59724 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 213 / Tuesday, November 4, 1997 / Notices

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received within thirty (30) days from the

date of this Notice. Comments should

refer to the proposal by name and/or

OMB approval number and should be

sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk

Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kay

F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a

toll/free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The Notice lists the following

information: (1) The title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the

office of the agency to collect the

information; (3) the OMB approval

number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, hours of response; (9) whether

the proposal is new, an extension,

reinstatement, or revision of an

information collection requirement; and

(10) the names and telephone numbers

of an agency official familiar with the

proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer

for the Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

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

amended.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

David S. Cristy,

Director, Information Resources, Management

Policy and Management Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

Proposal: Issuer Eligibility and

Integrity Reform.

Office: Government National

Mortgage Association (GNMA).

OMB Approval Number: 2503–0027.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use: The

information collection is needed to

enable GNMA to properly screen new

applicants, approve commitment

request, and determine continuing

issuer eligibility. The information

collected will continue to enable GNMA

to hold issuers to higher eligibility and

integrity standards.

Form Number: None.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and the Federal Government.

Frequency of Submission: Annually.

Reporting Burden:

Number of respondents × Frequency of

response × Hours perresponse = Burden hours

Information Collection ................................................................ 620 1 8.25 5,113

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 5,113.

Status: Reinstatement, with changes.

Contact: Sonya K. Suarez, HUD, (202)

708–2772 X4975; Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: October 28, 1997.

[FR Doc. 97–29104 Filed 11–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[(CA–067–5101–01–B091); CACA–38448]

Proposed Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

has proposed a plan amendment to the

California Desert Conservation Area

Plan to partially exempt a proposed

fiber optic cable right-of-way from a

utility corridor for a portion of the

proposed alignment.

DATES: Written scoping comments must

be received no later than December 3,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Written scoping comments

should be addressed to the District

Manager, Attn: Plan Amendment,

California Desert District, 6221 Box

Springs Blvd., California 92507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James L. Williams (909) 697–5390.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

proposed fiber optic cable from Las

Vegas, Nevada, utilizes a conduit along

Highway 95 to near the NevadaCalifornia State line. In California, it

would continue down Highway 95 and

then within Goffs road. This alignment

is not designated as a utility corridor by

the California Desert Plan. The proposed

right-of-way is within utility corridors

H, G, and O until near the city of

Adelanto where the proposed right-ofway leaves corridor O and continues

within county roads which are not a

designated utility corridor to Palmdale.

Individual respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold

your name or street address from public

review or from disclosure under the

Freedom of Information Act, you must

state this prominently at the beginning

of your written comment. Such requests

will be honored to the extent allowed by

law. All submissions from organizations

or business, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organization or business, will be made

available for public inspection in their

entirety.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

Alan Stein,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–29115 Filed 11–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–360–1220–00]

Interlakes Special Recreation

Management Area Plan and Final

Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Redding Resource Area,

NORCAL District, California.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a plan

and FEIS.

SUMMARY: BLM has released a plan and

FEIS covering land management options

and anticipated consequences regarding

the Interlakes Special Recreation

Management Area. Preparation of this

plan and FEIS is a joint effort between

the BLM, U.S. Forest Service, National

Park Service, and Bureau of

Reclamation. BLM was directed to lead

this planning effort under BLM’s Record

of Decision for the Redding Resource

Management Plan and EIS which was
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prepared under the authority of the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act of 1976 (section 202). This plan and

FEIS is prepared under the authority of

the National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Interlakes Special Recreation

Management Area is a 74,850 acre

region which encompasses lands

administered through the United States

Department of the Interior’s BLM,

National Park Service, Bureau of

Reclamation, and the Department of

Agriculture’s Forest Service. Once

approved, this plan will guide

management activities for the BLM for

the next 10 to 15 years. The National

Park Service, Bureau of Reclamation

and U.S. Forest Service may approve

this plan by continuing with this joint

planning effort and approving a Record

of Decision, or may implement portions

of this plan by tiering to this document

within their own planning documents.

DATES: Comments on this plan and FEIS

should be submitted in writing by

December 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles M. Schultz, Area Manager,

Bureau of Land Management, 355

Hemsted Drive, Redding, CA 96002.

Dated: October 27, 1997.

