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information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
This Notice also lists the following
information:
Title of Proposal: Eligibility of a
Nonprofit Corporation/Housing
Consultant Certification.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2502–0057.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
information collected on the ‘‘Eligibility
of a Nonprofit Corporation/Housing
Consultant Certification’’ form provides
HUD with information to determine
whether the sponsor has qualifications
necessary for successful sponsorship of
housing projects. HUD Program Offices
use the data to evaluate a potential
sponsor’s/mortgagor’s qualifications at
the pre-application stage to determine
that all the documentation required by
Chapter 8 of the MAP and Chapter 14
of Handbook 4470.1
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
HUD–3433, HUD–3434, HUD–3435, and
HUD–92531.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The number of
burden hours is 128. The number of
respondents is 260; the number of
responses is 290. The frequency of
response is on occasion; and the hourly
burden is 1hour and 45 mins.
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is an extension of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 4, 2009.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing—Deputy Federal Housing
Commissioner.
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Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request;
Housing Counseling Training Program
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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
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Reduction Act. The Department is
soliciting public comments on the
subject proposal.
DATES: Comments Due Date: February
12, 2010.
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:
Lillian Deitzer, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410; e-mail
Lillian_L._Deitzer@HUD.gov or
telephone (202) 402–8048.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Ruth Roman, Director, Program Support
Division, Office of Single Family
Program Development, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410,
telephone (202) 708–2112 (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
Training Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2502–0567.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Housing Counseling Training NOFA,
which requests narrative responses,
forms, and supporting documentation,
is used by the Department’s Office of
Single Family Housing, Program
Support Division, to rank applications
submitted through Grants.gov. The
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collection allows HUD to evaluate and
select the most qualified applicant(s).
Post-award collection, such as quarterly
reports, will allow HUD to evaluate
grantee performance.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
SF 424, SF 424 Supp, HUD 424CB, SF
LLL, HUD 2880, HUD 96010, HUD 2994.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: The number of
burden hours is 409.68. The number of
respondents is 15, the number of
responses is 51, the frequency of
response is on occasion, and the burden
hour per response is 11.67.
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is an extension of a
currently approved collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: December 4, 2009.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing—Federal Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Agency Information Collection
Activities: USGS Earthquake Hazards
Program (EHP) Annual Assistance
Announcement
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we (the U.S. Geological Survey)
are notifying the public that we have
submitted to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Notice of an
extension of an information collection
(1028–0051). This notice provides the
public an opportunity to comment on
the paperwork burden of this project.
The Information Collection Request
(ICR), which is summarized below,
describes the nature and the estimated
burden of the collection. We
acknowledge that we may not conduct
or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATE: You must submit comments on or
before January 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written
comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior via e-mail to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or fax at
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
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202–395–5806; and identify your
submission with Information Collection
Number 1028–0051. Please also provide
a copy of your comments to Phadrea
Ponds, Information Collections, U.S.
Geological Survey, 2150–C Center
Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail);
(970) 226–9230 (fax); or FAX:
pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
0051 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Lemersal, Earthquake Hazards
Program by telephone at (703) 648–
6716.
I. Supplementary Information
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Abstract
Research and monitoring findings are
essential to fulfilling USGS’s
responsibility under the Earthquake
Hazards Reduction Act to develop
earthquake hazard assessments and
recording and reporting earthquake
activity nationwide. Residents,
emergency responders, and engineers
rely on the USGS for this accurate and
scientifically sound information.
Respondents to Program
Announcements submit proposals to
support research and monitoring related
to earthquake hazard assessments,
earthquake causes and effects, and
earthquake monitoring. This
information is used as the basis for
selection and award of projects meeting
the USGS’s Earthquake Hazards
Program objectives. Final reports of
research and monitoring findings are
required for each funded proposal;
annual progress reports are required for
awards of a two- to five-year duration.
Final reports are made available to the
public at the Web site https://
earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0051.
Title: Earthquake Hazards Program
Research and Monitoring.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Research scientists,
engineers, and the general public.
Respondent Obligation: Required;
necessary to receive benefits.
Frequency of Collection: Annually
and once every three to five years.
Estimated Annual Number of and
Description of Respondents: 250
Educational institutions, and profit and
non-profit organizations.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 370 (250 applications and
narratives and 120 annual and/or final
reports).
Estimated Completion Time: 45 hours
per application response and 9 hours
per final report.
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Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
12,330 (11,250 hours per application
and 1,080 hours per annual and/or final
report).
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 12,330
hours. We estimate the public reporting
burden will average 45 hours per
application response. This includes
time to develop project goals, write the
statement of work, perform internal
proposal reviews, and submit the
proposal through grants.gov. We
estimate the public reporting burden
will average 9 hours per final or annual
report response. This includes
summarizing accomplishments for the
past year’s funded efforts.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
III. Request for Comments
On September 22, 2009, we published
a Federal Register notice (74 FR 48281)
soliciting comments announcing that we
would submit this information to OMB
for approval. We solicited comments for
a period of 60 days, ending on
November 23, 2009. We did not receive
any comments concerning that notice.
