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2015. This process is conducted in 

accordance with 5 CFR 1320.10. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or 

suggestions regarding the item(s) 

contained in this notice, especially 

regarding the estimated public burden 

and associated response time, must be 

directed to the OMB USCIS Desk Officer 

via email at oira_submission@

omb.eop.gov. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax at (202) 395–5806. All 

submissions received must include the 

agency name and the OMB Control 

Number 1615–0122. 

You may wish to consider limiting the 

amount of personal information that you 

provide in any voluntary submission 

you make. For additional information 

please read the Privacy Act notice that 

is available via the link in the footer of 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you need a copy of the information 

collection instrument with instructions, 

or additional information, please visit 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: 

http://www.regulations.gov. We may 

also be contacted at: USCIS, Office of 

Policy and Strategy, Regulatory 

Coordination Division, Laura Dawkins, 

Chief, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2140, 

Telephone number 202–272–8377. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments 

Note: The address listed in this notice 

should only be used to submit comments 

concerning this information collection. 

Please do not submit requests for individual 

case status inquiries to this address. If you 

are seeking information about the status of 

your individual case, please check ‘‘My Case 

Status’’ online at: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/ 

Dashboard.do, or call the USCIS National 

Customer Service Center at 1–800–375–5283. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

should address one or more of the 

following four points: 

(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, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(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, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection 

Request: Extension, Without Change, of 

a Currently Approved Collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

USCIS Identity and Credentialing 

Access Management (ICAM) and USCIS 

Electronic Immigration System (USCIS 

ELIS). 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the DHS 

sponsoring the collection: No Form; 

USCIS. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. USCIS ICAM will allow the 

public to create an account with USCIS 

and then return as a registered user to 

complete forms or to interact in other 

ways that become available to the user. 

The USCIS ELIS is a system that the 

user can enter either through the USCIS 

ICAM account, or for a select limited 

number of forms, create an account 

directly in USCIS ELIS and then 

complete an electronic version of 

certain USCIS forms. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: The estimated total number of 

respondents for the information 

collection is 1,220,504 and the 

estimated hour burden per response is 

.167 hours. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total estimated annual 

hour burden associated with this 

collection is 203,824 hours. 

Dated: January 13, 2015. 

Laura Dawkins, 

Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, 

Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship 

and Immigration Services, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

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BILLING CODE 9111–97–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5843–N–01] 

Implementation of the Privacy Act of 

1974, as Amended; New System of 

Records, the Rental Assistance 

Demonstration (RAD) Program 

Evaluation Data Files 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: New System of Records. 

SUMMARY: The Department’s Office of 

Policy Development and Research 

(PD&R) is proposing to create a new 

system of records, the ‘‘RAD Program 

Evaluation Data Files.’’ The 

Department’s Office of PD&R is 

responsible for maintaining current 

information on housing needs, market 

conditions and existing programs, as 

well as conducting research on priority 

housing and community development 

issues. The principal purpose of the 

evaluation of the RAD Program is to 

allow the Department to assess and 

report to Congress on the performance 

of this program, which converts public 

housing units to new forms of 

ownership, focusing on: (1) Preserving 

the affordable housing availability of 

former public housing units; (2) the 

amount of private capital leveraged as a 

result of RAD conversions; and (3) the 

effect that RAD conversions have on 

unit residents. The new SORN allows 

the Department to track RAD program 

participants for the purpose of studying 

the impact of the RAD program on 

residents of impacted public housing 

properties. In order to study the 

residents as they move from the public 

housing development, it is necessary to 

collect their contact information at this 

point in the program implementation. In 

addition, the records collected through 

this evaluation represent HUD’s effort to 

be responsive to its Congressional 

mandate to document and report the 

impact of the program. A more detailed 

description of the new system is 

contained in this notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: The notice will be 

effective February 23, 2015, unless 

comments are received that would 

result in a contrary determination. 

Comments Due Date: February 23, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, 

Office of the General Counsel, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410– 

0500. Communication should refer to 


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the above docket number and title. A 

copy of each communication submitted 

will be available for public inspection 

and copying between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 

p.m. weekdays at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Robinson-Staton, Chief Privacy 

Officer, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410 (Attention: 

Capitol View Building, 4th Floor), 

telephone number: (202) 402–8073. [The 

above telephone number is not a toll 

free number.] A telecommunications 

device for hearing-and speech-impaired 

persons (TTY) is available by calling the 

Federal Information Relay Service’s tollfree telephone number (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

system of records is operated by HUD’s 

Office of PD&R and includes personally 

identifiable information (PII) pertaining 

to participants of HUD’s RAD Program 

from which information is retrieved by 

a name or unique identifier. The new 

system of records encompasses 

programs and services of the 

Department’s data collection and 

management practices. Publication of 

this notice allows the Department to 

satisfy its reporting requirement and 

keep an up-to-date accounting of its 

system of records publications. The new 

system of records will incorporate 

Federal privacy requirements and HUD 

policy requirements. The Privacy Act 

provides certain safeguards for an 

individual against an invasion of 

personal privacy by requiring Federal 

agencies to protect records contained in 

an agency system of records from 

unauthorized disclosure, by ensuring 

that information is current and collected 

only for its intended use, and by 

providing adequate safeguards to 

prevent misuse of such information. 

