55652 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 207 / Monday, October 27, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4263–N–45]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

emergency review and approval, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act. The Department is soliciting public

comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is:

November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received within seven (7) days from the

date of this Notice. Comments should

refer to the proposal by name and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

HUD Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, 726 Jackson

Place, NW., Washington, D.C. 20017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW, Washington, D.C., telephone (202)

708–0050. This is not a toll-free number.

Copies of available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Notice informs the public that the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) has submitted to

OMB, for emergency processing, an

information collection package with

respect to the proposed ‘‘Housing

Discrimination Information Form.’’

The Department will use the Housing

Discrimination Information Form

(revised Housing Discrimination

Complaint Form (HUD–903)) for the

collection of information from person(s)

who wish to file a housing

discrimination complaint. Subsequent

information will be used for notifying

persons against whom the complaint is

filed as required by Section 810 [42

U.S.C. 3610] of the Fair Housing Act;

and Part 103, Subpart B, of the

implementing regulations, 24 CFR 14 et.

al., Implementation of the Fair Housing

Amendments Act of 1988; Final Rule.

The Department has submitted the

proposal for the collection of

information to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). The

Department has requested emergency

clearance of the collection of

information, as described below, with

approval being sought by November 3,

1997.

(1) Title of the information collection

proposal: Housing Discrimination

Information Form.

(2) Summary of the collection of

information: Each respondent (claimant)

would be required to submit the

following information:

1. Name, Address, Telephone

Number, Other Person to Contact.

2. Name and address of the person(s)

who the complaint is against.

3. Address or other identification of

the housing involved.

4. Brief description of the alleged

violation and prohibited bases of the

complaint.

5. Date(s) of the alleged violation.

(3) Description of the need for the

information and its proposed use:

The form is necessary for the

collection of information from person(s)

who wish to file a housing

discrimination complaint under the Fair

Housing Act. It will be used to contact

complainants and for making

preliminary assessments regarding

HUD’s jurisdiction over the complaint.

Subsequent data will be furnished to

person(s) against whom complaints are

filed, as required by statute. The form

provides information to make the public

aware of their fair housing rights. The

new form has been simplified. It is

written in plain English; is userfriendly; takes less time to complete;

and enhances the quality and clarify of

information collected that is required to

investigate alleged complaints of

housing discrimination.

(4) Description of the likely

respondents, and proposed frequency of

the response to the collection of

information:

Claimants who wish to file a

complaint of housing discrimination.

The estimated number of respondents

is 10,750. The proposed frequency of

the response to the collection of

information is one time.

(5) Estimate of the total reporting and

recordkeeping burden that will result

from the collection of information:

Reporting Burden:

Number of respondents: 10,750.

Total burden hours: 3,583 (@ 20

minutes per response).

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,583.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: October 21, 1997.

David S. Cristy,

Director, IRM Policy and Management

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–28388 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Environmental

Assessment, Receipt of Application

for, and Intent To Issue, Incidental

Take Permit for Development of Eight

Residential Lots in Panguitch, Garfield

County, UT

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability, receipt of

application for, and intent to issue

permit.

SUMMARY: Jose Noriega, Sam Zitting, and

Phillip Finch have applied to the Fish

and Wildlife Service for an incidental

take permit pursuant to section

10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The

Applicants have been assigned permit

number PRT–835638. The requested

permit, which is for a period of 20 years,

would authorize incidental take of the

threatened Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys

parvidens). The proposed take would

occur as a result of development of eight

residential lots totaling 3.11 acres of

privately-owned property located

immediately south of Panguitch,

Garfield County, Utah.

The Service has prepared the

Environmental Assessment for issuance

of the incidental take permit. The

Applicants have prepared a habitat

conservation plan as part of the

incidental take permit application. A

determination of whether jeopardy to

the species will occur, or a Finding of

No Significant Impact (FONSI), and/or

issuance of the incidental take permit,

will not be made before 30 days from

the date of publication of this notice.

This notice is provided pursuant to

section 10 of the Act and National

Environmental Policy Act regulations

(40 CFR 1506.6).

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application must be received on or

before November 26, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the permit application may obtain a

copy by writing to the Assistant Field

Supervisor, Utah Ecological Services

Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 145 East 1300 South Street,

Suite 404, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115.

Documents will be available for public
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inspection by written request, or by

appointment only, during business

hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) at the

above address.

Written data or comments concerning

the permit application should be

submitted to the Assistant Field

Supervisor, Utah Ecological Services

Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Salt Lake City, Utah (see

ADDRESSES above). Please refer to permit

number PRT–835638 in all

correspondence regarding these

documents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Assistant Field Supervisor or Marilet A.

Zablan, Wildlife Biologist, at the above

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service office in

Salt Lake City, Utah (see ADDRESSES

above) (telephone: (801) 524–5001,

facsimile: (801) 524–5021).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9

of the Act prohibits the ‘‘taking’’ of any

threatened or endangered species, such

as the threatened Utah Prairie Dog.

