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STERNBERG FINANCIAL INC, ST

CHARLES, MO

PROFESSIONAL REALTY SERVICES,

LANHAM, MD

FARMERS BANK, NICHOLASVILLE,

KY

COMMUNITY STATE BANK OF ROCK

FALLS, ROCK FALLS, IL

FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN AMBOY,

AMBOY, IL

PALO ALTO FUNDING GROUP INC,

PALO ALTO, CA

FIRST INTERFINANCIAL MORTGAGE

CORP, PINELLAS PARK, FL

MORTGAGE STORE, WILLOWBROOK,

IL

SUMMIT MORTGAGE BANKERS INC,

NEWNAN, GA

RDMG INC, BELLEVUE, WA

APPLE MORTGAGE CORPORATION,

PEMBROKE PINES, FL

UNITED CALIFORNIA LENDERS CORP,

TUSTIN, CA

UNIVERSAL BANCORP, LAGUNA

HILLS, CA

THE FINANCIAL COMPANY,

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA

FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF TUTTLE,

TUTTLE, OK

HUTCHINSON CREDIT UNION,

HUTCHINSON, KS

HOMEOWNERS FINANCIAL SERVICES

INC, COLUMBUS, OH

TEXAS UNITED MORTGAGE LTD,

AUSTIN, TX

BANKALABAMA HUNTSVILLE,

HUNTSVILLE, AL

CREST FINANCIAL INC, MIDLAND, TX

CASA MORTGAGE INC, ENCINO, CA

SANDHURST NATIONAL MORTGAGE

CORPORATION, SAN DIEGO, CA

UPM MORTGAGE INC, AURORA, CO

FIRST MARINER MORTGAGE

CORPORATION, BALTIMORE, MD

LENDING SOURCE INC, PORTLAND,

OR

LIBERTY RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE

COMPANY, ARLINGTON, TX

NORTHERN PACIFIC MORTGAGE,

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA

VOMACK CORPORATION, AUSTIN,

TX

EMERALD MORTGAGE CORP,

BEAVERTON, OR

WFS MORTGAGE SERVICES INC,

WARREN, NJ

C AND P INNOVATIVE MARKETING

SERV INC, SAN DIEGO, CA

AMERICAS MORTGAGE SOURCE LLC,

MARLTON, NJ

HOMETOWN MORTGAGE INC,

OWINGS MILLS, MD

NEW ENGLAND MORTGAGE

LENDERS INC, STOUGHTON, MA

PEERLESS FUNDING CORPORATION,

LAS VEGAS, NV

EMERALD COAST MORT CO,

EMERALD ISLE, NC

BANKERS MORTGAGE CORP,

EVANSTON, IL

FOA FINANCIAL, ARCADIA, CA

ADVANTAGE MORTGAGE SRVS INC,

CAMP SPRINGS, MD

FIRST CHOICE MORTGAGE LLC, BURR

RIDGE, IL

INTEGRA PACIFIC MORTGAGE INC,

LYNNWOOD, WA

VISTA PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT CORP,

LOS ANGELES, CA

CHURCHILL MORTGAGE

INVESTMENT, SUFFERN, NY

AUTOMATED MORTGAGE SERVICES,

JONESBORO, GA

Dated: April 22, 1998.

Art Agnos,

Acting General Deputy Assistant SecretaryFederal Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98–12616 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4369–N–02]

Announcement of OMB Approval

Number

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of OMB

approval number.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce the OMB approval number

for the collection of information

pertaining to 24 CFR part 55, Floodplain

Management.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard H. Broun, Director, Office of

Community Viability, Office of

Community Planning and Development,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410–7000. For

inquiry by phone or e-mail: contact

Walter Prybyla, Deputy Director for

Policy, Environmental Review division

at (202) 708–1201, Ext. 4466 or e-mail:

WalterlPrybyla@hud.gov. This is not a

toll-free number. Hearing or speechimpaired individuals may access this

number via TTY by calling the toll-free

Federal Information Relay Service at 1–

800–877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35, as amended), this notice

advises that OMB has responded to the

Department’s request for approval of the

information collection pertaining to 24

CFR part 55, Floodplain Management.

The OMB approval number for this

information collection is 2506–0151,

which expires on January 31, 2001.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information,

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number.

Dated: May 7, 1998.

