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Current Status: Pending.

Contact Person: Liz Begert Dunbar,

(206) 438–8350.

Project Title: Texas—Promoting Child

Health in Texas.

Description: Statewide, would require

that children age 5 and under be

immunized.

Date Received: 4/11/95.

Type: AFDC.

Current Status: New.

Contact Person: Kent Gummerman

(512) 450–3743.

Project Title: West Virginia—Joint

Opportunities for Independence (JOIN).

Description: Statewide, would require

one parent in an unemployed AFDC–UP

applicant or recipient case, with

exceptions, to participate 38 hours per

week in work and job search activities;

sanction the entire family when an

individual does not comply; deny Food

Stamps to sanctioned families and deny

Medicaid to sanctioned adults, except

for pregnant women; and freeze the

level of Food Stamps benefits for

sanctioned families at the pre-sanction

level.

Date Received: 4/11/95.

Type: Combined AFDC/Medicaid.

Current Status: New.

Contact Person: Sharon Paterno (304)

558–3186.

Project Title: Wisconsin—Self

Sufficiency First (SSF).

Description: Statewide, would require

applicant adults, as a condition of

eligibility, to meet with a financial

planning resource specialist prior to

completing an application to examine

alternatives to welfare; with some

exceptions. If the applicant still wants

to apply for assistance, as a condition of

eligibility, individual must engage in at

least 60 hours of JOB search activities

during the 30 day application period.

Would also limit JOBS exemptions.

Date Received: 4/18/95.

Type: AFDC.

Current Status: New.

Contact Person: Jean Sheil (608) 266–

0613.

Project Title: Wisconsin—Pay for

Performance (PFP).

Description: Statewide, adult

recipients will be required to participate

in JOBS up to 40 hours per week; for

each hour of non-participation the

AFDC grant will be reduced by the

federal minimum wage rate; if the AFDC

grant is fully exhausted then the

remaining sanction will be taken against

the Food Stamp (FS) allotment; FS

allotments will not be adjusted to

account for AFDC reductions resulting

from not participating in JOBS

activities; if hours of participation fall

below 25% of assigned hours without

good cause then no AFDC grant will be

awarded and the FS amount will be $10.

Would also limit JOBS exemptions.

Date Received: 4/18/95.

Type: AFDC.

Current Status: New.

Contact Person: Jean Sheil (608) 266–

0613.

III. Listing of Approved Proposals Since

April 1, 1995

Project Title: California—AFDC and

Food Stamp Compatibility

Demonstration Project.

Contact Person: Michael C. Genest,

(916) 657–3546.

Project Title: Missouri—Families

Mutual Responsibility Plan.

Contact Person: Greg Vadner, (314)

751–3124.

Project Title: Montana—Achieving

Independence for Montanans.

Contact Person: Penny Robbe, (406)

444–1917.

IV. Requests for Copies of a Proposal

Requests for copies of an AFDC or

combined AFDC/Medicaid proposal

should be directed to the

Administration for Children and

Families (ACF) at the address listed

above. Questions concerning the content

of a proposal should be directed to the

State contact listed for the proposal.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program, No. 93562; Assistance Payments—

Research.)

Dated: May 2, 1995.

Howard Rolston,

Director, Office of Policy and Evaluation.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Marine Mammals; Polar Bear Habitat

Conservation

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Extension of comment period on

a draft Habitat Conservation Strategy for

Polar Bears in Alaska.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) is extending for 15 days the

comment period on the draft Habitat

Conservation Strategy for Polar Bears in

Alaska (Strategy). The decision to

extend the comment period was made

in response to several requests.

DATES: Comments on the draft Strategy

must be received by May 16, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft Strategy

are available by contacting the Office of

Marine Mammals Management, Fish

and Wildlife Service, 1011 E. Tudor

Road, Anchorage, AK 99503; Telephone:

907/786–3800; FAX: 907/786–3816.

Written comments should be

submitted either by mail or FAX to

David McGillivary, Supervisor, Office of

Marine Mammals Management at the

above identified address or FAX

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David McGillivary in Anchorage,

Alaska, at 907/786–3800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 28, 1995, the Service

published in the Federal Register (60

FR 10868) a public notice of availability

of a draft Strategy and requested

comments on the document by May 1,

1995. Near the end of the original 60-

day comment period, the Service

received two separate letters dated April

28, 1995, requesting a 30-day extension

of the comment period to May 31, 1995.

Both requests stated that additional time

was needed to complete a review of the

draft Strategy.

While the Service has agreed to

extend the comment period, we have

determined that a 30-day extension

would not allow us adequate time to

analyze comments and to make a

decision on the draft Strategy and on the

associated proposed rule to extend the

effective period of the Service’s

incidental take regulations (at 50 CFR

18.121). Those regulations authorize

and govern the incidental, unintentional

take of small numbers of polar bear and

walrus during year-round oil and gas

operations (exploration, development,

and production) in the Beaufort Sea and

adjacent northern coast of Alaska; they

will expire on June 16, 1995, unless

decisions are made to extend the

effectiveness of the regulations beyond

June 16, 1995.

Because of the short timeframe

involved, the Service has determined

that the draft Strategy’s comment period

can only be extended for 15 days

through May 16, 1995. This deadline

will also coincide with the close of the

comment period associated with the

Service’s proposed rule published in the

Federal Register on March 17, 1995, (60

FR 14408), that proposes to extend for

an additional 42 months the

effectiveness of the final incidental take

regulations for the Beaufort Sea as

described in the previous paragraph.

Dated: May 3, 1995.

Mollie H. Beattie,

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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