Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Housing Counseling Program-Client Activity Reporting System (CARS), 45739-45740 [05-15550]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 151 / Monday, August 8, 2005 / Notices Abstract: FEMA’s Temporary Housing Assistance is used to provide mobile homes, travel trailers, or other forms of readily prefabricated forms of housing for the purpose of providing temporary housing to eligible applicants or victims of federally declared disasters. This information is required to determine the feasibility of the site for installation of the housing unit and ensures written permission of the property owner is obtained to allow the housing unit on to 45739 the property to include ingress and egress permission. Affected Public: Individuals or households. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 367 hours. No. of respondents Frequency of response Burden hours per response Annual burden hours (A) FEMA forms (B) (C) (A x B x C) On Occasion ..... On Occasion ..... ...................... 10 minutes ........ 10 minutes ........ 0.33 .................. 90–1 ........................................................................................................... 90–31 ......................................................................................................... Total .................................................................................................... Estimated Cost: The estimated cost to respondents is $3,000 and the estimated cost to the Government for this information collection is approximately $6,500. Comments: Written comments are solicited to (a) evaluate whether the proposed data collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) 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. Comments should be received within 60 days of the date of this notice. Interested persons should submit written comments to the Chief, Records Management Section, Information Resources Management Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact David Porter, Program Specialist, Readiness, Response and Recovery Directorate, telephone number (202) 646–3883 for additional information. You may contact Records Management Section at (202) 646–3347 or email address: FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov. VerDate jul<14>2003 20:13 Aug 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 1000 1000 1000 Dated: July 29, 2005. George S. Trotter, Acting Branch Chief, Information Resources Management Branch, Information Technology Services Division. [FR Doc. 05–15628 Filed 8–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–10–P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency 167 200 367 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.) Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. 05–15629 Filed 8–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110–10–P [FEMA–1595–DR] Florida; Amendment No. 5 to Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration Federal Emergency Management Agency, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice of a major disaster declaration for the State of Florida (FEMA–1595–DR), dated July 10, 2005, and related determinations. DATES: Effective July 27, 2005. 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 Florida 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 July 10, 2005: Taylor County for Public Assistance (already designated for Individual Assistance.) (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 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–4975–N–20] Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; Housing Counseling Program—Client Activity Reporting System (CARS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, HUD. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal. DATES: Comments Due Date: October 7, 2005. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., L’Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8001, Washington, DC 20410 or Wayne_Eddins@hud.gov. E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1 45740 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 151 / Monday, August 8, 2005 / Notices FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George H. Grotheer, Office of Single Family Program Support Division, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 708–0317, x 2294 (this is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended). This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection 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 proposed collection of information; (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 the use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. This Notice also lists the following information: Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling Program—Client Activity Reporting System (CARS). OMB Control Number, if Applicable: 2502–0261. Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: HUD is seeking approval for the Client Activity Reporting System (CARS), an automated tool to interface with agencies’ client management systems (CMS) to electronically transfer required agency, activity and client information into HUD’s Housing Counseling System (HCS). A CMS is an existing online tool that housing counselors are currently using that automates much of the housing counseling process, including client intake, file maintenance, financial and credit analysis, outreach and client notification, and reporting. CARS is the interface system, or bridge, that links these various CMS systems to HUD’s housing counseling database facilitating the sharing of data. A large percentage of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies already use one of the several CMS’s that are available through the private sector. A proposed rule for HUD’s Housing Counseling Program (FR–4798) would VerDate jul<14>2003 20:13 Aug 05, 2005 Jkt 205001 require all HUD-approved counseling agencies to utilize a CMS, but gives them the flexibility to choose from competing products in the market. HUD will issue specifications, including data and other requirements; a CMS vendor must meet to successfully interface with CARS. In conjunction with CARS, included in this proposal are proposed modifications to the existing form HUD– 9902, the traditional performance data collection instrument for the Program, which will be automatically populated by the CMS utilized by the counseling agency and electronically submitted to HUD via CARS. These changes are designed to clarify instructions, capture additional outcomes, and generally enhance the quality of the data collected. Agency Form Numbers, if Applicable: HUD–9900, HUD–9904, HUD–27300, HUD–2880, HUD–2990, HUD–2991, HUD–2994, HUD–96010, HUD–9902, HUD–9908, HUD–9910. Estimation of the Total Number of Hours Needed To Prepare the Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of Response, and Hours of Response: The estimated total number of hours needed to prepare the information collection is 10,090; the number of respondents is 2,856 generating approximately 10,324 annual responses; the frequency of response is on occasion or quarterly; and the estimated time needed to prepare the response varies from 5 minutes to 18 hours. Status of the Proposed Information Collection: This is a revision of currently approved collection. Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended. Dated: August 1, 2005. Frank L. Davis, General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing Commissioner. [FR Doc. 05–15550 Filed 8–5–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–27–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation Projects Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice of rate adjustments. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) owns, or has an interest in, irrigation facilities located on various Indian reservations throughout the PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 United States. We are required to establish rates to recover the costs to administer, operate, maintain, and rehabilitate those facilities. We are notifying you that we have adjusted the irrigation assessment rates at several of our irrigation facilities for operation and maintenance. EFFECTIVE DATE: The irrigation assessment rates shown in the tables were effective on January 1, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For details about a particular BIA irrigation project, please use the tables in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section to contact the regional or local office where the project is located. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Rate Adjustment was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005 (70 FR 20), to adjust the irrigation rates at several BIA irrigation facilities. The public and interested parties were provided an opportunity to submit written comments during the 60-day period prior to April 1, 2005. Did the BIA receive any comments on the proposed irrigation assessment rate adjustments? Written comments were received for the proposed rate adjustments for the Fort Peck Irrigation Project, Montana, the San Carlos Irrigation Project—Indian Works, Arizona and the San Carlos Irrigation Project—Joint Works, Arizona. What issues were of concern by the commenters? The commenters were concerned with one or more of the following five issues: (1) How funds collected from stakeholders are expended on operation and maintenance; (2) the impact of an assessment rate increase on the local agricultural economy; (3) what is deferred maintenance and why was the rate increased to handle the deferred maintenance; and (4) why do the irrigation projects need to have a reserve fund. For the San Carlos Irrigation Project— Joint Works (SCIP–JW), commenters were concerned with the following issues: (1) What are the record keeping practices and sharing them with water users; (2) why doesn’t the SCIP–JW budget reflect income from other sources, such as, excess pumping; (3) why doesn’t SCIP–JW charge tribal concessions that operate at BIA project reservoirs; (4) why doesn’t the SCIP–JW power project pay revenues to the irrigation project; and (5) why does SCIP–JW have to pay for environmental and archaeological surveys with O&M monies. E:\FR\FM\08AUN1.SGM 08AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45739-45740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15550]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4975-N-20]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request; 
Housing Counseling Program--Client Activity Reporting System (CARS)

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 7, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW., L'Enfant Plaza Building, Room 8001, Washington, DC 20410 or 
Wayne--Eddins@hud.gov.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George H. Grotheer, Office of Single 
Family Program Support Division, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone (202) 
708-0317, x 2294 (this is not a toll free number) for copies of the 
proposed forms and other available information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection 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 proposed collection of 
information; (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 the 
use of appropriate automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling Program--Client Activity 
Reporting System (CARS).
    OMB Control Number, if Applicable: 2502-0261.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: HUD 
is seeking approval for the Client Activity Reporting System (CARS), an 
automated tool to interface with agencies' client management systems 
(CMS) to electronically transfer required agency, activity and client 
information into HUD's Housing Counseling System (HCS). A CMS is an 
existing online tool that housing counselors are currently using that 
automates much of the housing counseling process, including client 
intake, file maintenance, financial and credit analysis, outreach and 
client notification, and reporting. CARS is the interface system, or 
bridge, that links these various CMS systems to HUD's housing 
counseling database facilitating the sharing of data.
    A large percentage of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies 
already use one of the several CMS's that are available through the 
private sector. A proposed rule for HUD's Housing Counseling Program 
(FR-4798) would require all HUD-approved counseling agencies to utilize 
a CMS, but gives them the flexibility to choose from competing products 
in the market. HUD will issue specifications, including data and other 
requirements; a CMS vendor must meet to successfully interface with 
CARS.
    In conjunction with CARS, included in this proposal are proposed 
modifications to the existing form HUD-9902, the traditional 
performance data collection instrument for the Program, which will be 
automatically populated by the CMS utilized by the counseling agency 
and electronically submitted to HUD via CARS. These changes are 
designed to clarify instructions, capture additional outcomes, and 
generally enhance the quality of the data collected.
    Agency Form Numbers, if Applicable: HUD-9900, HUD-9904, HUD-27300, 
HUD-2880, HUD-2990, HUD-2991, HUD-2994, HUD-96010, HUD-9902, HUD-9908, 
HUD-9910.
    Estimation of the Total Number of Hours Needed To Prepare the 
Information Collection Including Number of Respondents, Frequency of 
Response, and Hours of Response: The estimated total number of hours 
needed to prepare the information collection is 10,090; the number of 
respondents is 2,856 generating approximately 10,324 annual responses; 
the frequency of response is on occasion or quarterly; and the 
estimated time needed to prepare the response varies from 5 minutes to 
18 hours.
    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: This is a revision 
of currently approved collection.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C., 
Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: August 1, 2005.
Frank L. Davis,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal Housing 
Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 05-15550 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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