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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:

Interview respondents Number of

respondents

Responses

per respondent

Minutes per

respondent

Total burden hours

Complainants .................................................................................................................... 500 1 30 250

Respondents ..................................................................................................................... 500 1 24 200

Total ....................................................................................................................... 1,000 .................... .................... 450

Status of the proposed information

collection: Awaiting OMB approval.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Paul A. Leonard,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–34084 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4170–N–16]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Public and Indian

Housing—HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

had been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

emergency review and approval, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act. The Department has already

solicited public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is

January 7, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons were

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, Washington,

DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Reports Management Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410, 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 proposed Indian Housing

Plan (IHP) form for the Native American

Housing Assistance and SelfDetermination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA).

On October 26, 1996, the President

signed into law the NAHASDA, which

streamlines the process of providing

housing assistance to Native Americans.

Specifically, it eliminates several

separate programs of assistance and

replaces them with a single block grant

program, effective October 1, 1997.

The collection of information being

requested is necessary so that the

Secretary shall allocate any amounts

made available for assistance under this

Act for the future fiscal years, in

accordance with the formula established

pursuant to section 302, among Indian

tribes that comply with the

requirements under this Act for a grant

under this Act.

These forms meet the minimum

requirements for an IHP required by the

United States Department of Housing

and Urban Development. To be eligible

for grants, respondents must submit the

IHP which meets the minimum

requirements of the NAHASDA. IHPs

originally had a submission deadline of

November 3, 1997. On October 1, 1997,

the NAHASDA legislation became

effective. The Department concluded

that new IHP submission dates were

needed to enable tribes/tribally

designated housing entities (TDHEs)

additional time to formulate their plan

to comply with NAHASDA

requirements. Language in the transition

notice advises all tribes/TDHEs that an

IHP can be submitted no earlier than the

publication of the final regulations

implementing NAHASDA and no later

than July 1, 1998.

Additionally, seven comments were

received on the paperwork requirements

for the NAHASDA IHP and were

submitted to the NAHASDA Negotiated

Rulemaking Committee. The Committee

reviewed these comments and the

Department streamlined the IHP forms

per these suggestions and eliminated

requirements that were determined to be

unnecessary for submission of a tribe’s

plan.

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 January 12,

1998.

(1) Title of the information collection

proposal: Indian Housing Plan (IHP)

form.

(2) Summary of the collection of

information.

5-Year Plan

For an Indian tribe to receive funding

they must submit to the Secretary, for

each fiscal year, a housing plan which

shall be in a form prescribed by the

Secretary and shall contain, with

respect to the 5-year period beginning

without the fiscal year for which the

plan is submitted, the following

information:

(A) Mission Statement—A general

statement for the mission of the Indian

tribe to serve the needs of the lowincome families in the jurisdiction of

the Indian tribe during the period.

(A) Goals and Objectives—A

statement of the goals and objectives of

the Indian tribe to enable the tribe to

serve the needs identified in paragraph

(1) during the period.

(B) Activities Plan—An overview of

the activities planned during the period

including an analysis of the manner in

which the activities will enable tribe to

meet its mission, goals, and objectives.

1-Year Plan

For an Indian tribe to receive funding

they must submit to the Secretary, for

each fiscal year, a housing plan which

shall be in a form prescribed by the

Secretary and shall contain, the

following information relating to the

upcoming fiscal year for which
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assistance under this Act is to be made

available:

(A) Goals and Objecrtives—A

statement of the goals and objectives of

the Indian tribe to enable the tribe to

serve the needs identified in paragraph

(1) during the period.

(B) Statement of Needs—A statement

of the housing needs of the low-income

Indian families residing in the

jurisdiction of the Indian tribe and the

means by which such needs will be

addressed during the period.

(C) Financial Resources—An

operating budget for the recipient, in a

form prescribed by the Secretary.

(D) Affordable Housing Resources—A

statement of the affordable housing

resources currently available and to be

made available during the period.

