Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 20 / Monday, January 31, 2011 / Notices 5395 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5415–N–22] 

Notice of Availability: Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 Transformation 

Initiative: Natural Experiments Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the 

Human Capital Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD announces the 

availability on its Web site of the 

applicant information, submission 

deadlines, funding criteria, and other 

requirements for HUD’s Fiscal Year (FY) 

2010 Transformation Initiative: Natural 

Experiments Grant Program. This NOFA 

announces the availability of 

approximately $600,000 in Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2010 funding to support scientific 

research that makes use of natural 

experiments to evaluate the impacts of 

local, state, and federal policies. 

The notice providing information 

regarding the application process, 

funding criteria and eligibility 

requirements can be found using the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development agency link on the 

Grants.gov/Find Web site at http:// 

www.grants.gov/search/agency.do. 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 this program is 14.524. 

Applications 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. Program staff will not be 

available to provide guidance on how to 

prepare the application. Questions 

regarding the 2010 General Section 

should be directed to the Office of 

Grants Management and Oversight at 

(202) 708–0667 or the NOFA 

Information Center at 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 800–877– 

8339. 

Dated: January 25, 2011. 

Barbara S. Dorf, 

Director, Office of Departmental Grants, 

Management and Oversight, Office of the 

Chief of the Human Capital Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2109 Filed 1–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Deadline for Submitting 

Completed Applications To Begin 

Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year 

2012 or Calendar Year 2012 

AGENCY: Office of Self-Governance, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Application Deadline. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of 

Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a 

March 1, 2011, deadline for Indian 

tribes/consortia to submit completed 

applications to begin participation in 

the tribal self-governance program in 

fiscal year 2012 or calendar year 2012. 

DATES: Completed application packages 

must be received by the Director, Office 

of Self-Governance, by March 1, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Application packages for 

inclusion in the applicant pool should 

be sent to Sharee M. Freeman, Director, 

Office of Self-Governance, Department 

of the Interior, Mail Stop 355–G–SIB, 

1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of SelfGovernance, Telephone 202–208–5734. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 

(Pub. L. 103–413), as amended by the 

Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus 

Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–208), 

the Director, Office of Self-Governance 

may select up to 50 additional 

participating tribes/consortia per year 

for the tribal self-governance program, 

and negotiate and enter into a written 

funding agreement with each 

participating tribe. The Act mandates 

that the Secretary submit copies of the 

funding agreements at least 90 days 

before the proposed effective date to the 

appropriate committees of the Congress 

and to each tribe that is served by the 

applicable Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) agency. Initial negotiations with a 

tribe/consortium located in a region 

and/or agency which has not previously 

been involved with self-governance 

negotiations will take approximately 

two months from start to finish. 

Agreements for an October 1 to 

September 30 funding year need to be 

signed and submitted by July 1. 

Agreements for a January 1 to December 

31 funding year need to be signed and 

submitted by October 1. 

Purpose of Notice 

The regulations at 25 CFR 1000.10 to 

1000.31 will be used to govern the 

application and selection process for 

tribes/consortia to begin their 

participation in the tribal selfgovernance program in fiscal year 2012 

and calendar year 2012. Applicants 

should be guided by the requirements in 

sections 1000.10 to 1000.31 in preparing 

their applications. Copies of these 

sections may be obtained from the 

information contact person identified in 

this notice. 

Tribes/consortia wishing to be 

considered for participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2012 or calendar year 2012 must 

respond to this notice, except for those 

tribes/consortia which are: (1) Currently 

involved in negotiations with the 

Department; (2) one of the 103 tribal 

entities with signed agreements; or (3) 

one of the tribal entities already 

included in the applicant pool as of the 

date of this notice. 

Information Collection 

This information collection is 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0143, Tribal Self-Governance 

Program, which expires November 30, 

2012. 

Dated: January 20, 2011. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2061 Filed 1–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AA–12252, AA–12250, AA–12280, AA– 

12291, AA–12292, AA–12293; LLAK– 

962000–L14100000–HY0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

will issue an appealable decision to The 

Aleut Corporation. The decision will 

approve the conveyance of the surface 

and subsurface estates in certain lands 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act. The lands are located 

east of Sand Point, Alaska, and 

aggregate 86.80 acres. Notice of the 

decision will also be published four 

times in the Anchorage Daily News. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision within 

the following time limits: 

1. Unknown parties, parties unable to 

be located after reasonable efforts have 


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