[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16004-16005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2984]



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Part IV





Department of Housing and Urban Development





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24 CFR Part 1000



Indian Housing Block Grant Program; Notice of Proposed Negotiated 
Rulemaking Committee Membership; Proposed Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Part 1000

[Docket No. FR-4968-N-02]


Indian Housing Block Grant Program; Notice of Proposed Negotiated 
Rulemaking Committee Membership

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice of proposed negotiated rulemaking committee membership.

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SUMMARY: HUD announces its list of proposed members for its Indian 
Housing Block Grant Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (Committee), and 
requests public comments on the proposed membership. The Committee will 
provide advice and recommendations on developing a proposed rule for 
effectuating changes to the Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) Program 
in response to statutory amendments to the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA). This document 
follows publication of a February 22, 2005, notice that advised the 
public of HUD's intent to establish the Committee and solicited 
nominations for Committee membership.

DATES: Comment Due Date: April 28, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this notice to the Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 
Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410-0500. Interested persons may also 
submit comments electronically through the federal electronic 
rulemaking portal at: http://www.regulations.gov. Facsimile (FAX) 
comments are not acceptable. All communications must refer to the 
docket number and title. All comments and communications submitted will 
be available, without revision, for public inspection and copying 
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above address. Due to 
security measures at the HUD Headquarters building, an advance 
appointment to review the public comments must be scheduled by calling 
the Regulations Divisions at (202) 708-3055 (this is not a toll-free 
number). Copies of the public comments submitted electronically are 
also available for inspection and downloading at http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rodger J. Boyd, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Native American Programs, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Office of Public and Indian Housing, 451 Seventh Street, 
SW., Room 4126, Washington, DC 20410-5000; telephone 202-401-7914 (this 
telephone number is not toll-free). Individuals with speech or hearing 
impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the toll-free 
Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    On February 22, 2005 (70 FR 8674), HUD published a notice to 
announce the Department's intent to establish a Committee that will 
provide advice and recommendations on developing a rule for 
effectuating certain statutory changes to the IHBG Program. The basic 
concept of negotiated rulemaking is to have the agency that is 
considering drafting a rule bring together representatives of affected 
interests for face-to-face negotiations that are open to the public. 
The Committee's role will be advisory and the Committee's goal will be 
to provide recommendations to HUD for development of a proposed rule.

II. Proposed Membership of Negotiated Rulemaking Committee

    This notice announces HUD's list of proposed members to the 
Committee, and requests public comment on the proposed Committee 
membership. In making its proposed selections for membership on the 
Committee, HUD's goal was to establish a Committee whose membership 
reflects a balanced representation of Indian tribes. Selections were 
based on those nominees who met the eligibility criteria for membership 
contained in the February 22, 2005, Federal Register notice. In 
addition to the tribal members of the Committee, there will be two HUD 
representatives on the Committee. After consideration of all the public 
comments received on this proposed list of Committee members, HUD will 
announce the final composition of the Committee in a subsequent Federal 
Register notice.
    HUD proposes to make the following selections for tribal membership 
on the Committee:

     Jason Adams, Executive Director, Salish-Kootenai Housing 
Authority
     Steven Angasan, Vice President, Naknek Native Village 
Council
 Bill Anoatubby, Governor, Chickasaw Nation
 Phil Bush, Executive Director, Modoc Lassen Indian Housing 
Authority
 Brad Campbell, Executive Director, Iowa, Kansas, & Neb. 
Housing Authority
 Wesley Edmo, Vice Chairman, The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes (Fort 
Hall)
 Jamie Garner, Director, Snoqualmie Tribe Housing Authority
 Carol Gore, President, Cook Inlet Housing Authority
 Susie Hay, Executive Director, Chippewa Cree Housing Authority
 Mary Honhongva, Director, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe Housing 
Authority
 Terry Hudson, Executive Director, Northern Pueblos Housing 
Authority
 Leon Jacobs, Tribal Administrator, Lumbee Tribe of North 
Carolina
 Blake Kazama, President, Tlingit & Haida Regional Housing 
Authority
 Carolyn O'Neil, Housing Director, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians
 Jack Sawyers, Executive Director, Utah Paiute Housing 
Authority
 Richard Schroeder, Business Manager, Turtle Mountain Housing 
Authority, TDHE
 Marty Shuravloff, Executive Director, Koniag Inc./Kodiak 
Island Housing Authority
 Chad Smith, Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation
 Russell Sossamon, Executive Director, Housing Authority of the 
Choctaw Nation
 Leonard Teller, Chairman, Navajo Housing Authority
 Darlene Tooley, Executive Director, Northern Circle Housing 
Authority
 Eddie L. Tullis, Chairman, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
 Laurie Voshell, Housing Director, Confederated Tribes of Coos, 
Lower Umpqua & Suislaw Indians
 Teresa Vogel, Executive Director, Grand Portage Housing 
Authority

