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establishment of the Critical 

Infrastructure Partnership Advisory 

Council (CIPAC) by notice published in 

the Federal Register (71 FR 14930– 

14933) dated March 24, 2006. That 

notice identified the purpose of CIPAC 

as well as its membership. This notice 

provides (i) the quarterly CIPAC 

membership update, (ii) instructions on 

how the public can obtain the CIPAC 

membership roster and other 

information on the Council, and (iii) 

information on recently completed 

CIPAC meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Wong, Director Partnership 

Programs and Information Sharing 

Office, Partnership and Outreach 

Division, Office of Infrastructure 

Protection, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security, Washington, DC 

20528, by telephone (703) 235–3999 or 

e-mail at CIPAC@dhs.gov. 

Responsible DHS Official: Nancy J. 

Wong, Director Partnership Programs 

and Information Sharing Office, 

Partnership and Outreach Division, 

Office of Infrastructure Protection, 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate, Department of Homeland 

Security, Washington, DC 20528, by 

telephone (703) 235–3999 or e-mail at 

CIPAC@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose 

and Activity: CIPAC facilitates 

interaction between government 

officials and representatives of the 

community of owners and/or operators 

for each of the critical infrastructure and 

key resources (CIKR) sectors defined by 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive 7 (HSPD–7) and identified in 

the National Infrastructure Protection 

Plan (NIPP). The scope of activities 

covered by CIPAC includes planning; 

coordinating among government and 

CIKR owner/operator security partners; 

implementing security program 

initiatives; conducting operational 

activities related to critical 

infrastructure protection security 

measures, incident response, recovery, 

infrastructure resilience, reconstituting 

CIKR assets and systems for both manmade as well as naturally occurring 

events; and sharing threat, vulnerability, 

risk mitigation, and infrastructure 

continuity information and best 

practices. 

Organizational Structure: CIPAC 

members are organized into 18 CIKR 

sectors. Within all of the sectors 

containing private sector CIKR owners/ 

operators, there generally exists a Sector 

Coordinating Council (SCC) that 

includes CIKR owners and/or operators 

or their representative trade 

associations. Each of the sectors also has 

a Government Coordinating Council 

(GCC) whose membership includes a 

lead Federal agency that is defined as 

the Sector Specific Agency (SSA), and 

all relevant Federal, State, local, tribal, 

and/or territorial government agencies 

(or their representative bodies) whose 

mission interests also involve the scope 

of the CIPAC activities for that 

particular sector. 

CIPAC Membership: CIPAC 

Membership includes (i) CIKR owner 

and/or operator members of an SCC; 

CIKR owners and operators own and 

invest in infrastructure assets or in the 

systems and processes to secure them. 

CIKR owners and/or operators are held 

responsible by the public for CIKR 

operations and the response and 

recovery when their CIKR assets and 

systems are disrupted; (ii) trade 

association members who are members 

of a SCC representing the interests of 

CIKR owners and/or operators; (iii) each 

sector’s Government Coordinating 

Council (GCC) members; and, (iv) State, 

local, tribal, and territorial 

governmental officials comprising the 

DHS State, Local, Tribal, Territorial 

GCC. 

CIPAC Membership Roster and 

Council Information: The current roster 

of CIPAC membership is published on 

the CIPAC Web site (http:// 

www.dhs.gov/cipac) and is updated as 

the CIPAC membership changes. 

Members of the public may visit the 

CIPAC Web site at any time to obtain 

current CIPAC membership as well as 

the current and historic list of CIPAC 

meetings and agendas. 

Signed: February 22, 2010. 

Nancy Wong, 

Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2010–0006] 

National Protection and Programs 

Directorate; Technical Assistance 

Request and Evaluation 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for 

comments; new information collection 

request: 1670–NEW. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Programs Directorate/Cybersecurity and 

Communications/Office of Emergency 

Communications, has submitted the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (P.L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 

35). 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted until May 3, 2010. This 

process is conducted in accordance with 

5 CFR 1320.1 

ADDRESS: Written comments and 

questions about this Information 

Collection Request should be forwarded 

to NPPD/CS&C/OEC, Attn.: Jonathan 

Clinton, Jonathan.Clinton@dhs.gov. 

Written comments should reach the 

contact person listed no later than May 

3, 2010. Comments must be identified 

by DHS–2010–0006 and may be 

submitted by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• E-mail: Jonathan.Clinton@dhs.gov. 

Include the docket number in the 

subject line of the message. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the words ‘‘Department of 

Homeland Security’’ and the docket 

number for this action. Comments 

received will be posted without 

alteration at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Emergency Communications (OEC), 

formed under Title XVIII of the 

Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6 

U.S.C. 101 et seq., as amended, is 

authorized to provide technical 

assistance at no charge to State, 

regional, local, and tribal government 

officials. OEC will use the Technical 

Assistance Request Form to identify the 

number and type of technical assistance 

requests from each State and territory. 

OEC will use the Technical Assistance 

Evaluation Form to support quality 

improvement of its technical assistance 

services. Registration forms will be 

submitted electronically. Evaluation 

forms may be submitted electronically 

or in paper form. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

is particularly interested in comments 

which: 

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, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

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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, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submissions 

of responses. 

