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response time, should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory 

Products Division, Office of the 

Executive Secretariat, Clearance 

Officer,20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Room 5012, Washington, DC 20529– 

2020. Comments may also be submitted 

to DHS via facsimile to 202–272–0997 

or via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When 

submitting comments by e-mail, please 

make sure to add OMB Control No. 

1615–0018 in the subject box. 

Note: The address listed in this notice 

should only be used to submit comments 

concerning this information collection. 

Please do not submit requests for individual 

case status inquiries to this address. If you 

are seeking information about the status of 

your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case 

Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/ 

Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National 

Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–5283. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the collection of information 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(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 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(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, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of an existing information 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Application for Permission to Reapply 

for Admission into the United States 

after Deportation or Removal. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form I–212; 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS). 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. The information provided 

on Form I–212 is used by USCIS to 

adjudicate applications filed by aliens 

requesting consent to reapply for 

admission to the United States after 

deportation, removal or departure, as 

provided under section 212 of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 3,272 responses at 2 hours per 

response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 6,544 annual burden hours. 

If you need a copy of the information 

collection instrument, please visit 

the Web site at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, Office of 

the Executive Secretariat, 20 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Room 

5012, Washington, DC 20529–2020, 

Telephone number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Sunday Aigbe, 

Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office 

of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6143 Filed 3–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5480–N–23] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; 

Emergency Comment Request; Federal 

Housing Administration (FHA): Home 

Energy Retrofit Loan Pilot Program; 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

emergency review and approval, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 30, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within seven (14) days from 

the date of this Notice. Comments 

should refer to the proposal by name/or 

OMB approval number) and should be 

sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; e-mail: 

Ross_A._Rutledge@omb.eop.gov ; fax: 

202–395–3086. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reports Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 4517th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 

Colette.Pollard@HUD.gov; telephone 

(202) 708–2374. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from the Reports Management Officer. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Notice informs the public that the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) has submitted to 

OMB, for emergency processing, an 

information collection package with 

respect to implementing an FHA Energy 

Efficient Mortgage Innovation pilot 

program targeted to the single family 

housing market. The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

117, approved December 16, 2009, 123 

Stat. 3034) (2010 Appropriations Act), 

which appropriated fiscal year 2010 

funds for HUD, among other agencies, 

appropriated $50 million for an Energy 

Innovation Fund to enable HUD to 

catalyze innovations in the residential 

energy efficiency sector that have the 

promise of replicability and help create 

a standardized home energy efficient 

retrofit market. Of the $50 million 

appropriated for the Energy Innovation 

Fund, the 2010 Appropriations Act 

stated that ‘‘$25,000,000 shall be for the 

Energy Efficient Mortgage Innovation 

pilot program directed at the single 

family housing market.’’ (See Pub. L. 

111–117, at 123 Stat. 3089). The FHA 

Home Energy Retrofit Loan Pilot 

Program (Retrofit Pilot Program) is 

designed by HUD to meet this statutory 

directive and provides funding to 

support that effort. Under the Retrofit 

Pilot Program, HUD, through FHAapproved lenders, will insure loans for 

homeowners who are seeking to make 

energy improvements to their homes. 

Lender participation in the Retrofit 

Pilot Program is voluntary. To facilitate 

HUD’s monitoring of lender use of 

incentive payments funds, lenders will 

be required to enter into a pilot program 

agreement with HUD, to report to HUD 

on their use of incentive payments 

funds. 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and 

affecting agencies concerning the 


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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: Federal Housing 

Administration (FHA): Home Energy 

Retrofit Loan Pilot Program. 

Description of Information Collection: 

Lender reporting requirements under 

the Retrofit Pilot Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2502–0596. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of Affected Public: FHAapproved lenders. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of responses, 

and hours of response: An estimation of 

the total number of hours needed to 

prepare the information collection is 

320, number of respondents is 20 

frequency response is annually, and the 

estimated number of hours per response 

is 16. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: March 09, 2011. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6064 Filed 3–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–72–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5489–N–01] 

Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Payments Program—Contract Rent 

Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs), 

Fiscal Year 2011 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Housing 

Act of 1937 requires that assistance 

contracts signed by owners participating 

in the Department’s Section 8 housing 

assistance payment programs provide 

annual adjustment to monthly rentals 

for units covered by the contract. This 

Notice announces revised Contract Rent 

AAFs for adjustment of contract rents 

on assistance contract anniversaries. 

