Notices. 30-day notice of information collection under review: CIS Ombudsman Case Problem Submission Worksheet, Form DHS-7001 (Previously published as Form G-1107)
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BILLING CODE 4140-01-M DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Agency Information Collection Activities: New Information Collection, Comment Request ACTION: 30-day notice of information collection under review: CIS Ombudsman Case Problem Submission Worksheet, Form DHS-7001 (Previously published as Form G-1107). OMB Control No. 1615-NEW. The Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services
(CIS)Ombudsman has submitted the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection was previously published in the **Federal Register** on June 29, 2006, at 71 FR 37085. The notice allowed for a 60-day public comment period. No comments were received on this information collection. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comments. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until October 6, 2006. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be directed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Director, Regulatory Management Division, Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd floor, Washington, DC 20529. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via facsimile to 202-272-8352 or via e-mail at *rfs.regs@dhs.gov.* When submitting comments by e-mail please make sure to add DHS-7001 in the subject box. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the following four points:
(1)Evaluate 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;
(2)Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(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, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. *Overview of this information collection:*
(1)*Type of Information Collection:* New information collection.
(2)*Title of the Form/Collection:* CIS Ombudsman Case Problem Submission Worksheet.
(3)*Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection:* DHS-7001. Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman.
(4)*Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary:* Individuals or Households. This information collection is necessary for the CIS Ombudsman to identify problem areas, propose changes, and assist individuals experiencing problems during the processing of an immigration benefit with USCIS.
(5)*An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond:* 2,600 responses at 1 hour per response.
(6)*An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection:* 2,600 annual burden hours. If you have comments, please submit them to DHS via facsimile to 202-272-8352 or via e-mail at *rfs.regs@dhs.gov,* and to the DHS desk officer at: *kastrich@omb.eop.gov,* or fax to 202-395-6974. If you need a copy of the proposed information collection instrument with instructions, or additional information, please visit the USCIS Web site at: *http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/pra/index.htm.* If additional information is required contact: USCIS, Regulatory Management Division, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20529,
(202)272-8377. Dated: August 31, 2006. Richard A. Sloan, Director, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. [FR Doc. E6-14702 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Office of Grants and Training; Assistance To Firefighters Grant Program AGENCY: Office of Grants and Training, DHS. ACTION: Notice of guidance. SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security is publishing this Notice to provide details and guidance regarding the 2006 program year Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The program makes grants directly to fire departments and nonaffiliated emergency medical services organizations for the purpose of enhancing first-responders' ability to protect the health and safety of the public as well as that of first-responder personnel facing fire and fire-related hazards. As in prior years, this year's grants are awarded on a competitive basis to the applicants that best reflect the program's criteria and funding priorities and best address statutory award requirements. This Notice describes the criteria and funding priorities recommended by a panel of representatives from the Nation's fire service leadership (criteria development panel) and accepted by the Department of Homeland Security, unless otherwise noted herein. This Notice contains details regarding the guidance and competitive process descriptions that have been provided to applicants and also provides information on where and why the Department deviated from recommendations of the criteria development panel. Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2229, 2229a. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Cowan, Director, Assistance to Firefighters Program Office, Office of Grants and Training, 810 Seventh Street, NW., Washington, DC 20531 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Appropriations For fiscal year 2006, Congress appropriated $539,550,000 to carry out the activities of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG Program). 1 The Department of Homeland Security
(DHS)is authorized to spend up to $26,977,500 for administration of the AFG program (five percent of the appropriated amount). In addition, DHS has set aside no less than $26,977,500 of the funds (five percent of the appropriation) for the Fire Prevention and Safety Grants in order to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, national, State, local or community organizations or agencies, including fire departments, for the purpose of carrying out fire prevention and injury prevention programs. This leaves approximately $485,595,000 for competitive grants to fire departments and nonaffiliated Emergency Medical Service
(EMS)organizations. Within the portion of funding available for competitive grants, DHS must assure that no less than three and one-half percent of the appropriation, or $18,884,250, is awarded for EMS equipment and training. However, awards to nonaffiliated emergency medical service
(EMS)organizations are limited to no more than two percent of the appropriation or $10,791,000. Therefore, at least the balance of the requisite awards for EMS equipment and training must go to fire departments. 1 All appropriated fund amounts are net of rescissions after enactment of the original appropriation. Background The purpose of the AFG program is to award grants directly to fire departments and nonaffiliated EMS organizations to enhance their ability to protect the health and safety of the public, as well as that of first-responder personnel, with respect to fire and fire related hazards. DHS awards the grants on a competitive basis to the applicants that best address the AFG program's priorities and provide the most compelling justification. Applicants whose requests best address the program's priorities were reviewed by a panel made up of fire service personnel. The panel reviewed the narrative and assessed the application with respect to the clarity of the project to be funded, the organization's financial need, the benefit to be derived from their project, and the extent to which the grant would enhance the applicant's daily operations and/or how the grant would positively impact the applicant's ability to protect life and property. The AFG Program for fiscal year 2006 generally mirrors previous years' programs with only one significant change. The only significant change is in the formulation of what the program has referred to as a “regional project.” A regional project, generally, is a project undertaken by an applicant to provide services and support to a number of other regional participants, such as training for multiple mutual-aid jurisdictions. For the 2006 program year, organizations that applied as a host of a regional project were not able to include activities unrelated to the regional project, *e.g.* , activities to address specific needs of the host applicant versus the region. Also, the host applicant was required to reflect the general characteristics of the entire represented region. The population covered by the regional project affected the amount of required local contribution to the project, *i.e.* the cost-share required for the project. The 2006 program will again segregate the Fire Prevention and Safety Grant (FP&S) program from the AFG. DHS will have a separate application period devoted solely to Fire Prevention and Safety in the Fall of 2006. The AFG Web site ( *www.firegrantsupport.com* ) will provide updated information on this program. Congress has enacted statutory limits to the amount of funding that a grantee may receive from the AFG Program in any fiscal year. 2 15 U.S.C. 2229(b)(10). These limits are based on population served. A grantee that serves a jurisdiction with 500,000 people or less may not receive grant funding in excess of $1,000,000 in any fiscal year. A grantee that serves a jurisdiction with more than 500,000 but not more than 1,000,000 people may not receive grants in excess of $1,750,000 in any fiscal year. A grantee that serves a jurisdiction with more than 1,000,000 people may not receive grants in excess of $2,750,000 in any fiscal year. DHS may waive these established limits to any grantee serving a jurisdiction of 1,000,000 people or less if DHS determines that extraordinary need for assistance warrants the waiver. No grantee, under any circumstance, may receive “more than the lesser of $2,750,000 or one half of one percent of the funds appropriated under this section for a single fiscal year.” In fiscal year 2006, no grantee may receive more than $2,697,750. 2 Federal Fire Protection and Control Act of 1974, Pub. L. 93-498, § 33, as added Pub. L. 106-398, § 1 [Div. A, Title XVII, § 1701(a)] 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-360 (2000), as amended Pub. L. 107-107, Div. A, Title X, § 1061, 115 Stat. 1231 (2001); Pub. L. 108-7, Div. K, Title IV, § 421, 117 Stat. 526 (2003); Pub. L. 108-169, Title II, § 205, 117 Stat. 2040 (2003); Pub. L. 108-375, Div. C, Title XXXVI, § 3602, 118 Stat. 2195 (2004)., found at and hereafter cited as 15 U.S.C. 2229. Grantees must share in the costs of the projects funded under this grant program. 15 U.S.C. 2229(b)(6). Fire departments and nonaffiliated EMS organizations that serve populations of less than 20,000 must match the Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Federal funds equal to five percent of the total project cost. Fire departments and nonaffiliated EMS organizations serving areas with a population between 20,000 and 50,000, inclusive, must match the Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Federal funds equal to ten percent of the total project cost. Fire departments and nonaffiliated EMS organizations that serve populations of over 50,000 must match the Federal grant funds with an amount of non-Federal funds equal to twenty percent of the total project costs. All non-Federal funds must be in cash, *i.e.* , in-kind contributions are not eligible. No waivers of this requirement will be granted except for applicants located in Insular Areas as provided for in 48 U.S.C. 1469a. The law imposes additional requirements on ensuring a distribution of grant funds among career departments and combination/volunteer fire departments, and among urban, suburban and rural communities. More specifically with respect to department types, DHS must ensure that all-volunteer or combination (volunteer and career personnel) fire departments receive a portion of the total grant funding that is not less than the proportion of the United States population that those departments protect. 15 U.S.C. 2229(b)(11). There is no corresponding minimum for career departments. Therefore, DHS will ensure that, for the 2006 program year, no less than 53.5 percent of the funding available for grants will be awarded to volunteer and combination departments. DHS generally makes funding decisions using rank order resulting from the panel evaluation. However, DHS may deviate from rank order and make funding decisions based on the type of department (career, combination, or volunteer) and/or the size and character of the community the applicant serves (urban, suburban, or rural) to the extent it is required to satisfy statutory provisions. Fire Prevention and Safety Grant Program In addition to the grants available to fire departments in fiscal year 2006 through the competitive grant program, DHS will set aside no less than $26,977,500 of the funds available under the AFG Program to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, national, State, local or community organizations or agencies, including fire departments, for the purpose of carrying out fire prevention and injury prevention programs. In accordance with the statutory requirement to fund fire prevention activities, support to Fire Prevention and Safety Grant activities concentrates on organizations that focus on the prevention of injuries to children from fire. In addition to this priority, DHS places an emphasis on funding innovative projects that focus on protecting children under fourteen, seniors over sixty-five, and firefighters. Because the victims of burns experience both short- and long-term physical and psychological effects, DHS places a priority on programs that focus on reducing the immediate and long-range effects of fire and burn injuries. DHS will issue an announcement regarding pertinent details of the Fire Prevention and Safety Grant portion of this program prior to the application period. Interested parties should monitor the grant program's Web site at www.firegrantsupport.com. Application Process Prior to the start of the application period, DHS conducted applicant workshops across the country to inform potential applicants about the AFG program for FY2006. In addition, DHS made available an online web-based applicant tutorial, and other information for applicants to use in preparing a quality application. Applicants were advised to access the application electronically at *https://portal.fema.net,* or through the AFG Web site at *www.firegrantsupport.com.* In completing the application, an applicants provided relevant information on the applicant's characteristics, call volume, and existing capacities. Applicants answered questions about their assistance request that reflect the funding priorities (iterated below). In addition, each applicant completed a narrative addressing statutory competitive factors: Financial need, benefits/costs, and improvement to the organization's daily operations. During the application period, applicants were encouraged to contact either a toll free number or e-mail help desk with any questions. The electronic application process permitted the applicant to enter data and save the application for further use, and did not permit the submission of applications that are incomplete. Except for the narrative, the application was a “point-and-click” selection process, or required the entry of information ( *e.g.* , name & address, call volume numbers, etc.). The application period for the AFG grants opened on March 6, 2006, and closed on April 7, 2006. During this application season, the program office received over 18,000 applications. Statistics on the type of department, type of community, and other factors can be found on the AFG Web site: *http://www.firegrantsupport.com/docs/2006AFGAppStats.pdf.