Additionally, this notice demonstrates 

the Department’s focus on industry best 

practices in protecting the personal 

privacy of the individuals covered by 

this system of records notice. 

This notice states the name and 

location of the record system, the 

authority for and manner of its 

operations, the categories of individuals 

that it covers, the type of records that it 

contains, the sources of the information 

for the records, the routine uses made of 

the records and the type of exemptions 

in place for the records. In addition, this 

notice includes the business addresses 

of the HUD officials who will inform 

interested persons of the procedures 

whereby they may gain access to and/ 

or request amendments to records 

pertaining to them. 

This publication does meet the SORN 

threshold requirements pursuant to the 

Privacy Act and OMB Circular A–130, 

and a report was submitted to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB), the 

Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, and 

the House Committee on Government 

Reform as instructed by Paragraph 4c of 

Appendix l to OMB Circular No. A–130, 

‘‘Federal Agencies Responsibilities for 

Maintaining Records About 

Individuals,’’ July 25, 1994 (59 FR 

37914). 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a; 88 Stat. 1896; 42 

U.S.C. 3535(d). 

Dated: January 12, 2015. 

Rafael C. Diaz, 

Chief Information Officer. 

SYSTEM OF RECORDS NO.: PD&R/

RRE.01 

SYSTEM NAME: 

Rental Assistance Demonstration 

(RAD) Program Evaluation Data Files. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20140; The Urban 

Institute, 2100 M Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20037; The SSRS, 53 

West Baltimore Pike Media, PA 19063. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

The categories of individuals covered 

by the system will include Rental 

Assistance Demonstration (RAD) 

Program participants who have agreed 

to be part of the RAD outcome study. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The categories of records in the 

system will include the participants 

name, home address, telephone number, 

and personal email address. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The authority for the collection of 

records, and the maintenance of this 

system is authorized by Sections 501– 

502 of the Housing and Urban 

Development Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91– 

609), 12 U.S.C. 1701z–1, 1701z–2. 

PURPOSE(S): 

The data collected through this effort 

will be used to study the impact of the 

RAD program on residents of impacted 

public housing properties. RAD is an 

initiative of the Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (HUD) and 

many stakeholders that seek to preserve 

public and other HUD-assisted housing, 

by providing owners and Public 

Housing Authorities (PHAs) with access 

to additional funding to make needed 

physical improvements to such 

properties. In a tightened budget 

environment, PHAs and private owners 

have to make tough choices between 

repairing roofs and replacing 

plumbing—or worse, demolishing units 

altogether—because ‘‘of a chronic lack 

of adequate funding’’. The public 

housing inventory currently has a 

capital needs backlog of $25.6 billion, 

and the nation continues to lose 10,000 

to 15,000 units of affordable housing 

every year. RAD allows PHAs and 

private owners to convert public 

housing and other HUD-assisted 

properties to long-term project-based 

Section 8 rental assistance. It also 

enables them to access private debt and 

equity to address immediate and longterm capital needs of the projects. Most 

needed repairs made as part of RAD are 

likely to be small and residents will be 

able to stay in their homes during 

construction. However, some 

apartments and buildings will require 

more extensive rehab. In these cases, 

residents may be temporarily relocated. 

All tenants who are relocated will have 

the right to return to their development 

once construction is completed. 

Generally, temporary relocation should 

not last longer than 12 months. In a few 

cases, a property may be too old or 

deteriorated, and past the point where it 

can be effectively rehabilitated, 

requiring that it be demolished and 

replaced. In these instances, residents 

will be provided temporary relocation 

and will have the right to return to the 

replacement housing that is constructed. 

The authorizing statute for the 

demonstration program requires that 

HUD assess the extent to which the 

program meets the goals of preserving 

and improving former public housing 

units, and to assess the amount of 

private capital leveraged as a result of 

such conversions. The authorizing 

statute also requires HUD to assess the 

effect of conversion on residents. In 

order to track residents as they move 

from the public housing development, it 

is necessary to collect their contact 

information at this point in the program 

implementation. PII will be collected 

from a sample of 400 residents of public 

housing developments participating in 

HUD’s RAD program who have agreed 

to be part of an outcomes study, which 

will allow HUD to understand the 

impact of this program on the residents 

of public housing developments that are 

implementing RAD. In addition, the 

records collected through this 

evaluation represent HUD’s effort to be 

responsive to its Congressional mandate 

to document and report the impact of 

the RAD program. 


