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181, amended the National Housing Act 

to add Section 247 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–12) 

to permit FHA to insure mortgages for 

properties located on Hawaiian 

Homelands. Under this program, the 

mortgagor must be a native Hawaiian. 

Section 247 requires that the 

Department of Hawaiian Homelands 

(DHHL) of the State of Hawaii (a) will 

be a co-mortgagor; (b) guarantees or 

reimburses the Secretary for any 

mortgage insurance claim paid in 

connection with a property on Hawaiian 

homelands; or (c) offers other security 

acceptable to the Secretary. In 

accordance with 24 CFR 203.43i, the 

collection of information is verification 

that a loan applicant is a native 

Hawaiian and that the applicant holds 

a lease on land in a Hawaiian 

Homelands area. A borrower must 

obtain verification of eligibility from 

DHHL and submit it to the lender. A 

borrower cannot obtain a loan under 

these provisions without proof of status 

as a native Hawaiian. United States 

citizens living in Hawaii are not eligible 

for this leasehold program unless they 

are native Hawaiians. The eligibility 

document is required to obtain benefits. 

In accordance with 24 CFR 

203.439(c), lenders must report monthly 

to HUD and the DHHL on delinquent 

borrowers and provide documentation 

to HUD to support that the loss 

mitigation requirements of 24 CFR 

203.604 have been met. To assist the 

DHHL in identifying delinquent loans, 

lenders report monthly. A delinquent 

mortgage that is reported timely would 

allow DHHL to intervene and prevent 

foreclosure. This collection of data is 

cited in 2502–0060. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 11, 

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 (2502–0358) 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 fax: 

202–395–5806. 

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: Single Family 

Mortgage Insurance on Hawaiian 

Homelands. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0358. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: FHA 

insures mortgages on single-family 

dwellings under provisions of the 

National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1709). 

The Housing and Urban Rural Recovery 

Act (HURRA), Public Law 98–181, 

amended the National Housing Act to 

add Section 247 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–12) to 

permit FHA to insure mortgages for 

properties located on Hawaiian 

Homelands. Under this program, the 

mortgagor must be a native Hawaiian. 

Section 247 requires that the 

Department of Hawaiian Homelands 

(DHHL) of the State of Hawaii (a) will 

be a co-mortgagor; (b) guarantees or 

reimburses the Secretary for any 

mortgage insurance claim paid in 

connection with a property on Hawaiian 

homelands; or (c) offers other security 

acceptable to the Secretary. In 

accordance with 24 CFR 203.43i, the 

collection of information is verification 

that a loan applicant is a native 

Hawaiian and that the applicant holds 

a lease on land in a Hawaiian 

Homelands area. A borrower must 

obtain verification of eligibility from 

DHHL and submit it to the lender. A 

borrower cannot obtain a loan under 

these provisions without proof of status 

as a native Hawaiian. United States 

citizens living in Hawaii are not eligible 

for this leasehold program unless they 

are native Hawaiians. The eligibility 

document is required to obtain benefits. 

In accordance with 24 CFR 203.439(c), 

lenders must report monthly to HUD 

and the DHHL on delinquent borrowers 

and provide documentation to HUD to 

support that the loss mitigation 

requirements of 24 CFR 203.604 have 

been met. To assist the DHHL in 

identifying delinquent loans, lenders 

report monthly. A delinquent mortgage 

that is reported timely would allow 

DHHL to intervene and prevent 

foreclosure. This collection of data is 

cited in 2502–0060. 

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 91. The number of 

respondents is 247, the number of 

responses is 494, the frequency of 

response is on occasion, and the burden 

hour per response is one hour and four 

minutes. 

Status: This is an extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: April 5, 2012. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8762 Filed 4–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5603–N–25] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB Public 

Housing Agency Plan 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been 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. 

The PHA Plan is a comprehensive 

guide to PHA policies, programs, 

operations, and strategies for meeting 

local housing needs and goals. The PHA 

Plan informs HUD, residents, and the 

public of the PHA’s mission for serving 

the needs of low, very low-income, and 

extremely low-income families and its 

strategy for addressing those needs. This 


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data allows HUD to monitor the 

performance of programs and the 

performance of public housing agencies 

that administer the programs. The PHA 

Plan is being revised to address, clarify 

and provide additional guidance on the 

submission requirements for qualified 

and nonqualified PHAs, as well as to 

address previous public comments. 