* All applications were evaluated in the preliminary screening process to determine which applications best addressed the program's announced funding priorities. This preliminary screening was based on the applicants' answers to the activity-specific questions. Each activity within an application was scored. Applications containing multiple activities were given prorated scores based on the amount of funding requested for each activity. The best applications as determined in the preliminary step were deemed to be in the “competitive range.” All applications in the competitive range were subject to a second level review by a technical evaluation panel made up of individuals from the fire service including, but not limited to, firefighters, fire marshals, and fire training instructors. The panelists assessed the application's merits with respect to the clarity and detail provided in the narrative about the project, the applicant's financial need, the project's purported benefit to be derived from the cost, the effectiveness of the project to enhance the health and safety of the public and fire service personnel. Using the evaluation criteria included here, the panelists independently scored each application before them and then discussed the merits and shortcomings of the application in an effort to reconcile any major discrepancies. A consensus on the score was not required. The assigned score reflected how well the applicant clearly related the proposed project including the project's budget; demonstrated financial need; detailed a high benefit to cost ratio of the proposed activities; and demonstrated significant enhancements to the daily operation of the organization and/or how the grant would positively impact the applicant's ability to protect life and property. The panel then considered the highest scoring applications resulting from this second level of review for award. DHS will select a sufficient number of awardees from this one application period to obligate all of the available grant funding. DHS will announce awards over several months and will notify applicants that are not to receive funding as soon as feasible. DHS will not make awards in any specified order, *i.e.* , not by State, nor by program, nor any other characteristic. Criteria Development Process Each year, the grants program office conducts a criteria development meeting to develop the program's priorities for the coming year. DHS brings together a panel of fire service professionals representing the leadership of the nine major fire service organizations: • International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), • International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), • National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), • National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), • National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM), • International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), • North American Fire Training Directors (NAFTD), • International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI), • Congressional Fire Service Institute (CFSI). The criteria development panel is charged with making recommendations to the grants program office regarding the creation and/or modification of program priorities as well as development of criteria and definitions as necessary. The governing statute requires that we publish each year in the **Federal Register** the guidelines that describe the process for applying for grants and the criteria for awarding grants. DHS must also include an explanation of any differences between the published guidelines and the recommendations made by the criteria development panel. The guidelines and the statement on the differences between the guidelines and the criteria development panel recommendations must be published in the **Federal Register** prior to making any grants under the program. 15 U.S.C. 2229(b)(14). Accordingly, DHS provides the following explanation of its decisions to modify or decline to adopt the criteria development panel's recommendations: • In the vehicle acquisition program, DHS differed with the recommendations made by the criteria development panel for the 2006 grants to adjust the highest priorities for urban fire departments to include command vehicles. DHS has determined to keep the previously established priorities for the vehicle acquisition program in place. DHS found the recommended changes for the 2006 grants to be, at the present time, too broad and not sufficiently defined to enable the program office to effectively implement these recommendations. • In the modifications-to-facilities category, the criteria development panel has provided DHS with a directory of initiatives that they would like DHS to consider as eligible. DHS has elected to stay with a relatively shorter list of eligible initiatives (vehicle exhaust extraction systems, sprinkler systems, smoke/fire alarm systems, and emergency generators). DHS has limited the number of initiatives to those that will provide the most protection for firefighting and emergency responders versus providing a more comfortable working environment. DHS has limited the number of eligible initiatives because any modification to a facility may need to undergo an environmental and/or historic review. • Also under the modifications-to-facilities category, the criteria development panel recommended that the grant program fund the installation of sprinkler systems in new construction to reinforce the importance of sprinkler systems. While DHS supports this type of mitigation, the authorizing legislation does not provide for funding of new construction. Therefore, DHS did not implement this recommendation. There were several other minor modifications that DHS made to the recommendations of the criteria development panel. These changes or modifications were presented to the panel and the panel concurred with the changes. In making these modifications, DHS looks to the broader Administration priorities established in Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8 (HSPD 8), 39 *Weekly Comp. Pres. Docs.* 1822 (Dec. 17, 2003). DHS is mindful of the differences between the AFG statutory mandates and HSPD-8 priorities, such as the statutory requirement that DHS make AFG grants directly to fire departments and non-affiliated EMS organizations, as contrasted with the HSPD-8 preference for funding through the States. However, the AFG is consistent with the National Preparedness Goal called for by HSPD-8 by prioritizing investments based upon the assessment of an applicant's need and capabilities to effectively prepare for, and respond to all hazards, including terrorism threats, and a consideration of the characteristics of the community served ( *e.g.* presence of critical infrastructure, population served, call volume) to the extent permitted by law. To the extent practical, AFG has attempted to harmonize the directions from the President and the Secretary with the requirements and limitations of the authorization and the structure of the fire service. Assets devoted to basic firefighting should complement all aspects of responding to the more complex chemical / biological / radiological / nuclear / explosive (CBRNE) threat. Review Considerations Fire Department Priorities Specific rating criteria for each of the eligible programs and activities are discussed below. The funding priorities described in this Notice have been recommended by a panel of representatives from the Nation's fire service leadership and have been accepted by DHS for the purposes of implementing the AFG. These rating criteria provide an understanding of the grant program's priorities and the expected cost-effectiveness of any proposed projects.
(1)Operations and Firefighter Safety Program
(i)*Training Activities.* In implementing the fire service's recommendations, DHS has determined that the most benefit is derived from training that is instructor-led, hands-on, and leads to a nationally-sanctioned or State certification. Training requests that include Web-based home study or distance learning, and the purchase of training materials, equipment, or props are a lower priority. Therefore, applications focused on national or State certification training, including train-the-trainer initiatives, received a higher competitive rating. Training that
(1)involves instructors,
(2)requires the students to demonstrate their grasp of knowledge of the training material via testing, and
(3)that is integral to a certification received a high competitive rating. Training that would lead to national certification received a higher competitive rating. Instructor-led training that does not lead to a certification, and any self-taught courses, are of lower benefit, and therefore were not afforded a high priority. Applications were rated more highly if the proposed programs would benefit the highest percentage of applicable personnel within a fire department or if the proposed programs would be open to other departments in the region. Training that brings the department into statutory (or OSHA) compliance would provide the highest benefit relative to training that is not required, and, therefore, received the highest consideration. Training that brings a department into voluntary compliance with national standards also received a high competitive rating, but not as high as the training that brings a department into statutory compliance. Training that does not achieve statutory compliance or voluntary compliance with a national standard received a low competitive rating. Due to the inherent differences between urban, suburban, and rural firefighting characteristics, DHS has accepted the recommendations of the criteria development panel on the different priorities in the training activity for departments that service these different types of communities. However, CBRNE awareness training has a high benefit and received the highest consideration regardless of the type of community served. For fire departments serving rural communities, DHS has determined that funding basic, operational-level firefighting, operational-level rescue, driver training, and first-responder EMS, EMT-B, and EMT-I training ( *i.e.* , training in basic firefighting and rescue duties) has greater benefit than funding officer training, safety officer training, or incident-command training. In rural communities, after basic training, there is a greater cost-benefit ratio for officer training than for other specialized types of training such as mass casualty, HazMat, advance rescue and EMT-P, or inspector training for rural departments. Conversely, for departments that are serving urban or suburban communities, DHS has determined that, due to the number of firefighters and the relatively-high population protected, any training requests received the highest priority regardless of the level of training requested. Training designated to enhance multi-jurisdictional capabilities was afforded a slightly higher rating.
(ii)*Wellness and Fitness Activities.* In implementing the criteria panel's recommendations, DHS has determined that fire departments must offer periodic health screenings, entry physical examinations, and an immunization program to have an effective wellness/fitness program. Accordingly, applicants for grants in this category must currently offer or plan to offer with grant funds *all three benefits* to receive funding for any other initiatives in this activity. After entry-level physicals, annual physicals, and immunizations, DHS gave high priority to formal fitness and injury prevention programs. DHS gave lower priority to stress management, injury/illness rehabilitation, and employee assistance. DHS has determined the greatest relative benefit will be realized by supporting new wellness and fitness programs. Therefore, applicants for new wellness/fitness programs were accorded higher competitive ratings when compared with applicants lacking wellness/fitness programs and applicants that already employ a wellness/fitness program. Finally, because participation is critical to achieving any benefits from a wellness or fitness program, applications that mandate or provide incentives for participation were given higher competitive ratings.
(iii)*Equipment Acquisition.* As stated in the AFG authorization statute, the purpose of this grant program is to protect the health and safety of firefighters and the public from fire and fire-related hazards. As such, equipment that has a direct effect on the health and safety of either firefighters or the public received a higher competitive rating than equipment that has no such effect. Equipment that promotes interoperability with neighboring jurisdictions received additional consideration in the cost-benefit assessment if the application made it into the competitive range. The criteria development panel recommended that this grant program will achieve the greatest benefits if the grant program provides funds to purchase firefighting, including rescue, EMS, and/or CBRNE preparedness, equipment that they have never owned prior to the grant, or to replace used or obsolete equipment. However, for the 2006 program year, departments seeking to expand into new service or mission areas received a lower competitive rating. New services or missions received a lower priority due to the risk that an applicant will not be able to financially support and sustain the new service or mission beyond the period of the grant. Departments responding to high call volumes were afforded a higher competitive rating than departments responding to lower call volumes in similar communities. In other words, those departments that are required to respond more often received a higher competitive rating then those that respond less frequently. The purchase of equipment that brings the department into statutory (or OSHA) compliance will provide the highest benefit and therefore received the highest consideration. The purchase of equipment that brings a department into voluntary compliance with national standards also received a high competitive rating, but not as high as for the purchase of equipment that brings a department into statutory compliance. The purchase of equipment that does not affect statutory compliance or voluntary compliance with a national standard received a lower competitive rating.
(iv)*Personal Protective Equipment Acquisition.* One of the stated purposes of this grant program is to protect the health and safety of firefighters and the public. To achieve this goal and maximize the benefit to the firefighting community, DHS believes that it must fund those applicants needing to provide personal protective equipment
(PPE)to a high percentage of their personnel. Accordingly, a higher competitive rating in this category was given to fire departments where a larger percentage of active firefighting staff was without compliant PPE. A high competitive rating was given to departments that wish to purchase enough PPE to equip one hundred percent of their active firefighting staff, or one hundred percent of their on-duty staff, as appropriate. Also a high competitive rating was given to departments that will purchase the equipment for the first time as opposed to departments replacing obsolete or substandard equipment ( *e.g.* , equipment that does not meet current NFPA and OSHA standards), or purchasing equipment for a new mission. For those departments that are replacing obsolete or substandard equipment, the condition of the equipment to be replaced was factored into the score with a higher priority given to replacing damaged, torn, and/or contaminated equipment. DHS only considered funding applications for personal alert safety system
(PASS)devices that meet current national safety standards, *i.e.* , integrated and/or automatic or automatic-on PASS. Finally, the number of fire response calls that a department makes in a year was considered with the higher priority going to departments with higher call volumes, while applications from departments with low call volumes were afforded lower competitive ratings. The call volume of rural departments was compared only to other rural departments; suburban departments were compared only to other suburban departments; and urban departments were compared only to other urban departments.
