Buy American Exceptions Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 53904-53905 [2012-21706]
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2012 / Notices
Comments Due Date: November
5, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal. Comments should refer to
the proposal by name/or OMB Control
number and should be sent to: Colette
Pollard, Departmental Reports
Management Officer, QDAM,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
4160, Washington, DC 20410–5000;
telephone (202) 402–3400, (this is not a
toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard at
Colette_Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of
proposed forms, or other available
information. Persons with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at (800) 877–8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Hovden, Director, Technical Assistance
Division, Office of Technical Assistance
and Management, CPD, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW., Room 7218, Washington,
DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–3176
(This is not a toll-free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Department will submit 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: OneCPD Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building Needs
Assessment.
Description of the need for the
information proposed: The OneCPD
Needs Assessment will enhance a
grantee’s awareness of their functional
capacity to effectively and efficiently
administer and manage programs
funded by CPD and enable HUD and the
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TA provider to better understand the
scope of assistance needed by each
grantee and to target appropriate TA
resources to grantees. It will also enable
HUD to identify trends in TA needs
across grantees and assist in prioritizing
the development of tools, products and
group learning activities to benefit CPD
grantees and subrecipients.
Members of the affected public:
Grantees and subrecipient organizations
receiving funding to operate and
manage programs administered by the
Office of Community Planning and
Development (CPD).
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents, frequency of response, and
hours of response: 180 respondents ×
176.4 average hours per response =
31,752 hours annually.
Status of proposed information
collection: New Collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: August 27, 2012.
Clifford Taffet,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5374–N–43]
Buy American Exceptions Under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–05, approved
February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act), and
implementing guidance of the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), this
notice advises that certain exceptions to
the Buy American requirement of the
Recovery Act have been determined
applicable for work using Capital Fund
Recovery Formula and Competition
(CFRFC) grant funds. Specifically, an
exception was granted to the Shelby
County Housing Authority for the
purchase and installation of ductless
mini-split heating and cooling systems
for the Kefauver Terrace project project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donald J. LaVoy, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Office of Field Operations,
SUMMARY:
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Office of Public and Indian Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room
4112, Washington, DC, 20410–4000,
telephone number 202–402–8500 (this
is not a toll-free number); or Dominique
G. Blom, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Public Housing Investments, Office of
Public and Indian Housing, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW., Room 4130,
Washington, DC 20410–4000, telephone
number 202–402–8500 (this is not a tollfree number). Persons with hearing- or
speech-impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service
at 800–877–8339.
Section
1605(a) of the Recovery Act provides
that none of the funds appropriated or
made available by the Recovery Act may
be used for a project for the
construction, alteration, maintenance, or
repair of a public building or public
work unless all of the iron, steel, and
manufactured goods used in the project
are produced in the United States.
Section 1605(b) provides that the Buy
American requirement shall not apply
in any case or category in which the
head of a Federal department or agency
finds that: (1) Applying the Buy
American requirement would be
inconsistent with the public interest; (2)
iron, steel, and the relevant
manufactured goods are not produced in
the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably
available quantities or of satisfactory
quality, or (3) inclusion of iron, steel,
and manufactured goods will increase
the cost of the overall project by more
than 25 percent. Section 1605(c)
provides that if the head of a Federal
department or agency makes a
determination pursuant to section
1605(b), the head of the department or
agency shall publish a detailed written
justification in the Federal Register.
In accordance with section 1605(c) of
the Recovery Act and OMB’s
implementing guidance published on
April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice
advises the public that, on August 8,
2012, upon request of the Shelby
County Housing Authority, HUD
granted an exception to applicability of
the Buy American requirements with
respect to work, using CFRFC grant
funds, in connection with the Kefauver
Terrace project. The exception was
granted by HUD on the basis that the
relevant manufactured goods (ductless
mini-split heating and cooling systems)
are not produced in the U.S. in
sufficient and reasonably available
quantities or of satisfactory quality.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2012 / Notices
Dated: August 24, 2012.
Deborah Hernandez,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public
and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 2012–21706 Filed 8–31–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Renewal of Approved Information
Collection; OMB Control No. 1004–
0025
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) invites public
comments on, and plans to request
approval to continue, the collection of
information under the General Mining
Law. The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) has assigned control
number 1004–0025 to this information
collection.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments on the
proposed information collection by
November 5, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by mail, fax, or electronic
mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202–245–
0050.
Electronic mail:
Jean_Sonneman@blm.gov.
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0025’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
DATES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sonia Santillan, at 202–912–7123.
Persons who use a telecommunication
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339, to leave a
message for Ms. Santillan.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be given an
opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping activities
(see 5 CFR 1320.8 (d) and 1320.12(a)).
