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This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Empowerment

Zone/Enterprise Community

Application Form.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2506–0148.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

application information collected is

reviewed by HUD and USDA to

recommend applicants for 1998

designation of either an urban or a rural

Empowerment Zone. Twenty (20)

Empowerment Zones will be designated

in 1998 (15 urban and 5 rural). The

annual progress reports will be used as

required by the statute to determine the

success of each designee in meeting its

established benchmarks and in

evaluating the program as a whole.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

HUD–40003.

Members of affected public: Units of

local government and states, applying

jointly.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response:

Nomination—number of responses—

300; hours of response—50; Annual

report—15 (one annual progress report

per grantee); 15 hours of response per

grantee.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Current approval will expire

2/15/98.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning

and Development.

[FR Doc. 98–1616 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR 4263–N–74]

Notice of Proposed Information;

Collection for Public Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

will be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due: March 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

Control Number and should be sent to

Mildred M. Hamman, Report Liaison

Officer, Public and Indian Housing,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,

Room 4328, Washington, DC 20410–

5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708–3642,

extension 4128, for copies of the

proposed forms not other available

documents. (This is not a toll-free

number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department will submit the proposed

information collection to OMB for

review, as required by the Paperwork

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

Chapter 35, as amended).

This notice is soliciting comments

from members of the public and affected

agencies concerning the proposed

collection of information to: (1) Evaluate

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;

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information; (3) enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on those who are to

respond, including through the use of

appropriate automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; e.g. permitting electronic

submission of responses.

This notice also lists the following

information.

Title of Proposal: Application

Requirements, Public and Indian

Housing (PIH) Youth Sports Program.

OMB Control Number: 2577–0140.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

Youth Sports Program requires eligible

applicants to submit information to

HUD for review and evaluation against

the selection criteria contained in the

Notice of Funding Announcement

(NOFA) which is published in the

Federal Register, for possible funding.

Approved applicants are rated and

ranked by HUD, approved/disapproved

for funding, and notified of their

selection/rejection.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

Forms HUD–2880, HUD–50070, HUD–

50071 (SF–24, SF–LLL).

Members of the affected public: State

or Local Governments, Non-profit

institutions.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of responses: 500 respondents,

each Fiscal Year if funds are

appropriated by Congress, 24 average

hours per response, 12,000 hours for a

total reporting burden.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Kevin Emanuel Marchman,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing.

[FR Doc. 98–1617 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4235–N–39]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

to Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnston, room 7256, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

451 Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 708–1226; TDD

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.

11411), as amended, HUD is publishing

this Notice to identify Federal buildings

and other real property that HUD has

reviewed for suitability for use to assist

the homeless. The properties were

reviewed using information provided to

HUD by Federal landholding agencies

regarding unutilized and underutilized

buildings and real property controlled

by such agencies or by GSA regarding

its inventory of excess or surplus

Federal property. This Notice is also
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published in order to comply with the

December 12, 1988 Court Order in

National Coalition for the Homeless v.

Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–

OG (D.D.C.).

Properties reviewed are listed in this

Notice according to the following

categories: Suitable/available, suitable/

unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and

unsuitable. The properties listed in the

three suitable categories have been

reviewed by the landholding agencies,

and each agency has transmitted to

HUD: (1) Its intention to make the

property available for use to assist the

homeless, (2) its intention to declare the

property excess to the agency’s needs, or

(3) a statement of the reasons that the

property cannot be declared excess or

made available for use as facilities to

assist the homeless.

Properties listed as suitable/available

will be available exclusively for

homeless use for a period of 60 days

from the date of this Notice. Homeless

assistance providers interested in any

such property should send a written

expression of interest to HHS, addressed

to Brian Rooney, Division of Property

Management, Program Support Center,

HHS, room 5B–41, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, MD 20857; (301) 443–2265.

(This is not a toll-free number.) HHS

will mail to the interested provider an

application packet, which will include

instructions for completing the

application. In order to maximize the

opportunity to utilize a suitable

property, providers should submit their

written expressions of interest as soon

as possible. For complete details

concerning the processing of

applications, the reader is encouraged to

refer to the interim rule governing this

program, 24 CFR part 581.

For properties listed as suitable/to be

excess, that property may, if

subsequently accepted as excess by

GSA, be made available for use by the

homeless in accordance with applicable

law, subject to screening for other

Federal use. At the appropriate time,

HUD will publish the property in a

Notice showing it as either suitable/

available or suitable/unavailable.

For properties listed as suitable/

unavailable, the landholding agency has

decided that the property cannot be

declared excess or made available for

use to assist the homeless, and the

property will not be available.

Properties listed as unsuitable will

not be made available for any other

purpose for 20 days from the date of this

Notice. Homeless assistance providers

interested in a review by HUD of the

determination of unsuitability should

call the toll free information line at 1–

800–927–7588 for detailed instructions

or write a letter to Mark Johnston at the

address listed at the beginning of this

Notice. Included in the request for

review should be the property address

(including zip code), the date of

publication in the Federal Register, the

landholding agency, and the property

number.

