Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request, State Community Development Block (CDBG) Program, 52545-52546 [2010-21196]
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(Pub. L. 111–117, enacted on December
16, 2009) permits the HUD Secretary to
use up to $65,000,000 of the HOPE VI
appropriations for a Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative demonstration.
With FY 2010 funding, the Choice
Neighborhoods Initiative is a
demonstration program under section
24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 1437v). Thus,
except as otherwise specified in the
appropriations act, the HOPE VI
program requirements and selection
criteria will apply to Choice
Neighborhoods grants for FY 2010. In
preparation for the competitive process
to award funding, HUD posted on its
Web site a pre-notice to help potential
applicants prepare for the application
process. The pre-notice sets forth the
core goals of the initiative, identifies key
program elements and activities, and
outlines the framework of the
competition HUD will use to award FY
2010 funding. The actual Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) will
contain the selection criteria for
awarding Choice Neighborhoods grants
and specific requirements that will
apply to selected grantees.
Building upon the successes achieved
and the lessons learned from the HOPE
VI program, Choice Neighborhoods will
employ a comprehensive approach to
community development centered on
housing transformation. The program
aims to transform neighborhoods of
poverty into viable mixed-income
neighborhoods with access to economic
opportunities by revitalizing severely
distressed public and assisted housing
and investing and leveraging
investments in well-functioning
services, effective schools and education
programs, public assets, public
transportation, and improved access to
jobs. Choice Neighborhoods grants will
primarily fund the transformation of
public and/or HUD-assisted housing
developments through preservation,
rehabilitation, and management
improvements as well as demolition and
new construction. In addition, these
funds can be used on a limited basis
(and combined with other funding) for
improvements to the surrounding
community, public services, facilities,
assets and supportive services. Choice
Neighborhoods grant funds are intended
to catalyze other investments that will
be directed toward necessary
community improvements. The
leveraging of other sources will be
necessary to address other key
neighborhood assets and achieve the
program’s core goals. This may include
resources from other HUD programs,
such as the Community Development
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Block Grant and Section 108 Loan
Guarantee programs, as well as from
other Federal, State, local and private
programs or entities. HUD is working
with other Federal agencies to integrate
Choice Neighborhoods with other
Federal place-based programs.
OMB Control Number: 2577–Pending.
Agency Form Number: 2577–Pending.
Members of Affected Public: Local
governments, public housing
authorities, nonprofits, and for-project
developers that apply jointly with a
public entity.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of responses,
and hours of responses: For Choice
Neighborhoods Round 1: Burden hours
per response total 58.09 for
Implementation Grant applications, and
35.59 for Planning Grant applications.
For FY 2010, applicants may only
submit an Implementation Grant
application or a Planning Grant
application, not both. The total burden
hours, estimating 100 respondents for
each grant application type, is 5,809 for
Implementation Grants, and 3,559 for
Planning Grants.
Status of the proposed information
collection: This is a new information
Collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 19, 2010.
Leroy McKinney, Jr.,
Departmental Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR 5377–N–02]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Comment Request, State
Community Development Block
(CDBG) Program
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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: October 25,
2010.
SUMMARY:
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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
Control Number and should be sent to:
Leroy McKinney, Reports Management
Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC
20410; telephone, 202–402–5564 (this is
not a toll-free number), or e-mail Mr.
McKinney at
Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva
Fontheim at (202) 402–3461 (this is not
a toll free number) for copies of the
proposed forms and other available
documents.
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 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: State Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable:
2506–0085.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Housing and Community Development
Act of 1974, as amended (HCDA),
requires grant recipients that receive
CDBG funding to retain records
necessary to document compliance with
statutory and regulatory requirements
on an on-going basis. Grantees must also
submit an annual performance and
evaluation report to demonstrate
progress that it has made in carrying out
its consolidated plan, and such records
as may be necessary to facilitate review
and audit by HUD of the grantee’s
administration of CDBG funds [Section
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104(e)]. The statute also requires
[Section 104(e)(2)] that HUD conduct an
annual review to determine whether
States have distributed funds to units of
general local government in a timely
manner. HUD has re-designed a form by
which the grantees can report their
compliance with this requirement.
Agency form numbers, if applicable:
The collection of this information will
be submitted on HUD’s timely
distribution form or in similar format
from State records or systems.
Members of affected public: This
information collection applies to 50
State CDBG Grantees (49 States and
Puerto Rico but not Hawaii).
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 estimated
number of respondents is 50. The
proposed frequency of the response to
the collection of information is annual
at 1.5 hours per response with a total of
75 hours additional reporting burden.
The record keeping burden for program
compliance is already included under
the currently approved information
collection. The estimate of the annual
reporting and recordkeeping is
increased to 112,175 hours for 50 grant
recipients. The 75 hour increase due to
the addition of the timely distribution
form represents .067% of the original
burden.
Status of the proposed information
collection:
Revision of a currently approved
collection, and a request for OMB
renewal for three years. The current
OMB approval will expire in April 30,
2012.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 17, 2010.
