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is required in those rare cases where

HUD would send a decertification

warning letter to a designee, which then

would submit data needed to rebut a

proposed decertification.

A. Data for a Round Two 1998 EZ

Application. Information to be collected

consists of statutorily required data

related to poverty by census tract; other

measures of pervasive poverty,

unemployment and economic/social

distress; overall population by tract; and

geographic data as to size and

configuration.

B. Data for Round One and Round

Two Periodic Reports. These data

consist of a short narrative of progress

by the designee and individual progress

reports on each project they describe in

their implementation plans.

C. Data refuting Possible

Decertification. In instances where

warning letters may be sent to Round

One or Round Two designees, the

collection burden would consist of

narrative and data they select in order

to rebut the federal argument for

decertification.

How the information is planned to be

used to further the proper performance

of functions of the agency. HUD will use

the applicant information as part of its

respective review and approval

procedures for selecting the 1998 EZ

designees. This will be a one-time

process. And for both the 72 Round One

designees and the 15 Round Two

communities which are designated,

HUD will require the periodic reports to

be submitted annually. The designees’

annual progress reports provide

management information for HUD,

oversight information for the Vice

President’s Community Empowerment

Board, and status reporting for the

Congress. These periodic reviews also

provide the basis for HUD to continue

or revoke a designation during the tenyear life of the federal program. For

potential decertifications, HUD would

use the designees’ rebuttal information

to make a final decision regarding

decertification.

Description of the likely respondents,

including the estimated number of likely

respondents, and proposed frequency of

response to the collection of

information:

HUD anticipates that 225

communities will apply in 1998 for

Round Two designation; for the

subsequent ten year designation period,

HUD estimates that 15 Round Two

designees will submit annual progress

reports and 72 Round One designees

will submit annual progress reports for

the remainder of their ten year periods.

Possibly five de-certification warning

letters may require rebuttal by

designees.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

Nomination for a Federal Empowerment

Zone, HUD 40003 (5–98).

Members of affected public: Units of

Local Government and States; NonProfit Organization; Interested Members

of the Public.

Estimate of the total reporting and

recordkeeping burden that will result

from the collection of information:

Number of Round Two applicants:

225.

Total burden hours (@ 50 hours per

response): 11,250.

Number of Annual Progress Reports;

15 Round Two @ 15 hrs: 225.

72 Round One @ 15 hrs: 1080.

Number of Rebuttals—5 @ 20 hours:

100.

Total Estimated Annual Burden

Hours: 12,655.

Status of the proposed information

collection: The public was twice invited

to comment on the accuracy of this

information collection burden, via a

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection published in the Federal

Register on January 23, 1998, and via an

Interim Notice of Rulemaking published

in the Federal Register in April 16,

1998. HUD received no public

comments in response to either

publication. This Notice now informs

the public that HUD is seeking OMB

approval for three years of the control

number 2506–0148, for continuing

management of the urban EZ programs

(Round One and Round Two).

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

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

Dated: June 26, 1998.

Kenneth Williams,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant

Programs, CPD.

[FR Doc. 98–17585 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4356–N–09]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for 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 date: August 31,

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:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Liaison Officer,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 7th Street, SW, Room

4176, Washington, DC 20410.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vyllorya Evans, Office of Multifamily

Housing, telephone number (202) 708–

2866 (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: Application for

Project Mortgage Insurance.

OMB Control Number, if applicable::

2502–0029.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: This

notice requests an extension of the use

of Forms HUD–92013, HUD–92013–

NHICF, 92013–HOSP, 90213

Supplement, applications for

Multifamily Mortgage Insurance and

their supporting exhibits that make up

the basic application package for FHAinsurance on multifamily projects as

authorized by Sections 207, 220, 221,

231, 232, 241, 242 of the National

Housing Act. These project applications

are submitted by project sponsors

seeking feasibility determinations and

by mortgagees applying for a
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conditional or firm commitment for

FHA mortgage insurance.

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

HUD–92013, HUD–92013–NHICF,

92013–HOSP, 90213 Supplement.

Status of the proposed information

collection: (Extension of currently

approved collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

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

Dated: June 26, 1998.

Ira G. Peppercorn,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98–17586 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4341–N–17]

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; TTY

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

published in order to comply with the

Decemer 12, 1988 Court Order in

National Coalition for the Homeless v.

Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503–

0G (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 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 address: 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; (This is not a toll-free number).

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

TITLE V, FEDERAL SURPLUS PROPERTY

PROGRAM, FEDERAL REGISTER REPORT

FOR 07/02/98

Suitable/Available Properties

BUILDINGS (by State)

Montana

Forsyth Tech Operations Site

Forsyth Co: Rosebud MT 59327–

Landholding Agency: GSA

Property Number: 189610001

Status: Surplus

Comment: 6843 sq. ft. bldg. with 6.43 acres

of land, most recent use—AF training site.

GSA Number: 7–D–MT–609

[FR Doc. 98–17468 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4322–N–02]

Statement of Notice to Bidders

Concerning Disclosure of Bids From

Past HUD Mortgage Loan Sales

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HUD.

ACTION: Business Submitter Notice to

Bidders Concerning Release by HUD of

Their Bids Under the Freedom of

Information Act.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

business submitter notice by the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development to bidders regarding

release under the Freedom of

Information Act of the bids they

submitted on past HUD Mortgage Loan

Sales.

EFFECTIVE DATES: July 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Barth, Managing Attorney,

FOIA Division, Room 10250,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20410; telephone [202]

708–3866 (this is not a toll free number).

Speech or hearing impaired individuals