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developments. Families in one of the

treatment groups received intensive

mobility counseling and were required

to lease a unit in a neighborhood with

less than ten percent poverty. The other

treatment group families could lease a

unit wherever they chose, but only

received the normal housing authority

counseling. Those families assigned to

the control group did not receive any

Section 8 assistance but continued to

receive project-based assistance.

This data collection is necessary to

measure impacts and mediators

approximately 5-years after families

were randomly assigned to the two

treatment groups and the control group.

The data are planned to be collected for

six primary domains: housing mobility

and assistance; adult education,

employment and earnings; household

income and cash assistance; adult,

youth, and child physical and mental

health; youth and child social wellbeing, including delinquency and risky

behavior; and youth and child

educational performance.

An estimated 3,800 adults heads of

household will be interviewed using the

adult interview guide. In addition to

questions about themselves and their

household in general, adults will be

asked questions about up to two

randomly selected children/youth

between the ages of 5 and 19.

Approximately 3,000 youth between the

ages of 12 and 19 will be interviewed

using the youth interview guide. An

estimated 2,100 children between the

ages of 8 and 11 will be interviewed

using the child interview guide. Finally,

the youth and children noted above plus

approximately 900 children between the

ages of 5 and 7 will take an educational

achievement test to measure reading

and math skills. All interviewers and

testing will be conducted in-person by

interviewers using computer-assisted

personal interviewing (CAPI) software

to directly input the data into a laptoop

computer. The youth interviewing and

testing will take place at conveniently

located test centers. Incentive payments

will be made to respondents

participating in this survey in order to

ensure a high response rate. Adult

respondents will receive $10 for

responding to an initial mailing seeking

contact information, $50 for responding

to the main adult survey instrument,

and $25 for answering questions about

their youth/children. Youth will receive

$50 for responding to the interview and

completing the achievement test. Small

gifts (worth $5 or less) for children

under 12 who cooperate with testing

and (if 8–11) the interview. Data

gathered will be used by Abt Associates

and the National Bureau of Economic

Research to prepare a report to HUD on

the interim impacts of MTO. Subject to

maintaining the privacy and

confidentiality of respondents, the data

collected will also be used by academics

and HUD policy analysts to further

explore what specific neighborhood

mediating factors contribute to the

neighborhood impact on outcomes for

families and children. The information

will be used by HUD and Congress to

guide future housing policy in many

areas, including housing mobility

assistance and the location and

concentration of assisted housing.

Members of affected public:

Individuals or households.

Estimation of the total number of

hours needed to prepare the information

collection including number of

respondents, frequency of response, and

hours of response: 3,800 adults at 65

minutes; 3,000 youth with 30 minute

survey, 45 minute achievement test, and

60 minute travel time to and from test

center; 2,100 children ages 8–11 with 15

minute survey and 45 minute

achievement test; and 900 children ages

5–7 with 30 minute achievement test.

One-time response, total 13,446

reporting burden hours.

Status of the proposed information

collection: Pending OMB approval.

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork

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

as amended.

Dated: June 8, 2001.

Lawrence L. Thompson,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development And Research.

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BILLING CODE 4210–62–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Extension for Public Scoping

Comments for the Preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Proposed Exchange of Lands With

Federal Interest on South Fox Island,

Leelanau County, MI, Between the

State of Michigan and a Private Citizen

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior, lead; National Park Service,

Interior, cooperating; Michigan

Department of Natural Resources,

cooperating.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement;

extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: This document announces an

extension of the comment period for an

additional 30 days to allow further

participation in the scoping process.

For additional information, the

original announcement regarding the

notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement was

published in the Federal Register on

May 16, 2001, beginning on page 27154.

Copies of the document can be obtained

by contacting the individuals listed in

the original announcement.

The notice of intent and

supplementary information can also be

viewed via the internet at http://

midwest.fws.gov/nepa

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before COB July 15, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

the various agencies, the contacts are:

Mr. Craig A. Czarnecki, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, East Lansing Field

Office, 2651 Coolidge Road, Suite 101,

East Lansing, MI 48823, telephone: (517)

351–8470, facsimile: (517) 351–1443; or

Mr. Jon Parker, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Division of Federal Aid, Bishop

Henry Whipple Building, 1 Federal

Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111;

telephone: (612) 713–5142, facsimile:

(612) 713–5290; Ms. Elyse LaForest,

National Park Service, 15 State Street,

Boston, MA 02109, telephone: (617)

223–5190, facsimile: (617) 223–5164;

Mr. Doug Erickson, Michigan

Department of Natural Resources,

Wildlife Division, P.O. Box 30444,

Lansing, MI 48909–7944; telephone:

(517) 335–4316, facsimile: (517) 373–

6705.

William F. Hartwig,

Regional Director, Region 3, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Final Environmental Impact Statement/

Final General Management Plan, New

Bedford Whaling National Historical

Park, Bristol County, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final

environmental impact statement/ final

geneal management plan.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Council on

Environmental Quality regulations and

National Park Service Policy, this notice

announces the availability for public

review of a Final Environmental Impact

Statement/ Final General Management

Plan for New Bedford Whaling National

Historical Park, Bristol County,

Massachusetts. In accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act

102(2)(C) of 1969, the environmental