Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 132 / Tuesday, July 9, 1996 / Notices 36075

HUD–92210 is an application form to

approve the credit of a substitute

mortgagor who desires to assume an

insured mortgage loan. The form will

also be used as a notification to

document the file that the substitute

mortgage is financially accepted.

Form Number: HUD–92210.

Respondents: Individuals or

households.

Frequency of Submission: On

occasion.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

respondents x Freqencyof response x Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

HUD–92210 ............................................................................................ 1,000 10 1 10,000

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

10,000.

Status: Reinstatement without

changes.

Contact: Katherine Winbach, HUD,

(202) 708–1719 Joseph F.Lackey, Jr.,

OMB, (202) 395–7316.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

[FR Doc. 96–17372 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Notice of Availability of Petition

Management Guidance for Petitions

Received Under the Endangered

Species Act

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior, and National Marine Fisheries

Service. National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

and National Marine Fisheries Service

(Services) announce the availability of

Petition Management Guidance. This

document provides internal guidance

for the management of petitions

submitted to the Fish and Wildlife

Service and the National Marine

Fisheries Service under the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

Its purpose is to provide policy and

guidance for managing petitions to

promote efficiency and nationwide

consistency within the Services. The

Services previously sought public

comment on a draft of this guidance

document.

DATES: The guidance became effective

on June 25, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing a copy of

the Petition Management Guidance may

obtain a copy by contacting the Division

of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax

Drive, Room 452, Arlington, Virginia

22203 or the Division of Endangered

Species, U.S. National Marine Fisheries

Service, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver

Spring, Maryland 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E.

LaVerne Smith, Chief, Division of

Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, at the above address

(703/358–2171), or Robert Ziobro,

Acting Chief, Division of Endangered

Species, U.S. National Marine Fisheries

Service, at the above address (301/703–

1401).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 4(b) of the Act allows any

interested individual to petition the

Services to list, delist, or reclassify

species, or to revise a listed species’

critical habitat. The Petition

Management Guidance provides specific

guidance for the Services on petition

identification, data/information

submission standards, lead Region

responsibilities, time frames for internal

review of 90-day and 12-month

findings, petition tracking, preparation

of administrative findings and notices,

and petitioner notification. The

guidance differentiates among petitions

requesting (1) actions petitionable under

the provisions of section 4(b)(3) of the

Endangered Species Act. (2) actions

encompassed by other provisions of the

Endangered Species Act, and (3) actions

petitionable only under the

Administrative Procedure Act.

The Petition Management Guidance

identifies three petition categories under

section 4(b)(3) of the Act as follows:

(1) Petitions to list species,

(2) Petitions to reclassify or delist

species, and

(3) Petitions to revise critical habitat.

Under each of these three categories,

situations are described to assist Service

employees and ensure consistency in

the determination of 90-day and 12-

month petition findings.

Ultimately, the Services intend to

ensure that the petition process serves

its function by calling appropriate

attention to situations affecting the

welfare of species or of any other change

in biological status of species that

would justify rulemaking under section

4 of the Act. In this manner, the petition

process will operate consistently with

the Services’ own listing priority

systems.

Public Comments

The Services made available a draft of

the petition management guidance

through a notice published in the

Federal Register on December 21, 1994

(59 FR 65781). Comments received in

response to that notice have been

considered in formulating the final

guidance document.

Author/Editor

The editors of the final document are

Dr. John J. Fay, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Division of Endangered Species

(see ADDRESSES section) and Marta

Nammack, U.S. National Marine

Fisheries Service, Division of

Endangered Species (see ADDRESSES

section).

Authority: The authority for this action is

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

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

Dated: June 25, 1996.

John G. Rogers,

Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.

Dated: June 24, 1996.

Gary Matlock,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 96–17221 Filed 7–8–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

Application for Incidental Take Permit

for American Burying Beetle, etc.;

McCurtain County, OK

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application

for Incidental Take Permit for Surveying

the Species Listed Below for the

McCurtain County Wilderness area in

Oklahoma.

APPLICANT: Greg Duffy, Oklahoma City,

Oklahoma.

SUMMARY: Greg Duffy has applied to the

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for

an incidental take permit pursuant to