Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 1995 / Notices 62383

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30,

1996.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The Forest Service needs

this collection of information on the

cooperative programs with State and

local governments to: (a) provide

information to Congress on

accomplishments from the use of

appropriated funds, (b) provided

information to better manage these

programs, (c) determine minority

participation in the programs, and (d)

meet requirements of section 12 of Pub.

L. 95–313, the Cooperative Forestry

Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1606),

which requires adequate information to

implement oversight responsibility and

prove accountability for expenditures

and activities under the Act.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 2.04 hours per

response.

Type of Respondents: Local and State

governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

53.

Estimated of Responses per

Respondent: 5.45.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 589 hours.

Comments are invited on (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information.

Use of Comments

All comments received in response to

this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 1, 1995.

Jack Ward Thomas,

Chief.

[FR Doc. 95–29732 Filed 12–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Extension and Revision of Currently

Approved Information Collection for

Recreation Customer and Use Survey

Techniques

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Forest Service announces its intent to

request an extension and revision of a

currently approved information

collection for customer and use survey

techniques for operations and

management related to recreation use of

natural resources. The revision will add

questions to elicit information for

experimental research linking recreation

users’ stated and actual preferences and

behavior.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing on or before February 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to: J.M. Bowker, Principal

Investigator, Forest Service, USDA,

Southern Research Station, 320 Green

St., Athens, GA 30602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

J.M. Bowker, Outdoor Recreation and

Wilderness Assessment, at (706) 546–

2451.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description of Information Collection

The following describes the

information collection to be extended

and revised:

Title: USDA Forest Service Customer

and Use Survey Techniques for

Recreation Operations, Management,

Evaluation and Research.

OMB Number: 0596–0110.

Expiration Data of Approval: June 30,

1996.

Type of Request: Extension of a

previously approved information

collection and revision to include

additional questions on contingent

behavior.

Abstract: The data collected will be

used by Government researchers to test

and develop methods to assess the value

of natural resources to recreational users

by exploring the linkages between their

actual and stated behavior. The data

will be collected individually through

questionnaires and respondent cards

containing seven questions about

intended recreation behavior. Data to be

gathered in this information collection

is not available from other sources.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to vary from 3 to 7 minutes

per response.

Type of Respondents: Individuals

participating in on-site recreation

activities.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

900.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 75 hours.

Comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of this

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Use of Comments

All comments received in response to

this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: December 1, 1995.

Jack Ward Thomas,

Chief.

[FR Doc. 95–29733 Filed 12–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Southwestern Region: Arizona, New

Mexico, West Texas and Oklahoma;

Notice To Extend Public Comment

Period to January 12, 1996; Final

Environmental Impact Statement for

Amendment of Forest Plans in the

Southwestern Region

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice to Extend Public

Comment Period, Final Environmental

Impact Statement [FEIS].

SUMMARY: The Southwestern Region of

the Forest Service published a notice of

availability for public comment on a

final environmental impact statement in

the Federal Register (Vol. 60, No. 213,

pages 55841) on November 3, 1995. This

notice is issued to extend the comment

period from December 4, 1995 to

January 12, 1996 regarding that FEIS.

The FEIS concerns Amendment of

Forest Plans in the Southwestern

Region, and implementation, standards

and guidelines for Northern Goshawk

and Mexican Spotted Owl.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice is effective

December 6, 1995.

RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL: The Regional

Forester, Southwestern Region, is the

responsible official for decisions that

affect Southwestern Region Forest Land

and Resource Management Plans.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Director of Ecosystem Management

Planning, Arthur S. Briggs,
62384 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 6, 1995 / Notices

1The Act expired on August 20, 1994. Executive

Order 12924 (59 FR 43437, August 23, 1994)

continued the Regulations in effect under the

International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50

U.S.C.A. §§ 1701–1706 (1991 & Supp. 1994))

(hereinafter ‘‘IEEPA’’). Executive Order 12924 was

extended by Presidential Notice of August 15, 1995

(60 FR 42767, August 17, 1995).

2The Regulations governing the violations at

issue are found in the 1990 version of the Code of

Federal Regulations. Those Regulations are codified

at 15 CFR Parts 768–799 (1990). Between October

1, 1990 and March 27, 1993, the Regulations were

continued in effect by Executive Order No. 12730

(55 FR 40373, October 2, 1990), issued pursuant to

IEEPA.

Southwestern Regional Office, (505)

842–3210.

Dated: November 29, 1995.

Milo Larson,

Acting Deputy Regional Forester,

Southwestern Region.

[FR Doc. 95–29714 Filed 12–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

Rural Housing Service

Housing Preservation Grants

AGENCY: Rural Housing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Rural Housing Service

(RHS) announces that it is soliciting

competitive applications under its

Housing Preservation Grant (HPG)

program. The HPG program is a grant

program which provides qualified

public agencies, private nonprofit

organizations, and other eligible entities

grant funds to assist very low- and lowincome homeowners repair and

rehabilitate their homes in rural areas,

and to assist rental property owners and

cooperative housing complexes repair

and rehabilitate their units if they agree

to make such units available to low- and

very low-income persons. This action is

taken to comply with Agency

regulations found in 7 CFR part 1944,

subpart N, which requires the Agency to

announce the opening and closing dates

for receipt of preapplications for HPG

funds from eligible applicants. The

intended effect of this Notice is to

provide eligible organizations notice of

these dates.

