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(3) Duty to notify. In the event of the 

transfer of any property described in 

paragraph (4)(iv) below, the transferor 

shall, not later than the date on which 

such transfer occurs, notify the 

transferee in writing of the requirements 

to: 

(i) Obtain flood insurance in 

accordance with applicable federal law 

with respect to such property, if the 

property is not so insured as of the date 

on which the property is transferred; 

and 

(ii) Maintain flood insurance in 

accordance with applicable federal law 

with respect to such property. 

(iii) Such written notification shall be 

contained in documents evidencing the 

transfer of ownership of the property. 

(4) Failure to notify. If a transferor 

fails to provide notice as described 

above and, subsequent to the transfer of 

the property: 

(i) The transferee fails to obtain or 

maintain flood insurance, in accordance 

with applicable federal law, with 

respect to the property; 

(ii) The property is damaged by a 

flood disaster; and 

(iii) Federal disaster relief assistance 

is provided for the repair, replacement, 

or restoration of the property as a result 

of such damage, the transferor shall be 

required to reimburse the federal 

government in an amount equal to the 

amount of the federal disaster relief 

assistance provided with respect to the 

property. 

(iv) The notification requirements 

apply to personal, commercial, or 

residential property for which federal 

disaster relief assistance made available 

in a flood disaster area has been 

provided, prior to the date on which the 

property is transferred, for repair, 

replacement, or restoration of the 

property, if such assistance was 

conditioned upon obtaining flood 

insurance in accordance with applicable 

federal law with respect to such 

property. 

(v) The term ‘‘Federal disaster relief 

assistance’’ applies to HUD or other 

federal assistance for disaster relief in 

‘‘flood disaster areas.’’ The term ‘‘flood 

disaster area’’ is defined in section 

582(d)(2) to include an area receiving a 

presidential declaration of a major 

disaster or emergency as a result of 

flood conditions. 

8. Non-Federal Cost Sharing of Army 

Corps of Engineers Projects. Public Law 

105–276, Title II, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 

Stat. 2478, provided in part that: ‘‘For 

any fiscal year, of the amounts made 

available as emergency funds under the 

heading ‘Community Development 

Block Grants Fund’ and 

notwithstanding any other provision of 

law, not more than $250,000 may be 

used for the non-Federal cost-share of 

any project funded by the Secretary of 

the Army through the Corps of 

Engineers.’’ 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

A Finding of No Significant Impact 

with respect to the environment has 

been made in accordance with HUD 

regulations at 24 CFR part 50, which 

implement section 102(2)(C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332). The Finding of 

No Significant Impact is available for 

public inspection between 8 a.m. and 5 

p.m. weekdays in the Office of the Rules 

Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410– 

0500. 

Dated: September 26, 2008. 

Roy A. Bernardi, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–23664 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection: 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: United States Geological 

Survey (USGS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a new collection. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we will submit to OMB a new 

information collection request (ICR) for 

approval of the paperwork requirements 

for the National Institutes for Water 

Resources (NIWR)–USGS competitive 

grant program conducted in conjunction 

with the State Water Resources Research 

Institutes. The NIWR cooperates with 

the USGS in establishing total 

programmatic direction, reporting on 

the activities of the Institutes, 

coordinating and facilitating regional 

research and information and 

technology transfer, and in operating the 

NIWR–USGS Student Internship 

Program. Furthermore, an annual 

progress and final technical report for 

all projects is required at the end of the 

project period. 

This notice provides the public an 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of this collection. 

DATES: You must submit comment on or 

before December 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments to the 

IC to Phadrea Ponds, Information 

Collections Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Geological Survey, 2150–C Center 

Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); 

(970) 226–9230 (fax); or 

pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Please 

reference Information Collection 1028– 

NEW, USGS–WRRI. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

E. Schefter, Chief, Office of External 

Research, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 424, Reston, 

Virginia 20192 (mail) at (703) 648–6800 

(Phone); or schefter@usgs.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: NIWR–USGS National 

Competitive Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1028-new. 

Abstract: The NIWR–USGS National 

Competitive Grant Program issues an 

annual call for proposals to support 

research on water problems and issues 

of a regional or interstate nature beyond 

those of concern only to a single state 

and which relate to specific program 

priorities identified jointly by the USGS 

and the state water resources research 

institutes authorized by the Water 

Resources Research Act of 1984, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.). Any 

investigator at an accredited institution 

of higher learning in the United States 

is eligible to apply for a grant through 

a water research institute or center 

established under the provisions of the 

Act. Proposals involving substantial 

collaboration between the USGS and 

university scientists are encouraged. 

