64980 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 211 / Tuesday, October 31, 2000 / Notices

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,

as amended. The grant applications and

the discussions could disclose

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material,

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the grant

applications, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: Infectious Diseases

and Microbiology Integrated Review Group,

Tropical Medicine and Parasitology Study

Section.

Date: October 19–20, 2000.

Time: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Agenda: To review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: Holiday Inn Bethesda, Versailles IV

Room, 8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda,

MD 20814.

Contact Person: Jean Hickman, PhD,

Scientific Review Administrator, Center for

Scientific Review, National Institutes of

Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 4194,

MSC 7808, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 435–

1146.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.306, Comparative Medicine,

93.306; 93.333, Clinical Research, 93.333,

93.337, 93.393–93.396, 93.837–93.844,

93.846–93.878, 93.892, 93.893, National

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: October 18, 2000.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Director, Office of Federal Advisory

Committee Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–27886 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

Prospective Grant of Exclusive

License: Insulin Producing Cells

Differentiated From Non-Insulin

Producing Cells by GLP–1 and

Exendin-4 and Use Thereof; Correction

The notice published in the October

17, 2000 Federal Register (65 FR

61352)—announcing the prospective

grant of an exclusive license for use of

insulin producing cells differentiated

from non-insulin producing cells—

incorrectly listed the PCT Patent

Application Serial Number as ‘‘PCT/

US99/180899’’ and the PHS Ref. as ‘‘E–

151–97/1’’. NIH is publishing this notice

to correct the PCT application number

to read ‘‘E–251–97/1’’.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Jack Spiegel,

Director, Division of Technology Development

and Transfer, Office of Technology Transfer.

[FR Doc. 00–27889 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4562 N–08]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment:

Updating the Low-Income Housing Tax

Credit Database

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Policy Development and

Research, 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 Date: January 2,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and should be

sent to: Reports Liaison Officer, Office

of Policy Development and Research,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,

Room 8226, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven R. Ehrlich, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410;

telephone (202) 708–0426 (this is not a

toll-free number). Copies of the

proposed data collection instruments

and other available documents may be

obtained from Mr. Ehrlich.

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).

This 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, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Updating the Low

Income Housing Tax Credit Database.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use:

Section 42 of the I.R.C. provides for

Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

(LIHTC) that encourage the production

of qualified low-income housing units.

Due to the decentralized nature of the

LIHTC program, there are few data

available on the units that are currently

being developed with this federal tax

subsidy. The Department of Housing

and Urban Development, while not

responsible for administering tax

credits, has special responsibilities in

understanding and evaluating credit

usage, both because the LIHTC helps

provide for the housing needs of lowincome persons and because credits

work in conjunction with HUD

subsidies in some units.

Absent this data collection, HUD will

not have at its disposal the most current,

comprehensive LIHTC data, rendering

HUD unable to determine the types of

areas in which the units are located, the

concentration of such units

geographically and with respect to other

subsidized housing types, or whether

incentives to develop LIHTC units in a

set of HUD designed Difficult

Development Areas has been effective.

In addition, without these data, both

HUD and private researchers will be

unable to conduct sample-based studies

on the LIHTC due to the difficulty of

constructing a valid sample without a

complete data set on the universe of

LIHTC projects.

Members of affected public:

Information will be solicited from the 57

agencies (predominantly state-level) that

allocate credits under section 42 of the

I.R.C.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response:

Number of respondents: 58.

Number of responses per respondent:

01.

Total number of responses per

annum: 54.

Hours per response: 24.

Total Hours: 1,392.

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Status of the proposed information

collection: Pending OMB approval.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: October 23, 2000.

Lawrence L. Thompson,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development and Research.

[FR Doc. 00–27846 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–71]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB;

Request Voucher for Grant Payment &

LOCCS Voice Response System

Access Authorization

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been 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 Date: November

30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2535–0102) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; email Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov;

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department. This Notice

also lists the following information:

Title of Proposal: Request voucher for

Grant Payment & LOCCS Voice

Response System Access Authorization.

OMB Approval Number: 2535–0102.

Form Numbers: HUD–27053; HUD–

27054.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use:

Request vouchers are used to prepare

automated phone request for

distribution of grant funds using the

automated Voice Response System

(VRS). Authorization form is submitted

to establish access to voice activated

payment system.

Frequency of Submission: on

occasion.

Number of

respondents × Frequency ofresponse × Hours perresponse = Burden hours

Reporting Burden ...................................................................... 2,000 .... 20.5 .... 0.17 .... 41,133

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

41,133.

Status: Reinstatement, without

change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

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

amended.

Dated: October 24, 2000.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–27845 Filed 10–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4572–D–10]

Delegation of Authority to the Director

of the Enforcement Center

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of Delegation of

Authority.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of HUD has

established an Enforcement Center to

consolidate HUD’s enforcement actions.

In addition, pursuant to the regulations

at 24 CFR Part 30, the Assistant

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner has the authority to

initiate and resolve civil money penalty

actions against multifamily mortgagors

and may delegate this authority to a

designee. The National Housing Act at

12 U.S.C. 1735f–15(c)(1)(B)(x), provides

that among the violations subject to civil

money penalty sanction is the failure by

an FHA mortgagor to timely file annual

audited financial reports. A similar

provision is made with regard to Section

202 mortgagors pursuant to 12 U.S.C.

1701q–1(c)(1)(J). This delegation of

authority permits the Director of the

Enforcement Center to take enforcement

action for violations of 12 U.S.C. 1735f–

15(c)(1)(B)(x) and 12 U.S.C. 1701q–

1(c)(1)(J), through the initiation of civil

money penalty actions pursuant to 24

CFR 30.45.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dane M. Narode, Deputy Chief Counsel,

Administrative Proceedings Branch,

Department Enforcement Center,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, Portals Building, 1250

Maryland Avenue, Suite 200,

Washington, DC 20024, (202) 708–3856.

This is not a toll free number. For the

hearing/speech-impaired, the number

may be accessed via TTY by calling the

Federal Information Relay Service at 1–

800–877–8399.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD

regulations, at 24 CFR 30.45, permit the

Assistant Secretary of Housing—Federal

Housing Commissioner to initiate and

resolve civil money penalty actions

against participants in HUD multifamily

insured housing programs. These

participants include: a mortgagor of any