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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5832–N–02] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; CDBG 

Urban County Qualification/ 

Requalification Processes 

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning 

and Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

will be 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. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: April 10, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to: 

Colette Pollard, Departmental 

Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

QDAM, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Room 4160, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone: 202–708–3400 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or email Ms. Pollard 

for a copy of the proposed form and 

other available information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria Coates, Community Planning and 

Development Specialist, Entitlement 

Communities Division, Office of Block 

Grant Assistance, 451 7th Street SW., 

Room 7282, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone (202) 708–1577 (this is not a 

toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

section A. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Community Development Block Grant 

(CDBG) Urban County Qualification/

Requalification Processes. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0170. 

Type of Request: Existing collection 

number will expire May 31, 2015. 

Form Numbers: N/A. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use: The 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974, as amended, at sections 

102(a)(6) and 102(e) requires that any 

county seeking qualification as an urban 

county notify each unit of general local 

government within the county that such 

unit may enter into a cooperation 

agreement to participate in the CDBG 

program as part of the county. Section 

102(d) of the statute specifies that the 

period of qualification will be three 

years. Based on these statutory 

provisions, counties seeking 

qualification or requalification as urban 

counties under the CDBG program must 

provide information to HUD every three 

years identifying the units of general 

local governments (UGLGs) within the 

county participating as a part of the 

county for purposes of receiving CDBG 

funds. The population of UGLGs for 

each eligible urban county is used in 

HUD’s allocation of CDBG funds for all 

entitlement and State CDBG grantees. 

New York towns undertook a similar 

process every three years. However, 

after consultation with program counsel, 

it was determined that a requalification 

process for New York towns is 

unnecessary because the units of general 

local government in New York towns do 

not have the same statutory notice rights 

(under section 102(e) of the Housing 

and Community Development Act of 

1974) as units of general local 

government participating in an urban 

county. In addition, each New York 

town has automatic renewing 

agreements with the incorporated units 

of general local governments contained 

within their boundaries. Therefore, it is 

presumed that all incorporated units of 

general local government will continue 

to participate in the New York towns in 

which they are located unless 

Headquarters is notified to the contrary. 

Respondents: Urban counties that are 

eligible as entitlement grantees of the 

CDBG program. 

Estimation Number of Respondents: 

There are currently 185 qualified urban 

counties participating in the CDBG 

program that must requalify every three 

years. 

Frequency of Response: On average, 

two new counties qualify each year. The 

burden on new counties is greater than 

for existing counties that requalify. The 

Department estimates new grantees use, 

on average, 100 hours to review 

instructions, contact communities in the 

county, prepare and review agreements, 

obtain legal opinions, have agreements 

executed at the local and county level, 

and prepare and transmit copies of 

required documents to HUD. The 

Department estimates that counties that 

are requalifying use, on average, 60 

hours to complete these actions. The 

time savings on requalification is 

primarily a result of a grantee’s ability 

to use agreements with no specified end 

date. Use of such ‘‘renewable’’ 

agreements enables the grantee to 

merely notify affected participating 

UGLGs in writing that their agreement 

will automatically be renewed unless 

the UGLG terminates the agreement in 

writing, rather than executing a new 

agreement every three years. 

Average of 2 new 

urban counties 

qualify per year.

2 × 100 hrs = 200 

hrs. 

185 grantees requalify on triennial basis; average annual number 

of respondents = 

62.

62 × 60 hrs. = 3,720 

hrs. 

Total combined 

burden hours.

3,920 hours. 

This total number of combined 

burden hours can be expected to 

increase annually by 200 hours, given 

the average of two new urban counties 

becoming eligible entitlement grantees 

each year. 

Information 

collection 

2506–0170 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

2 2 2 100 200 ........................ ........................

185 1 62 60 3,720 ........................ ........................

Total ...................... ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,920 18.00 $70,560 

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; 

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(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. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

Dated: January 29, 2015. 

Clifford Taffet, 

General Deputy Secretary for Community 

Planning and Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[156/A0J351010.999900/AAKL008000] 

Renewal of Agency Information 

Collection for Law and Order on Indian 

Reservations—Marriage and 

Dissolution Applications 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is seeking 

comments on the renewal of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval for the collection of 

information for the Law and Order on 

Indian Reservations—Marriage & 

Dissolution Applications, which 

concerns marriage and dissolution of a 

marriage in a Court of Indian Offenses. 

The information collection is currently 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0094. This information collection 

expires April 30, 2015. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

April 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to 

Katherine Scotta, Office of Justice 

Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 

C Street NW., MS–2603–MIB, 

Washington, DC 20240; email: 

Katherine.Scotta@bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Scotta, (202) 208–6711. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is 

seeking renewal of the approval for the 

information collection conducted under 

25 CFR 11.600(c) and 11.606(c). This 

information collection allows the Clerk 

of the Court of Indian Offenses to collect 

personal information necessary for a 

Court of Indian Offenses to issue a 

marriage license or dissolve a marriage. 

Courts of Indian Offenses have been 

established on certain Indian 

reservations under the authority vested 

in the Secretary of the Interior by 5 

U.S.C. 301 and 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, and 13, 

which authorize appropriations for 

‘‘Indian judges.’’ The courts provide for 

the administration of justice for Indian 

tribes in those areas where the tribes 

retain jurisdiction over Indians, 

exclusive of State jurisdiction, but 

where tribal courts have not been 

established to exercise that jurisdiction 

and the tribes has, by resolution or 

constitutional amendment, chosen to 

use the Court of Indian Offenses. 

Accordingly, Courts of Indian Offenses 

exercise jurisdiction under 25 CFR 11. 

Domestic relations are governed by 25 

CFR 11.600, which authorizes the Court 

of Indian Offenses to conduct and 

dissolve marriages. In order to obtain a 

marriage licenses in a Court of Indian 

Offenses, applicants must provide the 

six items of information listed in 25 CFR 

11.600(c), including identifying 

information, such a Social Security 

number, information on previous 

marriage, relationship to the other 

applicant, and a certificate of the results 

of any medical examination required by 

applicable tribal ordinances or the laws 

of the State in which the Indian country 

under the jurisdiction of the Court of 

Indian Offenses is located. To dissolve 

a marriage, applicants must provide the 

six items of information listed in 25 CFR 

11.606(c), including information on 

occupation and residency (to establish 

jurisdiction), information on whether 

the parties have lives apart for at least 

180 days or if there is serious marital 

discord warranting dissolution, and 

information on the children of the 

marriage and whether the wife is 

pregnant (for the court to determine the 

appropriate level of support that may be 

required from the non-custodial parent). 

(25 CFR 11.601) Two forms are used as 

part of this information collection, the 

Marriage License Application and the 

Dissolution of Marriage Application. 

II. Request for Comments 

The BIA requests your comments on 

this collection concerning: (a) The 

necessity of this information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden (hours 

and cost) of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the respondents. 

Please note that an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

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. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0094. 

Title: Law and Order on Indian 

Reservations—Marriage & Dissolution 

Applications. 

Brief Description of Collection: 

Submission of this information allows 

applicants to obtain a benefit, namely, 

the issuance of a marriage license or a 

decree of dissolution of a marriage 

license from the Court of Indian 

Offenses. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 260 per year, 

on average. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

65 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Dollar Cost: $0. 

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Elizabeth K. Appel, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. 

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