(v)*Modifications to Fire Stations and Facilities.* One statutory purpose of this grant program is to protect the health and safety of firefighters. DHS believes that more benefit is derived from modifying fire stations than by modifying fire-training facilities or other fire-related facilities. Facilities that would be open for broad usage and have a high occupancy capacity received a higher competitive rating than facilities that have limited use and/or low occupancy capacity. The frequency of use would also have a bearing on the benefits to be derived from grant funds. The frequency and duration of a facility's occupancy have a direct relationship to the benefits to be realized from funding in this activity. Modification of facilities that are occupied or otherwise in use 24-hours-per-day/seven-days-a-week received a higher competitive rating than modification of facilities used on a part-time or irregular basis.
(2)Firefighting Vehicle Acquisition Program Due to the inherent differences between urban, suburban, and rural firefighting conventions, DHS has developed different priorities in the vehicle program for departments that service different types of communities. The following chart delineates the priorities in this program area for each type of community. Due to the competitive nature of this program and the imposed limits of funding available for this program, it is unlikely that DHS will fund many vehicles that are not listed as a Priority One or a Priority Two in the 2006 program year. Vehicle Program Priorities Priority Urban communities Suburban communities Rural communities Priority One Pumper Pumper Pumper. Aerial Aerial Brush/Attack. Quint (Aerial < 76′) Quint (Aerial < 76′) Tanker/Tender. Quint (Aerial 76′ or >) Quint (Aerial 76′ or >) Quint (Aerial < 76′). Rescue Brush/Attack Priority Two Command Command HazMat. HazMat HazMat Rescue. Light/Air Rescue Light/Air. Rehab Tanker/Tender Aerial Quint (Aerial 76′ or >. Priority Three Foam Truck Foam Truck Foam Truck. ARFFV ARFFV ARFFV. Brush/Attack Rehab Rehab. Tanker/Tender Light/Air Command. Ambulance Ambulance Ambulance. Fire Boat Fire Boat Fire Boat. Regardless of the type of community served, DHS believes that greater benefit derives from funding fire departments that own few or no vehicles of the type requested than from funding a department with numerous vehicles of that same type. When assessing the number of vehicles a department has within a particular type, all vehicles with similar functions were included. For example, the “pumper” category includes: pumpers, engines, pumper/tankers, (with less than 1,250 gallon capacity), rescue-pumpers, quints (with aerials less than 76 feet in length), and urban interface vehicles (Type I, II or III). Pumpers with water capacity in excess of 1,250 gallons were considered a tanker/tender. A higher competitive rating in the apparatus category was given to fire departments that own few or no firefighting vehicles relative to other departments serving similar types of communities. A higher competitive rating was given to departments that have an aged fleet of firefighting vehicles. A higher competitive rating was also given to departments that respond to a significant number of incidents relative to other departments. DHS gave lower priority to funding departments seeking apparatus to expand into new mission or service areas due to the risk that the requesting department will not be able to support and sustain the new mission or service area beyond the grant program. DHS assigned no competitive advantage to the purchase of standard model commercial vehicles relative to custom vehicles, or the purchase of used vehicles relative to new vehicles in the preliminary evaluation of applications. DHS has noted that, depending on the type and size of department, the technical evaluation panelists often prefer low-cost vehicles when evaluating the cost-benefit section of the project narratives. DHS also reserves the right to consider current vehicle costs within the fire service vehicle manufacturing industry when determining the level of funding that will be offered to the potential grantee, particularly if those current costs indicate that the applicant's proposed purchase costs are excessive. Finally, due to the high demand for firefighting apparatus exhibited during prior program years and statutory limitations on the percentage of grant funds that can be used for the purchase of vehicles, DHS allowed each fire department to apply for only one vehicle during the 2006 program year. In addition, any department that had received a vehicle award from any previous AFG program year was not eligible for a second vehicle award in 2006.
(3)Administrative Costs Panelists assessed the reasonableness of the administrative costs requested in each application and determined if it is reasonable and in the best interest of the program. Nonaffiliated EMS Organization Priorities DHS may make grants for the purpose of enhancing the provision of emergency medical services by nonaffiliated EMS organizations. Funding for these organizations is limited to not more than two percent of the appropriated amount. DHS has determined that it is more cost-effective to enhance or expand an existing emergency medical service organization by providing training and/or equipment than it would be to create a new service. Communities that do not currently offer emergency medical services but are turning to this grant program to initiate such a service received the lowest competitive rating. DHS does not believe creating a nonaffiliated EMS program is a substantial and sufficient benefit under the program. Specific rating criteria and priorities for each of the grant categories are provided below following the descriptions of this year's eligible programs. The rating criteria, in conjunction with the program description, provide an understanding of the evaluation standards.
(1)EMS Operations and Safety Program There were five different activities available for funding under this program area: EMS training, EMS equipment, EMS personal protective equipment, wellness and fitness, and modifications to facilities. Requests for equipment and training to prepare for response to incidents involving CBRNE were available under the applicable equipment and training activities.
(i)*Training Activities.* DHS believes that upgrading a service that currently meets a basic life support capacity to a higher level of life support creates the most benefit. Therefore, DHS gave a higher competitive rating to nonaffiliated EMS organizations that seek to upgrade from first responder to EMT-B level. Since training is a pre-requisite to the effective use of EMS equipment, organizations whose request is more focused on training activities received a higher competitive rating than organizations whose request was more focused on equipment. The second priority was to elevate emergency responders' capabilities from EMT-B to EMT-I or higher.
(ii)*EMS equipment acquisition.* As noted above, training received a higher competitive rating than equipment. Applications seeking assistance to purchase equipment to support the EMT-B level of service received a higher priority than requests seeking assistance to purchase equipment to support advance level EMS services. Items that were eligible but a lower priority include tents, shelters, generators, lights, and heating and cooling units.
(iii)*EMS personal protective equipment.* DHS gave the same priorities for EMS PPE as it did for Fire Department PPE discussed above. Acquisition of PASS devices was not funded for EMS programs.
(iv)*Wellness and Fitness Activities.* DHS believes that to have an effective wellness/fitness program, nonaffiliated EMS organizations must offer periodic health screenings, entry physical examinations, and an immunization program similar to the programs for fire departments discussed above. Accordingly, applicants for grants in this category must currently offer or plan to offer with grant funds *all three benefits* (periodic health screenings, entry physical examinations, and an immunization program) to receive funding for any other initiatives in this activity.
(v)*Modification to EMS stations and facilities.* DHS believes that the competitive rankings and priorities applied to modification of fire stations and facilities, discussed above, apply equally to EMS stations and facilities.
(2)EMS Vehicle Acquisition Program DHS gave the highest funding priority to acquisition of ambulances and transport vehicles due to the inherent benefits to the community and EMS service provider. Due to the costs associated with obtaining and outfitting non-transport rescue vehicles relative to the benefits derived from such vehicles, DHS gave non-transport rescue vehicles a lower competitive rating than transport vehicles. Vehicles that have a very narrow function, such as aircraft, boats, and all-terrain vehicles, received the lowest competitive rating. DHS anticipates that the EMS vehicle awards will be very competitive due to very limited available funding. Accordingly, it is unlikely that DHS will fund any vehicles that are not listed as a “Priority One” in the 2006 program year. The following chart delineates the priorities in this program area for each type of community. EMS Vehicle Priorities Priority One Priority Two Priority Three • Ambulance or transport unit to support EMT-B needs and functions • First responder non-transport vehicles • Special operations vehicles. • Helicopters/planes. • Command vehicles. • Rescue boats (over 13 feet in length). • Hovercraft. • Other special access vehicles. DHS has not differentiated priorities in this year's EMS vehicle program for different types of communities. Along with the priorities illustrated above, DHS has accepted the fire service recommendation that emerged from the criteria development process that funding applicants that own few or no vehicles of the type sought will be more beneficial than funding applicants that own numerous vehicles of that same type. DHS assessed the number of vehicles an applicant owns by including all vehicles of the same type. For example, transport vehicles were considered the same as ambulances. DHS gave a higher competitive rating to applicants that have an aged fleet of emergency vehicles, and to applicants with old, high-mileage vehicles. A higher competitive rating was given to applicants that respond to a significant number of incidents relative to applicants responding less often while servicing similar communities.
