Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 21, 2001 / Notices 11039

Number of respondents × Frequency of response × Hours per response = Burden hours

2,500 20 .05 25,000

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

25,000.

Status: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–4185 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4650–N–14]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB;

Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMS)

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 23,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2502–0322) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail

Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov; telephone

(202) 708–2374. This is not a toll-free

number. Copies of the proposed forms

and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Adjustable Rate

Mortgage (ARMS).

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0322.

Form Numbers: None.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use: The

Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act

of 1983 amended the National Housing

Act to permit FHA to insure adjustable

rate mortgages (ARMS). The terms of all

ARMS insured by HUD–FHA are

required to be fully disclosed as part of

the loan approval process. Additionally,

an annual disclosure is required to

reflect the adjustment to the interest rate

and monthly mortgage amount.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Federal Government.

Frequency of Submission: On

occasion.

Reporting Burden

Number of respondents × Frequency of response × Hours per response = Burden hours

20,000 5 .07 7,000

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 7,000.

Status: Extension of a currently

approved collection.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–4186 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

North American Wetlands

Conservation Council Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Council will meet to

select North American Wetlands

Conservation Act (NAWCA) proposals

for recommendation to the Migratory

Bird Conservation Commission. The

meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Council will meet March 14,

2001, 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the U.S. Dept. of THE Interior, South,

Penthouse, 1849 C St., NW.,

Washington, DC. The Council

Coordinator is located at U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,

Suite 110, Arlington, Virginia, 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David A. Smith, Council Coordinator,

(703) 358–1784.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with NAWCA (Pub. L. 101–

233, 103 Stat. 1968, December 13, 1989,

as amended), the State-private-Federal

Council meets to consider wetland

acquisition, restoration, enhancement,

and management projects for

recommendation to, and final funding

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approval by, the Migratory Bird

Conservation Commission, established

by the Migratory Bird Conservation Act

(16 U.S.C. 715–715d, 715e, 715f–715g).

Proposals require a minimum of 50

percent non-Federal matching funds.

Dated: February 5, 2001.

Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,

Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 01–4173 Filed 2–20–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of a

currently approved information

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0098).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), we are notifying

you that an information collection

request (ICR) titled ‘‘Office of Indian

Royalty Assistance Customer

Satisfaction Postcard’’ has been

forwarded to OMB for review and

approval. We are also soliciting your

comments on this ICR which describes

the information collection, its expected

costs and burden, and how the data will

be collected.

DATES: Submit written comments on or

before March 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments

directly to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:

Desk Officer for the Department of the

Interior (OMB Control Number 1010–

0098), 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503. Also, please

submit copies of your comments to

Dennis C. Jones, Regulations and FOIA

Team, Minerals Management Service,

Minerals Revenue Management, PO Box

25165, MS 320B2, Denver, Colorado

80225. If you use an overnight courier

service, our courier address is Building

85, Room A–613, Denver Federal

Center, Denver, Colorado 80225.

PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURE: Please

submit your comments to the offices

listed in the ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ section, or

email your comments to us at

MRM.comments@mms.gov. Include the

title of the information collection, the

OMB Control Number in the

‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment, and

your name and return address. Submit

electronic comments as an ASCII file

avoiding the use of special characters

and any form of encryption. If you do

not receive a confirmation that we have

received your email, contact Mr. Jones

at (303) 231–3046, FAX (303) 231–3385.

We will post all comments for public

review at http://www.rmp.mms.gov.

Also, contact Mr. Jones to review

paper copies of the comments. Our

practice is to make comments, including

names and addresses of respondents,

available for public review during

regular business hours at our offices in

Lakewood, Colorado. Individual

respondents may request that we

withhold their home address from the

public record, which we will honor to

the extent allowable by law. There also

may be circumstances in which we

would withhold from the rulemaking

record a respondent’s identity, as

allowable by law. If you request that we

withhold your name and/or address,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your comment. However,

we will not consider anonymous

comments. We will make all

submissions from organizations or

businesses, and from individuals

identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis C. Jones, Regulations and FOIA

Team, telephone (303) 231–3046, FAX

(303) 231–3385, email

Dennis.C.Jones@mms.gov. You may also

contact Mr. Jones to obtain at no cost a

copy of our submission to OMB, which

includes a copy of the postcard that will

be used to collect this information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Office of Indian Royalty Assistance

Customer Satisfaction Postcard.

OMB Control Number: 1010–0098.

Bureau Form Number: N/A.

Abstract: The Department of the

Interior (DOI) is responsible for matters

relevant to mineral resource

development on Federal and Indian

Lands and the Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS). The Secretary of the Interior

(Secretary) is responsible for managing

the production of minerals from Federal

and Indian Lands and the OCS; for

collecting royalties from lessees who

produce minerals; and for distributing

the funds collected in accordance with

applicable laws. The Secretary also has

an Indian trust responsibility to manage

Indian lands and seek advice and

information from Indian beneficiaries.

We perform the royalty management

functions and assist the Secretary in

carrying out DOI’s Indian trust

responsibility.

MMS’s Office of Indian Royalty

Assistance (OIRA) often resolves

questions and issues related to

individual Indian royalty payments.

When an individual Indian mineral

owner requests assistance from an OIRA

office, we include a Customer

Satisfaction Postcard, consisting of four

questions, when responding to the

owner’s request to help us determine if

our service was effective and to identify

how we can improve our service.

Responses to this information

collection are voluntary. No proprietary,

confidential, or sensitive information is

collected.

Frequency: On occasion.

Estimated Number and Description of

Respondents: 200 Individual Indian

mineral owners.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 7 hours.

Annual reporting/recordkeeping

requirements Frequency No. of respondents Burden hours Annual burden hours

Customer Satisfaction Postcard .. On occasion ................... 200 .................................. 2 minutes ........................ 7 hours

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-hour Cost’’

Burden: N/A.

Comments: The PRA provides that an

agency shall not conduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB Control

Number. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

PRA 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 to: (a) Evaluate

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the agency

to perform its duties, including whether

the information is useful; (b) evaluate

the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of

the burden of the proposed collection of

information; (c) enhance the quality,

usefulness, and clarity of the