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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7001–N–45] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Energy and Performance 

Information Center (EPIC) 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD submitted the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow for 30 days of 

public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 

19, 2018. 

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: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax:202–395–5806, Email: 

OIRASubmission@omb.eop.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410; email 

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov, or telephone 

202–402–3400. This is not a toll-free 

number. Person with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

The Federal Register notice that 

solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on April 19, 2018 

83 FR 17424. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Energy and Performance Information 

Center (EPIC). 

OMB Approved Number: 2577–0274. 

Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Form Number: N/A—all information 

collected electronically. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

EPIC data system automates the 

previous paper collection of the fiveyear plan and annual statement forms 

from grantees. These are required forms 

were collected in hard copy on Forms 

HUD 50075.1 and HUD 50075.2 under 

collection OMB control number 2577– 

0157. These forms also collect data on 

the eventual, actual use of funds; this 

data will be gradually collected 

electronically through the EPIC data 

system as well. Electronic collection 

will enable the Department to aggregate 

information about the way grantees are 

using Federal funding. Additionally, 

PHA grantees will be able to submit 

Replacement Housing Factor fund 

plans, the mechanism by which PHAs 

are allowed to accumulate special funds 

received based on units removed from 

the inventory from year to year. This 

information is presently collected in 

hard copy at the field office level; the 

EPIC data system will automate and 

centralize this collection in order to 

streamline the process and improve 

transparency. Furthermore, the EPIC 

data system will be loaded with 

Physical Needs Assessment (‘‘PNA’’) 

data. This data being in the system 

coupled with the electronic planning 

process will streamline grantee 

planning. The EPIC data system will 

collect information about the Energy 

Performance Contract (‘‘EPC’’) process, 

including the energy efficiency 

improvements. As the Department 

moves to shrink its energy footprint in 

spite of rising energy costs, clear and 

comprehensive data on this process will 

be crucial to its success. Tracking of the 

use of Federal funds paid through the 

Public Housing Capital Fund, the only 

Federal funding stream dedicated to the 

capital needs of the nation’s last resort 

housing option, is crucial to 

understanding how the Department can 

properly and efficiently assist grantees 

in meeting this goal as well as assessing 

the Department’s own progress. The 

EPIC data system will track 

development of public housing with 

Federal funds and through other means, 

including mixed-finance development. 

Respondents (i.e., affected public): 

Members of Affected Public: State, Local 

or Local Governments and Non-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,950. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

22,149.78. 

Frequency of Response: 7.5084. 

Average Hours per Response: 1.83724. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 40,694.46 

hours. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to 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. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

Dated: August 8, 2018. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–P040–2017–1711–PH–1000–241A 

14X.LLAZP04000.L1711.PH0000] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Approved Resource 

Management Plan Amendment/ 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Recreational Target Shooting in the 

Sonoran Desert National Monument, 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the approved Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) Amendment/ 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for Recreational Target Shooting in the 

Sonoran Desert National Monument 

(SDNM) in Arizona. 

DATES: This decision became operative 

on March 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: The complete text of the 

ROD, along with the EIS and supporting 


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documents, is available on the BLM 

website at https://go.usa.gov/xnFJm. 

Copies of the ROD for Recreational 

Target Shooting in the SDNM have been 

sent to affected Federal, State, and local 

government agencies and to other 

stakeholders, and are available for 

public inspection at Lower Sonoran 

Field Office 21605 North 7th Avenue, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85027. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darrel Wayne Monger, Monument 

Manager, telephone: 623–580–5683; 

address: Lower Sonoran Field Office, 

21605 North 7th Avenue, Phoenix, 

Arizona 85027; email: blm_az_

sdnmtargetshooting@blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. FRS is available 

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave 

a message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

planning area covers nearly 496,400 

surface acres of south-central Arizona 

and lies within Maricopa and Pinal 

Counties. Population centers adjacent to 

the planning area include metropolitan 

Phoenix, and the communities of Ajo, 

Goodyear, Buckeye, Gila Bend, Mobile, 

and Maricopa. The planning area 

encompasses Federal- and Stateadministered lands as well as private 

lands. The BLM’s authority is limited to 

BLM-managed public lands and 

federally-owned minerals within the 

planning area. The BLM manages 

486,400 surface acres of public lands in 

the planning area, as well as 461,000 

acres of (sub-surface) mineral estate. 