(3)Administrative Costs Panelists assessed the reasonableness of the administrative costs requested in each application and determined if it is reasonable and in the best interest of the program. Dated: August 31, 2006. George W. Foresman, Under Secretary for Preparedness. [FR Doc. E6-14759 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-1658-DR] Texas; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas (FEMA-1658-DR), dated August 15, 2006, and related determinations. DATES: *Effective Date:* August 28, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC 20472,
(202)646-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Texas is hereby amended to include the following area among those areas determined to have been adversely affected by the catastrophe declared a major disaster by the President in his declaration of August 15, 2006: Hudspeth County for emergency protective measures (Category B) under the Public Assistance program. (The following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers
(CFDA)are to be used for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and Households Disaster Housing Operations; 97.050 Individuals and Households Program—Other Needs; 97.036, Public Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.) R. David Paulison, Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management and Director of FEMA. [FR Doc. E6-14665 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4630-FA-07] Announcement of Funding Awards; Fair Housing Initiatives Program; Fiscal Year 2001 AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD. ACTION: Announcement of funding awards. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this document notifies the public of the fiscal year 2001 funding awards made under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP). The purpose of this document is to announce the names and addresses of the award winners and the amount of the awards to be used to strengthen the Department's enforcement of the Fair Housing Act and to further fair housing. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myron Newry, Director, FHIP Support Division, Office of Programs, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 5230, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone number
(202)708-2215 (this is not a toll-free number). A telecommunications device
(TTY)for hearing and speech impaired persons is available at
(800)877-8339 (this is a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3601-19 (the Fair Housing Act) charges the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with responsibility to accept and investigate complaints alleging discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin in the sale, rental, or financing of most housing. In addition, the Fair Housing Act directs the Secretary to coordinate with state and local agencies administering fair housing laws and to cooperate with and render technical assistance to public or private entities carrying out programs to prevent and eliminate discriminatory housing practices. Section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3616, established the FHIP to strengthen the Department's enforcement of the Fair Housing Act and to further fair housing. This program assists projects and activities designed to enhance compliance with the Fair Housing Act and substantially equivalent state and local fair housing laws. Implementing regulations are found at 24 CFR part 125. The FHIP has three active funding categories: The Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI), the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI), and the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI). This Notice announces awards made, primarily, under EOI, PEI and FHOI, as well as award(s) under National Programs and other special funding categories. The Department announced in the **Federal Register** on February 26, 2001 (66 FR 11638 and 66 FR 11793), the availability of approximately $16,500,000, out of an appropriation of $24,000,000, and any potential recapture, to be utilized for the FHIP for projects and activities through PEI, EOI, FHOI with the remaining approximately $7,500,000 designated to the National Housing Discrimination Audit 2001. Additionally, on July 25, 2001 (66 FR 38846) the availability of approximately $1,000,000 for a 24-month period was announced under a separate Notice of Funding Availability
(NOFA)under the EOI—National Program—Model Codes Partnership Component (MCPC). Although the MCPC was first published in the **Federal Register** on February 24, 2000, no timely applications were received. This Notice announces the award of approximately $16,336,127 million of FY 2001 grant funding to 94 organizations that submitted applications under the February 26, 2001 SuperNOFA and the award of six contracts to four organizations for approximately $5,498,754.10 for the National Housing Discrimination Study and other purposes. This Notice further announces the award of approximately $1,874,519.00 of FY 2000 funding to 2 organizations, which included an award to 1 organization under the July 25, 2001, NOFA. Finally, this notice announces the award of approximately $1,999,712 in FY 2001 funding to two National EOI programs plus another $72,000 for partial funding of one FHOI/ENOC program for applications submitted under the March 26, 2002 SuperNOFA. The Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications received based on the criteria in the February 26, 2001 SuperNOFA and the July 25, 2001 NOFA. As a result, HUD has funded the applications announced in Appendix A, and in accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545), the Department is hereby publishing details concerning the recipients of funding awards in Appendix A of this document. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for currently funded Initiatives under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program is 14.408. Dated: August 10, 2006. Bryan Greene, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs. Appendix A—FY 2001 Fair Housing Initiatives Program Awards Applicant name Contact person Region Award amount Education and Outreach Initiative/General Component City of Cambridge Human Rights Commission, 51 Inman Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139 Quo Tran, 617-349-4396 1 $95,987.00 City of Boston Fair Housing, One City Hall Plaza, Room 966, Boston, MA 02201 Victoria Williams, 817-635-2525 1 93,133.00 Westchester Residential Opportunities, 470 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 410, White Plains, NY 10605 Toni Downes, 914-428-4507 x306 2 99,965.00 Neighborhood Economic Development, Avocacy Project, 299 Broadway, Suite 706, New York, NY 10007 Sarah Ludwig, 212-393-9595 2 100,000.00 Citizen Action of New Jersey, 400 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Phyllis Salowe-Keye, 201-488-2804 2 100,000.00 Housing Council in the Monroe County Area, Inc., 183 East Main Street, Suite 1100, Rochester, NY 14604 Anne Peterson, 716-546-3700 x3008 2 98,560.00 Fair Housing Council of Central New York, Inc., 327 W. Fayette Street, Suite 408, Syracuse, NY 13202 Merrilee Witherell, 315-471-0420 2 96,602.00 Asian Americans for Elderly Comm. Development Fund, 111 Division Street, New York, NY 10002 Sui Kwan Chan, 212-964-2288 2 100,000.00 City of New York, Department of Housing Preservation, 100 Gold Street, New York, NY 10038 Jerilyn Perine, 212-863-6100 2 95,632.00 Delaware Comm Reinvestment Action Council, Inc., 601 North Church Street, Wilmington, DE 19301 Rashmi Rangan, 302-654-5024 3 75,000.00 Prince William County, Virginia, 8033 Ashton Avenue, Suite 105, Manassas, VA 20109 Joseph Botta, 703-792-4799 3 13,500.00 Delaware Housing Coalition, P.O. Box 1633, Dover, DE 19903 Ken Smith, 302-678-2286 3 50,625.00 Tenant Support Services, Inc., 642 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130 Asia Coney, 215-684-1016 3 100,000.00 D.C. Department of Housing and Community Development, 801 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20002 Milton Bailey, 202-442-7210 3 100,000.00 United Neighborhood Centers of Lackawana County, Inc., 410 Olive Street, Scranton, PA 18509 Michael Henley, 570-346—759 3 53,137.00 City of Memphis, 701 North Main Street, Memphis, TN 38107 W.W. Herenton, 901-357-6008 4 100,000.00 Broward County Commission, 201 South Andrews Avenue, 2nd Floor, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Roger Desjarlis, 954-357-7350 4 100,000.00 Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, 323 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202 Beverly Watts, 502-595-4024 4 99,833.00 The Fair Housing Agency of Alabama, Inc., 1111 Beltine Highway, Suite 109, Mobile, AL 36606 Enrique Lang, 334-471-9333 4 97,956.00 South Mississippi Legal Services, Inc., P.O. Box 1386, Biloxi, MS 39533 Stanley Taylor, 228-374-4160 4 100,000.00 Albany State University, 419 West Oglethorpe Blvd., Albany, GA 31701 Everett Cordy, 229-430-1367 4 100,000.00 Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, 701 South Sixth Street, Nashville, TN 37206 Gerald Nicely, 615-780-7085 4 89,790.00 City of Flint Human Relations, 1101 South Saginaw Street, Flint, MI 48502 Woodrow Stanley, 810-766-7346 5 100,000.00 Homeownership Network Services, 550 East Spring Street, Columbus, OH 43236 Mona Simons, 614-287-3978 5 99,871.00 Carver County Housing and Redevelopment Agency, 705 Walnut Street, Chaska, MN 55318 Julie Frick, 952-448-7715 5 10,000.00 Toledo Fair Housing Center, 2116 Madison Ave., Toledo, OH 43624 Lisa Rice, 419-243-6163 5 100,000.00 SER/Jobs for Progress, Inc., 117 North Genesee Street, Wawketan, IL 60085 Dawn Erickson, 847-336-3247 5 96,928.00 Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, 35 East Gay Street, Suite 210, Columbus, OH 43215 Bill Faith, 614-280-1984 5 100,000.00 ACORN Housing Corporation, 757 Raymond Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55114 George Butts, 651-203-0008 5 100,000.00 Wayne State University, 656 W. Kirby Rm. 4002, Detroit, MI 48202 Karen Watkins-Hollwell, 313-577-2294 5 100,000.00 United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc., 929 W. Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204 Lupe Martinez, 414-389-6000 5 100,000.00 St. Clair County, 19 Public Square, Suite 200, Belleville, IL 62220 Thelma Chalmers, 618-277-6790 5 85,071.00 Columbus Urban League, 788 Mount Vernon Avenue, Columbus, OH 42302 Samuel Gresham, 614-257-6300 5 100,000.00 Arkansas Community Housing Corporation, 2101 South Main Street, Little Rock, AR 72206 Gloria Smith, 501-661-0514 6 100,000.00 Desire Community Housing Corp., 2709 Piety Street, New Orleans, LA 70126 Wilbert Thomas, 504-945-6731 6 100,000.00 Ft. Worth Human Relations Commission, 1000 Throckmorton, Fort Worth, TX 76102 Vanessa Boiling, 817-871-7534 6 99,362.00 City of Santa Fe, P.O. Box 909, Santa Fe, NM 87504 Larry Delgado, 505-955-6562 6 98,895.00 Gulf Coast Community Services Association, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. #1, Houston, TX 77023 Fran Holcomb, 713-393-4700 6 100,000.00 Crawford-Sebastian Community Development Council, 4831 Armour Street, Fort Smith, AR 72914 Weldon Ramey, 501-785-2303 6 10,766.00 City of Garland, P.O. Box 46902, Garland, TX 75046-9002 Jim Slaughter, 972-205-3313 6 100,000.00 Urban League of Wichita, Inc., P.O. Box 46902, Witchita, KS 67214 Otis Milton, 316-262-2463 7 100,000.00 Iowa Civil Rights Commision, 211 East Maple, 2nd Floor, Des Moines, IA 50309 Corlis Moody, 515-281-8084 7 95,563.00 Southeast Missouri Regional Community Development Corporation, Route D, River Road, Lilbourn, MO 63862 Darvin Green, 373-688-2480 7 100,000.00 Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, 2111 Champa, Denver, CO 80205 John Parvensky, 303-293-2217 8 100,000.00 Legal Services of Northern California, 517 12th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 Gary Smith, 916-447-4700 9 100,000.00 EDUCATION AND OUTREACH INITIATIVE/DISABILITY COMPONENT Tennessee Fair Housing Council, 719 Thompson Lane, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37204 Tracey McCartney, 615-383-6155 4 99,179.00 Kentucky Fair Housing Council, Inc., 835 W. Jefferson St., Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40202 Galen Martin, 502-583-3247 4 95,956.00 Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, 614 West Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60607 Rosa Villarreal, 312-253-7000 5 100,000.00 Protection and Advocacy System, 1720 Louisiana Blvd., NE Suite 204, Albuquerque, NM 87110 James Jackson, 505-256-3100 6 99,250.00 Living Independently in NW Kansas, 2401 E 13th, Hays, KS 67601 Brian Atwell, 785-625-6942 7 99,465.00 NAPA County Rental Information & Mediation Service, 1714 Jefferson Street, Napa, CA 94559 Jean Barstow, 707-253-2700 9 10,000.00 Silver State Fair Housing Council (formerly Truckee Meadows), P.O. Box 3935, Reno, NV 89505-3935 Katherine Copeland, 775-324-0990 9 100,000.00 Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc., 