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contractor acceptability, and 

construction cost. Documentation from 

operators/managers of health care 

facilities is also required as part of the 

application for firm commitment for 

mortgage insurance. Project owners/ 

sponsors may apply for permission to 

commence construction prior to initial 

endorsement. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 6, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2502–0029) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; e-mail OIRA– 

Submission@omb.eop.gov fax: 202–395– 

5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 

e-mail Colette Pollard at 

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov; or telephone 

(202) 402–3400. This is not a toll-free 

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development has submitted to OMB a 

request for approval of the Information 

collection described below. This notice 

is soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affecting 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: Multifamily Project 

Applications and Construction Prior to 

Initial Endorsement. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0029. 

Form Numbers: HUD–92466 R3, 

HUD–92408M, HUD–92264 R1, HUD– 

92466 R2, HUD–92466 R4, HUD– 

92466M, HUD–92452, HUD–1006, 

HUD–2880, HUD–91708, HUD–92013, 

HUD–92013–SUPP, HUD–92013–E, 

HUD–92264, HUD–92264–A, HUD– 

92273, HUD–92274, HUD 92329, HUD 

92331, HUD 92447, HUD 92326, HUD 

92485, HUD 92415, HUD–92010. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: 

The information from sponsors and 

general contractors, and submitted by a 

HUD-approved mortgagee, is needed to 

determine project feasibility, mortgagor/ 

contractor acceptability, and 

construction cost. Documentation from 

operators/managers of health care 

facilities is also required as part of the 

application for firm commitment for 

mortgage insurance. Project owners/ 

sponsors may apply for permission to 

commence construction prior to initial 

endorsement. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion, Other Required with each 

project application. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................................. 28,612 12.250 0.0097 3,432 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,432. 

Status: Revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: March 30,2011. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement 

Record of Decision (ROD) for 

Authorizing the Use of Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Sand 

Resources in National Aeronautics and 

Space Administration’s Wallops Flight 

Facility Shoreline Restoration and 

Infrastructure Protection Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEMRE), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

the Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: BOEMRE has issued a ROD to 

authorize the use of OCS sand resources 

in National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration’s (NASA’s) Wallops 

Flight Facility (WFF) Shoreline 

Restoration and Infrastructure 

Protection Program (SRIPP). The ROD 

documents the Bureau’s decision in 

selecting the Preferred Alternative 

described in NASA’s Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (PEIS) for the WFF SRIPP 

(October 2010). BOEMRE will enter into 

a negotiated agreement with NASA for 

the purpose of making sand available 

from a shoal on the OCS for placement 

on the beach in support of the WFF 

SRIPP’s initial beach fill, following the 

mandated 30-day wait period from the 

date of the issuance of the ROD. 

BOEMRE is announcing the availability 

of this ROD, in accordance with the 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management in BOEMRE 

signed the ROD on March 2, 2011. 

Authority: This NOA of the ROD is 

published pursuant to the regulations (40 

CFR 1506.6) implementing the provisions of 

the NEPA of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of NASA’s WFF SRIPP and 

BOEMRE’s Connected Action 

NASA has proposed the SRIPP to 

reduce the potential for damage to, or 

loss of, NASA, U.S. Navy, and 

Commonwealth of Virginia assets on 

Wallops Island from storm-induced 

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wave impacts and coastal erosion. 

Under the SRIPP, NASA will extend an 

existing seawall and implement an 

initial beach fill in late 2011 with renourishment projects about every 5 

years. The goal of SRIPP is to provide 

long-term protection of essential assets, 

including facilities and infrastructure on 

the WFF (such as rocket launch pads, 

runways, and launch control centers) 

valued at over $1 billion. The purpose 

of BOEMRE’s connected action is to 

respond to a request for use of OCS sand 

in the initial beach fill, under the 

authority granted to the Department of 

the Interior by the Outer Continental 

Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) (43 U.S.C. 

1337(k)(2)). Under OCSLA, BOEMRE 

can convey, on a noncompetitive basis, 

the rights to use OCS sand, gravel, or 

shell resources for use in a program for 

shoreline protection or beach restoration 

undertaken by a Federal, State, or local 

government agency (43 U.S.C. 

1337(k)(2)). The Proposed Action is 

necessary because BOEMRE has a 

directive to authorize the use of OCS 

sand resources for the purpose of shore 

protection and beach restoration. The 

Secretary of the Interior delegated the 

authority granted in the OCSLA to 

BOEMRE. 

Record of Decision 

BOEMRE’s decision is supported by 

the comprehensive analysis presented 

in NASA’s Final PEIS, which was 

published in October 2010. NASA 

published their ROD in December 2010. 

