14160 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 57 / Tuesday, March 25, 1997 / Notices

Name of SEP: Clinical Sciences.

Date: April 11, 1997.

Time: 8:30 a.m.

Place: Bethesda Hyatt, Bethesda, Maryland.

Contact Person: Dr. Nancy Shinowara,

Scientific Review Administrator, 6701

Rockledge Drive, Room 5216, Bethesda,

Maryland 20892, (301) 435–1173.

This notice is being published less than 25

days prior to the above meetings due to the

urgent need to meet timing limitations

imposed by the review and funding cycle.

The meetings will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

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

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.306, 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: March 19, 1997.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, National

Institutes of Health.

[FR Doc. 97–7373 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–3918–N–10]

Privacy Act of 1974; Computer

Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Housing and

Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of a computer matching

program—HUD and United States

Department of Agriculture (USDA).

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as

amended by the Computer Matching

and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as

amended, (P.L. 100–503), and the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

Guidelines on the Conduct of Marching

Programs (54 FR 25818) (June 19,

1989)), and OMB Bulletins 89–22,

‘‘Instructions on Reporting Computer

Matching Programs to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Congress and the Public,’’ the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) is issuing a public

notice of its intent to conduct a

recurring computer matching program

with the U.S. Department of Agriculture

(USDA) to utilize a computer

information system of HUD, the Credit

Alert Interactive Voice Response System

(CAIVRS), with USDA’s debtor files. In

addition to HUD data, the CAIVRS data

base includes delinquent debt

information from the Department of

Education, Department of Veteran

Affairs, the Small Business

Administration and judgment lien data

from the Department of Justice. This

match will allow prescreening of

applicants for loans or loans guaranteed

by the Federal Government to ascertain

if the applicant is delinquent in paying

a debt owed to or issued by the Federal

Government for HUD or USDA direct or

guaranteed loans.

Before granting a loan, the lending

agency and/or the authorized lending

institution will be able to interrogate the

CAIVRS debtor file which contains the

Social Security Numbers (SSNs) of

HUD’s delinquent debtors and

defaulters and defaulted debtor records

of the USDA and verify that the loan

applicant is not default or delinquent on

direct or guaranteed loans of

participating Federal programs of either

agency. Authorized users place a

telephone call to the system. The system

provides a recorded message followed

by a series of instructions, one of which

is a requirement for the SSN of the loan

applicant. The system then reports

audibly whether the SSN is related to

the delinquent or defaulted Federal

obligations for HUD or USDA direct or

guaranteed loans. As a result of the

information produced by this match, the

authorized users may not deny,

terminate, or make a final decision on

any loan assistance to an applicant or

take other adverse action against such

applicant, until an officer or employee

of such agency has independently

verified such information.

In accordance with 5 U.S.C.

552a(o)(2), copies of the matching

agreement are being sent by HUD to

both houses of Congress. The match is

expected to commence not sooner than

40 days after the agreement by the

parties is submitted to Congress and not

sooner than 30 days from the

publication of this notice or 40 days

from the date this notice was approved,

whichever is later. The match may be

extended by the involved Data Integrity

Boards for a twelve-month period

provided all agencies involved certify to

their Data Integrity Boards, with three

months of the termination date of the

original match, that the matching

programs will be conducted without

change and have been conducted in

compliance with the original matching

agreement. The match will not continue

past the date the legislative authority to

obtain this information expires.

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 PRIVACY ACT INFORMATION AND

FURTHER INFORMATION FROM RECIPIENT

AGENCY CONTACT: Jeanette Smith,

Departmental Privacy Act Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room

4176, Washington, DC 20410, telephone

number (202) 708–2374. (This is not a

toll-free telephone number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION FROM SOURCE

AGENCY CONTACT: Joyce A Baumgartner,

Fiscal Policy Division, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, 14th and Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250,

telephone number (202) 720–4958. (This

is not a toll-free number.)

Reporting of Matching Program

In accordance with Public Law 100–

503, the Computer Matching and

Privacy Protection Act of 1988, as

amended, and Office of Management

and Budget Bulletin 89–22,

‘‘Instructions on Reporting Computer

Matching Programs to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Congress and the Public;’’ copies of this

Notice and report are being provided to

the Committee on Government

Operations of the House of

Representatives, the Committee on

Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and

the Office of Management and Budget.

Authority

The matching program may be

conducted pursuant to Public Law 100–

503, ‘‘The Computer Matching and

Privacy Protection Act of 1988,’’ as

amended, and Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) Circular A–129

(Revised January 1993), Policies for

Federal Credit Programs and Non-Tax

Receivables. One of the purposes of all

Executive departments and agencies—

including HUD—is to implement

efficient management practices for

Federal credit programs. OMB Circular

A–129 was issued under the authority of

the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921,

as amended; the Budget and Accounting

Act of 1950; as amended; the Debt

Collection Act of 1982, as amended;

and, the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984,

as amended.
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Objectives To Be Met by the Matching

Program

The matching program will allow

USDA access to a system which permits

prescreening of applicants for loans or

loans guaranteed by the Federal

Government to ascertain if the applicant

is delinquent in paying a debt owed to

or insured by the Government. In

addition, HUD will be provided access

to USDA debtor data for prescreening

purposes.

