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Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: June 4,
2007.
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:
Reports Management Liaison Officer,
Office of Policy Development and
Research, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 8234, Washington, DC
20410–5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Michael Blanford, Research Engineer,
Office of Policy Development and
Research, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 8134, Washington, DC
20410–5000. Call (202) 402–5728 for
copies of the proposed forms and other
available documents. (This is not a tollfree number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department will submit 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 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 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
through 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: Humidity
Monitoring Survey.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
request is for the clearance of a survey
instrument designed to measure the
humidity levels in single family
residences. The purpose of the survey
is: (1) Collect moisture load data to
support research to better understand
the impact of moisture on the durability
of homes; (2) Support the development
of design criteria, such as ASHRAE
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durability problems associated with
high moisture levels; (3) Investigate the
influence of the interior and exterior
conditions on the moisture level of
typical single family detached homes.
OMB Approval Number: Pending
OMB approval.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public:
Individuals.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: 70 individuals will
be surveyed in person. Average time to
complete the survey is 20 minutes.
Respondents will be contacted three
times, once every six months. Total
burden hours are 70.
Status of the proposed information
collection: New.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: March 29, 2007.
Darlene F. Williams,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5123–N–09]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment on the
Final Evaluation of the Moving to
Opportunity Program
Office of the Policy
Development and Research, 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: June 4,
2007.
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:
Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8234,
Washington, DC 20410.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd M. Richardson, Program
Evaluation Division, Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8140,
Washington, DC 20410–5000. Call (202)
402–5706 (this is not a toll-free number)
or Todd_Richardson@HUD.GOV for
copies of the proposed forms and other
available documents.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department will submit 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 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 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
through 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: Final Evaluation of
the Moving to Opportunity (MTO)
Program.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
request is for the clearance of several
survey instruments for the Final
Evaluation of the Moving to
Opportunity (MTO) demonstration
program. Authorized by Congress in the
Housing and Community Development
Act of 1992, MTO is a unique
experimental research demonstration
designed to learn whether moving from
a high-poverty neighborhood to a lowpoverty neighborhood significantly
improves the social and economic
prospects of poor families. Families
living in high poverty public and
assisted housing in Baltimore, Boston,
Chicago, Los Angeles and New York
who applied for MTO were randomly
assigned into two treatment groups and
one control group between 1994 and
1998. Families assigned to the treatment
groups were provided Section 8 to allow
them to move out of the high poverty
developments. Families in one of the
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treatment groups received intensive
mobility counseling and were required
to lease a unit in a neighborhood with
less than ten percent poverty. The other
treatment group families could lease a
unit wherever they chose, but only
received the normal housing authority
counseling. Those families assigned to
the control group did not receive any
Section 8 assistance but continued to
receive project-based assistance.
This data collection is necessary to
measure impacts and mediators
approximately 10 to 14 years after
families were randomly assigned to the
two treatment groups and the control
group. The data are planned to be
collected for the following primary
outcome domains: housing mobility and
assistance; neighborhoods and social
networks, adult education, employment
and earnings; household income and
cash assistance; adult, youth, and child
physical and mental health; youth and
child emotional and social well-being,
including delinquency and risky
behavior; and youth and child
educational performance.
Interviews are estimated to be
completed for 3,900 adult heads of
household using the adult interview
guide and approximately 5,800 youth
between the ages of 10 and 20 using the
youth interview guide. The youth and
children noted above will be
administered a math and reading
achievement assessment. Subject to
final decisions by the research team and
HUD, as well as Institutional Review
Board approval, the interviews will also
include collection of biomarker data via
finger pricks to obtain dried blood spots
of MTO participants. All interviewers
and testing will be conducted in-person
or on the telephone by interviewers
using computer-assisted personal
interviewing (CAPI) or computerassisted telephone interviewing
software to directly input the data into
a computer. Incentive payments will be
made to respondents participating in
this survey in order to ensure a high
response rate. Data gathered will be
used by the National Bureau of
Economic Research to prepare a report
to HUD on the long-term impacts of
MTO. Subject to maintaining the
privacy and confidentiality of
respondents, the data collected will also
be used by academics and HUD policy
analysts to further explore what specific
neighborhood mediating factors
contribute to the neighborhood impact
on outcomes for families and children.
The information will be used by HUD
and Congress to guide future housing
policy in many areas, including housing
mobility assistance and the location and
concentration of assisted housing.
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OMB Control Number: Pending
approval.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public:
Individuals and Households.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: 3,900 adults at 75
minutes; 5,800 youth with 45 minute
survey and 45 minute achievement test.
One-time response, total 12,910
reporting burden hours.
Status of the proposed information
collection: New.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: March 29, 2007.
Darlene F. Williams,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
[FR Doc. E7–6227 Filed 4–3–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Receipt of Applications for Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
for permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The public is invited to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species and marine
mammals.
DATES: Written data, comments or
requests must be received by May 4,
2007.
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
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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: Devon E. Pearse, NOAANational Marine Fisheries Service,
Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
Santa Cruz, CA, PRT–135127.
