40682 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 146 /Thursday, July 30, 1998 / Proposed Rules

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 901

[Docket No. FR–4313–N–02]

RIN 2577–AB81

Notice of Extension of Public

Comment Period on Public Housing

Assessment System Proposed Rule

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, and Office of the Director of

the Real Estate Assessment Center,

HUD.

ACTION: Proposed rule; Notice of

extension of public comment period.

SUMMARY: On June 30, 1998, HUD

published a proposed rule that

establishes a new system for the

assessment of public housing—the new

Public Housing Assessment System

(PHAS). The public comment period on

the proposed rule was scheduled to end

July 30, 1998. This notice extends the

public comment period on the PHAS

proposed rule to August 13, 1998.

DATES: Comment Due Date: August 13,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this interim rule to the Regulations

Division, Office of General Counsel,

Room 10276, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410.

Communications should refer to the

above docket number and title.

Facsimile (FAX) comments are not

acceptable. A copy of each

communication submitted will be

available for public inspection and

copying between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30

p.m. weekdays at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information contact the Real

Estate Assessment Center, Attention:

William Thorson, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 4900

L’Enfant Plaza East, SW, Room 8204,

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)

755–0102 (this is not a toll-free

number). Persons with hearing or

speech impairments may access that

number via TTY by calling the Federal

Information Relay Service at (800) 877–

8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

30, 1998 (63 FR 35672), HUD published

a proposed rule that establishes a new

system for the assessment of public

housing—the new Public Housing

Assessment System (PHAS). The rule

provides for the assessment of the

physical condition, financial health,

management, and resident services of

public housing.

The public comment period on the

PHAS proposed rule was scheduled to

end July 30, 1998. A number of public

housing agencies have requested

additional time to submit their

comments. Accordingly, the Department

has decided to extend the public

comment period on the PHAS proposed

rule to August 13, 1998.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Camille E. Acevedo,

Assistant General Counsel for Regulations.

[FR Doc. 98–20514 Filed 7–28–98; 2:45 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Part 242

[4310–55]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 100

Northwest Arctic Federal Subsistence

Regional Advisory Council Meeting;

Subsistence Management Regulations

for Public Lands in Alaska

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA; Fish and

Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public

of the Regional Council meeting

identified above. The public is invited

to attend and observe meeting

proceedings. In addition, the public is

invited to provide oral testimony before

the Northwest Arctic Advisory Council

on a Special Action request to change

Subsistence Management Regulations

for Public Lands in Alaska for the 1998–

99 regulatory year as set forth in a final

rule on June 29, 1998 (63 FR 35332–

35381). The Regional Council will

receive testimony and will consider a

request opening sheep hunting in Unit

23 in northwest Alaska and closing

Federal lands in the same area to nonqualified subsistence users.

DATES: The Federal Subsistence Board

announces the forthcoming public

meeting of the Federal Subsistence

Regional Advisory Council. The

Northwest Arctic Regional Council will

meet in Kotzebue, AK on July 29, 1998,

at 1 p.m. in the Alaska Technical

Center.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o

Thomas H. Boyd, Office of Subsistence

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, (907) 786–3888. For questions

related to subsistence management

issues on National Forest Service lands,

inquiries may also be directed to Ken

Thompson, Regional Subsistence

Program Manager, USDA, Forest

Service, Alaska Region, (907) 271–2540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Regional Councils have been established

in accordance with Section 805 of the

Alaska National Interest Lands

Conservation Act, Pub. L. 96–487, and

Subsistence Management Regulations

for Public Lands in Alaska, 36 CFR part

242 and 50 CFR part 100, subparts A, B,

and C (57 FR 22940–22964). The

Regional Councils advise the Federal

Government on all matters related to the

subsistence taking of fish and wildlife

on public lands in Alaska and operate

in accordance with provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act.

The Northwest Arctic Regional

Council meeting will be open to the

public. The public is invited to attend

this meeting, observe the proceedings,

and provide comments to the Regional

Council.

This document provides less than the

required 15 days notice. However,

under the proposal just received, the

opening date for the hunt and the

proposed closure of public lands to nonFederally qualified users would take

effect August 1. Thus, in order to

provide the Regional Council and the

public an opportunity to comment on

this proposal before Board action and

for the Board to act in a timely manner

on this proposal, the Board finds good

cause under 41 CFR 101–6.1015(b)(2) to

conduct the meeting with less than 15

days notice. Additional notice of the

meeting will be placed in local papers

and broadcast on local radio and

television stations.

Dated: July 24, 1998.

Ken Thompson,

Acting Regional Forester, USDA-Forest

Service.

Thomas H. Boyd,

Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.

[FR Doc. 98–20362 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

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