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IV of the Stewart B. McKinney

Homeless Assistance Act, as amended,

42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq. In addition,

published elsewhere in today’s Federal

Register, the Assistant Secretary for PIH

is redelegating this authority to the

Director, the Deputy Director for

Headquarters Operations, and the

Deputy Director for Field Operations,

Office of Native American Programs,

within the Office of Public and Indian

Housing.

Accordingly, the Secretary revokes in

part and delegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

The Secretary of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

delegates individually to the Assistant

Secretary for PIH and to the General

Deputy Assistant Secretary for PIH all

power and authority with respect to the

Emergency Shelter Grants Program, for

Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives,

pursuant to Subtitle B of Title IV of the

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

Assistance Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

11371 et seq., except as provided in

Section B of this delegation of authority.

Section B. Authority Excepted

The authority delegated under Section

A does not include the power to sue and

be sued.

Section C. Authority Revoked

The Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development revokes in part the

Delegation of Authority published in the

Federal Register on September 4, 1987,

at 52 FR 33793: At Section A of that

delegation, the Secretary revokes the

authority of the Assistant Secretary and

the General Deputy Assistant Secretary

for Community Planning and

Development, in the case of Indian

Tribes and Alaska Natives only, to

exercise the power and authority of the

Secretary with respect to the Emergency

Shelter Grants Program under Subtitle B

of Title IV of the Stewart B. McKinney

Homeless Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.

11371 et seq.

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act, 42

U.S.C. 3535 (d).

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Henry G. Cisneros,

Secretary of Housing and Urban

Development.

[FR Doc. 95–7400 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

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Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Public and Indian Housing

[Docket No. D–95–1086; FR–3869–D–01]

Redelegation of Authority for Indian

Programs

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

(PIH), HUD.

ACTION: Notice of redelegation of

authority.

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Assistant

Secretary for PIH redelegates the

authority for the Emergency Shelter

Grants Program, for Indian Tribes and

Alaska Natives, pursuant to Subtitle B of

Part IV of the Stewart B. McKinney

Homeless Assistance Act, as amended,

42 U.S.C 11371 et seq.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elaine Dudley, Deputy Director for

Headquarters Operations, Office of

Native American Programs, Office of

Public and Indian Housing, Department

of Housing and Urban Development, B–

133, 451 7th Street, SW, telephone (202)

755–0066 or 755–0850 (voice/TDD).

(These are not toll-free numbers.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By statute,

Indian tribes receive a set aside of 1%

of funds appropriated for the ESG

Program, for Indian and Alaskan

Natives, under Subtitle B of Title IV of

the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless

Assistance Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.

11371 et seq. Originally, this set aside

of ESG funds for Indian tribes was

administered by CPD field office staff

working within Indian program offices

located in six regional or field offices.

CPD had complete responsibility for the

set aside within its ESG program.

Pursuant to Section 902 of the

Housing and Community Development

Act of 1992, 42 U.S.C. 3533, the Office

of Native American Programs (ONAP)

was created within the Office of Public

and Indian Housing (PIH) in

Headquarters. According to the statute,

the office is to administer and

coordinate all programs of the

Department relating to Indian and

Alaska Native housing and community

development. In addition, ONAP is to

direct, coordinate and assist in

managing HUD field offices that

administer Indian and Alaska Native

programs.

Consistent with the statute, the

Secretary has elsewhere in today’s

Federal Register transferred to the

Assistance Secretary for PIH, in the case

of Indian Tribes and Alaska Natives

only, the authority for the Emergency

Shelter Grants Program under Subtitle B

of Part IV of the Stewart B. McKinney

Homeless Assistance Act, as amended,

42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq. Also in

accordance with Section 902, this

redelegation of authority redelegates

this authority pertaining to Indian

Tribes and Alaska Natives to Officials in

the Office of Native American Programs

within PIH.

Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary

for PIH redelegates authority as follows:

Section A. Authority Delegated

The Assistant Secretary for PIH

redelegates individually to the Director,

Office of Native American Programs, to

the Deputy Director for Headquarters

Operations, Office of Native American

Programs, and to the Deputy Director for

Field Operations, Office of Native

American Programs, all power and

authority with respect to the Emergency

Shelter Grants Program, for Indian

Tribes and Alaska Natives, pursuant to

Subtitle B of Title IV of the Stewart B.

McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 11371 et seq.,

except as provided in Section B of this

delegation of authority.

Section B. Authority Excepted

The authority redelegated under

Section A does not include the power to

sue and be sued.

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act, 42

U.S.C. 3535(d).

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Joseph Shuldiner,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing.

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COMMISSION ON

INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

Advisory Commission on

Intergovernmental Relations

Notice of Request for Suggested

Criteria and Other Information for

Evaluating Existing Mandates on State,

Local, and Tribal Governments

March 20, 1995.

The Advisory Commission on

Intergovernmental Relations (42 U.S.C.

4271) has been directed by the

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

enacted on March 22, 1995, to make

recommendations to the President and

Congress regarding:

(A) allowing flexibility for state, local,

and tribal governments in complying

with specific federal mandates for

which terms of compliance are

unnecessarily rigid or complex;
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(B) reconciling any 2 or more federal

mandates which impose contradictory

or inconsistent requirements;

(C) terminating federal mandates

which are duplicative, obsolete, or

lacking in practical utility;

(D) suspending, on a temporary basis,

federal mandates which are not vital to

public health and safety and which

compound the fiscal difficulties for

state, local, and tribal governments,

including recommendations for

triggering such suspensions;

(E) consolidating or simplifying

federal mandates, or the planning or

reporting requirements of such

mandates, in order to reduce

duplication and facilitate compliance by

state, local, and tribal governments with

those mandates;

(F) establishing common federal

definitions or standards to be used by

state, local, and tribal governments in

complying with federal mandates that

use different definitions or standards for

the same terms or principles; and

(G) (i) the mitigation of negative

impacts on the private sector that may

result form relieving state, local, and

tribal governments from federal

mandates (if and to the extent that such

negative impacts exist on the private

sector); and

(ii) the feasibility of applying relief

from federal mandates in the same

manner and to the same extent to

private sector entities as such relief is

applied to state, local, and tribal

governments.

