41452 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 157 / Monday, August 17, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Cuong Luu, 

VQiPS Program Manager. 

[FR Doc. E9–19649 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5288–N–07] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment; Public 

Housing Operating Fund Program: 

Operating Budget and Related Form 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, 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: Comments Due Date: October 16, 

2009. 

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 to: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Liaison Officer, 

Public and Indian Housing, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Room 4116, 

Washington, DC 20410–5000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dacia Rogers, (202) 402–4109, for copies 

of the proposed forms and other 

available documents. (This is not a tollfree number.) 

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: Public Housing 

Operating Fund Program: Operating 

Budget and Related Form. 

OMB Control Number: 2577–0026. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

operating budget and related form are 

submitted by PHAs for the low-income 

housing program. The operating budget 

provides a summary of proposed budget 

receipts and expenditures by major 

category, as well as blocks for indicating 

approval of budget receipts and 

expenditures by the PHA and HUD. The 

related form provides a record of PHA 

Board approval of how the amounts 

shown on the operating budget were 

arrived at, as well as justification of 

certain specified amounts. The 

information is reviewed by HUD to 

determine if the plan of operation 

adopted by the PHA and amounts 

included therein are reasonable for the 

efficient and economical operation of 

the development(s), and the PHA is in 

compliance with HUD procedures to 

assure that sound management practices 

will be followed in the operation of the 

development. A small number of PHAs 

(200) are still required to submit their 

operating budget packages to HUD, 

namely those that are troubled, those 

that are recently out of troubled status 

or at risk of becoming troubled, or those 

that are at risk of fiscal insolvency. 

PHAs are still required to prepare their 

operating budgets and submit them to 

their Board for approval prior to their 

operating subsidy being approved by 

HUD. The operating budgets must be 

kept on file for review, if requested. 

Agency form number, if applicable: 

HUD–52574. 

Members of affected public: PHAs, 

State or local government. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents: The estimated number of 

respondents is 200 troubled PHAs, 

PHAs that prepare and submit to the 

Board of Commissioners operating 

budgets and related form annually and 

submit to HUD, for a reporting burden 

of 23,500 hours. The remaining number 

of respondents that submit the related 

form to HUD is 2941 for a reporting 

burden of 534 hours. The total reporting 

burden is 24,034 hours. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Extension of an existing 

collection. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

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

as amended. 

Dated: August 10, 2009. 

Merrie Nichols-Dixon, 

Deputy Director for Policy, Program and 

Legislative Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. E9–19678 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians 

Notice of Proposed Renewal of 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with section 

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the 

Special Trustee for American Indians, 

Department of the Interior, announces 

that it has submitted a request for 

proposed extension of an information 

collection to the Office of Management 

and Budget and requests public 

comments on this submission. 

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to 

approve or disapprove the information 

collection request, but may respond 

after 30 days; therefore, public 

comments should be submitted to OMB 

by September 16, 2009, in order to be 

assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Send your written comments by 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806 or e-mail 

(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Department of the 

Interior Desk Officer (1035–0003). Also, 

please send a copy of your comments to 

Linda S. Thomas, Office of the Secretary 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior, 

MS 116–SIB, 1951 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20240, or send an 

e-mail to Linda_Thomas@nbc.gov. 

Additionally, you may fax them to her 

at (202) 219–2374. Individuals 

providing comments should reference 

OMB control number 1035–0003, 

‘‘Application to Withdraw Tribal Funds 

from Trust Status, 25 CFR 1200.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

information collection or to obtain a 

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copy of the collection instrument, 

please write to Frank Perniciaro, Office 

of the Special Trustee, Office of External 

Affairs, 4400 Masthead St., NE., Room 

323, Albuquerque, NM 87109. You may 

also request e-mail him at 

frank_perniciaro@ost.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 

implement the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), require 

that interested members of the public 

and affected parties have an opportunity 

to comment on information collection 

and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d). This notice identifies an 

information collection activity that the 

Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians has submitted to 

OMB for renewal. 

