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Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: February

20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments must be

received within thirty (30) days from the

date of this Notice. Comments should

refer to the proposal by name and/or

OMB approval number and should be

sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk

Officer, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10235, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 7th Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410,

telephone (202) 708–1305. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

The Notice lists the following

information: (1) the title of the

information collection proposal; (2) the

office of the agency to collect the

information; (3) the OMB approval

number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

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: January 8, 1998.

David S. Cristy,

Director, Information Resources Management

Policy and Management Division.

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB

Proposal: Conveyance (Acquisition)

and Disposition Information Collections

contained in Handbook 4310.5 entitled

‘‘Property Disposition Handbook, Oneto-Four Family Properties’’.

Office: Housing.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0306.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use:

These information collections are

needed to determine the condition of

the property upon conveyance, to

determine the results of the repair

contracts, and to monitor the

contractor’s performance in maintaining

the properties. The sales contracts will

be used as binding contracts between

the purchaser and HUD. Respondents

are potential contractors, contractors

who work for HUD, and potential and

actual purchasers of HUD-owned

properties.

Form Number: HUD–9516A, 9519,

9519A, 9544, 9548, 9548A, 9548B,

9548C, and 9733.

Respondents: Business or Other ForProfit, Individuals or Households, NotFor-Profit, Institutions, State, Local, or

Tribal Government, and the Federal

Government.

Frequency of Submission: On

Occasion.

Reporting Burden:

Number of respondents x Frequency of

response x Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Information Collections ........................................................................... 46,550 Varies .50 248,570

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

248,570.

Status: Revision.

Contact: Rose Donnelly/Art Orton,

HUD, (202) 708–4767, Joseph F. Lackey,

Jr., OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: January 8, 1998.

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BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Notice of Deadline for Submitting

Completed Applications to Begin

Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year

1999 or Calendar Year 1999

AGENCY: Office of Self-Governance,

Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of application deadline.

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of

Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a

March 2, 1998, deadline for tribes/

consortia to submit completed

applications to begin participation in

the tribal self-governance program in

fiscal year 1999 or calendar year 1999.

DATES: Completed application packages

must be received by the Director, Office

of Self-Governance by March 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Application packages for

inclusion in the applicant pool should

be sent to the Director, Office of SelfGovernance, U.S. Department of the

Interior, Mail Stop 2542, 1849 C Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Kenneth D. Reinfeld, U.S.

Department of the Interior, Office of

Self-Governance, 1849 C Street, NW.,

Mail Stop 2548, Washington, DC 20240,

202–219–0240.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994

(Pub. L. 103–413), as amended by the

Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus

Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–208)

the Director, Office of Self-Governance

may select up to 50 additional

participating tribes/consortia per year

for the tribal self-governance program,

and negotiate and enter into an annual

written funding agreement with each

participating tribe. The Act mandates

that the Secretary submit copies of the

funding agreements at least 90 days

before the proposed effective date to the

appropriate committees of the Congress

and to each tribe that is served by the

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agency

that is serving the tribe that is a party

to the funding agreement. Initial

negotiations with a tribe/consortium

located in an area and/or agency which

has not previously been involved with

self-governance negotiations, will take

approximately two months from start to

finish. Agreements for an October 1 to

September 30 fiscal year need to be

signed and submitted by July 1.

Agreements for a January 1 to December

31 fiscal year need to be signed and

submitted by October 1.

Background

On February 15, 1995, an interim rule

was published in the Federal Register
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announcing the criteria for tribes to be

included in an applicant pool and the

establishment of the selection process

for tribes/consortia to negotiate

agreements pursuant to the Tribal SelfGovernance Act of 1994. This interim

rule was added to Title 25 of the Code

of Federal Regulations at Part 1001 of

Chapter VI. While it may be changed by

later rulemaking, the Act stipulates that

the lack of promulgated regulations will

not limit its effect. It should be noted

that a proposed rulemaking has been

negotiated between tribal and Federal

members of a self-governance negotiated

rulemaking committee and is currently

in the process of being prepared for

publication in the Federal Register for

review and comment.

Purpose of Notice

The interim rules established at 25

CFR parts 1001.1 to 1001.5 will be used

to govern the application and selection

process for tribes/consortia to begin

their participation in the tribal selfgovernance program in fiscal year 1999

and calendar year 1999. Applicants

should be guided by the requirements in

25 CFR parts 1001.1 to 1001.5 in

preparing their applications. Copies of

the interim rules published in the

Federal Register on February 15, 1995,

may be obtained from the information

contact person identified in this notice.

