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there will exist a sufficient number of 

medical physicists after October 1, 1999, 

and (9) determining the costs and 

benefits of compliance with these 

requirements. 

B. Certain Panels of the Medical Devices 

Advisory Committee 

The committee reviews and evaluates 

data on the safety and effectiveness of 

marketed and investigational devices 

and makes recommendations for their 

regulation. The panels engage in a 

number of activities to fulfill the 

functions of the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (the act) envisions for 

device advisory panels. With the 

exception of the Medical Devices 

Dispute Resolution Panel, each panel, 

according to its specialty area, advises 

the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

(the Commissioner) regarding 

recommended classification or 

reclassification of devices into one of 

three regulatory categories, advises on 

any possible risks to health associated 

with the use of devices, advises on 

formulation of product development 

protocols, reviews premarket approval 

applications for medical devices, 

reviews guidelines and guidance 

documents, recommends exemption of 

certain devices from the application of 

portions of the act, advises on the 

necessity to ban a device, and responds 

to requests from the agency to review 

and make recommendations on specific 

issues or problems concerning the safety 

and effectiveness of devices. With the 

exception of the Medical Devices 

Dispute Resolution Panel, each panel, 

according to its specialty area, may also 

make appropriate recommendations to 

the Commissioner on issues relating to 

the design of clinical studies regarding 

the safety and effectiveness of marketed 

and investigational devices. 

III. Criteria for Members 

Persons nominated for membership as 

a consumer representatives on the 

committee/panels must meet the 

following criteria: (1) Demonstrate ties 

to consumer and community-based 

organizations, (2) be able to analyze 

technical data, (3) understand research 

design, (4) discuss benefits and risks, 

and (5) evaluate the safety and efficacy 

of products under review. The 

consumer representative must be able to 

represent the consumer perspective on 

issues and actions before the advisory 

committee; serve as a liaison between 

the committee and interested 

consumers, associations, coalitions, and 

consumer organizations; and facilitate 

dialogue with the advisory committees 

on scientific issues that affect 

consumers. 

IV. Selection Procedures 

Selection of members representing 

consumer interests is conducted 

through procedures that include the use 

of organizations representing the public 

interest and consumer advocacy groups. 

The organizations have the 

responsibility of recommending 

candidates of the agency’s selection. 

V. Nomination Procedures 

All nominations must include a cover 

letter, a curriculum vita or resume (that 

includes the nominee’s office address, 

telephone number, and e-mail address), 

and a list of consumer or communitybased organizations for which the 

candidate can demonstrate active 

participation. 

Nominations will specify the advisory 

committee or panel(s) for which the 

nominee is recommended. Nominations 

will include confirmation that the 

nominee is aware of the nomination. 

Any interested person or organization 

may nominate one or more qualified 

persons for membership as consumer 

representatives on the advisory 

committee/panels. Self-nominations are 

also accepted. Potential candidates will 

be required to provide detail 

information concerning such matters as 

financial holdings, employment, and 

research grants and/or contracts to 

permit evaluation of possible sources of 

a conflict of interest. The nomination 

should specify the committee/panels of 

interest. The term of office is up to 4 

years, depending on the appointment 

date. 

This notice is issued under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. app. 2) and 21 CFR part 14, 

relating to advisory committees. 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

David Horowitz, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–21558 Filed 9–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5281–N–66] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; 

Emergency Comment Request; 

Broadband Research Project 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, 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: September 

16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within fourteen (14) days from 

the date of this Notice. Comments 

should refer to the proposal by name 

and/or OMB approval number and 

should be sent to: Mr. Ross A. Rutledge, 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20502; e-mail: 

Ross_A._Rutledge@omb.eop.gov; fax: 

(202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; email: Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov; 

telephone (202) 402–8048. This is not a 

toll-free number. Copies of available 

documents should be submitted to OMB 

and may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer. 

