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HUD-held mortgage loans. By following

the Mortgage Sale Regulations, the

Department is in compliance with the

terms of the settlement.

This is a sale of nonperforming,

unsubsidized mortgage loans. Therefore,

the Department has determined that

pursuant to the Mortgage Sale

Regulations, these loans may be sold

without FHA insurance. At this time,

the Department knows of no Mortgage

Loans securing projects (1) for which

foreclosure appears unavoidable, and (2)

in which reside very low-income

tenants who are not receiving housing

assistance and would be likely to pay

rent in excess of 30 percent of their

adjusted monthly income if HUD sold

the mortgage (59 FR 48731, § 290.202).

If the Department determines that there

are any such Mortgage Loans, they will

be removed from this sale.

Mortgage Loan Sale Procedure

The Department selected a

competitive auction as the method to

sell the Mortgage Loans primarily to

satisfy the Mortgage Sale Regulations.

These regulations require that, except

under certain limited circumstances,

mortgages must be sold on a competitive

basis (59 FR 48730, § 290.200(a)). This

method of sale optimizes the

Department’s return on the sale of these

Mortgage Loans, affords the greatest

opportunity for all interested parties to

bid on the Mortgage Loans, and

provides the quickest and most efficient

vehicle for the Department to dispose of

the Mortgage Loans.

The Department previously

considered and discussed with industry

participants a loan sale procedure that

afforded the borrowers the opportunity

to acquire their Mortgage Loans on a

noncompetitive basis prior to offering

the Mortgage Loans for sale to all other

interested parties (Borrower Settlement

Option). For the reason set forth above,

however, the Department decided to

dispose of these Mortgage Loans

through a competitive auction.

Application of Replacement Reserve to

Indebtedness

Before a Mortgage Loan is assigned to

a successful bidder, the Department will

apply the funds in the replacement

reserve account to the amount due the

Department under the mortgage. The

Department decided to take this action

because it is selling the Mortgage Loans

without insurance, and thus the

regulatory agreements terminate when

the Department assigns the Mortgage

Loans to the successful bidders.

Scope of Notice

This notice applies to the Southeast

Mortgage Sale, and odes not establish

the Department’s policy for the sale of

other mortgage loans.

Dated: January 9, 1995.

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 95–957 Filed 1–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–030–94–5101–10–K014; WYW–130382]

Kenetech Windpower, Wyoming Wind

Energy Project; Availability of Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

for the Kenetech Windpower, Wyoming

Wind Energy Project, Carbon County,

Wyoming.

SUMMARY: Under section 102(2)(C) of the

National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA) of 1969 as amended, the Bureau

of Land Management, Rawlins District

Office has prepared a DEIS on the

potential impacts of a proposed wind

energy project. A total of 1,390 wind

turbines and associated facilities

(including approximately 29 miles of

230 kV powerline) would be

constructed on 62,000 acres (25,091

hectares) of private, Federal and State

lands, over a 10–12 year development

period, in Carbon County, Wyoming. If

the project is approved, the BLM will

issue a right-of-way grant under section

501 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976 for the wind

energy facilities and powerline. The

U.S. Bonneville Power Administration

(BPA) is a cooperating agency and will

base a decision to purchase 25 MW of

power, under Public Law 96–501, upon

this analysis.

DATES: Comments on the DEIS will be

accepted through March 20, 1995.

Public Meetings will be held at the

Jeffrey Center, Third and Spruce Streets,

Rawlins, Wyoming, on February 8,

1995, at 7:00 p.m., and on February 9,

1995, at the Albany County Public

Library, Large Meeting Room, 310 S. 8th

Street, Laramie, Wyoming, at 7:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Bureau of Land Management, Rawlins

District Office, Walter E. George, Project

Leader, 1300 3rd Street, P.O. Box 670,

Rawlins, Wyoming 82301 or Bonneville

Power Administration, Richard Stone,

Environmental Specialist (ECN–3), P.O.

Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, Walter E.

George, Project Leader, 1300 3rd Street,

P.O. Box 670, Rawlins, Wyoming 82301,

phone number 307–324–7171 or

Bonneville Power Administration,

Richard Stone, Environmental Specialist

(ECN–3), P.O. Box 3621, Portland,

Oregon 97208, phone number 503–230–

3797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Kenetech

Windpower proposes to construct a 500

(MW) Wind Energy Project to be located

on Foote Creek Rim and Simpson Ridge

in Carbon County, Wyoming. The

project area is located approximately 40

miles (64.36 Km) southeast of Rawlins,

and 40 miles (64.36 Km) northwest of

Laramie, Wyoming. The Foote Creek

Rim portion is in all or portions of

approximately 10 sections in Townships

l9N and 20N, Ranges 78W and 79W

north and west of Arlington. The

Simpson Ridge portion is in all or

portions of 92 sections in Townships

20N, 21N, and 22N, Ranges 80W and

81W south of Hanna. Land ownership in

the project area is approximately 62

percent private, 28 percent public

(administered by BLM), and 10 percent

State of Wyoming.

The project will be constructed in

phases over a 10–12 year period. The

first phase, involving 70.5 MW of

electrical power generated by 201 Wind

Turbine Generators (WTGs), would be

constructed on Foote Creek Rim in

1995–1996. Later phases would involve

50 MW (approximately 75 WTGs/50

MW) increases per year, as utility

contracts are approved, until the 500

MW capacity is reached (for a total of

1,390 WTGs). BLM would issue Notices

to Proceed for subsequent phases

following a review of site-specific

proposals (Plans of Development) and

monitoring data for consistency with

this analysis. Ancillary facilities

include, but are not limited to:

1. Above and below-ground electric

2. Communication lines

3. Access roads

4. Substations

5. Control/maintenance building

6. Transformer sites

The Bonneville Power

Administration, Department of Energy, a

Cooperating Agency for the EIS, will

execute a power purchase contract to

purchase 25 MW of electricity from the

Foote Creek Rim phase of the project

under BPA’s Resource Supply

Expansion Program.

