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decisions: Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno,

Nevada.

Bridgeport District Ranger decisions:

The Review-Herald, Mammoth Lakes,

California.

Spring Mountains National Recreation

Area Ecosystem (SMNRAE): Spring

Mountain National Recreation Area

District Ranger decisions: Las Vegas

Review Journal, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Central Nevada Ecosystem (CNECO):

Austin District Ranger decisions:

Reno Gazette-Journal, Reno, Nevada.

Tonopah District Ranger decisions:

Tonopah Times Bonanza-Goldfield

News, Tonopah, Nevada.

Ely District Ranger decisions: Ely

Daily Times, Ely, Nevada.

Northeast Nevada Ecosystem

(NNECO):

Mountain City District Ranger

decisions: Elko Daily Free Press, Elko,

Nevada.

Ruby Mountains District Ranger

decisions: Elko Daily Free Press, Elko,

Nevada.

Jarbridge District Ranger decisions:

Elko Daily Free Press, Elko, Nevada.

Santa Rosa District Ranger decisions:

Humboldt Sun, Winnemucca, Nevada.

Manti-Lasal National Forest

Manti-LaSal Forest Supervisor

decisions: Sun Advocate, Price, Utah.

Sanpete District Ranger decisions:

The Pyramid, Mt. Pleasant, Utah.

Ferron District Ranger decisions:

Emery County Progress, Castle Dale,

Utah.

Price District Ranger decisions: Sun

Advocate, Price Utah.

Moab District Ranger decisions: The

Times Independent, Moab, Utah.

Monticello District Ranger decisions:

The San Juan Record, Monticello, Utah.

Payette National Forest

Payette Forest Supervisor decisions:

Idaho Statesman, Boise, Idaho.

Weiser District Ranger decisions:

Signal American, Weiser, Idaho.

Council District Ranger decisions:

Council Record, Council, Idaho.

New Meadows, McCall, and Krassel

District Ranger decisions: Star News,

McCall, Idaho.

Salmon and Challis National Forests

Salmon Forest Supervisor decisions:

The Recorder-Herald, Salmon, Idaho.

Cobalt District Ranger decisions: The

Recorder-Herald, Salmon, Idaho.

North Fork District Ranger decisions:

The Recorder-Herald, Salmon, Idaho.

Leadore District Ranger decisions:

The Recorder-Herald, Salmon, Idaho.

Salmon District Ranger decisions: The

Recorder-Herald, Salmon, Idaho.

Challis Forest Supervisor decisions:

The Challis Messenger, Challis, Idaho.

Middle Fork District Ranger

decisions: The Challis Messenger,

Challis, Idaho.

Challis District Ranger decisions: The

Challis Messenger, Challis, Idaho.

Yankee Fork District Ranger

decisions: The Challis Messenger,

Challis, Idaho.

Lost River District Range decisions:

The Challis Messenger, Challis, Idaho.

Sawtooth National Forest

Sawtooth Forest Supervisor decisions:

The Times News, Twin Falls, Idaho.

Burley District Ranger decisions:

Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden,

Utah, for those decisions on the Burley

District involving the Raft River Unit.

South Idaho Press, Burley, Idaho, for

decisions issued on the Idaho portions

of the Burley District.

Twin Falls District Ranger decisions:

The Times News, Twin Falls, Idaho.

Ketchum District Ranger decisions:

Wood River Journal, Hailey, Idaho.

Sawtooth National Recreation Area:

Challis Messenger, Challis Idaho.

Fairfield District Ranger decisions:

The Times News, Twin Falls, Idaho.

Targhee National Forest

Targhee Forest Supervisor decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Dubois District Ranger decisions: The

Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Island Park District Ranger decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Ashton District Ranger decisions: The

Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Palisaded District Ranger decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Teton Basin District Ranger decisions:

The Post Register, Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Uinta National Forest

Uinta Forest Supervisor decisions:

The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah.

Pleasant Grove District Ranger

decisions: The Daily Herald, Provo,

Utah.

Heber District Ranger decisions: The

Daily Herald, Provo, Utah, and Wasatch

Wave, Heber City, Utah.

Spanish Fork District Ranger

decisions: The Daily Herald, Provo,

Utah.

Wasatch-Cache National Forest

Wasatch-Cache Forest Supervisor

decisions: Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake

City, Utah.

Salt Lake District Ranger decisions:

Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kamas District Ranger decisions: Salt

Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Evanston District Ranger decisions:

Unitah County Herald, Evanston,

Wyoming.

Mountain View District Ranger

decisions: Uintah County Herald,

Evanston, Wyoming.

Ogden District Ranger decisions:

Ogden Standard Examiner, Ogden,

Utah.

Logan District Ranger decisions:

Logan Herald Journal, Logan, Utah.

Dated: April 10, 1998.

Robert M. Swinford,

Director, Strategic Communications.

[FR Doc. 98–11146 Filed 4–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Information Collection Activity;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the

Rural Utilities Service’s (RUS) invites

comments on these information

collections for which RUS intends to

request approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by June 29, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: F.