We again invite comments concerning
this ICR on: (1) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Phadrea Ponds 970–
226–9445.
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Dated: December 7, 2009.
David Applegate,
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and
Geologic Hazards.
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Alaska Native Claims Selection
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of decision approving
lands for conveyance.
SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an
appealable decision approving the
surface estate in certain lands for
conveyance pursuant to the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act will be
issued to The Kuskokwim Corporation,
Successor in Interest to Chuathbaluk
Company. The lands are in the vicinity
of Chuathbaluk, Alaska, and are located
in:
Seward Meridian, Alaska
T. 17 N., R. 53 W.,
Secs. 4, 18, 19, and 20.
Containing approximately 2,158 acres.
T. 18 N., R. 53 W.,
Secs. 29 and 32.
Containing 1,280 acres.
T. 17 N., R. 54 W.,
Secs. 1 and 13.
Containing approximately 1,086 acres.
T. 18 N., R. 54 W.,
Sec. 36.
Containing 640 acres.
T. 18 N., R. 55 W.,
Secs. 3 and 10.
Containing 1,280 acres.
T. 19 N., R. 55 W.,
Sec. 36.
Containing 640 acres.
T. 18 N., R. 56 W.,
Secs. 1, 12, 13, 14, and 23.
Containing approximately 3,122 acres.
T. 19 N., R. 56 W.,
Secs. 13, 24, 25, and 36.
Containing approximately 2,515 acres.
Aggregating approximately 12,721 acres.
The subsurface estate in these lands will be
conveyed to Calista Corporation when the
surface estate is conveyed to The Kuskokwim
Corporation. Notice of the decision will also
be published four times in the Tundra
Drums.
DATES: The time limits for filing an
appeal are:
1. Any party claiming a property
interest which is adversely affected by
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Agency Information Collection Activities: USGS Earthquake Hazards
Program (EHP) Annual Assistance Announcement
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
SUMMARY: To comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), we
(the U.S. Geological Survey) are notifying the public that we have
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Notice of an
extension of an information collection (1028-0051). This notice
provides the public an opportunity to comment on the paperwork burden
of this project. The Information Collection Request (ICR), which is
summarized below, describes the nature and the estimated burden of the
collection. We acknowledge that we may not conduct or sponsor and a
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless
it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
DATE: You must submit comments on or before January 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior via e-mail to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or
fax at
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202-395-5806; and identify your submission with Information Collection
Number 1028-0051. Please also provide a copy of your comments to
Phadrea Ponds, Information Collections, U.S. Geological Survey, 2150-C
Center Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525 (mail); (970) 226-9230 (fax); or
FAX: pponds@usgs.gov (e-mail). Use Information Collection Number 1028-
0051 in the subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Lemersal, Earthquake Hazards
Program by telephone at (703) 648-6716.
I. Supplementary Information
Abstract
Research and monitoring findings are essential to fulfilling USGS's
responsibility under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act to develop
earthquake hazard assessments and recording and reporting earthquake
activity nationwide. Residents, emergency responders, and engineers
rely on the USGS for this accurate and scientifically sound
information. Respondents to Program Announcements submit proposals to
support research and monitoring related to earthquake hazard
assessments, earthquake causes and effects, and earthquake monitoring.
This information is used as the basis for selection and award of
projects meeting the USGS's Earthquake Hazards Program objectives.
Final reports of research and monitoring findings are required for each
funded proposal; annual progress reports are required for awards of a
two- to five-year duration. Final reports are made available to the
public at the Web site https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028-0051.
Title: Earthquake Hazards Program Research and Monitoring.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Research scientists, engineers, and the general
public.
Respondent Obligation: Required; necessary to receive benefits.
Frequency of Collection: Annually and once every three to five
years.
Estimated Annual Number of and Description of Respondents: 250
Educational institutions, and profit and non-profit organizations.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses: 370 (250 applications and
narratives and 120 annual and/or final reports).
Estimated Completion Time: 45 hours per application response and 9
hours per final report.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 12,330 (11,250 hours per application
and 1,080 hours per annual and/or final report).
Estimated Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Hour'' Burden:
12,330 hours. We estimate the public reporting burden will average 45
hours per application response. This includes time to develop project
goals, write the statement of work, perform internal proposal reviews,
and submit the proposal through grants.gov. We estimate the public
reporting burden will average 9 hours per final or annual report
response. This includes summarizing accomplishments for the past year's
funded efforts.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden:
There are no ``non-hour cost'' burdens associated with this collection
of information.
III. Request for Comments
On September 22, 2009, we published a Federal Register notice (74
FR 48281) soliciting comments announcing that we would submit this
information to OMB for approval. We solicited comments for a period of
60 days, ending on November 23, 2009. We did not receive any comments
concerning that notice.
We again invite comments concerning this ICR on: (1) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the agency to
perform its duties, including whether or not the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden on the respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask OMB in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that it
will be done.
USGS Information Collection Clearance Officer: Phadrea Ponds 970-
226-9445.
Dated: December 7, 2009.
David Applegate,
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards.
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