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and receive written assurances from the 

entity that it is approved by the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection to 

conduct the specific gauger service 

requested. Alternatively, inquires 

regarding the specific gauger service this 

entity is approved to perform may be 

directed to the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection by calling (202) 344–1060. 

The inquiry may also be sent to 

cbp.labhq@dhs.gov. Please reference the 

Web site listed below for a complete 

listing of CBP approved gaugers and 

accredited laboratories. http://cbp.gov/ 

xp/cgov/import/operations_support/ 

labs_scientific_svcs/ 

commercial_gaugers/. 

DATES: The approval of Saybolt LP, as 

commercial gauger became effective on 

June 29, 2010. The next triennial 

inspection date will be scheduled for 

June 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Malana, Laboratories and 

Scientific Services, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Suite 1500N, 

Washington, DC 20229, 202–344–1060. 

Dated: November 8, 2010. 

Ira S. Reese, 

Executive Director, Laboratories and 

Scientific Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29171 Filed 11–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5832–N–14] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment: 2011 

Rental Housing Finance Survey 

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 of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). The 

Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 18, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments on this 

interim rule to the Regulations Division, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

Communications must refer to the above 

docket number and title. There are two 

methods for submitting public 

comments. All submissions must refer 

to the above docket number and title. 

1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

2. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. HUD 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit comments electronically. 

Electronic submission of comments 

allows the commenter maximum time to 

prepare and submit a comment, ensures 

timely receipt by HUD, and enables 

HUD to make them immediately 

available to the public. Comments 

submitted electronically through the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site can 

be viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Note: To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be submitted 

through one of the two methods specified 

above. Again, all submissions must refer to 

the docket number and title of the rule. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(FAX) comments are not acceptable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Y. Chi, Office of Economic 

Affairs, Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; via 

telephone (202) 402–6534 (this is not a 

toll-free number); via e-mail at 

Wendy.Y.Chi@hud.gov. 

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: 2011 Rental 

Housing Finance Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0000–0000. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS) 

provides a measure of financial, 

mortgage, and property characteristics 

of multifamily rental housing properties 

in the United States. The RHFS focuses 

on mortgage financing of multifamily 

rental housing properties, with 

emphasis on new originations for 

purchase, capital improvement, 

refinancing, and the loan terms and 

property characteristics associated with 

these originations. 

The RHFS will collect data on 

property values of residential structures, 

characteristics of residential structures, 

rental status and rental value of units 

within the residential structures, 

commercial use of space within 

residential structures, property 

management status, ownership status, a 

detailed assessment of mortgage 

financing, and benefits received from 

federal, state, local, and nongovernmental programs. Many of the 

questions are the same or similar to 

those found on the 1995 Property 

Owners and Managers Survey and the 

rental housing portion of the 2001 

Residential Finance Survey. This survey 

does not duplicate work done in other 

existing HUD surveys or studies that are 

pertinent to mortgage finance of 

multifamily rental properties. 

Policy analysts, program managers, 

budget analysts, and Congressional staff 

can use the survey’s results to advise 

executive and legislative branches about 

the mortgage finance characteristics of 

the multifamily rental housing stock in 

the United States and the suitability of 

public policy initiatives. Academic 

researchers and private organizations 

will also be able to utilize the data to 

facilitate their research and projects. 

The Department of Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD) needs the 

RHFS data for the following two 

reasons: 

1. This is the only data source that 

provides a comprehensive picture of 

mortgage financing of the multifamily 

rental properties with two or more 

units. 

2. With the data, HUD can gain a 

better understanding of mortgage 


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origination volumes, loan and property 

characteristics associated with these 

originations, and operating cost and 

revenue characteristics for the 

multifamily rental housing stock in the 

United States. This information will 

help HUD to evaluate, monitor, and 

design national housing policies, 

priorities, and programs affecting the 

entire spectrum of the multifamily 

rental stock. 

Agency Form Numbers: 

000000000000. 

Members of affected public: Owners 

and managers of rental properties. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 

Number of Respondents: 3,600. 

Estimate of Responses per 

Respondent: 1 every 2 years. 

Time (minutes) per respondent: 30. 

Total hours to respond: 1800. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval. 

Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 9(a), and 

Title 12, U.S.C., Section 1701z–1 et seq. 

Dated: November 12, 2010. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29276 Filed 11–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5376–N–110] 

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: December 

3, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within zero (0) days from the 

date of this Notice. Comments should 

refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 

approval number) and should be sent to: 

Ross A. Rutledge, 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: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 4517th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 

Colette.Pollard@HUD.gov; 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 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 evaluation of lender performance 

and assessment of the success and 

replicability of the pilot program, HUD 

will select lenders to participate in the 

program. To be eligible for participation, 

lenders must submit an Expression of 

Interest that demonstrates the eligibility 

of the lender to participate in the 

Retrofit Pilot Program. 

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: Federal Housing 

Administration (FHA): Home Energy 

Retrofit Loan Pilot Program. 

Description of Information Collection: 

Lender eligibility to participate in the 

Retrofit Pilot Program. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of Affected Public: FHAapproved lenders. 

Estimation of the total number 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 

600, the estimated number of 

respondents is 15, the frequency 

response is one time, and the estimated 

number of hours per response is 40. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: November 16, 2010. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29274 Filed 11–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5375–N–45] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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