Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 2001 / Notices 4855

Assistance Number for this program is

14.187.

Dated: January 10, 2001.

Andrew Cuomo,

Secretary.

APPENDIX—FY 2001 OPERATING

COST ADJUSTMENT FACTORS

(OCAF) FOR RENT ADJUSTMENTS

AT SECTION 8 CONTRACT RENEWAL

[In percent]

State

FY 2001 operating cost adjustment factor

ALABAMA ............................. 3.31

ALASKA ................................ 2.48

ARIZONA .............................. 3.45

ARKANSAS .......................... 3.19

CALIFORNIA ........................ 2.99

COLORADO ......................... 3.20

CONNECTICUT .................... 2.88

DELAWARE .......................... 2.84

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ... 2.98

FLORIDA .............................. 3.09

GEORGIA ............................. 1.68

HAWAII ................................. 3.10

IDAHO .................................. 3.23

ILLINOIS ............................... 2.72

INDIANA ............................... 2.81

IOWA .................................... 2.79

KANSAS ............................... 2.88

KENTUCKY .......................... 2.89

LOUISIANA ........................... 3.08

MAINE .................................. 2.89

MARYLAND .......................... 3.19

MASSACHUSETTS .............. 2.64

MICHIGAN ............................ 3.00

MINNESOTA ........................ 3.22

MISSISSIPPI ........................ 2.96

MISSOURI ............................ 2.97

MONTANA ............................ 3.54

NEBRASKA .......................... 3.08

NEVADA ............................... 3.21

NEW HAMPSHIRE ............... 2.58

NEW JERSEY ...................... 3.31

NEW MEXICO ...................... 2.53

NEW YORK .......................... 2.79

NORTH CAROLINA ............. 3.25

NORTH DAKOTA ................. 2.90

OHIO ..................................... 2.87

OKLAHOMA ......................... 3.03

OREGON .............................. 3.12

PENNSYLVANIA .................. 1.94

RHODE ISLAND ................... 2.35

SOUTH CAROLINA .............. 3.24

SOUTH DAKOTA ................. 3.25

TENNESSEE ........................ 3.12

TEXAS .................................. 2.79

UTAH .................................... 2.58

VERMONT ............................ 3.91

VIRGINIA .............................. 3.00

WASHINGTON ..................... 3.26

WEST VIRGINIA .................. 3.11

WISCONSIN ......................... 3.24

WYOMING ............................ 3.07

PACIFIC ISLANDS ............... 2.76

PUERTO RICO ..................... 3.21

VIRGIN ISLANDS ................. 2.86

UNITED STATES AVERAGE 2.85

[FR Doc. 01–1396 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4558–N–04]

Mortgage Review Board:

Administrative Actions—Clarification

AGENCY: Office of Assistant Secretary for

Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Public Notice, Mortgagee

Review Board, Clarification of

Administrative Action.

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section

202(c) of the National Housing Act,

notice is given of the cause and

description of administrative actions

taken by HUD’s Mortgage Review Board

against HUD-approved mortgagees. This

notice provides clarification regarding

the description of and the cause for

administrative action against a HUDapproved mortgagee.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: D.

Jackson Kinkaid, Secretary to the

Mortgage Review Board, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 708–3041

extension 3574 (this is not a toll-free

number). Hearing or speech-impaired

persons may access this number via

TTY by calling the toll-free Federal

Information Relay Service at 1–800–

877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

202(c) of the National Housing Act

(added by Section 142 of the

Department of Housing and Urban

Development Reform Act of 1989, Pub.

L. 101–235, approved December 15,

1989), requires that HUD ‘‘publish a

description of and the cause for

administrative actions against a HUDapproved mortgage’’ by the

Department’s Mortgage Review Board.

In compliance with the requirements of

Section 202(c)(5), notice is hereby given

of a clarification of a previously

published description and cause for an

administrative action against a HUDapproved mortgagee. The specific

mortgagee that is the subject of this

clarification is James B. Nutter &

Company, Kansas City, Missouri,

pursuant to an administrative action

originally reported at 65 FR 53734 (#44)

published on September 5, 2000. The

clarification regarding the

administrative action taken against this

mortgagee is noted below:

1. James B. Nutter & Company, Kansas

City, Missouri.

Action: Proposed settlement

agreement of disputed matters that

included a payment to the Department.

Cause: A review by HUD’s Quality

Assurance Division discovered alleged

failures to comply with HUD/FHA Loss

Mitigation and other HUD/FHA

requirements.

Dated: January 10, 2001.

William C. Apgar,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner, Chairman, Mortgagee

Review Board.

[FR Doc. 01–1538 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of the Draft

Environmental Assessment and Land

Protection Plan for the Proposed

Establishment of Green River National

Wildlife Refuge, Henderson County, KY

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Draft Environmental Assessment and

Land Protection Plan for the proposed

establishment of Green River National

Wildlife Refuge.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Southeast Region, proposes to establish

a new national wildlife refuge in the

Scuffletown Bottoms area in Henderson

County, Kentucky. The purpose of the

proposed refuge is to protect, restore

and manage a valuable complex of

wetland habitats for the benefit of

migrating and wintering waterfowl, nongame land birds, and other native fish

and wildlife. A Draft Environmental

Assessment and Land Protection Plan

for the establishment of the proposed

refuge has been prepared by Service

biologists in coordination with the

Kentucky Department of Fish and

Wildlife Resources. The assessment

considers the biological, environmental,

and socioeconomic effects of

establishing the refute and evaluates

three alternative actions and their

potential impacts on the environment.

