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concluded, the system would be shut 

down and removed. 

The USCG proposes to use HF and 

UHF SONAR technology from mobile 

platforms nationwide. Mobile platforms 

include ships, boats, remotely operated 

vehicles (ROVs), and autonomous 

underwater vehicles (AUVs). 

Additionally, SONAR could be towed 

by a boat (i.e., a torpedo-shaped 

‘‘towfish’’), lowered from a boat on a 

pole, or temporarily fixed to a pier or a 

pile. Impacts on the seafloor from ROV 

and AUV operations would not be 

significant. ROVs would be used 

pierside or at a location appropriate for 

conducting vessel inspections. An 

appropriate location for inspection 

would be at a water depth that would 

preclude seafloor disturbance. As such, 

ROVs and AUVs would usually be 

suspended in the water column and 

would rarely contact the seafloor. 

Typically, ROVs and AUVs would be 

used in open, navigable waterways or 

safe anchorages. However, an ROV or 

AUV might contact the seafloor if there 

is a suspected threat on the seafloor that 

needs to be investigated; such contact 

would be short-term and transient in 

nature. 

Although selected HF and UHF 

SONAR systems could be employed by 

any USCG unit to accomplish a mission, 

the USCG does not intend to 

permanently equip or outfit every USCG 

unit with SONAR capability. The HF 

and UHF SONAR systems selected 

could be powered using existing USCG 

power supplies such as public electrical 

distribution grids, shipboard electrical 

power, or portable generators (e.g., 

Honda 1,000-watt generator). 

Scope of the Programmatic 

Environmental Assessment 

The scope of the PEA focuses on 

potential impacts associated with the 

anticipated use of the HF and UHF 

SONAR systems to accomplish USCG 

mission activities. The PEA addresses 

potential impacts on living marine 

resources based on these operating 

criteria. Supplemental, follow-on NEPA 

documentation or additional 

consultations with appropriate resource 

authorities would be required if sitespecific, non-mobile operating scenarios 

or newly developed technologies fall 

outside of the scope of this assessment. 

The scope of the PEA encompasses 

geographic locations where the systems 

are expected to operate. 

The SONAR technology systems 

would be available for use by the USCG 

within all areas under USCG 

jurisdiction along the U.S. continental 

coastline, the Great Lakes, Hawaii, 

Alaska, United States territories, and 

inland operating areas. The inland 

operating areas would include existing 

harbor infrastructure and adjacent 

inland waters, including the St. 

Lawrence Seaway, the Great Lakes, and 

western and inland river systems. The 

offshore operating areas would include 

areas up to 12 nautical miles offshore 

and most areas shoreward. Normal 

locations for deployments would 

include the ports and waterways of the 

nation’s top tiered militarily and 

economically significant ports. 

Emergency use of HF and UHF SONAR 

technology during times of extreme 

weather, such as hurricanes, could be 

required for onshore areas that become 

inundated by floodwater. 

Public input is important to the 

preparation of the Final PEA. Your 

concerns and comments regarding the 

nationwide use of HF and UHF active 

SONAR technology and the possible 

environmental impacts are important to 

the USCG, and we encourage you to 

share them with us. 

Authority: This notice is issued under 

authority of 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq., and 40 

CFR 1508.22. 

Dated: December 14, 2010. 

Michael Mohn, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of 

Terrorism and Defense Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32465 Filed 12–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5376–N–124] 

Emergency Comment Request; Indian 

Housing Block Grants (IHBG) Program 

Reporting; Notice of Submission of 

Proposed Information Collection to 

OMB; Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

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. This 

is a correction from 14 days to 30 days. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 26, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within thirty (30) days from the 

date of this Notice. Comments should 

refer to the proposal by name or OMB 

approval number (2577–0218) 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, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th 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 

request for emergency processing is 

essential in order to implement the 

statutory changes to NAHASDA for 

fiscal year 2012. A standard PRA review 

would delay implementation of the 

revised IHP/APR until fiscal year 2013. 

The agency cannot reasonably comply 

with the normal clearance procedures 

under this part because the statutory 

changes accelerate the submission of the 

IHP. With implementation of the 

statutory changes, the IHP is due 75 

days prior to the beginning of the 

grantee’s fiscal year. For grantees with a 

fiscal year beginning October 1, 2011, 

the revised IHP will be due July 16, 

2011, rather than July 1, 2012. The 

emergency clearance processing of the 

revised PRA is needed in order to 

provide IHBG recipients with sufficient 

time to complete the IHP prior to 

submission and provide training to all 

IHBG recipients on the revised form. 

Therefore, the use of the normal 

clearance procedures is reasonably 

likely to prevent or disrupt the 

collection of information and is 

reasonably likely to cause a statutory 

deadline to be missed. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: Indian Housing 

Block Grants (IHBG) Program Reporting. 

