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number, these telephone numbers are

not toll-free.)

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: Loan Guarantee

Recovery Fund.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2506–0159.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: To

appropriately determine whether

entities that submit applications for

assistance under the Loan Guarantee

Recovery Fund (Section 4 of the Church

Arson Prevention Act of 1996) are

eligible applicants and submit

applications otherwise in compliance

with the regulations, certain information

is required. Among other necessary

criteria, HUD must determine whether:

(1) The financial institution is eligible as

defined at 24 CFR Section 573.2 of the

regulations; (2) the borrower is eligible

as defined under 24 CFR Section 573.2;

(3) the loan will assist in addressing

damage or destruction caused by acts of

arson or terrorism; (4) the activities

which will be assisted by the guaranteed

loans are eligible activities under

§ 573.3; (5) the financial institution

utilizes sufficient underwriting

standards; and (6) the assisted activities

will comply with all applicable

environmental laws and requirements.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

N/A.

Members of affected public: Financial

institutions such as banks, trust

companies, savings and loan

associations, credit unions, mortgage

companies, or other issuers regulated by

the Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation, the Office of Thrift

Supervision, the Credit Union

Administration, or the U.S. Comptroller

of the Currency, Certain not-for-profit

organizations affected by acts of arson or

terrorism.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: A total of 300

respondents are expected and the total

estimated burden hours is 12,240.

Status of the proposed information

collection: The Department does not

have a critical mass of respondents to

serve as a source of information from

which conclusions can be drawn with

respect to the accuracy of its current

estimates.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Jacquie Lawing,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8632 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

[Docket No. FR–4175–N–02]

Submission for OMB Review:

Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of Administration, 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: May 5,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received within thirty (30) days from the

date of this Notice. Comments should

refer to the proposal by name and/or

OMB approval number 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:

Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–0050. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Ms. Weaver.

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 names and telephone

numbers of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

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

amended.

Dated: March 31, 1997.

David S. Cristy,

Acting Director, Information Resources

Management Policy and Management

Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

Title of Proposal: HOPE VI Program

Application Requirements (FR–4175).

Office: Public and Indian Housing.

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0208.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use: The

purpose of the HOPE VI Program is to

enable the demolition of obsolete public

housing developments or portions

thereof, the revitalization (where

appropriate) of sites (including

remaining public housing units) on

which such developments are located,

replacement of housing for low-income

families, and tenant-based assistance for

the purpose of providing the

replacement housing, and assisting

tenants displaced by the demolition.

The information collection application

requirements submitted will be

evaluated on the extent to which the

proposal will lessen concentration of

low-income residents, the quality of

proposed self-sufficiency programs and

management policies, the extent of
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participation by the community and

development partners, and the overall

program quality.

Form Number: HUD–52825–A, HUD–

2880, SF–424, and SF–LLL.

Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Frequency of Submission: On

Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

Number of respondents x Frequency of

response x Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Application .............................................................................................. 200 1 40 8,000

Resident Consultation ............................................................................ 200 1 4 800

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 8,800.

Status: Reinstatement, with changes.

Contact: Adrianne Todman-Wesby,

(202) 401–8812 x4178; Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: March 31, 1997.

[FR Doc. 97–8633 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

[Docket No. FR–4124–N–32]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

to Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 4, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnston, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, Room 7256,

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1226;

TDD number for the hearing- and

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the December 12, 1988

court order in National Coalition for the

Homeless versus Veterans

Administration, No. 88–2503–OG

(D.D.C.), HUD publishes a Notice, on a

weekly basis, identifying unutilized,

underutilized, excess and surplus

Federal buildings and real property that

HUD has reviewed for suitability for use

to assist the homeless. Today’s Notice is

for the purpose of announcing that no

additional properties have been

determined suitable or unsuitable this

week.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Jacquie M. Lawing,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8211 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO–300–1990–00]

Intent to Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement for the Revision of

the Surface Management

Regulations—43 CFR 3809 for

Operations Under the Mining Law of

1872, as Amended

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent and scoping.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) will prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the proposed revision of its

regulations governing mining operations

under the general mining laws. BLM

invites comments and suggestions on

the scope of the rulemaking and

analysis. Specifically, BLM encourages

the public to submit possible alternate

language for the current definition of

‘‘unnecessary or undue degradation’’

and for current operational and

reclamation requirements. We also ask

that those who want to receive

additional information send in a request

to be placed on BLM’s mailing list.

DATES: In order to be considered for

preparation of the draft EIS, scoping

comments are most useful if received on

or before June 3, 1997. See the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for

the dates of scoping meetings.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-deliver

written comments and requests to be

put on the mailing list to Paul McNutt,

3809/EIS Team Leader, Bureau of Land

Management, Nevada State Office, 850

Harvard Way, Reno, NV 89502–2055.

See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section for the electronic access and

filing address and for the locations of

scoping meetings. Comments will be

available for public review at the

Harvard Way address from 7:45 a.m. to

4:15 p.m. Pacific time, Monday through

Friday, excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

McNutt, (702) 785–6604 or via e-mail:

pmcnutt@nv.blm.gov. An alternate

contact is Scott Haight, (406) 538–7461

or via e-mail:

shaight@mt1353.ldo.mt.blm.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

may call the Federal Information Relay

Service at 1–800–877–8339 between

8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Eastern time,

Monday through Friday, excluding

Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Public Comment Procedures

II. Background and Description of

Information Solicited

I. Public Comment Procedures

Your written comments should be

specific; be confined to issues outlined

in this notice; explain the reason for any

recommended change; and where

possible, reference the specific section

or paragraph of the current regulations

which you are addressing. BLM

appreciates any and all comments, but

those most useful and likely to

influence decisions on the content of

the EIS are those that either are

supported by quantitative information

or studies or include citations to and

analyses of the applicable laws and

regulations. BLM is particularly

interested in receiving specific alternate

language for existing regulations. Except

for comments provided in electronic

format, commenters should submit two

copies of their written comments, where

practicable. Comments received after

the time indicated under the DATES

section or at locations other than that

listed in the ADDRESSES section will not

necessarily be considered or included in

the administrative record.

Electronic Access and Filing Address

Commenters may transmit comments

electronically via the Internet to:

3809EIS@wo.blm.gov. Please submit

comments as an ASCII file and avoid the

use of special characters or encryption.

Please include your name and address

in your message. If you do not receive

a confirmation from the system that we

have received your Internet message,

contact Mr. McNutt directly at (702)

785–6604.