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HUD is adding to the collection two 

(2) documents (HUD–5985L and HUD– 

5985B) that will be used to facilitate 

uniform electronic closings of FHAinsured commercial mortgage closings, 

allow for the use of digital signatures 

and digital records where they are 

consistent with program obligations, 

and determine the parties’ compliance 

with applicable legal requirements and 

therefore ensure protection of the FHA 

insurance fund; and one (1) document 

(HUD–5985IRR) that will be used by the 

FHA Lender to certify to HUD certain 

conditions required as part of a request 

to reduce the interest rate of an existing 

FHA-insured commercial mortgage 

(often due to market fluctuations that 

lower the interest rate and save the 

project money by making this 

reduction). In addition, the name of this 

collection is being changed from 

COVID19 HUD Contingency Plan for 

HUD Multifamily Rental Project Closing 

Documents to Electronic Closing and 

Continued First Lien Priority 

Certificates for FHA-Insured 

Commercial Mortgage Transactions. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions, State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,094. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

3,217. 

Frequency of Response: 1.033 per 

annum. 

Average Hours per Response: 0.833 

hour. 

Total Estimated Burden: 2,900. 

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. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35 

Jeffrey D. Little, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office 

of Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27046 Filed 12–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7070–N–91] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Floodplain Management 

and Protection of Wetlands, OMB 

Control No.: 2506–0151 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, Chief Data Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD is seeking approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for the information collection 

described below. In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is 

requesting comment from all interested 

parties on the proposed collection of 

information. The purpose of this notice 

is to allow for an additional 30 days of 

public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: January 10, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Interested persons are 

also invited to submit comments 

regarding this proposal and comments 

should refer to the proposal by name 

and/or OMB Control Number and 

should be sent to: Colette Pollard, 

Clearance Officer, REE, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW, Room 8210, Washington, 

DC 20410–5000; email 

PaperworkReductionActOffice@

hud.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, REE, 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. HUD welcomes and is prepared 

to receive calls from individuals who 

are deaf or hard of hearing, as well as 

individuals with speech or 

communication disabilities. To learn 

more about how to make an accessible 

telephone call, please visit: https:// 

www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ 

telecommunications-relay-service-trs. 

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 September 15, 

2023 at 88 FR 63596. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 24 

CFR 55, Floodplain Management and 

Protection of Wetlands. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0151. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection: 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: 24 CFR 

55 implements decision-making 

procedures prescribed by Executive 

Order 11988 with which applicants 

must comply before HUD financial 

assistance can be approved for projects 

that are located within floodplains. 

Records of compliance must be kept. 

Respondents: 575. 

Information Collection/Form Number: 

N/A. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

575. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Responses per Annum: 575. 

Average Burden Hours per Response: 

Varies. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 2,500 hours. 

Information collection/form number 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Average 

burden 

hour per 

response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Hourly 

cost per 

response 

Annual 

cost 

ICR#: 2506–0151 24 CFR 55.20 .............................................. 275 1 275 8 2,200 44.00 96,800 


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Information collection/form number 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Average 

burden 

hour per 

response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Hourly 

cost per 

response 

Annual 

cost 

ICR#: 2506–0151 24 CFR 55.21 .............................................. 300 1 300 1 300 44.00 13,200 

Total ................................................................................... 575 1 575 .................... 2,500 .................... 110,000 

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. 

(5) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comments in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

chapter 35. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of Policy Development and Research, 

Chief Data Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27051 Filed 12–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–MB–2023–N093; 

FXMB12310900WH0–245–FF09M26000; 

OMB Control Number 1018–0023] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget; Migratory 

Bird Surveys 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service), are proposing to renew an 

information collection, with changes. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

10, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of publication 

of this notice at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 

5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803 (mail); or by email to Info_

Coll@fws.gov. Please reference ‘‘1018- 

0023’’ in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madonna L. Baucum, Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov, 

or by telephone at (703) 358–2503. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.) and its implementing regulations 

in the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) at 5 CFR 1320, all information 

collections require approval under the 

PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor 

and you are not required to respond to 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

On June 2, 2023, we published in the 

Federal Register (88 FR 36328) a notice 

of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on August 1, 2023. In 

an effort to increase public awareness 

of, and participation in, our public 

commenting processes associated with 

information collection requests, the 

Service also published the Federal 

Register notice on Regulations.gov 

(Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2023–0085) 

to provide the public with an additional 

method to submit comments (in 

addition to the typical Info_Coll@

fws.gov email and U.S. mail submission 

methods). We received four comments 

in response to that notice which did not 

address the information collection 

requirements. No responses are required 

to those comments. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on new, 

proposed, revised, and continuing 

collections of information. This helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand our 

information collection requirements and 

provide the requested data in the 

desired format. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 


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