310 N 5th Street, Boise, ID 83702 Ernesto Sanchez, 208-336-8980x105 10 100,000.00 Arc of Cowiltz Valley, 1410 8th Avenue, Room 15, Longview, WA 98632 Frank Schubert, 360-425-5494 10 35,625.00 Fair Housing Organizations Initiative National Fair Housing Alliance, 1212 New York Ave., #525, Washington, DC 20005 Shanna Smith, 202-898-1661 3 1,049,999.00 Housing Opportunities for Project Excellence, Inc., 18441 NW 2nd Ave., Suite 218, Miami, FL 33169 William Thompson, 305-651-4673 4 1,050,000.00 West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc., 210 W. Main Street, Jackson, TN 38302 J. Steven Xanthopulos, 731-423-0616 4 1,050,000.00 Fair Housing Contact Service, 333 S. Main Street, Suite 300, Akron, OH 44308 Lynn Clark, 330-376-4331 5 204,981.00 Fair Housing Resource Center of Washtenaw County, P.O. Box 7825, Ann Arbor, MI 48107 Pamela Kisch, 734-994-3426 5 449,814.000 Private Enforcemnt Initiative Housing Discrimination Project, Inc., 57 Suffolk Street, Holyoke MA 01040 Erin Kemple, 413-539-9796 1 250,000.00 Connecticut Fair Housing Center, 221 Main Street, Suite 204, Hartford, CT 06106 Nancy Downing, 860-247-4400 1 200,028.00 Brooklyn Legal Services Group, 105 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 John Gray, 718-237-5524 2 250,000.00 Long Island Housing Services, Inc., 3900 Veteran's Memorial Highway, Suite 2, Bohemia, NY 11716 Michelle Santantonio, 631-467-5111 2 240,000.00 Open Housing Center, Inc., 45 John Street, Suite 308, New York, NY 10038 Karen Webber, 212-231-7080 ext. 14 2 250,000.00 Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey, 131 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Lee Porter, 201-489-3552 2 250,000.00 Tenant's Action Group of Philadelphia (TAG), 21 S. 12th Street, 12th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 John Rowel, 215-575-0707 3 250,000.00 Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc., 7 Wood Street, Suite #602, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Robert Pitts, 412-391-2535 3 250,000.00 Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc., 2217 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, MD 21218 Joseph Coffey, 410-243-4458 3 139,850.00 Housing Opportunities of Northern Delaware, 100 W 10th Street, Suite 1004, Wilmington, DE 19801 Gladys Spikes, 302-429-0794 3 63,500.00 Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, Inc., 225 S. Chester Rd. Suite 1, Swarthmore, PA 19081 James Berry, 610-604-4411 3 159,870.00 National Community Reinvestment Coalition, 733 15th Street, NW, Suite 540, Washington, DC 20005 John Taylor, 202-628-8866 3 250,000.00 Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., 126 W. Adams Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202 Michael Figgins, 904-356-8371 4 248,719.00 Memphis Area Legal Services, Inc., 109 North Main Street, Jackson TN 38302 Harrison Mclver, 901-426-4311 4 250,000.00 Metro Fair Housing Services, Inc., P.O. Box 91125, Atlanta, GA 30364-1125 Foster Corbin, 404-765-3985 4 200,115.00 West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc., 210 W. Main Street, Jackson, TN 38302 J. Steven Xanthopoulos, 901-426-4131 4 250,000.00 Fair Housing Center of Greater Palm Beaches, Inc., 1300 W. Lantana Rd. Ste, 200, Lantana, FL 33462 Vince Larkins, 561-533-8717 4 200,000.00 Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, 430 First Avenue North, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55401 Jeremy Lane, 612-334-5785 5 250,000.00 Fair Housing Center of Metropolitan Detroit, 1249 Washington Blvd., Room 1312, Detroit, MI 48226 Clifford Schrupp, 313-963-1274 5 249,683.00 Fair Housing Resources Center, Inc., 54 South State Street, Painesville, OH 44077 Patricia Kidd, 440-392-0147 5 185,199.00 Hope Fair Housing Center, 2100 Manchester Rd., Suite 1070, Bldg. 8, Wheaton, IL 60187 Bernard Klein, 630-690-6500 5 250,000.00 Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, 600 East Mason Street, Suite 401, Milwaukee, WI 53202 William Tisdale, 414-278-1240 5 250,000.00 Leadership Council of Metropolitan Chicago, 111 West Jackson Blvd., 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604 Aurie Pennick, 312-341-5678 5 250,000.00 Cuyahoga Plan of Ohio, Inc., 812 Huron Road, Suite 620, Cleveland, OH 44115 Michael Roche, 216-621-4525 5 249,992.00 Chicago Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 100 N LaSalle Street, Ste. 600, Chicago, IL 60602 Clyde Murphy, 312-630-9744 5 235,944.00 Austin Tenants Council, 1619 E. Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78702 Katherine Stark, 512-474-7007 6 183,066.00 Greater Houston Fair Housing Center, 2900 Woodridge, #303, Houston, TX 77087 Daniel Busamante, 713-641-3247 6 248,824.00 Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council, 1027 S. Vandeventer Ave., 4th Floor, St. Louis, MO 63110 Bronwen Zwimer, 314-534-5800 7 249,990.00 Regional Executive Council on Civil Rights, P.O. Box 736, Salina, KS 67402-0736 Kaye Crawford, 785-309-5745 7 94,019.00 Kansas City Fair Housing Center, 3033 Prospect, Kansas City, MO 64128 Ruth Shechter, 816-923-3247 7 226,854.00 Metro Denver Fair Housing Center, 2855 Trangont Pl., Suite 205, Denver, CO 80205 Donna Hilton, 303-296-6949 8 235,114.00 Southern Arizona Fair Housing Center, 2030 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85719 Richard Rhey, 520-798-1568 8 249,800.00 Orange County Fair Housing Council, 201 S. Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701 D. Elizabeth Pierson, 714-569-0823 9 125,115.00 Bay Area Legal Aid, 405 14th Street, 9th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 Ramon Arias, 510-663-4755 9 250,000.00 Fair Housing of Marin, 615 B Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 Steve Saxe, 415-461-4080 9 250,000.00 Secretary Initiated Projects/Contracts Housing Discrimination Study (HDS)—Contracts Housing Discrimination Study/The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC Margery Turner, 435-797-1529 3 999,333.00 Housing Discrimination Study/The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC Margery Turner, 435-797-1529 3 250,423.00 Housing Discrimination Study/The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC Margery Turner, 435-797-1529 3 1,592,813.00 National Fair Housing Alliance, 1212 New York Ave., NW #525, Washington, DC 20005 Shanna Smith, 202-898-1661 3 649,309.00 Progressive Management Resources, Inc., 1580 Wilshere Blvd., Suite 2020, Los Angles, CA 90010 Heidi Jane Olguin 3 322,810.00 Project for Training and Technical Assistance Guidance—(1 Contract) KPMG Consulting, 1676 International Dr., McClean, VA 22102-4828 Wendy F. Carr, 703-747-4230 3 1,684,066.00 FY 2001 Fair Housing Initiatives Program Awards Out of FY 2000 Funding Education and Outreach Initiative National-Model Codes Partnership Component International Code Council, 5203 Leesburg Pike, Suite 600, Falls Church, VA 22041 Richard Kuchnicki,
(202)466-3434 3 891,443.00 Secretary Initiated Project for Training and Technical Assistance Guidance KPMG Consulting, 1676 International Dr., McClean VA, 22102-4828 Wendy F. Carr, 703-747-4230 3 983,076.00 FY 2002 Fair Housing Initiatives Program Award Out of FY 2001 Funding Fair Housing Organizations Initiative National Fair Housing Alliance, 1212 New York Ave., NW #525, Washington, DC 20005 Shanna Smith, 202-898-1661 3 72,000.00 National Education and Outreach Initiative-Media Campaign Component Leadership Conference Education Fund, 1629 K Street, Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20006 Karen Lawson,
(202)466-3434 3 1,000,000.00 National Education and Outreach Initiative—Fair Housing Awareness Component National Fair Housing Alliance, 1212 New York Ave., NW #525, Washington, DC 20005 Shanna Smith, 202-898-1661 3 999,712.00 [FR Doc. E6-14663 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-27-P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4723-FA-16] Announcement of Funding Awards; Fair Housing Initiatives Program; Fiscal Year 2002 AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD. ACTION: Announcement of funding awards. SUMMARY: In accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, this announcement notifies the public of funding decisions made by the Department for funding under the SuperNotice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program
(FHIP)for Fiscal Year
(FY)2002. This announcement contains the names and addresses of those award recipients selected for funding based on the rating and ranking of all applications and the amount of the awards. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Myron Newry, Director, FHIP Support Division, Office of Programs, Room 5230, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Room 5230, Washington, DC 20410. Telephone number
(202)708-2215, extension 7095 (this is not a toll-free number). A telecommunications device
(TTY)for hearing or speech-impaired persons is available at 1-800-877-8339 (this is a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 3601-19 (the Fair Housing Act) charges the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development with responsibility to accept and investigate complaints alleging discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin in the sale, rental, or financing of most housing. In addition, the Fair Housing Act directs the Secretary to coordinate with State and local agencies administering fair housing laws and to cooperate with and render technical assistance to public or private entities carrying out programs to prevent and eliminate discriminatory housing practices. Section 561 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3616, established FHIP to strengthen the Department's enforcement of the Fair Housing Act and to further fair housing. This program assists projects and activities designed to enhance compliance with the Fair Housing Act and substantially equivalent State and local fair housing laws. Implementing regulations are found at 24 CFR part 125. The Department announced in the **Federal Register** on March 26, 2002 (67 FR 13826 and 67 FR 14003), the availability of approximately $20,250,000, and any potential recapture, to be utilized for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program for projects and activities through the Private Enforcement Initiative (PEI), the Education and Outreach Initiative (EOI), and the Fair Housing Organizations Initiative (FHOI). This Notice announces the award of approximately $18,249,887.87 of FY 2002 funds in grants to 97 organizations and $1,994,458.00 in 4 contracts to 2 organizations. The Department reviewed, evaluated and scored the applications received based on the criteria in the FY 2002 SuperNOFA. As a result, HUD has funded the applications announced in Appendix A, and in accordance with section 102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545), the Department is hereby publishing details concerning the recipients of funding awards in Appendix A of this document. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number for currently funded Initiatives under the Fair Housing Initiatives Program is 14.408. Date: August 10, 2006. Bryan Greene, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Programs. Appendix A—Fair Housing Initiatives Program Awards FY 2002 Organization Contact person Region Amount awarded Education and Outreach Initiative/ General Component Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., P.O. Box 547, 88 Federal Street, Portland, ME 04112 Nan Heald,
(207)774-4753 1 $100,000.00 Rhode Island Legal Services, Inc., 56 Pine Street, 4th Floor, Providence, RI 02903 Robert Barge,
(401)274-2652 ext.121 1 100,000.00 Citizens Action of NJ, 400 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Phyllis Salowe-Keye
(201)488-2804 2 88,378.62 Housing Council in the Monroe County Area, Inc., 183 East Main Street, Ste. 1100, Rochester, NY 14202 Bret Garwood,
(585)546-3700 ext. 300 2 99,728.00 Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy, 73 Spring Street, Ste. 506, New York, 10012 Sarah Ludwig,
(212)680-5100 2 100,000.00 Acorn Fair Housing, 739 8th Street, SE., Washington, DC 20003 Carolyn Carr,
(202)547-2500 3 100,000.00 Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, 601 N. Church Street, Wilmington, DE 19801-4420 Rashmi Ragan,
(302)654-5024 3 64,000.00 Fair Housing Council of Montgomery County, 105 E. East Glenside Avenue, Glenside, PA 19038 Elizabeth Albert,
(215)576-7711 3 100,000.00 Piedmont Housing Alliance, 2000 Holiday Drive, Ste. 200, Charlottesville, VA 22901 Karen Klick,
(434)817-2436 ext. 106 3 66,655.00 Fair Housing Agency of Alabama, 1111 Beltline Highway, Ste. 109, Mobile, AL 366068 Enrique Lang,
(251)471-9333 4 98,106.00 Greenville County Human Relations Commission, 301 University Ridge, Ste. 1600, Greenville, SC 2901-3660 Sharon Smathers,
(864)467-7095 4 85,936.00 JC Vision and Associates, Inc., P.O. Box 1972, 135C East MLK, Jr. Drive, Hinesville, GA 31313 Dana Ingram,