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Mercedes Marquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning
and Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management,
Regulation and Enforcement Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific
Committee (SC); Announcement of
Plenary Session
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
The OCS Scientific
Committee will meet at the Embassy
SUMMARY:
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday,
September 15, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.; and Thursday, September 16,
2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Embassy Suites Dulles
North, 44610 Waxpool Road, Ashburn,
Virginia 20147, telephone (703) 723–
5300.
DATES:
A
copy of the agenda may be requested
from BOEM by e-mailing Ms. Carolyn
Beamer at carolyn.beamer@boemre.gov.
Other inquiries concerning the OCS SC
meeting should be addressed to Dr.
James Kendall, Executive Secretary to
the OCS SC, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, Regulation and
Enforcement, 381 Elden Street, Mail
Stop 4043, Herndon, Virginia 20170–
4817, or by calling (703) 787–1656 or
via e-mail at james.kendall@boemre.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS
SC will provide advice on the
feasibility, appropriateness, and
scientific value of the OCS
Environmental Studies Program to the
Secretary of the Interior through the
Director of the BOEM. The SC will
review the relevance of the research and
data being produced to meet BOEM
scientific information needs for decision
making and may recommend changes in
scope, direction, and emphasis.
The Committee will meet in plenary
session on Tuesday, September 14. The
Director will address the Committee on
the general status of the BOEM and its
activities. There will be a presentation
from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration on the
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
process and U.S. Geological Survey
science with respect to the Deepwater
Horizon incident. Following these
presentations BOEM regional officials
will discuss their most pertinent and
current issues.
On Wednesday, September 15, the
Committee will meet in discipline
breakout sessions (i.e., biology/ecology,
physical sciences, and social sciences)
to review the specific studies plans of
the BOEM regional offices for Fiscal
Years 2011–2013.
On Thursday, September 16, the
Committee will meet in plenary session
for reports of the individual discipline
breakout sessions of the previous day
and to continue with Committee
business.
The meetings are open to the public.
Approximately 30 visitors can be
accommodated on a first-come-firstserved basis at the plenary session.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Authority: Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix
I, and the Office of Management and Budget’s
Circular A–63, Revised.
Dated: August 18, 2010.
Robert P. LaBelle,
Acting Associate Director for Offshore, Energy
and Minerals Management.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R1–R–2010–N157; 1265–0000–10137–
S3]
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife
Refuge, Hawai‘i County, HI;
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of our draft comprehensive
conservation plan and environmental
assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for the
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
(refuge) for public review and comment.
The Draft CCP/EA describes our
proposal for managing the refuge for the
next 15 years.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send us your written comments by
September 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Address comments,
questions, and requests for further
information to Jim Kraus, Refuge
Manager, Hakalau Forest National
Wildlife Refuge, 60 Nowelo Street, Suite
100; Hilo, HI 96720. Alternatively, you
may fax comments to the refuge at (808)
443–2304, or e-mail them to
FW1PlanningComments@fws.gov.
Include ‘‘Hakalau Forest Refuge CCP’’ in
the subject line of the message.
Additional information concerning the
refuge is available on the Internet at
https://www.fws.gov/hakalauforest/. You
may request the CCP/EA for review by
any of the above contact methods, or
you may view or download it at
https://www.fws.gov/pacific/planning.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
Kraus, Refuge Manager, (808) 443–2300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the CCP
process for the Hakalau Forest National
Wildlife Refuge. We began this process
by publishing a notice of intent in the
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR 5377-N-02]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request, State
Community Development Block (CDBG) Program
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, 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: October 25, 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: Leroy McKinney, Reports
Management Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410; telephone, 202-
402-5564 (this is not a toll-free number), or e-mail Mr. McKinney at
Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva Fontheim at (202) 402-3461 (this
is not a toll free number) for copies of the proposed forms and other
available documents.
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 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: State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0085.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (HCDA),
requires grant recipients that receive CDBG funding to retain records
necessary to document compliance with statutory and regulatory
requirements on an on-going basis. Grantees must also submit an annual
performance and evaluation report to demonstrate progress that it has
made in carrying out its consolidated plan, and such records as may be
necessary to facilitate review and audit by HUD of the grantee's
administration of CDBG funds [Section
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104(e)]. The statute also requires [Section 104(e)(2)] that HUD conduct
an annual review to determine whether States have distributed funds to
units of general local government in a timely manner. HUD has re-
designed a form by which the grantees can report their compliance with
this requirement.
Agency form numbers, if applicable: The collection of this
information will be submitted on HUD's timely distribution form or in
similar format from State records or systems.
Members of affected public: This information collection applies to
50 State CDBG Grantees (49 States and Puerto Rico but not Hawaii).
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 estimated number of respondents is
50. The proposed frequency of the response to the collection of
information is annual at 1.5 hours per response with a total of 75
hours additional reporting burden. The record keeping burden for
program compliance is already included under the currently approved
information collection. The estimate of the annual reporting and
recordkeeping is increased to 112,175 hours for 50 grant recipients.
The 75 hour increase due to the addition of the timely distribution
form represents .067% of the original burden.
Status of the proposed information collection:
Revision of a currently approved collection, and a request for OMB
renewal for three years. The current OMB approval will expire in April
30, 2012.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: August 17, 2010.
Mercedes M[aacute]rquez,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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