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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 19, 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: Tenant Participation

and Tenant Opportunities in Public

Housing.

Office: Public and Indian Housing.

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0087.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use: HUD

announces funding for the Tenant

Opportunities Program inviting eligible

applicants to submit an application for

a grant under this program. To

appropriately determine which

applicant should be awarded, certain

information is necessary. This

information is stated in the Notice of

Funding Availability. The information

will be used to award grants and

monitor progress in the program.

Form Number: HUD–52370 and

HUD–52371.

Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal

Government and Not-For-Profit

Institutions.

Frequency of Submission: On

occasion, annually, and recordkeeping.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

respondents x Frequency ofresponse x Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Information Collection .............................................................. 1,500 1 12.93 19,400

Recordkeeping ......................................................................... 200 1 1 200

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

19,600.

Status: Reinstatement, with changes.

Contact: Dorothy Walker, HUD, (202)

708–3611 x4244, Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395–7316.

[FR Doc. 97–7568 Filed 3–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Earth Observing System (EOS) Land

Processes Distributed Active Archive

Center (DAAC) Science Advisory

Panel; Notice of Renewal

This notice is published in

accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub.

L. 92–463), 5 U.S.C. App. (1988).

Following consultation with the General

Service Administration, notice is hereby

given that the Secretary of the Interior

is renewing the EOS Land Processes

DAAC Science Advisory Panel.

The purpose of the Panel is to advise

the U.S. Geological Survey, Earth

Resources Observation Systems (EROS)

Data Center in the definition,

development, implementation, and

operation of data processing, archiving,

and distribution systems and associated

science support capabilities required in

its role as one of eight primary DAACs

established by the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration (NASA) as

part of the EOS Program, EOS is a major

component of the U.S. Global Change

Program.

The Panel is responsible for providing

advice and consultation on a broad

range of scientific and technical topics

and for representing the interests and

requirements of the scientific research

community in guiding development of

Land Processes DAAC systems and

capabilities. Membership on the Panel

includes representation by scientists

formally affiliated with the EOS

Program and by scientists who do not

have such formal affiliation, including

representation from the U.S. academic

research community.

The Panel functions solely as an

advisory body, and in compliance with

the provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. The Charter will be

filed under the Act, fifteen days from

the fate of publication of this notice.

Further information regarding the Land

Processes DAAC Science Advisory

Panel may be obtained from the

Director, U.S. Geological Survey,

Department of the Interior, 12201

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia

20192. Certification of renewal is

published below.

Certification

I hereby certify that the renewal of the

EOS Land Processes DAAC Science

Advisory Panel is necessary and in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties undertaken by the

Department of the Interior pursuant to

the Memorandum of Understanding

between the U.S. Geological Survey and

the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) for

Experimental Land Remotely Sensed

Data Processing, Distribution,

Archiving, and Related Science

Support. The U.S. Geological Survey is

authorized to cooperate with NASA in

developing and operating the Land

Processes DAAC pursuant to the

Organic Act of the U.S. Geological

Survey of March 3, 1879, (43 U.S.C. 31),

Section 101(h) of Public Law 99–591

(An act making appropriations for the

Department of the Interior and related

agencies for the fiscal year ending

September 10, 1987, and for other

purposes), 100 Stat. 3341, 3341–252;

and NASA’s Section 203(c)(5) of the

National Aeronautics and Space Act of

1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2473(c)(5)).

Dated: January 15, 1997.

Bruce Babbitt,

Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–7562 Filed 3–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–31–M

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Application(s) for

Permit

The public is invited to comment on

the following application(s) for permits

to conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application(s) was/were

submitted to satisfy requirements of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and

the regulations governing marine

mammals (50 CFR 18).

The following applicants have each

requested a permit to import a sporthunted polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

from the Northwest Territories, Canada

for personal use.