Proposals may be for projects of 1 to 3 

years in duration and may request up to 

$250,000 in federal funds. Successful 

applicants must match each dollar of 

the federal grant with one dollar from 

nonfederal sources. This program is 

authorized by the Water Resources 

Research Act of 1984, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 10303(g)). 

We will protect information from 

respondents considered proprietary 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(5 U.S.C. 552) and implementing 

regulations (43 CFR Part 2), and under 

regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data 

and information to be made available to 

the public or for limited inspection.’’ 

Responses are voluntary. No questions 

of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are asked. We 

intend to release the project abstracts 

and primary investigators for awarded/ 

funded projects only. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Affected Public: Research 

investigators at accredited institutions 

of higher education. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary 

(necessary to receive benefits). 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: We expect to receive 

approximately 65 applications and 

award 7 grants per year. 

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Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We 

estimate the public reporting burden to 

be 36 hours per response. This includes 

24 hours per applicant to prepare and 

submit the application; and 12 hours 

(total) per grantee to complete the 

interim and final technical reports. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1656. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’: We 

have not identified any ‘‘non-hour cost’’ 

burdens associated with this collection 

of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

you are not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: Before submitting an ICR 

to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) requires each 

agency ‘‘ * * * to provide notice * * * 

and otherwise consult with members of 

the public and affected agencies 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information * * *’’ Agencies must 

specifically solicit comments. We invite 

comments concerning this information 

collection on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted in response to this notice are 

a matter of public record. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask OMB in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that it will 

be done. To comply with the public 

process, we publish this Federal 

Register notice announcing that we will 

submit this ICR to OMB for approval. 

The notice provided the required 60 day 

public comment period. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Phadrea D. Ponds 

970–226–9445. 

Dated: October 1, 2008. 

John E. Schefter, 

Water Resources Research Act Program 

Coordinator. 

[FR Doc. E8–23646 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Tribal—State Class III 

Gaming Compact taking effect. 

SUMMARY: This publishes notice of the 

2008 Class III Gaming Compact between 

the Nez Perce Tribe and the State of 

Idaho taking effect. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 7, 2008 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

Section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal—State compacts for the purpose 

of engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. This Compact is 

entered into in connection with the state 

lottery litigation between the parties and 

thus presents unique circumstances 

resulting in our decision to neither 

approve nor disapprove the Compact 

within the 45-day statutory time frame. 

Dated: September 26, 2008. 

George T. Skibine, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

and Economic Development. 

[FR Doc. E8–23710 Filed 10–6–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Land Acquisitions; Habematolel Pomo 

of Upper Lake, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Agency 

Determination to take land into trust 

under 25 CFR part 151. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy and Economic 

Development made a final agency 

determination to acquire approximately 

11.24 acres of land into trust for the 

Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake of 

California on September 8, 2008. This 

notice is published in the exercise of 

authority delegated by the Secretary of 

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs by 209 Departmental 

Manual 8.1. The duties of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs were 

delegated to the Acting Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Economic Development on May 23, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula Hart, Office of Indian Gaming, 

MS–3657 MIB, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 

219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published to comply with the 

requirement of 25 CFR part 151.12(b) 

that notice be given to the public of the 

Secretary’s decision to acquire land in 

trust at least 30 days prior to signatory 

acceptance of the land into trust. The 

purpose of the 30-day waiting period in 

25 CFR part 151.12(b) is to afford 

interested parties the opportunity to 

seek judicial review of final 

administrative decisions to take land in 

trust for Indian tribes and individual 

Indians before transfer of title to the 

property occurs. On September 8, 2008, 

the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Policy and Economic Development 

decided to accept approximately 11.24 

acres of land into trust for the 

Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake of 

California under the authority of the 

Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, 25 

U.S.C. 465. The 11.24 acres are located 

in Upper Lake, Lake County, California. 

The parcel will be used for the 

development and operation of a class II 

and class III gaming facility. 

The land proposed for acquisition is 

referred to herein below and is situated 

the unincorporated area, County of 

Lake, State of California, and is 

described as follows: 

All that property within a portion of 

Section 7, Township 15 North, Range 9 

West, M.D.B. & M., in the County of 

Lake, State of California, and being a 

portion of those lands described by 

those Grant Deeds to Luna GamingUpper Lake LLC, one filed February 15, 

2006 as Document Number 2006003927, 

and one filed February 17, 2006 as 

Document Number 2006004152, Lake 

County Records, described as the 

following three parcels: 

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