Description of Information Collection: 

Recipients of Indian Housing Block 

Grant (IHBG) funds provide plans for 

low-income housing programs in their 

communities and submit quarterly 

reports on funds drawn. Recipients may 

submit information to correct and/or 

challenge data used in annual housing 

assistance formula allocations. 

Additional requirements have been 

added: Recipients may purchase 

insurance from a nonprofit insurance 


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entity approved by HUD. These entities 

must submit annual audit and actuarial 

reviews to HUD annually. 

OMB Control Number: 2577–0218. 

Agency Form Numbers: Form 52735 

and 52735–AS Combined, HUD–272–I, 

HUD–4117, HUD–4119. 

Members of Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal. 

Estimation of the total numbers 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 

366, the estimated number of 

respondents is 144, the frequency 

response is one time, and the estimated 

number of hours per response is 366. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: December 20, 2010. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32461 Filed 12–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5374–N–23] 

Buy American Exceptions Under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–05, approved 

February 17, 2009) (Recovery Act), and 

implementing guidance of the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), this 

notice advises that certain exceptions to 

the Buy American requirement of the 

Recovery Act have been determined 

applicable for work using Capital Fund 

Recovery Formula and Competition 

(CFRFC) grant funds. Specifically, an 

exception was granted to the Chicago 

Housing Authority for the purchase and 

installation of through-the-wall air 

conditioners, floor-mounted water 

closets, and low voltage electrical 

components at the Dearborn Homes 

project. 

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 

20410–4000, telephone number 202– 

402–8500 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Persons with hearing- or 

speech-impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1605(a) of the Recovery Act provides 

that none of the funds appropriated or 

made available by the Recovery Act may 

be used for a project for the 

construction, alteration, maintenance, or 

repair of a public building or public 

work unless all of the iron, steel, and 

manufactured goods used in the project 

are produced in the United States. 

Section 1605(b) provides that the Buy 

American requirement shall not apply 

in any case or category in which the 

head of a Federal department or agency 

finds that: (1) Applying the Buy 

American requirement would be 

inconsistent with the public interest; (2) 

iron, steel, and the relevant 

manufactured goods are not produced in 

the U.S. in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities or of satisfactory 

quality, or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, 

and manufactured goods will increase 

the cost of the overall project by more 

than 25 percent. Section 1605(c) 

provides that if the head of a Federal 

department or agency makes a 

determination pursuant to section 

1605(b), the head of the department or 

agency shall publish a detailed written 

justification in the Federal Register. 

In accordance with section 1605(c) of 

the Recovery Act and OMB’s 

implementing guidance published on 

April 23, 2009 (74 FR 18449), this notice 

advises the public that, on November 

24, 2010, upon request of the Chicago 

Housing Authority, HUD granted an 

exception to applicability of the Buy 

American requirements with respect to 

work, using CFRFC grant funds, in 

connection with the Dearborn project. 

The exception was granted by HUD on 

the basis that the relevant manufactured 

goods (through-the-wall air 

conditioners, floor-mounted water 

closets, and low voltage electrical 

components) are not produced in the 

U.S. in sufficient and reasonably 

available quantities or of satisfactory 

quality. 

Dated: December 17, 2010. 

Sandra B. Henriquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32446 Filed 12–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5436–N–02] 

Mortgagee Review Board: 

Administrative Actions 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (HUD). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with Section 

202(c) of the National Housing Act, this 

notice advises of the cause and 

description of administrative actions 

taken by HUD’s Mortgagee Review 

Board against HUD-approved 

mortgagees. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy A. Murray, Secretary to the 

Mortgagee Review Board, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room B–133/3150, 

Washington, DC 20410–8000; telephone 

(202) 708–2224. A Telecommunications 

Device for Hearing- and SpeechImpaired Individuals (TTY) is available 

at (800) 877–8339 (Federal Information 

Relay Service). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

202(c)(5) of the National Housing Act 

(added by Section 142 of the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development Reform Act of 1989, 

Public Law 101–235, approved 

December 15, 1989), requires that HUD 

‘‘publish a description of and the cause 

for administrative action against a HUDapproved mortgagee’’ by the 

Department’s Mortgagee Review Board 

(Board). In compliance with the 

requirements of Section 202(c)(5), this 

notice advises of actions that have been 

taken by the Board from April 15, 2010 

to July 2, 2010. 

I. Settlement Agreements, Civil Money 

Penalties, Withdrawals of FHA 

Approval, Suspensions, Probations, 

Reprimands, and Administrative 

Payments 

1. Alethes, LLC, Lakeway, TX [Docket 

No. 09–9891–MR] 

Action: On April 15, 2010, the Board 

approved an administrative action to 

immediately withdraw Alethes, LLC’s 

(Alethes) FHA approval for a period of 

three years and impose a $7,500 civil 

money penalty. 

Cause: The Board took this action 

based on the following violations of 

HUD/FHA requirements alleged by 

HUD: Alethes originated an FHA 

mortgage after termination of its 

origination approval agreement; Alethes 

failed to comply with HUD’s annual 

recertification requirements by failing to 


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