Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 222 / Tuesday, November 18, 1997 / Notices 61489

ACTION: Notice of a finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969; the Council on

Environmental Quality Guidelines (40

CFR Part 1500); and the Natural

Resources Conservation Service

Guidelines (7 CFR Part 650); the Natural

Resources Conservation Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, gives notice

that an environmental impact statement

is not being prepared for the Plowed

Terrace Demonstration Project, Cameron

and Calcasieu Parishes, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donald W. Gohmert, State

Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, 3737 Government

Street, Alexandria, Louisiana 71302;

telephone (318) 473–7751.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment of the

federally assisted action indicates that

the project will not cause significant

local, regional, or national impacts on

the environment. As a result of these

findings, Donald W. Gohmert, State

Conservationist, has determined that the

preparation and review of an

environmental impact statement is not

needed for this project.

This is a demonstration project and

will evaluate potential impacts

attributed to plowed terraces and

vegetative plantings to be installed in

shallow open water areas. The project

area includes approximately 3,250 acres

of open water and fragmented marsh.

Project features include the construction

of approximately 54,000 linear feet of

earthen terraces followed by the

planting of vegetation on the side slopes

of the terraces.

The Notice of a Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) has been

forwarded to the Environmental

Protection Agency and to various

federal, state, and local agencies and

interested parties. A limited number of

copies of the FONSI are available to fill

single copy requests at the above

address. Basic data developed during

the environmental assessment are on

file and may be reviewed by contacting

Donald W. Gohmert.

No administrative action on

implementation of the proposal will be

taken until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

Donald W. Gohmert,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 97–30166 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS),

USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments

requested.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Rural Housing

Service’s intention to request an

extension for a currently approved

information collection in support of the

program for 7 CFR part 1944, subpart L,

‘‘Tenant Grievance and Appeals

Procedure.’’

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by January 20, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ernest W. Harris, Senior Loan

Specialist, USDA, Rural Housing

Service, STOP 0782, 1400 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250–

0782, Telephone: (202) 720–1613.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 7 CFR 1944, Subpart L, ‘‘Tenant

Grievance and Appeals Procedure.’’

OMB Number: 0575–0046.

Expiration Date of Approval: March

31, 1998.

Type of Request: Extension of the

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The regulation promulgates

the procedure by which tenants,

cooperative members, and applicants for

occupancy may appeal adverse actions

by owner/managers of multi-family

housing projects financed by RHS. Such

adverse actions include cases whereby

which tenants, cooperative members, or

applicants have received written notice

that assistance provided by RHS is being

denied, substantially reduced or

terminated.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this information collection is

estimated to average .41 hours per

response.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, state or local governments,

small businesses or other for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 83 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Barbara Williams,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, at (202) 720–9734.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Rural Housing

Service, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Rural Housing

Service’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to

Barbara Williams, Regulations and

Paperwork Management Branch, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Rural

Development, STOP 0743, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20250. All responses to

this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: November 6, 1997.

Jan E. Shadburn,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 97–30176 Filed 11–17–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

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

collection has been submitted under the

emergency Paperwork Reduction Act

procedures.

Agency: Minority Business

Development Agency.

Title: Competitive Application

Packages for Funding to Operate

Technical Assistance Projects (SF–424

and the Evaluation Criteria).

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: 0640–0006.

Type of Request: Reinstatement,

without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval

has expired—Emergency Review.

Burden: 12,000 hours annually.

Number of Respondents: 180.