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which women are represented among

senior personnel at SAMHSA.

A summary of the meeting and/or a

roster of committee members may be

obtained from: Jennifer B. Fiedelholtz,

Executive Secretary, Advisory

Committee for Women’s Services, Office

for Women’s Services, Substance Abuse

and Mental Health Services

Administration, Parklawn Building,

Room 13–99, 5600 Fishers Lane,

Rockville, Maryland 20857, Telephone:

(301) 443–5184.

Substantive information may be

obtained from the contact whose name

and telephone number is listed below.

Committee Name: Advisory Committee for

Women’s Services.

Meeting Dates: March 16, 1995.

Place: The Maryland Room, Parklawn

Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

Maryland 20857

Open: 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Contact: Jennifer B. Fiedelholtz, Room 13–

99, Parklawn Building, Telephone (301) 443–

5184.

Dated February 10, 1995.

Jeri Lipov,

Committee Management Officer Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services

Administration.

[FR Doc. 95–3881 Filed 2–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Public and Indian Housing

[Docket No. N–95–3778; FR–3682–N–02]

Announcement of Funding Awards for

Lead-Based Paint (LBP) Risk

Assessments—Fiscal Year 1994

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding

awards.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989, this document

notifies the public of funding awards for

Fiscal Year 1994 under the Lead-Based

Paint Risk Assessments. This

announcement contains the names and

addresses of the award winners and the

amount of the awards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kevin Marchman, Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Distressed and Troubled

Housing Recovery, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

Seventh Street, SW., room 4138,

Washington, DC. 20410, telephone (202)

401–8812. A telecommunications device

(TDD) for persons with hearing and

speech impediments is available at (202)

708–0850. (These are not toll-free

telephone numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Departments of Veterans Affairs and

Housing and Urban Development, and

Independent Agencies Appropriations

Act, 1992 (Pub. L. 102–139, approved

October 28, 1991; at 105 Stat. 744) (1992

Appropriations Act) set aside of budget

authority available for modernization of

existing public housing developments,

for the risk assessment of lead-based

paint. However, amounts actually

available from the appropriated amount

were reduced because conversions from

Section 8 (U.S. Housing Act of 1937)—

funded section 202 (Housing Act of

1959) direct loan projects to rental

assistance—funded section 202 grant

projects did not occur at the rate

anticipated by Congress in the

Appropriations Act.

In a Notice of Funding Availability

(NOFA) published in the Federal

Register on June 20, 1994 (59 FR 31906),

the Department announced the

availability of $11,940,611. The purpose

of the competition was to assist Public

Housing Agencies and Indian Housing

Authorities in risk assessment protocol

to be used in conducting LBP risk

assessment and in developing

recommendations regarding in-place

management.

In accordance with section 102

(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing

and Urban Development Reform Act of

1989 (Pub. L. 101–235, approved

December 15, 1989), the Department is

publishing the names and addresses of

the housing authorities which received

funding under this NOFA, and the

amount of funds awarded to each. This

information is provided in Appendix A

to this document.

Dated: February 9, 1995.

Michael B. Janis,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public

and Indian Housing.

Appendix A—Lead-Based Paint Risk

Assessment Recipients

Funding recipient (Name and

address)

Amount approved

New Bedford Housing

Authority, 134 S. Second Street, New Bedford, MA 02741. ......... 24,597

Newark Housing Authority, 57 Sussex Avenue, Newark, NJ

07103. ........................ 10,395

Funding recipient (Name and

address)

Amount approved

New York City Housing

Authority, 250 Broadway, New York, NY

10007. ........................ 1,361,745

Baltimore City Housing

Authority, 417 East

Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. ....... 1,530,979

Virgin Island Public

Housing Authority, P.

O. Box 7668, St.

Thomas, VI 00801. .... 78,657

Spartanburg Public

Housing Authority,

P.O. Box 4534,

Spartanburg, SC

29305. ........................ 20,000

Housing Authority of the

City of Charlotte, P.O.

Box 36795, Charlotte,

NC 28237. .................. 50,258

Housing Authority of the

City of Durham, P.O.

Box 1726, Durham,

NC 27702. .................. 49,500

Housing Authority of the

City of Raleigh, P.O.

Box 28007, Raleigh,

NC 27611. .................. 49,500

Northwest Florida Regional Housing Authority, P.O. Box 218,

Graceville, FL 32440. 53,100

Housing Authority of

Bowling Green, P.O.

Box 116, Bowling

Green, KY 42102. ...... 9,124

Brownsville Housing Authority, P.O. Box 194,

Brownsville, TN

38012. ........................ 4,950

Lewisburg Housing Authority, P.O. Box

1846, Lewisburg, TN

37091. ........................ 4,950

Paris Housing Authority,

P.O. Box 159, Paris,

TN 38242. .................. 5,940

Portland Housing Authority, P.O. Box 37,

Portland, TN 37148. .. 2,475

Winchester Housing Authority, P.O. Box 502,

Winchester, TN

37398. ........................ 2,475

Chicago Housing Authority, 22 West Madison Street, Chicago,

IL 60602. .................... 567,765

Pontiac Housing Commission, 132 Franklin

Boulevard, Pontiac, MI

48341. ........................ 53,500

Lovington Housing Authority City of

Lovington, P.O. Box

785, Lovington, NM

88260. ........................ 2,166

Housing Authority of the

City of Bayard, P.O.

