This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains documents other than rules or

proposed rules that are applicable to the

public. Notices of hearings and investigations,

committee meetings, agency decisions and

rulings, delegations of authority, filing of

petitions and applications and agency

statements of organization and functions are

examples of documents appearing in this

section.

Notices Federal Register

61140

Vol. 65, No. 200

Monday, October 16, 2000

UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Notice of Public Information Collection

Requirements Submitted to OMB for

Review

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) has submitted

the following information collections to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments

regarding this information collection are

best assured of having their full effect if

received within 30 days of this

notification. Comments should be

addressed to: Desk Officer for USAID,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Washington, D.C. 20503.

Copies of submission may be obtained

by calling (202) 712–1365.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Number: OMB 0412–0536.

Form Number: AID 1420–62.

Title: AID Contractor Employee

Physical Examination Form.

Type of Submission: Renewal of

Information Collection.

Purpose: When USAID hires

contractor personnel for overseas

assignments, the contractors are

required to obtain a physician’s

certification that they are physically

qualified to engage in the type of

activity for which they will be

employed. Physicians who do not

regularly deal with patients going to

lesser-developed countries do not

appreciate the difficulties of providing

even the most basic medical services in

many such areas. This form requests the

minimum information needed in order

to make a determination as to whether

or not the individual should travel to

the post in question. The State

Department’s Office of Medical Services

(M/MED) reviews the form prior to

departure to insure the Mission or

Embassy medical facility can meet

special medical needs of the contractor.

Thus the need for future medical

evacuations would be reduced, since M/

MED would find most existing medical

problems that could not be dealt with

locally and the individual would then

most likely be denied approval to post.

Annual Reporting burden:

Respondents: 3,300.

Total annual responses: 3,300.

Total annual hours requested:

13,200 hours.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Joanne Paskar,

Chief, Information and Records Division,

Office of Administrative Services, Bureau for

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–26421 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Rural Utilities Service

Farm Service Agency

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service (RHS),

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

(RBS), Rural Utilities Service (RUS), and

Farm Service Agency (FSA), 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

Real Estate Title Clearance and Loan

Closing regulation.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 15, 2000 to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn L. Bell, Senior Loan Specialist,

Single Family Housing Direct Loan

Division, RHS, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, STOP 0783, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20250–0783.

Telephone (202) 720–1532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 7 CFR 1927–B, Real Estate Title

Clearance and Loan Closing.

OMB Number: 0575–0147.

Expiration Date of Approval:

November 30, 2000.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: Section 501 of Title V of the

Housing Act of 1949, as amended,

authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture

to extend financial assistance to

construct, improve, alter, repair, replace

or rehabilitate dwellings, farm buildings

and/or related facilities to provide

decent, safe, and sanitary living

conditions and adequate farm buildings

and other structures in rural areas. Title

Clearance is required to assure the

Agency(s) that the loan is legally

secured and has the required lien

priority.

The Agency will be collecting

information to assure that those

participating in this program remain

eligible to proceed with loan closing

and to ensure that loans made with

Federal funds are legally secured. The

respondents are individuals or

households, farms, businesses, and

nonprofit institutions. The information

required is used by Agency personnel to

verify that the required lien position has

been obtained. The information is

collected at the field office responsible

for processing a loan application

through loan closing. The information is

also used to insure the program is

administered in a manner consistent

with legislative and administrative

requirements. If not collected, the

Agency would be unable to determine if

the loan is adequately and legally

secured.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average .23 hours per

response.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, farms, business, non-profit

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

32,000.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 5.38.

Estimated Number of Responses:

172,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 39,466 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Tracy Gillin,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, at (202) 692–0039.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 200 / Monday, October 16, 2000 / Notices 61141

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of

the Agency’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 Tracy

Gillin, Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Rural Development,

STOP 0742, 1400 Independence Ave.

SW, 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: October 4, 2000.

Jill Long Thompson,

Under Secretary, Rural Development.

