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property that includes five or more

living units and is subject to a mortgage

insured, coinsured or held by the

Secretary. Section 30.45 identifies the

violations for which the Assistant

Secretary may impose a penalty. Among

the referenced violations is the

mortgagor’s failure to timely file audited

financial reports. See 12 U.S.C. 1735f–

15(c)(1)(B)(x) and 12 U.S.C. 1701q–

1(c)(1)(J). Mortgagors are required to file

annual financial reports within 60 days

of the end of the mortgagor’s fiscal year.

These reports must be examined and

certified by an independent or certified

public accountant, and certified by an

officer of the mortgagor.

Section 30.45 also provides that the

Assistant Secretary may delegate his

authority under the regulations to a

designee. This document would make

that delegation to the Director of the

Enforcement Center. This delegation

does not affect the authority of the

Mortgagee Review Board to initiate civil

money penalties, as described in 24 CFR

30.35, or the authority of the Assistant

Secretary to initiate civil money

penalties for violations identified in 12

U.S.C. 1735f–15(c)(1)(B)(x) and 12

U.S.C. 1701q–1(c)(1)(J).

Wherefore, the Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner delegates authority, as

follows:

Section A. Authority Delegate: The

Director of the HUD Enforcement

Center, as designee, is authorized to take

all actions permitted under 24 CFR Part

30, as they pertain to violations

identified in 12 U.S.C. 1735f–

15(c)(1)(B)(x) and 12 U.S.C. 1701q–

1(c)(1)(J).

Section B. Authority to Redelegate:

The Director of the Enforcement Center

is not authorized to redelegate, to

another designee, the authority

delegated under Section A.

Authority: Section 30.45 of Title 24 of the

Code of Federal Regulations.

Dated: September 20, 2000.

William C. Apgar,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 00–27844 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of the Restoration

and Compensation Determination Plan,

Lower Fox River/Green Bay Natural

Resource Damage Assessment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of 45-day comment

period.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that the

‘‘Restoration and Compensation

Determination Plan, [for the] Lower Fox

River and Green Bay Natural Resource

Damage Assessment’’ is available for

public review and comment. The public

comment period started at a public

meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin on

October 25, 2000. In addition,

comments are being accepted on each of

the following documents, released

previously. ‘‘Fish Consumption

Advisories in the Lower Fox River/

Green Bay Assessment Area’’

(November 24, 1998); ‘‘Injuries to Avian

Resources, Lower Fox River/Green Bay

Natural Resource Damage Assessment’’

(May 7, 1999); ‘‘PCB Pathway

Determination for the Lower Fox River/

Green Bay Natural Resource Damage

Assessment’’ (August 30, 1999);

‘‘Recreational Fishing Damages from

Fish Consumption Advisories in the

Waters of Green Bay’’ (November 1,

1999); ‘‘Injuries to Surface Water

Resources, Lower Fox River/Green Bay

Natural Resource Damage Assessment’’

(November 8, 1999); and ’’Injuries to

Fishery Resources, Lower Fox River/

Green Bay Natural Resource Damage

Assessment’’ (November 8, 1999).

The U.S. Department of the Interior

(‘‘Department’’), the U.S. National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, the Menominee Indian

Tribe of Wisconsin, the Oneida Tribe of

Indians of Wisconsin, the Little Traverse

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, and the

Michigan Attorney-General are acting as

co-trustees for natural resources

considered in this assessment, pursuant

to subpart G of the National Oil and

Hazardous Substances Pollution

Contingency Plan, 40 CFR 300.600 and

300.610, and Executive Order 12580.

The assessment, including the

activities addressed in this restoration

and compensation determination plan,

is being conducted pursuant to the

Natural Resource Damage Assessment

Regulations found at 43 CFR Part 11.

The public review of the restoration and

compensation determination plan

announced by this Notice is provided

for in 43 CFR 11.81(d)(1).

Interested members of the public are

invited to review and comment on the

restoration and compensation

determination plan, and on the

published assessment results listed in

the notice. Copies of the restoration and

compensation determination plan, the

published assessment results listed in

this notice, and the ’’Assessment Plan:

Lower Fox River/Green Bay NRDA’’

(‘‘The Plan’’) issued on August 23, 1996

(FR Doc. 96–21520), can be requested

from the address listed below. The

Restoration and Compensation

Determination Plan does not represent

final determination or claim for

damages. The participating co-trustees

may revise the Restoration and

Compensation Determination Plan in

response to issues raised during the

comment period. All written comments

will be considered and included in the

Report of Assessment at the conclusion

of the assessment process and the

participating co-trustees will make the

final determination for the assessment.

DATES: Written comments on the

restoration and compensation

determination plan and the published

assessment results listed in this notice

must be submitted on or before

December 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The restoration and

compensation determination plan, as

well as the other documents listed in

this notice, can be accessed online

through the Internet at the following

website: http://midwest.fws.gov/nrda/.

Written requests for paper copies, or

copies on compact disk, may be made

to: David Allen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 1015 Challenger Court, Green

Bay, Wisconsin 54311.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this natural resource damage

assessment is to confirm and quantify

injuries to natural resources, resultant

economic damages, and the natural

resource restoration necessary to

address those injuries in the Lower Fox

River, Green Bay, and Lake Michigan

environment resulting from exposure to

polychlorinated biphenyls released by

Fox River, Wisconsin paper mills. The

injury and required restoration are

assessed under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, as

amended, and the Clean Water Act, as

amended.

