36256 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 127 /Thursday, July 2, 1998 / Notices

may access this number via TTY by

calling the toll free Federal Information

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 27, 1998, the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

published a statement of policy

regarding disclosure of mortgage loan

sales information (63 FR 10031). The

February, 1998, notice set forth the

Department’s policy pertaining to the

release of records regarding those bids

that the Department or its contractors

had received to date under its mortgage

loan sale program. The notice stated

that, when requested to provide records

pursuant to the Freedom of Information

Act (FOIA), the Department would

produce relevant records in its files

including, where available: (1) All

potential bidders receiving bid

materials; (2) all successful bidders and

their successful bids and the mortgage

loans attributable to such bids; (3) all

unsuccessful bidders and their

unsuccessful bids and the mortgage

loans attributable to such bids; (4) the

aggregate proceeds the Department

received from the sale; and (5) the

aggregate number of bidders.

This notice serves as the business

submitter notice authorized by 24 CFR

15.54 of the Department’s FOIA

regulations. The purpose of this notice

is to provide bidders the opportunity to

object to disclosure of their bids under

the FOIA. Bidders shall have 10

working days from the date of

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register to provide the Department a

detailed written statement of their

objections to disclosure of the bid

information under the FOIA. Such

statement shall specify all grounds for

withholding the information and shall

demonstrate why the bid information is

a trade secret or commercial or financial

information that is privileged or

confidential. Conclusory statements that

the information would be useful to

competitors or similarly conclusory

statements generally will not be

considered sufficient to justify

confidential treatment. Bidders should

submit their statements to the agency

contact identified in this notice.

The Department will carefully

consider a submitter’s objections before

determining whether to disclose the

information. If the Department decides

to disclose the information over the

objections of the submitters, the

Department will advise the submitter in

a written notice its intent to disclose the

information 10 working days before the

specified disclosure date.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 24 CFR 15.54; E.O.

12600, 52 FR 23781, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p.

235.

Dated: June 22, 1998.

Ira Peppercorn,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Deputy Federal Housing

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98–17584 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4363–N–01]

Announcement of OMB Approval

Number for Economic Development

Initiatives (EDI/BEDI) Grant Program

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 the Super Notice of

Funding Availability for the Economic

Development and Empowerment

Programs: the Economic Development

Initiative (EDI) and for the Brownfields

Economic Development Initiative (BEDI)

Grant Programs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Either Stan Gimont or Paul Webster,

Financial Management Division, Office

of Block Grant Assistance, Department

of Housing and Urban Development,

451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington,

DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–1871.

This is not a toll-free number.

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 the

Economic Development Initiative (EDI)

and for the Brownfields Economic

Development Initiative (BEDI) Grant

Programs. The OMB approval number

for this information collection is 2506–

0153, which expires June 30, 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: June 26, 1998.

Kenneth Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant

Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–17587 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered Species Permit

Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit

applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for a scientific research permit

to conduct certain activities with

endangered species pursuant to section

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

Act of 1973, as amended (16 USC 1531

et seq.).

Permit No. 825572

Applicant: Jeff Dreier.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (translocate cysts) the vernal pool

tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in

conjunction with inoculating created

habitat for the purpose of enhancing its

survival in Alameda County, California.

Permit No. 702631

Applicant: Assistant Regional

Director-Ecological Services, Region 1,

Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland,

Oregon.

The applicant requests a permit

amendment to take (capture, handle,

band, radio-tag, and release; haze,

relocate, and kill) the peregrine falcon

(Falco peregrinus) throughout the

species range in conjunction with

scientific research and management

activities on peregrine falcons,

especially with regard to their

interactions with California least tern

(Sterna albifrons browni) colonies and

western snowy plovers (Charadrius

alexandrinus nivosus) and take (collect

for captive propagation, harass, handle)

the Quino checkerspot butterfly

(Euphydryas editha quino) in

conjunction with scientific research

throughout the species range for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 745541

Applicant: S. J. M. Consultants, San

Diego, California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (survey using taped vocalizations)

the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus

longirostris yumanensis) in conjunction

with surveys in Imperial County,

California, for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 787376

Applicant: Peter Bloom, Santa Ana,

California.

The applicant requests a permit

amendment to take (harass through