(E) Certification of Compliance—

Evidence of compliance which shall

include certification that the recipient

will comply with title II of the Civil

Rights Act of 1968 in carrying out this

Act and other applicable Federal

statues; certification that the recipient

will maintain adequate insurance

coverage for housing units; certification

that eligibility, admission and

occupancy policies are in effect;

certification that policies are available

for review by the Secretary and the

public governing the management and

maintenance of housing assisted with

grant amounts provided under this Act.

(3) Description of the need for the

information and its proposed use: The

IHP describes how the tribe will

implement its affordable housing

activities. The Secretary shall conduct a

limited review of each IHP submitted to

the Secretary to ensure that the plan

complies with the requirements of

section 102 of the Act. The Secretary

shall have the discretion to review a

plan only to the extent that the

Secretary considers review is necessary.

All federally recognized tribes or State

recognized tribes are eligible to apply

for NAHASDA funding. The estimated

number of respondents is 400. The

proposed frequency of the response to

the collection is one time. A plan under

this section may cover more than 1

Indian tribe, but only if the certification

requirements under section 102(d)—

Participation of Tribally Designated

Housing Entity, are complied with by

each such grant beneficiary covered. (5)

Estimate of the total reporting and

record keeping burden that will result

the collection of information:

Reporting Burden: Number of

respondents: 400.

Total burden hours (@400 per

response): 42,000.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated December 23, 1997.

David S. Cristy,

Director, IRM Policy and Management

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–34083 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–070–1320–01; NMNM 3752, NMNM

3753, NMNM 3754, NMNM 3755, NMNM 3835,

NMNM 3837, NMNM 3918, NMNM 3919,

NMNM 6802, NMNM 7235, and NMNM 8745]

Notice of Coal Action, New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability, Record of

Decision (ROD) for the Ark Land

Company Preference Right Lease

Applications (PRLA’s) San Juan County,

New Mexico.

SUMMARY: The PRLA process requires

that ROD be made available to the

public. The ROD is the document

announcing the BLM’s decision

regarding PRLA commercial quantities

determinations. This action establishes

the availability of the ROD for Ark Land

Company’s PRLA’s.

Copies of the ROD can be obtained at

the New Mexico State Office, Bureau of

Land Management, P.O. Box 27115,

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502–0115.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

Robert E. Armstrong,

Acting DSD, Resource Planning, Use, and

Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–34027 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–931–1310–00–NPRA]

Northeast National Petroleum ReserveAlaska Draft Integrated Activity Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of additional public

hearings.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management announces two additional

public hearings for the purpose of

gathering public testimony regarding the

Northeast National Petroleum ReserveAlaska Draft Integrated Activity Plan/

Environmental Impact Statement (IAP/

EIS), and its effects on subsistence.

DATES:

January 17, 1998, 7:30 p.m., Robert

James Community Center,

Wainwright, Alaska

January 28, 1998, 3:00 p.m. and 7:00

p.m., Holiday Inn, Financial District,

750 Kearny Street, San Francisco,

California

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gene Terland (907–271–3344;

gterland@ak.blm.gov) or Jim Ducker

(907–271–3369; jducker@ak.blm.gov).

They can be reached by mail at the

Bureau of Land Management (930),

Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th

Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Bureau of Land Management published

a Notice of Availability for the IAP/EIS

on December 12, 1997 (62 CFR 65440,

December 12, 1997). That Notice

indicates that public hearings will be

held in seven locations. The Bureau of

Land Management has since received

requests from the public for additional

meetings, and this announcement

provides notice of two additional

meetings.

Dated: December 22, 1997.

Gene R. Terland,

Acting Associate State Director.

[FR Doc. 97–34048 Filed 12–30–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Central Valley Project Improvement

Act, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time for

review of draft programmatic

environmental impact statement

(DPEIS).

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) is extending the public

review period to April 17, 1998, for the

DPEIS for the Central Valley Project

Improvement Act (CVPIA). The notice

of availability for the DPEIS was

published in the Federal Register on

November 7, 1997 (62 FR 60266). The

public review period was originally to

end on February 6, 1998.

DATES: Public comments on the DPEIS

should be submitted on or before April

17, 1998. There will be two sets of

public meetings on the DPEIS: forums

and hearings. The forums will be

information meetings designed to assist