For more information regarding

particular properties identified in this

Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing

sanitary facilities, exact street address),

providers should contact the

appropriate landholding agencies at the

following addresses: COE: Mr. Bob

Swieconek, Army Corps of Engineers,

Management & Disposal Division,

Pulaski Building, Room 4224, 20

Massachusetts Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20314–1000; (202) 761–

1749; GSA: Mr. Brian K. Polly, Assistant

Commissioner, General Services

Administration, Office of Property

Disposal, 18th and F Streets, NW,

Washington, DC 20405; (202) 501–2059;

NAVY: Mr. Charles C. Cocks,

Department of the Navy, Director, Real

Estate Policy Division, Naval Facilities

Engineering Command, Code 241A, 200

Stovall Street, Alexandria, VA 22332–

2300; (703) 325–7342; (These are not

toll-free numbers).

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

Title V, Federal Surplus Property Program

Federal Register Report for 01/23/98

Suitable/Available Properties

Buildings (by State)

Hawaii

Bldg. 79E

Ford Island, Naval Station

Pearl Harbor Co: Honolulu HI 96860–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810016

Status: Excess

Comment: 54,720 sq. ft., 2 floors, possible

lead paint/PCB, most recent use—storage,

off-site use only

Bldg. 79W

Ford Island, Naval Station

Pearl Harbor Co: Honolulu HI 96860–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810017

Status: Excess

Comment: 47,385 sq. ft., needs rehab,

possible lead paint/PCB, most recent use—

storage, off-site use only

Pennsylvania

Dwelling #1

Crooked Creek Lake

Ford City Co: Armstrong PA 16226–8815

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319740002

Status: Excess

Comment: 2030 sq. ft., most recent use—

residential, good condition, off-site use

only

Dwelling #2

Crooked Creek Lake

Ford City Co: Armstrong PA 16226–8815

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319740003

Status: Excess

Comment: 3045 sq. ft., most recent use—

residential, good condition, off-site use

only

Dwelling #3

Crooked Creek Lake

Ford City Co: Armstrong PA 16226–8815

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319740004

Status: Excess

Comment: 1847 sq. ft., most recent use—

office, good condition, off-site use only

Govt Dwelling

East Branch Lake

Wilcox Co: Elk PA 15870–9709

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319740005

Status: Underutilized

Comment: approx. 5299 sq. ft., 1-story, most

recent use—residence, off-site use only

Dwelling #1

Loyalhanna Lake

Saltsburg Co: Westmoreland PA 15681–9302

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319740006

Status: Excess

Comment: 1996 sq. ft., most recent use—

residential, good condition, off-site use

only

Dwelling #2

Loyalhanna Lake

Saltsburg Co: Westmoreland PA 15681–9302

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319740007

Status: Excess

Comment: 1996 sq. ft., most recent use—

residential, good condition, off-site use

only

Dwelling #1

Woodcock Creek Lake

Saegertown Co: Crawford PA 16433–0629

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319740008

Status: Excess

Comment: 2106 sq. ft., most recent use—

residential, good condition, off-site use

only

Dwelling #2

Lock & Dam 6, 1260 River Road

Freeport Co: Armstrong, PA 16229–2023

Landholding Agency: COE

Property Number: 319740009

Status: Excess

Comment: 2652 sq. ft., most recent use—

residential, good condition, off-site use

only

Virginia

Bldg. X18

Naval Station, Norfolk

Norfolk, VA 23511–

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810036

Status: Underutilized

Comment: 31,600 sq. ft., 2 floors, most recent

use—office, poor condition, presence of

asbestos, off-site use only

Land (by State)

New Hampshire

Land—7.97
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Army Reserve Center, Industrial Park

Belmont Co: Belnap, NH

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 219710118

Status: Excess

Comment: 7.97 acres, severe sloping

GSA Number: 1–D–NH–0489

Unsuitable Properties

Buildings (by State)

Michigan

Harbor Beach Coast Guard

Harbor Beach Co: Huron, MI 48441–

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 549810004

Status: Excess

Reason: Within 2,000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material Extensive deterioration

GSA Number: 1–U–MI–492C

Nevada

Bldg. 62

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill, NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810018

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 67

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill, NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810019

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 68

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill, NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810020

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 89

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810021

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 90

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810022

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 224

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810023

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 225

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810024

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 225A

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810025

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 373

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810026

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 401

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810027

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 402

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810028

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 405

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810029

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 407

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810030

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 410

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810031

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 411

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810032

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 412

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810033

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 430

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810034

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Bldg. 802

Naval Air Station, Fallon

Fallon Co: Churchill NV 89496–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810035

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Virginia

Bldg. 11A

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810037

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Bldg. 167

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810038

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Bldg. 378

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810039

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Bldg. 400

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810040

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Bldg. 504

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810041

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Bldg. 543

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810042

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Bldg. 558

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810043

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Bldg. 1326

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810044

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Bldg. 1440

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Portsmouth VA 23709–5000

Landholding Agency: Navy

Property Number: 779810045

Status: Excess

Reason: Extensive deterioration

Land (by State)

Pennsylvania

Grays Landing

Tract B, 101–07

Co: Fayette PA

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 549810005

Status: Excess

Reason: Other
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Comment: landlocked

GSA Number: 4–D–PA–784

[FR Doc. 98–1522 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[WO–220–1060–00–24 1A]

Notice of Reestablishment of the Wild

Horse and Burro Advisory Board

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Reestablishment of the Wild

Horse and Burro Advisory Board.