The State of Arizona manages 3,900 

surface acres in the planning area, with 

the remaining 6,100 surface acres being 

privately owned land. 

The BLM prepared the Proposed RMP 

Amendment/Final EIS to address 

management of recreational target 

shooting in the SDNM. The Proposed 

RMP Amendment/Final EIS was 

required to analyze recreational target 

shooting in the SDNM due to a ruling 

by the U.S. District Court-District of 

Arizona that vacated portions of the 

2012 ROD, Approved RMP, and Final 

EIS related to recreational target 

shooting throughout the SDNM, and 

remanded the decision to the BLM for 

reconsideration. The Court also required 

the BLM to ensure the Final EIS 

analyzed mitigation measures and 

cumulative impacts consistent with the 

order, with a deadline of March 5, 2018, 

to issue the ROD. The BLM Arizona 

State Director signed the ROD on March 

5, 2018. 

The Proposed RMP Amendment/Final 

EIS evaluated five alternatives in detail, 

including the No Action Alternative 

(Alternative A) and four action 

alternatives (Alternatives B, C, D, and 

E), based on public input and on 

analysis of the impacts of each of the 

alternatives. The five alternatives ranged 

from making the entire monument 

available for target shooting to making 

the entire monument unavailable for 

target shooting. All alternatives required 

compliance with a hierarchy of 

mitigation that includes: (1) Avoiding 

impacts to the maximum extent 

compatible with the goals of the 

alternative; (2) Minimizing any impacts 

that are not avoidable; and (3) Providing 

a range of responses commensurate with 

the level of unavoidable impacts. 

Alternative C was the BLM’s proposed 

amendment. The Proposed RMP 

Amendment and Final EIS were 

published in the Federal Register on 

October 20, 2017 (84 FR 48847). 

As a result of continued work with 

stakeholders and in response to 

comments from the public and 

cooperating agencies, the BLM 

determined that approximately 2,600 

acres of additional land in the area is 

suitable for recreational target shooting. 

As such, the ROD approves a modified 

version of Alternative C, which 

identifies approximately 435,700 acres 

of land as available for recreational 

target shooting in the SDNM. The 

additional approximately 2,600 acres 

are located along the northern boundary 

of the SDNM within the Juan Bautista 

de Anza Recreation Management Zone, 

and were analyzed in Alternative A as 

available for recreational target 

shooting. 

During the 30-day protest period, the 

BLM Director received five protest 

letters. All protests were resolved prior 

to issuance of the ROD. 

No comments regarding potential 

inconsistencies with State and local 

plans, programs, and policies were 

received from the Governor’s Office 

during the Governor’s Consistency 

Review process. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10, 

43 CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5) 

Edward J. Kender, 

Field Manager, Lower Sonoran Field Office. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[12X.LLAK942000.L54200000.FR0000. 

LVDIL12L0530; FF097215] 

Notice of Application for a Recordable 

Disclaimer of Interest for Lands 

Underlying the Fortymile River System, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The State of Alaska (State) has 

filed an application with the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) for a 

Recordable Disclaimer of Interest (RDI) 

from the United States in those lands 

underlying the Fortymile River System 

located in the upper Yukon subregion, 

Alaska. The State asserts that the 

Fortymile River System was navigable 

and unreserved at the time of Alaska 

Statehood in 1959. 

DATES: The BLM should receive all 

comments to this action on or before 

November 19, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by mail or email on the State of Alaska’s 

application for an RDI or on the BLM 

draft ‘‘Summary Report on Federal 

Interest in Lands underlying the 

Fortymile River System in Alaska.’’ 

(Report) To file comments by mail, send 

to: RDI Program Manager (AK–942), 

Division of Lands and Cadastral, BLM 

Alaska State Office, 222 West 7th 

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 99513. To 

submit comments by email, send to 

anichols@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angie Nichols, RDI Program Manager, 

222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

AK 99513; 907–271–3359; anichols@

blm.gov; or visit the BLM RDI website 

at https://www.blm.gov/basic/programslands-and-realty-alaska-rdi-fortymilefortymile-river. 

People who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay System (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or a question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

11, 2017, the State filed an application 

(FF–97215) for an RDI pursuant to 

Section 315 of the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) 

and the regulations contained in 43 CFR 

Subpart 1864 for the lands underlying 

the Fortymile River System. 


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