Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 49 / Thursday, March 13, 1997 / Notices 11909

Respondents: Business or Other ForProfit.Frequency of Submission: On

Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

respondents × Frequency ofresponses × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Information Collection ................................................................ 3,378 238 .05 40,200

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

40,200.

Status: Extension, with changes.

Contact: Silas C. Vaughn, Jr., HUD,

(202) 708–2438; Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395–7316.

[FR Doc. 97–6238 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

[Docket No. FR–3918–N–09]

Privacy Act; Proposed Amendment to

a System of Records

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Administration, HUD.

ACTION: Notification of a proposed

amendment to an existing system of

records.

SUMMARY: The Department is giving

notice that it intends to amend the

following Privacy Act system of records:

HUD/H–11, Tenant Housing Assistance

and Contract Verification Data.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This amendment shall

become effective without further notice

in 30 calendar days (April 14, 1997),

unless comments are received on or

before that date which would result in

a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk,

Office of General Counsel, room 10276,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20410.

Communications should refer to the

above docket number and title. A copy

of each communication submitted will

be available for public inspection and

copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30

p.m. weekdays at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeanette Smith, Privacy Act Officer,

Telephone Number (202) 708–2374.

(This is not a tool-free number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD–11

contains a record for each individual

receiving housing assistance from HUD

under one of the following programs:

Section 8, Public/Indian Housing,

Section 236 (including Section 236

RAP), Rent Supplement, Section 221(d)

3 BMIR, Section 811, and Section 202.

Also included are records for owners,

HAs and Contract Administrators who

receive payments for the assisted

housing programs mentioned above.

The information contained in this

system of records is used by the

Department to: Monitor compliance

with statutory and regulatory

requirements; provide information for

program evaluation; perform statistics

analyses; identify current recipients for

the purposes of detecting error, fraud

and overpayment of assistance; and to

forecast budgetary needs. This

amendment is being made to add two

new routine use disclosures (numbers 8

and 9) to allow for the release of

information to policy analysts or

researchers for the performance of

research and statistical activities on

housing and community development

issues. Routine use number 1 is revised

to include a reference to the Tenant

Eligibility Verification Files which are

used when computer matching is

involved. Also, a routine use disclosure

is revised to expand the disclosure

entities to include individuals under

contract as well as cooperative

agreement or grant (number 2).

Additionally, routine use number 2 has

been revised to include language

providing for processing certifications/

recertifications and for other research

and statistical purposes not otherwise

prohibited by law or regulation.

The revised routine uses paragraph is

published in its entirety below.

Previously, the system and a prefatory

statement containing the general routine

uses applicable to all HUD systems of

records was published in the Federal

Register Privacy Act Issuances, 1995

Compilation.’’

A report of the Department’s intention

to add two new routine use disclosures

and to revise 2 existing routine uses has

been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB), the

Senate Committee on Governmental

Affairs, and the House Committee on

Government Reform and Oversight

pursuant to paragraph 4 of Appendix I

to OMB Circular No. A–130, ‘‘Federal

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining

Records About Individuals,’’ February 8,

1996.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 88 Stat. 1896;

sec. 7(d) Department of Housing and Urban

Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)).

Issued at Washington, DC, March 4, 1997.

Steven M. Yohai,

Chief, Information Officer.

HUD/H–11

SYSTEM NAME:

Tenant Housing Assistance and

Contract Verification Data.

* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OR USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

See routine uses paragraph in

prefatory statement. Other routine uses

include:

1. To Federal, State, and local

agencies to verify the accuracy and

completeness of data, to verify

eligibility or continued eligibility in

HUD’s rental assistance programs, and

to aid in identifying tenant errors, fraud

and abuse. When this involves

computer matching, the matching is

conducted using HUD/PIH–1, the

Tenant Eligibility Verification Files;

2. Individuals under contract,

cooperative agreement or grant, to HUD

or under contract, cooperative

agreement or grant to another agency

with funds provided by HUD—for the

performance of research and statistical

activities directly related to the

management of HUD’s rental assistance

programs, to support quality control for

tenant eligibility efforts requiring a

random sampling of tenant files to

determine the extent of administrative

errors in making rent calculations,

eligibility determinations, etc., for

processing certifications/

recertifications, and for other research

and statistical purposes not otherwise

prohibited by law or regulation;

3. Housing Authorities, (HAs)—to

verify the accuracy and completeness of

tenant data used in determining

eligibility and continued eligibility and

the amount of housing assistance

received;

4. Private Owners of assisted

housing—to verify the accuracy and

completeness of applicant and tenant

data used in determining eligibility and

continued eligibility and the amount of

assistance received;

