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Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Ira G. Pepercorn,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Housing-Deputy Federal Housing

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98–16041 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. RF–4356–N–08]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing

Commissioner, 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: Comment due date: August 17,

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:

Oliver Walker, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room

9116, Washington DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Oliver Walker, (202) 708–1694 X2144

(this is not a toll-free number) for copies

of the proposed forms and other

available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting 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

affecting 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: Section 811

Supportive Housing for Persons with

Disabilities, Application Submission

Requirements—FR–3903.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0462.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: This

information is necessary to assist HUD

in determining applicant eligibility and

ability to develop housing for disabled

within statutory and program criteria. A

thorough evaluation of an applicant’s

qualifications and capabilities is critical

to protect the Government’s financial

interest and to mitigate any possibility

of fraud, waste, or mismanagement of

public funds.

Agency form number, if applicable:

Form HUD–92016–CA.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: The estimated

number of respondents are 400, 41.2

hours per response, and the frequency

of responses is 1.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement of previously

approved collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Ira G. Peppercorn,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Housing-Deputy Federal Housing

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98–16043 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4356–N–10]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing

Commissioner, 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 date: August 17,

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:

Oliver Walker, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,

Room 9116, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact person, Oliver Walker, (202)

708–1694 X2144 (this is not a toll-free

number) for copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department is submitting 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

affecting 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: Certificate of Need

(Con) for Health Facilities and

Assurance of Enforcement of State

Standards.

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0210.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: This

notice requests and extension of the use

of Form HUD–2576–HF, Certificate of

Need for Health Facility and Assurance

of Enforcement of State Standards as

authorized by Sections 232, 242 of the

National Housing Act. These

certifications are prepared by the State

Agencies designated in accordance with

Section 604(a)(1) or Section 1521 of the

Public Health Service Act. Section 232

and 242 require State certification that
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there is a need for the facility, that there

are minimum standards of licensure and

for operating the project, and that the

standards will be enforced for the

insured project.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

Form HUD–2576–HF.

Estimation of the total numbers of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: The estimated

number of respondents are 100, 40

hours per response, and the frequency

of responses is 1.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Reinstatement of previously

approved collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: June 3, 1998.

Ira G. Peppercorn,

General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Deputy Federal Housing

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98–16044 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Application to Amend an

Endangered Species Act Incidental

Take Permit: Inclusion of Bull Trout on

the Washington Department of Natural

Resources Permit for Western

Washington

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Amendment

Application.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) has received a request to add

bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) to the

species covered by an incidental take

permit PRT–812521, issued to the

Washington Department of Natural

Resources under the Endangered

Species Act (Act) on January 30, 1997.

This request is pursuant to the

Implementation Agreement for the

Habitat Conservation Plan (Plan)

accompanying incidental take permit

PRT–812521. The Department of

Natural Resources has requested the

Service add bull trout to their permit.

DATES: Written comments regarding the

application to add bull trout to the

Department of Natural Resources’

permit must be received on or before

July 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to Mr. John Engbring, Fish

and Wildlife Service, 510 Desmond

Drive, S.E., Suite 101, Lacey,

Washington 98503; facsimile (360) 534–

9331. Documents cited in this notice

and comments received will be

available for public inspection at the

above office by appointment during

normal business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

Monday through Friday).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Vogel, Wildlife Biologist, Fish

and Wildlife Service, 510 Desmond

Drive, S.E., Suite 101, Lacey,

Washington 98503; telephone (360)

753–4367.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On January 30, 1997, the Service

issued an incidental take permit (PRT–

812521) to the Department of Natural

Resources, pursuant to Section

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

Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 USC

1531 et seq.). This permit authorizes the

incidental take of the threatened

northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis

caurina) and other listed species in the

course of the otherwise lawful forest

management and other land-use

activities within the range of the spotted

owl. Pursuant to the Plan and the

Implementation Agreement, the

Department of Natural Resources

received assurances from the Service

that then-unlisted species occurring on

their lands west of the Cascade Crest

would be added to the permit upon

listing of those species, in accordance

with the Act, the Plan, and the

Implementation Agreement.

On June 8, 1998 (63 FR 31647), the

Service published the final rule to list

the Columbia River distinct population

segment of bull trout as a threatened

species. On May 20, 1998, the Service

received a request from the Department

of Natural Resources that bull trout be

added to its incidental take permit (PRT

812521). The purpose of this notice is to

seek public comment on the Department

of Natural Resources’ application to add

bull trout to its permit.

According to the Implementation

Agreement for the Department of

Natural Resources permit, if any species

that was unlisted at the time of permit

issuance subsequently becomes listed

under the Act, the Department of

Natural Resources may request a permit

amendment to have that species added

to their permit. Under the terms of the

Plan and the Implementation

Agreement, the Service would add the

newly listed species to the Department

of Natural Resources permit without

requiring additional mitigation unless

extraordinary circumstances exist.

Prior to adding bull trout to the

Department of Natural Resources’

permit, the Service will determine if

extraordinary circumstances exist and

will also reinitiate consultation under

section 7 of the Act to determine

whether adding bull trout to the

Department of Natural Resources’

permit would be likely to jeopardize the

continued existence or destroy modify

the critical habitat of any listed species.

Bull Trout Conservation

Bull trout rely on cold, clean water.

They are most closely associated with

complex habitats, including large

woody debris, undercut banks,

boulders, and pools. Cover provides

critical rearing, foraging, and resting

habitat, and protection from predators.

Bull trout spawn in the fall and the

young have a strong association with

stream bottoms, thus making them

particularly vulnerable to altered stream

flow patterns and channel instability.

Bull trout prefer cold, low-gradient

streams with loose, clean gravels for

spawning and rearing. There is also a

correlation between increasing road

densities and declines in the health of

bull trout populations. These

characteristics make bull trout

particularly susceptible to effects of

timber-management and other streamside and forest management activities.

Historic adverse impacts to bull trout

from forest management and related

land-use activities included removal of

large woody debris from streams and

riparian areas, inputs of sediment from

upslope logging and road construction,

elevated stream temperatures, and

transportation of logs within the

channel network.

Department of Natural Resources Plan

Measures

The Department of Natural Resources’

Plan utilizes a combination of

conservation measures that are expected

to adequately minimize or mitigate the

impacts of any incidental take of bull

trout. All fishbearing streams

(Washington State Types 1 through 3)

receive a conservatively managed buffer

equal in width (measured horizontally

from the 100-year floodplain) to a sitepotential tree height (derived from 100-

year site-index curves) or 150 feet,

whichever is greater. The first 25 feet is

a no-harvest zone. Perennial streams

without fish (Type 4) receive a 100-foot

buffer. Additional information,

including a description of wind buffers,

can be found in the Plan at pages IV 56–

59.

Inner gorges and mass-wasting areas

are protected by unstable hillslope and

mass wasting protection provisions of