Records To Be Matched

HUD will utilize its system of records

entitled HUD/DEPT–2; Accounting

Records. The debtor files for HUD

programs involved are included in this

system of records. HUD’s debtor files

contain information on borrowers and

co-borrowers who are currently in

default (at least 90 days delinquent on

their loans); or who have any

outstanding claims paid during the last

three years on Title insured or

guaranteed home mortgage loans; or

individuals who have defaulted on

Section 312 rehabilitation loans; or

individual who have had a claim paid

in the last three years on a Title I loan.

For the CAIVRS match, HUD/DEPT–2,

System of Records, receives its program

inputs from HUD/DEPT–28, property

Improvement and Manufactured

(Mobile) Home Loans—Default; HUD/

DEPT–32, Delinquent/ Default/Assigned

Temporary Mortgage Assistance

Payments (TMAP) Program; and HUD/

CPD–1, Rehabilitation Loans-Delinquent

/Default. The USDA will provide HUD

with debtor files contained in its system

of records entitled, Applicant/Borrower

or Grantee File (USDA/FmHA–1). HUD

is maintaining USDA’s records only as

a ministerial action on behalf of USDA,

not as part of HUD’s HUD/DEPT–2

system of records. USDA’s data contain

information on individuals who have

defaulted on their guaranteed loans. The

USDA will retain ownership and

responsibility for their system of records

that they place with HUD. HUD serves

only as a record location and routine

use recipient for USDA’s data.

Notice Procedures

HUD and the USDA will notify

individuals at the time of application

(ensuring that routine use appears on

the application form) for guaranteed or

direct loans that their records will be

matched to determine whether they are

delinquent or in default on a Federal

debt. HUD and the USDA will also

publish notices concerning routine use

disclosures in the Federal Register to

inform individuals that a computer

match may be performed to determine a

loan applicant’s credit status with the

Federal Government.

Categories of Records/Individuals

Involved

The debtor records include these data

elements: SSN, claim number, program

code, and indication of indebtedness.

Categories of records include: Records

of claims and defaults, repayment

agreements, credit reports, financial

statements, and records of foreclosures.

Categories of individuals include:

Former mortgagors and purchasers of

HUD-owned properties, manufactured

(mobile) home and home improvement

loan debtors who are delinquent or in

default on their loans, and rehabilitation

loan debtors who are delinquent or in

default on their loans.

Period of the Match

Matching is expected to begin 40 days

after the date copies of the signed (by

both Data Integrity Boards) computer

matching agreement are sent to both

Houses of Congress or 30 days from the

date this Notice is published in the

Federal Register, or 40 days from the

date this notice is approved, whichever

is later, providing no comments are

received which would result in a

contrary determination.

Issued at Washington, DC, March 13, 1997.

Steven M. Yohai,

Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–7427 Filed 3–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Marine Fisheries Service

Extension of Public Comment Period

on the Environmental Assessment and

Application for a Permit To Allow

Incidental Take of Threatened and

Endangered Species by Weyerhaeuser

Company on Portions of Its Lands in

Lane, Linn, Benton, and Douglas

Counties, OR

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

National Marine Fisheries Service

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment

period.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Fish and Wildlife Service is

extending the comment period for the

Environmental Assessment and the

Habitat Conservation Plan for the

proposed issuance of an incidental take

permit to Weyerhaeuser Corporation for

portions of its land in Lane, Benton,

Douglas, and Linn Counties, Oregon.

This notice is provided pursuant to

section 10(c) of the Endangered Species

Act and National Environmental Policy

Act regulations.

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application and Environmental

Assessment should be received on or

before April 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the

application, Environmental Assessment

or requests for those documents should

be addressed to David J. Hirsh, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Pacific Northwest

Habitat Conservation Plan Program,

3773 Martin Way East, Building C—

Suite 101, Olympia, Washington 98501;

telephone (360) 534–9330. Please refer

to permit No. PRT–823550 when

submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Hirsh, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, or Steve Landino, National

Marine Fisheries Service. Both are

located at the Pacific Northwest Habitat

Conservation Plan Program, 3773 Martin

Way East, Building C—Suite 101,

Olympia, Washington 98501; telephone

(360) 534–9330.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 23, 1997, the Fish and Wildlife

Service and the National Marine

Fisheries Service (together the Services)

announced the availability of an

Environmental Assessment and the

receipt of an application for the

proposed issuance of a permit to allow

incidental take of threatened and

endangered species on Weyerhaeuser

lands in Linn, Benton, Douglas, and

Lane Counties, Oregon (62 FR 3516, 62

FR 3500). Regulations governing permits

for threatened and endangered species

are in 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32.

The Services have received requests

for extension of the comment period for

this proposed action. The Services

acknowledge that these documents and

the underlying principles are both

lengthy and complex and may require

additional time to provide meaningful

comment. Therefore the Services have

extended the comment period until

April 4, 1997.

Author: David J. Hirsh, Pacific Northwest

Habitat Conservation Plan Program.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407, 1531–

1544, and 4201–4245.