11564 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 38 / Monday, February 27, 2012 / Notices 

price data is necessary to support a 

request for a higher mortgage limit that 

may be obtained from existing local 

industry sources, such as the real estate 

multiple listing services. The request for 

an increase to the mortgage limit is 

required to obtain benefits. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 28, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

approval Number (2502–0302) 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: 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20410; 

email Colette Pollard at 

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov. or telephone 

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

number. Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development has submitted to OMB a 

request for approval of the Information 

collection described below. 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: Local Appeals to 

Single-Family Mortgage Limits. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0302. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Its Proposed Use: Any 

interested party may submit a request 

for the mortgage limits to be increased 

in a particular area if they believe that 

the present limit does not accurately 

reflect the higher sales prices in that 

area. Any request for an increase must 

be accompanied by sufficient housing 

sales price data to justify higher limits. 

Typically, this data includes housing 

sales data extracted from multiple 

listing services (MLS) that includes all 

or nearly all one-family and 

condominium sales in the area for a 

specified period of time, deleting all 

non-arms length sales and sales 

involving two or more family units. 

These requests are usually submitted by 

housing industry groups, such as 

homebuilders, realtors, and mortgage 

lenders. Most often, the housing sales 

price data is necessary to support a 

request for a higher mortgage limit that 

may be obtained from existing local 

industry sources, such as the real estate 

multiple listing services. The request for 

an increase to the mortgage limit is 

required to obtain benefits. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The number of 

burden hours is 119. The number of 

respondents is 17, which is based on the 

actual number of requests received since 

2008. The number of responses is 17 

and the frequency of response is one per 

appeal. The burden hour per response is 

7. The Federal government burden has 

reduced over the past 3 years. In 2010, 

only one appeal was received but 

rejected due to HUD having sufficient 

data in support of loan limit. In 2011, 

no appeals were received. 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 119. 

Status: Extension without change of a 

currently approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: February 21, 2012. 

Colette Pollard, 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Draft Policy on Consultation With 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

Corporations 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior is requesting comments on its 

draft policy on consultation with Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act 

corporations. 

DATES: Submit comments by April 27, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the draft 

policy to: attn: Alaska Consultation 

Policy, Office of the Secretary, 1849 C 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20240; 

Email: consultation@doi.gov. You can 

request copies of the draft policy by 

sending a letter or email to one of the 

above addresses or by calling 202–208– 

4503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Sisk, Department of the Interior, 

1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 

20240. Email: Jennifer_Sisk@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive 

Order 13175 directs all Federal agencies 

to ensure consultation and coordination 

with Indian tribal governments on 

Federal actions that will affect tribal 

governments. Under Public Law 108– 

199, this consultation policy also 

applies to corporations established 

under the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act (ANCSA). Federal 

agencies are therefore required to 

consult and coordinate with ANCSA 

corporations on the same basis as Indian 

tribes in developing policies that would 

affect these corporations and their tribal 

shareholders. To implement these 

requirements, the Department is 

proposing and seeking comments on a 

draft consultation policy to govern all 

activities that will affect ANCSA 

corporations. Copies of the draft policy 

are available at the address given in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: February 17, 2012. 

David J. Hayes, 

Deputy Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4393 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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