56198 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 209 / Wednesday, October 29, 1997 / Notices

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Termination Notice (Form SMA 111) ............................................................................... 50 1 0.10 5

Annual Payback Activities Certification (Form SMA 111–2) ............................................ 500 1 .18 90

Send comments to Beatrice Rouse,

SAMHSA Reports Clearance Officer,

Room 16–105, Parklawn Building, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Written comments should be received

within 60 days of this notice.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97–28596 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4263–N–47]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public Development and

Research.

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 are due December 29,

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:

Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy

Development & Research, The

Department of Housing & Urban

Development, 451–7th Street, SW,

Room 8226, Washington, D.C. 20410–

6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Laurent Hodes, 202–708–5537, ext. 106

(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). This notice is

soliciting comments from members of

the public and affected 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: Housing-ConditionSurvey of Households Living in

Federally-Assisted Units.

OMB Control Number: 2528–0170

(exp. 04/30/98).

Description of the Need for the

Information and Proposed Use: HUD

recently developed and tested a costeffective mail survey instrument for

assessing the condition of housing units

assisted through HUD programs. This

survey, which elicits renters’ ratings of

their housing, provided high response

rates and high levels of agreement with

independent condition ratings by

professional inspectors. HUD plans to

implement this survey as an ongoing

tool to assess customer ratings of the

condition of housing assisted through

Federal programs including the Section

8, FHA, and public housing programs.

This survey will help HUD focus its

monitoring and enforcement resources

on property owners and housing

authorities whose performance most

need improvement. It will also provide

policy and program managers with

improved measures for tracking national

housing conditions over time and across

assistance programs.

Agency Form Numbers: None.

Members of the Affected Public:

Households residing in Federallyassisted housing, including FHA

assisted-housing public housing, or

units receiving assistance from the

Section 8 Certificate or Vouchers

Programs.

Estimation of the Total Number of

Hours Needed to Prepare the

Information Collection Including

Number of Respondents, Frequency of

Response, and Hours of Response:

Information will be collected by an

annual mail survey of 500,000 of the 4.7

million households who live in housing

units assisted through Federal programs.

The survey will take approximately 15

minutes to complete. This means a total

of 125,000 hours of response time

annually for the information collection.

Status of the Proposed Information

Collection: Pending submission to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and clearance.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

Paul A. Leonard,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–28584 Filed 10–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–62–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement on

the Proposed Expansion of the Big

Muddy National Fish and Wildlife

Refuge in Missouri

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that a draft Environmental Impact

Statement on the Proposed Expansion of

the Big Muddy National Fish and

Wildlife Refuge in Missouri will be

available for public review on October

31, 1997. Comments and suggestions are

requested.

DATES: Written comments are requested

by January 7, 1998. Public ‘‘open house’’

meetings will be held on November 13,

14, 17, 18, and 19, 1997.

WRITTEN COMMENTS SHOULD BE

ADDRESSED TO: Ms. Judy McClendon,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 24385

State Highway 51, Puxico, Missouri

63960.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Judy McClendon at the address listed

above or by telephone at 573/222–6001