III. Requests for Representation

    Consistent with section 565 of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act, 
Committee members shall be selected by HUD. Although this notice 
announces the results of a request for representation, if you are 
interested in serving as a member of the Committee or in nominating a 
different person to serve as a member of the Committee, you may submit 
a written nomination to HUD at the address listed in the ADDRESSES 
section of this notice. Your nomination for membership on the Committee 
must include:
    1. The name of your nominee and a description of the interests the 
nominee would represent;
    2. Evidence that your nominee is authorized to represent a tribal 
government, which may include the

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tribally designed housing entity of a tribe with the interests the 
nominee would represent, so long as the tribe provides evidence that it 
authorizes such representation; and
    3. A written commitment that the nominee will actively participate 
in good faith in the development of the rule.
    HUD will determine whether a proposed member will be included in 
the makeup of the Committee. HUD will make that decision based on 
whether a proposed member would be significantly affected by the 
proposed rule, whether the interest of the proposed member could be 
represented adequately by other members, and whether space permits.

IV. Identification of Issues for Negotiation

    As stated in the February 22, 2005 notice, the NAHASDA Amendments 
(enacted in 2000 and 2002) that will be the subject of negotiated 
rulemaking include:
    1. Environmental provisions under section 105(d) of NAHASDA (2000);
    2. Review and audit provisions under section 405 of NAHASDA (2000);
    3. Noncompliance actions under section 401(a) of NAHASDA (2000);
    4. Performance Agreement under section 401(b) of NAHASDA (2000);
    5. Program income under section 104(a) of NAHASDA (2002); and
    6. Definition of ``housing related community development'' under 
section 4(22) of NAHASDA (2002).
    HUD plans to obtain the services of a convener, whose task will be 
to consult with interested parties to gain an understanding of their 
interests and concerns relative to the issues listed above, which will 
be addressed during the negotiated rulemaking, and to determine what 
other issues are feasible for negotiation. The convener will contact a 
representative sampling of stakeholders to discuss the issues to be 
negotiated and to identify additional potential issues and will provide 
a report to HUD on the findings and conclusions of the consultation. 
HUD will then determine what additional issues, if any, will be 
negotiated in this negotiated rulemaking. Due to limitations on 
resources, some issues may be scheduled for a subsequent negotiated 
rulemaking.

V. Committee Meetings

    The negotiated rulemaking sessions will consist of full Committee 
meetings only. The Committee may decide to establish workgroups, but 
workgroups sessions will be conducted separately from meetings of the 
full Committee. HUD will encourage all Committee members to utilize 
telephone conference calls and the use of electronic media to 
accomplish work and narrow the issues prior to each Committee meeting.
    At this time, HUD has not yet finalized the schedule for the 
Committee meetings. Advance notice of Committee meetings will be 
published in the Federal Register. HUD anticipates that a maximum of 
five meetings will be held, subject to the availability of resources. 
Meetings of the Committee will be open to the public without advance 
registration. Public attendance may be limited to the space available. 
Members of the public will be provided with an opportunity to make 
statements during the meeting to the extent that time permits, and file 
written statements with the Committee for its consideration. In the 
event that the logistics of the Committee meetings are changed, HUD 
will advise the public through Federal Register notice.

VI. Administrative Support

    HUD will take steps to ensure that the Committee has the dedicated 
resources it requires to conduct its work in a timely fashion, 
consistent with the requirements of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 
1990.

    Dated: March 21, 2006.
Paula O. Blunt,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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