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In
accordance with the December 12, 1988
court order in National Coalition for the
Homeless v. Veterans Administration,
No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD
publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,
identifying unutilized, underutilized,
excess and surplus Federal buildings
and real property that HUD has
reviewed for suitability for use to assist
the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the
purpose of announcing that no
additional properties have been
determined suitable or unsuitable this
week.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: June 29, 2006.
Mark R. Johnston,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special
Needs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection
Office of the Secretary, Office
of Budget, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of
Budget, Office of the Secretary,
Department of the Interior (DOI),
announces the proposed extension of a
public information collection required
by the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)
Act, and that it is seeking comments on
its provisions. After public review, the
Office of Budget will submit the
information collection to Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by September 5,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to
the Office of Budget, Attn: William
Howell, Department of the Interior, MS
4116 MIB, 1849 C St., NW., Washington,
DC 20240. Individuals providing
comments should reference OMB
control #1093–0005, ‘‘Payments in Lieu
of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of
Federal Land Payments, (43 CFR 44).’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on this
proposed information collection or to
obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instrument, please
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write to the above address, or call
William Howell, (202) 208–3157.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320,
which implement the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies have an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d)). This notice
identifies an information collection
activity that the Office of Budget is
planning to submit to OMB for
extension or re-approval.
Public Law 97–258 (31 U.S.C. 6901–
6907), as amended, the Payment in Lieu
of Taxes (PILT) Act, was designed by
Congress to help local governments
recover some of the expenses they incur
in providing services on public lands.
These local governments receive funds
under various Federal land payment
programs such as the National Forest
Revenue Act, the Mineral Lands Leasing
Act, and the Taylor Grazing Act. PILT
payments supplement the payments that
local governments receive under these
other programs.
The PILT Act requires that the
Governor of each State furnish the
Department of the Interior with a listing
of payments disbursed to local
governments by the States on behalf of
the Federal Government under 12
statutes described in Section 4 of the
Act (31 U.S.C. 6903). The Department of
the Interior uses the amounts reported
by the States to reduce PILT payments
to units of general local governments
from that which they might otherwise
receive. If such listings were not
furnished by the Governor of each
affected State, the Department would
not be able to compute the PILT
payments to units of general local
government within the States in
question.
The information collection supporting
the PILT Act was initially administered
by the Bureau of Land Management,
within the Department of the Interior, as
‘‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act),
Statement of Federal Land Payments,
(43 CFR 1881),’’ OMB control #1004–
0109. However, in fiscal year 2004,
administrative authority for the PILT
program was transferred from the
Bureau of Land Management to the
Office of Budget within the Office of the
Secretary of the Department of the
Interior. Applicable DOI regulations
pertaining to the PILT program to be
administered by the Office of the
Secretary were published as a final rule
in the Federal Register on December 7,
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2004. Recently, the Office of Budget,
within the Office of the Secretary,
requested emergency approval of the
information collection as ‘‘Payments in
Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of
Federal land Payments, (43 CFR 44).’’
OMB approved the information
collection under control # 1093–0005.
The Office of Budget, Office of the
Secretary is now planning to extend the
information collection approval for the
standard three years in order to enable
the Department of the Interior to
continue to comply with the PILT Act.
II. Data
(1) Title: Payments in Lieu of Taxes
(PILT Act), Statement of Federal Land
Payments, (43 CFR 44).
OMB Control Number: 1093–0005.
Current Expiration Date: 11/30/2006.
Type of Review: Information
Collection: Renewal.
Affected Entities: State, local, or tribal
government.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 50.
Frequency of response: Annual.
(2) Annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden:
Total annual reporting per
respondent: 20 hours.
Total annual reporting: 1000 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of
the information: The statutorilyrequired information is needed to
compute payments due units of general
local government under the PILT Act
(31 U.S.C. 6901–6907). The Act requires
that the Governor of each State furnish
a statement as to amounts paid to units
of general local government under 12
revenue-sharing statutes in the prior
fiscal year.
III. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites
comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
and the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 130 / Friday, July 7, 2006 / Notices
Dated: June 28, 2006.
