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FR–5693–N–02], on February 6, 2013, at 

78 FR 8552. 

Ladonne White, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Office of 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00275 Filed 1–9–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7092–N–07] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Financial 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 

the Department of the Housing and 

Urban Development (HUD), Office of the 

Chief Financial Officer (OCFO) 

Accounting Operations Center, is 

issuing a public notice of its intent to 

create a new system of records titled, 

‘‘HUD Remittance and Debt Collection.’’ 

The purpose of the HUD Remittance and 

Debt Collection (HRDC) is to provide 

OCFO with the ability to track debts and 

remittances. 

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or 

before February 8, 2024. This proposed 

action will be effective on the date 

following the end of the comment 

period unless comments are received 

which result in a contrary 

determination. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number or by one 

of the following methods: 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Fax: 202–619–8365. 

Email: www.privacy@hud.gov. 

Mail: Attention: Privacy Office; 

LaDonne White, Chief Privacy Officer; 

The Executive Secretariat; 451 Seventh 

Street SW, Room 10139; Washington, 

DC 20410–0001. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaDonne White; 451 Seventh Street SW, 

Room 10139; Washington, DC 20410– 

0001; telephone number (202) 708–3054 

(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/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD, 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

(OCFO) maintains the ‘‘HUD Remittance 

and Debt Collection (HRDC)’’ system of 

records. HRDC allows data from 

multiple sources to be integrated into a 

single store. It tracks remittances and 

debts along with debtor information to 

facilitate debt servicing and posting 

transactions in the general ledger. 

Information is collected from multiple 

sources. OCFO Accounting Operations 

Center collects via encrypted email, 

paper/mail, official form (sent via mail/ 

encrypted email), and/or federal 

(public) information system. The 

gathered researched data is then entered 

into the Remittance Management and 

Debt Tracking database. 

The Debt Tracking sources are 

Program Office Action Officials 

(Repayment Agreements), Office of the 

Inspector General, District Courts 

(Judgment in a Criminal Case), and the 

Public Access to Court Electronic 

Records (PACER) System. 

The Remittance Management sources 

are Treasury’s Collection Information 

Repository (CIR) which includes 

Fedwire—Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York, Electronic Check Processing 

(ECP)—Lockboxes, and Pay.gov; and 

Treasury’s Intra-governmental Payments 

and Collections (IPAC) System. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

HUD Remittance and Debt Collection 

(HRDC), HUD/CFO–05. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Records are maintained at the HUD 

OCFO, Accounting Operations Center, 

307 W 7th St., Suite 1000, Fort Worth, 

TX 76102–5100. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

Mary L. Dominguez, Director, Office 

of the Chief Financial Officer, 

Accounting Operations Center, 307 W 

7th St., Suite 1000, Fort Worth, TX 

76102–5100; Phone (817) 978–5669. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Debt Collection Act of 1982, 

Public Law 97–365, 96 Stat. 1749 

(1982), as amended by the Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996, 31 

U.S.C. 3701–3720E (original version at 

Pub. L. 104–134, 110 Stat. 132 (1996)), 

the Federal Debt Collection Procedures 

Act of 1990, 28 U.S.C. 3001–3308 

(original version at Pub. L. 101–647, 104 

Stat. 4789 (1990)) and chapter 31 of title 

44, United States Code, and HUD Debt 

Collection Handbook, 1900.25 Rev–5. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The HRDC database allows HUD 

OCFO to track remittances and debts. 

OCFO Accounting Operations Centers 

collects and maintains debtors’ 

information to locate and correspond 

with them to collect/resolve their debts. 

The information is used to perform 

legal, financial, and administrative 

services associated with the collection 

of debts due to the United States, 

ultimately posting to debtor accounts 

(general ledger) and for financial 

reporting. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals or grantees that have been 

adjudicated to owe a debt or criminal 

restitution to the United States. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Debtor’s full name, social security 

number (SSN), Home address and 

telephone number. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The Debt Tracking sources are 

Program Office Action Officials 

(Repayment Agreements), Office of the 

Inspector General (Form 15–G), District 

Courts (Judgment in a Criminal Case), 

and the Public Access to Court 

Electronic Records (PACER) System. 

