Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 77 /Wednesday, April 22, 1998 / Notices 19903

Issued in Washington, D.C., on April 15,

1998.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–10701 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING

COMMISSION

Public Information Collection

Requirement

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Renew

Information Collection # 3038–0035—

Rules relating to the offer and sale of

foreign futures and foreign options.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Futures

Trading Commission is planning to

renew information collection 3038–

0035, Rules relating to the offer and sale

of foreign futures and foreign options

which is due to expire on June 30, 1998.

The information collection pursuant to

this rule is intended to detect fraud in

the offer and sale of foreign futures and

foreign options to people located in the

United States. In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Commission solicits comments to: (1)

evaluate whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (2)

evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of information including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) minimize the burden

of the collection of the 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, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before June 22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to

comment on this information collection

should contact the CFTC Clearance

Officer, 1155 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581, (202) 418–5160.

Title: Rules Reading to the Offer and

Sale of Foreign Futures and Foreign

Options.

Control Number: 3038–0035.

Action: Extension.

Respondents: FCMs, IBs, CPOs, CTAs

and APs.

Estimated Annual Burden: 3,149

hours.

Respondents Regulation

(17 CFR)

Estimated

number of

respondents

Annual

responses

Est. Avg.

hours per

response

FCMs, IBs, CPOs, CTAs, and APs ................................................................ 30.4 560 560 1.00

30.5 136 136 1.00

30.6 440 440 .50

30.7 120 120 .50

30.8 120 1,440 1.00

30.10 120 120 4.00

Issued in Washington, D.C. on April 15,

1998.

Jean A. Webb,

Secretary to the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–10702 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Revision of the Schedules of Income

Eligibility Levels for Participation in

the Foster Grandparent and Senior

Companion Programs

AGENCY: Corporation for National and

Community Service.

ACTION: Revision of income eligibility

levels.

SUMMARY: This Notice revises the

schedules of income eligibility levels for

participation in the Foster Grandparent

Program (FGP) and the Senior

Companion Program (SCP) of the

Corporation for National and

Community Service, published in 62 FR

26294 on May 13, 1997.

DATES: These guidelines go into effect

on April 22, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Corporation for National and

Community Service, National Senior

Service Corps, Attn: Ruth Archie, 1201

New York Avenue, N.W., Washington,

DC 20525, or by telephone at (202) 606–

5000, ext. 289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

revised schedules are based on changes

in the Poverty Guidelines issued by the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS), published in 63 FR

9235, February 24, 1998. In accordance

with program regulations, the income

eligibility level for each State, Puerto

Rico, the Virgin Islands and the District

of Columbia is 125 percent of the DHHS

Poverty Guidelines, except in those

areas determined by the Corporation to

be of a higher cost of living. In such

instances, the income eligibility levels

shall be 135 percent of the DHHS

Poverty levels. The level of eligibility is

rounded to the next highest multiple of

$5.00.

In determining income eligibility,

consideration should be given to the

following definitions, as set forth in 59

FR 15120, March 31, 1994:

Allowable medical expenses are

annual out-of-pocket expenses for

health insurance premiums, health care

services, and medications provided to

the applicant, enrollee, or spouse and

were not and will not be paid for by

Medicare, Medicaid, other insurance, or

by any other third party and, shall not

exceed 15 percent of the applicable

Corporation income guideline.

Annual income is counted for the past

12 months and includes: The applicant

or enrollee’s income and the applicant

or enrollee’s spouse’s income, if the

spouse lives in the same residence.

Sponsors may count the value of shelter,

food, and clothing, if provided at no

cost by persons related to the applicant,

enrollee or spouse.

Any person whose income is not more

than 100 percent of the DHHS Poverty

Guideline for her/his specific family

unit shall be given special consideration

for participation in the Foster

Grandparent and Senior Companion

Programs.
19904 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 77 /Wednesday, April 22, 1998 / Notices

1998 FGP/SCP INCOME ELIGIBILITY LEVELS

[Based on 125 Percent of DHHS Poverty Guidelines]

States

Family Units* of

One Two Three Four

All, except High Cost Areas, Alaska & Hawaii ................................................. $10,065 $13,565 $17,065 $20,565

*(For family units with more than four members, add $3,500 for each additional member in all States except designated High Cost Areas,

Alaska and Hawaii.)