DATES: RHS hereby announces that it

will begin receiving preapplications on

January 2, 1996. The closing date for

acceptance by RHS of preapplications is

April 1, 1996.

This period will be the only time

during the current fiscal year that RHS

accepts preapplications. Preapplications

must be received by or postmarked on

or before this date.

ADDRESSES: Submit preapplications to

Rural Economic and Community

Development (RECD) servicing offices

for the HPG program; applicants must

contact their RECD State Office for this

information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sue M. Harris-Green, Senior Loan

Officer, Multi-Family Housing

Processing Division, RHS, USDA, Room

5337, South Agriculture Building,

Washington, DC 20250, telephone (202)

720–1606. (This is not a toll free

number.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 7 CFR part

1944, subpart N provides details on

what information must be contained in

the preapplication package. Entities

wishing to apply for assistance should

contact the RECD State Office to receive

further information and copies of the

preapplication package. Eligible entities

for these competitively awarded grants

include State and local governments,

nonprofit corporations, Federally

recognized Indian Tribes, and consortia

of eligible entities.

This program is listed in the Catalog

of Federal Domestic assistance under

No. 10.433, Housing Preservation

Grants. This program is subject to the

provisions of Executive Order 12372

which requires intergovernmental

consultation with State and local

officials (7 CFR part 3015, subpart V; 48

FR 29115, June 24, 1983). Applicants

are also referred to 7 CFR part 1944,

sections 1944.674 and 1944.676 (d) and

(e) for specific guidance on these

requirements relative to the HPG

program.

The funding instrument for the HPG

program will be a grant agreement. The

term of the grant can vary from 1 to 2

years, depending on available funds and

demand. No maximum or minimum

grant levels have been set, although

based on fiscal year (FY) 1996 fund

availability, the Agency anticipates that

the average grant will be $75,000 for a

1-year proposal. For FY 96, $11 million

is available and has been distributed

under a formula allocation to States

pursuant to 7 CFR part 1940, subpart L,

‘‘Methodology and Formulas for

Allocation of Loan and Grant Funds.’’

Decisions on funding will be based on

the preapplications, and notices of

action on the preapplications should be

made no earlier than 66 days prior to

the closing date.

Dated: November 28, 1995.

Maureen Kennedy,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

[FR Doc. 95–29694 Filed 12–5–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–07–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Action Affecting Export Privileges;

James L. Stephens

In the matter of: James L. Stephens,

President, Weisser’s Sporting Goods, 1018

National City Boulevard, National City,

California 92050, with an address at 16208

Orchard Bend Road, Poway, California

92064, Respondent.

Order

The Office of Export Enforcement,

Bureau of Export Administration,

United States Department of Commerce

(hereinafter, the ‘‘Department’’, having

notified James L. Stephens, in his

capacity as president of Weisser’s

Sporting Goods (hereinafter,

‘‘Stephens’’), of its intention to initiate

an administrative proceeding against

him pursuant to Section 13(c) of the

Export Administration Act of 1979, as

amended (50 U.S.C.A. app. §§ 2401–

2420 (1991 & Supp. 1995)) (hereinafter,

the ‘‘Act’’),1 and Part 788 of the Export

Administration Regulations (currently

codified at 15 CFR Parts 768–799

(1995)) (hereinafter, the ‘‘Regulations’’),2

based on allegations that:

1. Between mid-1990 and early 1992,

Stephens conspired with Karl Cording,

individually and doing business as A.

Rosenthal (PTY) Ltd., Windhoek,

Namibia, with offices in Linden, South

Africa and Cape Town, South Africa,

and Ian Ace, manager of A. Rosenthal,

Cape Town, South Africa, to export

U.S.-origin shotguns, from the United

States to Namibia and South Africa,

without applying for and obtaining from

the Department the validated export

licenses that the Stephens knew were

required by Section 772.1(b) of the

Regulations, in violation of Section

787.3(b) of the Regulations;

2. In furtherance of the conspiracy

described above, on two separate

occasions on or about November 27,

1990, Stephens exported U.S.-origin

shotguns, from the United States to

Namibia and South Africa, without

obtaining from the Department the

validated export licenses Stephens

knew or had reason to know were

required by Section 772.1(b) of the

Regulations, in violation of Sections

787.4(a) and 787.6 of the Regulations;

and

3. In furtherance of the conspiracy

described above, on two separate

occasions on or about November 27,

1990, Stephens made false or

misleading representations of material

fact to a U.S. agency in connection with

the preparation, submission, or use of

export control documents, in violation

of Section 787.5(a) of the Regulations;

and