Section 2702 of Title VII—Small Public 

Housing Authorities Paperwork 

Reduction Act, of the Housing and 

Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 

amends section 5A(b) of the 1937 Act by 

establishing ‘‘qualified public housing 

agencies,’’ a category of PHAs with less 

than 550 public housing units and 

tenant-based vouchers combined that 

are provided substantial paperwork 

relief, primarily with respect to the PHA 

Annual Plan requirements in section 

5(A)(b) of the United States Housing Act 

of 1937. The paperwork relief exempts 

qualified PHAs from the requirement to 

prepare and submit an annual PHA plan 

to HUD for review. This Act impacts 

approximately seventy-four percent, or 

2,994 of the 4,053 PHAs that are 

required to submit an annual PHA plan. 

In addition to the exemption from 

submitting annual plans for qualified 

agencies, because of the different annual 

plan submission requirements of 

agencies that are considered standard, 

high-performer, Housing Choice 

Voucher (HCV) only, small, and 

troubled within 24 CFR part 903, the 

existing approved forms were 

determined to be incompatible with the 

program requirements. Therefore, some 

previously approved forms have been 

separated into new forms that will be 

completed by different classes of PHAs. 

These changes also reflect 

recommendations made by the public in 

a previous information collection. 

Specifically, this information collection 

revises previously approved OMB forms 

HUD–50077–SL and HUD–50077–CR; 

adds Certifications of Compliance with 

PHA Plans and Related Regulations 

(form HUD–50077–SM–HP and HUD– 

50077–ST–HCV) formerly appearing on 

form HUD 50077 as separate documents; 

deletes approved OMB form HUD– 

50075, and replaces that form with five 

new forms (form HUD–50075–5Y, 

HUD–50075–ST, HUD–50075–SM–HP, 

HUD–50075–HCV, and HUD–50075– 

QA). Qualified PHAs no longer submit 

information on discretionary programs 

(demolition or disposition, HOPE VI, 

Project-based vouchers, required or 

voluntary conversion, homeownership, 

or capital improvements, etc.) as part of 

an Annual PHA Plan submission. 

However, Qualified PHAs that intend to 

implement these activities are still 

subject to the full application and 

approval processes that exist for 

demolition or disposition, designated 

housing, conversion, homeownership, 

and other special application processes 

that will no longer be tied to prior 

authorization in an Annual PHA Plan 

for a Qualified PHA. All PHAs, 

including the PHAs identified as 

Qualified PHAs under HERA, must 

continue to submit any demolition or 

disposition, public housing conversion, 

homeownership, or other special 

applications as applicable to HUD’s 

Special Applications Center (SAC) in 

Chicago for review and approval or to 

HUD Headquarters for CFFP proposals. 

It is expected that Qualified PHAs, as 

a matter of good business practice, 

continue to keep their residents, the 

general public, and the local HUD office 

apprised of any plans to initiate these 

types of programs and activities. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 11, 

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 (2577–0226) 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 fax: 

202–395–5806. 

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: Public Housing 

Agency Plan. 

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0226. 

Form Numbers: 50075–SM–HP, HUD 

50075–5Y, HUD–50077–CR, HUD– 

50077–ST–HCV, HUD–50077–CRT– 

SM–HP, HUD–50075–ST, HUD–50075– 

PHA HCV, HUD–50075.2, HUD– 

50075.1, HUD–50075–SM–HP, HUD 

50077–SL, HUD–50075–QA. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: The 

PHA Plan is a comprehensive guide to 

PHA policies, programs, operations, and 

strategies for meeting local housing 

needs and goals. The PHA Plan informs 

HUD, residents, and the public of the 

PHA’s mission for serving the needs of 

low, very low-income, and extremely 

low-income families and its strategy for 

addressing those needs. This data 

allows HUD to monitor the performance 

of programs and the performance of 

public housing agencies that administer 

the programs. The PHA Plan is being 

revised to address, clarify and provide 

additional guidance on the submission 

requirements for qualified and 

nonqualified PHAs, as well as to 

address previous public comments. 

Section 2702 of Title VII—Small Public 

Housing Authorities Paperwork 

Reduction Act, of the Housing and 

Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008 

amends section 5A(b) of the 1937 Act by 

establishing ‘‘qualified public housing 

agencies,’’ a category of PHAs with less 

than 550 public housing units and 

tenant-based vouchers combined that 

are provided substantial paperwork 

relief, primarily with respect to the PHA 

Annual Plan requirements in section 

5(A)(b) of the United States Housing Act 

of 1937. The paperwork relief exempts 

qualified PHAs from the requirement to 

prepare and submit an annual PHA plan 

to HUD for review. This Act impacts 

approximately seventy-four percent, or 

2,994 of the 4,053 PHAs that are 

required to submit an annual PHA plan. 

In addition to the exemption from 

submitting annual plans for qualified 

agencies, because of the different annual 

plan submission requirements of 

agencies that are considered standard, 

high-performer, Housing Choice 

Voucher (HCV) only, small, and 

troubled within 24 CFR part 903, the 

existing approved forms were 

determined to be incompatible with the 

program requirements. Therefore, some 


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previously approved forms have been 

separated into new forms that will be 

completed by different classes of PHAs. 