Tribes/consortia wishing to be

considered for participation in the tribal

self-governance program in fiscal year

1999 or calendar year 1999 must

respond to this notice, except for those

which are (1) currently involved with

negotiations with the Department; (2)

one of the 64 tribal entities with signed

agreements; or (3) one of the tribal

entities already included in the

applicant pool as of the date of this

notice.

The Director’s decision on the actual

number of tribes that will enter

negotiations will be made at a later date.

Tribes already in the applicant pool will

retain their existing ranking with tribes

entering the applicant pool under these

rules receiving a lower ranking. Being in

the applicant pool will not guarantee

that a tribe will actually be provided the

opportunity to negotiate in any given

year. However, it does mean that a tribe

will not be passed over by a tribe with

a lower ranking in the applicant pool or

by a tribe not in the applicant pool, with

the exception of a tribe already in the

negotiation process.

For example, if the Department

determines that five tribes will be

afforded the opportunity to negotiate

self-governance agreements for fiscal

year 1999 and calendar year 1999, the

five tribes with highest rankings would

be notified and negotiations would be

scheduled. The tribe ranked sixth on the

list would then have the highest ranking

to negotiate a self-governance agreement

for 2000 or might enter negotiations for

1999 if one of the first five tribes

discontinued negotiations. In such a

case, the tribe that discontinued

negotiations would remain in the

applicant pool with its original ranking

and would be the first to be selected in

1999 for negotiating agreements

commencing in 2000.

Dated: January 14, 1998.

William A. Sinclair,

Director, Office of Self-Governance.

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BILLING CODE 4310–02–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Tribal Self-Governance Notice of

Availability of Self-Governance

Negotiation/Planning Grants

AGENCY: Office of Self-Governance,

Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of grants availability.

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of

Self-Governance (OSG) announces the

availability of fiscal year 1998

negotiation grants (up to 15 grants of no

more than $40,000 each) and advance

planning grants (up to 5 grants of no

more than $40,000 each). The

timeframes for application and selection

vary with the type of grant and are

specified in this announcement.

DATES: Applications must be submitted

in accordance with the table below:

Type of grant Deadline for submitting application

Negotiation .................... Mar. 31, 1998.

Advance planning ......... May 1, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Completed applications for

grants should be sent to the Director,

Office of Self-Governance, U.S.

Department of the Interior, Mail Stop

2542, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20240.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Kenneth D. Reinfeld, U.S.

Department of the Interior, Office of

Self-Governance, 1849 C Street, NW,

Mail Stop 2542, Washington, DC 20240,

202–219–0240.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tribal

self-governance program is designed to

promote self-determination by allowing

tribes to assume more control through

negotiated annual funding agreements

of programs operated by the Department

of the Interior. The Tribal SelfGovernance Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–

413) allows for negotiations to be

conducted for programs operated by BIA

and for programs operated by other

bureaus and offices within the

Department that are otherwise available

to Indians or when there is a historical,

cultural, or geographic connection to an

Indian tribe.

The purpose of this notice is to

announce the availability of planning

and negotiation grants in accordance

with the self-governance interim rule

published in the Federal Register on

April 23, 1996. The interim rules were

established at 25 CFR 1001.7 to 1001.9

and will be used to govern the

application and selection process for

tribes/consortia to receive fiscal year

1998 negotiation and planning grants as

specified in this notice. Applicants

should be guided by the requirements in

25 CFR 1001.7 to 1001.9 in preparing

their applications. Copies of the interim

rules published in the Federal Register

on April 23, 1996, may be obtained from

the information contact person

identified in this notice.

Subject to the discretion of the

Director, Office of Self-Governance, the

following types of grants are available to

tribes/consortia in 1998 with the

deadlines as stated below:

(1) Negotiation Grants: Up to 15

grants of no more than $40,000 may be

made available. Grants to tribes/

consortia already receiving advance

planning grants shall be limited to

$20,000. As announced in today’s

Federal Register, the closing date for

submitting completed applications to

begin participation in tribal selfgovernance in fiscal year 1999 or

calendar year 1999 is March 2, 1998.

Applications requesting to be included

in the applicant pool to begin

participation in tribal self-governance

may be submitted at any time. Tribes/

consortia selected from the applicant

pool to begin participation in tribal selfgovernance in fiscal year 1999 or

calendar year 1999, may be eligible to

receive a negotiation grant. Each

selected tribe/consortium will be

notified by March 16, 1998, and must

submit a written application for a

negotiation grant, no later than March

31, 1998, indicating its intention to

negotiate an annual funding agreement

with any bureau within DOI for 1999.

(2) Advance Planning Grants: Up to

five grants of no more than $40,000 may

be made available. The closing date for

submitting applications to receive a

grant to plan for future participation in

the tribal self-governance program is

May 1, 1998. No later than June 1, 1998,

each applicant will be notified by letter