Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 87 /Wednesday, May 6, 1998 / Notices 25061

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4183–N–03]

Announcement of Funding Awards;

Indian HOME Program for Indian

Applicants Fiscal Year 1997

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding

awards.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989, this document

notifies the public of funding awards for

Fiscal Year 1997 for the Indian HOME

Program for Indian applicants. The

purpose of this Notice is to publish the

names and addresses of the award

winners and the amount of the awards

made available by HUD to provide

assistance to the Indian applicants

under the HOME Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Bullough, Office of Native

American Programs, Office of Public

and Indian Housing, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, Room

4126, 451 Seventh Street SW,

Washington, DC 20410. Telephone (202)

401–7914 (this is not a toll-free

number). Hearing- or speech-impaired

persons may use the

Telecommunications Devices for the

Deaf (TDD) by contacting the Federal

Information Relay Service at 1–800–

877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Indian HOME Program funding for

Fiscal Year 1997 is authorized by the

HOME Investment Partnerships Act (the

HOME Act) signed into law on

November 28, 1990 (Pub. L. 101–625).

The HOME Act was amended by the

Housing and Community Development

Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–550, approved

October 28, 1992) and the Multifamily

Housing Property Disposition Reform

Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 102–233, approved

April 11, 1994).

This Notice announces FY 1997

funding of $20,001,378 to be used to

assist in the funding to Indian tribes to

expand the supply of affordable housing

for very low-income and low-income

persons. The FY 1997 awards

announced in this Notice were selected

for funding consistent with the

provisions in the Notice of Funding

Availability (NOFA) published in the

Federal Register on April 11, 1997 (62

FR 17992).

The Indian HOME Program for Indian

Applicants is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance as number

14.239.

In accordance with section

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42

U.S.C. 3545), the Department is hereby

publishing the names, addresses, and

amounts of those awards as shown in

Appendix A.

Dated: April 29, 1998.

Deborah Vincent,

General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

Appendix A

HOME SET-ASIDE FOR INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKAN NATIVE VILLAGES; RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING DECISIONS

[Fiscal Year 1997]

Funding recipient

(name and address)

Amount

approved

Eastern/Woodlands ONAP

Red Lake Band of Chippewa, Hwy 1, P.O. Box 219, Red Lake, MN 56671 ......................................................................................... 398,040

Ho-Chunk Nation, P.O. Box 667, Black Falls, WI 54615–0667 .............................................................................................................. 661,500

Poach Band of Creek, 5811 Jack Springs Road, Atmore, AL 36502–6502 ........................................................................................... 103,533

Menomine Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 910, Keshena, WI 54135 ............................................................................................ 100,000

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, P.O. Box 365, Oneida, WI 54135 .............................................................................................. 324,677

Southern Plains ONAP

Chickasaw Nation, P.O. Box 1548, Ada, OK 74821 ............................................................................................................................... 1,096,778

Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 1901 South Gordon Cooper Dr., Shawnee, OK 74801 .............................................................................. 1,281,350

Osage Nation of Oklahoma, P.O. Box 53, Pawhuska, OK 74056 .......................................................................................................... 391,542

Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma, P.O. Box 1498, Wewoka, OK 74884 ...................................................................................................... 325,000

Wyandotte Tribe of Oklahoma, P.O. Box 250, Wyandotte, OK 74370 ................................................................................................... 903,480

Northern Plains ONAP

Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe, Fort Totten, SD 58335 ...................................................................................................................................... 1,000,000

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, P.O. Box 187, Lower Brule, SD 57548 .......................................................................................................... 571,524

Oglala Sioux Tribe, P.O. Box H, Pine Ridge, SD 57770 ........................................................................................................................ 510,466

Northern Arapho, P.O. Box 396, Fort Washakie, WY 82514 .................................................................................................................. 145,081

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, P.O. Box 900, Belcourt, ND 58316 ............................................................................................... 97,000

Yankton Sioux Tribe, P.O. Box 248, Marty, SD 57361 ........................................................................................................................... 425,961

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, P.O. Box 590, Eagle Butte, SD 57625 .................................................................................................... 345,000

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck, P.O. Box 1027, Poplar, MT 59255 .................................................................................... 229,418

Southwest ONAP

Jicarilla Apache Tribe, P.O. Box 507, Dulce, NM 87528 ........................................................................................................................ 500,000

San Carlos Apache Tribe, P.O. Box 0, San Carlos, AZ 85550 .............................................................................................................. 500,000

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, P.O. Box 17579, Ysleta Station El Paso, TX 79917 .......................................................................................... 1,339,119

Colorado River Indian Tribes, Rt. 1, Box 23-B, Parker, AZ 85344 ......................................................................................................... 123,000

