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Date Granted: August 13, 2010. 

Reason Waived: The participant, who is 

disabled, required a wheelchair-accessible 

unit. To provide this reasonable 

accommodation so the client could be 

assisted in this unit and pay no more than 

40 percent of her adjusted income toward the 

family share, the GFHA was allowed to 

approve an exception payment standard that 

exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent 

of the FMR. 

Contact: Laure Rawson, Acting Director, 

Housing Voucher Management and 

Operations Division, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of 

Public and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 4210, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708– 

0477. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d). 

Project/Activity: Lincoln Housing 

Authority (LHA), Lincoln, RI. 

Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation 

at 24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a public 

housing agency may only approve a higher 

payment standard for a family as a reasonable 

accommodation if the higher payment 

standard is within the basic range of 90 to 

110 percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for 

the unit size. 

Granted by: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: August 13, 2010. 

Reason Waived: The applicant, who is 

disabled, needed a unit that is free of 

chemical fumes. To provide this reasonable 

accommodation so the client could be 

assisted in this unit and pay no more than 

40 percent of her adjusted income toward the 

family share, the LHA was allowed to 

approve an exception payment standard that 

exceeded the basic range of 90 to 110 percent 

of the FMR. 

Contact: Laure Rawson, Acting Director, 

Housing Voucher Management and 

Operations Division, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of 

Public and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 4210, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708– 

0477. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 982.505(d). 

Project/Activity: Northeast Oregon Housing 

Authority (NOHA), La Grande, OR. 

Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation 

at 24 CFR 982.505(d) states that a public 

housing agency may only approve a higher 

payment standard for a family as a reasonable 

accommodation if the higher payment 

standard is within the basic range of 90 to 

110 percent of the fair market rent (FMR) for 

the unit size. 

Granted by: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: August 17, 2010. 

Reason Waived: The participant, who is 

disabled, needed a unit that is wheelchairaccessible with yard space for a service dog 

in order to provide reasonable 

accommodation. To provide this reasonable 

accommodation so the client could be 

assisted in this current unit and pay no more 

than 40 percent of her adjusted income 

toward the family share, the NOHA was 

allowed to approve an exception payment 

standard that exceeded the basic range of 90 

to 110 percent of the FMR. 

Contact: Laure Rawson, Acting Director, 

Housing Voucher Management and 

Operations Division, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of 

Public and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 4210, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708– 

0477. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 983.55(b). 

Project/Activity: Minneapolis Public 

Housing Authority (MPHA), Minneapolis, 

MN. 

Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation 

at 24 CFR 983.55(b) states that the public 

housing agency may not enter an agreement 

to enter into a housing assistance payments 

contract (AHAP) until HUD or an 

independent entity approved by HUD has 

conducted any required subsidy layering 

review and determined that the project-based 

voucher assistance is in accordance with 

HUD subsidy layering requirements. 

Granted by: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: September 2, 2010. 

Reason Waived: This waiver was granted 

because MPHA misunderstood the 

requirements and did not attempt to avoid 

compliance. The project also complied with 

HUD’s strategic goal of increasing the number 

of affordable housing for families. 

Contact: Laure Rawson, Acting Director, 

Housing Voucher Management and 

Operations Division, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of 

Public and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 4210, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708– 

0477. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 983.58(d)(1)(i), 

983.152(b), and 983.153(a) and (b). 

Project/Activity: Minneapolis Public 

Housing Authority (MPHA), Minneapolis, 

MN. 

Nature of Requirement: The first regulation 

prohibits the public housing agency (PHA) 

from entering into an Agreement to Enter into 

a HAP Contract (AHAP) or starting 

construction until such time as the 

responsible entity has completed the 

environmental review and HUD has 

approved the environmental certification and 

request for release of funds. The second 

regulation requires that a PHA enter into an 

AHAP in which the owner agrees to develop 

the contract units to comply with housing 

quality standards (HQS) and the PHA agrees 

that, upon timely completion of such 

development in accordance with the terms of 

the AHAP, the PHA will enter into a HAP 

contract with the owner for the units. The 

third regulation states that: (a) The PHA may 

not enter the AHAP with the owner until the 

subsidy layering review is completed; and (b) 

the PHA may not enter the AHAP with the 

owner until the environmental review is 

completed and the PHA has received the 

environmental approval. 

Granted by: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: August 13, 2010. 

Reason Waived: The waiver was granted 

based on the documentation that was 

reviewed by the field office showing that 

environmental review requirements were met 

and that the developer complied with the 

requirements under the AHAP, as well as the 

fact that without a commitment of PBV 

assistance the viability of six projects as 

affordable housing to replace the significant 

loss of affordable housing units as a result of 

Hurricane Katrina would be in jeopardy. 

Contact: Laure Rawson, Acting Director, 

Housing Voucher Management and 

Operations Division, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of 

Public and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 4210, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708– 

0477. 

• Regulation: 24 CFR 983.152(a) and 

983.153(c). 

Project/Activity: Housing Authority of the 

City of Los Angeles (HACLA), Los Angeles, 

CA. 

