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remedied, a mortgagee applying for a 

new Origination Approval Agreement 

must obtain an independent review of 

the terminated office’s operations as 

well as its mortgage production, 

specifically including the FHA-insured 

mortgages cited in its termination 

notice. This independent analysis shall 

identify the underlying cause for the 

mortgagee’s high default and claim rate. 

The review must be conducted and 

issued by an independent Certified 

Public Accountant (CPA) qualified to 

perform audits under Government 

Auditing Standards as provided by the 

Government Accountability Office. The 

mortgagee must also submit a written 

corrective action plan to address each of 

the issues identified in the CPA’s report, 

along with evidence that the plan has 

been implemented. The application for 

a new Agreement should be in the form 

of a letter, accompanied by the CPA’s 

report and corrective action plan. The 

request should be sent to the Director, 

Office of Lender Activities and Program 

Compliance, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room B133–P3214, Washington, DC 

20410–8000 or by courier to 490 

L’Enfant Plaza, East, SW., Suite 3214, 

Washington, DC 20024–8000. 

Action: The following mortgagees 

have had their Agreements terminated 

by HUD: 

Mortgagee name Mortgagee branch address HUD office 

jurisdictions 

Termination 

effective date 

Homeownership 

centers 

Alethes LLC ......................... 8601 RR 2222 BLDG 1, AUSTIN, TX 78730 ................... Ft Worth ............ ........................... Denver. 

Rocky Mountain .................. 7075 S. ALTON WAY, CENTENNIAL, CO 80112 ........... Denver .............. ........................... Denver. 

Dated: November 20, 2007. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E7–23321 Filed 11–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Central Utah Project Completion Act 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Water and Science, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

Public Scoping Meeting on the Hobble 

Creek Habitat Restoration, Utah County, 

Utah, as part of the June Sucker 

Recovery Implementation Program. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations at 40 CFR 1501.7, and 

authorities under the Endangered 

Species Act (15 U.S.C. 1536, et seq.), the 

Department is initiating an 

environmental impact analysis, with 

public involvement, for the Hobble 

Creek Habitat Restoration Project. The 

plan would relocate a portion of Hobble 

Creek onto state-owned land, restore 

more natural stream sinuosity, and 

improve instream habitat conditions to 

benefit the June sucker (Chasmistes 

liorus), an endangered fish. 

The June sucker exists naturally only 

in Utah Lake and spawns only in the 

Provo River, a Utah Lake tributary. 

Hobble Creek, also a tributary to Utah 

Lake, is believed to be an historic 

spawning stream for the June sucker 

that has been dredged, straightened and 

otherwise degraded in a manner that 

renders it no longer suitable for June 

sucker spawning. Restoration of at least 

one additional Utah Lake tributary as 

spawning habitat for the June sucker is 

a recovery action in the approved 

Recovery Plan for the species. The 

Department is acting as Lead Agency for 

NEPA compliance in its capacity as a 

participating partner in the June Sucker 

Recovery Implementation Program. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting is 

scheduled in the local geographic area 

of the project to receive input from 

affected parties and the general public 

regarding anticipated environmental 

issues associated with the project. The 

scoping meeting will be held 

Wednesday, December 5, 2007, from 5 

p.m. to 7 p.m. at: Springville Junior 

High School, School Cafeteria, 165 

South 700 East, Springville, Utah 84663. 

Public notice of this meeting will also 

be announced in local media. The 

details for submitting scoping comments 

will also be announced. 

FOR FURTHER INFOMRATION: Additional 

information on matters related to this 

notice can be obtained by contacting Mr. 

Ralph G. Swanson, 302 East 1860 South 

Provo, Utah 84606–6154, telephone 

(801) 379–1254, or by e-mail at 

rswanson@uc.usbr.gov. 

Dated: November 27, 2007. 

Reed R. Murray, 

Program Director, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act Office, Upper Colorado 

Region. 

[FR Doc. E7–23398 Filed 11–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Climate Change Science Program; 

Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey. 

Committee Name: USGS–CCSP 

Committee for Synthesis and 

Assessment Product 3.4: Abrupt Climate 

Change. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting by 

Teleconference. 

