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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: Recovery Act 

Reporting for the Community 

Development Block Grant Program for 

Indian Tribes and Alaska Native 

Villages (ICDBG). 

OMB Control Number: 2577–0263. 

Description of Information Collection: 

The ICDBG Recovery Act Grant Program 

for Indian tribes and Alaska Native 

villages is a one-time grant program 

available in fiscal year 2009 in addition 

to the regular ICDBG funding 

competition. This program required 

eligible applicants to submit 

information to enable HUD to select the 

best projects for funding during the onetime competition. The collection of this 

information is essential for HUD to 

monitor grants and ensure that grantees 

are making proper use of federal 

funding. ICDBG funds are used for the 

development of viable Indian and 

Alaska Native communities, including 

the creation of decent housing, suitable 

living environments and economic 

opportunities primarily for persons with 

low and moderate incomes as defined in 

24 CFR 1003.4. The Recovery Act 

requires that, in selecting ICDBG 

projects to be funded, priority shall be 

given to projects that can award 

contracts based on bids within 120 days 

from the date the funds are made 

available to the recipients. The ICDBG 

program regulations require that 

quarterly and annual reports be 

submitted. In addition, the Recovery Act 

requires the collection of additional 

information for reporting purposes. The 

ICDBG program regulations can be 

found in 24 CFR Part 1003. 

Agency form number, if applicable: 

SF–269 (to be replaced by SF–425 

effective 10/1/2009) 

Members of affected public: State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents: The estimated total 

number of burden hours needed to 

prepare the information collection is 

1463; the number of respondents is 19; 

the frequency of response for each form 

varies from quarterly and annually. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Revision of a Currently 

Approved Collection. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

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

as amended. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

Bessy Kong, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Programs, and Legislative Initiatives. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5282–N–07] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 

(NSP 2) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning 

and Development. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

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: November 

23, 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 L. Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC 

20410; 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 and other 

available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stanley Gimont, Director, Office of 

Block Grant Assistance, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 7286, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone (202) 708–3587 (this is 

not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting 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). The 

Department did not publish a notice in 

the Federal Register soliciting 

comments on the emergency request for 

approval of this information collection. 

A waiver for this Federal Register 

Notice was approved by OMB on April 

13, 2009. 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and 

affecting 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: Neighborhood 

Stabilization Program 2 (NSP 2) 

Program. 

OMB Control Number, if Applicable: 

2506–0185. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: This 

request identifies the reporting burden 

associated with information that NSP 2 

grantees will report in the Disaster 

Recovery Grant Reporting System 

(DRGR) for NSP 2 assisted activities, 

recordkeeping requirements, and 

reporting requirements. Section 1512 of 

the Recovery Act requires that not later 

than 10 days after the end of each 

calendar quarter, each recipient that 

received recovery funds from a Federal 

agency shall submit a report to that 

agency that contains: (1) The total 

amount of recovery funds received from 

that agency; (2) the amount of recovery 

funds received that were expended or 

obligated to projects or activities; and 

(3) a detailed list of all projects or 

activities for which recovery funds were 

expended or obligated, including the 

name of the project or activity; a 

description of the project or activity; an 

evaluation of the completion status of 

the project or activity; an estimate of the 

number of jobs created and the number 

of jobs retained by the project or 

activity; and for infrastructure 

investments made by State and local 

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governments, the purpose, total cost, 

and rationale of the agency for funding 

the infrastructure investment with funds 

made available under the Recovery Act 

and name of the person to contact at the 

agency if there are concerns with the 

infrastructure investment. Recipients 

must also report detailed information on 

any subcontracts or subgrants awarded 

by the recipient to include the data 

elements required to comply with the 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109– 

282), allowing aggregate reporting on 

awards below $25,000 or to individuals, 

as prescribed by the Director of OMB. 

Not later than 30 calendar days after the 

end of each calendar quarter, each 

agency that made Recovery Act funds 

available to any recipient shall make the 

information in reports submitted 

publicly available by posting the 

information on a Web site. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of the Affected Public: 

Eligible NSP 2 grantees (States, units of 

local government, non-profit 

organizations and consortia that may 

include for-profit entities). 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

responses, frequency of responses, and 

hours of responses: The number of 

respondents is estimated at 80. The 

proposed frequency of the response to 

the collection is on a quarterly basis. 

The total estimated burden is 10,240 

annual hours. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This submission is an 

extension of a previously approved 

emergency information collection. The 

current OMB approval expires on 

November 30, 2009. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: September 16, 2009. 

Mercedes Ma ́ rquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Community, Planning 

and Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5275–N–03] 

Native American Housing Assistance 

and Self-Determination 

Reauthorization Act of 2008: Notice of 

Proposed Membership of Negotiated 

Rulemaking Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On March 2, 2009, HUD 

published a Federal Register notice 

requesting nominations for membership 

on the negotiated rulemaking committee 

that will develop regulatory changes to 

programs authorized under the Native 

American Housing Assistance and SelfDetermination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA). 

Changes to these programs were made 

by the Native American Housing 

Assistance and Self-Determination 

Reauthorization Act of 2008, which also 

directs that HUD undertake negotiated 

rulemaking to implement the statutory 

revisions. In accordance with section 

564 of the Negotiated Rulemaking Act, 

this notice establishes the committee, 

announces the names and affiliations of 

the committee’s proposed members, 

requests public comment on the 

committee and its proposed 

membership, explains how additional 

nominations for committee membership 

may be submitted, and provides other 

information regarding the negotiated 

rulemaking process. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: October 23, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice to the Regulations Division, 

Office of General Counsel, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh 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. 

Public Inspection of Public 

Comments. All properly submitted 

comments and communications 

submitted to HUD will be available for 

public inspection and copying between 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above 

address. Due to security measures at the 

HUD Headquarters building, an advance 

appointment to review the public 

comments must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at 202–708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with speech or hearing 

impairments may access this number 

via TTY by calling the Federal 

Information Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339. Copies of all comments submitted 

are available for inspection and 

downloading at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rodger Boyd, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Native American 

Programs, Room 4126, Office of Public 

and Indian Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20410, telephone number: 202–401– 

7914 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Hearing- or speech-impaired individuals 

may access this number via TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Native American Housing 

Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4101 et seq.) 

(NAHASDA) changed the way that 

housing assistance is provided to Native 

Americans. NAHASDA eliminated 

several separate assistance programs 

and replaced them with a single block 

grant program, known as the Indian 

Housing Block Grant (IHBG) program. In 

addition, title VI of NAHASDA 

authorizes Federal guarantees for 

financing of certain tribal activities 

(Title VI Loan Guarantee Program). The 

regulations governing the IHBG and 

Title VI Loan Guarantee programs are 

located in part 1000 of HUD’s 

regulations in title 24 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations. In accordance with 

section 106 of NAHASDA, HUD 

developed the regulations with active 

tribal participation and using the 

procedures of the Negotiated 

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