Fred Karnas,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

[FR Doc. 98–12617 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Environmental

Assessment, Receipt of Application

for, and Intent To Issue, Incidental

Take Permit for Private Land in Iron

County, UT

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability, receipt of

application for, and intent to issue

permit.

SUMMARY: Iron County and the Utah

Division of Wildlife Resources

(Applicants) have applied to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for

an incidental take permit pursuant to

section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

The Applicant has been assigned permit

number PRT–MB000142–0. The

requested permit, which is for a period

of 20 years, would authorize incidental

take of the Utah Prairie Dog (Cynomys

parvidens), a species federally listed as

threatened. The proposed take would

occur as a result of development of

private land within Iron County, Utah.

The Service has prepared the

Environmental Assessment for issuance

of the incidental take permit. The

Applicant has prepared a habitat

conservation plan as part of the

incidental take permit application. A

determination of whether jeopardy to

the species will occur, or a finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI), and/or

issuance of the incidental take permit,

will not be made before 30 days from

the date of publication of this notice.

This notice is provided pursuant to

section 10(c) of the Act and National

Environmental Policy Act regulations

(40 CFR 1506.6).

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application must be received on or

before June 11, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the permit application may obtain a

copy by writing to the Field Supervisor,

Utah Ecological Services Field Office,

Fish and Wildlife Service, 145 East 1300

South Street, Suite 404, Salt Lake City,
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Utah 84115. Documents will be

available for public inspection by

written request, or by appointment only,

during business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30

p.m) at the above address.

Written data or comments concerning

the permit application should be

submitted to the Field Supervisor, Utah

Ecological Services Field Office, Fish

and Wildlife Service Salt Lake City,

Utah (see ADDRESSES above). Please refer

to permit number PRT–MB000142–0 in

all correspondence regarding these

documents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marilet A. Zablan, Wildlife Biologist or

Ted W. Owens, Wildlife Biologist, at the

above U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

office in Salt Lake City, Utah (See

ADDRESSES above) (telephone: (801)

524–5001, facsimile: (801) 524–5021).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9

of the Act prohibits the ‘‘taking’’ of any

threatened or endangered species, such

as the threatened Utah Prairie Dog.

However, the Service, under limited

circumstances, may issue permits to

take threatened or endangered wildlife

species when such taking is incidental

to, and not the purpose of, otherwise

lawful activities. Regulations governing

permits for threatened and endangered

species are at 50 CFR 17.22.

The Applicants have submitted an

application to the Service for a permit

to incidentally take Utah Prairie Dogs,

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the

Act, in association with various private

projects in Iron County. This permit

would allow specified take levels for

Utah Prairie Dogs by non-Federal

entities on non-Federal property within

the county when presence of Utah

Prairie Dogs hinders legal uses of the

property on which they reside. Details

of this alternative are found in the Iron

County/Utah Division of Wildlife

Resources (Division) Habitat

Conservation Plan (HCP), dated March

9, 1998. Proposed management actions

including minimizing and mitigating

take are described in detail on pages 30–

65 of the HCP. The proposed permit

would be in effect for 20 years.

Authorized take would include harm,

harassment, and direct mortality of Utah

Prairie Dogs. However, if the Service

determines that the obligations of the

Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) permit are not

being met (e.g., unauthorized taking or

permit violations by the cooperators is

occurring), the permit may be revoked if

remedial actions are not immediately

implemented to alleviate such

violations.

Two types of take would occur under

this incidental take permit: (1)

‘‘Permanent’’ take where habitat is

permanently destroyed, and (2) ‘‘nonpermanent’’ take, in which the number

of Utah Prairie Dogs in a colony is

reduced, but no lasting habitat

destruction occurs. Permanent take from

development activities such as

residential or commercial construction,

road construction, parking lot

development, excavation, etc.,

contributes to a net loss of habitat and

adversely affects resident Utah Prairie

Dogs and future occupation of the site

by Utah Prairie Dogs. However, it may

not necessarily result directly in death

unless Utah Prairie Dogs are hibernating

and unable to escape construction

activities. Non-permanent take results in

a reduction of animal numbers, but no

net loss of habitat. Non-permanent take

may occur in areas where Utah Prairie

Dogs are inhabiting agricultural lands or

pastures, crops, private rangelands,

recreation areas, or where presence of

Utah Prairie Dogs interferes with

facilities maintenance. It would also

occur where the presence of Utah

Prairie Dogs causes safety concern, as

determined by the Implementation

Committee, and areas that were

previously cleared through legal means.