Karuk Tribe of California, P.O. Box 1016, Happy Camp, CA 96039 ...................................................................................................... 541,489

Mechoopda Tribe of Chico Rancheria, 1907-F Mangrove Ave., Chico, CA 95926–2392 ...................................................................... 1,426,799
25062 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 87 /Wednesday, May 6, 1998 / Notices

HOME SET-ASIDE FOR INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKAN NATIVE VILLAGES; RECIPIENTS OF FUNDING DECISIONS—Continued

[Fiscal Year 1997]

Funding recipient

(name and address)

Amount

approved

Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe, P.O. Box 457, McDermitt, NV 89421 ............................................................................... 1,180,200

Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, Bin ‘‘G’’, Somerton, AZ 85350 ..................................................................................................................... 1,250,550

Zuni Tribe of New Mexico, P.O. Box 339, Zuni, NM 87327 ................................................................................................................... 968,980

Redding Rancheria, 2000 Rancheria Road, Redding, CA 96001 ........................................................................................................... 625,441

Northwest ONAP

Coeur d’Alene Tribe, P.O. Box 197, Plummer, ID 83851 ....................................................................................................................... 600,000

Shoshone Bannock Tribe of Fort Hall, P.O. Box 306, Fort Hall, ID 83203 ............................................................................................ 360,000

Alaska ONAP

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, P.O. Box 93330, Archorage, AK 99509 ........................................................................................................ 500,000

Orutsararmiut Native Council, P.O. Box 927, Bethel, AK 99559 ............................................................................................................ 1,175,450

[FR Doc. 98–11971 Filed 5–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for

the Arroyo Southwestern Toad for

Review and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service announces the availability for

public review of a draft Recovery Plan

for the Arroyo Southwestern Toad. This

toad occurs in coastal montane regions

from Monterey County, California, to

Baja California.

DATE: Comments received on the draft

recovery plan by August 4, 1998, will be

considered by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery

plan are available for inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the following locations: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 2493 Portola

Road, Suite B, Ventura, California 93003

(phone: 805/644–1766); U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 2730 Loker Avenue

West, Carlsbad, California 92008

(phone: 760/431–9440). Requests for

copies of the draft recovery plan and

written comments and materials

regarding this plan should be addressed

to the Field Supervisor, at the above

Ventura address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Grace S. McLaughlin, Herpetologist, at

the Ventura address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their ecosystems is a

primary goal of the Service’s

endangered species program. To help

guide the recovery effort, the Service is

working to prepare recovery plans for

most of the listed species native to the

United States. Recovery plans describe

actions considered necessary for the

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for the recovery levels for

downlisting or delisting them, and

estimate time and cost for implementing

the recovery measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act),

requires the development of recovery

plans for listed species unless such a

plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act as amended in

1988 requires that public notice and an

opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery

plan development. The Service will

consider all information presented

during the public comment period prior

to approval of each new or revised

Recovery Plan. Substantive technical

comments will result in changes to the

plans. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plans, but will be forwarded to

appropriate Federal or other entities so

that they can take these comments into

account during the course of

implementing recovery actions.

Individualized responses to comments

will not be provided.

This species is listed as endangered.

As of 1994, the arroyo southwestern

toad (Bufo microscaphus californicus)

(referred to as arroyo toad) was known

from 22 river basins with a total

estimated breeding population of fewer

than 3,000 individuals. The arroyo toad

is endemic to primarily the coastal plain

and mountains of central and southern

California and northwestern Baja

California. These toads breed in stream

channels and use stream terraces and

surrounding uplands for foraging and

wintering. Direct habitat loss due to

urbanization, agriculture, and dam

construction is the main cause for the

decline of arroyo toads. Other threats

include water diversions, road building,

livestock grazing, mining, recreational

activities, loss of habitat due to exotic

plants, and predation by introduced

species. Although the species evolved

and has survived in an environment

periodically impacted by fire, flood, and

drought, the interactions of such natural

events with human alterations of the

habitat may lead to the extirpation of

local populations.

The objective of this plan is to

provide a framework for the recovery of

the arroyo toad so that protection by the

Act is no longer necessary. The recovery

strategy for the arroyo toad is focused on

providing sufficient breeding and

upland habitat to maintain selfsustaining populations of arroyo toads

throughout the historic range of the

species in California, and minimizing or

eliminating impacts and threats to

arroyo toad populations. This plan

describes a five-part recovery strategy

with specific tasks necessary to

maintain healthy aquatic, riparian and

adjacent upland ecosystems that

provide habitat for arroyo toads. The

tasks, when implemented, will stabilize

and maintain populations throughout

the range of the arroyo toad in California

by protecting sufficient breeding and

nonbreeding habitat, monitor the status

of existing populations to ensure