50394 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 186 / Thursday, September 25, 1997 / Notices

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;