Pam Haze,
Co-Director, Office of Budget, Office of the
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–10669 Filed 7–6–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Natural Resource Damage
Assessment and Restoration Advisory
Committee Meeting
Notice; FACA Committee
Meeting announcement.
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: As required by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92–463, the Department of the Interior,
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
and Restoration Program Office gives
notice of the upcoming meeting of the
Department’s Natural Resource Damage
Assessment and Restoration Advisory
Committee. The Advisory Committee
will meet in the Rio Grande Room in
Building 67 on the Denver Federal
Center from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
mountain time on July 26 and July 27,
2006. Members of the public are invited
to attend the Committee Meeting to
listen to the committee proceedings and
to provide public input.
Public Input: Any member of the
public interested in providing public
input at the Committee Meeting should
contact Ms. Barbara Schmalz, whose
contact information is listed under the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section of this notice. Each individual
providing oral input is requested to
limit those comments to three minutes.
This time frame may be adjusted to
accommodate all those who would like
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to speak. Requests to be added to the
public speaker list must be received in
writing (letter, e-mail, or fax) by noon
mountain time on July 18, 2006. Anyone
wishing to submit written comments
should provide a copy of those
comments to Ms. Schmalz in the
following formats: one hard copy with
original signature, and one electronic
copy via e-mail (acceptable file formats
are: Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word,
or Rich Text files) by noon mountain
time on July 18, 2006.
Document Availability: In preparation
for this meeting of the Advisory
Committee, the Committee and the
public can find helpful background
information at the Restoration Program
Web site https://restoration.doi.gov. The
site provides a good introduction to the
program for those who are relatively
new to the damage assessment and
restoration arena and a useful reference
for seasoned practitioners and policy
leaders. Links to the statutory and
regulatory framework for the program
are found at https://restoration.doi.gov/
laws.htm. DOI Program policies are
found at https://restoration.doi.gov/
policy.htm. Reference materials and
preliminary subcommittee reports will
also be posted on the site as they
become available from the four
subcommittees. After July 18, interested
individuals may view the draft agenda
for the meeting online at https://
restoration.doi.gov/faca or may request
the draft agenda from Ms. Schmalz.
Rio Grande Room,
Mezzanine Level, Building 67, Denver
Federal Center, 6th Avenue & Kipling,
Denver CO 80225.
All individuals attending the
Committee Meeting will need to present
photo identification to the entry gate
security officers to gain access to the
Denver Federal Center. Attendees will
need to use the south entrance to
Building 67 and present photo
identification to the building security
officers to gain access to Building 67.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Schmalz, U.S. Department of
the Interior, Denver Federal Center, 6th
Avenue & Kipling, Building 56, Room
1003, Mail Stop D–108, Denver, CO
80225–0007; phone 303–445–2500; fax
303–445–6320 or
barbara_schmalz@ios.doi.gov.
Agenda for Meeting
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
AGENCY:
The agenda will cover the following
principal subjects:
—Discussion of subcommittee reports.
—Formal public input (if any).
—Committee agreement on each
subcommittee scope and plan.
—Develop schedule for next Committee
meeting.
We estimate that each subcommittee
report, discussion, and associated
public input will take approximately
four hours. However, the timeframes
will remain flexible. If a subcommittee
report and discussion requires less than
four hours, the committee will move
directly on to the next topic.
Meeting Access: Individuals requiring
special accommodation at this meeting
must contact Ms. Barbara Schmalz (see
contact information below) by noon
mountain time on July 18, 2006, so that
appropriate arrangements can be made.
DATES: July 26, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. mountain time (open to the
public); July 27, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. mountain time (open to the
public).
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ADDRESSES:
Dated: June 30, 2006.
Frank M. DeLuise,
Designated Federal Officer, DOI Natural
Resource Damage Assessment and
Restoration Advisory Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[CO–200–0777–XZ–241A]
Notice of Meeting, Front Range
Resource Advisory Council (Colorado)
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Front Range
Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held July 26,
2006 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will
continue on July 27, 2006 from 8 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Comfort Inn of Alamosa,
6301 Road 107 South, Alamosa,
Colorado.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ken
Smith, (719) 269–8500.
