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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
National Communications System
[Docket No. NCS–2007–0005]
National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee
AGENCY: National Communications
System, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of Cancellation of the
Federal Advisory Committee
Teleconference Meeting of the
President’s National Security
Telecommunications Advisory
Committee (NSTAC).
SUMMARY: The meeting of the President’s
National Security Telecommunications
Advisory Committee (NSTAC)
scheduled for November 8, 2007 from 2
p.m. to 3 p.m. is cancelled. Notice of
this meeting was published in the
October 12, 2007, Federal Register at
58110–58111.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sue Daage, Industry Operations Branch
at NPPD/NCS/Mail Stop 8510, DHS/245
Murray Lane, Bldg. 410, Washington,
DC 20528–8510. Telephone: (703) 235–
5526, e-mail: Sue.Daage@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NSTAC
advises the President on issues and
problems related to implementing
national security and emergency
preparedness telecommunications
policy. Notice of cancellation os this
meeting is given under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Pub.
L. 92–463, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App.
Sallie McDonald,
Director, National Communications System.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5147–C–01]
Capacity Building for Community
Development and Affordable Housing
Grants; Technical Correction and
Extension of Application Deadline
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of funding availability
(NOFA); technical correction and notice
of extension of application deadline.
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SUMMARY: On September 18, 2007, HUD
published a NOFA for Capacity
Building for Community Development
and Affordable Housing Grants. To
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clarify the scope of eligible applicants,
HUD has decided to publish this
technical correction. Additionally, to
permit eligible applicants sufficient
time to prepare their applications for
assistance, HUD has also determined to
extend the deadline.
DATES: The application deadline date for
the Capacity Building for Community
Development and Affordable Housing
Grants competition is January 11, 2008
at 11:59:59 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Daly, Director, Office of Policy
Development and Coordination, Office
of Community Planning and
Development, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Room 7240, Washington,
DC 20410–7000; telephone 202–708–
1817 (this is not a toll-free number).
Persons with speech or hearing
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Income Relay Service at 800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
September 18, 2007 (72 FR 53255), HUD
published in the Federal Register its
FY2007 Capacity Building for
Community Development and
Affordable Housing NOFA. The
Capacity Building for Community
Development and Affordable Housing
NOFA makes approximately
$29,590,000 available to carry out the
eligible activities related to affordable
housing and community development
for the capacity building program. As
noted in the September 18, 2007,
Federal Register publication, this
competition is limited to the four
organizations identified in section 4 of
the HUD Demonstration Act of 1993.
HUD included a list of the four eligible
organizations but failed to provide
sufficient specific information to
eliminate questions regarding eligibility.
To eliminate any confusion, HUD is
publishing this correction to specifically
identify the four eligible applicants.
Accordingly, the only applicants
eligible for this competition are the
following four organizations located at
the following addresses:
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.,
10227 Wincopin Circle, Suite 500,
Columbia, MD 21044.
Local Initiatives Support Corporation,
501 Seventh Avenue, 7th Floor, New
York, NY 10018.
Habitat for Humanity International, 121
Habitat Street, Americus, GA 31709.
YouthBuild USA, 58 Day Street,
Somerville, MA 02144.
Affiliates and local offices of these
organizations and their community
partners are not eligible to compete
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either directly or independently for
capacity building grants under this
notice, but rather may seek funding
from the above organizations that are
awarded through this competition.
In order to avoid any difficulties that
might arise from the questions regarding
the scope of eligible applicants, HUD
has determined to extend the
application deadline date for the
Capacity Building for Community
Development and Affordable Housing
Grants competition to January 11, 2008
at 11:59:59 p.m. Extending the deadline
date will also permit applicants to have
an additional time to obtain assistance
from the Grants.gov desk help at 800–
518–GRANTS (this is a toll free
number). Potential applicants are
advised that the provisions of the
Capacity Building for Community
Development and Affordable Housing
Grants NOFA that discuss timely receipt
of applications continue to apply.
Specifically, section IV.A. of the
Capacity Building for Community
Development and Affordable Housing
Grants NOFA (72 FR 52356) provides
that all applications must be received
and validated by Grants.gov; or received
no later than 11:59:59 on the deadline
date. In order to ensure timely receipt,
HUD strongly recommends applicants
submit their electronic applications 48–
72 hours prior to the deadline to ensure
the application validation is processed
prior to the deadline.
Dated: November 2, 2007.
Nelson R. Bregón,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[OR–030–1020–PG; HAG 08–0004]
Meeting Notice for the John Day/Snake
Resource Advisory Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management
(BLM), Vale District, Interior.
ACTION: Meeting Notice for the John
Day/Snake Resource Advisory Council.
SUMMARY: The John Day/Snake Resource
Advisory Council (JDSRAC) meeting is
scheduled for December 4, 2007, in
Pendleton, Oregon.
The John Day/Snake Resource
Advisory Council meeting is scheduled
for December 4, 2007. The meeting will
take place at the Red Lion Inn, 304 SE.
Nye Avenue, Pendleton, OR from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The meeting may include such
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topics as Forest and Resource
Management Planning, Salmon
Recovery, Transportation Planning, and
other matters as may reasonably come
before the council.
The meeting is open to the public.
