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Results from this matching will be

provided to HUD or HAs, which will

then determine whether tenants have

unreported or underreported income.

The matching will be done in

accordance with a written agreement

between the SWICAs and HUD.

In addition, tenants SSNs may be

matched to the OPM’s General

Personnel Records (OPM/GOVT–1) and

the Civil Service Retirement and

Insurance Records System (OPM/

Central-1). Tenant data may be matched

to the SSA’s Master Files of Social

Security Number Holders (HHS/SSA/

OSR, 09–60–0058) and Death Master

Files for the purpose of validating SSNs

contained in tenant records. These

records will also be used to validate

SSNs for all applicants, tenants, and

household members who are six (6)

years of age and over to identify

noncompliance with program eligibility

requirements. HUD will compare tenant

SSNs provided by POAs to reveal

duplicate SSNs and potential duplicate

housing assistance.

V. Period of the Match

The computer matching program will

be conducted according to agreements

between HUD and the SSA, IRS, OPM,

and SWICAs. The computer matching

agreements for the planned matches will

terminate either when the purpose of

the computer matching program is

accomplished, or 18 months from the

date the agreement is signed, whichever

comes first.

The agreements may be extended for

one 12-month period, with the mutual

agreement of all involved parties, if the

following conditions are met:

(1) Within 3 months of the expiration

date, all Data Integrity Boards review

the agreement, find that the program

will be conducted without change, and

find a continued favorable examination

of benefit/cost results; and

(2) All parties certify that the program

has been conducted in compliance with

the agreement.

The agreement may be terminated,

prior to accomplishment of the

computer matching purpose or 18

months from the date the agreement is

signed (whichever comes first), by the

mutual agreement of all involved parties

within 30 days of written notice.

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Gloria R. Parker,

Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–30065 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Extension of Approved Information

Collection, OMB Number 1018–0092,

on Permit/License Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service is announcing its intention to

request renewal of its existing approval

to collect certain information from

applicants who wish to obtain a permit

or license to conduct activities under a

number of wildlife conservation laws,

treaties and regulations. We will submit

the collection of information listed

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for approval under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995. If you wish to obtain copies

of the proposed information collection

requirement, related forms, and

explanatory materials, contact the

Collection Clearance Officer at the

address listed below.

DATES: You must submit comments on

or before January 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and

suggestions on specific requirements to

the Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, MS 222–

ARLSQ; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request additional copies of the

information collection request,

explanatory information and related

forms, contact Rebecca A. Mullin,

Collection Clearance Officer at 703–

358–2287, or electronically to:

rmullin@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

require that interested members of the

public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and record keeping activities

[see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)]. We plan to

submit a request to OMB to renew its

approval of the collection of information

for the Service’s license/permit

application form number 3–200–1

through 3–200–3 and 3–200–26. We are

requesting a 3-year term of approval for

this information collection activity.

We modified the format of the first

page of the application form so that the

information fields in our Service-wide

Permits Issuance and Tracking

computer System. We also modified the

format and content of the supplemental

page(s) of the application forms for

clarity and to be less burdensome to

complete.

We invite comments concerning this

renewal on: (1) Whether the collection

of information is necessary for the

proper performance of the functions of

the agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of burden, (3) ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond. The information

collections in this program are part of a

system of record covered by the Privacy

Act [5 U.S.C. 552(a)].

The information on the application

and the attachments will be used by the

Service to review permit applications

and allow the Service to make an

assessment according to criteria

established in various Federal wildlife

conservation laws, treaties and

regulations, on the issuance,

suspension, revocation or denial of

permits.

Federal agencies may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

number for this collection of

information is 1018–0092 which expires

on 02/28/2001.

The information collection

requirements in this submission

implement the regulatory requirements

of the Endangered Species Act (16

U.S.C. 1539), the Migratory Bird Treaty

Act (15 U.S.C. 704), the Lacey Act (18

U.S.C. 42–44), the Bald and Golden

Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668), the

Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and

Flora (CITES), (27 UST 108), the Marine

Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C.

1361–1407), and Wild Bird

Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4901–

4916), and are contained in Service

regulations in Chapter I, Subchapter B

of Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR). Common permit application and

record keeping requirements have been

consolidated in 50 CFR 13, and unique

requirements of the various statutes in

the applicable part as described in the

table.

