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contrary determination. It will be

accomplished 18 months from the

beginning date.

Comments Due Date: October 14,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,

Office of General Counsel, Room 10276,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410.

Communications should refer to the

above docket number and title. A copy

of each communication submitted will

be available for public inspection and

copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30

p.m. weekdays at the above address.

FOR PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION FROM

SOURCE AGENCY CONTACT: Jeanette

Smith, Departmental Privacy Act

Officer, 451 7th Street, SW, Room 4178,

Washington, DC 20410, telephone

number (202) 708–2374. (This is not a

toll-free number).

FOR PROGRAM INFORMATION FROM SOURCE

AGENCY CONTACT: Debbie Holt, Office of

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 470

L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Room 3115,

Washington, DC 20024, telephone

number (202) 755–7570. (This is not a

toll-free number).

REPORTING: In accordance with Public

Law 100–503, the Computer Matching

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as

amended, and Office of Management

and Budget Bulletin 89–22,

‘‘Instructions on Reporting Computer

Matching Programs to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Congress and the Public;’’ copies of this

Notice and a report are being provided

to the Committee on Government

Reform and Oversight of the House of

Representatives, the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and

the Office of Management and Budget.

AUTHORITY: The matching program will

be conducted pursuant to Pub. L. 100–

503, ‘‘The Computer Matching and

Privacy Protection Act of 1988,’’ as

amended, the Federal Debt Collection

Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–276), which

authorizes Federal agencies to offset a

Federal employee’s salary as a means of

satisfying delinquent debts owed to the

United States (5 U.S.C. 5514 (a)); 26 CFR

301.6402–6 et seq., Chapter I,

Subchapter F—Procedure and

Administration (Tax Refund Regulations

issued by Internal Revenue Service);

and 24 CFR part 17, Administrative

Claims, subpart C 17.60 and 17.125

through 17.140, Salary Offset Provisions

(HUD).

OBJECTIVES TO BE MET BY THE MATCHING

PROGRAM: The matching program will

allow HUD to discover the identities

and locations of postal employees who

are indebted to the Department and to

collect debts owed to the Federal

Government.

RECORDS TO BE MATCHED: HUD will

provide extracts from its system of

records entitled HUD/DEPT–2,

Accounting Records, last published in

the Federal Register at 59 FR 52985 on

October 20, 1994, containing records of

more than 250,000 debtors of the

records to be matched. Disclosures will

be made under routine use (i) of that

system.

The USPS will provide extracts from

its Privacy Act System of Records USPS

050.020, Finance Records—Payroll

System, containing payroll records for

approximately 800,000 current USPS

employees. Disclosure will be made

under routine use No. 24 of that system,

a full description of which was last

published in 57 FR 57515, dated

December 4, 1992.

NOTICE PROCEDURES: HUD will notify

individuals at the time of application

(ensuring that routine use appears on

the application form) for guaranteed or

direct loans that their records will be

matched to determine whether they are

delinquent or in default on a Federal

debt. HUD and USPS will also publish

notices concerning routine use

disclosures in the Federal Register to

inform individuals that a computer

match may be performed to determine a

loan applicant’s credit status with the

Federal Government.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS/INDIVIDUALS

INVOLVED: The debtor records include

these data elements from HUD’s system

of records, HUD/Dept–2: SSN, claim

number, program code, and indication

of indebtedness. Categories of records

include: Records of claims and defaults,

repayment agreements, credit reports,

financial statements, and records of

foreclosures.

Categories of individuals include:

former mortgagors and purchasers of

HUD-owned properties manufactured

(mobile) home and home improvement

loan debtors who are delinquent or in

default on their loans, and rehabilitation

loan debtors who are delinquent or in

default on their loans.

PERIOD OF THE MATCH: Matching will

begin at least 40 days from the date

copies of the signed (by both Data

Integrity Boards) computer matching

agreement are sent to both Houses of

Congress or at least 40 days from the

date this Notice is published in the

Federal Register, whichever is later,

providing no comments are received

which would result in a contrary

determination. The matching program

will be in effect and continue for 18

months with an option to renew for 12

additional months unless one of the

parties to the agreement advises the

other in writing to terminate or modify

the agreement.

Issued at Washington, DC.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal

Housing Commissioner.

Steven M. Yohai,

Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–23283 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permits Issued

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of permits issued for the

months of January 1997–August 1997.

Notice is hereby given that the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 3, has

taken the following action with regard

to permit applications duly received in

accordance with section 10 of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1539, et seq.). Each

permit listed as issued was granted only

after it was determined that it was

applied for in good faith, that by

granting the permit it will not be to the

disadvantage of the endangered species,

and that it will be consistent with the

purposes and policy set forth in the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended.

