Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 40 / Friday, February 28, 1997 / Notices 9203

Dated: February 21, 1997.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 97–4994 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4200–N–32]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial

Officer, 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 29, 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:

Erie T. Davis, Jr., CFO Management

Staff, Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW.,

Room 2102, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick Wallis, Telephone number (202)

708–0313 (this is not a toll-free number)

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 interested persons regarding the

burden estimated or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including

any of the following subject: (1) The

necessity and utility of the proposed

information collection for the proper

performance of the agency’s functions;

(2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and (4) the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology to

minimize the information collection

burden.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: HUD–27053,

Request for Grant Payment, HUD–

27053A, Request for Homeless Grant

Payment, HUD–27054 LOCCS Voice

Response Access Authorization.

OMB Control Number: 2535–0102.

Description of the need for the

information and the proposed use:

HUD/CFO decided to process requests

for payments to its grant recipients

through a Voice Response System after

the Department of Treasury closed

down its Treasury Financial

Communications System—Letter of

Credit (TRCS–LOC) at the end of

calendar year 1990. Under Voice

Response, a caller submits a payment

request directly to HUD using a touch

tone telephone. The caller is greeted by

a ‘‘DEC–TALK Simulator’’ prompting

the caller to enter numbers and symbols

from the touch tone keypad. The above

mentioned forms will be used in lieu of

the SF–270, Request for Advance or

Reimbursement or the TFS–5805,

Request for Funds, or the FMS–5401,

Payment Voucher on Letter of Credit

pursuant to the requirements of Circular

A–102, A–110, and TFM 6–2000. These

forms impose no additional burden on

the recipient except for filling out the

access authorization form. Recipients

will fill out these forms in order to

request payment of grant funds or to

designate the appropriate officials who

can have access to the HUD voice

activated payment system. The request

for payment forms have been specially

designed to help the recipient when

calling in for a request of funds. These

forms will be used in lieu of the SF–270,

Request for Advance or Reimbursement

or the SF–5805, Request for Funds. In

addition, these forms will be used as an

internal control feature instituted to

support and safeguard Federal funds, as

well as provide a service to the

recipients. The voice activated payment

concept is the latest in technology and

provides a recipient a fast, reliable

method to obtain Federal funding. This

method should improve the payment

process because the recipient will know

before he/she hangs up the phone

whether their request will be paid or

who to call if there is a problem and the

request was not processed by the

system. All requests processed by the

system will be paid by ACH within 48

hours. No duplication is involved with

these forms since HUD will not require

the SF–270, Request for Advance or

Reimbursement. HUD is not using the

SF–270, Request for Advance or

Reimbursement because we wanted a

custom designed form to prompt the

caller to enter numbers and symbols

from a touch tone keypad. The SF–270,

Request for Advance or Reimbursement

would not easily facilitate this type of

payment method. The associated burden

is the minimum needed to request

payment of funds. The Voice Response

System will accept request of funds

from a recipient on a daily basis.

However, a recipient should be using

good cash management practices and

request payment of HUD funds

administratively close to when they

have to pay their bills. Therefore, the

frequency a recipient requests funds

will depend upon the types of activities

he or she is managing. We [HUD] do not

violate the guidelines of 5 CFR 1320.6.

We consulted only with the Department

of Health and Human Services in

February 1990, concerning their system

and the costs associated with using it.

This payment system will require that

the latest security features be installed

to deter excessive fraudulent payments.

Only a limited number of authorized

officials will have access to the system

for updating purposes. No sensitive

questions are asked. Cost to the Federal

Government is based on approximately

$.03 a copy for the form HUD–27054

and $.08 a copy for forms HUD–27053

and HUD–27053A to be printed and

distributed (including overhead) to

recipients; Frequency: Annually;

Affected Public: Number of

Respondents: 2,000; Total Annual

Responses: 237,200; Total Annual

Hours: 41,133.

Agency form numbers: HUD–27053,

HUD–27053A, HUD–27054.

Members of affected public: State,

Local or Tribal Governments, not-forprofit institutions.

An estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection is 41,133, number of

respondents is 2,000, frequency of

response is annually and the total

annual responses is 237,200.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: February 21, 1997.

William H. Eargle, Jr.,

Deputy Chief Financial Officer for

Accounting.

[FR Doc. 97–5015 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

[Docket No. FR–4124–N–27]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

to Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnston, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, Room 7256,

451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 708–1226; TDD

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2575, (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the December 12, 1988

court order in National Coalition for the

Homeless v. Veterans Administration,

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,

identifying unutilized, underutilized,

excess and surplus Federal buildings

and real property that HUD has

reviewed for suitability for use to assist

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the

purpose of announcing that no

additional properties have been

determined suitable or unsuitable this

week.

Dated: February 21, 1997.

Jacquie M. Lawing,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–4792 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Western Water Policy Review Advisory

Commission Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, notice is

hereby given that the Western Water

Policy Review Advisory Commission

(Commission), established by the

Secretary of the Interior under the

Reclamation Projects Authorization and

Adjustment Act of 1992, will hold a

public water issues forum, ‘‘Indian

Water 1997: Trends and Directions in

Federal Water Policy’’ and business

meeting. The purpose of this meeting is

for the Commission to receive American

Indian community testimony regarding

water issues impacting American

Indians in the 19 Western States and to

meet on other Commission business.

DATES: Monday, March 17, 1997, 9:00

a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Tuesday, March 18,

1997, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Location: Hyatt Regency

Hotel, 122 N. Second Street, Phoenix,

Arizona. Copies of the agenda are

available from the Western Water Policy

Review Office, D–5001; P.O. Box 25007;

Denver, CO 80225–0007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Commission Office at telephone 303–

236–6211, FAX 303–236–4286, or email

to rgunnarson@do.usbr.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

seminar is being organized and hosted

by the American Indian Resources

Institute of Oakland, California. Room

locations will be posted in the hotel

lobby.

Public Participation

Seating for observers will be limited

and reservations are strongly

recommended. Seating may be reserved

by contacting the Commission Office.

Written statements may be provided in

advance to the Western Water Policy

Review Office, address cited under the

ADDRESSES caption of this notice, or

submitted directly at the meeting.

Statements will be provided to the

members prior to the meeting if received

by no later than March 7, 1997. The

Commission’s schedule will not allow

time for formal presentations by the

public during the meeting.

Dated: February 24, 1997

Larry Schulz,

Administrative Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–5020 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–10–M

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Application for

Endangered Species Permit

The following applicant has applied

for a permit to conduct certain activities

with endangered species. This notice is

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.):

Applicant: Roy S. DeLotelle,

DeLotelle and Guthrie, Inc., Gainesville,

Florida, PRT–825431.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture and harass for banding,

and translocation) the endangered redcockaded woodpecker, Picoides

borealis, throughout the species range in

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,

Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,

Louisiana, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas,

Oklahoma, Virginia, and Missouri for

the purpose of enhancement of survival

of the species.

Written data or comments on these

applications should be submitted to:

Regional Permit Biologist, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 1875 Century

Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia

30345. All data and comments must be

received by March 31, 1997.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century

Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia

30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit

Biologist). Telephone: 404/679–7313;

Fax: 404/679–7081.

Dated: February 20, 1997.

Noreen K. Clough,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 97–5019 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Availability of Draft Environmental

Assessment, Receipt of Application

for, and Intent to Issue, Incidental Take

Permit for Development of Church

Facility in Cedar City, Iron County, UT

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability, receipt of

application for, and intent to issue

permit.

SUMMARY: The Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-Day Saints (Applicant) has

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. The

Applicant has been assigned permit

number PRT–825570. The requested

permit, which is for a period of 2 years,

would authorize incidental take of the

threatened Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys

parvidens). The proposed take would

occur as a result of development of

church facilities on a 6.3-acre privatelyowned parcel located within Cedar City,

Iron County, Utah.

The Service has prepared the

Environmental Assessment for issuance

of the incidental take permit. The

Applicant has 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, 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(c) of

the Act and National Environmental

Policy Act regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).