Notice of Proposed Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Comment Request; Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD-903.1, HUD 903.1A, HUD-903-1B, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-903.1C, HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1RUS, 36475-36476 [E7-12892]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 3, 2007 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Citizenship and Immigration Services Agency Information Collection Activities: Form I–590, Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection; Comment Request 60-Day Notice of Information Collection Under Review: Form I–590, Registration for Classification as Refugee; OMB Control Number 1615– 0068. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES ACTION: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted the following information collection request for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The information collection is published to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies. Comments are encouraged and will be accepted for sixty days until August 2, 2007. Written comments and suggestions regarding items contained in this notice, and especially with regard to the estimated public burden and associated response time should be directed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory Management Division, Clearance Office, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd floor, Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529. Comments may also be submitted to DHS via facsimile to 202– 272–8352, or via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When submitting comments by e-mail add the OMB Control Number 1615–0068 in the subject box. Written comments and suggestions from the public and affected agencies should address one or more of the following four points: (1) Evaluate whether the 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 agencies estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (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, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques and forms of information technology, e.g., VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:57 Jul 02, 2007 Jkt 211001 permitting electronic submission of responses. Overview of this information collection: (1) Type of Information Collection: Extension of a currently approved information collection. (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Registration for Classification as Refugee. (3) Agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of the Department of Homeland Security sponsoring the collection: Form I–590. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. (4) Affected public who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief abstract: Primary: Individuals or Households. This information collection provides a uniform method for applicants to apply for refugee status and contains the information needed in order to adjudicate such applications. (5) An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of time estimated for an average respondent to respond: 140,000 responses at 35 minutes (.583) per response. (6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with the collection: 81,620 annual burden hours. If you have additional comments, suggestions, or need a copy of the information collection instrument, please visit the USCIS Web site at: https://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/ component/main. We may also be contacted at: USCIS, Regulatory Management Division, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 3rd floor, Suite 3008, Washington, DC 20529, telephone number 202–272–8377. Dated: June 27, 2007. Richard A. Sloan, Chief, Regulatory Management Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E7–12834 Filed 7–2–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410–10–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR 5119–N–02] Notice of Proposed Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Comment Request; Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD–903.1, HUD 903.1A, HUD– 903–1B, HUD–903.1F, HUD–903.1KOR, HUD–903.1C, HUD–903.1CAM, HUD– 903.1RUS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD. AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ACTION: 36475 Notice. SUMMARY: The proposed extension of the currently approved information collection requirement concerning Housing Discrimination Information Forms HUD 903.1, HUD 903.1A, HUD– 903–1B, HUD–903.1F, HUD–903.1KOR, HUD–903.1C, HUD–903.1CAM, and HUD–903.1RUS will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. HUD will also solicit public comments on the subject proposal. DATES: Comments Due Date: September 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 Juanina B. Harris, Administrative Support Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 5124, Washington, DC 20410–2000; telephone: (202) 402–6979. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Grosso, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 5226, Washington, DC 20410–2000; telephone: (202) 402–5361 (this is not a toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access this number via TTY/ASCII by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is proposing this extension of a currently approved information collection to the 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 extension of the collection of information regarding alleged discriminatory housing practices under the Fair Housing Act (Act) (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). The Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, occupancy, advertising, and insuring of residential dwellings, and in residential real estate-related transactions, based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap (disability), familial status, or national origin. Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice, or who believes that he or she will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged discriminatory housing practice E:\FR\FM\03JYN1.SGM 03JYN1 36476 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 3, 2007 / Notices jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES occurred or terminated. Form HUD– 903.1 was developed in order to promote consistency in the documents that, by statute, must be provided to persons against whom complaints are filed, and for the convenience of the general public. Section 103.25 of HUD’s Fair Housing Act regulation describes the information that must be included in each complaint filed with HUD. For purposes of meeting the Act’s one-year time limitation for filing complaints with HUD, complaints need not be initially submitted on the Form that HUD provides. Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD–903.1 (English language), HUD–903.1A (Spanish language), HUD–903–1B (Chinese language), HUD–903.1F (Vietnamese language), HUD–903.1KOR (Korean language), HUD–903.1C (Arabic language), HUD–903.1CAM (Cambodian language), and HUD–903.1RUS (Russian language) may be submitted to HUD by mail, in person, by facsimile, or via the Internet to HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO). FHEO staff uses the information provided on the Form to verify HUD’s authority to investigate the aggrieved person’s allegations under the Act. Notice of Submission of Proposed Extension of Information Collection to OMB Title of Proposal: Housing Discrimination Information Form. Office: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD. OMB Control Number: 2529–0011. Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD uses the Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD–903.1 (Form) to collect pertinent information from persons wishing to file housing discrimination complaints with HUD under the Fair Housing Act (Act). The Act makes it unlawful to discriminate in the sale, rental, occupancy, advertising, or insuring of residential dwellings; or to discriminate in residential real estaterelated transactions, based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap (disability), familial status, or national origin. Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice, or any person who believes that he or she will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged discriminatory housing practice occurs or terminates. The Form promotes consistency in the collection of information necessary to contact persons who file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. It also aids in the VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:57 Jul 02, 2007 Jkt 211001 collection of information necessary for initial assessments of HUD’s authority to investigate alleged discriminatory housing practices under the Act. This information may subsequently be provided to persons against whom complaints are filed (‘‘respondents’’), as required under section 810(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act. Agency form numbers, if applicable: Form HUD–903.1 (English), Form HUD– 903.1A (Spanish), Form HUD–903–1B (Chinese), Form HUD–903.1F (Vietnamese), Form HUD–903.1K (Korean), Form HUD–903.1AR (Arabic), Form HUD–903.1CAM (Cambodian), and Form HUD–903.1R (Russian). Members of affected public: Individuals or households; businesses or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Governments. Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency of response, and hours of responses: During FY 2006, HUD staff received approximately 18,824 information submissions from persons wishing to file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. Telephone contacts accounted for 9,655 of this total. The remaining 9,169 complaint submissions were transmitted to HUD by mail, in-person, and via the Internet. HUD estimates that an aggrieved person requires approximately 45 minutes to complete the HUD 903.1 Form. The Form is completed once by each aggrieved person. Therefore, the total number of annual burden hours for this Form is 6,877 hours. 9,169 × 1 (frequency) × .45 minutes (.75 hrs.) = 6,877 (6,876.75) hours. Annualized cost burden to complainants: HUD does not provide postage-paid mailers for this information collection. Accordingly, persons who choose to submit this Form to HUD by mail must pay the prevailing cost of First Class Postage. As of the date of this Notice, the annualized cost burden per person, based on a one-time submission of this Form to HUD via First Class Postage, is Forty-One Cents ($0.41) per person. During FY 2006, FHEO staff received approximately 6,897 submissions of potential complaint information by mail. Based on this number, HUD estimates that the total annualized cost burden for aggrieved persons who submit this Form to HUD by mail is $2,815.47. Aggrieved persons also may submit the Form to HUD in person, by facsimile, or electronically via the Internet. PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Status of the proposed information collection: Renewal of a currently approved collection of pertinent information from persons wishing to file Fair Housing Act complaints with HUD. Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended]. Dated: June 26, 2007. Lynn Grosso, Director, Office of Enforcement, FHEO. [FR Doc. E7–12892 Filed 7–2–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [WY–060–1320–EL, WYW164812, WYW172388, WYW172685, WYW173408] Notice of Intent (NOI) To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Notice of Public Meeting on Four Federal Coal Lease Applications in the Decertified Powder River Federal Coal Production Region, WY Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of intent and notice of public meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Casper Field Office announces its intent to prepare one EIS on the potential impacts of leasing four tracts of Federal coal. The EIS will be called the Wright Area Coal EIS. Under the provisions of 43 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 3425.1, the BLM received the following applications to lease maintenance tracts (a maintenance tract is a parcel of land containing Federal coal reserves that can be leased to maintain production at an existing mine) in Campbell County, Wyoming: • Ark Land Company applied for a maintenance coal lease for approximately 4,590.19 acres (approximately 588.2 million tons of coal) in a maintenance tract of Federal coal adjacent to the Black Thunder Mine. The tract, which is referred to as the Hilight Field Tract, has been assigned case number WYW164812. • Ark Land Company applied for a maintenance coal lease for approximately 2,370.52 acres (approximately 428 million tons of coal) in a maintenance tract of Federal coal adjacent to the Black Thunder Mine. The tract, which is referred to as the West Hilight Field Tract, has been assigned case number WYW172388. E:\FR\FM\03JYN1.SGM 03JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36475-36476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-12892]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR 5119-N-02]