(912)877-4243 4 99,993.00 Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc., 423 Fern Street, Ste. 200, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Robert Bertisch,
(561)655-8944 ext. 247 4 100,000.00 Kentucky Fair Housing Council, 835 W Jefferson Street, #100, Louisville, KY 40202 Galen Martin,
(502)583-3247 4 99,937.00 South Mississippi Legal Services Corporation, P.O. Box 1386, Biloxi, MS 39533 Stanley Taylor, Jr.,
(228)374-4160 ext. 23 4 100,000.00 Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, 701 South Sixth Street, Nashville, TN 37026 Connie Davenport,
(615)780-7085 4 98,638.29 Acorn Housing Corporation, 757 Raymond Avenue, #200, St. Paul, MN 55114 Jordon Ash,
(651)203-0008 5 100,000.00 Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio, 35 East Gay Street, Ste. 210, Columbus, OH 43215 Bill Faith,
(614)280-1984 5 100,000.00 Detroit Alliance For Fair Banking, 8445 East Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI 48214 Veronica Williams,
(313)824-0950 5 100,000.00 Jane Adams Hull House Association, 10 South Riverside, Ste. 1700, Chicago, IL 60606 Jennifer Michael,
(312)906-8600 ext. 227 5 100,000.00 Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, 111 W. Jackson Blvd., 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604 John Lukehart,
(312)341-5678 5 100,000.00 Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing, 122 West Franklin Avenue, Ste. 310, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Joy Sorensen-Navarre,
(612)871-8980 5 99,998.00 Prairie State Legal Service, Inc., 975 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103 Gail Walsh,
(815)965-2134 5 99,820.00 United Migrant Opportunity Services, Inc., 929 West Mitchell Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204 John Bauknecht,
(608)249-1180 5 99,999.00 Acorn Community Land Association of LA, 1024 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117 Marianna Butler,
(504)943-0044 ext. 116 6 100,000.00 City of Garland, 210 Carver Street, Ste. 102A, Garland, TX 75040 Jim Slaughter,
(972)205-3313 6 100,000.00 City of Sante Fe, P.O. Box 909, 120 S. Federal Place, Sante Fe, NM 87504 Larry A. Delgado,
(505)955-6567 6 98,889.95 Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater Dallas, 8737 King George Drive, Ste.200, Dallas, TX 75235 Chris Dugan,
(214)638-2227 6 99,883.01 Housing Partners of Tulsa, Inc., P.O. Box 6369, Tulsa, OK 74148 Roy E. Hancock,
(918)581-5709 6 60,921.00 Urban League of Wichita, Inc., 1802 East 13th Street, North, Wichita, KS 67214 Prentice Lewis,
(316)262-2463 7 100,000.00 Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, 2111 Champa, Denver, C0 80205 Tracy Eilers,
(303)285-5222 8 100,000.00 Arizona Fair Housing Center, 615 North 5th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003 Edward Valenzuela,
(602)548-1599 9 99,962.00 Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board, 1005 Begonia Avenue, Ontario, CA 91762 Betty Davidow,
(909)984-2254 9 88,903.00 Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, 924 Bethel Street, Honolulu, HI 96813 Brian Ezuka,
(808)527-8020 9 100,000.00 Idaho Legal Aid Services, Inc., 310 N. 5th Street, Boise, ID 83702 Kelly Miller,
(208)336-8980 x109 10 100,000.00 International District Housing Alliance, 606 Maynard Ave., S., Ste. 105, Seattle, WA 98104 Stella Chow,
(206)623-5132 x15 10 99,560.00 Legal Aid Services of Oregon, 700 SW. Taylor Street, Ste. 310, Portland, OR 97205 Thomas Matsuda,
(503)471-0147 10 99,908.00 Education and Outreach Initiative/Disability Component Bronx Independent Living Services, Inc., 3525 Decatur Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 10467 Barbara Linn,
(718)515-2800 2 100,000.00 Endependence Center, Inc., 6320 North Center Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502 Richard Dipeppe,
(757)461-8007 3 100,000.00 Three Rivers Center for Independent Living (TRICIL) Services, Inc., 900 Rebecca Avenue, Wilkinsburg, PA 15221 Stanley Holbrook,
(412)371-7700 3 40,218.00 Mid-Florida Partnership, Inc., 330 North Street, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Francine Gordon,
(386)252-7200 4 100,000.00 Progress Center for Independent Living, 7521 Madison Street, Rockford, IL 60130 Diane Coleman,
(708)209-1500 5 100,000.00 Statewide Independent Living Council For Homeownership, 122 South Fourth Street, Springfield, IL 62701 John Eckert,
(217)744-7777 5 47,931.00 Advocacy Center, 225 Baronne Street, Ste. 2112, New Orleans, LA 70112 Lois Simpson,
(504)522-2337 6 98,425.00 Iowa Civil Rights Commission, 211 East Maple, Des Moines, IA 50309 Dawn Peterson,
(515)281-8086 7 98,543.00 AIDS Legal Referral Panel, 1663 Mission Street, Ste. 500, San Francisco, CA 94103 Bill Hirsh,
(415)701-1200 ext. 308 9 69,883.00 Mental Health Advocacy Services, Inc., 1336 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 102, Los Angeles, CA 90017 James Pries,
(213)484-1628 ext. 13 9 70,000.00 Private Enforcement Initiatives Component Connecticut Fair Housing Center, 221 Main Street, Ste. 204, Hartford, CT 06106 Erin Kemple,
(860)247-4400 1 254,558.00 New Hampshire Legal Assistance, 1361 Elm Street, Ste. 307, Manchester, NH 03101 Christine Wellington,
(603)206-2214 1 258,000.00 Champlin Valley O.E.O., Inc., P.O. Box 1603, 191 North Street, Burlington, VT 05402 Robert Meehan,
(802)651-0551 1 245,427.00 Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston, 59 Temple Place, Ste. 1105, Boston, MA 02111 David Harris,
(617)399-0491 1 274,995.00 South Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation, 105 Court Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Josh Zinner,
(718)237-5519 2 275,000.00 Fair Housing Council of CNY, Inc., 327 West Fayette Street, Ste. 408, Syracuse, NY 13202 Merrilee Witherel,
(315)471-0420 2 271,895.00 Fair Housing Council of Northern New Jersey, 131 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601 Lee Porter,
(201)489-3552 2 275,000.00 Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc., 700 Mail Street, 3rd Floor, Buffalo, NY 14202 Scott Gehl,
(716)854-1400 2 247,000.00 Monroe County Legal Assistance Corporation, 80 St. Paul Street, Ste. 700, Rochester, NY 14604 Laurie Lambrix,
(585)325-2520 2 274,944.00 Fair Housing Council of Suburban Philadelphia, 225 S. Chester Road, Swarthmore, PA 19801 James Berry,
(610)604-4411 3 205,548.24 Equal Rights Center, Inc., 11 Dupont Circle, NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20036 Veralee Liban,
(202)234-3062 3 275,000.00 Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc., 7 Wood Street, Ste. 602, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 Steven Pakin,
(412)391-2535 3 274,997.00 Central Alabama Fair Housing Center, 207 Montgomery Street, Ste. 725, Montgomery, AL 36104 Faith Cooper,
(334)263-4663 4 274,000.00 Lexington Fair Housing Council, Inc., 205 East Reynolds Road, Ste. E, Lexington, KY 40517 Teresa Isaac,
(859)971-8067 4 233,721.65 Fair Housing Continuum, Inc., 840 N. Cocoa Blvd., Ste. F, Cocoa, FL 32922 David Baade,
(321)633-4551 4 274,998.00 Fair Housing Center of Northern Alabama, 1728 3rd Avenue, Ste. 218, Birmingham, AL 35203 Lila Hackett,
(205)324-0111 4 275,000.00 Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc., 18441 NW. 2nd Avenue, Ste. 218, Miami, FL 33169 William Thompson,
(305)651-4673 4 275,000.00 Savannah-Chatham County Fair Housing Council, Inc., 7 East Congress Street, Ste. 402, Savannah, GA 31401 David Dawson, Jr.,
(912)651-3136 4 96,288.00 Mobile Fair Housing Center, Inc., P.O. Box 161202, 600 Bel-Air Blvd., Mobile, AL 36616 Teresa Fox-Bettis,
(251)479-1532 4 175,609.00 Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., 126 West Adams, Jackson, MS 32203-3848 Michael Figgins,
(904)356-8371 4 274,960.11 West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc., 210 West Main Street, Jackson, TN 38301 Steven Xanthopoulos,
(731)426-1311 4 275,000.00 Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, Inc., 1300 W. Lantana Road, Ste. 200, Lantana, FL 33464 Vince Larkins,
(561)533-8717 4 200,000.00 Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago, 614 W. Roosevelt Street, Chicago, IL 60607 Marcia Bristo,
(312)253-7000 5 275,000.00 Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 100 N. LaSalle Street, Ste. 750, Chicago, IL 60602 Sharon Legenza,
(312)630-9744 5 242,339.00 The John Marshall Law School, 315 South Plymouth Street, Ste. 1211, Chicago, IL 60604 Michael Seng,
(312)987-1446 5 273,868.00 Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Inc., 600 East Mason Street, Ste. 200, Milwaukee, WI 63202 William Tisdale,
(414)278-1240 5 275,000.00 Hope Fair Housing Center, Building B, Ste. 1070, 2100 Manchester Street, Wheaton, IL 60187 Bernard Kleina,
(630)690-6500 5 275,000.00 Toledo Fair Housing Center, 1000 Monroe Street, Ste. 4, Toledo, OH 43624 Lisa Rice,
(419)243-6163 5 275,000.00 South Suburban Housing Center, 18220 Harwood Avenue, Ste. 1, Homewood, IL 60430 John Petrusack,
(708)957-4674 5 225,000.00 Southern Minnesota Regional, Legal Services, Inc., 700 Minnesota Building, 46 E. 4th Street, St. Paul, MN 55101 Michael Hagedorn,
(651)228-9823 5 184,358.00 Legal Aid Society of Albuquerque, Inc., 500 Cooper Avenue NW., Ste. 300, Albuquerque, NM 87102 John Arango,
(505)243-7871 6 275,000.00 The Austin Tenant's Council, 1619 Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, TX 78702 Katherine Stark,
(512)474-7007 6 258,971.00 Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Inc., 938 Lafayette Street, Ste. 413, New Orleans, LA 70113 Jeffrey P. May,
(504)596-2100 6 274,999.00 Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity, 1027 S. Vandeventer Avenue, 4th Floor, St. Louis, MO 63110 Bronwen Zwirner,
(314)534-5800 7 273,321.00 Family Housing Advisory Services, Inc., 2416 Lake Street, Omaha, NE 68111 Kelvin, S. Blitz-Danler,
(402)934-6675 7 254,457.00 Wyoming Fair Housing Council, 305 West First Street, Casper, WY 82601 Linda Harris,
(307)260-6362 8 198,185.00 Montana Fair Housing, Inc., 904 A Kensington Avenue, Missoula, MT 59801 Robert Liston,
(406)542-2611 8 259,481.00 North Dakota Fair Housing Council, 533 Airport Road, Ste. C, Bismarck, ND 58504 Amy Nelson,
(701)221-2530 8 273,810.00 Bay Area Legal Aid, 405 14th Street, 9th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 Ramon Arias,
(510)663-4755 9 275,000.00 California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc., 631 Howard Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105 Ilene Jacobs,
(530)742-7235 x308 9 275,000.00 Fair Housing of Marin, Inc., 615 B Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 Nancy Kenyon,
(415)547-5025 9 275,000.00 Silver State Fair Housing Council, P.O. Box 3935, 654 Tahoe Street, Reno, NV 89505-3935 Katherine Copeland,
(775)324-0990 9 265,014.00 Orange County Fair Housing Council, 201 S Broadway, Santa Ana, CA 92701-5633 David Levy,
(714)569-0823 x204 9 129,600.00 Southern Arizona Fair Housing Center, 2030 E Broadway, Ste. 101, Tucson, AZ 85719 Richard Rhey,
(520)798-1568 9 274,960.00 Fair Housing Center of South Puget Sound, 950 Pacific Avenue, Ste. 700, Tacoma, WA 98402 Lauren Walker,
(253)274-9523 10 275,000.00 Fair Housing Council of Oregon, 1020 SW Taylor Street, Ste. 700, Portland, OR 97205 Pegge Michal,
(503)223-3542 10 274,464.00 Intermountain Fair Housing Council, 310 N 5th Street, Boise, ID 83702 Richard Mabbutt,
(208)383-0695 10 274,989.00 Northwest Fair Housing Alliance, 35 West Main Avenue, Ste. 250, Spokane, WA 99201 Florence Brassier,
(509)325-2665 10 275,000.00 Fair Housing Organizations Initiative/Establishing New Organizations Component National Community Reinvestment Coalition, 733 15th Street NW., Ste. 540, Washington, DC 20005 John Taylor,
(202)628-8866 3 977,622.00 Jacksonville Area Legal Aid Inc., 126 West Adams Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202-3849 Michael Figgins,