Public Law 103–412, The American 

Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 

Act of 1994, allows Indian tribes on a 

voluntary basis to take their funds out 

of trust status within the Department of 

the Interior (and the Federal 

Government) in order to manage such 

funds on their own. 25 CFR Part 1200, 

subpart B, § 1200.13, ‘‘How does a tribe 

apply to withdraw funds?’’ describes the 

requirements for application for 

withdrawal. The Act covers all tribal 

trust funds including judgment funds as 

well as some settlements funds, but 

excludes funds held in Individual 

Indian Money accounts. Both the Act 

and the regulations state that upon 

withdrawal of the funds, the 

Department of the Interior (and the 

Federal Government) have no further 

liability for such funds. Accompanying 

their application for withdrawal of trust 

funds, tribes are required to submit a 

Management Plan for managing the 

funds being withdrawn, to protect the 

funds once they are out of trust status. 

This information collection allows the 

Office of the Special Trustee to collect 

the tribes’ applications for withdrawal 

of funds held in trust by the Department 

of the Interior. If this information were 

not collected, the Office of the Special 

Trustee would not be able to comply 

with the American Indian Trust Fund 

Management Reform Act of 1994, and 

tribes would not be able to withdraw 

funds held for them in trust by the 

Department of the Interior. 

II. Data 

(1) Title: Application to Withdraw 

Tribal Funds from Trust Status, 25 CFR 

Part 1200. 

OMB Control Number: 1035–0003. 

Current Expiration Data: August 31, 

2009. 

Type of Review: Information 

Collection Renewal. 

Affected Entities: State, Local and 

Tribal Government. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 2. 

Frequent of response: Once per 

respondent. 

(2) Annual reporting and record 

keeping burden: 

Total annual reporting per 

respondent: 400 hours. 

Total annual reporting: 800 hours. 

(3) Description of the need and use of 

the information: The statutorilyrequired information is needed to 

provide a vehicle for tribes to withdraw 

funds from accounts held in trust for 

them by the United States Government. 

(4) As required under 5 CFR 

1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 

soliciting comments on the information 

collection was published on May 20, 

2009 (74 FR 23738). No comments were 

received. This notice provides the 

public with an additional 30 days in 

which to comment on the proposed 

information collection activity. 

III. Request for Comments 

The Department of the Interior invites 

comments on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

and the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to 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 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information techniques. 

‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort, 

or financial resources expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide information to or for 

a Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments, with names 

and addresses, will be available for 

public inspection. If you wish us to 

withhold your personal information, 

you must prominently state at the 

beginning of your comment what 

personal information you want us to 

withhold. We will honor your request to 

the extent allowable by law. If you wish 

to view any comments received, you 

may do so by scheduling an 

appointment with the Office of the 

Special Trustee by calling (505) 816– 

1173. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: August 10, 2009. 

Donna Erwin, 

Acting Special Trustee, Office of the Special 

Trustee for American Indians. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–2W–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Proposed Water Service Contract, El 

Dorado County Water Agency, El 

Dorado County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act and the 

California Environmental Quality Act, 

the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and the El Dorado County 

Water Agency (EDCWA) as lead 

agencies have made available for public 

review and comment a joint Draft EIS/ 

EIR for a Proposed Water Service 

Contract pursuant to Public Law 101– 

514. The Draft EIS/EIR describes and 

presents the environmental effects of 

four alternatives, including no action, of 

entering into a long-term Central Valley 

Project (CVP) water service contract 

with EDCWA. 

DATES: Two public meetings have been 

scheduled to receive oral or written 

comments regarding environmental 

effects: 

• Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m. in Folsom, CA. 

• Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m. in El Dorado Hills, CA. 

Written comments on the Draft EIS/ 

EIR will be accepted on or before 

October 16, 2009. 

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