1998 FGP/SCP INCOME ELIGIBILITY LEVELS FOR HIGH COST AREAS

[Based on 135 Percent of DHHS Poverty Guidelines]

Area

Family Units* of

One Two Three Four

All except Alaska & Hawaii .............................................................................. $10,870 $14,650 $18,430 $22,210

Alaska ............................................................................................................... 13,595 18,320 23,045 27,770

Hawaii ............................................................................................................... 12,505 16,850 21,195 25,545

*(For family units with more than four members, add $3,780 for all areas, $4,350 for Alaska, and $4,350 for Hawaii, for each additional member.)

The income eligibility levels specified

above are based on 135 percent of the

DHHS poverty guidelines and are

applicable to the following high cost

metropolitan statistical areas and

primary metropolitan statistical areas:

High Cost Areas

(Including all Counties/Locations

Included in that Area as Defined by the

Office of Management and Budget)

Alaska

(All Locations)

California

Los Angeles-Compton-San Gabriel-Long

Beach-Hawthorne (Los Angeles

County)

Santa Barbara/Santa Maria/Lompoc

(Santa Barbara County)

Santa Cruz-Watsonville (Santa Cruz

County)

Santa Rosa-Petaluma (Sonoma County)

San Diego-El Cajon (San Diego County)

San Jose-Los Gatos (Santa Clara County)

San Francisco/San Rafael (Marin

County)

San Francisco/Redwood City (San

Mateo County)

San Francisco (San Francisco County)

Oakland-Berkeley (Alameda County)

Oakland-Martinez (Contra Costa

County)

Anaheim-Santa Ana (Orange County)

Oxnard-Ventura (Ventura County)

District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia

District of Columbia and Surrounding

Counties in Maryland and Virginia.

MD counties: Calvert, Charles, Cecil,

Frederick, Montgomery and Prince

Georges Counties. VA counties:

Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince

William, Stafford, Alexandria City,

Fairfax City, Falls Church City,

Manassas City and Manassas Park

City.

Hawaii

(All Locations)

Illinois

Chicago-Des Plaines-Oak Park-WheatonWoodstock (Cook, DuPage and

McHenry Counties)

Massachusetts

Fall River (Bristol County)

Boston-Malden (Essex, Norfolk,

Plymouth, Middlesex and Suffolk

Counties)

Salem-Gloucester (Essex County)

Worcester (Worcester County)

Brockton-Quincy-Braintree (Norfolk

County)

Dorchester (Suffolk County)

Fitchburg-Leominster (Worcester

County)

New Jersey

Bergen-Passaic-Paterson (Bergen and

Passaic Counties)

Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon

(Hunterdon, Middlesex and Somerset

Counties)

Monmouth-Ocean-Spring Lake

(Monmouth and Ocean Counties)

Newark-East Orange (Essex, Morris,

Sussex and Union Counties)

Trenton (Mercer County)

New York

Nassau-Suffolk-Long Beach-Huntington

(Suffolk and Nassau Counties)

New York-Bronx-Brooklyn (Bronx,

Kings, New York, Putnam, Queens,

Richmond and Rockland Counties)

Westchester-White Plains-YonkersValhalla (Westchester County)

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia-Doylestown-West ChesterMedia-Norristown (Bucks, Chester,

Delaware, Montgomery and

Philadelphia Counties)

Wyoming

(All Locations)

The revised income eligibility levels

presented here are calculated from the

base DHHS Poverty Guidelines now in

effect as follows:

1998 DHHS POVERTY GUIDELINES FOR ALL STATES

Family Units of

States

One Two Three Four

All, except Alaska/Hawaii ................................................................................. $8,050 $10,850 $13,650 $16,450

Alaska ............................................................................................................... 10,070 13,570 17,070 20,570

Hawaii ............................................................................................................... 9,260 12,480 15,700 18,920
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 77 /Wednesday, April 22, 1998 / Notices 19905

Authority: These programs are authorized

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 5011 and 5013. The

income eligibility levels are determined by

the current guidelines published by DHHS

pursuant to Sections 652 and 673 (2) of the

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

which requires poverty guidelines to be

adjusted for Consumer Price Index changes.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Kenneth L. Klothen,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 98–10649 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

American Heritage Rivers Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Civil Works), Department of Defense.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Public Law 92–463),

this notice sets forth the schedule and

proposed agenda of the forthcoming

meeting of the American Heritage Rivers

Advisory Committee (‘‘Committee’’), a

Presidential Commission. The meeting

will be open to the public except for the

last portion of the meeting where the

Committee will select up to 20 river

communities from which the President

will chose river communities for

designation as American Heritage

Rivers. The partial closure is necessary

in order to permit the selection of the 20

finalist applicant rivers for submission

to the President and to prevent

premature disclosure of their identity.