Recovery success depends upon

continued survival of existing public

land colonies and establishment of new

Utah Prairie Dog colonies on public

lands. Therefore, allowable levels of

permanent take of habitat and/or

animals on non-Federal property will

depend upon successful creation of new

habitat and establishment of Utah

Prairie Dogs on public lands, such that

there is at the very least, no loss of

habitat potential. Maximum annual

amounts of allowed permanent take

would depend upon:

1. Parameters determined from

population modeling to ascertain levels

of take that will not jeopardize the

species,

2. Successful establishment of Utah

Prairie dogs on public lands, or longterm conservation of Utah Prairie Dogs

on non-Federal lands (e.g., conservation

easements), and

3. Implementation of measures to

minimize and mitigate take.

Annual permanent take would be

quantified in terms of habitat acres and

number of animals taken. Because Utah

Prairie Dogs may no longer exist at

many of the locations on non-Federal

lands where they have been mapped,

but habitat remains intact, permanent

take would be limited by either the

number of Utah Prairie Dogs or acreage

of habitat permanently taken. When the

allowed limit of either acreage of Utah

Prairie Dog number is reached, no

further permanent take would be

allowed during that calendar year. The

maximum allowed permanent take of

animals would not be more than 10

percent of the average spring count of

adult Utah Prairie Dogs on public lands

during the preceding 5 years. The

percentage of allowed take would

increase to 15 percent once counts on

public lands reach 1,500 adult Utah

Prairie Dogs as long as the other two

conditions (number of public land

complexes and quantity of public

acreage providing Utah Prairie Dog

habitat) are met. The maximum allowed

take of habitat initially would not

exceed 1 percent of the total nonFederal land habitat, and would

increase as additional public land sites

become established.

As more acceptable habitat is created/

enhanced, and additional Utah Prairie

Dog colonies are established, further

permanent take on non-federally owned

habitat would be allowed. Acreage

protected through the establishment of

long-term conservation easements on

non-Federal property would count

toward the protected land total as well.

The remainder of Utah Prairie Dogs

needed for translocation to public lands

would come from non-permanent

sources. Utah Prairie Dogs translocated

to recovery sites, although considered

taken for purposes of development,

would still be protected under State law

and the Act, and would be afforded full

protection of a listed species under the

Act.

Maximum allowed permanent take

would depend upon implementation of

mitigation efforts and establishment of

Utah Prairie Dogs on public lands and

shall not exceed that listed in the Iron

County/Division HCP. Allowable

permanent take is expected to always be

at least 40 individuals or 400 acres

based on current distribution and

numbers. Permanent take that remains

unused during 1 year will be credited

for the following year only. Failure to

implement mitigation measures will

result in no allowable take.

Non-permanent take would be

restricted to Utah Prairie Dogs which are

(1) damaging croplands, pastures, and

private rangelands, (2) reinhabiting

previously cleared areas after

construction is complete, (3) damaging

recreational areas that remain suitable

as habitat (e.g., golf course, softball

fields), (4) inhibiting effective work in

areas requiring maintenance (e.g.,

roads), (5) inhabiting sensitive areas

(e.g., cemeteries, archaeological sites),

and (6) compromising safety concern

areas (e.g., airport runway) as identified

by the Implementation Committee. In

non-permanent take situations, as many

Utah Prairie Dogs as can be

accommodated at translocation sites
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will be live-trapped and translocated. In

situations where translocation sites

cannot accommodate demand,

landowners may be issued limited

permits under the Act Section 4(d) rule,

to remove the remaining allowed

animals by shooting or trapping.

In the case of areas previously

developed which have not undergone

an Act Section 10 clearance, but which

have become occupied by Utah Prairie

Dogs, the area would be treated

similarly to undeveloped sites. If a

landowner wanted Utah Prairie Dogs

removed in order to conduct otherwise

lawful activities he/she would be

required to conduct a clearance survey,

complete an assessment of take, and

schedule to have Utah Prairie Dogs

trapped and translocated. Annual

reports summarizing the impacts of the

Proposed Action would be submitted to

the Service by the Iron County

Commission and the Division.

