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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

Notice of Maximum Amount of 

Assistance Under the Individuals and 

Households Program 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FEMA gives notice of the 

maximum amount for assistance under 

the Individuals and Households 

Program for emergencies and major 

disasters declared on or after October 1, 

2009. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2009, 

and applies to emergencies and major 

disasters declared on or after October 1, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Berl 

D. Jones, Jr., Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 212–1000. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

408 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 

(the Stafford Act), 42 U.S.C. 5174, 

prescribes that FEMA must annually 

adjust the maximum amounts for 

assistance provided under the 

Individuals and Households (IHP) 

Program. FEMA gives notice that the 

maximum amount of IHP financial 

assistance provided to an individual or 

household under section 408 of the 

Stafford Act with respect to any single 

emergency or major disaster is $29,900. 

The decrease in award amount as stated 

above is for any single emergency or 

major disaster declared on or after 

October 1, 2009. In addition, in 

accordance with 44 CFR 61.17(c), this 

adjustment includes the maximum 

amount of available coverage under any 

Group Flood Insurance Policy (GFIP) 

issued for those disasters. 

FEMA bases the adjustment on a 

decrease in the Consumer Price Index 

for All Urban Consumers of 1.5 percent 

for the 12-month period ended in 

August 2009. The Bureau of Labor 

Statistics of the U.S. Department of 

Labor released the information on 

September 16, 2009. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.048, Individuals and Households— 

Housing; 97.049 Individuals and 

Households—Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050, Individuals and Households—Other 

Needs. 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–24070 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5288–N–13] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment 

Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) 

System Access Authorization Form 

and Rules of Behavior and User 

Agreement 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistance 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

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: December 

7, 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 sent to: Lillian L. 

Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th 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 forms or other 

available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, Programs 

and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4116, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone 202 402–3374, for copies of 

other available documents (this is not a 

toll-free number.) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department will submit the proposed 

information collection to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, as required by the Paper 

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: Enterprise Income 

Verification (EIV) System Access 

Authorization Form and Rules of 

Behavior and User Agreement. 

OMB Control Number: 2577–XXXX 

(Pending). 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: In 

accordance with statutory requirements 

at 5 U.S.C. 552a, as amended (most 

commonly known as the Federal 

Privacy Act of 1974), the Department is 

required to account for all disclosures of 

information contained in a system of 

records. Specifically, the Department is 

required to keep an accurate accounting 

of the name and address of the person 

or agency to which the disclosure is 

made. The Enterprise Income 

Verification (EIV) System (HUD/PIH–5) 

is classified as a System of Records, as 

initially published on July 20, 2009, in 

the Federal Register at page 41780 (70 

FR 41780) and amended and published 

on August 8, 2006, in the Federal 

Register at page 45066 (71 FR 45066). 

As a condition of granting HUD staff 

and staff of processing entities with 

access to the EIV system, each 

prospective user of the system must (1) 

Request access to the system; (2) agree 

to comply with HUD’s established rules 

of behavior; and (3) review and signify 

their understanding of their 

responsibilities of protecting data 

protected under the Federal Privacy Act 

(5 USC 552a, as amended). As such, the 

collection of information about the user 

and the type of system access required 

by the prospective user is required by 

HUD to: (1) Identify the user; (2) 

determine if the prospective user in fact 

requires access to the EIV system and in 

what capacity; (3) provide the 

prospective user with information 

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system usage and the user’s 

responsibilities to safeguard data 

accessed in the system once access is 

granted; and (4) obtain the signature of 

the prospective user to certify the user’s 

understanding of the Rules of Behavior 

and responsibilities associated with his/ 

her use of the EIV system. 

HUD will collect the following 

information from each prospective user: 

Public Housing Agency (PHA) code, 

organization name, address, prospective 

user’s full name, HUD-assigned user ID, 

position title, telephone number, 

facsimile number, type of work which 

involves the use of the EIV system, type 

of system action requested, requested 

access roles to be assigned to 

prospective user, public housing 

development numbers to be assigned to 

prospective PHA user, and prospective 

user’s signature and date of request. The 

information will be collected 

electronically and manually (for those 

who are unable to transmit 

electronically) via a PDF-fillable or 

Word-fillable document, which can be 

e-mailed, faxed or mailed to HUD. 