Box 768, Bayard, NM

88023. ........................ 2,166
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Funding recipient (Name and

address)

Amount approved

Housing Authority of the

Village of Central,

P.O. Box 275, Central,

NM 88026. ................. 2,166

Total ....................... $3,888,076

[FR Doc. 95–3948 Filed 2–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–33–M

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner

[Docket No. N–95–3785; FR–3724–N–02]

Interest Rate for the Section 235(r)

Mortgage Insurance Program

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of change in interest rate.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

change in the maximum interest rate for

mortgages to be insured under section

235(r) of the National Housing Act. The

section 235(r) maximum interest rate is

to be determined by the Secretary of

HUD and published in the Federal

Register. Mortgage market conditions

now dictate that the Secretary increase

the section 235(r) maximum rate from

8.50 percent to 9.00 percent. There is no

change being made in the maximum

margin of additional percentage points

that may be added to the maximum rate

if the established conditions are met.

Therefore, the maximum for the

premium section 235(r) interest rate will

be 10.50 percent (9.00 percent for the

rate of interest and 1.50 percent for the

margin of additional percentage points).

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 16, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

N. Dickie, Director, Program Evaluation

Division, room B–133, Department of

Housing and Urban Development, 451

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20410; telephone (202) 755–7470, Ext.

117; (TDD) (202) 708–4594. (These are

not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

235(r) of the National Housing Act (12

U.S.C. 1715z) authorizes the Secretary

to insure mortgages that refinance

existing mortgages insured under

section 235. The purpose of the program

is to reduce the interest rate insured and

assisted under section 235 in order that

the assistance payments the Department

pays on behalf of mortgagors may be

reduced. The regulations implementing

the program are contained in subpart H

of 24 CFR part 235—refinancing of

mortgages under section 235(r).

The interest rate for these loans is set

by the Secretary and published in the

Federal Register as authorized by 24

CFR 235.1202(b)(3). The previous

section 235(r) interest rate of 8.50

percent was published in the Federal

Register on June 17, 1994 (59 FR 31267).

The Department has determined that

market conditions dictate a change in

the section 235(r) interest rate. The

change will take effect on the date of

publication of this notice.

The most recent HUD survey of

Mortgage Market conditions (i.e.,

Secondary Market Prices and Yields), an

OMB-designated Principal Federal

Indicator, found that the dominant

national FHA rate being quoted to

potential homebuyers for ‘‘lock-in’’

commitments of 60 days or more was

9.00 percent on October 1, 1994, with an

average of .78 points, and an effective

interest rate of 9.11 percent.

Most FHA mortgages are funded in

the GNMA mortgage-backed securities

market. There is a 50 basis point spread

between FHA contract interest rates and

GNMA coupon rates (this covers the

GNMA guarantee fee and servicing

cost). On November 14, 1994, the

GNMA 8.00 percent coupon securities

(8.50 percent FHA loans) were priced at

more than 5 points discount. This level

of discount tends to impede FHA loans

to finance home purchases. On the other

hand, the GNMA 8.50 percent security

(9.00 percent FHA loans) was trading in

the two-month forward market at

around two points discount, while the

9.00 percent GNMA coupons (9.50

percent FHA mortgages) continued to

trade at over par (i.e., premium). Under

the FHA negotiated rate/points

provisions a two point discount for 9.00

percent FHA mortgages would not be

burdensome.

Adjusting the section 235(r) rate to

9.00 percent will bring this rate back

into line with the rest of the FHA

current production loans. Therefore, the

maximum rate for section 235(r)

mortgages is 9.00 percent beginning

with the publication date of this notice.

The maximum margin of additional

percentage points that may be added to

the maximum rate under 24 CFR

235.1202(b)(3)(i)(B) will remain at 1.50

percent.

The subject matter of this notice is

categorically excluded from HUD’s

environmental clearance procedures, in

accordance with 24 CFR 50.20(l). For

that reason, no environmental finding

has been prepared for this notice.

Dated: December 9, 1994.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 95–3947 Filed 2–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[PRT–798920]

Receipt of Application(s) for Permit

The following applicant has applied

for a permit to conduct certain activities

with endangered species. This notice is

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.)

Applicant: S. Lee Stone, Austin Parks &

Recreation Department, Austin, Texas.

The applicant requests a permit to

include take activities for the blackcapped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) for the

purpose of scientific research and

enhancement of propagation and

survival of the species as prescribed by

Service recovery documents.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Assistant

Regional Director, Ecological Services,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103,

and must be received by the Assistant

Regional Director within 30 days for the

date of this publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with this application are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the above

office within 30 days of the date of

publication of this notice. (See

ADDRESSES above.)

Susan MacMullin,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2,

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 95–3944 Filed 2–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

[PRT–798823]

Receipt of Application(s) for Permit

The following applicant has applied

for a permit to conduct certain activities

with endangered species. This notice is

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C., Et. Seq.).

Applicant: Dr. Robert Hershler, Smithsonian

Institution, Washington, DC.