Public comment is scheduled for 1 p.m.
to 1:15 p.m. (Pacific Time) December 4,
2007. For a copy of the information to
be distributed to the Council members,
please submit a written request to the
Vale District Office 10 days prior to the
meeting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information concerning the
John Day/Snake Resource Advisory
Council may be obtained from Mark
Wilkening, Public Affairs Officer, Vale
District Office, 100 Oregon Street, Vale,
Oregon 97918, (541) 473–6218 or e-mail
mark_wilkening@blm.gov.
Dated: October 15, 2007.
Larry Frazier,
Acting District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
List of Programs Eligible for Inclusion
in Fiscal Year 2008 Funding
Agreements to be Negotiated with Self-
Governance Tribes
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice lists programs or
portions of programs that are eligible for
inclusion in Fiscal Year 2008 funding
agreements with self-governance tribes
and lists programmatic targets pursuant
to section 405(c)(4) of the Tribal Self-
Governance Act.
DATES: This notice expires on
September 30, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Inquiries or comments
regarding this notice may be directed to
Mr. Richard Ives, Director, Native
American and International Affairs
Office, Bureau of Reclamation (96–
43200), 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop
7060–MIB, Washington, DC 20240;
telephone 202–513–0625; fax 202–513–
0311.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Title II of the Indian Self-
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Determination Act Amendments of 1994
(Pub. L. 103–413, the ‘‘Tribal Self-
Governance Act’’ or the ‘‘Act’’)
instituted a permanent self-governance
program at the Department of the
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Interior (DOI). Under the self-
governance program certain programs,
services, functions, and activities, or
portions thereof, in DOI bureaus other
than the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
are eligible to be planned, conducted,
consolidated, and administered by a
self-governance tribal government.
Under section 405(c) of the Act, the
Secretary of the Interior is required to
publish annually: (1) A list of non-BIA
programs, services, functions, and
activities, or portions thereof, that are
eligible for inclusion in agreements
negotiated under the self-governance
program; and (2) programmatic targets
for these bureaus.
Under the Act, two categories of non-
BIA programs are eligible for self-
governance funding agreements:
(1) Under section 403(b)(2) of the Act,
any non-BIA program, service, function
or activity that is administered by DOI
that is ‘‘otherwise available to Indian
tribes or Indians,’’ can be administered
by a tribal government through a self-
governance funding agreement. The
Department interprets this provision to
authorize the inclusion of programs
eligible for self-determination contracts
under Title I of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education
Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93–638, as
amended). Section 403(b)(2) also
specifies ‘‘nothing in this subsection
may be construed to provide any tribe
with a preference with respect to the
opportunity of the tribe to administer
programs, services, functions and
activities, or portions thereof, unless
such preference is otherwise provided
by law.’’
(2) Under section 403(c) of the Act,
the Secretary may include other
programs, services, functions, and
activities or portions thereof that are of
‘‘special geographic, historical, or
cultural significance’’ to a self-
governance tribe.
Under section 403(k) of the Act,
funding agreements cannot include
programs, services, functions, or
activities that are inherently Federal or
where the statute establishing the
existing program does not authorize the
type of participation sought by the tribe.
However, a tribe (or tribes) need not be
identified in the authorizing statutes in
order for a program or element to be
included in a self-governance funding
agreement. While general legal and
policy guidance regarding what
constitutes an inherently Federal
function exists, we will determine
whether a specific function is inherently
Federal on a case-by-case basis
considering the totality of
circumstances.
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II. Eligible non-BIA Programs of the
Bureau of Reclamation.
The mission of the Bureau of
Reclamation (Reclamation) is to manage,
develop, and protect water and related
resources in an environmentally and
economically sound manner in the
interest of the American public. To this
end, most of the Reclamation’s activities
involve the construction, operation and
maintenance, and management of water
resources projects and associated
facilities, as well as research and
development related to its
responsibilities. Reclamation water
resources projects provide water for
municipal, residential, agricultural, and
industrial water supplies; hydroelectric
power generation; flood control; outdoor
recreation; and enhancement of fish and
wildlife habitats.
Components of the following water
resource projects listed below may be
eligible for inclusion in a self-
governance funding agreement. This list
was developed with consideration of the
proximity of identified self-governance
tribes to Reclamation projects.
1. Klamath Project, California and
Oregon.
2. Trinity River Fishery, California.
3. Central Arizona Project, Arizona
and New Mexico.
4. Rocky Boy’s/North Central
Montana Regional Water System,
Montana.
5. Indian Water Rights Settlement
Projects, as Congressionally authorized.
Reclamation also has some programs
(e.g., drought relief) under which
funding may be provided for specific
tribal projects which qualify under the
applicable program criteria, subject to
available funding. When such projects
are for the benefit of self-governance
tribes, the projects, or portions thereof,
may be eligible for inclusion in self-
governance funding agreements.
Upon the request of a self-governance
tribe, Reclamation will also consider for
inclusion in funding agreements, other
programs or activities which
Reclamation determines to be eligible
under Section 403(b)(2) or 403(c) of the
Act.
III. Programmatic Targets
During Fiscal Year 2008, upon request
of a self-governance tribe, Reclamation
will negotiate funding agreements for its
eligible programs beyond those already
negotiated.
Dated: October 23, 2007.
Kameran L. Onley,
Assistant Deputy Secretary.
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