6030 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 23 / Friday, February 4, 2005 / Notices 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

PHAs (or Resident Management 

Corporations) submit management 

information for evaluation of all major 

areas of a participant’s management 

operations. The information is used to 

assess the management performance of 

PHAs.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 7, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2535–0106) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–6974.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 

Officer, AYO, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov; or 

Lillian Deitzer at 

Lillian_L_Deitzer@HUD.gov or 

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a 

toll-free number. Copies of available 

documents submitted to OMB may be 

obtained from Mr. Eddins or Ms. Deitzer 

and at HUD’s Web site at http://

www5.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/

collectionsearch.cfm

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development has submitted to OMB a 

request for approval of the information 

collection described below. This notice 

is soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affecting agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information to: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information 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 

through 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: PHAS: Management 

Operations Certification. 

OMB Approval Number: 2535–0106. 

Form Numbers: HUD–50072. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Its Proposed Use: PHAs 

(or Resident Management Corporations) 

submit management information for 

evaluation of all major areas of a 

participant’s management operations. 

The information is used to assess the 

management performance of PHAs. 

Frequency of Submission: Annually.

Number of

Respondents 

Annual

Responses x Hours perResponse = BurdenHours 

Reporting Burden: ............................................................................. 3,174 1 1.14 3,643 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,643. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended.

Dated: January 28, 2005. 

Wayne Eddins, 

Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer.

[FR Doc. 05–2213 Filed 2–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–72–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4975–N–01] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 5, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 

Officer, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room 

8001, Washington, DC 20410 or 

Wayne_Eddins@hud.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anita Hart, Realty Specialist, Office of 

Regulatory Affairs and Manufactured 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, telephone 708–

0502 Ext. 2066 (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: Interstate Land 

Sales Full Disclosure Requirements. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable:

2502–0243. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use:

Developers must register subdivisions of 

100 or more non-exempt lots with HUD 

and provide consumers with a property 

report prior to sales/lease contract/

agreement. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable:

None. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The number of 

respondents is 1,104, the number of 

responses annually is 26,493, and the 

number of burden hours is 24,776.

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Status of the proposed information 

collection: Currently approved.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: January 26, 2005. 

John C. Weicher, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal 

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 05–2214 Filed 2–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan/Environmental Assessment for Bon 

Secour National Wildlife Refuge in 

Baldwin County, Alabama. 

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

announces that a Draft Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan/Environmental 

Assessment for Bon Secour National 

Wildlife Refuge is available for review 

and comment. The National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966, as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997, requires the Service to 

develop a comprehensive conservation 

plan for each national wildlife refuge. 

The purpose in developing a 

comprehensive conservation plan is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contributing toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, the plan identifies 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities available to the public, 

including opportunities for hunting, 

fishing, wildlife observation and 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. 

Proposed goals for the refuge include: 

• Identifying, conserving, managing, 

enhancing, and restoring populations of 

native fish and wildlife species 

representative of coastal Alabama, with 

special emphasis on migratory birds and 

threatened and endangered species. 

• Identifying, conserving, managing, 

enhancing, and restoring the natural 

diversity, abundance, and ecological 

functions of refuge habitats and 

associated plant communities, with an 

emphasis on managing designated 

critical habitat for threatened and 

endangered species. 

• Identifying and conserving 

archaeological and natural resources on 

the refuge and promoting conservation 

through interagency and private 

landowner cooperation, partnerships, 

and land protection programs on the 

Fort Morgan Peninsula and coastal 

Alabama. 

• Providing the public with quality 

interpretation, outreach opportunities, 

environmental education programs, and 

recreational activities that lead to a 

greater understanding, enjoyment, and 

appreciation of fish, wildlife, habitats, 

and cultural resources of coastal 

Alabama. 

Compatibility determinations for 

recreational fishing, wildlife 

observation, photography, hiking, 

environmental education and 

interpretation, swimming and beach 

use, scientific research, dogs on the 

beach, and bicycling are included in the 

draft plan. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action is to adopt and 

implement a comprehensive 

conservation plan for the refuge that 

best achieves the refuge’s purpose, 

vision, and goals; contributes to the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

mission; addresses the significant issues 

and relevant mandates; and is consistent 

with principles of sound fish and 

wildlife management. The Service 

analyzed four alternatives for managing 

the refuge and chose Alternative D as 

the one to best achieve all of these 

elements. 

Alternatives 

Alternative A—Represents the status 

quo; e.g., no changes from current 

management of the refuge. Existing 

refuge management and public outreach 

practices would be favored under this 

alternative. All refuge management 

actions would be directed towards 

achieving the refuge’s primary purposes 

including: (1) Preserving habitat to 

ensure the well-being of nationally 

threatened and endangered species; (2) 

conserving an undisturbed beach/dune 

ecosystem which includes a diversity of 

fish, wildlife, and their habitats; (3) 

serving as a living laboratory for 

scientists and students; and (4) 

providing wildlife-oriented recreation 

for the public.

Refuge management programs would 

continue to be developed and 

implemented with little baseline 

biological information. Active habitat 

management would include beach/dune 

habitat improvement and restoration, 

protection of nesting sea turtles, and 

prescribed burning designed to reduce 

fuel loads. Land would be acquired from 

willing sellers within the current 

acquisition boundary totaling 

approximately 12,570 acres. 

Fishing and wildlife observation 

would continue to be the major focuses 

of the refuge public use program, with 

no expansion of current opportunities. 

Current restrictions or prohibitions 

would remain. No new trails would be 

developed, but the refuge staff would 

continue to maintain the existing trails. 

Environmental education and 

interpretation and wildlife photography 

would be accommodated on a case-bycase basis. Funding to construct a 

maintenance facility and to rehabilitate 

existing facilities would be requested. 

Alternative B—Expands wildlife and 

habitat management activities, while 

maintaining current public use and 

education. Under this alternative, the 

emphasis would be to improve refuge 

resources for wildlife, while still 

maintaining those public use 

opportunities which presently exist. 

Most refuge management actions would 

be directed toward preserving, 

enhancing, restoring, and managing the 

beach/dune habitat for the benefit of the 

Alabama beach mouse and nesting sea 

turtles. Prescribed burning would be 

used to improve habitat for neotropical 

migratory birds. Other national, 

regional, and state goals to protect and 

restore forest, grassland, and scrub/

shrub bird populations would be 

supported secondarily in habitats that 

are inland from the beach/dune habitat. 

Baseline data would be collected, 

standardized surveys implemented, and 

populations monitored. 

Additional staff would include a 

biological technician and a law 

enforcement officer to accomplish 

objectives for establishing baseline data 

on refuge resources, managing habitats, 

and protecting biological resources. 

Under this alternative the refuge 

would continue to seek lands from 

willing sellers within the acquisition 

boundary. Non-traditional land 

protection methods would be developed 

and employed. 

Public uses would include wildlife 

observation and photography, limited 

interpretation, and fishing. Under this 

alternative, outreach and environmental 

education would occur on a sporadic, 

time-permitting basis. No evaluation of 

existing uses would occur. Fishing and 

wildlife observation would continue to 

be the major focus for the public use 

program, with no expansion of 

enhancement of current opportunities. 

No new trails would be developed, but 

the refuge staff would continue to 

maintain the existing trails. All new