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Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response:

20 CDCs × 5 hours = maximum of 100

hours by respondents annually.

Status of the proposed information

collection: 7 years of reporting

remaining for 20 CDCs.

Authority: Sections 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Howard B. Glaser,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Community

Planning and Development.

[FR Doc. 97–4136 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

[Docket No. FR–4200–N–26]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity, HUD.

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 due: April 21, 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:

Josie D. Harrison, Reports Liaison

Office, Fair Housing and Equal

Opportunity, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, 451—7th

Street, SW, Room 5124, Washington,

D.C. 20410–5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryl Kent (202) 708–2333, Extension

348 or (202) 708–1734 (TTY) (these are

not toll-free numbers) 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).

The 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, permitting electronic

submission of responses.

OMB Control Number: 25290034.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use:

The information is needed to ensure

that HUD’s recipients comply with the

Section 504 reporting requirements at:

• 24 CFR 8.21(c)(4) and 24 CFR 8.24

(d)—Transition Plans. Recipients must

develop transition plans setting forth

the steps necessary to complete

structural changes that would make

their programs and activities accessible

to persons with disabilities;

• 24 CFR 8.51—Self Evaluation.

Recipients must evaluate their current

policies and practices to determine

whether, in whole or in part, they do

not or may not meet the requirements of

Section 504;

• 24 CFR 8.25(c)—Needs Assessment

and Transition Plan. Public/Indian

housing authorities must assess the

needs of current tenants and applicants

on waiting lists for accessible units and

assess the extent to which such needs

have not been met or cannot reasonably

be met. PHAs must develop transition

plans setting forth steps necessary to

complete structural changes, revealed

by the needs assessment, to make their

programs and activities accessible to

persons with disabilities.

Agency Form Numbers: None.

Members of Affected Public: All

recipients of Federal financial assistance

from this Department, including public

and private non-profit organizations and

qualified persons with disabilities.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response. On an annual basis,

200 respondents (HUD recipients) will

submit two (2) report(s) to HUD. It is

estimated that four (4) hours per annual

reporting period will be required of a

recipient to prepare either of the

reporting requirements for a total of

1600.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Revision of a currently

approved collection to reflect the

collection of information from HUD

recipients only.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

amended. Section 7(d) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act, 42

U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: February 12, 1997.

Susan M. Forward,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement

and Investigations.

[FR Doc. 97–4137 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–28–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for

the Florida Salt Marsh Vole (Microtus

Pennsylvanicus Dukecampbelli), for

Review and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability

and public comment period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) announces the availability for

public review of a draft recovery plan

for the Florida salt marsh vole (Microtus

pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli), a

federally endangered rodent that is

known from only one site in Waccasassa

Bay, near Cedar Key, Levy County,

Florida. The Service solicits review and

comment from the public on this draft

plan.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan must be received on or before April

21, 1997 to receive consideration by the

Service.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the draft recovery plan may obtain a

copy by contacting the Field Supervisor,

Jacksonville Field Office, Fish and

Wildlife Service, 6620 Southpoint Drive

South, Suite 310, Jacksonville, Florida

32216 (Telephone: 904–232–2580, FAX

904–232–2404). Written comments and

materials regarding the plan should be

addressed to the Field Supervisor, at the

above address. Comments and materials

received are available on request for

public inspection, by appointment,

during normal business hours at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Finger at the above address

(Telephone: 904–232–2580 ext. 107).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

plants and animals to the point where

they are secure self-sustaining members
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of their ecosystems is a primary goal of

the Service’s endangered species

program. To help guide the recovery

effort, the Service is working to prepare

recovery plans for most of the listed

species native to the United States.

Recovery plans describe actions

considered necessary for conservation of

the species, establish criteria for the

recovery levels for downlisting or

delisting species, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973

(Act), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.) requires the development of

recovery plans for listed species unless

such a plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in

1988, requires that public notice, and an

opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery

plan development. The Service will

consider all information presented

during a public comment period prior to

approval of each new or revised

recovery plan. The Service and other

Federal agencies will take these

comments into account in the course of

implementing approved recovery plans.