BOEMRE and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE) served as 

cooperating agencies in preparing the 

PEIS. Due to the specialized expertise of 

the USACE, USACE is acting as a 

technical partner for NASA. 

The PEIS assessed the physical, 

biological, and social/human impacts of 

the proposed project and considered a 

wide range of structural and nonstructural alternatives, including a noaction alternative, as well as impacts 

from proposed mitigation. The PEIS was 

developed cooperatively to fulfill all 

three Federal agencies’ obligations 

under NEPA and the environmental 

impacts of their connected actions were 

encompassed in the analysis. As NASA 

is the lead agency and BOEMRE is a 

cooperating agency for the proposed 

action, BOEMRE independently 

reviewed and adopted the PEIS 

prepared by NASA (43 CFR 46.120). 

The ROD summarizes the alternatives 

considered by BOEMRE, the decision 

BOEMRE made, the basis for the 

decision, the environmentally preferred 

alternative, required mitigation 

measures, and the process NASA, as the 

lead Federal agency, and the USACE 

and BOEMRE as cooperating agencies, 

undertook to involve the public and 

other Federal and State agencies. The 

decision identifies and adopts 

mitigation measures and monitoring 

requirements enforceable by BOEMRE 

and deemed practicable to avoid or 

minimize the environmental harm that 

could result from the project. In NASA’s 

ROD, NASA and USACE committed to 

implement the mitigation measures and 

monitoring requirements also identified 

in BOEMRE’s ROD. This action is taken 

with the understanding that any 

proposed use of OCS sand in future 

beach re-nourishment activities by 

NASA will require a new negotiated 

agreement and an updated 

environmental analysis. 

Availability of the ROD 

To obtain a printed copy of the ROD, 

you may contact BOEMRE, 

Environmental Division (MS 4042), 381 

Elden Street, Herndon, Virginia 20170. 

An electronic copy of the ROD is 

available at BOEMRE’s Web site at: 

[http://www.boemre.gov/sandandgravel/

MarineMineralProjects.htm]. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James F. Bennett, Bureau of Ocean 

Energy Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, Environmental Division, 

381 Elden Street, MS 4042, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170, (703) 787–1660, 

jfbennett@boemre.gov. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Robert P. LaBelle, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore, Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Geological Survey 

[Billing Code: 2011–GX11GG009950000] 

National Earthquake Prediction 

Evaluation Council (NEPEC) 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 96– 

472, the National Earthquake Prediction 

Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold a 

1-day meeting on April 16, 2011. The 

meeting will be held at the Crowne 

Plaza Memphis Downtown, 300 North 

Second Street, Memphis, Tennessee 

38105. The Council is comprised of 

members from academia and the Federal 

Government. The Council shall advise 

the Director of the U.S. Geological 

Survey on proposed earthquake 

predictions, on the completeness and 

scientific validity of the available data 

related to earthquake predictions, and 

on related matters as assigned by the 

Director. Additional information about 

the Council may be found at: http:// 

earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/nepec/. 

At the meeting, the Council will 

receive a report from the Independent 

Expert Panel on New Madrid Seismic 

Zone Earthquake Hazards, a 

subcommittee charged with 

commenting on the level of hazard 

posed by future large earthquakes in the 

region and on priorities for future 

research to better constrain that hazard. 

The Council may also receive briefings 

on other topics relating to earthquakes 

in the Central U.S., on earthquake 

swarms recently active in Arkansas, on 

communication of seismic hazard in the 

Pacific Northwest, on the project 

intended to deliver an updated Uniform 

California Earthquake Rupture Forecast 

(UCERF3) in summer 2012, on the 

recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, 

and on other topics. 

Workshops and meetings of the 

NEPEC are open to the public. A draft 

workshop agenda is available on request 

(contact information below). In order to 

ensure sufficient seating and hand-outs, 

it is requested that visitors pre-register 

by April 13. Members of the public 

wishing to make a statement to the 

Council should provide notice of that 

intention by April 13 so that time may 

be allotted in the agenda. 

DATES: April 16, 2011, commencing at 

8:30 a.m. and adjourning at 5:30 p.m. 

Times are approximate; guests are 

encouraged to contact the Executive 

Secretary for a copy of the agenda. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Michael Blanpied, Executive Secretary, 

National Earthquake Prediction 

Evaluation Council U.S. Geological 

Survey, MS 905, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192, (703) 

648–6696, E-mail: mblanpied@usgs.gov. 

Dated: March 30, 2011. 

David J. Newman, 

USGS Federal Register Liaison. 

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