The wind turbines will be erected on

80 to 120 feet (24 to 37 meters) tubular
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towers with height determined by

specific meteorological and geographic

characteristics. The WTGs are variable

speed, up-wind, three-fiberglass-bladed

machines with a rotor diameter of 108

feet (33 meters). The WTGs will be

spaced approximately 162 to 216 feet

(49 to 66 meters) apart with

approximately 1,080 to 1,620 feet (329

to 494 meters) between each row.

The electrical utility interconnection

is with the PacifiCorp 230 kV system at

the Miner’s substation at Hanna,

Wyoming. A wood pole 230 kV line

would be erected from the project site

northwest, approximately 29 miles (40

Km), to the Miner’s substation.

The DEIS analyzes impacts from the

proposed action, a 300 MW alternative

(Alternative A), and the No Action

Alternative. Alternative project

locations, reduced project area,

construction phasing alternatives, and

alternative generating sources were

considered but not analyzed in detail.

The DEIS identifies potentially

significant impacts to:

1. Big game crucial habitat and

movement patterns

2. Avian mortality from collisions with

turbine blades

3. Loss of sage grouse habitat

4. Disturbance of native American

religious or culturally significant sites

5. Modification of basic elements of

visual resources in the project area

Dated: January 9, 1995.

Robert A. Bennett,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 95–908 Filed 1–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

[CA–050–05–1220–00]

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment Amending the Arcata

Resource Management Plan for the

Samoa Peninsula Management Area

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Bureau of Land Management

has available the draft environmental

assessment which amends the existing

Arcata Resource Area Management Plan

addressing the Samoa Peninsula

Management Area. This area includes

both the Samoa Dunes parcel,

(T.5N.,R.1W., Sec. 31, S1⁄2 & T.4N.,R.1w.

Sec.6) and the Manila Dunes parcel,

(T.6N.,R.1W.,parts of Sec. 26,27,34, and

35). This notice is being furnished to

inform the public of the documents

availability and to begin the 30 day

public comment period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynda J. Roush, Area Manager, at

Bureau of Land Management, Arcata

Resource Area, 1125 16th Street, Room

219, Arcata, CA 95521. Telephone: (707)

822–7648.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

environmental assessment was prepared

in accordance with the requirements set

forth in the Code of Federal Regulations

(43 CFR 1610.5–5). Issues and concerns

addressed in the environmental

assessment focus on key land use

management changes.

The changes are to:

Close the Manila Dunes parcel to offHighway-Vehicle use.

Close the Samoa Dunes parcel nightly, to

reduce crime and vandalism;

Prohibit crossbow/bow shooting from both

parcels;

Conduct native dune plant habitat restoration

and research.

The environmental assessment is

available for public review. Availability

has also been published in county and

state newspapers. There will be a 30 day

comment period beginning the date in

which this notice appears in the Federal

Register. Public comments should be

mailed in writing to the above address.

Lynda J. Roush,

Area Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–909 Filed 1–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

[AZ–020–05–7122–00–5540; AZA–28922,

AZA–28547, AZA–28543, AZA–28545, and

AZA–23489]

Notice of Realty Action:

Noncompetitive Sale of Public Lands

in Mohave County, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action,

noncompetitive sale.

SUMMARY: The following described lands

has been found suitable for direct sale

under Section 203 of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90

Stat. 2750, U.S.C. 1713), at not less than

the estimated fair market value.

Improvements have existed on the

parcels for a number of years and sale

has been determined to be the most

desirable solution to resolve long

standing unauthorized uses. The land

will not be offered for sale until at least

60 days after the date of this notice.

Gila and Salt River Meridian

T. 23 N. R. 18 W., section 3, lots 34, 35, 36

and 37 (Chloride, AZ)

T. 13 N. R. 10 W., section 8, lot 1 (Nothing,

AZ)

The lands described above are hereby

segregated from appropriated under the

public land laws, including the mining

laws, pending disposition of this action

or 270 days from the date of publication

of this notice, whichever occurs first.

This land is being offered by direct

sale to the following individuals:

File No. Parcel Offered to Acres

AZA–

28922.

Lot 34 ..... Adjacent

landowners.

0.31

AZA–

28547.

Lot 35 ..... Mrs.

Maxie

Mitchell.

.37

AZA–

28543.

Lot 36 ..... Ms.

Valera

Rucker.

.06

AZA–

28545.

Lot 37 ..... Mr. Seth

Johnson.

.23

AZA–

23489.

Lot 1 ....... Mr. Richard

Kenworthy.

3.65

If it is determined that the subject

parcels contain no known mineral

values, the mineral interests may be

conveyed simultaneously. Acceptance

of the direct sale offer will qualify the

purchaser to make application for

conveyance of those mineral interests.

The patents, when issued, will

contain certain reservations to the

United States and will be subject to any

valid existing rights. Detailed

information concerning these

reservations as well as specific

conditions of the sale are available for

review at the Kingman Resource Area

Office. For a period of 45 days from the

date of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested parties may

submit comments to the Kingman

Resource Area Manager, 2475 Beverly

Avenue, Kingman, Arizona 86401. In

the absence of timely objections, this

proposal shall become the final

determination of the Department of the

Interior.

January 5, 1995.

Gordon L. Cheniae,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–852 Filed 1–12–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–M

[UT–060–05–4320–03]

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed plan amendment and protest

period.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) proposes to amend

the Grand Resource Management Plan