Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 24 / Thursday, February 5, 2015 / Notices 6531 

Street, Arlington, VA, 22202, 202–646– 

3901, FEMA–FFRMS@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket ID. Regardless of the method 

used for submitting comments or 

material, all submissions will be posted, 

without change, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov, and will include 

any personal information you provide. 

Therefore, submitting this information 

makes it public. You may wish to read 

the Privacy Act notice, which can be 

viewed by clicking on the ‘‘Privacy 

Notice’’ link in the footer of 

www.regulations.gov. 

You may submit your comments and 

material by the methods specified in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Please submit 

your comments and any supporting 

material by only one means to avoid the 

receipt and review of duplicate 

submissions. 

Docket: This notice is available in 

docket ID FEMA–2015–0006. For access 

to the docket to read background 

documents or comments received, go to 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for the docket ID. Submitted comments 

may also be inspected at FEMA, Office 

of Chief Counsel, 8NE, 500 C Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20472. 

II. Background 

This notice seeks comment on the 

proposed ‘‘Revised Guidelines for 

Implementing Executive Order 11988, 

Floodplain Management’’ (Guidelines). 

The Guidelines were first issued by the 

Water Resources Council in 1978, 

following the issuance of Executive 

Order 11988. The proposed Guidelines 

concern Executive Order 11988, which 

was recently amended by a new 

Executive Order, ‘‘Establishing a Federal 

Flood Risk Management Standard and a 

Process for Further Soliciting and 

Considering Stakeholder Input.’’ The 

Federal Flood Risk Management 

Standard (Standard) was developed by 

the Mitigation Framework Leadership 

Group in consultation with the Federal 

Interagency Floodplain Management 

Task Force, at the direction of the 

President. The Standard provides three 

approaches for defining the floodplain: 

• Applying methods informed by 

best-available, actionable climate 

science, 

• Adding two or three additional feet 

of elevation, depending on the 

criticality of the building or structure, 

above the 100-year, or 1%-annualchance, flood elevation, or 

• Using the 500-year, or 0.2%-annualchance, flood elevation. 

The Standard is consistent with the 

President’s Climate Action Plan (June 

2013). The President directed Federal 

agencies to take the appropriate actions 

to reduce risks to Federal investments, 

specifically calling on Federal agencies 

to update their flood risk reduction 

standards. The Standard also expands to 

a more national scope the work initially 

begun by the Hurricane Sandy 

Rebuilding Task Force to build back 

smarter in the Sandy-affected region. 

This expansion was a key 

recommendation from the Hurricane 

Sandy Rebuilding Strategy (August 

2013) and the Recommendations of the 

State, Local and Tribal Leaders Task 

Force on Climate Preparedness and 

Resilience (November 2014). 

In addition to this notice seeking 

comment, the Mitigation Framework 

Leadership Group is conducting a series 

of public meetings, which will serve as 

‘‘Listening Sessions’’ to solicit feedback. 

A virtual listening session will also be 

held. A separate Federal Register Notice 

will be forthcoming detailing meeting 

dates and locations. 

Executive Order 11988, as amended, 

the proposed ‘‘Revised Guidelines for 

Implementing Executive Order 11988, 

Floodplain Management,’’ and the 

Federal Flood Risk Management 

Standard are included in the docket for 

this Notice on www.regulations.gov, 

under docket ID FEMA–2015–0006. 

Authority: Executive Order 11988, 

Floodplain Management, as amended; 

Executive Order, ‘‘Establishing a Federal 

Flood Risk Management Standard and a 

Process for Further Soliciting and 

Considering Stakeholder Input.’’ 

Dated: January 30, 2015. 

Roy Wright, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Mitigation, Federal Emergency Management 

Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02284 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–47–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5831–N–07] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Housing Search Process 

for Racial/Ethnic Minorities 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the 

proposed information collection 

requirement described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review, in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow for an 

additional 30 days of public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 9, 

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: 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at 

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–3400. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 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 HUD has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of 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 May 5, 2014. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Housing Search Process for Racial/

Ethnic Minorities. 

OMB Approval Number: 2528—New. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Form Number: None. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: It has 

suspected that differences between the 

rental housing search process employed 

by racial and ethnic minorities and 

other populations may have significant 

consequences for the housing 

opportunities available to minority 

households and the strategies needed to 

combat racial and ethnic discrimination. 

This is an exploratory inquiry into a 

topic that is not well understood and 

has not been a well-developed research 

topic. The findings of this study will 

help guide research toward a more 

comprehensive understanding of the 

rental housing search processes of 

individual households and will inform 

development of more effective 

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discriminatory practices and will 

indicate ways to expand housing 

opportunities for racial and ethnic 

minorities. 

Respondents: Recent movers and 

current housing searchers in large scale 

cognitive testing and a limited number 

of in-depth interviews of some members 

of the testing group. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

Recent Movers ................. 525 1 1 .5 262 .5 0 0 

Ineligibles—screened out 175 1 1 .0333 5 .83 0 0 

Current Movers—first 

wave ............................. 175 1 1 .5 87 .5 0 0 

Current movers—second 

wave ............................. 140 1 1 .33 46 .2 0 0 

Current movers—third 

wave ............................. 98 1 1 .33 32 .34 0 0 

In-depth Interviews ........... 48 1 1 1 48 0 0 

Total .......................... 986 

(700-Unique) 

........................ ........................ ...................... 482 .37 0 0 

There are no capital/start-up or 

ongoing operation/maintenance cost to 

respondent or record keepers associated 

with this data collection. 

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. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

Dated: January 28, 2015. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02255 Filed 2–4–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5831–N–06] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Revision of Transformation 

Initiative: Sustainable Construction in 

Indian Country Small Grant Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD has submitted the 

proposed information collection 

requirement described below to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review, in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow for an 

additional 30 days of public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 9, 

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: 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colette Pollard, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at 

Colette.Pollard@hud.gov or telephone 

202–402–3400. Persons with hearing or 

speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– 

8339. 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 HUD has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of 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 August 22, 2014. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Revision of Transformation Initiative: 

Sustainable Construction in Indian 

Country Small Grant Program. 

OMB Approval Number: 2528–0274. 

Type of Request: Reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

collection. 

Form Number: SF–424, SF–424 

Supplemental, HUD–424–CB, SF–LLL, 

HUD–2880, HUD–2993, HUD–96010 

and HUD–96011. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

information is being collected to 

monitor performance of grantees to 

ensure they meet statutory and program 

goals and requirements. 

Members of the Affected Public: 

Institutions of higher education 

accredited by a national or regional 

accrediting agency recognized by the 

U.S. Department of Education are the 

official applicants. Estimation of the 

total number of hours needed to prepare 

the information collection including 

number of respondents, frequency of 

response, and hours of response: 

Information pursuant to grant award 

will be submitted quarterly with a final 

report. The following chart details the 

respondent burden on a quarterly and 

annual basis: 


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