Francis Berg,

Acting Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–29111 Filed 11–03–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Record of Decision

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Record of Decision.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to regulations

promulgated by the Council on

Environmental Quality (40 CFR Section

1505.2) and the implementing

procedures of the National Park Service

(NPS) for the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969 (40 U.S.C. 1501 et

seq.), the NPS has prepared this Record

of Decision with respect to the general

management plan and final

environmental impact statement,

Missouri/Niobrara/Verdigre Creek

National Recreational Rivers, Nebraska

and South Dakota. This Record of

Decision describes the recreational river

management alternatives considered,

mitigating measures adopted to avoid or

minimize environmental impacts, and

the reasoning behind the decisions

reached.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Superintendent, Niobrara/Missouri

National Scenic Riverways, 114 North

Sixth Street, O’Neill, Nebraska 68763–

0591, or 402–336–3970.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pub. L.

102–50, the Niobrara Scenic River

Designation Act of 1991, amended

section 3(a) of the Wild and Scenic

Rivers Act of 1968 to designate as

recreational rivers sections of the

Missouri River, Niobrara River, and

Verdigre Creek as listed below:

Missouri River: The 39-mile section

from the headwaters of Lewis and Clark

Lake to the Fort Randall Dam.

Niobrara River: The segment from the

western boundary of Knox County to its

confluence with the Missouri River (20

miles).

Verdigre Creek: The segment from the

north municipal boundary of Verdigre,

Nebraska, to its confluence with the

Niobrara River (8 miles).

The Act states these segments shall be

administered by the Secretary of the

Interior, who has delegated the task of

planning and operation to the NPS. As

such, the three segments have become a

unit of the National Park System.

The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

directs the administering agency to

prepare a management plan and

establish final boundaries for protection

of important resources along designated

rivers. The Act requires the managing

agency to emphasize the protection of

scenic, historic, archeological, and

scientific features. It states that

recreational use may be permitted as

long as these values are not jeopardized.

Under the Act, the boundary is 0.25

mile from the ordinary high water mark

on both sides of the rivers until a final

boundary is established.

Decisions for management and

boundary: The NPS selects Alternative

5, the Preferred Alternative, for

management of the National

Recreational Rivers. The Preferred

Alternative was developed by the

planning team by combining aspects of

two other action alternatives. It includes

resource protection and a boundary

similar to alternative 3 and a

management philosophy similar to

alternative 2. This alternative neither

encourages nor discourages increased

visitor use. It also does not encourage

additional or expanded agricultural

practices. It strongly discourages

construction of residences or other

private development. Boundaries were

delineated to include important riverrelated habitat. Implementation of

natural resource objectives would take

precedence over other objectives where

possible without loss of significant

cultural resources. Management actions

would be accomplished through

cooperative associations with

landowners, county governments, state

and federal agencies, and private

interest groups.

The NPS will remain the

administrator of the recreational rivers

as authorized by Congress. The degree

of NPS presence will depend on the

success of local governments in

maintaining existing landscapes and

providing for recreational uses. To

fulfill its river management

responsibilities, the NPS will continue

to have staff on or near the river to

manage inherently federal requirements

of the law, administer cooperative

agreements, and monitor ongoing water,

land and visitor use activities along the

designated rivers.

Alternative 5 emphasizes

management for conserving, protecting,

and restoring riverine biological

diversity on public land and includes

potential for technical assistance and

incentives for private property owners

to do the same. Implementation on

private land would take place through

local protection and restoration efforts,

including federal standards for

minimum protection requirements and

the use of regulations and a flexible

package of financial incentives, funding

options, and technical assistance.

Local concerns were expressed during

public meetings regarding: an unwanted

influx of visitors on the river; dangers

the dynamic nature of the river presents

to novice users; and increased river

bank erosion caused by additional

power boat use. Because of those

concerns this alternative allows only for

the replacement of river access sites lost

to sedimentation and the improvement

(not expansion) of existing facilities.

Present recreational uses will continue

(fishing, boating, hunting, etc.) and

there could be expansion of visitor

services and facilities as long as they

did not add significant numbers of

people to the river.

The Alternative 5 boundary for the

39-mile stretch of the Missouri River

includes the river, its islands, and a

minimum setback of 200 feet from the

1991 ordinary high water mark (32,000

cfs). Also included is the Karl Mundt

National Wildlife Refuge and all other

federal and state fee land within 0.25

mile of the river. In addition, significant

cottonwood stands and land that would

be covered by a U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers (COE) high release of 60,000

cfs is included within the boundary. All

fee and easement lands included in the

boundary will continue to be managed

by the present land managers.