Notice of Proposed Extension of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection: Comment Request; Housing Discrimination Information Form 
HUD-903.1, HUD 903.1A, HUD-903-1B, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-
903.1C, HUD-903.1CAM, HUD-903.1RUS

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed extension of the currently approved information 
collection requirement concerning Housing Discrimination Information 
Forms HUD 903.1, HUD 903.1A, HUD-903-1B, HUD-903.1F, HUD-903.1KOR, HUD-
903.1C, HUD-903.1CAM, and HUD-903.1RUS will be submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. HUD will also solicit public comments on the subject 
proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 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 Juanina B. Harris, Administrative 
Support Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
451 7th Street, SW., Room 5124, Washington, DC 20410-2000; telephone: 
(202) 402-6979.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Grosso, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 5226, 
Washington, DC 20410-2000; telephone: (202) 402-5361 (this is not a 
toll-free number). Hearing or speech-impaired individuals may access 
this number via TTY/ASCII by calling the toll-free Federal Information 
Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is proposing this extension of a 
currently approved information collection to the 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 extension of the collection 
of information regarding alleged discriminatory housing practices under 
the Fair Housing Act (Act) (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.). The Act prohibits 
discrimination in the sale, rental, occupancy, advertising, and 
insuring of residential dwellings, and in residential real estate-
related transactions, based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap 
(disability), familial status, or national origin.
    Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory 
housing practice, or who believes that he or she will be injured by a 
discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, may file a 
complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged 
discriminatory housing practice

