................................. AL ....................... 300,000 

International Sonoran Desert Alliance ...................................................... Ajo ................................................... AZ ....................... 300,000 

Elfrida Citizens’ Alliance ............................................................................ Elfrida .............................................. AZ ....................... 300,000 

West Fresno Coalition for Economic Development .................................. Fresno ............................................. CA ...................... 300,000 

Relational Culture Institute ........................................................................ Fresno ............................................. CA ...................... 300,000 

Shingle Springs Rancheria ........................................................................ Shingle Springs ............................... CA ...................... 300,000 

Better Opportunities Builders, Inc. ............................................................ Fresno ............................................. CA ...................... 300,000 

Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria ............................................... Loteta .............................................. CA ...................... 300,000 

Huerfano/Las Aminas Area COG .............................................................. Trinidad ........................................... CO ...................... 300,000 

Everglades Community Association .......................................................... Florida ............................................. FL ....................... 300,000 

Southwest Georgia United Empowerment Zone, Inc ................................ Vienna ............................................. GA ...................... 300,000 

Area Committee to Improve Opportunities, NOW ..................................... Athens ............................................. GA ...................... 300,000 

CDC of Southwest Georgia ....................................................................... Colquitt ............................................ GA ...................... 300,000 

Youthbuild McLean County ....................................................................... Bloomington .................................... IL ........................ 300,000 


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Recipient City State Award 

Shawnee Development Council, Inc. ........................................................ Karnak ............................................. IL ........................ 300,000 

Purchase Area Housing Corporation ........................................................ Mayfield ........................................... KY ...................... 300,000 

Passamaquoddy Development and Supply, Co ....................................... Parry ............................................... ME ...................... 300,000 

Community Action Agency of South Central Michigan ............................. Battle Creek .................................... MI ....................... 300,000 

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians .......................................................... Manistee ......................................... MI ....................... 300,000 

Mid-Delta Empowerment Zone Alliance .................................................... Itta Bena ......................................... MS ...................... 300,000 

Fort Peck Assiniboini and Sioux Tribes .................................................... Poplar .............................................. MT ...................... 300,000 

The Heritage Institute ................................................................................ Glasgow .......................................... MT ...................... 300,000 

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska ......................................................................... Macy ............................................... NE ...................... 300,000 

Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska ............................................................... Niobrara .......................................... NE ...................... 300,000 

Ho-Chunk Community Development Corporation ..................................... Walthill ............................................ NE ...................... 300,000 

Navajo Partnership for Housing, Inc. ........................................................ Gallup .............................................. NM ...................... 300,000 

Native American Lending Group, Inc. ....................................................... Albuquerque .................................... NM ...................... 300,000 

Eastern Plains Housing Development Corporation ................................... Clovis .............................................. NM ...................... 300,000 

ACCION, New Mexico ............................................................................... Alburquerque .................................. NM ...................... 300,000 

The Dona Anna County Colonias Development Council .......................... Las Cruces ...................................... NM ...................... 300,000 

Pueblo of Picuris ....................................................................................... Penasco .......................................... NM ...................... 300,000 

Pueblo De San Lidefonso ......................................................................... Sante Fe ......................................... NM ...................... 300,000 

Pueblo of Pojoaque ................................................................................... Sante Fe ......................................... NM ...................... 300,000 

Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe ................................................................... Fallon .............................................. NV ...................... 300,000 

Cortland Housing Assistance Council, Inc. ............................................... Cortland .......................................... NY ...................... 300,000 

Haliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe ....................................................................... Hollister ........................................... NC ...................... 300,000 

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians .............................................. Belcourt ........................................... ND ...................... 300,000 

Northeast South Dakota Community Action Program .............................. Sisseton .......................................... SD ...................... 300,000 

Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing ............................................. Pine Ridge ...................................... SD ...................... 300,000 

The Lakota Fund ....................................................................................... Kyle ................................................. SD ...................... 300,000 

Buffalo Valley, Inc. .................................................................................... Hohewald ........................................ TN ...................... 300,000 

Creative Compassion, Inc. ........................................................................ Crossville ........................................ TN ...................... 300,000 

West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc. ....................................................... Jackson ........................................... TN ...................... 300,000 

Community Development Corporation of Brownsville ............................... Brownsville ...................................... TX ....................... 300,000 

El Paso Empowerment Zone Corporation ................................................ El Paso ........................................... TX ....................... 300,000 

Community Development Corporation Of South Texas ............................ McAllen ........................................... TX ....................... 300,000 

Organizacion Progresiva de San Elizario ................................................. San Elizario ..................................... TX ....................... 300,000 

Proyecto Azteca ........................................................................................ San Juan ......................................... TX ....................... 300,000 

Willacy County Industrial Foundation, Inc. ................................................ Raymondville .................................. TX ....................... 300,000 

Southern Appalachian Labor School ........................................................ Kincaid ............................................ WV ..................... 300,000 

Stop Abusive Family Environments, Inc. .................................................. Welch .............................................. WV ..................... 300,000 

[FR Doc. E7–4880 Filed 3–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare 

Comprehensive Conservation Plans 

and Environmental Assessments for 

Mandalay and Bayou Teche National 

Wildlife Refuges in South Louisiana 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Fish and Wildlife Service 

intends to gather information necessary 

to prepare comprehensive conservation 

plans and environmental assessments 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act and its implementing 

regulations for Mandalay and Bayou 

Teche National Wildlife Refuges in 

Terrebonne and Saint Mary Parishes, 

Louisiana. Mandalay and Bayou Teche 

Refuges are two of the eight refuges 

administered by the Southeast 

Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex. The purpose in developing a 

comprehensive conservation plan is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contributing toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, plans identify wildlifedependent opportunities available to the 

public, including opportunities for 

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, 

wildlife photography, and 

environmental education and 

interpretation. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

achieve the following: 

(1) Advise other agencies and the 

public of our intentions, and 

(2) Obtain suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues to 

include in the environmental 

documents. 

DATES: Please provide written comments 

on the scope of issues to include in the 

environmental documents by May 18, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests for further 

information to the following: Charlotte 

Parker, Natural Resource Planner, 

Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex, 61389 Highway 434, 

Lacombe, Louisiana 70445; Telephone: 

985–882–2000. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically to 

Charlotte_Parker@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Open 

house style public scoping meetings 

will be held in Houma and Franklin 

during the comprehensive conservation 

plan development phase. Special 

mailings, newspaper articles, and other 

media announcements will be used to 

inform the public and state and local 

government agencies of the 

opportunities for input throughout the 

planning process. Many elements will 

be considered, including wildlife and 

habitat management, public recreational 

activities, and cultural resource 

protection. Public input into the 

planning process is essential. All 

comments received become part of the 

official public record. Requests for such 


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