If this information is not collected, the 

Department will not be in compliance 

with the Federal Privacy Act and be 

subject to civil penalties. 

Agency Form Numbers: Pending. 

Members of Affected Public: 

Employees of Federal, State or Local 

Government or Public Housing Agencies 

(PHAs), and staff of PHA-hired 

management agents. 

Estimation of the Total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 17,939 respondents; 

requiring initial and periodic responses; 

1.0 hour per initial response and 0.25 

hours per updated periodic response; 

18,825.50 total burden hours. 

Status of the Proposed Information 

Collection: New Request. Pending 

Authorization. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

Dated: September 28, 2009. 

Bessy Kong, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Programs, and Legislative Initiatives. 

[FR Doc. E9–23969 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5342–N–01] 

Notice of Availability: Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2009 Family Unification 

Program (FUP) 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD announces the 

availability on its Web site of the 

applicant information, deadline 

information, and other requirements for 

the Family Unification Program (FUP) 

NOFA for FY2009. Approximately $14.6 

million is made available through this 

NOFA, through the Omnibus 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111– 

8, approved March 11, 2009). The 

FY2009 FUP NOFA that provides this 

information is available on the 

Grants.gov Web site at http:// 

apply07.grants.gov/apply/ 

forms_app_idx.html. A link to 

Grants.gov is also available on the HUD 

Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/ 

adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm. The 

Catalogue of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) number for the 

Family Unification Program is 14.880. 

Applications submitted in response to 

the FY2009 FUP NOFA must be 

submitted electronically through 

Grants.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding specific program 

requirements should be directed to the 

agency contact identified in the program 

NOFA. Questions regarding the 2009 

General Section should be directed to 

the Office of Departmental Grants 

Management and Oversight at 202–708– 

0667 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

the NOFA Information Center at 1–800– 

HUD–8929 (toll-free). Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access these numbers via TTY by calling 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Dated: September 23, 2009. 

Sandra B. Henriquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

[FR Doc. E9–23970 Filed 10–5–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5349–N–01] 

Statutorily Mandated Designation of 

Difficult Development Areas and 

Qualified Census Tracts for 2010 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Policy Development and 

Research, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document designates 

‘‘Difficult Development Areas’’ (DDAs) 

and ‘‘Qualified Census Tracts’’ (QCTs) 

for purposes of the Low-Income 

Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) under 

Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 (the Code) (26 U.S.C. 42). The 

United States Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (HUD) makes 

new DDA designations annually and is 

making new designation of QCTs at this 

time on the basis of revised 

metropolitan statistical area (MSA) 

definitions published by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). In 

accordance with the Gulf Opportunity 

Zone (GO Zone) Act of 2005, the 

authorization for GO Zone DDAs expires 

on December 31, 2010 and 

consequently, this will be the last 

designation of GO Zone DDAs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions on how areas are designated 

and on geographic definitions, 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 Seventh Street, SW., Room 8234, 

Washington, DC 20410–6000; telephone 

number (202) 402–5878, or send an email to Michael.K.Hollar@hud.gov. For 

specific legal questions pertaining to 

Section 42, 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) 622–4753. For 

questions about the ‘‘HUB Zones’’ 

program, contact Mariana Pardo, 

Assistant Administrator for 

Procurement Policy, Office of 

Government Contracting, Small 

Business Administration, 409 Third 

Street, SW., Suite 8800, Washington, DC 

20416; telephone number (202) 205– 

8885, fax number (202) 205–7167, or 

send an e-mail to hubzone@sba.gov. A 

text telephone is available for persons 

with hearing or speech impairments at 

202–708–8339. (These are not toll-free 

telephone numbers.) Additional copies 


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