The factors are based on a formula using 

residential rent and utility cost changes 

from the most current annual Bureau of 

Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index 

(CPI) survey. These factors are applied 

at Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) 

contract anniversaries for those calendar 

months commencing after the effective 

date of this Notice. HUD will publish 

‘‘Renewal Funding AAFs,’’ in a separate 

Notice, to be used exclusively for 

renewal funding of tenant-based rental 

assistance, if so required in the fiscal 

year (FY) 2011 HUD Budget. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 16, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Danielle Bastarache, Director, 

Housing Voucher Management, Office of 

Public Housing and Voucher Programs, 

Office of Public and Indian Housing, 

202–708–1380, for questions relating to 

the Project-Based Certificate and 

Moderate Rehabilitation programs (non 

Single Room Occupancy); Ann Oliva, 

Director, Office of Special Needs 

Assistance Programs, Office of 

Community Planning and Development, 

202–708–4300, for questions regarding 

the Single Room Occupancy (SRO) 

Moderate Rehabilitation program; Willie 

Spearmon, Director, Office of Housing 

Assistance and Grant Administration, 

Office of Housing, 202–708–3000, for 

questions relating to all other Section 8 

programs; and Marie L. Lihn, 

Economist, Economic and Market 

Analysis Division, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, 202–708– 

0590, for technical information 

regarding the development of the 

schedules for specific areas or the 

methods used for calculating the AAFs. 

Mailing address for the above persons: 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or 

speech-impaired persons may contact 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

800–877–8339 (TTY). (Other than the 

‘‘800’’ TTY number, the above-listed 

telephone numbers are not toll free.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tables 

showing Contract Rent AAFs will be 

available electronically from the HUD 

data information page at http:// 

www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/ 

aaf.html/FY2011_CR_tables.pdf. 

I. Applying Contract Rent AAFs to 

Various Section 8 Programs 

Contract Rent AAFs established by 

this Notice are used to adjust contract 

rents for units assisted in certain 

Section 8 housing assistance payment 

programs during the initial (i.e., prerenewal) term of the HAP contract and 

for all units in the Project-Based 

Certificate program. There are three 

categories of Section 8 programs that 

use the Contract Rent AAFs: 

Category 1—The Section 8 New 

Construction and Substantial 

Rehabilitation programs and the Section 

8 Moderate Rehabilitation program. 

Category 2—The Section 8 Loan 

Management (LM) and Property 

Disposition (PD) programs. 

Category 3—The Section 8 ProjectBased Certificate (PBC) program. 

Each Section 8 program category uses 

the Contract Rent AAFs differently. The 

specific application of the Contract Rent 

AAFs is determined by the law, the 

HAP contract, and appropriate program 

regulations or requirements. 

AAFs are not used in the following 

cases: 

Renewal Rents. With the exception of 

the Project-Based Certificate program, 

Contract Rent AAFs are not used to 

determine renewal rents after expiration 

of the original Section 8 HAP contract 

(either for projects where the Section 8 

HAP contract is renewed under a 

restructuring plan adopted under 24 

CFR part 401; or renewed without 

restructuring under 24 CFR part 402). In 

general, renewal rents are based on the 

applicable State-by-State operating cost 

adjustment factor (OCAF) published by 

HUD; the OCAF is applied to the 

previous year’s contract rent minus debt 

service. 

Budget-Based Rents. Contract Rent 

AAFs are not used for budget-based rent 

adjustments. For projects receiving 

Section 8 subsidies under the LM 

program (24 CFR part 886, subpart A) 

and for projects receiving Section 8 

subsidies under the PD program (24 CFR 

part 886, subpart C), contract rents are 

adjusted, at HUD’s option, either by 

applying the Contract Rent AAFs or by 

budget-based adjustments in accordance 

with 24 CFR 886.112(b) and 24 CFR 

886.312(b). Budget-based adjustments 

are used for most Section 8/202 projects. 

Certificate Program. In the past, 

Contract Rent AAFs were used to adjust 

the contract rent (including 

manufactured home space rentals) in 

both the tenant-based and project-based 

certificate programs. The tenant-based 

certificate program has been terminated 

and all tenancies in the tenant-based 

certificate program have been converted 


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