The Remittance Management sources 

are Treasury’s Collection Information 

Repository (CIR) which includes 

Fedwire—Federal Reserve Bank of New 

York, Electronic Check Processing 

(ECP)—Lockboxes, and Pay.gov; and 

Treasury’s Intra-governmental Payments 

and Collections (IPAC) System. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

(1) To the Department of Treasury, 

Bureau of Fiscal Service, who provides 

debt and cash collection services for 

HUD as follows: 

(a) Administrative Offset (Debt 

Collection): offsets Federal tax refund 

payments and non-tax payments 

certified for disbursement to the debtor 

to recover a delinquent debt. 

(b) Cross-servicing (Debt Collection): 

pursues recovery of delinquent debts on 

behalf of Federal agencies using debt 

collection tools authorized by statute, 


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such as private collection agencies, 

administrative wage garnishment, or 

public dissemination of an individual’s 

delinquent indebtedness; or any other 

legitimate debt collection purpose. 

(2) To the Department of Treasury, 

Internal Revenue Services (IRS) for the 

purposes of reporting canceled debt on 

form IRS 1099–C. 

(3) To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) HUD suspects or 

has confirmed that there has been a 

breach of the system of records, (2) HUD 

has determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed breach there is 

a risk of harm to individuals, HUD’s 

(including its information systems, 

programs, and operations), the Federal 

Government, or national security; and 

(3) the disclosure made to such 

agencies, entities, and persons is 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with HUD’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

(4) To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when HUD determines 

that information from this system of 

records is reasonably necessary to assist 

the recipient agency or entity in (1) 

responding to a suspected or confirmed 

breach or (2) preventing, minimizing, or 

remedying the risk of harm to 

individuals, the recipient agency or 

entity (including its information 

systems, programs, and operations), the 

Federal Government, or national 

security, resulting from a suspected or 

confirmed breach. 

(5) To appropriate Federal, State, 

local, tribal, or other governmental 

agencies or multilateral governmental 

organizations responsible for 

investigating or prosecuting the 

violations of, or for enforcing or 

implementing, a statute, rule, 

regulation, order, or license, where HUD 

determines that the information would 

assist in the enforce civil or criminal 

laws, when such records, either alone or 

in conjunction with other information, 

indicate a violation or potential 

violation of law. 

(6) To a court, magistrate, 

administrative tribunal, or arbitrator in 

the course of presenting evidence, 

including disclosures to opposing 

counsel or witnesses in the course of 

civil discovery, litigation, mediation, or 

settlement negotiations; or in 

connection with criminal law 

proceedings; when HUD determines that 

use of such records is relevant and 

necessary to the litigation and when any 

of the following is a party to the 

litigation or have an interest in such 

litigation: (1) HUD, or any component 

thereof; or (2) any HUD employee in his 

or her official capacity; or (3) any HUD 

employee in his or her individual 

capacity where HUD has agreed to 

represent the employee; or (4) the 

United States, or any agency thereof, 

where HUD determines that litigation is 

likely to affect HUD or any of its 

components. 

(7) To any component of the 

Department of Justice or other Federal 

agency conducting litigation or in 

proceedings before any court, 

adjudicative, or administrative body, 

when HUD determines that the use of 

such records is relevant and necessary 

to the litigation and when any of the 

following is a party to the litigation or 

have an interest in such litigation: (1) 

HUD, or any component thereof; or (2) 

any HUD employee in his or her official 

capacity; or (3) any HUD employee in 

his or her individual capacity where the 

Department of Justice or agency 

conducting the litigation has agreed to 

represent the employee; or (4) the 

United States, or any agency thereof, 

where HUD determines that litigation is 

likely to affect HUD or any of its 

components. 

(8) To contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants and their agents, or others 

performing or working under a contract, 

service, grant, cooperative agreement, or 

other agreement with HUD, when 

necessary to accomplish an agency 

function related to a system of records. 

