Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: Section 8 Fair Market Rent Surveys, 35905-35906 [2011-15275]
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rehabilitation programs; Special
purpose financing entities; and
Nonprofit or for-profit organizations
(and/or consortia thereof) that own or
control a portfolio of Eligible
Multifamily Properties.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of responses,
and hours of response: The number of
burden hours is 2470.5. The number of
respondents is 383, the number of
responses is 502, the frequency of
response is on occasion, and the burden
hours per response are 93.25.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: June 15, 2011.
Colette Pollard,
Reports Liaison Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
[FR Doc. 2011–15268 Filed 6–17–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5486–N–13]
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment:
Section 8 Fair Market Rent Surveys
Office of Policy Development
and Research, 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. An extension and
modification of the survey mode of the
collection effort that expires on August
31, 2011, is being requested.
DATES: Comments Due Date: August 19,
2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be
received within thirty (60) days from the
SUMMARY:
date of this Notice. Comments should
refer to the proposal by name/or OMB
approval number and should be sent to:
Reports Liaison Officer, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8234,
Washington, DC 20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marie Lihn, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Policy
Development and Research, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 8224,
Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202)
402–5866; e-mail
marie_l._lihn@hud.gov. This is not a
toll-free number. Copies of the proposed
forms and other available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Lihn.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department of Housing and Urban
Development will submit the proposed
information collection package 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 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: Section 8 Random
Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 2528–0142.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: HUD is
evaluating alternative survey
methodologies to collect gross rent data
for specific areas in a relatively fast and
accurate way that may be used to
estimate and update Section 8 Fair
Market Rents (FMRs) in areas where
FMRs are believed to be incorrect and
data from the American Community
Survey is not available at the local level.
Section 8(C)(1) of the United States
Housing Act of 1937 requires the
Secretary to publish Fair Market Rents
(FMRs) annually to be effective on
October 1 of each year. FMRs are used
for the Section 8 Rental Certificate
Program (including space rentals by
owners of manufactured homes under
that program); the Moderate
Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy
program; housing assisted under the
Loan Management and Property
Disposition programs; payment
standards for the Rental Voucher
program; and any other programs whose
regulations specify their use.
Random digit dialing (RDD) telephone
surveys have been used for many years
to adjust FMRs and will be evaluated for
continued use. These surveys are based
on a sampling procedure that uses
computers to select statistically random
samples of telephone numbers to locate
certain types of rental housing units for
surveying. Cell phone surveys will be
incorporated into this methodology and
comprise roughly one-third of the
sample. In addition HUD will collect
survey data using web-based and mail
systems. Initially, as the methodology is
being refined, HUD will conduct
surveys of up to 4 individual FMR areas
in a year to test the accuracy of their
FMRs. Up to 5 individual FMR area will
be surveyed after the new methodology
is determined.
Members of affected public:
Individuals or households living in
areas surveyed.
Estimation of the total numbers of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response:
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Status of the proposed information
collection: Continuing under current
authorization.
Authority: Section 8(C)(1) of the United
States Housing Act of 1937.
Dated: June 9, 2011.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
& Research.
[FR Doc. 2011–15275 Filed 6–17–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R6–ES–2011–N101; 60120–1113–
0000; C4]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; 5-Year Status Reviews of
12 Species in the Mountain-Prairie
Region
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of initiation of reviews;
request for information.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year
status reviews under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),
of 2 animal and 10 plant species. We are
requesting any information that has
become available since our original
listing of each of these species. Based on
review results, we will determine
whether we should change the listing
status of any of these species.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written information by
August 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: For how and where to send
comments or information, see ‘‘VIII.
Contacts.’’
SUMMARY:
To
request information, see ‘‘VIII.
Contacts.’’ Individuals who are hearing
impaired or speech impaired may call
the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8337 for TTY (telephone typewriter or
teletypewriter) assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are
initiating 5-year status reviews under
the Act of 2 animal and 10 plant
species: Autumn buttercup (Ranunculus
acriformis var. aestivalis), clay phacelia
(Phacelia argillacea), Colorado butterfly
plant (Gaura neomexicana ssp.
coloradensis), desert yellowhead
(Yermo xanthocephalus), dwarf bearpoppy (Arctomecon humilis), Last
Chance townsendia (Townsendia
aprica), Neosho madtom (Noturus
placidus), Penland alpine fen mustard
(Eutrema penlandii), Salt Creek tiger
beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana),
San Rafael cactus (Pediocactus
despainii), Welsh’s milkweed (Asclepias
welshii), and Winkler cactus
(Pediocactus winkleri) species.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Why do we conduct 5-year reviews?
