Housing Counseling Outcomes Study, 32496-32497 [2010-13695]

Download as PDF 32496 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 109 / Tuesday, June 8, 2010 / Notices Operating Fund Calculation of Operating Subsidy (HUD–52723); and Calculation of Subsidies for Operations: Non-Rental Housing (HUD–53087). HUD uses the information on these forms to determine the operating subsidy obligation and proration level for each PHA. The three forms listed in this collection are automated in the Subsidy and Grant Information System (SAGIS). Frequency of Submission: Annually. Number of respondents Annual responses 13,919 1 Reporting Burden .............................................................................. Total Estimated Burden Hours: 10,439 Status: Extension of a currently approved collection. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended. Dated: June 2, 2010. Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2010–13694 Filed 6–7–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR–5376–N–48] Housing Counseling Outcomes Study AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD. ACTION: Notice. emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES 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. This request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to provide statistically accurate information on outcomes realized by clients of HUDfunded housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to either purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent a mortgage delinquency (foreclosure mitigation clients). Fourteen-hundred and thirty counseling clients have already been recruited to voluntarily participate in the study. In granting their informed consent to participate in the study, these counseling clients agreed to be contacted by telephone 12 months following the recipt of counseling to complete a survey about their conseling experience and their current housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information needed to both document the share clients realizing different outcomes following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary with the characteristics of clients and the services they receive. DATES: Comments Due Date: July 8, 2010. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB approval Number (2528–Pending) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney Jr., Reports Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Leroy McKinney Jr. at Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov or telephone (202) 402–5564. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Mr. McKinney. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a request for approval of the Information collection described below. This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and affecting 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 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00142 978 1 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 = Burden hours 10,439 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: Housing Counseling Outcomes Study. OMB Approval Number: 2528– Pending. Form Numbers: None. Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: This request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to provide statistically accurate information on outcomes realized by clients of HUDfunded housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to either purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent a mortgage delinquency (foreclosure mitigation clients). Fourteen-hundred and thirty counseling clients have already been recruited to voluntarily participate in the study. In granting their informed consent to participate in the study, these counseling clients agreed to be contacted by telephone 12 months following the recipt of counseling to complete a survey about their conseling experience and their current housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information needed to both document the share clients realizing different outcomes following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary with the characteristics of clients and the services they receive. Frequency of Submission: One Time. Annual responses Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 16:31 Jun 07, 2010 Hours per response 0.75 Number of respondents VerDate Mar<15>2010 × E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM × Hours per response 0.5 08JNN1 = Burden hours 489 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 109 / Tuesday, June 8, 2010 / Notices Total Estimated Burden Hours: 489. Status: New Collection. Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as amended. Dated: June 2, 2010. Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 2010–13695 Filed 6–7–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210–67–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS–R7–FHC–2010–N067; 71490–1351– 0000–L5–FY10] Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of receipt of application and proposed incidental harassment authorization; request for comments. SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and the Aleutians East Borough for authorization to take small numbers of marine mammals by harassment incidental to the Akutan Airport’s Airport Construction and Hovercraft Operation in Akutan and Unalaska, Alaska. In accordance with provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), as amended, we request comments on our proposed authorization for the applicant to incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of northern sea otters for a period of 1 year, beginning May 1, 2010. We anticipate no take by injury or death and include none in this proposed authorization, which would be for take by harassment only. DATES: Comments and information must be received by July 8, 2010. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: 1. By mail to: Douglas Burn, Office of Marine Mammals Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503. 2. By fax to: 907–786–3816. 3. By electronic mail (e-mail) to: R7_MMM_Comment@FWS.gov. Please include your name and return address in your message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the system that we have received your message, contact us directly at the telephone numbers above. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:31 Jun 07, 2010 Jkt 220001 4. By hand-delivery to the above address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request copies of the application, the list of references used in this notice, and other supporting materials, contact Douglas Burn at the address or telephone numbers in ADDRESSES, or by e-mail at Douglas_Burn@fws.