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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lanier Hylton, Director, Office of 

Housing Assistance and Contract 

Administration Oversight, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20410, telephone (202) 708–2677 (this is 

not a toll free number) for copies of the 

proposed forms and other available 

information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). 

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 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 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Application for 

Housing Assistance Payments; Special 

Claims Processing. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–182. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use:

Vouchers are submitted by owners/

agents to HUD or their Contract 

Administrators (CA)/Performance Based 

Contract Administrators (PBCA) each 

month to receive assistance payments 

for the difference between the gross rent 

and the total tenant payment for all 

assisted tenants. In the instance of 

special claims, vouchers are submitted 

by owners/agents to HUD or their CA/

PBCA to receive an amount of offset 

unpaid rents, tenant damages, 

vacancies, and/or debt service losses. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

HUD–52670; HUD–52670A, Part 1; 

HUD–52670A, Part 2; HUD–52671A, 

HUD–52671B, HUD–52671C, HUD–

52671D. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The estimated total 

number of hours needed to prepare the 

information collection is 313,534; the 

number of respondents is 23,500 

generating approximately 300,996 

annual responses; the frequency of 

response is on occasion and monthly; 

and the estimated time needed to 

prepare the response varies from 1 hour 

to 2.66 hours. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Revision of a currently 

approved collection.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.

Dated: August 18, 2005. 

Frank L. Davis, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing—Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. E5–4636 Filed 8–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–27–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Information Collection Renewal Sent to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act; OMB 

Control No. 1018–0100; Information 

Collection in Support of Grant 

Programs Authorized by the North 

American Wetlands Conservation Act 

(NAWCA)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Service) have sent a request to 

OMB to renew the collection of 

information described below. We use 

the information collected to conduct our 

NAWCA grant programs in the manner 

prescribed by that Act, the Migratory 

Bird Conservation Commission, and the 

North American Wetlands Conservation 

Council. We also use the information to 

comply with Federal reporting 

requirements for grants awarded under 

the program.

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before September 26, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this information 

collection renewal to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior at 

OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–6566 (fax) or 

OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov (e-mail). 

Please provide a copy of your comments 

to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); (703) 358–2269 (fax); or 

hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection requirements, explanatory 

information, or related materials, 

contact Hope Grey at the addresses 

above or by phone at (703) 358–2482. 

For information related to the grant 

program, which is the subject of the 

information collection approval, please 

visit our Web site at http://

birdhabitat.fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OMB 

regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 

implement provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C 3501 

et seq.), require that interested members 

of the public and affected agencies have 

an opportunity to comment on 

information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)). We have asked OMB to 

renew approval of the collection of 

information for the NAWCA grants 

programs. The current OMB control 

number for this collection of 

information is 1018–0100, which 

expires on August 31, 2005. We are 

requesting the standard 3-year term of 

approval for this information collection 

activity. Federal agencies may not 

conduct or sponsor and a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Following our submittal, OMB has up to 

60 days to approve or disapprove our 

information collection request; however, 

OMB may make its decision as early as 

30 days after submittal of our request. 

Therefore, to ensure that your comments 

receive consideration, send your 

comments and/or suggestions to OMB 

by the date referenced in the DATES

section of this notice. 

We received one comment regarding 

this notice. The commenter did not 

address the necessity, clarity, or 

accuracy of the information collection, 

but stated that the North American 

Waterfowl Management Plan and the 

Council, as constituted, are used to kill 

waterfowl, not save them. In addition, 

the commenter petitions to reconstitute 

the Council with different members and 

requests program materials. We have not 

made any changes to our information 

collection as a result of the comment. 

The North American Waterfowl 

Management Plan (NAWMP), first 

signed in 1986, is a tripartite agreement 

among Canada, Mexico, and the United 

States to enhance, restore, and 

otherwise protect continental wetlands 

to benefit waterfowl and other wetlandsassociated wildlife through partnerships 

between and among the private and 

public sectors. Because the 1986 

NAWMP did not carry with it a 

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mechanism to provide for broadly based 

and sustained financial support for 

wetland conservation activities, 

Congress passed and the President 

signed into law the NAWCA. The 

purpose of NAWCA, as amended, is to 

promote, through partnerships, longterm conservation of North American 

wetland ecosystems and the waterfowl 

and other migratory birds, fish, and 

wildlife that depend upon such habitat. 

Principal conservation actions 

supported by NAWCA are acquisition, 

enhancement, and restoration of 

wetlands and wetlands-associated 

habitat.