Disclosure requirements are limited to 

only those data elements considered 

relevant to accomplishing an agency 

function. 

(9) To a congressional office from the 

record of an individual, in response to 

an inquiry from the congressional office 

made at the request of that individual. 

Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3711(e) that 

information contained in this system of 

records may also be disclosed to a 

consumer reporting agency when trying 

to collect a claim owed on behalf of the 

government. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Paper and Electronic. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Debtor’s Full Name, SSN, Home 

Address, Telephone number, and 

Assigned Account Number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICIES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Record retention is in conformance 

with National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA) General 

Records Schedule (GRS) 1.1: Financial 

Management and Reporting Records; 

DAA–GRS–2013–0003. Financial 

transaction records related to procuring 

goods and services, paying bills, 

collecting debts and accounting records. 

Destroy 6 years after final payment or 

cancellation, but longer if required for 

business use. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Only authorized users in the OCFO, 

Accounting Operations Center will have 

access to system data. Entities outside of 

the Accounting Operations Center do 

not have direct access to the database. 

All OCFO employees are required to 

complete information systems security 

training annually and are reminded 

periodically about policies and 

procedures in this area. 

Other safeguards are implemented. 

Paper records are stored in locked file 

cabinets. 

Administrative Safeguards: Paper 

records are stored in locked file 

cabinets. 

Technical Safeguards: 

Comprehensive electronic records are 

maintained and stored on a shared drive 

in an electronic encryption database 

system. These records can only be 

accessed based off the user’s rights and 

privileges to the system. Electronic 

records are stored on the Shared Drive 

environment, which runs on the 

Department’s network (HUD). This 

environment complies with the security 

and privacy controls and procedures as 

described in the Federal Information 

Security Management Act (FISMA), 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) Special Publications, 

and Federal Information Processing 

Standards (FIPS). A valid HSPD–12 ID 

Credential, access to HUD’s LAN, a 

valid User ID and Password and a 

Personalized Identification Number 

(PIN) is required to access the records. 

These records are restricted to only 

those persons with a role in the AntiHarassment Program, having a need to 

access them in the performance of their 

official duties. 

For Electronic Records (cloud based): 

Comprehensive electronic records are 

secured and maintained on a cloudbased software server and operating 

system that resides in Federal Risk and 

Authorization Management Program 

(FedRAMP) and Federal Information 

Security Management Act (FISMA) 

Moderate dedicated hosting 

environment. All data located in the 

cloud-based server is firewalled and 

encrypted at rest and in transit. The 

security mechanisms for handing data at 

rest and in transit are in accordance 

with HUD encryption standards. 


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RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals requesting records of 

themselves should address written 

inquiries to the Department of Housing 

Urban and Development, 451 7th Street 

SW, Washington, DC 20410–0001. For 

verification, individuals should provide 

their full name, current address, and 

telephone number. In addition, the 

requester must provide either a 

notarized statement or an unsworn 

declaration made under 24 CFR 16.4. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The HUD rule for contesting the 

content of any record pertaining to the 

individual by the individual concerned 

is published in 24 CFR 16.8 or may be 

obtained from the system manager. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals requesting notification of 

records of themselves should address 

written inquiries to the Department of 

Housing Urban Development, 451 7th 

Street SW, Washington, DC 20410–0001. 

For verification purposes, individuals 

should provide their full name, office or 

organization where assigned, if 

applicable, and current address and 

telephone number. In addition, the 

requester must provide either a 

notarized statement or an unsworn 

declaration made under 24 CFR 16.4. 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

N/A. 

HISTORY: 

N/A. 

