Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Parts 1000, 1003 and 1005

[Docket No. FR-4170-N-12]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Meetings

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Negotiated rulemaking committee meetings.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the final series of implementation

meetings sponsored by HUD to develop the regulations necessary to carry

out the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act

of 1996 (NAHASDA) (Pub.L. 104-330, approved October 30, 1996).

DATES: The meetings will be held on: August 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,

28, and 29, 1997.

The August 21, 1997 meeting will begin at approximately 1:00 pm and

end at approximately 5:00 pm, local time. All other meetings will begin

at approximately 9:00 am and end at approximately 5:00 pm on each day,

local time.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at The Westin Hotel, 1672 Lawrence

Street, Denver, Colorado 80202; telephone (303) 572-9100; fax (303)

572-7288 (these are not toll-free numbers).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Garner-Wing, Acting Deputy

Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, 1999 Broadway, Suite 3390, Denver, CO; telephone

(303) 675-1600 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-

impaired individuals may access this number via TTY by calling the

toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of HUD established the Native

American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Negotiated

Rulemaking Committee (Committee) to negotiate and develop a proposed

rule implementing NAHASDA. The proposed rule was published on July 2,

1997 (62 FR 35718) and provided for a 45-day public comment period. The

public comment deadline is August 18, 1997. The Committee is meeting

for a final time to consider the public comments submitted on the July

2, 1997 proposed rule.

The meeting dates are: August 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and

29, 1997.

The agenda planned for the meetings includes: (1) the distribution

of copies of the public comments; (2) discussion of the significant

issues raised by the public commenters; and (3) development of

responses to the comments.

The meetings will be open to the public without advance

registration. Public attendance may be limited to the space available.

Members of the public may make statements during the meeting, to the

extent time permits, and file written statements with the Committee for

its consideration. Written statements should be submitted to the

address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION section of this notice.

Summaries of Committee meetings will be available for public inspection

and copying at the address in the same section.

Dated: August 6, 1997.

Kevin Emanuel Marchman,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.

[FR Doc. 97-21163 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]

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