Written comments or recommendations

concerning the proposal are welcomed

and should be sent to the address given

below.

DATES: Land acquisition planning for

the project is currently underway. The

draft environmental assessment and

land protection plan will be available to

the public for review and comment on

January 22, 2001. Written comments

must be received no later than March 9,

2001, in order to be considered for the

preparation of the final environmental

assessment.

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ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,

you may submit your comments by any

of several methods. You may mail your

comments to Mr. Charles R. Danner,

Team Leader, Planning and Support

Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta,

Georgia 30345. You may hand-deliver

your comments to Mr. Danner at the

same address. Or you may submit your

comments by telephone at 1–800–419–

9582. Our practice is to make

comments, including names and home

addresses of respondents, available for

public review during regular business

hours. Individual respondents may

request that we withhold their home

address from the record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law.

There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold from the

record a respondent’s identity, as

allowable by law. if you wish us to

withhold your name and/or address,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your comment. However,

we will not consider anonymous

comments. We will make all

submissions from organizations or

businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations and businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposal would establish a national

wildlife refuge on up to 23,000 acres of

wetlands and bottomland hardwoods

along the confluence of the Green and

Ohio Rivers in Henderson County,

Kentucky. The Service is proposing to

establish the refuge through a

combination of fee title purchases from

willing sellers and leases, conservation

easements, or cooperative agreements

from willing landowners.

The goals of the proposed refuge

would be to provide (1) Habitat for

migrating and wintering waterfowl, (2)

habitat for non-game land birds, (3)

habitats for a natural diversity of fish

and wildlife, (4) nesting habitat for

wood ducks and other locally nesting

migratory waterfowl, (5) quality hunting

and sportfishing opportunities, and (6)

opportunities for environmental

education, interpretation, and wildlifeoriented recreation.

Dated: January 5, 2001.

Sam D. Hamilton,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–1441 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–957–1430–BJ]

Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of the following

described lands were officially filed in

the Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, Boise, Idaho, effective 9

a.m., on the dates specified:

The plat representing the entire

survey record of the dependent resurvey

of a portion of the subdivisional lines,

T. 5 N., R. 1 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho,

Group Number 1092, was accepted

October 2, 2000. The plat was prepared

to meet certain administrative needs of

the Bureau of Land Management.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of a portion of the east

boundary and of the subdivisional lines,

and the subdivision of section 36, T. 2

S., R. 36 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho, and

the plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the east and

north boundaries, and the subdivisional

lines, and the subdivision of sections

13, 14, and 24, T. 3 S., R. 36 E., Boise

Meridian, Idaho, Group Number 999,

were accepted November 6, 2000. The

plats were prepared to meet certain

administrative needs of the Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Fort Hall Agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Olsen, Chief, Cadastral Survey,

Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 1387 South Vinnell Way,

Boise, Idaho 83709–1657, 208–373–

3980.

Dated: January 3, 2001.

Harry K. Smith,

Acting Chief, Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho.

[FR Doc. 01–1395 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Definition and Payback of Inadvertent

Overruns for Delivery of Lower

Colorado River Water; Notice of Public

Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public comment

period.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) proposes a policy that

will identify inadvertent overruns, will

establish procedures that account for

inadvertent overruns, and will define

subsequent payback requirements to the

Colorado River mainstream, and invites

comments on its draft proposal.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received at the address below on or

before March 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,

you may mail comments to Deputy Area

Manager, Boulder Canyon Operations

Office, Lower Colorado Region, Bureau

of Reclamation, BCOO–1010, P.O. Box

61470, Boulder City, Nevada 89006. You

may also comment via the Internet at

InadvertentOverrun@lc.usbr.gov. If you

comment via the Internet, please submit

comments as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. If you do not receive a

confirmation via e-mail that we have

received your Internet message, please

contact us directly at (702) 293–8592.

Our practice is to make comments,

including names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public

review. Individual respondents may

request that we withhold their home

address from public disclosure, which

we will honor to the extent allowable by

law. There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold a

respondent’s identity from public

disclosure, as allowable by law. If you

wish us to withhold your name and/or

address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. We will make all submissions

from organizations or businesses, and

from individuals identifying themselves

as representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public disclosure in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Redlinger, (702) 293–8592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its June

3, 1963 opinion in the case of Arizona

v. California (373 U.S. 546), the

Supreme Court of the United States held

that the Congress has directed the

Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to

administer a network of useful projects

constructed by the Federal Government

on the lower Colorado River, and it has

entrusted the Secretary with sufficient

power to direct, manage, and coordinate

their operation. The Court held that this

power must be construed to permit the

Secretary to allocate and distribute the

waters of the mainstream of the

Colorado River within the boundaries

set down by the Boulder Canyon Project

Act (45 Stat. 1057, 43 U.S.C. 617)

(BCPA). The Secretary has entered into

contracts for the delivery of Colorado

River water with entities in Arizona,

California, and Nevada in accordance

with section 5 of the BCPA. The