Because the seating capacity of the

meeting room might be limited, an

advance notice of intent to attend,

although not required, is requested. This

will help make adequate arrangements

for those wishing to attend. Members of

the public will not be permitted to make

oral statements at the meeting due to

equity considerations and time

constraints. Written comments may be

submitted for the record to Mr. Charles

R. Smith, Executive Secretary, at the

address listed below. Comments must

be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 8.

NAME OF COMMITTEE: American Heritage

Rivers Advisory Committee.

DATES OF MEETING: Monday, May 11,

1998, and Tuesday, May 12, 1998, from

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be at the White

House Conference Center, 726 Jackson

Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Charles R. (Chip) Smith, Office of

the Assistant Secretary of the Army

(Civil Works), 108 Army, Pentagon

(2E569), Washington, D.C. 20310–0108.

Mr. Smith also can be reached by

telephone (703) 693–3655, or FAX (703)

697–3366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Committee shall consist of up to 20

members appointed by the President

from the public and private sectors,

whose charge shall be to appraise the

quality of nominations for selection of

rivers as ‘‘American Heritage Rivers.’’

The Committee shall recommend up to

20 rivers for designation as American

Heritage Rivers by the President.

In its review of nominations

submitted by communities, the

Committee shall provide its assessment

of:

1. The scope of each nomination’s

application and the adequacy of its

design to achieve the community’s

goals;

2. Whether the natural, economic

(including agricultural), scenic, historic,

cultural, and/or recreational resources

featured in the application are

distinctive or unique;

3. The extent to which the

community’s plan of action is clearly

defined and the extend to which the

plan addresses all three American

Heritage Rivers objectives—natural

resource and environmental protection,

economic revitalization, and historic

and cultural preservation—either

through planned actions or past

accomplishments, as well as any other

characteristics of the proposals that

distinguish a nomination, such as:

(A) Community vision and

partnership:

(B) Sustainability of products and

projects, including project maintenance;

(C) Resources, both committed and

anticipated, including means of

generating additional support from both

private and public sources;

(D) Anticipated Federal role as

defined by the applicants;

(E) Schedule or timeline;

(F) Citizen involvement;

(G) Public education relating to the

designation of the river;

(H) Logistical support, operating

procedures, and policies;

(I) Prior accomplishments, if relevant,

and relationship to existing plans and

projects in the area; and

(J) Measures of performance.

4. The strength and diversity of

support for the nomination and plan of

action as evidenced by letters from local

and state governments, Indian tribes,

elected officials, any and all parties who

participate in the life and health of the

area to be nominated, or who have an

interest in the economic life and

cultural and environmental vigor of the

involved community.

The Committee also should seek to

recommend the selection of rivers that

as a group:

1. Represent the natural, historic,

cultural, social, economic, and

agricultural diversity of American

rivers;

2. Showcase a variety of stream sizes

and an assortment of urban, rural, and

mixed settings from around the country,

including both relatively pristine and

degraded rivers;

3. Highlight a variety of innovative

programs in such areas as historic

preservation, sustainable development

through tourism, wildlife management,

fisheries restoration, recreation,

community revitalization, agricultural

practices, and flood plain and

watershed management;

4. Include community efforts in early

stages of development as well as those

that are more well-established; and

5. Stand to benefit from targeted

Federal assistance.

Submitted by Office of the Assistant

Secretary of the Army (Civil Works):

Charles R. Smith,

Executive Secretary, American Heritage

Rivers Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 98–10792 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3710–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[FERC–576 IC98–576–000]

Proposed Information Collection and

Request for Comments

April 16, 1998.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection and request for comments.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

requirements of Section 3506(c)(2)(a) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is

soliciting public comment on the

specific aspects of the information

collection described below.

DATES: Consideration will be given to

comments submitted on or before June

22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the proposed

collection of information can be

obtained from and written comments

may be submitted to the Federal Energy