SUMMARY: The USGS–CCSP Committee 

for Synthesis and Assessment Product 

(SAP) 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change will 

hold a teleconference on December 21, 

2007 from 12 p.m.–4 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time. 

Agenda: The purpose of the 

teleconference is to discuss the results 

of the peer review process for SAP 3.4. 

The first draft of the SAP was peer 

reviewed by 24 scientists with expertise 

tied to the subject matter of the report. 

Comments from the peer reviewers were 

collated and distributed to the chapter 

lead authors of the report. The chapter 

authors have prepared proposed 

responses to the peer review comments 

and distributed them to the full 

Committee for deliberation at the 

December 21 teleconference. The 

teleconference is open to the public. 

Pre-registration is required to attend. 

Contact the Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) at the address below by December 

17 to pre-register and to receive a copy 

of the peer review comments and 

proposed responses. The teleconference 

will take place in a conference room at 

the USGS in Reston, VA (full address 

below). In order to participate in the 

teleconference, members of the public 

will need to attend in person at the 

USGS in Reston, VA. Prepared 

statements may be presented orally to 

the Committee during the 

teleconference between 12 p.m. and 

12:30 p.m. Public statements will be 

limited to 3 minutes per person. For 

scheduling reasons, intent to make a 

public statement must be established at 

the time of pre-registration. A written 

copy of the oral statement must be left 

with the Committee’s DFO as a matter 

of public record. Additional short 

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public comments/questions during the 

teleconference will be allowed only if 

time permits. Special instructions 

pertaining to security at USGS and 

directions to the conference room will 

be provided to those who pre-register. 

Please check the Synthesis and 

Assessment Product 3.4 Web page 

(http://www.usgs.gov/global_change/ 

sap_3.4/default.asp) for any last minute 

changes to the teleconference date, 

location or agenda. The teleconference 

may close early if all business is 

completed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND TO PREREGISTER CONTACT: John McGeehin 

(DFO), U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, M.S. 926A, 

Reston, VA 20192, (703) 648–5349, 

mcgeehin@usgs.gov. 

Dr. William Werkheiser, 

Acting Associate Director for Geology, U.S. 

Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. 07–5897 Filed 11–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Proposed Finding Against 

Acknowledgment of the Juanen ̃o Band 

of Mission Indians, Acjachemen 

(Petitioner #84A) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Finding. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.10(h), 

the Department of the Interior 

(Department) gives notice that the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs 

(AS–IA) proposes to determine that the 

Juanen ̃ o Band of Mission Indians, 

Acjachemen Nation (JBA, Petitioner 

#84A), c/o Anthony Rivera, Jr., 31411–

A La Matanza Street, San Juan 

Capistrano, California 92675, is not an 

Indian tribe within the meaning of 

Federal law. 

This notice is based on a 

determination that the petitioner does 

not satisfy all seven of the criteria set 

forth in Part 83 of Title 25 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (25 CFR part 83), 

specifically criteria 83.7(a), 83.7(b), 

83.7(c), and 83.7(e), and therefore, does 

not meet the requirements for a 

government-to-government relationship 

with the United States. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

finding (PF) are due on or before June 

2, 2008. Publication of this notice of the 

PF in the Federal Register initiates a 

180-day comment period during which 

the petitioner and interested and 

informed parties may submit arguments 

and evidence to support or rebut the 

evidence relied upon in the PF. 

Interested or informed parties must 

provide a copy of their comments to the 

petitioner. The regulations, 25 CFR 

83.10(k), provide petitioners a minimum 

of 60 days to respond to any 

submissions on the PFs received from 

interested and informed parties during 

the comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for 

a copy of the summary evaluation of the 

evidence should be addressed to the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs, Attention: Office of 

Federal Acknowledgment, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Mail Stop 

34B–SIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. 

Lee Fleming, Director, Office of Federal 

Acknowledgment, (202) 513–7650. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department publishes this notice in the 

exercise of authority that the Secretary 

of the Interior delegated to the AS–IA by 

209 DM 8. The JBA petitioner is located 

in the town of San Juan Capistrano, 

Orange County, California, 

approximately 40 miles south of Los 

Angeles and 20 miles south of the town 

of Santa Ana. 