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Permit number Activity

Total

number of

respondents

Estimated

time (hrs)

Total

annual

burden

hours

Regulation

3–200–1 ............ Federal Fish and Wildlife license/permit application

form.

0* .16 0 50 CFR Part 13

3–200–2 ............ Designated Port Exemption Permit to authorize the use

of nondesignated ports for fish and wildlife shipments.

635 2 1270 50 CFR Part 14

3–200–3 ............ Import/Export License for commercial import/export fish

and wildlife and/or fish and wildlife products.

4727 1 4727 50 CFR Part 14

3–200–26 .......... CITES Export Permit for the export of skins/products of

six native species: (bobcat, lynx, river otter, Alaskan

gray wolf, Alaskan brown bear and American alligator).

2235 1 2235 50 CFR Part 14;

50 CFR Part

23

*Note: The general License/Permit Application form 3–200–1 is the first page of all 3–200 application forms. The 3–200–1 form is not generally

used by itself, therefore, it has zero respondents.

Approval Number: 1018–0092 expires

02/28/2001.

Service Form Number: 3–200–1

through 3–200–3 and 3–200–26.

Frequency of Collection: 7597

applications annually.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals, biomedical companies,

circuses, zoological parks, botanical

gardens, nurseries, museums,

universities, scientists, antique dealers,

Exotic pet industry, hunters,

taxidermists, commercial importers/

exporters of wildlife and plants, freight

forwarders/brokers, local, State, tribal

and Federal governments.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 7597.

Total Annual Responses: 7597.

*The total number of Annual

Responses and Annual Burden Hours

have been reduced because the 3–200–

1 form is generally not used by itself,

rather it is the first page of each of the

other 3–200 License/Permit Application

Forms. Therefore, there have been zero

responses to the 3–200–1 form. The

Annual Burden Hours to complete the

first page of the 3–200 forms have

already been accounted for in each of

the other 3–200 License/Permit

Application Forms.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

Rebecca A. Mullin,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Information

Collections Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–30246 Filed 11–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 14310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of an Amendment

to the Draft Recovery Plan for Gabbro

Soil Plants of the Central Sierra

Nevada Foothills for Review and

Comment

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) announces the

availability, for public review, of an

Amendment to the Draft Recovery Plan

for Gabbro Soil Plants of the Central

Sierra Nevada Foothills. This

amendment to the draft recovery plan

covers four plants listed as endangered,

Calystegia stebbinsii (Stebbins’

morning-glory), Ceanothus roderickii

(Pine Hill ceanothus), Fremontodendron

californicum ssp. decumbens (Pine Hill

flannelbush), and Galium californicum

ssp. sierrae (El Dorado bedstraw); one

plant listed as threatened, Senecio

layneae (Layne’s butterweed); and one

plant species of concern, Wyethia

reticulata (El Dorado mule-ears). The

amendment includes a revision of and

correction to the preserve

recommendation maps found in the

draft plan. It also includes changes to

the text in the recovery, stepdown

narrative, and implementation chapters

necessitated by changes in the preserve

maps.

DATES: Comments on the amendment to

the draft recovery plan must be received

on or before January 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the amendment to

the draft recovery plan are available for

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the following

location: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office,

2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2605,

Sacramento, California (telephone (916)

414–6600). Requests for copies of the

amendment to the draft recovery plan

and written comments and materials

regarding this amendment should be

addressed to Wayne S. White, Field

Supervisor, Ecological Services, at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Elam or Kirsten Tarp, Fish and

Wildlife Biologists, at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their ecosystems is a

primary goal of the Service’s

endangered species program. To help

guide the recovery effort, the Service is

working to prepare recovery plans for

most of the listed species native to the

United States. Recovery plans describe

actions considered necessary for the

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for downlisting or delisting

listed species, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

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

(Act), requires the development of

recovery plans for listed species unless

such a plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act as amended in

1988 requires that public notice and an

opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery

plan development. The Service will

consider all information presented

during the public comment period prior

to approval of each new or revised

recovery plan. Substantive technical

comments will result in changes to the

plan. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plan, but will be forwarded to

appropriate Federal or other entities so

that they can take these comments into

account during the course of

implementing recovery actions.

Individualized responses to comments

will not be provided.

The six species of plants covered in

both the draft recovery plan and the

amendment to the draft plan are

primarily restricted to gabbro soils

habitat in the central Sierra Nevada

foothills of California. Conversion of

habitat to urban uses has extirpated the

listed species and species of concern