In addition to providing for a 

continuing and stable funding base, 

NAWCA establishes an administrative 

body, the North American Wetlands 

Conservation Council, made up of a 

State representative from each of the 

four flyways, three representatives from 

wetlands conservation organizations, 

the Secretary of the Board of the 

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, 

and the Director of the Service. The 

Council recommends funding of select 

wetlands conservation project proposals 

to the Migratory Bird Conservation 

Commission (MBCC). Competing for 

grant funds involves applications from 

partnerships that describe in substantial 

detail project locations, project 

resources, future benefits, and other 

characteristics, to meet the standards 

established by the Council and the 

requirements of NAWCA. 

Materials that describe the program 

and assist applicants in formulating 

project proposals for Council 

consideration are available on our Web 

site at http://birdhabitat.fws.gov.

Persons who do not have access to the 

Web site may still obtain instructional 

materials by mail. There has been 

virtually no change in the scope and 

general nature of these instructions 

since the OMB first approved the 

information collection in 1999. 

Instructions assist applicants in 

formulating detailed project proposals 

for Council consideration. The 

instructional materials, including any 

hard or electronic copy and information 

or other instruments, are the basis for 

this information collection request. 

Notices of funding availability, which 

are updated regularly, are posted on the 

Grants.gov Web site (http://

www.grants.gov) as well as in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 

We use information collected under this 

program to respond to audits, program 

planning and management, program 

evaluation, Government Performance 

and Results Act reporting, Standard 

Form 424 (Application For Federal 

Assistance), grant agreements, budget 

reports and justifications, public and 

private requests for information, data 

provided to other programs for 

databases on similar programs, 

congressional inquiries, and reports 

required by NAWCA. 

If we do not collect this information, 

we would have to eliminate the program 

because it would not be possible to 

determine eligibility and the relative 

worth of the proposed projects or to 

meet our legal responsibilities under the 

Act and regulations. Reducing the 

frequency of collection would only 

reduce the frequency of grant 

opportunities, as the information 

collected is unique to each project 

proposal. Discontinuation of the 

program is not a viable option. 

Title of Collection: Information 

Collection in Support of Grant Programs 

Authorized by the North American 

Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA). 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0100. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Frequency of Collection: Occasional. 

The Small Grants program has one 

project proposal period per year and the 

Standard Grants program has two per 

year. Annual reports are due 90 days 

after the anniversary date of the grant 

agreement. Final reports are due 90 days 

after the end of the project period. The 

project period is 2 years. 

Description of Respondents:

Households and/or individuals; 

businesses and/or other for-profits 

organizations; educational 

organizations; not-for-profit institutions; 

Federal Government; and State, local 

and/or tribal governments. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 37,600. 

We estimate 80 hours for each Small 

Grant and 400 hours for each Standard 

Grant. 

Number of Respondents:

Approximately 150. We estimate 70 

proposals for the Small Grants program 

and 80 for the Standard Grants program. 

Approximately half of the projects 

submitted are funded. 

We interviewed five previous and 

current recipients of NAWCA grants 

with regard to three aspects of the grants 

programs: the availability of the 

information requested, the clarity of the 

instructions, and the annual burden 

hours for preparing applications and 

other materials, such as annual and final 

reports for both the Small Grants and 

the Standard Grants programs. All 

respondents advised that the 

information regarding descriptions of 

both programs and application 

instructions are readily available and 

the clarity of the information/

instructions for both programs is good, 

even considering the level of detail and 

technical information required in the 

Standard Grants program application. 

We invite your comments on: (1) 

Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the NAWCA grants 

programs, including whether or not in 

the opinion of the respondent the 

information has practical utility; (2) the 

accuracy of our estimate of the annual 

hour burden of information requested; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents. The information 

collection in this program is part of a 

system of records covered by the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).

Dated: August 3, 2005. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved Tribal—

State Compact. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes 

approval of the Tribal—State Compact 

between the State of New Mexico and 

the Pueblo of Pojoaque.

DATES: Effective Date: August 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming Management, Office of 

the Deputy Assistant Secretary—Policy 

and Economic Development, 

Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of the 

approved Tribal-State Compacts for the 

purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 

activities on Indian lands. This Compact 

authorizes the Pueblo of Pojoaque of 

New Mexico to engage in certain Class 

III gaming activities on Indian lands. 

This compact is identical to the other 

New Mexico compacts that were 

approved by the Department in 2001.