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Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: October 9, 1997.

Time: 12:00 p.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 4212,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Dr. Nabeeh Mourad,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4212, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1222.

Name of SEP: Chemistry and Related

Sciences.

Date: October 15, 1997.

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 4170,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Dr. Nancy LaMontagne,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4170, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1726.

Name of SEP: Multidisciplinary Sciences.

Date: October 23, 1997.

Time: 11:00 a.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 5116,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Dr. Lee Rosen, Scientific

Review Administrator, 6701 Rockledge Drive,

Room 5116, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, (301)

435–1171.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: October 27–28, 1997.

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Place: Bethesda Marriott Hotel, Bethesda,

MD.

Contact Person: Dr. Nabeeh Mourad,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 4212, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1222.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: November 4, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Place: Georgetown Holiday Inn,

Washington, DC.

Contact Person: Dr. Syed Quadri, Scientific

Review Administrator, 6701 Rockledge Drive,

Room 4132, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, (301)

435–1211.

Name of SEP: Chemistry and Related

Sciences.

Date: November 13, 1997.

Time: 3:00 p.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 4168,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Dr. John Bowers, Scientific

Review Administrator, 6701 Rockledge Drive,

Room 4168, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, (301)

435–1725.

Name of SEP: Biological and Physiological

Sciences.

Date: November 18, 1997.

Time: 2:00 p.m.

Place: NIH, Rockledge 2, Room 4132,

Telephone Conference.

Contact Person: Dr. Syed Quadri, Scientific

Review Administrator, 6701 Rockledge Drive,

Room 4132, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, (301)

435–1211.

The meetings will be closed in

accordance with the provisions set forth

in secs. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title

5, U.S.C. Applications and/or proposals

and the discussions could reveal

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the

disclosure of which would constitute a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.306, 93.333, 93.337, 93.393–

93.396, 93.837–93.844, 93.846–93.878,

93.892, 93,893, National Institutes of Health,

HHS)

Dated: September 18, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–25427 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4263–N–26]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be 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: November 24,

1997.

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:

Oliver Walker, Housing, DEPARTMENT

OF HOUSING & URBAN

DEVELOPMENT, 451—7th Street, SW,

Room 9116; Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rose Donnelly, telephone number (202)

708–4767 (this is not a toll-free number)

for copies of the proposed forms and

other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit 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).

The Notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public 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: Conveyance

(Acquisition) and Disposition.

OMB Control Number: 2502–0306.

Descripton of the need for the

information and proposed use:

This proposed information collection

is required under under 24 CFR

203.377. The Single Family Property

Disposition Sales Program is the only

HUD program that disposes of single

family acquired properties. Therefore,

the collection information forms are

unique to this program. The acquisition

forms are: HUD–9516A, Initial

Inspection Report, Condition of

Property covers the obligation for

mortgagees to inspect, preserve and

protect properties; HUD–9519, Acquired

Property Inspection Report, is used by

the Department’s property managers

and/or local office staff to document all

types of inspections related to contract

work on acquired properties; HUD–

9519A, Property Maintenance

inspections; HUD–9733, Property

Disposition Program Management

Broker Qualification Data, is completed

by prospective bidders and is used to

determine the qualifications and

responsibility of an applicant to be

placed on HUD’s bidder’s mailing list

for property management services. The

disposition forms required in this

information collection are: HUD–9544,

Contract of Sale and Purchase (All CashBulk Sale), sales contract specifically for

the purpose of selling more than one

property to a single purchaser and is

completed by a real estate broker; HUD–

9548, Sales Contract, used between the

purchaser and HUD; HUD–9548–A, Law

Enforcement Officer Certification, is an

addendum to the Form HUD–9548,

Sales Contract, and will be used as part

of the contract between the purchaser of

acquired property and HUD; HUD–

9548–B, Land Use Restriction

Addendum, is an addendum to the form

HUD–9548, Sales Contract, and will be

used a part of the contract between HUD

and a nonprofit organization or unit of

local government when purchasing a
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property under the Officer Next Door

Sales Program; HUD–9548–C,

Assignment of Sales Contract, is an

addendum to the form HUD–9548, Sales

Contract, and will be used as part of the

contract between the purchaser of a

single family acquired property and

HUD.

Form numbers: HUD–9516A, 9519,

9519A, 9733, 9544, 9548, 9548–A,

9548–B, 9548–C.

Members of affected public:

Individuals or households; business or

other for profit; not for-profit

institutions; federal government and

state and local or tribal governments.

An estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection is 248,570, the number of

respondents is varied, frequency of

response is on occasion, and the hours

of response is HUD–9516A (.50 hrs.);

HUD–9519 (.25 hrs.); HUD–9519A (.25

hrs); HUD–99733 (.50 hrs); HUD–9544

(.50 hrs); HUD–9548 (.50 hrs.); HUD–

9548–A (.17 hrs); HUD–9548–B (.17

hrs); HUD–9548–C (.17 hrs).

Status of the proposed information

collection: Revision of currently

approved collection.

Authority: Section 236 of the Paperwork

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

35,as amended.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 97–25452 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to Section

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.):

Applicant: Edward D. Yates,

Wrightsville, PA,PRT–834219.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

The public is invited to comment on

the following application for permits to

conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application was

submitted to satisfy requirements of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and

the regulations governing marine

mammals (50 CFR 18).

Applicant: The Seattle Aquarium,

Seattle, WA, PRT–834418.

Type of Permit: Take for Public

Display.

Name and Number of Animals:

Northern sea otter (Enhydra l.lutris), 1.

Summary of Activity to be

Authorized: The applicant has requested

a permit for the public display of a nonreleasable sea otter pup that was found

orphaned in Alaska, and turned over to

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Office of Marine Mammals

Management.

Source of Marine Mammals:

Orphaned/stranded pup found near

Kodiak, Alaska.

Period of Activity: Up to five years

from issuance date of the permit, if

issued.

Applicant: Mote Marine Laboratory,

Sarasota, FL, PRT–834406.

Type of Permit: Take for Scientific

Research.

Name and Number of Animals:

Manatee (Trichechus manatus),

unlimited.

Summary of Activity to be

Authorized: The applicant has requested

a permit to collect blood samples

(approximately 20 ml each) on an

opportunistic basis during regular

veterinary care from manatees held in

captivity at Mote Marine Laboratory,

Lowry Park Zoo, Sea World of Florida,

and Homosassa Springs Wildlife Park

for the purpose of scientific research of

the manatee cellular immune function.

Period of Activity: five years from

issuance date of the permit, if issued.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, the

Office of Management Authority is

forwarding copies of the applications

listed above to the Marine Mammal

Commission and the Committee of

Scientific Advisors for their review.

Applicant: Casper Schrepfer,

Lakeside, MT, PRT–834414.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted prior to April 30, 1994,

from the Lancaster Sound polar bear

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada for personal use.

Applicant: Wilton Hardesty,

Gunnison, CO, PRT–832902.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted prior to April 30, 1994,

from the Davis Strait polar bear

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada for personal use.

Applicant: Edward Minto, Davison,

MI, PRT–833518.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population, Northwest

Territories, Canada for personal use.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 430, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: September 19, 1997.

MaryEllen Amtower,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 97–25378 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of Draft

Conservation Agreement for the Least

Chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis) for

Review and Comment

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

announces the availability for public

review of a Draft Conservation

Agreement for the least chub (Iotichthys

phlegethontis). This species is proposed

for Federal listing as endangered with

critical habitat pursuant to the

Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973,

as amended. The Conservation

Agreement was developed by the Utah

Department of Natural Resources, with

participation from the following

parties—Bureau of Land Management;