Name Permit No. Date issued

Tamara Ross ....................................................................................................................................................... PRT 801463 A1* 5/1/97

TAMS Consultants .............................................................................................................................................. PRT 801466 A1* 5/29/97

Malacological Consultants ................................................................................................................................... PRT 801471 A2* 6/19/97

Malacological Consultants ................................................................................................................................... PRT 801471 A3* 7/30/97

Dr. John Whitaker ............................................................................................................................................... PRT 802777 A3* 3/17/97
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Name Permit No. Date issued

Dr. John Whitaker ............................................................................................................................................... PRT 802777 A4* 5/12/97

Dr. Daniel Soluk .................................................................................................................................................. PRT 805269 A2* 7/9/97

3D/Environmental ................................................................................................................................................ PRT 809227 A3* 5/28/97

3D/Environmental ................................................................................................................................................ PRT 809227 A4* 6/5/97

3D/International, Envir Grp .................................................................................................................................. PRT 809227 A5* 7/30/97

Dr. Patrick Redig ................................................................................................................................................. PRT 810396 A1* 5/27/97

Dr. Daniel Hornbach ............................................................................................................................................ PRT 811008 A1* 2/7/97

Mr. Don Helms .................................................................................................................................................... PRT 811314 A2* 6/5/97

Thomas C. Erdman ............................................................................................................................................. PRT 813259 5/14/97

Mark C. Hove ...................................................................................................................................................... PRT 814107 A1* 5/9/97

Midwest Science Center ..................................................................................................................................... PRT 825176 2/7/97

Wolf Timbers ....................................................................................................................................................... PRT 821343 5/1/97

Dr. Cynthia Rebar ............................................................................................................................................... PRT 825177 6/12/97

Wisconsin DNR ................................................................................................................................................... PRT 824384 4/18/97

Wayne P. Steffens .............................................................................................................................................. PRT 826077 6/9/97

R. Mies/K. Williams ............................................................................................................................................. PRT 827309 6/16/97

Field Museum of Natural History ........................................................................................................................ PRT 829986 8/18/97

* Indicates permit amendment.

Additional information on these

permit actions may be requested by

contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Ecological Services Operations,

1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota 55111–4056, telephone 612/

725–3536, during normal business

hours (7:30 am–4:00 pm) weekdays.

Dated: August 26, 1997.

John A. Blankenship,

Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO

(Ecological Services), Region 3, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 97–23378 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for

Three Plant Species on Nihoa Island

for Review and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) announces the

availability for public review of a draft

recovery plan for three plant species on

Nihoa Island: Amaranthus brownii,

Pritchardia remota, and Schiedea

verticillata. These species are known

only from the island of Nihoa and are

federally listed as endangered. The

numbers of known remaining

populations and individuals are as

follows (# of colonies, # of individuals):

Amaranthus brownii (4, <40),

Pritchardia remota (4, 680), and

Schiedea verticillata (10, 359).

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan received by November 3, 1997 will

receive consideration by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery

plan are available for inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the following locations: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific

Islands Ecoregion, Room 3108, 300 Ala

Moana Boulevard, P.O. Box 50088,

Honolulu, Hawaii 96850 (phone: 808/

541–3441). Requests for copies of the

draft recovery plan and written

comments and materials regarding the

plan should be addressed to Brooks

Harper, Field Supervisor-Ecological

Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Pacific Islands Ecoregion at the

Honolulu address given above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris Swenson, at the Honolulu address

given above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their ecosystem is a primary

goal of the Service’s endangered species

program. To help guide the recovery

effort, the Service is working to prepare

recovery plans for most of the listed

species native to the United States, its

Territories and Commonwealths.

Recovery plans describe actions

considered necessary for conservation of

the species, establish criteria for the

recovery levels for downlisting or

delisting them, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (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.

Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in

1988, requires that a public notice and

an opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery

plan development. The Service will

consider all information presented

during a public comment period prior to

approval of each new or revised

recovery plan. Substantive technical

comments will result in changes to the

plan. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plan, but will be forwarded to

appropriate Federal or other entities so

that they can take these comments into

account during the course of

implementing recovery actions.

Individualized responses to comments

will not be provided.

The draft plan covers the following

three plant taxa, all of which are

federally listed as endangered:

Amaranthus brownii, Pritchardia

remota, and Schiedea verticillata. All of

these taxa are believed to be endemic to

the island of Nihoa, in the Northwestern

Hawaiian Islands. However, an

uncollected palm, no longer extant, was

observed growing on Laysan Island, and

may have been a Pritchardia remota.

These three taxa grow only on Nihoa,

which has an area of 0.25 square mile

(0.65 square kilometer). Nihoa is part of

the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife

Refuge.

Due to the small number of existing

individuals and their extremely limited

distributions, these taxa and all of their

populations are subject to an increased

likelihood of extinction and/or reduced

reproductive vigor from stochastic

events. These taxa and their habitats

have been variously affected or are

currently threatened by one or more of

the following: Fire; potential habitat

degradation and competition with alien

plants; predation by rodents that could

easily be introduced by shipwrecks;

introduced insects, possibly leading to