LaDonne White, 

Chief Privacy Officer, Office of 

Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2023–N087; 

FXES11140400000–234–FF04E00000] 

Restoration Planning To Address 1999 

Oregon-Washington Coast Mystery Oil 

Spill 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to conduct 

restoration planning. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 

trustees’ (Department of the Interior, 

and Washington Department of Fish and 

Wildlife) intent to proceed with 

restoration planning actions to address 

injuries to natural resources resulting 

from the discharge of oil associated with 

a 1999 mystery spill along the northern 

Oregon and southern Washington 

coastline. The purpose of this 

restoration planning effort is to assess 

injuries to natural resources resulting 

from the spill and develop and 

implement a plan for the restoration of 

these injured resources. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact the 

following trustee representatives: Mike 

Szumski (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service), via email at Mike_Szumski@

fws.gov or via phone at 541–867–4550, 

or Donald Noviello (Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife), via 

email at Donald.Noviello@dfw.wa.gov or 

via phone at 360–280–9376. 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: 

Background 

On March 4, 1999, Federal and State 

natural resource agencies received 

reports of tarballs and oiled birds 

coming ashore on beaches in northern 

Oregon and southern Washington. The 

event lasted several days, during which 

response crews collected the carcasses 

of 272 seabirds, primarily rhinoceros 

auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata), 

Cassin’s auklets (Ptychoramphus 

aleuticus), common murres (Uria aalge), 

and northern fulmars (Fulmarus 

glacialis). At the time, the trustees were 

responding to the New Carissa oil spill, 

which had occurred 120 miles to the 

south, near Waldport, Oregon. The New 

Carissa was initially suspected as the 

source of the spill, but chemical 

analysis of tarballs and oiled bird 

feathers indicated that the oil in the 

northern Oregon and southern 

Washington area did not match the New 

Carissa source samples. The vessel 

responsible for the spill was never 

identified. Therefore, we are referring to 

the northern Oregon/southern 

Washington spill as the OregonWashington Coast Mystery Spill (or 

incident). 

Under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 

(OPA; 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and in 

accordance with the provisions of 

regulations in title 15 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at §§ 990.42 

and 990.44 (15 CFR 990.42 and 990.44), 

the trustees are initiating a natural 

resource damage assessment (NRDA), 

which will include injury assessment 

and restoration planning for the 

incident. 

The purpose of the OPA is to make 

the environment and public whole for 

injuries to natural resources and 

services resulting from an incident 

involving a discharge of oil. Pursuant to 

section 1006(b) of OPA (33 U.S.C. 

2706(b)), the Department of the Interior 

(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and the 

State of Washington (Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife) are 

joint trustees (trustees) for natural 

resources injured by the incident. Per 

section 1006 of OPA (33 U.S.C. 2706), 

the trustees are authorized to assess the 

type and extent of injury to natural 

resources from an oil spill and then 

develop a plan that will restore injured 

resources back to baseline, a process 

known as restoration planning. With 

this Federal Register notice, the trustees 

announce their intent to assess the 

injuries and damages to natural 

resources caused by the incident and 

prepare a plan for the restoration of 

those resources (damage assessment/ 

restoration plan). 

The NRDA process will identify and 

quantify the nature and extent (both 

temporal and spatial) of injuries to 

natural resources and resource services 

arising out of the incident, and enable 

the trustees to develop plans for the 

restoration, replacement, or 

rehabilitation of those injured resources, 

or for the acquisition of equivalent 

resources or resource services. The 

assessment will be conducted pursuant 

to the regulations for NRDA at 15 CFR 

part 990. The NRDA will address 

natural resources and resource services, 

primarily bird injury, along the northern 

Oregon and southern Washington 

coastline for which injuries attributable 

to the incident have been, or can be, 

determined. 

Section 1006 of the OPA, 33 U.S.C. 

2706, authorizes the trustees to seek 

damages from the responsible party to 

pay for the implementation of the 

restoration plan. In the event that a 

viable responsible party cannot be 

identified, the trustees are authorized 

(33 U.S.C. 1321) to seek funding for 

natural resource damage claims for 

damage costs from the Oil Spill Liability 

Trust Fund (OSLTF), which is 

administered by the U.S. Coast Guard 

National Pollution Funds Center 

(Center). The trustees are proceeding in 

accordance with the regulations for 

NRDA at 15 CFR part 990, and plan to 

seek funding from the Center for costs 

associated with the Oregon-Washington 

Coast Mystery Spill NRDA and 

restoration. 


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