The applicant requests a permit to
import biological samples from Orinoco
crocodiles (Crocodylus intermedius) for
the purpose of enhancement of the
species through scientific research. This
notification covers activities conducted
by the applicant for a five-year period.
Applicant: Zoological Society of San
Diego, San Diego, CA, PRT–148347.
The applicant requests a permit to
export biological samples from Southern
white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum
simum) and Asian tapir (Tapirus
indicus) for the purpose of enhancement
of the species through scientific
research. This notification covers
activities conducted by the applicant for
a five-year period.
Applicant: Zoological Society of San
Diego, San Diego, CA, PRT–149091.
The applicant requests a permit to
export two live male California condors
(Gymnogyps californianus) to the
Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico for the
purpose of enhancement of the survival
of the species.
Applicant: Milwaukee County
Zoological Gardens, Milwaukee, WI,
PRT–149077.
The applicant requests a permit to
export one male captive-born Central
American tapir (Tapirus bairdii) to the
Africam Safari Zoo, Mexico for the
purpose of enhancement of the species
through captive breeding and
conservation education.
Applicant: Laurie A. Cotroneo, Drexel
University, Pennsylvania, PA, PRT–
149837.
The applicant requests a permit to
import biological samples from
American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
for the purpose of enhancement of the
species through scientific research. This
notification covers activities conducted
by the applicant for a five-year period.
Applicant: Wesley A. Miner,
Jacksonville, FL, PRT–148576.
The applicant requests a permit to
import the sport-hunted trophy of one
male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus
pygargus) culled from a captive herd
maintained under the management
program of the Republic of South Africa,
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5123-N-09]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment on
the Final Evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity Program
AGENCY: Office of the Policy Development and Research, 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: June 4, 2007.
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: Reports Liaison Officer, Office
of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8234, Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd M. Richardson, Program Evaluation
Division, Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8140, Washington, DC
20410-5000. Call (202) 402-5706 (this is not a toll-free number) or
Todd--Richardson@HUD.GOV for copies of the proposed forms and other
available documents.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit 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 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 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
through 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: Final Evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity
(MTO) Program.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: This
request is for the clearance of several survey instruments for the
Final Evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) demonstration
program. Authorized by Congress in the Housing and Community
Development Act of 1992, MTO is a unique experimental research
demonstration designed to learn whether moving from a high-poverty
neighborhood to a low-poverty neighborhood significantly improves the
social and economic prospects of poor families. Families living in high
poverty public and assisted housing in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Los
Angeles and New York who applied for MTO were randomly assigned into
two treatment groups and one control group between 1994 and 1998.
Families assigned to the treatment groups were provided Section 8 to
allow them to move out of the high poverty developments. Families in
one of the
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treatment groups received intensive mobility counseling and were
required to lease a unit in a neighborhood with less than ten percent
poverty. The other treatment group families could lease a unit wherever
they chose, but only received the normal housing authority counseling.
Those families assigned to the control group did not receive any
Section 8 assistance but continued to receive project-based assistance.
This data collection is necessary to measure impacts and mediators
approximately 10 to 14 years after families were randomly assigned to
the two treatment groups and the control group. The data are planned to
be collected for the following primary outcome domains: housing
mobility and assistance; neighborhoods and social networks, adult
education, employment and earnings; household income and cash
assistance; adult, youth, and child physical and mental health; youth
and child emotional and social well-being, including delinquency and
risky behavior; and youth and child educational performance.
Interviews are estimated to be completed for 3,900 adult heads of
household using the adult interview guide and approximately 5,800 youth
between the ages of 10 and 20 using the youth interview guide. The
youth and children noted above will be administered a math and reading
achievement assessment. Subject to final decisions by the research team
and HUD, as well as Institutional Review Board approval, the interviews
will also include collection of biomarker data via finger pricks to
obtain dried blood spots of MTO participants. All interviewers and
testing will be conducted in-person or on the telephone by interviewers
using computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) or computer-
assisted telephone interviewing software to directly input the data
into a computer. Incentive payments will be made to respondents
participating in this survey in order to ensure a high response rate.
Data gathered will be used by the National Bureau of Economic Research
to prepare a report to HUD on the long-term impacts of MTO. Subject to
maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of respondents, the data
collected will also be used by academics and HUD policy analysts to
further explore what specific neighborhood mediating factors contribute
to the neighborhood impact on outcomes for families and children. The
information will be used by HUD and Congress to guide future housing
policy in many areas, including housing mobility assistance and the
location and concentration of assisted housing.
OMB Control Number: Pending approval.
Agency form numbers: None.
Members of Affected Public: Individuals and Households.
Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response: 3,900 adults at 75 minutes; 5,800
youth with 45 minute survey and 45 minute achievement test. One-time
response, total 12,910 reporting burden hours.
Status of the proposed information collection: New.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: March 29, 2007.
Darlene F. Williams,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research.
[FR Doc. E7-6227 Filed 4-3-07; 8:45 am]
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