41584 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 149 /Tuesday, August 4, 1998 / Notices

Dated: July 23, 1998.

David S. Cristy,

Director, IRM Policy and Management

Division.

Title of Proposal: Loan Guarantee

Recovery Fund established pursuant to

the Church Arson Prevention Act of

1996.

Office: Community Planning and

Development.

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0159.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use:

Section 4 of the Church Arson

Prevention Act of 1996 authorizes the

Secretary of HUD to guarantee loans

made to certain nonprofit organizations

whose properties have been damaged by

an act or acts or arson or terrorism. The

information will be used to evaluate the

organizations to determine whether: (1)

the borrower is an eligible section

501(C)(3) nonprofit organization; (2) the

financial institution is eligible under the

regulations, and utilizes sufficient

underwriting standards; (3) the use of

guaranteed loan funds is limited to

assisting property damaged or destroyed

by acts of arson or terrorism; (4) the

organizations which will be assisted by

the loan are eligible under 24 CFR

Section 573.3; (5) the required

certifications are made; and (6) the

assisted organizations will comply with

all applicable environmental laws and

requirements.

Form Number: SF–424, 40076–LGA.

Respondents: Not-For-Profit

Institutions and Businesses or Other

For-Profit.

Frequency of Submission:

Recordkeeping, On Occasion, and

Monthly.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

respondents × Frequency ofresponse × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

Application:

Nonprofits ............................................................................ 50 1 16 800

Other ................................................................................... 50 1 32 1600

Recordkeeping ........................................................................... 50 52 2 5200

Progress Reports ....................................................................... 50 52 1 2600

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

10,200.

Status: Reinstatement, with changes.

Contact: Tony Johnston, HUD, (202)

708–1871 x4560, Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: July 23, 1998.

[FR Doc. 98–20664 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Application

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application.

SUMMARY: The following applicant

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 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.)

Permit No. 778102

Applicant: Assistant Regional DirectorEcological Services, Region 7, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska.

The applicant requests authorization

to renew U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Endangered Species Permit PRT–

778102, from September 15, 1998,

through December 31, 2003. This permit

would allow ‘‘take’’ associated with

propagation and scientific research (i.e.,

harass by survey, capture, hold, radio

tag, mark, collect biological samples,

release, and captive breed) of

individuals of threatened and

endangered species. The taking would

be in conjunction with recovery efforts,

for the purpose of enhancing species’

survival. The species for which the

permit would apply are the spectacled

eider (Somateria fischeri), Steller’s eider

(Polysticta stelleri), Aleutian Canada

goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia),

and American peregrine falcon (Falco

peregrinus anatum).

DATES: Written comments on this permit

application must be received on or

before September 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

concerning this permit renewal should

be sent to Karen Boylan, Endangered

Species Permits Coordinator, Ecological

Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage,

Alaska, 99503 (facsimile: 907/786–

3350). Please refer to the permit number

when submitting comments. All

comments, including names and

addresses, received will become part of

the official administrative record may be

made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Documents and other information

submitted with this application are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and the

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents within 20

days of the date of publication of this

notice. Requests for information should

be submitted to the Endangered Species

Permit Coordinator, at the above address

(telephone: 907/786–3431). Please refer

to the permit number when requesting

copies of documents.

Dated: July 24, 1998.

Everett Robinson-Wilson,

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 7, Anchorage, Alaska.

[FR Doc. 98–20685 Filed 8–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Federal Geographic Data Committee

(FGDC); Public Review of the

Biological Data Profile of the Content

Standard for Digital Geospatial

Metadata

ACTION: Notice; Request for comments.

SUMMARY: The FGDC is conducting a

public review of the Biological Data

Profile of the Content Standard for

Digital Geospatial Metadata. The

purpose of this public review is to

provide software vendors, data users

and producers with an opportunity to

comment on this standard in order to

ensure that it meets their needs.

Specifically, the FGDC requests

responses in identifying issues

concerning: (1) Extended elements and

doman changes, (2) utility and

functionality of the production rules

and (3) the standard’s

comprehensiveness for documenting

biological data.

Participants in the public review are

encouraged to provide comments that

address specific issues/changes/

additions that may result in revisions to

the draft Biological Data Profile of the

Content Standard for Digital Geospatial

Metadata. All participants who make