We conduct 5-year status reviews to
ensure that our classification of each
species on the Lists of Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants as
threatened or endangered is accurate. A
5-year review assesses the best scientific
and commercial data available at the
time of the review. We are requesting
any information that has become
available since our original listing of the
species under review. Based on review
results, we will determine whether we
should change the listing status of any
of these species.
Under the Act, we maintain Lists of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants (which we collectively refer
to as the List) in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for
animals) and 17.12 (for plants). Section
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4(c)(2)(A) of the Act requires us to
review each listed species’ status at least
once every 5 years. Then, under section
4(c)(2)(B), we determine whether to
remove any species from the List
(delist), to reclassify it from endangered
to threatened, or to reclassify it from
threatened to endangered. Any change
in Federal classification requires a
separate rulemaking process.
In classifying, we use the following
definitions, from 50 CFR 424.02:
A. Species includes any species or
subspecies of fish, wildlife, or plant,
and any distinct population segment of
any species of vertebrate, that
interbreeds when mature;
B. Endangered species means any
species that is in danger of extinction
throughout all or a significant portion of
its range; and
C. Threatened species means any
species that is likely to become an
endangered species within the
foreseeable future throughout all or a
significant portion of its range.
We must support delisting by the best
scientific and commercial data
available, and only consider delisting if
data substantiate that the species is
neither endangered nor threatened for
one or more of the following reasons (50
CFR 424.11(d)):
A. The species is considered extinct;
B. The species is considered to be
recovered; or
C. The original data available when
the species was listed, or the
interpretation of data, were in error.
Our regulations at 50 CFR 424.21
require that we publish a notice in the
Federal Register announcing the species
we are reviewing.
II. What species are under review?
This notice announces our active 5year status reviews of the species in
Table 1.
TABLE 1—CURRENT LISTING STATUS OF SPECIES UNDER 5-YEAR STATUS REVIEW
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-15275]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5486-N-13]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment:
Section 8 Fair Market Rent Surveys
AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, 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. An extension and
modification of the survey mode of the collection effort that expires
on August 31, 2011, is being requested.
DATES: Comments Due Date: August 19, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments must be received within thirty (60) days from
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number and should be sent to: Reports Liaison Officer,
Office of Policy Development and Research, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 8234, Washington, DC
20410.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marie Lihn, Economic and Market
Analysis Division, Office of Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room
8224, Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 402-5866; e-mail marie_l._lihn@hud.gov. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be
obtained from Ms. Lihn.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Housing and Urban
Development will submit the proposed information collection package 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 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: Section 8 Random Digit Dialing Fair Market Rent
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 2528-0142.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: HUD
is evaluating alternative survey methodologies to collect gross rent
data for specific areas in a relatively fast and accurate way that may
be used to estimate and update Section 8 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in
areas where FMRs are believed to be incorrect and data from the
American Community Survey is not available at the local level. Section
8(C)(1) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 requires the Secretary
to publish Fair Market Rents (FMRs) annually to be effective on October
1 of each year. FMRs are used for the Section 8 Rental Certificate
Program (including space rentals by owners of manufactured homes under
that program); the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy
program; housing assisted under the Loan Management and Property
Disposition programs; payment standards for the Rental Voucher program;
and any other programs whose regulations specify their use.
Random digit dialing (RDD) telephone surveys have been used for
many years to adjust FMRs and will be evaluated for continued use.
These surveys are based on a sampling procedure that uses computers to
select statistically random samples of telephone numbers to locate
certain types of rental housing units for surveying. Cell phone surveys
will be incorporated into this methodology and comprise roughly one-
third of the sample. In addition HUD will collect survey data using
web-based and mail systems. Initially, as the methodology is being
refined, HUD will conduct surveys of up to 4 individual FMR areas in a
year to test the accuracy of their FMRs. Up to 5 individual FMR area
will be surveyed after the new methodology is determined.
Members of affected public: Individuals or households living in
areas surveyed.
Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
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TELEPHONE/CELLPHONE
Households.................................................. 3129 857 300
Average Minutes............................................. 4.75 9.5 9.5
Burden Hours................................................ 265 140 49
Total................................................... 454 .............. ..............
MAIL/WEB
Households.................................................. 3129 857 300
Average Minutes............................................. 1 5 5
Burden Hours................................................ 52 71 25
Total................................................... 148 .............. ..............
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Total Number Responses...................................... 8572 .............. ..............
Total Burden Hours.......................................... 602 .............. ..............
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Status of the proposed information collection: Continuing under
current authorization.
Authority: Section 8(C)(1) of the United States Housing Act of
1937.
Dated: June 9, 2011.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development & Research.
[FR Doc. 2011-15275 Filed 6-17-11; 8:45 am]
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