(904)356-8371 x325 4 723,293.00 Secretary Initiated Projects/Contracts TE Systems, Inc., 7700 Leesburg Pike, Suite 316, Falls Church, VA 22043 Tomas Esterrich, 703-734-9500 4 400,000.00 DB Consulting Group, Inc., 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 801, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Gerald B. Boyd, Jr., 301-589-4020 6 499,751.00 DB Consulting Group, Inc., 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 801, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Gerald B. Boyd, Jr., 301-589-4020 6 599,816.00 DB Consulting Group, Inc., 1100 Wayne Ave., Suite 801, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Gerald B. Boyd, Jr., 301-589-4020 6 494,891.00 [FR Doc. E6-14664 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Receipt of Applications for Permit AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit. SUMMARY: The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals. DATES: Written data, comments or requests must be received by October 6, 2006. ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with these applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203; fax 703/358-2281. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Division of Management Authority, telephone 703/358-2104. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Endangered Species The public is invited to comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ). Written data, comments, or requests for copies of these complete applications should be submitted to the Director (address above). *Applicant:* Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, PRT-127167 The applicant requests a permit to import tissue samples from live wild-origin captive held Siamese crocodiles ( *Crocodylus siamensis* ) from the Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center in Cambodia for the purpose of scientific research. *Applicant:* Crawford, Graham, DVM, Sonoma, CA, PRT-130334 The applicant requests a permit to import blood and tissue samples from live wild lemurs ( *Lemur catta* ) from Madagascar for the purpose of scientific research. Dated: August 11, 2006. Michael L. Carpenter, Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority. [FR Doc. E6-14682 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Issuance of Permits AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for endangered species and/or marine mammals. SUMMARY: The following permits were issued. ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with these applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203; fax 703/358-2281. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Division of Management Authority, telephone 703/358-2104. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that on the dates below, as authorized by the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ), and/or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 *et seq.* ), the Fish and Wildlife Service issued the requested permit(s) subject to certain conditions set forth therein. For each permit for an endangered species, the Service found that
(1)the application was filed in good faith,
(2)the granted permit would not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species, and
(3)the granted permit would be consistent with the purposes and policy set forth in Section 2 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. Endangered Species Permit No. Applicant Receipt of application Federal Register notice Permit issuance date 758093 Florida Marine Research Institute (Fish & Wildlife Research Institute), Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission 71 FR 35692; June 21, 2006 July 28, 2006. 122420 Robert B. Turner 71 FR 37602; June 30, 2006 August 3, 2006. 122437 James D. Giles 71 FR 37604; June 30, 2006 August 3, 2003. 122618 Brett H. Woodard 71 FR 31197; June 1, 2006 August 3, 2003. 126631 Michael T. Yeary 71 FR 37604; June 30, 2006 August 3, 2003. 126766 Mark A. Wayne 71 FR 37604; June 30, 2006 August 3, 2003. 127007 George F. Gehrman 71 FR 37604; June 30, 2006 August 3, 2003. 127651 Paul J. Ritz 71 FR 37604; June 30, 2006 August 3, 2006. 128023 Thomas M. Baker 71 FR 37604; June 30, 2006 August 3, 2006. 128031 Sterling G. Fligge, II 71 FR 37604; June 30, 2006 August 3, 2006. Endangered Marine Mammals and Marine Mammals Permit No. Applicant Receipt of application Federal Register notice Permit issuance date 122050 Kevin Moloney 71 FR 28881; May 18, 2006 July 26, 2006. Dated: August 11, 2006. Michael L. Carpenter, Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority. [FR Doc. E6-14684 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of Availability of the Recovery Plan for the Endangered Spring Creek Bladderpod (Lesquerella perforata) AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of document availability. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the final recovery plan for the endangered Spring Creek bladderpod ( *Lesquerella perforata* ). This species is an annual plant endemic to the Central Basin in Tennessee. It is currently known from only three watersheds (Spring Creek, Bartons Creek, and Cedar Creek) in Wilson County, Tennessee. The recovery plan includes specific recovery objectives and criteria to downlist this species to threatened status and delist it under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). ADDRESSES: Printed copies of this recovery plan are available by request from the Tennessee Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 446 Neal Street, Cookeville, Tennessee 38501 (telephone 931/528-6481). An electronic copy of the recovery plan is available on the World Wide Web at *http://www.fws.gov/endangered/recovery/index.html.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy Merritt, Recovery Coordinator, at the above address and telephone number. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Restoring endangered or threatened animals or plants to the point where they are again secure, self-sustaining members of their ecosystems is a primary goal of the Act and our endangered species program. The Act requires the development of recovery plans for listed species, unless such a plan would not promote the conservation of a particular species. Recovery plans help guide the recovery effort by describing actions considered necessary for the conservation of the species, establishing criteria for downlisting or delisting listed species, and estimating time and cost for implementing the necessary recovery measures. Section 4(f) of the Act requires that public notice, and an opportunity for public review and comment, be provided during recovery plan development. The technical agency draft recovery plan for the Spring Creek bladderpod was available for public comment from September 12, 2005, through November 14, 2005 (70 FR 53808). We received no comments from interested parties. We received comments from the three Spring Creek bladderpod experts who served as official peer reviewers of the recovery plan. The comments and information submitted by peer reviewers were considered in the preparation of this final plan and, where appropriate, were incorporated into the plan. The Spring Creek bladderpod was listed as endangered on January 22, 1997 (61 FR 67493). This annual plant, endemic to the Central Basin in Tennessee, is restricted to the floodplains of three creeks (Bartons, Spring, and Cedar) in Wilson County, Tennessee. It can be found in agricultural fields, pastures, glades, and disturbed areas. The Spring Creek bladderpod requires some degree of disturbance, such as scouring from natural flooding or plowing of the soil, to complete its life cycle. Factors contributing to its endangered status are an extremely limited range and loss of habitat. The main threat is the loss of habitat by conversion of land to uses other than cultivation of annual crops, primarily rapid commercial, residential, and industrial development occurring throughout Wilson County. Encroachment of more competitive herbaceous and woody plants also presents a threat. The objective of this recovery plan is to provide a framework for the recovery of this species so that protection under the Act is no longer necessary. The recovery plan includes specific recovery objectives and downlisting and delisting criteria. As recovery criteria are met, the status of the species will be reviewed and it will be considered for removal from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants (50 CFR 17.12). Actions needed to recover the Spring Creek bladderpod include:
(1)Protect and manage existing occurrences and habitats;
(2)develop and implement management strategies for the species;
(3)develop communication with local officials to coordinate county planning;
(4)utilize existing environmental laws to protect the plant and its floodplain habitat;
(5)conduct monitoring at all sites;
(6)conduct seed ecology studies;
(7)search for new populations;
(8)establish new occurrences within the historic range;
(9)maintain seed source ex situ;
(10)develop and implement public education plans;
(11)annually assess the success of recovery efforts for the species. The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f). Dated: July 12, 2006. Cynthia K. Dohner, Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. E6-14689 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Integrated Resource Management Plan for the Spokane Indian Reservation, Stevens County, WA AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), in cooperation with the Spokane Tribe of Indians (Tribe), intends to file a Draft Environmental Impact Statement
(DEIS)for the proposed Integrated Resource Management Plan
(IRMP)for the Spokane Indian Reservation, Washington, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and that the DEIS is now available for public review. The purpose of the proposed action is to update the Tribe's existing IRMP, in order to provide for the development of long-term resource management policies that will ensure direction and stability for sustained growth of reservation economics, compatible with traditional values and needs for a quality human environment. This notice also announces a public hearing to receive public comments on the DEIS. DATES: Written comments must arrive by November 6, 2006. The public hearing will be held September 27, 2006, starting at 5:30 p.m. and continuing until all those who wish to make statements have been heard. ADDRESSES: You may mail, hand carry, or fax written comments to Donna R. Smith, Geologist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Spokane Agency, Agency Square, Building 201, P.O. Box 389, Wellpinit, Washington 99040, fax
(509)258-7542. Please include your name and mailing address with your comments so documents pertaining to this project may be sent to you. You may also e-mail comments to *irmp@spokanetribe.com.* The public hearing will be at the Alfred McCoy Building, Ford/Wellpinit Road, Wellpinit, Washington. Persons wishing copies of this DEIS should immediately contact the Spokane Tribe of Indians, Attention: Rudy Peone, Department of Natural Resources, P.O. Box 480, Wellpinit, Washington 99040; Telephone
(509)258-9042. The DEIS is also available on line at *http://www.spokanetribe.com/d_n_r_.htm.* An abstract of the DEIS has been sent to all agencies and individuals who participated in the scoping process and to all others who have already requested copies of the document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rudy Peone,
(509)258-9042. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed BIA action is approval of the Tribe's updating and implementation of an IRMP. The proposed IRMP covers a period of 10 years and addresses resources of value on all of the approximately 157,000 acres within the boundaries of the Spokane Indian Reservation and/or under the jurisdiction of the Tribe, including, but not limited to, air quality, cultural resources, fisheries, wildlife, timber, surface and ground water resources, range, agriculture, recreation, mining, residential development, economic development land uses, and infrastructure. The updated IRMP would be implemented in fiscal year 2007 by both the BIA and Spokane Tribe. The DEIS analyzes a range of feasible alternatives to address both current and projected needs over the next 10 years. These alternatives are as follows:
(1)No Action, which would continue the existing IRMP with no change in management style;
(2)Preservation and Cultural Emphasis, which would provide the greatest level of environmental and cultural protection;
(3)Preservation of All Future Uses (preferred alternative), with outcome based performance which would balance ecological and cultural values with the need for income;
(4)Growth and Economic Emphasis, which would allow decisions to be driven by economics; and
(5)Individual Freedom Emphasis, which would allow individuals maximum freedom to develop land within the current regulatory framework. Other government agencies and members of the public have contributed to the scoping of these alternatives and the preparation of the DEIS. A Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for the proposed IRMP for the Spokane Indian Reservation, inviting comments on the scope and content of the EIS, was published in the **Federal Register** on January 9, 2003 (68 FR 1190). A public scoping meeting followed on January 23, 2003, in Wellpinit, Washington, in order to obtain further input from the Tribe, from Federal, State, and local Agencies, and from the interested public. Public Comment Availability Comments, including names and addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the mailing address shown in the ADDRESSES section, during regular business hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentiality. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address from public review or from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your written comment. Such requests will be honored to the extent allowed by law. We will not, however, consider anonymous comments. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public inspection in their entirety. Authority This notice is published in accordance with section 1503.1 of the Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) implementing the procedural requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 *et seq.* ), and the Department of the Interior Manual (516 DM 1-6), and is in the exercise of authority delegated to the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8. Dated: August 23, 2006. Michael D. Olsen, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. E6-14686 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-W7-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [NV-025-1232-NX-NV19; Special Recreation Permit #NV-025-06-01] Notice to the Public of Temporary Public Lands Closures and Prohibitions of Certain Activities on Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca Field Office, NE AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of temporary closure. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that certain lands located in northwestern Nevada partly within the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area will be temporarily closed or restricted and certain activities will be temporarily prohibited in and around the Burning Man event site administered by the BLM Winnemucca Field Office in Pershing County, Nevada. The specified closures, restrictions and prohibitions are made in the interest of public safety at and around the public lands location of an event known as the Burning Man Festival. This event is authorized on public lands under a special recreation permit and is expected to attract approximately 37,000 participants this year. In summary, these lands will be closed or restricted with regard to the following: • August 11, 2006 through September 18, 2006 inclusive: Discharge of firearms, possession of weapons, waste water disposal, camping, and circumstances and procedures for eviction of persons from public lands. • August 25, 2006 through September 4, 2006 inclusive: Aircraft landing, possession of fireworks, possession of alcohol by minors, vehicle use, and all public uses. 1. Public Closure Area: Within the Following Legally Described Locations Mount Diablo Meridian Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., secs. 1 and 2, portion west of the east playa road; sec. 3; sec. 4, portion east of County Rd. 34; sec. 5, E 1/2 , portion east of County Rd. 34; sec. 10, N 1/2 ; sec. 11; E 1/2 , portion west of the east playa road. Unsurveyed T. 33 1/2 N., R. 24 E., secs. 25 and 26; sec. 28, portion east of the west playa road; sec. 33, portion east of County Rd. 34 and east of the west playa road; secs. 34, 35 and 36. Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E., sec. 34, S 1/2 , portion east of the west playa road; sec. 35, S 1/2 ; sec. 36, S 1/2 . T. 33 N., R. 25 E., sec. 4, Lots 3, 4 and 5; portions west of the east playa road. Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 25 E., sec. 33, SW 1/4 . 1.1. Between August 11, 2006 and September 18, 2006 Inclusive 1.1.1. Public Use Public use is prohibited except as provided within the Event Area as described below. 1.1.2. Public Camping Public camping is prohibited except as provided within the Event Area as described below. 1.1.3. Aircraft Landing Aircraft are prohibited from landing, taking off, or taxiing. The following exceptions apply: Aircraft operations conducted through the authorized event landing strip and such ultralight and helicopter take-off and landing areas for Burning Man event staff and participants as may be included in the annual operation plan submitted by Black Rock City, LLC and approved by the authorized officer; and law enforcement, and emergency medical services aircraft such as Care Flight, Sheriff's Office, or Medical Ambulance Transport System helicopters engaged in official business may land in other locations when circumstances require it. Note: The authorized event airstrip and adjacent designated ultra-light and helicopter landing areas are the only location where Burning Man event staff and participant aircraft may land or take off. 1.1.4. Possession of Alcohol Possession of alcohol by minors is prohibited. • The following are prohibited: ○ Consumption or possession of any alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 years of age on public lands. ○ Selling, offering to sell, or otherwise furnishing or supplying any alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 years of age on public lands. • This section does not apply to the selling, handling, serving or transporting of alcoholic beverages by a person in the course of his lawful employment by a licensed manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer of alcoholic beverages. 1.1.5. Weapons Discharge of firearms prohibited. Law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity are exempted from the prohibition. 1.1.6. Eviction of Persons from Public Closure Area The permitted event area and all other parts of the public closure area are closed to any person who:
(a)Has been ordered by a BLM law enforcement officer, during the period of August 11th to September 18th, 2006, to leave the area of the permitted event.
(b)Has been evicted from the event by the permit holder, BRC LLC, whether or not such eviction was requested by BLM. Any person located within the Public Closure Area, whether or not that person holds a ticket to attend, must immediately depart from the event if ordered to do so by a BLM law enforcement officer for good cause. Good cause includes, but is not limited to: repeated violations of any permit stipulations or regulations in Title 43 CFR; possession of prohibited weapons; or commission of an assault, fighting, threatening, menacing, or similar conduct that is likely to inflict injury or incite an immediate breach of the peace. Possession of a ticket to attend the event does not authorize any person evicted from the event during the period of August 11 to September 18, 2006 to be present within the perimeter fence or anywhere else within the public closure area during those same dates. 1.1.7. Waste Water Discharge Dumping wastewater (grey or black) is prohibited. 1.2. Between August 26, 2006 and September 4, 2006 Inclusive: 1.2.1. Public Camping Public camping is prohibited. Burning Man event ticket holders and BLM-authorized event management-related camps within the event area as described below are exempt from the camping closure. 1.2.2. Motorized Vehicles Motor vehicle use is prohibited. The following exceptions apply: Participant arrival and departure on designated routes; mutant vehicles registered with Burning Man; Black Rock City LLC staff and support; BLM, medical, law enforcement, and firefighting vehicles; and motorized skateboards or “Go Peds” with or without handlebars. Mutant vehicles must be registered with Burning Man/Black Rock City LLC and drivers must display evidence of registration at all times. Such registration must be displayed so that it is visible to the rear of the vehicle while it is in motion. Vehicle use that creates a dust plume higher than the top of the vehicle is prohibited. 1.2.3. Fireworks The use, sale or possession of personal fireworks within is prohibited. The following exceptions apply: Uses of fireworks approved by Black Rock City LLC and used as part of an official Burning Man art burn event. 1.2.4. Fires The ignition of fires on the surface of the Black Rock Playa without a burn blanket or burn pan is prohibited. The following exceptions apply: Licensed mutant vehicles, community burn platforms provided by Black Rock City LLC, and portable barbeques or grills. 2. Event Area: Within the Following Legally Described Locations Mount Diablo Meridian Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., secs. 1 and 2, portions within event perimeter fence, 50 yards outside the fence and the aircraft parking area; sec. 3; portion within event perimeter fence, 50 yards outside the fence and within 50 yards of the event entrance road. Unsurveyed T. 33 1/2 N., R. 24 E., secs. 25, 26 and 27, portions within event perimeter fence and 50 yards outside the fence; sec. 34, portions within event perimeter fence and 50 yards outside the fence; sec. 35; sec. 36, portions within event perimeter fence and 50 yards outside the fence. Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E., secs. 34, 35 and 36, portions within event perimeter fence and 50 yards outside the fence. 2.1. Between August 11, 2006 and August 25 and Between September 5th and September 18, 2006 Inclusive 2.1.1. Camping Public camping is prohibited. Black Rock City LLC authorized staff, contractors, and others authorized to assist with construction or clean-up of art exhibits and theme camps are exempt from the camping closure. 2.2. Between August 26th and September 4th, 2006 Inclusive 2.2.1. Public Use No person shall be present within the event area unless that person: Possesses a valid ticket to attend the event; is an employee with the BLM, a law enforcement agency, emergency medical service provider, fire protection provider, or another public agency working at the event and the employee is assigned to the event; or is a person working at or attending the event on behalf of the event organizers, BRC LLC. 2.2.2. Weapons Possession of weapons is prohibited, subject to the following exceptions: County, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement personnel, or any person authorized by federal law to carry a concealed weapon. “Weapon” means a firearm, compressed gas or spring powered pistol or rifle, bow and arrow, cross bow, blowgun, spear gun, hand thrown spear, sling shot, irritant gas device, explosive device or any other implement designed to discharge missiles, and includes any weapon the possession of which is prohibited by state law. 2.2.3. Public Camping Public camping is prohibited. Burning Man event ticket holders who are camped in designated areas provided by Black Rock City LLC and ticket holders who are camped in the authorized “pilot camp” and BLM-authorized event management-related camps are exempt from the camping closure. Black Rock City LLC authorized staff, contractors, and other authorized participants are exempt from the camping closure. DATES: August 11, 2006 to September 18, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Cooper, National Conservation Area Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Winnemucca Field Office, 5100 E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV 89445-2921, telephone:
(775)623-1500. Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1. *Penalty:* Any person failing to comply with the closure orders may be subject to imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or a fine in accordance with the applicable provisions of 18 U.S.C. 3571, or both. Dated: July 10, 2006. Gail G. Givens, Field Manager. [FR Doc. E6-14668 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am BILLING CODE 4310-HC-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [WY-920-1320-EL, WYW172929] Notice of Invitation for Coal Exploration License Application Wyoming; Correction AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of invitation for coal exploration license application, Jacobs Ranch Coal Company, WYW172929, Wyoming; correction. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management published in the **Federal Register** of August 18, 2006, (71 FR 47826) a notice inviting all interested parties to participate with Jacobs Ranch Coal Company on a *pro rata* cost sharing basis in its program for the exploration of coal deposits owned by the United States of America. Inadvertently, the following lands included in the exploration license application were omitted from the notice. T. 44 N., R. 70 W., 6th P.M. Wyoming Sect 22: Lots 1-3, 5-10, 12-15. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any party electing to participate in this exploration program must send written notice to both the Bureau of Land Management and Jacobs Ranch Coal Company no later than thirty days after publication of this invitation in the **Federal Register** . August 21, 2006. Alan Rabinoff, Deputy State Director, Minerals and Lands. [FR Doc. 06-7430 Filed 9-5-06; 8:45 am]
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- Firefighter assistance§ 2229
- Congressional declaration of policy respecting “Insular Areas”§ 1469a
- Cooperation with State and local agencies administering fair housing laws; utilization of services and personnel; reimbursement; written agreements; publication in Federal Register§ 3616
- HUD accountability§ 3545
- Congressional findings and declaration of purposes and policy§ 1531
- Congressional findings and declaration of policy§ 1361
- Determination of endangered species and threatened species§ 1533
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- Pub. L. 106-398
- 114 Stat. 1654
- Pub. L. 107-107
- 115 Stat. 1231
- Pub. L. 108-7
- 117 Stat. 526
- Pub. L. 108-169
- 117 Stat. 2040
- Pub. L. 108-375
- 118 Stat. 2195
- 42 USC 3601-19
- 24 CFR 125
- 103 Stat. 1987
- 50 CFR 17.12
- 43 CFR 8364.1
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