Lamont Heppe, Jr., Director, Program

Development Regulatory Analysis, Rural

Utilities Service, 1400 Independence

Ave., SW., STOP 1522, Room 4036

South Building, Washington, DC 20250–

1522. Telephone: (202) 720–9550. FAX:

(202) 720–4120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Management and Budget’s (OMB)

regulation (5 CFR 1320) implementing

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13) require that

interested members of the public and

affected agencies have an opportunity to

comment on information collection and

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR

1320.8(d)). This notice identifies

information collection that RUS is

submitting to OMB for an extension.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

this proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information
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technology. Comments may be sent to:

F. Lamont Heppe, Jr., Director, Program

Development and Regulatory Analysis,

Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, STOP 1522, 1400

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20250–1522. FAX: (202) 720–4120.

• Title: Financial and Statistical

Report for Telephone Borrowers.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0031.

Type of Request: Extension of a

previously approved information

collection, without change.

Abstract: Each telephone borrower

signs a mortgage agreement that

specifically requires the submission of

annual, audited financial statements.

The completed Form 479 is due back

from the borrowers to RUS in order to

comply with the Rural Electrification

Act.

Respondents: Business or other for

non-profit.

Annual Reporting Burden:

Estimated Number of Respondents:

900.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Hours per Response: 14

hours.

Combined Estimated Total Annual

Burden on Respondents: 7,740 hours.

• Title: RUS Policy on Audits for

Electric and Telephone Borrowers.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0095.

Type of Request: Extension of a

previously approved information

collection, without change.

Abstract: The requested financial

statements are needed to evaluate

borrowers’ financial, performance,

determine whether current loans are at

financial risk, and determine the credit

worthiness of future loans.

Under the authority of the Rural

Electrification Act of 1936 (Act), as

amended 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., the

Administrator is authorized and

empowered to make loans under certain

specified circumstances. As a

requirement for these loans, the RUS

mortgage in Article 2, Section 12,

requires the Mortgagor to prepare and

furnish financial statements to RUS at

least annually.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Annual Reporting Burden:

Estimated Number of Responses:

3,872.

Combined Estimated Total Annual

Burden on Respondents: 20,330 hours.

• Title: Borrower Investments,

Telecommunications Loan Program.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0098.

Type of Request: Extension of a

previously approved information

collection, without change.

Abstract: The information collected

will be used by RUS in considering

whether or not to approve a borrower’s

request to make an investment in a rural

development project when such an

investment would cause the borrower to

exceed its allowable investment level.

Respondents: Not for profit

institutions.

Estimate of Burden:

Estimated Number of Respondents:

40.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 380 hours.

Requests for copies of an information

collection can be obtained from Gail

Salgado-Duff, Program Development

and Regulatory Analysis, at (202) 205–

3660. FAX: (202) 720–4120.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: April 23, 1998.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 98–11289 Filed 4–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

ARCHITECTURAL AND

TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS

COMPLIANCE BOARD

Access Board Meeting

AGENCY: Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Architectural and

Transportation Barriers Compliance

Board (Access Board) has scheduled its

regular business meetings to take place

in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday and

Wednesday, May 12–13, 1998 at the

times and location noted below.

DATES: The schedule of events is as

follows:

Tuesday, May 12, 1998

9:00 a.m.–Noon and 1:30–3:30 p.m.

Committee of the Whole—

Accessibility Guidelines (Closed

Meeting).

3:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Technical

Programs Committee

Wednesday, May 13, 1998

9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Planning and

Budget Committee Meeting on Agency

Goals

11:00–Noon Planning and Budget

Committee

1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Board Meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

at: Marriott at Metro Center, 775 12th

Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information regarding the

meetings, please contact Lawrence W.

Roffee, Executive Director, (202) 272–

5434, ext. 14 (voice) and (202) 272–5449

(TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At the

Board meeting, the Access Board will

consider the following agenda items.

Specific voting items are noted next to

each committee report.

Open Meeting

• Executive Director’s Report

• Approval of the Minutes of the

March 11, 1998 Board Meeting

• Planning and Budget Committee

Report—Status Report on Fiscal Year

1998 and 1999 Budgets

• Technical Programs Committee

Report—Status Report on Fiscal Year

1997 and 1998 Research Projects, and

Fiscal Year 1999 Research Agenda.

Closed Meeting

• Committee of the Whole Report—

Accessibility Guidelines.

All meetings are accessible to persons

with disabilities. Sign language

interpreters and an assistive listening

system are available at all meetings.

Lawrence W. Roffee,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 98–11347 Filed 4–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8150–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

U.S.-South African Business

Development Committee; Membership

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of membership

opportunity.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is currently seeking nominations of

outstanding individuals to serve on the

U.S. section of the U.S.-S.A. Business

Development Committee (BDC). The

U.S. Department of Commerce and the

South African Department of Trade and

Industry created the BDC in June 1994

to provide a forum through which U.S.

and South African private sector

representatives could advise their

governments on commercial issues

relevant to bilateral trade issues.

The U.S. section is chaired by

Secretary of Commerce William Daley

and consists of 21 members representing

the diversity of American business, with

emphasis on: finance and investment;

infrastructure; technical assistance; and

market access. The BDC has held regular

meetings since September 1994.