William F. Hartwig,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–27944 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–930–01–1320–01]

Notice of Public Hearing and Call for

Public Comment on Fair Market Value

and Maximum Economic Recovery;

Coal Lease Application UTU–78562;

Whitmore Canyon Tract

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Utah, Interior.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces a public

hearing concerning the proposed action

of offering a Federal coal lease tract for

competitive coal lease sale and requests

public comment on the fair market

value of the coal resources and

acknowledgement of any environmental

concerns concerning this proposed

action. The lands included in the

delineated Federal coal tract (Whitmore

Canyon) are located in Carbon County,

Utah, approximately 4 miles north of

East Carbon City. The surface in this

area is both private and BLM

administered public land with the coal

being Federally owned. The Whitmore

Canyon track is described as follows:

T. 13 S., R. 13 E., SLM, Utah

Section 35: SE, S2SW;

T. 14 S., R. 13 E., SLM, Utah

Section 1: Lots 2–4, S2NW, SW, W2SE,

SWNE;

Section 12: Lots 1–4, S@N2, SE, NESW;

Section 13: NENE;

T. 14 S., R. 14 E., SLM, Utah

Section 6: Lot 6;

Section 7: Lots 3 and 4;

Section 18: Lot 1, E2NW

Containing 1,646.34 acres more or less.

The Tract received application for a

coal lease by Andalex Resources Inc.

and the Intermountain Power Agency (a

50/50 joint ownership). The companies

plan to mine the coal as an extension

from their existing West Ridge Mining

operating if the lease is obtained. The

Whitmore Canyon Tract has one

potentially minable coal seam which is

the Upper Sunnyside Seam. The

minable portions of the seam in this

area are from 6 to 9 feet in thickness and

average 8 feet. This tract contains an

estimated 15–20 million tons of

recoverable coal. In-place coal samples

indicates the average coal quality as

follows 12,682 Btu/lb., 7 percent

moisture, 6.7 percent ash, and 1.02

percent sulfur. The public is invited to

the hearing to make public or written

comments on the environmental

implications of leasing the proposed

tract, and also to submit comments on

the fair market value (FMV) and the

maximum economic recovery (MER) of

the tract.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with Federal coal

management regulations 43 CFR 4322

and 4325, a public hearing shall be held

on the proposed sale to allow public

comment on and discussion of the

potential effects of mining and proposed

lease. Not less than 30 days prior to the

publication of the notice of sale, the

Secretary shall solicit public comments

on fair market value appraisal and

maximum economic recovery and on

factors that may affect these two

determinations. Proprietary data marked

as confidential may be submitted to the

Bureau of Land Management in

response to this solicitation of public

comments. Data so marked shall be

treated in accordance with the laws and

regulations governing the

confidentiality of such information. A

copy of the comments submitted by the

public on fair market value and

maximum economic recovery, except

those portions identified as proprietary

by the author and meeting exemptions

stated in the Freedom of Information

Act, will be available for public

inspection at the Bureau of Land

Management, Utah State Office during

regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m.) Monday through Friday.

Comments on fair market value and

maximum economic recovery should be

sent to the Bureau of Land Management

and should address, but not necessarily

be limited to, the following information:

1. The quality and quantity of the coal

resource.

2. The mining method or methods

which would achieve maximum

economic recovery of the coal,

including specifications of seams to be

mined and the most desirable timing

and rate of production.

3. The quantity of coal.

4. If this tract is likely to be mined as

part of an existing mine and therefore be

evaluated on a realistic incremental

basis, in relation to the existing mine to

which it has the greatest value.

5. If this tract should be evaluated as

part of a potential larger mining unit

and evaluated as a portion of a new

potential mine (i.e., a tract which does

not in itself form a logical mining unit).

6. The configuration of any larger

mining unit of which the tract may be

a part.

7. Restrictions to mining which may

affect coal recovery.

8. The price that the mined coal

would bring when sold.

9. Costs, including mining and

reclamation, of producing the coal and

the time of production.

10. The percentage rate at which

anticipated income streams should be

discounted, either in the absence of

inflation or with inflation, in which case

the anticipated rate of inflation should

be given.

11. Depreciation and other tax

accounting factors.

12. The value of any surface estate

where held privately.

13. Documented information on the

terms and conditions of recent and

similar coal land transactions in the

lease sale area.

14. Any comparable sales data of

similar coal lands.

Coal quantities and the FMV of the

coal developed by BLM may or may not

change as a result of comments received

from the public and changes in market

conditions between now and when final

economic evaluations are completed.

DATES: The public hearing will be held

in the BLM Price Field Office located at

125 South, 600 West in Price, Utah, at

7:00 p.m. on November 14, 2000.

Written comments on fair market value

and maximum economic recovery must

be received at the Bureau of Land

Management, Utah State Office, by

November 30, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max

Nielson, 801–539–4038, Bureau of Land

Management, Utah State Office,

Division of Natural Resources, P. O. Box

45155, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84145–

0155.

Dated: October 6, 2000.

Ernest J. Eberhard,

Acting DSD, Natural Resources, Utah.

[FR Doc. 00–26305 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–$$

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–500 0777–XQ–2527]

Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C. Appendix, notice

is hereby given that the next meeting of

the Front Range Resource Advisory

Council (Colorado) will be held on

November 9 in Canon City, Colorado.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at

9:15 a.m. at the Holy Cross Abbey

Community Center, 2951 E. Highway

50, Canon City, Colorado. Topics will

include an update on the Revision of the

Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Plan and election of officers. All

Resource Advisory Council meetings are

open to the public. Interested persons

may make oral statements to the Council

at 9:30 a.m. or written statements may

be submitted for the Council’s

consideration. The Center Manager may

limit the length of oral presentations

depending on the number of people

wishing to speak.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

Thursday, November 9, 2000 from 9:15

a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Front Range