This notice identifies an information
collection that the BLM plans to submit
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to OMB for approval. The Paperwork
Reduction Act provides that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Until OMB approves a collection of
information, you are not obligated to
respond.
The BLM will request a 3-year term of
approval for this information collection
activity. Comments are invited on: (1)
The need for the collection of
information for the performance of the
functions of the agency; (2) the accuracy
of the agency’s burden estimates; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collection; and
(4) ways to minimize the information
collection burden on respondents, such
as use of automated means of collection
of the information. A summary of the
public comments will accompany our
submission of the information collection
requests to OMB.
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
The following information is provided
for the information collection:
Title: 43 CFR Parts 3860 and 3870.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0025.
Summary: On its face, the General
Mining Law (30 U.S.C. 29, 30, and 39)
authorizes a holder of an unpatented
claim for hardrock minerals to apply for
fee title (patent) to the federal land (as
well as minerals) embraced in the claim.
Since 1994, a rider on the annual
appropriation bill for the Department of
the Interior has prevented the BLM from
processing mineral patent applications
unless the applications were
grandfathered under the initial
legislation. While grandfathered
applications are rare at present, the
approval to collect the information
continues to be necessary because of the
possibility that the moratorium will be
lifted.
Frequency of Collection: Once.
Description of Respondents: Owners
of unpatented mining claims and mill
sites upon the public lands, and of
reserved mineral lands of the United
States, National Forests, and National
Parks.
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Estimated Annual Burdens: 10
responses and 496 hours.
Jean Sonneman,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMT926000–L19100000–BJ0000–
LRCME1R04774]
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey;
Montana
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of
survey.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) will file the plat of
survey of the lands described below in
the BLM Montana State Office, Billings,
Montana, on October 4, 2012.
DATES: Protests of the survey must be
filed before October 4, 2012 to be
considered.
SUMMARY:
Protests of the survey
should be sent to the Branch of
Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land
Management, 5001 Southgate Drive,
Billings, Montana 59101–4669.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marvin Montoya, Cadastral Surveyor,
Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of
Land Management, 5001 Southgate
Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669,
telephone (406) 896–5124 or (406) 896–
5009, Marvin_Montoya@blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the
above individual during normal
business hours. The FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question with the above
individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
survey was executed at the request of
the Regional Director, Rocky Mountain
Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
was necessary to determine the
boundaries of tribal trust lands.
The lands we surveyed are:
ADDRESSES:
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 27 N., R 52 E.
The plat, in one sheet, representing the
dependent resurvey of a portion of the
subdivisional lines, the adjusted original
meanders of the former left bank of the
Missouri River, downstream, through section
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-5374-N-43]
Buy American Exceptions Under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian
Housing, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-05, approved February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act),
and implementing guidance of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
this notice advises that certain exceptions to the Buy American
requirement of the Recovery Act have been determined applicable for
work using Capital Fund Recovery Formula and Competition (CFRFC) grant
funds. Specifically, an exception was granted to the Shelby County
Housing Authority for the purchase and installation of ductless mini-
split heating and cooling systems for the Kefauver Terrace project
project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald J. LaVoy, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Office of Field Operations, Office of Public and Indian
Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 4112, Washington, DC, 20410-4000, telephone number 202-402-
8500 (this is not a toll-free number); or Dominique G. Blom, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Public Housing Investments, Office of Public
and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451
7th Street SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC 20410-4000, telephone number
202-402-8500 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing- or
speech-impairments may access this number through TTY by calling the
toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1605(a) of the Recovery Act provides
that none of the funds appropriated or made available by the Recovery
Act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration,
maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all
of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in the project are
produced in the United States. Section 1605(b) provides that the Buy
American requirement shall not apply in any case or category in which
the head of a Federal department or agency finds that: (1) Applying the
Buy American requirement would be inconsistent with the public
interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not
produced in the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably available quantities
or of satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and
manufactured goods will increase the cost of the overall project by
more than 25 percent. Section 1605(c) provides that if the head of a
Federal department or agency makes a determination pursuant to section
1605(b), the head of the department or agency shall publish a detailed
written justification in the Federal Register.
In accordance with section 1605(c) of the Recovery Act and OMB's
implementing guidance published on April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this
notice advises the public that, on August 8, 2012, upon request of the
Shelby County Housing Authority, HUD granted an exception to
applicability of the Buy American requirements with respect to work,
using CFRFC grant funds, in connection with the Kefauver Terrace
project. The exception was granted by HUD on the basis that the
relevant manufactured goods (ductless mini-split heating and cooling
systems) are not produced in the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably
available quantities or of satisfactory quality.
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Dated: August 24, 2012.
Deborah Hernandez,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
[FR Doc. 2012-21706 Filed 8-31-12; 8:45 am]
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