The Florida salt marsh vole inhabits

one known coastal marsh site in Levy

County, Florida. The vole is limited by

two factors, an extremely restricted

range encompassing only one known

population, and the threat of losing this

population to a storm event or

population fluctuations.

The immediate goal of this recovery

plan is to prevent extinction of the salt

marsh vole by protecting the existing

population. The actions needed to

recover this species are: (1) Protect

existing population, (2) conduct surveys

to locate additional populations, and (3)

conduct life history studies.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the recovery plan. All comments

received by the date specified above

will be considered prior to the approval

of the plans.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

David Hankla,

Field Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–4094 Filed 2–19–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment and Receipt of an

Application for an Incidental Take

Permit for Obyan Beach Resort

Associates, Saipan, Commonwealth of

the Northern Mariana Islands

(Commonwealth)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that Obyan Beach Resort Associates has

applied to the U.S. 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. The application has been

assigned permit number PRT–824821.

The proposed permit would authorize

the incidental take of nightingale reedwarblers (Acrocephalus luscinia),

federally listed as endangered, and/or

nightingale reed-warbler habitat during

the construction of a proposed 36-hole

golf course and resort. The Micronesian

megapode (Megapodius laperouse) also

occurs on site but is not expected to be

impacted by this project. Green sea

turtles (Chelonia mydas) may nest at a

beach near the project site, but outside

of the project boundaries, and are not

expected to be impacted by this project.

The permit would be in effect for 50

years.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

also announces the availability of an

Environmental Assessment for the

incidental take permit application,

which includes the proposed Habitat

Conservation Plan fully describing the

proposed project and mitigation, and

the accompanying Implementing

Agreement. This notice is provided

pursuant to section 10(a) of the

Endangered Species Act and National

Environmental Policy Act regulations

(40 CFR 1506.6). All comments,

including names and addresses,

received will become part of the official

administrative record and may be made

available to the public.

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application, Environmental Assessment

and Implementing Agreement should be

received on or before March 24, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the

application or adequacy of the

Environmental Assessment and

Implementing Agreement should be

addressed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Pacific Islands Office, 300 Ala

Moana Blvd., Room 3108, P.O. Box

50088, Honolulu, HI 96850. Please refer

to permit number PRT–824821 when

submitting comments. Individuals

wishing to obtain review copies of the

application, Environmental Assessment,

or Implementing Agreement should

immediately contact the above office.

Documents also will be available for

public inspection, by appointment,

during normal business hours at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Brooks Harper, Ms. Karen Evans or Dr.

Annie Marshall, Pacific Islands Office,

808–541–3441.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9

of the Endangered Species Act prohibits

the ‘‘taking’’ of a species listed as

threatened or endangered. However, the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under

limited circumstances, may issue

permits to take listed species incidental

to, and not the purpose of, otherwise

lawful activities. Regulations governing

permits for threatened species are

promulgated in 50 CFR 17.32;

regulations governing permits for

endangered species are promulgated in

50 CFR 17.22.

Background

Obyan Beach Resort Associates

propose to construct a 36-hole golf

course and resort on the southeastern

part of Saipan, Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands. Obyan Beach

Resort Associates seeks coverage for

impacts to 814 acres that contain

nightingale reed-warbler habitat. To

compensate for project impacts, Obyan

Beach Resort Associates will: (1)

Minimize on-site impacts and maintain

habitat on site for 10 pairs of nightingale

reed-warblers, and (2) work with the

local Commonwealth government to

establish the Saipan Wildlife Mitigation

Bank, that will consist of 3 conservation

sites located north of the project site.

The mitigation sites provide suitable

habitat for nightingale reed-warbler

(tangantangan forest and mixed

tangantangan/grassland mosaic). Obyan

Beach Resort Associates will work with

the Commonwealth government to

ensure that the mitigation bank is secure

through the promulgation of regulations

and will provide funding for long-term

management of the mitigation sites.

Other measures are specified in the

Habitat Conservation Plan to minimize

potential for take during construction

activities.

The Environmental Assessment

considers the environmental

consequences of three alternatives.

Alternative 3, the proposed action,

consists of the issuance of an incidental

take permit and implementation of the

Habitat Conservation Plan and its

Implementing Agreement. This

alternative is preferred because: (1) It

satisfies the purpose and needs of the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and