Dated: October 5, 2000.

Thomas I. Grau,

Acting Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign

Agricultural Services.

[FR Doc. 00–26414 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Oregon Coast Provincial Advisory

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Oregon Coast Provincial

Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet at

the Florence Convention & Performing

Arts Center, at 715 Quince Street,

Florence, OR, on October 26, 2000. The

meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and end at

4 p.m. The agenda will include 303–D

Listed Streams, public comments, and

round-robin information sharing. Two

fifteen-minute open public forums are

scheduled at 11:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.

Interested citizens are encouraged to

attend. The committee welcomes the

publics’ written comments on

committee business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joni

Quarnstrom, Public Affairs Specialist,

Siuslaw National Forest, 541/750–7075

or write to Acting Forest Supervision,

Siuslaw National Forest, P.O. Box 1148,

Corvallis, OR 97339.

Dated: October 3, 2000.

Y. Robert Iwamoto,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 00–26468 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Elk Mound Combustion Turbine

Project, Notice of Finding of No

Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS),

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the

Council on Environmental Quality

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508),

and RUS Environmental Policies and

Procedures (7 CFR part 1794), has made

a finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) with respect to a project

proposed by Dairyland Power

Cooperative (DPC) of La Crosse,

Wisconsin. The proposed project will

have a total of two combustion turbine

units. Each turbine unit will have a

maximum rating of 49 MW. DPC

proposes to construct the facility in

Wheaton Township in Chippewa

County, Wisconsin. The site is located

adjacent to DPC’s Elk Mound

Substation, which is located north of

Highway 29. The primary purpose of the

facility is to meet DPC’s peak electrical

load. The facility will require

approximately 5 acres of land. However,

DPC wants to purchase up to 60 acres

in order to provide sufficient

construction lay-down area and to

maintain an appropriate distance

between the facility and its neighbors.

The primary fuel for the facility will be

natural gas that will be obtained from

the Viking Gas Transmission Company

pipeline that is located approximately

2.2 miles north of the plant site. A 6-

inch lateral pipeline will connect the

Viking pipeline with the plant site. No

new electric transmission lines will be

required.

RUS has concluded that the impacts

from the proposed project would not be

significant and that the proposed action

is not a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. Therefore, the

preparation of an environmental impact

statement is not necessary.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nurul Islam, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Rural Utilities Service,

Engineering and Environmental Staff,

Stop 1571, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20250–1571,

telephone: (202) 720–1414. His e-mail

address is nislam@rus.usda.gov.

Information is also available from Mr.

George L. Johnston, Senior

Environmental Biologist, DPC, 3200 East

Avenue South, La Crosse, Wisconsin

54601, telephone (608) 787–1322, FAX:

(608) 787–1241. His e-mail address is:

glj@dairynet.com.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS, in

accordance with its environmental

policies and procedures, required that

DPC prepare an Environmental Analysis

(EVAL) reflecting the potential impacts

of the proposed facilities. The EVAL,

which includes input from federal,

state, and local agencies, has been

reviewed and accepted as RUS’

Environmental Assessment (EA) for the

project in accordance with § 1794.41.

RUS and DPC published notices of the

availability of the EA and solicit public

comments per § 1794.42. No responses

were received from the public or any

agencies and also no objections were

raised to the project. Based on the EA,

RUS has concluded that the proposed

action will not have a significant effect

to various resources, including

important farmland, floodplains,

wetlands, cultural resources, threatened

and endangered species and their

critical habitat, air and water quality,

and noise. RUS has also determined that

there would be no negative impacts of

the proposed project on minority

communities and low-income

communities as a result of the

construction of the project.

Copies of the EA and FONSI can be

reviewed at the headquarters of DPC

and RUS, at the addresses provided

above in this notice.

Dated: October 10, 2000.

George J. Bagnall,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Electric

Program.

[FR Doc. 00–26459 Filed 10–13–00; 8:45 am]

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