Nature of Requirement: HUD’s regulation 

at 983.152(a) requires that a public housing 

agency (PHA) must enter into an Agreement 

to Enter into a Housing Assistance Payments 

(AHAP) Contract in a form required by HUD. 

HUD’s regulation at 24 CFR 983.153(c) 

requires prompt execution of the AHAP after 

PHA notice of proposal selection to the 

selected owner. 

Granted by: Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian Housing. 

Date Granted: August 17, 2010. 

Reason Waived: The waivers were granted 

because the owner certified that the 

developer complied with the requirements 

under the AHAP, and because the unique 

circumstances surrounding the need for PBV 

assistance for the project as an integral piece 

of a much larger funding commitment to 

serve low-income elderly, homeless and 

special needs populations 

Contact: Laure Rawson, Acting Director, 

Housing Voucher Management and 

Operations Division, Office of Public 

Housing and Voucher Programs, Office of 

Public and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 4210, 

Washington, DC 20410; telephone (202) 708– 

0477. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[USGS–GX11CY00STF0000] 

Strengthening the Scientific 

Understanding of Climate Change 

Impacts on Freshwater Resources of 

the United States 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of feedback. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Geological 

Survey (USGS), announce the 


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availability for public comment of draft 

report titled ‘‘Strengthening the 

Scientific Understanding of Climate 

Change Impacts on Freshwater 

Resources of the United States’’. The 

report reviews key issues related to 

freshwater resource data and climate 

change and identifies next steps to 

improve the Nation’s capacity to detect 

and predict changes in freshwater 

resources that are likely to result from 

a changing climate. 

DATES: We must receive any written 

comments on or before April 22, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: We have posted our draft 

report at http://acwi.gov/ 

Rpt.Congress3.18.11.pdf. You may 

submit comments to tschertz@usgs.gov 

(e-mail). Please include ‘‘9506 Report’’ in 

the subject line of the message, and your 

full name and return address in the 

body of your message. Please note that 

we will not respond to any e-mail 

messages once the public comment 

period closes. Alternatively, you may 

submit comments or recommendations 

by mail to: T. Schertz; U.S. Geological 

Survey; 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 

412; Reston, VA 20192. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T. 

Schertz, 703–648–6864. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

report was prepared in response to 

Section 9506 of Public Law 111–11 by 

an interagency team of water data 

program managers and scientists. The 

interagency team cooperated with the 

Subcommittee on Water Availability 

and Quality (SWAQ), an interagency 

subcommittee of the National Science 

and Technology Council (NSTC) 

Committee on Environment Natural 

Resources, and Sustainability (CENRS) 

and the Federal Interagency Climate 

Change Adaptation Task Force and its 

Water Resources Workgroup. The 

interagency team also collaborated with 

a range of interested parties including 

the Advisory Committee on Water 

Information (ACWI). The interagency 

team consisted of representatives from 

the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, U.S. Global Change 

Program, and Council on Environmental 

Quality. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

You can ask us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, but we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: March 25, 2011. 

David J. Newman, 

USGS Federal Register Liaison. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Renewal of Agency Information 

Collection for Application for Job 

Placement and Training Services; 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of Indian Energy & Economic 

Development (IEED) is seeking 

comments on renewal of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for the collection of 

information for the Application for Job 

Placement and Training Services. The 

information collection is currently 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0062, which expires on March 31, 

2011. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 2, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to the 

Desk Officer for Department of the 

Interior at the Office of Management and 

Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 

or you may send an e-mail to: 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

send a copy of your comments to 

Francis Dunne, Division of Workforce 

Development, Office of Indian Energy 

and Economic Development, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Mail Stop 

SIB/20, Washington, DC 20240, e-mail 

Francis.Dunne@bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Francis Dunne, Division of Workforce 

Development at (202) 219–5270. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The IEED is seeking renewal of the 

approval for the information collection 

conducted under 25 CFR part 26 to 

administer the job placement and 

training program, which provides 

vocational/technical training, related 

counseling, guidance, job placement 

services, and limited financial 

assistance to Indian individuals who are 

not less than 18 years old and who 

reside within the Department of the 

Interior (DOI) approved service areas. 

This information collection includes a 

form: BIA–8205, Application for Job 

Placement and/or Training Assistance. 

Approval for this collection expires 

March 31, 2011. 

This renewal will adjust the responses 

and burden hours that are currently 

approved to correct for a database entry 

error that occurred in the last 

submission that quadrupled the number 

of responses and burden hours. The 60- 

day notice and 30-day notice for the 

current approval reflected the current 

number of responses and burden hours, 

as does this notice. The database will be 

corrected to reflect these figures through 

a change due to adjustment in agency 

estimate. 

II. Request for Comments 

The IEED requests that you send your 

comments on this collection to the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

Your comments should address: (a) The 

necessity of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

agencies, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden (hours and cost) of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the respondents, 

such as through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or conduct, an individual need 

not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. This information 

collection expires March 31, 2011. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section 

during the hours of 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday 

except for legal holidays. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address or other personally 

identifiable information, be advised that 

your entire comment—including your 

personally identifiable information— 

may be made public at any time. While 

you may request that we withhold your 

personally identifiable information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 


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