SUMMARY: This notice is published in

accordance with Section 9(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act of

1972 (5 U.S.C. App.). Pursuant to

Section 7 of the Wild Free-Roaming

Horse and Burro Act (Pub. L. 92–195),

notice is hereby given that the Secretary

of the Interior and the Secretary of

Agriculture are reestablishing the Wild

Horse and Burro Advisory Board to

provide advice concerning management,

protection, and control of wild freeroaming horses and burros on the public

lands administered by the Department

of the Interior, through the Bureau of

Land Management, and the Department

of Agriculture, through the Forest

Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bud

C. Cribley, Wild Horse and Burro

Program Specialist, Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Land Management,

Room 314, 1620 L Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20006, (202) 452–

5073.

Certification

I hereby certify that the

reestablishment of the Wild Horse and

Burro Advisory Board is necessary and

in the public interest in connection with

the Secretary of the Interior’s statutory

responsibilities to manage the lands and

resources administered by the Bureau of

Land Management.

Dated: December 23, 1997.

Bruce Babbitt,

Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–1550 Filed 1–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Intent To Revise the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service Manual and

Establish Regulations as They Relate

to the National Wildlife Refuge System

Improvement Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–

57)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Wildlife Refuge

System Improvement Act of 1997

(Refuge Improvement Act) was signed

by President Clinton on October 9, 1997.

The Refuge Improvement Act amends

and builds upon the National Wildlife

Refuge System Administration Act of

1966 (NWRSAA), (16 U.S.C. 668dd et

seq.). This notice advises the public that

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) will be developing new or

revised policies pursuant to the Refuge

Improvement Act. The key policy areas

to be addressed are listed later in

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. This

notice also identifies opportunities for

public review and comment.

Interested persons contacting the

Service as described in ADDRESSES

below, will be provided draft Service

Manual chapters as they are prepared

and will be notified of due dates for

written comments. Final chapters will

be issued following review of public

comments. Proposed regulations will be

developed through the rule making

process.

ADDRESSES: Requests to receive copies

of the specific draft Service Manual

chapters as they are prepared should be

sent via mail to: Refuge Improvement

Act Project, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Division of Refuges, 4401 N.

Fairfax Dr., Rm. 670, Arlington, VA

22203, Fax (703) 358–2248, or email to:

RefugelImprovementlAct@FWS.gov.

Each request should include a

complete mailing address to which the

draft chapters will be sent.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The nearly

93 million acre National Wildlife Refuge

System (Refuge System) has been

administered, since its inception, under

a collection of Presidential

proclamations, Executive Orders,

administrative orders, and laws. Until

1966, and enactment of the National

Wildlife Refuge System Administration

Act (NWRSAA), there was no single

Federal law that governed

administration of the Refuge System.

The NWRSAA provided guidance for

refuge management; but in the 32 years

since its passage, Refuge System acreage

has grown more than threefold, wildlife

management issues have increased in

complexity and controversy, and the

demands for recreational and economic

uses of refuges have increased

substantially.

The Refuge Improvement Act amends

and builds upon the NWRSAA in a

manner that provides an ‘‘Organic Act’’

for the Refuge System similar to those

laws which exist for other Federal

Lands. The Refuge Improvement Act

will serve to ensure that the Refuge

System is effectively managed as a

national system of lands, waters, and

interests for the protection and

conservation of our nation’s wildlife

resources.

The Refuge Improvement Act’s

principal focus is to establish clearly the

wildlife conservation mission of the

Refuge System, provide guidance to the

Secretary of the Interior for management

of the Refuge System, provide a

mechanism for unit-specific planning,

and give managers clear direction and

procedures for making determinations

regarding wildlife conservation and

public uses of units of the Refuge

System.

The Service will be implementing the

Refuge Improvement Act by developing

new or revised Service Manual chapters

for the Refuge System. All units within

the Refuge System will be managed with

regard to these chapters which will

guide management strategies for

achieving individual unit purposes and

the Refuge System mission.

Key issues to be addressed in specific

Service Manual chapters include:

• Biological integrity of the Refuge

System;

• Appropriate general public uses for

the System;

• Implementation of the compatibility

test; and

• Comprehensive conservation

planning.

Public input into the development of

these key Service Manual chapters is

essential. The Service will provide these

draft chapters to interested agencies and

individuals as described above in

ADDRESSES. These draft chapters will

also be available on the National

Wildlife Refuge System web site: (http:/

/refuges.fws.gov) during the prerulemaking public review and comment

period. Any resulting proposed

regulations will be available for public

review and comment through the rule

making process.

Due to the varying levels of

complexity of issues, some chapters will

require more time for development than

others. Therefore, specific draft chapters

will be made available to the public as

they are prepared. The Refuge