A group known as the Juanen ̃o Band 

of Mission Indians (JBM) submitted a 

letter of intent to petition for Federal 

Acknowledgment as an Indian tribe to 

the AS–IA. The Department received the 

letter of intent on August 17, 1982. The 

Department designated the JBM as 

Petitioner #84. The JBM submitted its 

first documentation that included a 

narrative entitled ‘‘Petition for Federal 

Recognition of the Juanen ̃ o Band of 

Mission Indians in Compliance with 

CFR Part 83,’’ as well as photocopies of 

documents discussed in the JBM 

petitioner’s narrative. The Department 

received this material on February 2, 

1988. The group claimed to descend 

from the historical Indian tribe of San 

Juan Capistrano (SJC) Mission, formed 

from residents of a pre-contact network 

of politically autonomous villages prior 

to Spanish colonization who spoke a 

Uto-Aztecan language. 

The Department conducted an initial 

technical assistance (TA) review of the 

petition and sent an obvious deficiency 

(OD) letter dated January 25, 1990, to 

the JBM. The JBM responded to the first 

OD letter on September 24, 1993, when 

it submitted additional materials and 

requested to be placed on the ‘‘Ready, 

Waiting for Active Consideration’’

(‘‘Ready’’) list. The Department placed 

JBM on the ‘‘Ready’’ list on September 

24, 1993. 

An election in 1993 resulted in a 

dispute within the JBM. A group of 

members led by Sonia Johnston 

challenged the results of the election 

and the leadership of the chairman 

David Belardes. On December 17, 1994, 

the Johnston-led group held an election 

and elected Sonia Johnston chairperson. 

Belardes and Johnston simultaneously 

claimed to be the chairperson of the 

JBM. The Department removed the JBM 

from the ‘‘Ready’’ list on May 19, 1995, 

pending revision of the JBM 

membership list, because of the 

petitioner’s stated intent to substantially 

revise its membership roll, making it not 

ready for evaluation. Following the 

submission of the revised membership 

list, the JBM, in a letter signed by Davis 

Belardes, requested the Department to 

place it on the ‘‘Ready for Active 

Consideration’’ list, and the Department 

determined that the Belardes-led group 

was ready for evaluation on February 

12, 1996. 

On February 17, 1996, another group 

submitted a letter of intent to petition, 

signed by Sonia Johnston. Both groups 

claimed to be the legitimate successor of 

the JBM, both claimed the JBM petition 

narrative and research materials, and 

both used similar names (the Johnstonled group used the name ‘‘The Juanen ̃ o 

Band of Mission Indians,’’ while the 

Belardes-led group used ‘‘The Juanen ̃ o 

Band of Mission Indians, Acjachemen 

Nation’’). The Department designated 

the Belardes-led group Petitioner #84A 

(JBA), and the Johnston-led group 

Petitioner #84B (JBB). The Department 

placed the JBB petitioner on the 

‘‘Ready’’ list on May 23, 1996. 

Another election within the JBA on 

April 19, 1997, resulted in the election 

of Jean Frietze as chairperson. David 

Belardes, however, disputed the 

election results. Both Jean Frietze and 

David Belardes claimed to be the 

legitimate leader of the JBA. On 

September 22, 1997, David Belardes 

requested ‘‘interested party’’ status if 

Jean Frietze were to form a ‘‘new’’

group. At the same time, he requested 

‘‘interested party’’ status to the JBB 

petitioner. Neither the Belardes-led 

group nor the Frietz-led group 

submitted a separate letter of intent to 

petition. The Department determined 

that the disagreement over leadership 

was an internal issue. The Department 

takes no part in the internal disputes of 

petitioning groups. 

In 1998, 1999, and 2000, the JBA 

submitted additional documents 

including ones related to the disputed 

April 19, 1997, election and subsequent 

formation of a separate Belardes-led 

group. The JBA petitioner under the 

new leadership of Anthony Rivera, Jr., 

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