Because of the patchy distribution of

Utah Prairie Dogs in Iron County, as

well as the large percentage of occupied

habitat and numbers of Utah Prairie

Dogs on non-Federal lands,

development of a county-wide HCP was

analyzed. A county-wide HCP (1) allows

for establishment of long-term levels of

take and cumulative effects monitoring,

(2) reduces costs of individuals land

owners, (3) allows for planning and

reduces time delays for builders, (4)

facilitates cooperation between local,

State, and Federal agencies and

individuals, and (5) does not preclude,

and may be designed to promote, Utah

Prairie Dog recovery.

A no-action alternative to the

proposed action was considered. This

would result in no lawful development

in Utah Prairie Dog habitat unless each

individual landowner who wanted to

develop his/her property submitted an

application for, and was subsequently

issued, an Act section 10 incidental take

permit. In order to lawfully develop

within Utah Prairie Dog Habitat, each

individual landowner would also be

required to develop and implement a

habitat conservation plan. The nonaction alternative was rejected for

reasons including loss of use of the

private property resulting in significant

economic loss to County residents and

excessive expense, in both time and

money, for County residents and Service

employees who must process each

individual permit and ensure its

suitability. The Applicants also

considered an alternative which would

require the purchase (in fee title or of

conservation easements), preservation,

and long-term management of existing

Utah Prairie Dog habitat on land

currently owned by private entities.

However, this alternative was rejected

for a number of reasons. First, such a

configuration of Utah Prairie Dog habitat

would have poor potential for genetic

exchange among isolated Utah Prairie

Dog colonies and would therefore

probably not be conducive to long-term

maintenance and recovery of the

species. It would also disturb local and

land-use patterns to an unacceptable

degree. Finally, costs associated with

land acquisition may be prohibitive.

Authority: The authority for this action is

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,

as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

Dated: May 6, 1998.

Terry Terrell,

Regional Director, Region 6.

[FR Doc. 98–12522 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WO–350–4210–01]

Reinstatement of Information

Collection on Indian Allotments; OMB

Approval No. 1004–0023

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

announces its intention to request

reinstatement of approval for the

collection of information from those

persons who are applying for

conveyance of public land under the

General Allotment Act of 1887. Section

4 of that Act provides for issuing a deed

to eligible Indians who are entitled to an

allotment of public lands. The BLM uses

the information collected on the Indian

Allotment Application Form (Form

2530–1) to determine eligibility and

identify legal information to assist in

conveying title to the applied-for lands.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

information collection must be received

by July 13, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Commenters may handdeliver comments to the Bureau of Land

Management, Administrative Record,

Room 401, 1620 L St., NW, Washington,

D.C., or mail comments to: Bureau of

Land Management, Administrative

Record, 1849 C St., NW, Mail Stop

401LS, Washington, D.C. 20240.

Commenters may transmit comments

electronically by way of the Internet to

WOComment@wo.blm.gov. Please

include ‘‘Attn.: 1004–0023’’ in your

message. Comments will be available for

public inspection at the L Street address

during regular business hours (7:45 am.

to 4:15 pm), Monday through Friday,

except holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl

Gammon, (202) 452–7777.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8(d), BLM

is required to provide a 60-day notice in

the Federal Register concerning a

proposed collection of information to

solicit comments on: (a) whether the

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 the burden of the

proposed collection, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (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 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.

Any individual seeking to acquire an

allotment must make an application and

provide information essential to

complying with law, regulations, and

procedures. Information is collected on

Form 2530–1. Specific items on the

form are as follows: Items 1–5 identify

the applicant, mailing address, and, if

appropriate, the minor child for whom

the application is filed. Item 6 describes

the land for which the application is

filed. Item 7 requires the listing of prior

allotments. Items 8 indicates whether

the applicant or the minor child placed

any improvements on the described

land. Item 10 tells whether the applicant

or minor child claims a bona fide

settlement. Item 11 describes the

manner in which settlement was made

on the described land. Item 12 asks if

the required petition for classification

has been attached to the application.

Specifically, completing Items 6 through

12 is necessary to determine the

eligibility of the applicant/minor and

the validity of the claim. Any eligible

individual desiring an allotment of

public lands must file a fully completed

application. Items 6 through 12 are

justified pursuant to the requirements of

the regulations at 43 CFR Subparts 2530

and 2531. Section 4 of the Act provides

that a patent cannot be issued unless a

completed application form has been

received by BLM. If the information

required by 43 CFR Subpart 2531 were