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occurred or terminated. Form HUD-903.1 was developed in order to 
promote consistency in the documents that, by statute, must be provided 
to persons against whom complaints are filed, and for the convenience 
of the general public. Section 103.25 of HUD's Fair Housing Act 
regulation describes the information that must be included in each 
complaint filed with HUD. For purposes of meeting the Act's one-year 
time limitation for filing complaints with HUD, complaints need not be 
initially submitted on the Form that HUD provides. Housing 
Discrimination Information Form HUD-903.1 (English language), HUD-
903.1A (Spanish language), HUD-903-1B (Chinese language), HUD-903.1F 
(Vietnamese language), HUD-903.1KOR (Korean language), HUD-903.1C 
(Arabic language), HUD-903.1CAM (Cambodian language), and HUD-903.1RUS 
(Russian language) may be submitted to HUD by mail, in person, by 
facsimile, or via the Internet to HUD's Office of Fair Housing and 
Equal Opportunity (FHEO). FHEO staff uses the information provided on 
the Form to verify HUD's authority to investigate the aggrieved 
person's allegations under the Act.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Extension of Information Collection to 
OMB

    Title of Proposal: Housing Discrimination Information Form.
    Office: Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD.
    OMB Control Number: 2529-0011.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD 
uses the Housing Discrimination Information Form HUD-903.1 (Form) to 
collect pertinent information from persons wishing to file housing 
discrimination complaints with HUD under the Fair Housing Act (Act). 
The Act makes it unlawful to discriminate in the sale, rental, 
occupancy, advertising, or insuring of residential dwellings; or to 
discriminate in residential real estate-related transactions, based on 
race, color, religion, sex, handicap (disability), familial status, or 
national origin.
    Any person who claims to have been injured by a discriminatory 
housing practice, or any person who believes that he or she will be 
injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur, 
may file a complaint with HUD not later than one year after the alleged 
discriminatory housing practice occurs or terminates. The Form promotes 
consistency in the collection of information necessary to contact 
persons who file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. It also 
aids in the collection of information necessary for initial assessments 
of HUD's authority to investigate alleged discriminatory housing 
practices under the Act.
    This information may subsequently be provided to persons against 
whom complaints are filed (``respondents''), as required under section 
810(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: Form HUD-903.1 (English), Form 
HUD-903.1A (Spanish), Form HUD-903-1B (Chinese), Form HUD-903.1F 
(Vietnamese), Form HUD-903.1K (Korean), Form HUD-903.1AR (Arabic), Form 
HUD-903.1CAM (Cambodian), and Form HUD-903.1R (Russian).
    Members of affected public: Individuals or households; businesses 
or other for-profit, not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or 
Tribal Governments.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection, including the number of respondents, frequency 
of response, and hours of responses: During FY 2006, HUD staff received 
approximately 18,824 information submissions from persons wishing to 
file housing discrimination complaints with HUD. Telephone contacts 
accounted for 9,655 of this total. The remaining 9,169 complaint 
submissions were transmitted to HUD by mail, in-person, and via the 
Internet. HUD estimates that an aggrieved person requires approximately 
45 minutes to complete the HUD 903.1 Form. The Form is completed once 
by each aggrieved person. Therefore, the total number of annual burden 
hours for this Form is 6,877 hours.
    9,169 x 1 (frequency) x .45 minutes (.75 hrs.) = 6,877 (6,876.75) 
hours.
    Annualized cost burden to complainants: HUD does not provide 
postage-paid mailers for this information collection. Accordingly, 
persons who choose to submit this Form to HUD by mail must pay the 
prevailing cost of First Class Postage. As of the date of this Notice, 
the annualized cost burden per person, based on a one-time submission 
of this Form to HUD via First Class Postage, is Forty-One Cents ($0.41) 
per person. During FY 2006, FHEO staff received approximately 6,897 
submissions of potential complaint information by mail. Based on this 
number, HUD estimates that the total annualized cost burden for 
aggrieved persons who submit this Form to HUD by mail is $2,815.47.
    Aggrieved persons also may submit the Form to HUD in person, by 
facsimile, or electronically via the Internet.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Renewal of a 
currently approved collection of pertinent information from persons 
wishing to file Fair Housing Act complaints with HUD.

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

    Dated: June 26, 2007.
Lynn Grosso,
Director, Office of Enforcement, FHEO.
 [FR Doc. E7-12892 Filed 7-2-07; 8:45 am]
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