These changes also reflect 

recommendations made by the public in 

a previous information collection. 

Specifically, this information collection 

revises previously approved OMB forms 

HUD–50077–SL and HUD–50077–CR; 

adds Certifications of Compliance with 

PHA Plans and Related Regulations 

(form HUD–50077–SM–HP and HUD– 

50077–ST–HCV) formerly appearing on 

form HUD 50077 as separate documents; 

deletes approved OMB form HUD– 

50075, and replaces that form with five 

new forms (form HUD–50075–5Y, 

HUD–50075–ST, HUD–50075–SM–HP, 

HUD–50075–HCV, and HUD–50075– 

QA). Qualified PHAs no longer submit 

information on discretionary programs 

(demolition or disposition, HOPE VI, 

Project-based vouchers, required or 

voluntary conversion, homeownership, 

or capital improvements, etc.) as part of 

an Annual PHA Plan submission. 

However, Qualified PHAs that intend to 

implement these activities are still 

subject to the full application and 

approval processes that exist for 

demolition or disposition, designated 

housing, conversion, homeownership, 

and other special application processes 

that will no longer be tied to prior 

authorization in an Annual PHA Plan 

for a Qualified PHA. All PHAs, 

including the PHAs identified as 

Qualified PHAs under HERA, must 

continue to submit any demolition or 

disposition, public housing conversion, 

homeownership, or other special 

applications as applicable to HUD’s 

Special Applications Center (SAC) in 

Chicago for review and approval or to 

HUD Headquarters for CFFP proposals. 

It is expected that Qualified PHAs, as 

a matter of good business practice, 

continue to keep their residents, the 

general public, and the local HUD office 

apprised of any plans to initiate these 

types of programs and activities. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response 

Burden 

hours 

Reporting Burden ..................................................................................... 4,053 1 5.006 20,290 

Status: Reinstatement with change of 

a previously approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: April 5, 2012. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8760 Filed 4–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–R–2011–N253: 

FXRS12650800000S3–112–FF08R00000] 

Hopper Mountain, Bitter Creek, and 

Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuges, 

Ventura, Kern, San Luis Obispo, and 

Tulare Counties, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments: draft comprehensive 

conservation plan/environmental 

assessment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service) announce the 

availability of a Draft Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan (CCP) and 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 

Hopper Mountain, Bitter Creek, and 

Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuges for 

public review and comment. The CCP/ 

EA, prepared under the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997, and in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, describes how the Service 

proposes to manage the three refuges for 

the next 15 years. Draft compatibility 

determinations for several existing and 

proposed public uses are also available 

for review and public comment with the 

Draft CCP/EA. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

June 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments, 

requests for more information, or 

requests to be added to the mailing list 

by any of the following methods. 

Email: fw8plancomments@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Hopper CCP’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

Fax: Attn: Sandy Osborn, (916) 414– 

6497. 

U.S. Mail: Pacific Southwest Region, 

Refuge Planning, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 2800 Cottage Way, W–1832, 

Sacramento, CA 95825–1846. 

In-Person Drop-off: You may drop off 

comments during regular business hours 

at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sandy Osborn, Planning Team Leader, 

at (916) 414–6503, or Michael Brady, 

Project Leader, at (805) 644–5185 or 

fw8plancomments@fws.gov. Further 

information may also be found at http:// 

www.fws.gov/hoppermountain/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd-668ee), which amended the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, requires the 

Service to develop a CCP for each 

national wildlife refuge. The purpose in 

developing a CCP is to provide refuge 

managers with a 15-year plan for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and our policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

environmental education and 

interpretation. 

We initiated the CCP/EA for the 

Hopper Mountain, Bitter Creek, and 

Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuges in 

April 2010. At that time and throughout 

the process, we requested, considered, 

and incorporated public scoping 

comments in numerous ways. Our 

public outreach included a Federal 

Register notice of intent published on 

April 6, 2010 (75 FR 17430), two 

planning updates, a CCP Web page 

(http://www.fws.gov/hoppermountain/), 

and three public scoping meetings. The 

scoping comment period ended on May 

21, 2010. Verbal comments were 

recorded at the public meetings, and 

written comments were received via 

letters, emails, completed issues 

workbooks, comment cards, meeting 

evaluations, and a petition letter with 

276 signatures. 

Background 

Hopper Mountain NWR was 

established in 1974 and includes 2,471 

contiguous acres in Ventura County, 

California. Bitter Creek NWR was 

established in 1985 and includes 14,097 

acres, primarily in Kern County and 

extending into San Luis Obispo and 

Ventura Counties. Blue Ridge NWR was 

established in 1982 and includes 897 


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