Notice of Intent To Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Jackson County, MS, and Mobile County, AL, 77176-77177 [05-24592]
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Description of the Need for the
Information and Its Proposed Use: This
information is required for approval of
all FHA Title I lender and Title II
mortgagees; issuers of Ginnie Mae
mortgage-backed securities. Additional
information is then required of all FHA
approved Title I lenders and Title II
mortgagees to: (1) Maintain their
approval (annual Recertification); (2)
add/delete branches; (3) pay additional
fees to FHA for annual Recertification,
new branches, and business
conversions; (4) report business changes
of lender or mortgagee including
structure, addresses, and principal
owners and officers; (5) report noncompliance detected by lender and
mortgagee quality control plans; and (6)
voluntarily terminate FHA approval.
Frequency of Submission: On
occasion, Annually.
Number of
respondents
Annual
responses
13,514
3.04
Reporting Burden ..............................................................................
documents. (This is not a toll-free
number.)
Total Estimated Burden Hours:
28,410.
Status: Revision of a currently
approved collection.
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as
amended.
Dated: December 22, 2005.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act
Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. E5–8046 Filed 12–28–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–4978–N–09]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment;
Management Operations Certification
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
will be 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: February
27, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name/or OMB Control
number and should be sent to: Aneita
Waites, Reports Liaison Officer, Public
and Indian Housing, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Room 4116,
Washington, DC 20410–5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aneita Waites, (202) 708–0713,
extension 4114, for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
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The
Department will submit the proposed
information collection to OMB for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended). This notice is
soliciting comments from members of
the public and affected agencies
concerning the proposed collection of
information to: (1) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (3) enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology;
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Management
Operations Certification.
OMB Control Number: 2507–0106.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use: To meet
the requirements of the Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS) rule, the
Department has developed the
management operations template that
public housing agencies (PHAs) use to
annually submit electronically specific
management information to HUD. HUD
uses the management operations
information it collects from each PHA to
assist in the evaluation and assessment
of the PHAs’ overall condition.
Requiring PHAs to report electronically
has enabled HUD to provide a more
comprehensive assessment of the PHAs
receiving Federal funds from HUD.
Agency Form Number, if Applicable:
Form HUD–50072.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Members of Affected Public: Public
housing agencies.
Estimation of the Total Number of
Hours Needed to Prepare the
Information Collection Including
Number of Respondents: The estimated
number of respondents is 3,174 PHAs
that submit one certification annually.
The average number for each PHA
response is 1.147 hours, for a total
reporting burden of 3,643 hours.
Status of the Proposed Information
Collection: Extension of a currently
approved collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: December 21, 2005.
Bessy Kong,
Deputy Assistant Director, Office of Policy,
Program and Legislative Initiatives.
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment for Grand
Bay National Wildlife Refuge in
Jackson County, MS, and Mobile
County, AL
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife
Service, Southeast Region, intends to
gather information necessary to prepare
a comprehensive conservation plan and
environmental assessment pursuant to
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 and its implementing
regulations.
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, requires the
Service to develop a comprehensive
conservation plan for each national
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wildlife refuge. The purpose in
developing a comprehensive
conservation plan is to provide refuge
managers with a 15-year strategy for
achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, plans identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation.
The purpose of this notice is to
achieve the following:
(1) Advise other agencies and the
public of our intentions, and
(2) Obtain suggestions and
information on the scope of issue to
include in the environmental document.
DATES: An open house style meeting
will be held during the scoping phase
and public draft phase of the
comprehensive conservation plan
development process. Special mailings,
newspaper articles, and other media
announcements will be used to inform
the public and state and local
government agencies of the dates and
opportunities for input throughout the
planning process.
ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for
more information regarding the Grand
Bay National Wildlife Refuge planning
process should be sent to: Mike Dawson,
Refuge Planner, Fish and Wildlife
Service, 6578 Dogwood View Parkway,
Suite B, Jackson, Mississippi 39213;
Telephone: 601/965–4903, ext. 20; Fax:
601/965–4010; Electronic mail:
mike_dawson@fws.gov To ensure
consideration, written comments must
be received no later than February 13,
2005. Our practice is to make
comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, available for
public review during regular business
hours. Individual respondents may
request that we withhold their home
addresses from the record, which we
will honor to the extent allowable by
law.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grand Bay
National Wildlife Refuge was
established in 1992 under the
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of
1986, to protect one of the largest
expanses of undisturbed pine savanna
habitats in the Gulf Coastal Plain region.
It consists of 9,831 acres within an
approved acquisition boundary of
17,741 acres. The refuge also manages
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930 acres of Farm Service Agency tracts.
The largest portion of the refuge consists
of a mosaic of pine savannas,
interspersed with poorly drained
evergreen bays and pond cypress stands
graduating to estuarine salt marshes to
the south.
Recreation and education
opportunities on the refuge include
hunting photography , and wildlife
observation. Approximately 2,500
people visit the refuge annually.
The Service will conduct a
comprehensive conservation planning
process that will provide opportunity
for state and local governments,
agencies, organizations, and the public
to participate in issue scoping and
public comment. Comments received by
the planning team will be used as part
of the planning process.
Authority: This notice is published under
the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, Public
Law 105–57.