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and (D) of the MMPA, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1371 (a)(5)(A) and (D)), authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow, upon request, the incidental, but not intentional, taking of small numbers of marine mammals by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographical region, provided that we make certain findings and either issue regulations or, if the taking is limited to harassment, provide a notice of a proposed authorization to the public for review and comment. We may grant authorization to incidentally take marine mammals if we find that the taking will have a negligible impact on the species or stock(s), and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of the species or stock(s) for subsistence uses. As part of the authorization process, we prescribe permissible methods of taking and other means of affecting the least practicable impact on the species or stock and its habitat, and requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such takings. The term ‘‘take,’’ as defined by the MMPA, means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill, or to attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill any marine mammal. Harassment, as defined by the MMPA, means ‘‘any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which (i) has the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild [the MMPA calls this Level A harassment], or (ii) has the potential to disturb a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering [the MMPA calls this Level B harassment].’’ The terms ‘‘small numbers,’’ ‘‘negligible impact,’’ and ‘‘unmitigable adverse impact’’ are defined in 50 CFR 18.27, the Service’s regulations governing take of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to specified activities. ‘‘Small numbers’’ is defined as ‘‘a portion of a marine mammal species or stock whose taking would have a PO 00000 Frm 00143 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 32497 negligible impact on that species or stock.’’ ‘‘Negligible impact’’ is defined as ‘‘an impact resulting from the specified activity that cannot be reasonably expected to, and is not reasonably likely to, adversely affect the species or stock through effects on annual rates of recruitment or survival.’’ ‘‘Unmitigable adverse impact’’ is defined as ‘‘an impact resulting from the specified activity (1) that is likely to reduce the availability of the species to a level insufficient for a harvest to meet subsistence needs by (i) Causing the marine mammals to abandon or avoid hunting areas, (ii) directly displacing subsistence users, or (iii) placing physical barriers between the marine mammals and the subsistence hunters; and (2) that cannot be sufficiently mitigated by other measures to increase the availability of marine mammals to allow subsistence needs to be met.’’ Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the MMPA established an expedited process by which citizens of the United States can apply for an authorization to incidentally take small numbers of marine mammals where the take will be limited to harassment. Section 101(a)(5)(D)(iii) establishes a 45-day time limit for Service review of an application, followed by a 30-day public notice and comment period on any proposed authorizations for the incidental harassment of marine mammals. Within 45 days of the close of the comment period, we must either issue or deny issuance of the authorization. We refer to these authorizations as Incidental Harassment Authorizations (IHAs). Previous Federal Action On July 9, 2008, we received a joint application from the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities and the Aleutians East Borough (Applicants) for the taking by harassment of northern sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) incidental to the Akutan Airport, Alaska Airport Construction and Hovercraft Operation (Project). The request was published in the Federal Register on August 27, 2008 (73 FR 50634). On November 10, 2008, the Service issued IHAs to the Applicants authorizing Level B harassment of northern sea otters for a period of 1 year, the last date of which is April 30, 2010. Due to funding constraints, no construction activities or hovercraft operations have been conducted to date or will be conducted during the remainder of this period. Therefore no incidental take of sea otters occurred under the existing IHAs. E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32496-32497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13695]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5376-N-48]

Housing Counseling Outcomes Study

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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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.

This request is for the clearance of survey instruments designed to

provide statistically accurate information on outcomes realized by

clients of HUD-funded housing counseling agencies seeking assistance to

either purchase a home (pre-purchase clients) or to resolve or prevent

a mortgage delinquency (foreclosure mitigation clients). Fourteen-

hundred and thirty counseling clients have already been recruited to

voluntarily participate in the study. In granting their informed

consent to participate in the study, these counseling clients agreed to

be contacted by telephone 12 months following the recipt of counseling

to complete a survey about their conseling experience and their current

housing situation. The purpose of this survey is to gather information

needed to both document the share clients realizing different outcomes

following counseling and to analyze how these outcomes vary with the

characteristics of clients and the services they receive.

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval Number (2528-Pending) and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer,

Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503; fax: 202-395-5806.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leroy McKinney Jr., Reports Management

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail Leroy McKinney Jr. at

Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov or telephone (202) 402-5564. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be

obtained from Mr. McKinney.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the

Department of Housing and Urban Development has submitted to OMB a

request for approval of the Information collection described below.

This notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and

affecting 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: Housing Counseling Outcomes Study.

OMB Approval Number: 2528-Pending.

Form Numbers: None.

Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: