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submitting comments by e-mail please 

make sure to add Civics and Citizenship 

Toolkit/Teacher Training Registration in 

the subject box. Written comments and 

suggestions from the public and affected 

agencies 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: 

New information collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: Civics 

and Citizenship Toolkit/Teacher 

Training Registration. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: No Form 

Number; File No. OMB–58. 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. This information collection 

is necessary to register for training and 

to obtain a toolkit. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Citizenship Toolkit: 7,000 

responses at 10 minutes (.166 hours) per 

response. Teacher Training Registration: 

1,100 responses at 10 minutes (.166 

hours) per response. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 1,344 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, Clearance 

Officer, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2020; 

Telephone 202–272–8377. 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Sunday Aigbe, 

Chief, Regulatory Products Division, Office 

of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6782 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5487–N–01] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment Choice 

Neighborhoods 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended). The 

Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal, to 

assure better understanding of the 

reporting requirements and consistency 

in the submission of data. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 23, 

2011. 

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. 

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. (Other than the HUD 

USER information line and TTY 

numbers, telephone numbers are not 

toll-free.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 

Programs and Legislative Initiatives, 

PIH, Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

(L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202– 

402–4109, (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: Choice 

Neighborhood. 

OMB Control Number: 2577–0269. 

Description of Information Collection: 

This is a revised information collection. 

The Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Appropriations Act, 2010 

(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. 

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 2011. The 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

will contain the selection criteria for 

awarding Choice Neighborhoods grants 

and specific requirements that will 

apply to selected grantees. 

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 wellfunctioning 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 HUDassisted housing developments through 

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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. HUD is working 

with other Federal agencies to integrate 

Choice Neighborhoods with other 

Federal place-based programs. 

Agency Form Number: 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 burden hours per 

response total to 68.09 for 

Implementation Grant applications and 

34.59 for Planning Grant applications. 

The total burden hours, estimating 150 

respondents for both application is 

6,864. 

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: March 15, 2011. 

Merrie Nichols-Dixon, 

Deputy Director for Office of Policy, Programs 

and Legislative Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6764 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5498–N–01] 

Reallocation of American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act Capital Funds— 

Capital Fund Grant Program Under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery 

Act) included a $4 billion appropriation 

of Capital Funds for public housing 

agencies (PHAs) to carry out capital and 

management activities, as authorized 

under section 9 of the United States 

Housing Act of 1937 (the 1937 Act). The 

Recovery Act required that $3 billion of 

these funds be distributed as formula 

funds and the remaining $1 billion be 

distributed through a competitive 

process. HUD obligated approximately 

$2.985 million in formula funds to 

PHAs on March 18, 2009. On May 7, 

2009, HUD posted on its Web site its 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA), 

which launched the competitive 

distribution of Capital Funds. In 

September 2009, HUD announced the 

award of $995 million in Capital Fund 

Recovery Competition (CFRC) Grants. In 

accordance with the Recovery Act, HUD 

was required to reallocate any Recovery 

Act Capital Funds that were returned 

prior to the initial obligation deadline 

and/or recaptured. 

After award, a number of grantees 

were subsequently unable to meet the 

NOFA and Recovery Act criteria and 

approximately $14 million in CFRC 

funds were recaptured. Additionally, 

another $3.2 million in Capital Fund 

Recovery Grant (CFRG) funds that were 

unable to meet the obligation deadline 

were recaptured. Since the Act required 

that HUD redistribute any grant funds 

that were not in compliance, 

$17,161,649.00 was awarded to pending 

Recovery Act PHA applicants who had 

applied for funding under Category 4, 

Option 2 of the NOFA Creation of 

Energy Efficient, Green Communities, 

consistent with the Department’s 

objective of promoting energy 

efficiency. This notice announces the 

grantees that received the reallocated 

funds. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dominique G. Blom, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public Housing 

Investments, Office of Public and Indian 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4130, Washington, DC, 

20410–400, telephone number 202–402– 

8500 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Persons with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through the TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NOFA for HUD’s CFRC Grants program 

made available $995 million to PHAs for 

capital and management activities as 

authorized under section 9 of the 1937 

Act in accordance with four funding 

categories: (1) Improvements addressing 

the needs of the elderly and/or persons 

with disabilities; (2) public housing 

transformation; (3) gap financing for 

projects that are stalled due to financing 

issues; and (4) creation of energy 

efficient, green communities. 

In accordance with the Recovery Act 

(Pub. L. 111–5, approved February 17, 

2009), PHAs had to give priority to 

capital projects that could award 

contracts based on bids within 120 days 

from the date the funds were made 

available to the PHAs and had to 

prioritize capital projects that were 

already underway or included in the 

5-year Capital Fund plans required by 

the 1937 Act. Additionally, funds had to 

supplement and not supplant 

expenditures from other Federal, State, 

or local sources or funds independently 

generated by the grantee. Finally, the 

Recovery Act provided for alternate 

obligation and expenditure deadlines 

(and penalties) as follows: 

(1) HUD must obligate the CFRC grant 

funding to grantees by September 30, 

2009. 

(2) PHAs must obligate 100 percent of 

the grant funds awarded under this 

NOFA within 1 year of the date on 

which funds become available to the 

PHA for obligation (which is the 

effective date of the Annual 

Contributions Contract (ACC) 

amendment). If a PHA fails to comply 

with the 1-year obligation requirement, 

the Recovery Act required HUD to 

recapture all remaining unobligated 

funds awarded to the PHA, and to 

reallocate the recaptured funds to PHAs 

that are in compliance with the 

Recovery Act’s obligation requirement. 

(3) PHAs must expend at least 60 

percent of the grant funds within 2 years 

of the date on which funds become 

available to the PHA for obligation 

(which is the effective date of the ACC 

amendment). If a PHA fails to comply 

with the 2-year expenditure 

requirement, the Recovery Act required 

HUD to recapture the balance of the 

funds awarded to the PHA, and to 

reallocate the recaptured funds to PHAs 

that are in compliance with the 

Recovery Act’s 2-year expenditure 

requirement. 

(4) PHAs must expend 100 percent of 

the grant funds within 3 years of the 

date on which funds become available 

to the PHA for obligation (which is the 

effective date of the ACC amendment). 

If a PHA fails to comply with the 3-year 

expenditure requirement, the Recovery 

Act required HUD to recapture the 

balance of the funds awarded to the 

PHA, and to reallocate the recaptured 

funds to PHAs that are in compliance 

with the Recovery Act’s 3-year 

expenditure requirement. 


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