Dated: October 27, 2005.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 05–24592 Filed 12–28–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Harvest and Export of American
Ginseng
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice: request for information
from the public; announcement of
public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce
public meetings on American ginseng
(Panax quinquefolius). These meetings
will help us gather information from the
public in preparation of our 2006
findings on the export of American
ginseng roots, for the issuance of
permits under the Convention on
International Trade in Endangered
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES).
DATES: The meeting dates are:
1. January 31, 2006, 2:30 p.m. to 6
p.m., Moon Township (Pittsburgh), PA.
2. February 10, 2006, 8 a.m. to 12
noon, Asheville, NC.
3. February 15, 2006, 8 a.m. to 12
noon, Indianapolis, IN.
ADDRESSES: The meeting locations are:
1. Moon Township (Pittsburgh)—
DoubleTree Hotel, 8402 University
Blvd., Moon Township, PA 15108;
telephone number (412) 329–1400.
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2. Asheville—Holiday Inn, 1450
Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805;
telephone number (828) 298–5611.
3. Indianapolis—Hampton Inn,
Indianapolis Airport, 5601 Fortune
Circle West, Indianapolis, IN 46241;
telephone number (317) 244–1221.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, or directions to
meetings contact Ms. Pat Ford, Division
of Scientific Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,
Room 750, Arlington, VA 22203; 703–
358–1708 (telephone), 703–358–2276
(fax), or patricia_ford@fws.gov (e-mail);
or Ms. Anne St. John, Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,
Room 700, Arlington, VA 22203; 703–
358–2095 (telephone), 703–358–2298
(fax), or anne_stjohn@fws.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
Fauna and Flora (CITES, or Convention)
is an international treaty designed to
control and regulate international trade
in certain animal and plant species that
are now or potentially may be
threatened with extinction by
international trade. Currently, 169
countries, including the United States,
are Parties to CITES. The species for
which trade is controlled are listed in
Appendix I, II, or III of the Convention.
Appendix I includes species threatened
with extinction that are or may be
affected by international trade.
Commercial trade in Appendix-I species
is prohibited. Appendix II includes
species that, although not necessarily
threatened with extinction at the
present time, may become so unless
their trade is strictly controlled through
a system of export permits. Appendix II
also includes species that CITES must
regulate so that trade in other listed
species may be brought under effective
control (i.e., because of similarity of
appearance between listed species and
other species). Appendix III comprises
species subject to regulation within the
jurisdiction of any CITES Party country
that has requested the cooperation of the
other Parties in regulating international
trade in the species.
American ginseng (Panax
quinquefolius) was listed in Appendix II
of CITES on July 1, 1975. The Division
of Scientific Authority and the Division
of Management Authority of the Service
regulate the export of American ginseng,
including whole plants, whole roots,
and root parts. To meet CITES
requirements for export of American
ginseng from the United States, the
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment for Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge in
Jackson County, MS, and Mobile County, AL
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, intends to
gather information necessary to prepare a comprehensive conservation
plan and environmental assessment pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and its implementing regulations.
The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as
amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997,
requires the Service to develop a comprehensive conservation plan for
each national
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wildlife refuge. The purpose in developing a comprehensive conservation
plan is to provide refuge managers with a 15-year strategy for
achieving refuge purposes and contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System, consistent with sound principles of
fish and wildlife management, conservation, legal mandates, and Service
policies. In addition to outlining broad management direction on
conserving wildlife and their habitats, plans identify wildlife-
dependent recreational opportunities available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental education and interpretation.
The purpose of this notice is to achieve the following:
(1) Advise other agencies and the public of our intentions, and
(2) Obtain suggestions and information on the scope of issue to
include in the environmental document.
DATES: An open house style meeting will be held during the scoping
phase and public draft phase of the comprehensive conservation plan
development process. Special mailings, newspaper articles, and other
media announcements will be used to inform the public and state and
local government agencies of the dates and opportunities for input
throughout the planning process.
ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for more information regarding the
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge planning process should be sent to:
Mike Dawson, Refuge Planner, Fish and Wildlife Service, 6578 Dogwood
View Parkway, Suite B, Jackson, Mississippi 39213; Telephone: 601/965-
4903, ext. 20; Fax: 601/965-4010; Electronic mail: mike_dawson@fws.gov
To ensure consideration, written comments must be received no later
than February 13, 2005. Our practice is to make comments, including
names and addresses of respondents, available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to
the extent allowable by law.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge was
established in 1992 under the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986,
to protect one of the largest expanses of undisturbed pine savanna
habitats in the Gulf Coastal Plain region. It consists of 9,831 acres
within an approved acquisition boundary of 17,741 acres. The refuge
also manages 930 acres of Farm Service Agency tracts. The largest
portion of the refuge consists of a mosaic of pine savannas,
interspersed with poorly drained evergreen bays and pond cypress stands
graduating to estuarine salt marshes to the south.
Recreation and education opportunities on the refuge include
hunting photography , and wildlife observation. Approximately 2,500
people visit the refuge annually.
The Service will conduct a comprehensive conservation planning
process that will provide opportunity for state and local governments,
agencies, organizations, and the public to participate in issue scoping
and public comment. Comments received by the planning team will be used
as part of the planning process.
Authority: This notice is published under the authority of the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law
105-57.
Dated: October 27, 2005.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 05-24592 Filed 12-28-05; 8:45 am]
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