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III. Criteria for Members
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technical data, (3) understand research
design, (4) discuss benefits and risks,
and (5) evaluate the safety and efficacy
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Selection of members representing
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All nominations must include a cover
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includes the nominee’s office address,
telephone number, and e-mail address),
and a list of consumer or communitybased organizations for which the
candidate can demonstrate active
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Nominations will specify the advisory
committee or panel(s) for which the
nominee is recommended. Nominations
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nominee is aware of the nomination.
Any interested person or organization
may nominate one or more qualified
persons for membership as consumer
representatives on the advisory
committee/panels. Self-nominations are
also accepted. Potential candidates will
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information concerning such matters as
financial holdings, employment, and
research grants and/or contracts to
permit evaluation of possible sources of
a conflict of interest. The nomination
should specify the committee/panels of
interest. The term of office is up to 4
years, depending on the appointment
date.
This notice is issued under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14,
relating to advisory committees.
Dated: September 2, 2009.
David Horowitz,
Assistant Commissioner for Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5281–N–66]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request;
Broadband Research Project
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development
and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection.
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
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Management and Budget (OMB) for
emergency review and approval, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act. The Department is soliciting public
comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September
16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be
received within fourteen (14) days from
the date of this Notice. Comments
should refer to the proposal by name
and/or OMB approval number and
should be sent to: Mr. Ross A. Rutledge,
HUD Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20502; e-mail:
Ross_A._Rutledge@omb.eop.gov; fax:
(202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email: Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov;
telephone (202) 402–8048. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of available
documents should be submitted to OMB
and may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) has submitted to
OMB, for emergency processing, a
proposed information collection as part
of planning for the National Broadband
Plan ordered under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The information will describe the
availability and usage of broadband
internet services in HUD-assisted
housing and at Neighborhood Networks
Centers. The respondents are Public
Housing Authorities, Tribes and
managers of multi-family and HOME
Investment Partnerships Program
properties as well as managers of
Neighborhood Networks Centers. HUD
will survey all PHAs, Indian Tribes and
managers of Neighborhood Networks
Centers and a 500-respondent sample
for each of Multi-Family managers with
e-mail address, Multi-Family managers
without e-mail addresses and HOME
managers.
For the Residential Broadband
Survey, each respondent will be asked
to voluntarily disclose whether
broadband internet service is available
in their project and approximately how
many residents subscribe to that service.
For the Neighborhood Networks Survey,
each Center manager will be voluntarily
asked to describe the programming
offered at their Center as well as the
number of users who utilize the Center.
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This data will help identify
opportunities for HUD to invest in
providing broadband service for
residents.
This Notice Also Lists the Following
Information
Title of Proposal: Broadband Research
Project.
Description of Information Collection:
This is a new information collection.
The Department of Housing and Urban
Development is seeking emergency
review of the Paperwork Reduction Act
Requirements associated with a
broadband research project.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of the Affected Public:
Public housing executive directors,
managers of HUD-assisted housing
projects and Neighborhood Networks
Center managers.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
responses, frequency of responses, and
hours of responses: This is a one-time
collection. Each respondent will need
approximately 15 minutes to complete
the questionnaire. There are 7,817 total
respondents. The total reporting burden
will be 1,563.4 hours.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: September 3, 2009.
Lillian Deitzer,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5282–N–06]
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Information Collection to OMB;
Comment Request; HUD NEPA ARRA
Section 1609(c) Reporting
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AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information
collection.
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and extension of the current
approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: November
9, 2009.
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Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval number and should be sent to:
Lillian L. Deitzer, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410–
5000; telephone (202) 402–8048 (this is
not a toll-free number) or e-mail Ms.
Deitzer at Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov for
a copy of the proposed form, or other
available information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charles Bien, Director, Environmental
Review Division, Office of Environment
and Energy, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail:
Charles.Bien@hud.gov; telephone (202)
402–4462. This is not a toll-free number.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: HUD NEPA ARRA
Section 1609(c) Reporting.
Description of Information Collection:
The temporary electronic form will be
provided by HUD to be used by grantees
[i.e., Respondents] for the purpose of
complying with the ARRA Section
1609(c) statutory requirement. Grantees
who receive American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for
projects must report on the status and
progress of their projects and activities
with respect to compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) requirements and
documentation. HUD will consolidate
and transmit the information received
from grantees to the Council on
Environmental Quality and OMB for the
Administration’s reports to the House
and Senate committees designated in
the legislation.
ADDRESSES:
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OMB Control Number: 2506–0187.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of the Affected Public: Notfor-profit institutions, State, Local or
Tribal Government.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
responses, frequency of responses, and
hours of responses: Estimated number of
respondents is 6,000. Frequency of
response is quarterly. Annual number of
responses is 24,000 (6,000 x 4). Estimate
30 minutes for response. Annualized
burden hours is 12,000 (24,000 x 0.5
hours).
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: September 2, 2009.
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Mercedes M. Marquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
and Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5281–N–67]
Notice of Application for Designation
as a Single Family Foreclosure
Commissioner
AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The proposed information
collection requirement described below
has been 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.
Under the Single Family Mortgage
Foreclosure Act of 1994, HUD may
exercise a nonjudicial power of sale of
single-family HUD-held mortgages and
may appoint foreclosure commissioners
to do this. HUD needs the notice and
resulting applications for compliance
with the Act’s requirements that
commissioners be qualified. Most
respondents will be attorneys, but
anyone may apply.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 9,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name and/or OMB
approval Number (2510–0012) and
should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5281-N-66]
Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB;
Emergency Comment Request; Broadband Research Project
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.
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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: September 16, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within fourteen (14) days from
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name
and/or OMB approval number and should be sent to: Mr. Ross A. Rutledge,
HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20502; e-mail: Ross_A._Rutledge@omb.eop.gov;
fax: (202) 395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail: Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov;
telephone (202) 402-8048. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of
available documents should be submitted to OMB and may be obtained from
Ms. Deitzer.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB,
for emergency processing, a proposed information collection as part of
planning for the National Broadband Plan ordered under the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The information will describe
the availability and usage of broadband internet services in HUD-
assisted housing and at Neighborhood Networks Centers. The respondents
are Public Housing Authorities, Tribes and managers of multi-family and
HOME Investment Partnerships Program properties as well as managers of
Neighborhood Networks Centers. HUD will survey all PHAs, Indian Tribes
and managers of Neighborhood Networks Centers and a 500-respondent
sample for each of Multi-Family managers with e-mail address, Multi-
Family managers without e-mail addresses and HOME managers.
For the Residential Broadband Survey, each respondent will be asked
to voluntarily disclose whether broadband internet service is available
in their project and approximately how many residents subscribe to that
service. For the Neighborhood Networks Survey, each Center manager will
be voluntarily asked to describe the programming offered at their
Center as well as the number of users who utilize the Center.
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This data will help identify opportunities for HUD to invest in
providing broadband service for residents.
This Notice Also Lists the Following Information
Title of Proposal: Broadband Research Project.
Description of Information Collection: This is a new information
collection. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is seeking
emergency review of the Paperwork Reduction Act Requirements associated
with a broadband research project.
OMB Control Number: Pending.
Agency Form Numbers: None.
Members of the Affected Public: Public housing executive directors,
managers of HUD-assisted housing projects and Neighborhood Networks
Center managers.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of responses, frequency of
responses, and hours of responses: This is a one-time collection. Each
respondent will need approximately 15 minutes to complete the
questionnaire. There are 7,817 total respondents. The total reporting
burden will be 1,563.4 hours.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: September 3, 2009.
Lillian Deitzer,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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