Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 143 / Monday, July 27, 1998 / Notices 40131

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4352–N–06]

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection for Public Comment

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

emergency review and approval, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act. The Department is soliciting public

comment on the subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is:

July 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name or OMB Control

Number and should be sent to: Joseph

F. Lackey, Jr., HUD Desk Officer, Office

of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20410, telephone

(202) 708–1305. This is not a toll-free

number. Copies of available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

Notice informs the public that the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development (HUD) has submitted to

OMB an information collection package

with respect to a Notice announcing the

Title VI Loan Guarantee Demonstration

Program and a Notice of Funding

Availability for Title VI Loan Guarantee

Capacity-Building Grants. This

information collection package

submission to OMB for review is

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

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.

The Department has submitted the

proposal for the collection of

information to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The

Department has requested emergency

clearance of the collection of

information, as described below, with

approval being sought by July 27, 1998.

Title of Proposals: Notice of Title VI

Loan Guarantee Demonstration Program;

Notice of Funding Availability for Title

VI Loan Guarantee Capacity-Building

Grants.

Description of the need for the

information and proposed use: The

Departments of Veterans Affairs and

Housing and Urban Development, and

Independent Agencies Appropriations

Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (FY 1998 HUD

Appropriations Act) provided a $5

million appropriation for the funding of

a demonstration program which would

guarantee up to $45 million in loan

guarantees pursuant to Title VI of the

Native American Housing Assistance

and Self-Determination Act of 1996

(NAHASDA), which provides the

authority to operate a loan guarantee

program to fund certain eligible tribal

housing activities. Through the

demonstration program, HUD is seeking

to develop models which will provide

innovative ways to enhance economic

growth, increase access to private

capital, and encourage the investment

and participation of traditional financial

institutions on Indian reservations and

other Native American areas. Indian

tribes and tribally Designated Housing

Entities (TDHE) are encouraged to form

partnerships with investors or financial

institutions and submit model Title VI

demonstration projects to be evaluated

in accordance with the criteria

contained in the Notice.

The FY 1998 HUD Appropriations Act

also provided $25 million for a rural

housing and economic development

initiative to test comprehensive

approaches to developing job bases

through economic development,

developing affordable low- and

moderate-income rental and home

ownership housing, and increasing the

investment of both private and

nonprofit capital. Grants are authorized,

in amounts not to exceed $4 million

each, to rural and tribal areas.

The Department has determined that

$4 million will be allocated under a

Notice of Funding Availability for Title

VI Loan Guarantee Capacity-Building

Grants to assist organizations providing

capacity-building technical assistance to

Indian tribes or TDHEs that have been

granted a Title VI loan guarantee under

the Title VI Demonstration Program.

Members of affected public: Up to 20

Indian tribes or TDHEs, and

approximately 10 technical assistance

providers, are expected to apply under

the Notice and the NOFA.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: Tribes/TDHEs will be

able to apply for Title VI loan

guarantees at any time until all funds

have been obligated. Since this is the

first year of operation for the Title VI

Program, it is essential that the technical

assistance to be provided under the

NOFA be in place as the loan guarantee

applications are being developed to

ensure that the new program is

successful. The average amount of time

to put together a loan guarantee package

is likely to be, on average, 60 hours for

the 20 tribes/TDHEs. We anticipate that

not more than 10 technical assistance

provide will apply under the NOFA,

with an average application completion

time of 40 hours each. In total, the

Department expects this request will

have an annual reporting burden of

1,600 hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Pending OMB approved.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: July 20, 1998.

David S. Cristy,

Director, IRM Policy and Management

Division.

[FR Doc. 98–19914 Filed 7–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Retail Sales in Yorktown, Virginia;

Notice

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Public Notice.

SUMMARY: Public notice is hereby given

that the National Park Service proposes

to award a concession contract

authorizing retail sales for the public in

Yorktown, Virginia within Colonial

National Historical Park for a period for

five (5) years from date of contract

execution.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 13, 1998.