5. To HAs, owners/management

agents and contract administrators—to

identify and resolve discrepancies in

tenant data;
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6. To the Internal Revenue Service—

to report income using IRS Form 1099;

7. To Social Security Administration

and Immigration and Naturalization

Service—to verify alien status and

continued eligibility in HUD’s rental

assistance programs;

8. To researchers affiliated with

academic institutions, with not-forprofit organizations, or with Federal,

state or local governments, or to policy

researchers—in the form of user—

defined microdata files, without

individual identifiers—name, address,

date of birth, and Social Security

Number—for the performance of

research and statistical activities on

housing and community development

issues. Even though no individual

identifiers will be included in the data

files, patterns in the data may result in

identification of some individual

tenants. Researchers receiving these

files may not use them in whole or in

part in making any determination about

an identifiable individual, nor may they

release the data to others in a form that

can identify individual tenants. Records

will be released under this paragraph

only with approval of the Assistant

Secretary for Policy Development and

Research;

9. To State/County welfare, social

service, or employment agencies for the

purpose of matching assisted housing

tenant records to employment,

education and other data which would

be transmitted to the HUD Office of

Policy Development and Research for

statistical analyses of the resource

requirements of welfare reform. The

assisted housing tenant records released

under this paragraph may not be used

by the State/County agencies to make

decisions concerning the rights,

benefits, or privileges of specific

individuals.

[FR Doc. 97–6234 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Proposed Information Collection to Be

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for Extension

Approval

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The information collection

requirements listed below will be

submitted to OMB for extension

approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

Copies of specific information collection

requirements, related forms, and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting the Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) Information Collection

Clearance Officer at the address and/or

phone numbers listed below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions

on specific requirements should be sent

to the Service Information Collection

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, MS 224–ARLSQ; 1849

C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Phyllis H. Cook, Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer at 703/358–

1943; 703/358–2269 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Service proposes to submit the

following information collection

requirements to OMB for review and

extension approval under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments are

requested regarding (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, including

the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (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, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Under the present clearance, all

permit requirements were contained in

one submission and they were assigned

OMB Approval 1018–0022, the Federal

Fish and Wildlife License/Permit

Application and Related Reports,

Service Form No. 3–200. In an attempt

to make the application process and the

comment process more ‘‘user friendly,’’

similar types of permits have been

grouped together and numbered. The

application to apply for Service permits

issued under Subchapter B of Title 50

of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)

will still require completion of the 3–

200 form. In addition to the permit

application, attachments are often

necessary to provide additional

information required for specific types

of permits, and have been assigned

numbers also.

The information collected on the

permit application and attachments will

be used by the Service to review permit

applications and allow the Service to

make decisions, according to criteria

established in various Federal wildlife

conservation statutes and regulations,

on the issuance, suspension, revocation

or denial of permits. The frequency of

response for the following types of

permit applications/licenses is on

occasion, and all have been currently

assigned OMB Control Number 1018–

0022, unless otherwise noted.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a currently valid OMB control

number and the agency informs the

potential persons who are to respond to

such collections that they are not

required to respond to the collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

1. Title: Import of Sport-hunted

Trophies of Southern African Leopard

and African Elephant.

Service form number: 3–200.19.

Description and use: To evaluate

whether a Convention on International

Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

permit can be issued to allow the import

of sport-hunted African leopard or

African elephant for personal use.

Decription of respondents:

Individuals and households; or

taxidermist (business) acting on behalf

of an individual.

Number of respondents: 1,000.

Estimated completion time: 20

minutes.

Total annual burden: 333 hours.

2. Title: Import of Sport-hunted

Trophies under the Endangered Species

Act (ESA) or ESA/Appendix I of CITES

(excludes southern African leopard and

African elephant).

Service form number 3–200.20.

Description and use: To evaluate

whether an ESA import permit or an

ESA/CITES import permit can be issued

to allow the import of sport-hunted

trophy of an ESA or ESA/CITES

protected species for personal use.

Description of respondents:

Individuals and households.

Number or respondents: 50.

Estimated completion time: 1 hour.

Total annual burden: 50 hours.

3. Title: Import of Sport-hunted Argali

Trophies.

Service form number: 3–200.21.

Description and use: To evaluate

whether an ESA import permit can be

issued to allow the import of a sporthunted argali trophy from Mongolia,

Kyrgystan, and Tajikistan for personal

use.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households.

Number of respondents: 30.

Estimated completion time: .75 hours

(45 minutes).

Total annual burden: 22.5.