However, the Service, under limited

circumstances, may issue permits to

take threatened or endangered wildlife

species when such taking is incidental

to, and not the purpose of, otherwise

lawful activities. Regulations governing

permits for threatened and endangered

species are at 50 CFR 17.22.

Applicants

The Applicants plan to develop eight

residential lots totaling 3.11 acres,

located in section 32 in Township 34

South, Range 5 West, Salt Lake Base and

Meridian, immediately south of

Panguitch, Garfield County, Utah.

Development is planned to include

homes, garages, landscaping, streets,

driveways, and installation of associated

infrastructure such as natural gas,

sewer, water, electrical power, and

telephone service. The construction will

impact 3.11 acres of Utah Prairie Dog

habitat, and the Applicants foresee an

incidental take of a maximum of 12

Utah Prairie Dogs through trapping and

relocation and as a result of direct

mortality during construction. The

Applicants propose to compensate for

this habitat loss by payment of $900 per

acre for each acre developed, to be used

for public land management actions for

Utah Prairie Dog conservation and to

implement recovery actions for

conservation of the Utah Prairie Dog,

through contribution to the Utah Prairie

Dog Conservation Fund. Part or all of

this mitigation fee may be paid for

through Service-approved in-kind Utah

Prairie Dog habitat improvement work

by the Applicants.

A no-action alternative to the

proposed action was considered,

consisting of foregoing the development

of the eight lots totaling 3.11 acres of

Utah Prairie Dog habitat. The no-action

alternative was rejected for reasons

including loss of use of the private

property, resulting in significant

economic loss to the Applicants.

Authority: The authority for this action is

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.) and the

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,

as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et. seq.).

Dated: October 20, 1997.

Ralph O. Morgenweck,

Regional Director, Region 6, Denver,

Colorado.

[FR Doc. 97–28348 Filed 10–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains and

Associated Funerary Objects From

South Dakota in the Possession of the

South Dakota State Archaeological

Research Center, Rapid City, SD

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains and associated funerary objects

from South Dakota in the possession of

the South Dakota State Archaeological

Research Center, Rapid City, SD.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by South Dakota

State Archaeological Research Center

(SARC) professional staff and contract

specialists in physical anthropology and

archeology in consultation with

representatives of the Three Affiliated

Tribes of North Dakota.

During the early 1900s, human

remains representing one individual

were recovered after eroding out of a

cutbank at the Peoria Bottom Village

(39HU3), Hughes County, South Dakota

by unknown person(s). In 1994, these

human remains and geographic

provenance information were

discovered in the collections of SARC.

No known individual was identified. No

assoicated funerary objects are present.

Based on ceramics, the Peoria Bottom

Village has been identified as an

Extended Variant of the Coalescent

Tradition occupied between 1550–1675

A.D.

In 1915, human remains representing

one individual were excavated from the

Leavenworth site (39CO9), Corson

County, SD by W.H. Over of the

University of South Dakota Museum. In

1976, these human remains were

transferred to the SARC. No known

individual was identified. The two

associated funerary objects are metal

projectile points embedded in the

remains.

Based on the most likely burial

location in the village cemetary, this

individual has been determined to be

Native American. The Leavenworth site

is a well-documented Arikara village

occupied between 1797–1832 A.D.

based on historical documents (Lewis

and Clark, 1804; Catlin, 1832;

Maximilian, 1833) and material culture

of the site.

In 1917 and 1920, human remains

representing four individuals were

excavated from the Mobridge Village

site (39WW1), Walworth County, South

Dakota by W.H. Over of the University

of South Dakota Museum. In 1976, these

human remains were transferred to the

SARC. No known individuals were

identified. The two associated funerary

objects are an unmodified bird bone and

one unmodified turtle scapula.

Based on ceramic types and

earthlodge architecture, the Mobridge

Village site has been identified as a

postcontact Coalescent Tradition

occupation (1675–1780 A.D.). Based on

manner of interment, these individuals

have been identified as Native

American.

In 1917 or 1921, human remains

representing one individual were

excavated from the Cheyenne River

Village (39ST1), Stanley County, South

Dakota by W.H. Over of the University

of South Dakota Museum. In 1987, the

human remains and geographical

provenance information were

discovered in the collections of the

SARC. No known individual was

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

Based on manner of interment, this

individual has been determined to be

Native American. The Cheyenne River

Village has been identified as a multicomponent site of the Extended Middle

Missouri, Extended Coalescent, and

Post-Contact Coalescent periods. The

manner of interment of this individual

is consistent with the Coalescent burial

customs dating from 1550–1780 A.D.

In 1987, human remains representing

one individual were found in SARC

collections. No known individual was

identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

There was no accompanying

geographic or recovery information with

this individual. The cranial morphology