These recommendations are to be

based on criteria established by the

ACIR. Within 60 days after enactment of

the Act, proposed criteria must be

issued for public comment. To assist the

Commission in the development of

proposed criteria, suggestions are being

solicited on an informal basis from

interested parties. Because time is

limited for the preparation of the

proposed criteria, all suggestions should

be received by ACIR no later than

Friday, April 28 1995.

Suggestions received will be reviewed

by staff and may, or may not, be

incorporated in the proposed criteria.

All suggestions that are submitted will

be available for inspection at ACIR

offices, but no specific or general

response to them will be made by ACIR

staff. Those submitting suggestions will

not be subsequently bound by their

contents, and will have full rights to

comment on the proposed criteria

during the public comment period.

In addition to suggestions about

criteria, ACIR also welcomes

suggestions about the following topics:

1. In conducting the studies under

Section 302, ACIR is to give highest

priority to ‘‘reviewing and making

recommendations regarding Federal

mandates that are the subject of judicial

proceedings.’’ Because it is likely that

there are a large number of lawsuits

contesting existing mandates, lists of

mandates currently in federal courts

will be appreciated, with identification

of the court and case number, if

possible.

2. Lists of other mandates that

respondents feel should be given special

attention in the study.

Suggstions or inquiries should be

addressed as follows: Charles Griffiths,

Intergovernmental Liaison, Advisory

Commission on Intergovernmental

Relations, 800 K St. N.W., Suite 450

South, Washington, D.C. 20575.

Charles Griffiths,

Intergovernmental Liaison.

[FR Doc. 95–7392 Filed 3–24–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–060–06–1220–00–P (604)]

Notice of Roads and Campground

Closures at Fort Stanton Reservation,

NM

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Roswell District.

ACTION: Road and campground closures

at Fort Stanton Reservation New

Mexico.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 CFR part 8364

and the Fort Stanton Management

Framework Plan (MFP) of May 28, 1980,

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

will close a portion of the access road

to the Rio Bonito Campground starting

at the west boundary of Camp Sierra

Blanca (Fort Stanton, NM) and

extending about 9⁄109/10 of a mile west

into public lands administered by the

Roswell District, BLM. The BLM will

close the Rio Bonito Campground to

camping and motorized vehicle use. The

road leading from the campground to

the north mesa of Fort Stanton

Reservation will also be closed to motor

vehicle use.

DATES: The closure will become

effective at the date of publication of

this notice.

ADDRESSES: Information and maps

showing the location of the above

closures will be available at the Bureau

of Land Management, Roswell District

Office, 1717 West 2nd Street, Roswell,

NM 88201–2019, telephone (505) 627–

0272; Roswell Resource Area Office,

Federal Building, 5th and Richardson,

P.O. Drawer 1857, Roswell, NM 88202–

1857, telephone (505) 627–1790; and the

U.S. Forest Service, Lincoln National

Forest, Smokey Bear Ranger District,

901 Mechem Drive, Ruidoso, NM 88345.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy R. Kreager, Area Manager,

Roswell Resource Area, P.O. Drawer

1857, Roswell, NM 88202–1857;

telephone (505) 624–1790.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A threeacre campground will be closed to

camping and motor vehicle access.

Approximately three miles of roads will

also be closed to motor vehicles. The

following describes the areas:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

Fort Stanton Reservation

One section of the road closure is located

in unsurveyed and protracted portions of

T.9S., R.14E., Sec. 34, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, Sec. 35,

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.

Another section of road closure is located

in unsurveyed and protracted portions of

T.9S., R.14E., Sec. 32, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; Sec. 33,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; T. 10S., R.14E., Sec. 4, W1⁄2.

The campground is located in unsurveyed

and protracted portions of T.10S., R.14E.,

Sec. 4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4.

Camp Sierra Blanca (CSB) a minimum

security prison for the State of New Mexico,

Fort Stanton, NM, has requested the BLM

discourage public use of a traditional access

route through the prison to public lands.

Traditionally, the road was used for access

through CSB to the west side of the Fort

Stanton Reservation and the Rio Bonito

Campground. The closure of the road has

become necessary for prison security and

safety of visitors using public lands within

this portion of the Fort Stanton reservation.

The campground will be closed due to its

loss of access and need of a prolonged rest

to renew the environment. The campground

area has received severe damage to soils,

mature trees and riparian vegetation through

use by the visiting public during the past ten

years. Damage includes soil compaction from

vehicles, soil sterilization from uncontained

fire pits, vegetation trampling and tree

cutting. An access road leading from the

north side of the Rio Bonito Campground to

the north mesa of Fort Stanton will also be

closed. The road is poorly constructed and

causes severe soil erosion. The road is also

a safety hazard to the public, due to steep

grades and slippery conditions when wet.

Current alternatives in the Draft Resource

Management Plan (RMP) for the Roswell

Resource Area include proposals for

additional campgrounds within the Fort

Stanton Reservation Area. The alternatives

for campgrounds in the RMP will be

environmentally suitable, have better access

and will serve the public to a greater extent.

After the final RMP and Record of Decision

are issued, a Special Management Area

(SMA) Plan will be developed to analyze and

select future campground locations within

the Fort Stanton Reservation Area.

Due to the closure of traditional access

routes to the campground from CSB for