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, a 

proposed information collection as part 

of planning for the National Broadband 

Plan ordered under the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

The information will describe the 

availability and usage of broadband 

internet services in HUD-assisted 

housing and at Neighborhood Networks 

Centers. The respondents are Public 

Housing Authorities, Tribes and 

managers of multi-family and HOME 

Investment Partnerships Program 

properties as well as managers of 

Neighborhood Networks Centers. HUD 

will survey all PHAs, Indian Tribes and 

managers of Neighborhood Networks 

Centers and a 500-respondent sample 

for each of Multi-Family managers with 

e-mail address, Multi-Family managers 

without e-mail addresses and HOME 

managers. 

For the Residential Broadband 

Survey, each respondent will be asked 

to voluntarily disclose whether 

broadband internet service is available 

in their project and approximately how 

many residents subscribe to that service. 

For the Neighborhood Networks Survey, 

each Center manager will be voluntarily 

asked to describe the programming 

offered at their Center as well as the 

number of users who utilize the Center. 


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This data will help identify 

opportunities for HUD to invest in 

providing broadband service for 

residents. 

This Notice Also Lists the Following 

Information 

Title of Proposal: Broadband Research 

Project. 

Description of Information Collection: 

This is a new information collection. 

The Department of Housing and Urban 

Development is seeking emergency 

review of the Paperwork Reduction Act 

Requirements associated with a 

broadband research project. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of the Affected Public: 

Public housing executive directors, 

managers of HUD-assisted housing 

projects and Neighborhood Networks 

Center managers. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

responses, frequency of responses, and 

hours of responses: This is a one-time 

collection. Each respondent will need 

approximately 15 minutes to complete 

the questionnaire. There are 7,817 total 

respondents. The total reporting burden 

will be 1,563.4 hours. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: September 3, 2009. 

Lillian Deitzer, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–21729 Filed 9–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5282–N–06] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; 

Comment Request; HUD NEPA ARRA 

Section 1609(c) Reporting 

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 

review and extension of the current 

approval, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The Department is 

soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: November 

9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval number and should be sent to: 

Lillian L. Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410– 

5000; telephone (202) 402–8048 (this is 

not a toll-free number) or e-mail Ms. 

Deitzer at Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov for 

a copy of the proposed form, or other 

available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Bien, Director, Environmental 

Review Division, Office of Environment 

and Energy, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail: 

Charles.Bien@hud.gov; telephone (202) 

402–4462. This is not a toll-free number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 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 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

This Notice lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: HUD NEPA ARRA 

Section 1609(c) Reporting. 

Description of Information Collection: 

The temporary electronic form will be 

provided by HUD to be used by grantees 

[i.e., Respondents] for the purpose of 

complying with the ARRA Section 

1609(c) statutory requirement. Grantees 

who receive American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for 

projects must report on the status and 

progress of their projects and activities 

with respect to compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) requirements and 

documentation. HUD will consolidate 

and transmit the information received 

from grantees to the Council on 

Environmental Quality and OMB for the 

Administration’s reports to the House 

and Senate committees designated in 

the legislation. 

OMB Control Number: 2506–0187. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of the Affected Public: Notfor-profit institutions, State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

responses, frequency of responses, and 

hours of responses: Estimated number of 

respondents is 6,000. Frequency of 

response is quarterly. Annual number of 

responses is 24,000 (6,000 x 4). Estimate 

30 minutes for response. Annualized 

burden hours is 12,000 (24,000 x 0.5 

hours). 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

Mercedes M. Ma ́ rquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 

and Development. 

[FR Doc. E9–21736 Filed 9–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5281–N–67] 

Notice of Application for Designation 

as a Single Family Foreclosure 

Commissioner 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been 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. 

Under the Single Family Mortgage 

Foreclosure Act of 1994, HUD may 

exercise a nonjudicial power of sale of 

single-family HUD-held mortgages and 

may appoint foreclosure commissioners 

to do this. HUD needs the notice and 

resulting applications for compliance 

with the Act’s requirements that 

commissioners be qualified. Most 

respondents will be attorneys, but 

anyone may apply. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 9, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2510–0012) and 

should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806. 


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