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1http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/

huddoc?id=append1.pdf. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES. 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

Section 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or 

a portion of the records or information 

contained in this system may be 

disclosed outside HUD as a routine use 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as 

follows: 

1. To Econometrica and Urban 

Institute staff to track study participants 

and locate participants for a future 

follow-up interview. Staff may also use 

the data files to match with other 

datasets for tracking purposes, such as 

change of address and credit bureau 

databases. 

2. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons to the extent that such 

disclosures are compatible with the 

purpose for which the records in this 

system were collected, as set forth by 

Appendix I 1—HUD’s Library of Routine 

Uses published in the Federal Register 

(July 17, 2012, at 77 FR 41996); and 

3. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: (a) HUD suspects or 

has confirmed that the security or 

confidentiality of information in a 

system of records has been 

compromised; (b) HUD has determined 

that as a result of the suspected or 

confirmed compromise, there is a risk of 

harm to economic or property interests, 

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the 

security or integrity of systems or 

programs (whether maintained by HUD 

or another agency or entity) that rely 

upon the compromised information; and 

(c) 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 

compromise and prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm for purposes of 

facilitating responses and remediation 

efforts in the event of a data breach. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM

STORAGE: 

All data collected will be input and 

stored in a secure database. Hard-copy 

materials containing respondent 

identifying information will be locked 

up when not in use. PII will be 

accessible to the research team only at 

the Urban Institute and SSRS system 

locations. Transfer of PII between HUD 

and HUD’s contractors through secure 

file transfer protocol or transportable 

media encryption or a similar standard. 

All hard-copy materials, including 

completed forms and electronic records 

on transportable media, will be kept in 

locked cabinets when not in use. In 

addition, data on transportable media 

will be encrypted. Records with PII will 

not be printed. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

The contact database will include 

personal identifiers that can be used to 

locate records to update residents’ 

whereabouts following enrollment into 

the outcomes study. Records within the 

contact database can be retrieved by 

name, home address, telephone number, 

and personal email address. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

The retention and disposal 

procedures will be in keeping with 

HUD’s records management policies as 

described in 44 U.S.C. 3101 and 3303. 

Records will be maintained for a period 

not to exceed five years. All PII 

associated with the project will be 

destroyed by Econometrica, Inc. and 

their subcontractors or otherwise 

rendered irrecoverable per NIST SP 

800–88 ‘‘Guidelines for Media 

Sanitization’’ (September 2006) at the 

end of the contract. At the end of the 

contract, paper-based records that do 

not need to be retained will be shredded 

and the remainder of the files will be 

shredded after the three-year retention 

period required in the contract. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Carol Star, Director, Division of 

Program Evaluation, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 

DC 20410, Telephone Number (202) 

402–6139. 

NOTIFICATION AND RECORD ACCESS

PROCEDURES: 

For information, assistance, or 

inquiries about the existence of records, 

contact the Chief Privacy Officer, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Room 4156, Washington, DC 20410 

(Attention: Capitol View Building, 4th 

Floor), telephone number: (202) 402– 

8073. Verification of your identity must 

include original signature and be 

notarized. Written request must include 

the full name, Social Security Number, 

date of birth, current address, and 

telephone number of the individual 

making the request. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Department’s rules for contesting 

contents of records and appealing initial 

denials appear in 24 CFR part 16. 

Additional assistance may be obtained 

by contacting: U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, Chief 

Privacy Officer, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410 (Attention: 

Capitol View Building, 4th Floor), 

telephone number: (202) 402–8073 or 

the HUD Departmental Privacy Appeals 

Officers, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street SW., 

Washington DC 20410. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Initial contact information will be 

extracted from the HUD’s Inventory 

Management System, also known as 

Public and Indian Housing Information 

Center (PIC). Any necessary updates to 

this contact information will be 

provided directly from HUD’s Rental 

Assistance Demonstration participants 

who have agreed to be part of the 

outcomes study. The records stored in 

the contact database will include 

information that can be used to locate 

residents’ whereabouts following 

enrollment into the outcomes study. 

This data will be supplied exclusively 

by the individuals themselves. 

SYSTEMS EXEMPTED FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS

OF THE ACT: 

None. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–IA–2015–N110; 

FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

February 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, Branch of 

Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– 

2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. 


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