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Select. MSP Select vessel oversight 

would consist of risk-based vessel 

examinations, periodic oversight, and 

evaluations of Authorized Class Society 

(ACS) survey activities. 

We request comments from all 

interested parties to ensure that the full 

range and significance of issues related 

to the Coast Guard’s MSP inspection 

process are identified. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 33 CFR 1.05–1. 

Dated: January 12, 2012. 

Paul F. Thomas, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director, 

Prevention Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1004 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Docket ID FEMA–2011–0036] 

Recovery Directorate Fact Sheet 

9580.213, Residential Electrical Meter 

Repair—‘‘Power Up’’ 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) is 

accepting comments on Recovery 

Directorate Fact Sheet 9580.213, 

Residential Electrical Meter Repair— 

‘‘Power Up.’’ 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

February 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments must be 

identified by docket ID FEMA–2011– 

0036 and may be submitted by one of 

the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Please note that this proposed policy is 

not a rulemaking and the Federal 

Rulemaking Portal is being utilized only 

as a mechanism for receiving comments. 

Mail: Regulatory Affairs Division, 

Office of Chief Counsel, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Room 

835, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 

20472–3100. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lu 

Juana Richardson, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–4014, 

LuJuana.Richardson@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

I. Public Participation 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket ID. Regardless of the method 

used for submitting comments or 

material, all submissions will be posted, 

without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to read 

the Privacy Act notice, which can be 

viewed by clicking on the ‘‘Privacy 

Notice’’ link in the footer of 

www.regulations.gov. 

You may submit your comments and 

material by the methods specified in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Please submit 

your comments and any supporting 

material by only one means to avoid the 

receipt and review of duplicate 

submissions. 

Docket: The proposed policy is 

available in docket ID FEMA–2011– 

0036. For access to the docket to read 

background documents or comments 

received, go to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at http://www.regulations.gov and 

search for the docket ID. Submitted 

comments may also be inspected at 

FEMA, Office of Chief Counsel, Room 

835, 500 C Street SW., Washington, DC 

20472. 

II. Background 

Under the authority of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act and implementing 

regulations, FEMA may direct or 

reimburse activities to save lives, 

protect property and public health and 

safety, and lessen or avert the threat of 

a catastrophe. Under that authority, 

FEMA may fund the repair of residential 

electrical meters damaged in a major 

disaster or emergency, when warranted 

by the incident and necessary to meet 

the immediate needs of disaster 

survivors. ‘‘Power Up’’ is intended to 

reduce the number of displaced disaster 

survivors needing shelter and allow for 

a faster recovery. 

FEMA may provide this assistance to 

State, Tribal and local governments 

under the Public Assistance (PA) 

Program in the areas designated by a 

major disaster or emergency declaration 

where Individual Assistance (IA) has 

not been declared by the President. 

Reimbursement will be at the Federal 

cost share rate established in the 

Presidential declaration, which is 

generally 75%. If IA has been declared 

by the President, the IA Program will 

reimburse eligible residential meter 

repair to avoid any potential duplication 

of benefits. 

FEMA seeks comment on the 

proposed policy, which is available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov in 

docket ID FEMA–2011–0036. Based on 

the comments received, FEMA may 

make appropriate revisions to the 

proposed policy. Although FEMA will 

consider any comments received in the 

drafting of the final policy, FEMA will 

not provide a response-to-comments 

document. When or if FEMA issues a 

final policy, FEMA will publish a notice 

of availability in the Federal Register 

and make the final policy available at 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 5121–5207; 44 CFR 

part 206. 

David J. Kaufman, 

Director, Office of Policy and Program 

Analysis, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2012–931 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–23–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5609–N–01] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment: Choice 

Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase I 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: March 19, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent 

electronically to Paul.A.Joice@hud.gov 

or in hard copy to: Paul Joice, Office of 

Policy Development and Research, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 

8120, Washington, DC 20410–6000. 

Please use ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods 

Evaluation PRA Comment’’ in the 

subject line of any email. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Joice at (202) 402–4608 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or 

Paul.A.Joice@hud.gov, for copies of the 

proposed forms and other available 

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documents. Please use ‘‘Choice 

Neighborhoods Evaluation PRA 

Comment’’ in the subject line of any 

email. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development will submit the proposed 

extension of 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 

Neighborhoods Evaluation, Phase I. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: HUD is 

conducting an evaluation of the Choice 

Neighborhoods Initiative, focused on 

the initial round of grants funded in 

August 2011. This evaluation requires 

the collection of information from 

households living in the Choice 

Neighborhoods sites. This proposed 

information collection will support the 

first phase of the evaluation, which is 

focused on studying implementation of 

the grants and establishing a baseline for 

long-term evaluation of program 

outcomes. The information collection is 

necessary to understand the experience 

of the residents in the Choice 

Neighborhood sites. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of the Affected Public: This 

information collection request will 

affect residents in assisted and 

unassisted housing in each of the sites. 

We will use a longitudinal resident 

tracking survey to examine resident 

outcomes over time. To monitor 

outcomes for assisted housing residents, 

the research team proposes conducting 

a multi-wave survey that tracks a 

representative sample of the original 

assisted housing residents during 

implementation and revitalization of the 

site. The survey will track outcomes of 

interest, including housing location and 

quality; and resident physical and 

mental health, safety, employment, and 

education. 

To assess the outcomes of assisted 

residents, we will sample from the 

public housing developments at each 

site, including residents at the time of 

the survey as well as residents who 

relocated during 2012. We will 

oversample special populations (e.g., 

disabled, seniors, large families, or 

limited English proficiency households) 

when appropriate. Our research design 

calls for the collection of a random 

sample at the Chicago and New Orleans 

sites, and assumes 250 completed 

surveys. At the Boston site we will 

obtain 100 completed surveys (i.e., as 

complete coverage as possible of the 

occupied units, with no oversampling). 

In the event that funding becomes 

available to support a survey of assisted 

residents at the Seattle and San 

Francisco sites, we will obtain 250 

completed surveys at each site. 

To allow for comparisons between 

assisted-households in units that will be 

transformed by the CNI and those in the 

neighborhood, the content of the 

unassisted resident survey and the 

assisted-resident will be as similar as 

possible. Part of this task will be to 

define the appropriate neighborhood 

boundary for the survey. Our goal is to 

have a minimum of 250 completed 

interviews with unassisted residents, 

with a larger sample in sites with bigger 

neighborhoods. Units will be drawn 

from a random sample of housing units 

in the defined neighborhood. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The following chart 

details the respondent burden: 

Assisted 

households 

Other households Total households Hours per 

response Total hours 

New Orleans ........................................................................ 250 250 500 .75 375 

Chicago ................................................................................ 250 250 500 .75 375 

Boston .................................................................................. 100 250 350 .75 262.5 

Seattle .................................................................................. 250 250 500 .75 375 

San Francisco ...................................................................... 250 250 500 .75 375 

Total .............................................................................. 1,100 1,250 2,350 .75 1,762.5 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

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

as amended. 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1006 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5415–FA–35] 

Announcement of Funding Awards for 

the Rural Innovation Fund Program for 

Fiscal Year 2010 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Announcement of funding 

awards. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102(a)(4)(C) of the Department of 

Housing and Urban Development 

Reform Act of 1989, this announcement 

notifies the public of funding decisions 

made by the Department in a 

competition for funding under the 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Rural 

Housing and Economic Development 

Program. This announcement contains 

the names of the awardees and the 

amounts of the awards made available 

by HUD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Valerie Piper, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Economic Development, 

Office of Community Planning and 

Development, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

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