Analysis 

Agency: Department of Homeland 

Security, National Protection and 

Program Directorate. 

Title: Technical Assistance Request 

and Evaluation. 

Form: Not Applicable. 

OMB Number: 1670–NEW. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Affected Public: State, local, or tribal 

government. 

Number of Respondents: 350. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 175 annual 

burden hours. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintaining): $4,273.50. 

Signed: February 12, 2010. 

Thomas Chase Garwood, III, 

Chief Information Officer, National Protection 

and Programs Directorate, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4345 Filed 3–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5298–N–02] 

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit 

(LIHTC) Tenant Data Collection: 

Responses To Advance Solicitation of 

Comment on Data Collection 

Methodology 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice follows the 

publication, on March 30, 2009, of an 

advance notice soliciting public 

comment on methodology for the 

collection of data on low-income 

housing tax credit housing, as required 

by statute. HUD received public 

comments on that advance notice, and, 

after considering the public comment, is 

now issuing the specific information 

collection requirements. This notice 

references the publication in the 

Federal Register (75 FR 8392, February 

24, 2010), of a notice of proposed 

information collection. Copies of the 

actual revised forms may be viewed by 

contacting the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT listed in this notice. The 

proposed information collection is 

published pursuant to HUD’s 

procedures for obtaining Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for information collections, 

and, as such, there is a provision for 

public comment. However, please be 

advised that if you commented on the 

March 30, 2009 notice, your comments 

have already been considered and there 

is no need to resubmit them. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 2, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on LIHTC tenant data 

collection, contact Michael K. Hollar, 

Senior Economist, Economic 

Development and Public Finance 

Division, Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 8234, Washington, DC 

20410–6000, telephone number 202– 

402–5878, or send an e-mail to 

Michael.K.Hollar@hud.gov. For specific 

legal questions pertaining to Section 42 

of the Internal Revenue Code, contact 

Branch 5, Office of the Associate Chief 

Counsel, Passthroughs and Special 

Industries, Internal Revenue Service, 

1111 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20224, telephone 

number 202–622–3040, fax number 

202–622–4451. Additional copies of this 

notice are available through HUD User 

at 800–245–2691 for a small fee to cover 

duplication and mailing costs. 

Copies Available Electronically: This 

notice and additional information about 

the LIHTC program are available 

electronically on the Internet at http:// 

www.huduser.org/datasets/lihtc.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 2835(d) of the Housing and 

Economic Reform Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 

110–289, approved July 30, 2008) 

(HERA) amends Title I of the U.S. 

Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 

seq.) (1937 Act) to add a new section 36 

(to be codified as 42 U.S.C. 1437z–8) 

that requires each State agency 

administering tax credits under section 

42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

(low-income housing tax credits or 

LIHTC) to furnish HUD, not less than 

annually, information concerning the 

race, ethnicity, family composition, age, 

income, use of rental assistance under 

section 8(o) of the 1937 Act or other 

similar assistance, disability status, and 

monthly rental payments of households 

residing in each property receiving such 

credits through such agency. New 

section 36 of the 1937 Act further 

provides that to the extent feasible, 

collect such information through 

existing reporting processes and in a 

manner that minimizes burden on 

property owners. 

New section 36 requires HUD to 

establish standards and definitions for 

the information to be collected by State 

agencies and to provide States with 

technical assistance in establishing 

systems to compile and submit such 

information and, in coordination with 

other Federal agencies administering 

housing programs, establish procedures 

to minimize duplicative reporting 

requirements for properties assisted 

under multiple housing programs. 

On March 30, 2009, HUD published a 

notice at 74 FR 14149 seeking early 

input from State agencies and other 

interested stakeholders on a 

methodology or approach to meet the 

statutory requirement to furnish HUD 

the required information. HUD received 

approximately 25 comments on this 

notice by the comment due date of May 

29, 2009, from entities including State 

housing finance and tax credit agencies; 

tax credit property managers; housing 

trade associations; research institutes; 

and nonprofit organizations. The 

following summary of public comments 

addresses the significant issues raised 

and the approach HUD is taking in 

response. Additionally, interested 

members of the public may view and 

respond to the notice of information 

collection published in the Federal 

Register (75 FR 8392); however, there is 

no need to resubmit comments HUD 

already received in connection with the 

March 30, 2009 notice. 

II. Public Comments 

1. Tenant Data Collection 

Comment: A number of commenters 

supported the general idea of using the 

National Council of State Housing 

Agencies (NCSHA) Tenant Income 

Certification (TIC) for tenant data 

collection, but also suggested that States 

retain flexibility to make modifications. 

It was suggested that a separate page be 

added to collect racial, ethnic, and 

disability status data, along with a 

statement that responding is voluntary. 

Other commenters opposed the use of 

these forms on various grounds. Other 

commenters stated that Housing 

Finance Agencies (HFAs) should be 

given the flexibility to design their own 

forms, but use the NCSHA TIC to obtain 

uniform definitions of the required data, 

which can be adapted. Some 

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