The 15
member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the Bureau of
Land Management, on a variety of
planning and management issues
associated with public land
management in the Royal Gorge Field
Office and San Luis Valley, Colorado.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Proposed Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget, Department of the
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Budget, Office of the Secretary,
Department of the Interior (DOI), announces the proposed extension of a
public information collection required by the Payments in Lieu of Taxes
(PILT) Act, and that it is seeking comments on its provisions. After
public review, the Office of Budget will submit the information
collection to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by
September 5, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations on the proposed
information collection should be sent to the Office of Budget, Attn:
William Howell, Department of the Interior, MS 4116 MIB, 1849 C St.,
NW., Washington, DC 20240. Individuals providing comments should
reference OMB control 1093-0005, ``Payments in Lieu of Taxes
(PILT Act), Statement of Federal Land Payments, (43 CFR 44).''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on this
proposed information collection or to obtain a copy of the proposal and
associated collection instrument, please write to the above address, or
call William Howell, (202) 208-3157.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part
1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-
13), require that interested members of the public and affected
agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d)). This notice identifies
an information collection activity that the Office of Budget is
planning to submit to OMB for extension or re-approval.
Public Law 97-258 (31 U.S.C. 6901-6907), as amended, the Payment in
Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act, was designed by Congress to help local
governments recover some of the expenses they incur in providing
services on public lands. These local governments receive funds under
various Federal land payment programs such as the National Forest
Revenue Act, the Mineral Lands Leasing Act, and the Taylor Grazing Act.
PILT payments supplement the payments that local governments receive
under these other programs.
The PILT Act requires that the Governor of each State furnish the
Department of the Interior with a listing of payments disbursed to
local governments by the States on behalf of the Federal Government
under 12 statutes described in Section 4 of the Act (31 U.S.C. 6903).
The Department of the Interior uses the amounts reported by the States
to reduce PILT payments to units of general local governments from that
which they might otherwise receive. If such listings were not furnished
by the Governor of each affected State, the Department would not be
able to compute the PILT payments to units of general local government
within the States in question.
The information collection supporting the PILT Act was initially
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, within the Department of
the Interior, as ``Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of
Federal Land Payments, (43 CFR 1881),'' OMB control 1004-0109.
However, in fiscal year 2004, administrative authority for the PILT
program was transferred from the Bureau of Land Management to the
Office of Budget within the Office of the Secretary of the Department
of the Interior. Applicable DOI regulations pertaining to the PILT
program to be administered by the Office of the Secretary were
published as a final rule in the Federal Register on December 7, 2004.
Recently, the Office of Budget, within the Office of the Secretary,
requested emergency approval of the information collection as
``Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of Federal land
Payments, (43 CFR 44).'' OMB approved the information collection under
control 1093-0005. The Office of Budget, Office of the
Secretary is now planning to extend the information collection approval
for the standard three years in order to enable the Department of the
Interior to continue to comply with the PILT Act.
II. Data
(1) Title: Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT Act), Statement of
Federal Land Payments, (43 CFR 44).
OMB Control Number: 1093-0005.
Current Expiration Date: 11/30/2006.
Type of Review: Information Collection: Renewal.
Affected Entities: State, local, or tribal government.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 50.
Frequency of response: Annual.
(2) Annual reporting and recordkeeping burden:
Total annual reporting per respondent: 20 hours.
Total annual reporting: 1000 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of the information: The
statutorily-required information is needed to compute payments due
units of general local government under the PILT Act (31 U.S.C. 6901-
6907). The Act requires that the Governor of each State furnish a
statement as to amounts paid to units of general local government under
12 revenue-sharing statutes in the prior fiscal year.
III. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
collection and the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons
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to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review
instructions; to develop, acquire, install and utilize technology and
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search data sources, to complete and
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a
currently valid Office of Management and Budget control number.
Dated: June 28, 2006.
Pam Haze,
Co-Director, Office of Budget, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-10669 Filed 7-6-06; 8:45 am]
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