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for award receiving funding to carry out 

the activities approved by HUD. The 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

related to the CoC Program and 

applicable supplementary documents 

are located on the CoC Program page on 

HUD’s website on HUD’s website. 

Respondents (i.e., affected public): 

Nonprofit organizations, states, local 

governments, and instrumentalities of 

state and local governments, Indian 

Tribes, Tribally Designated Housing 

Entities (TDHEs) (as defined in section 

4 of the Native American Housing 

Assistance and Self-Determination Act 

of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)), and Public 

Housing Agencies (PHAs), as such term 

is defined in 24 CFR 5.100. 

Information Collection/Form Number: 

Information is collected via the 

electronic e-snaps application system. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

405. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 405. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Responses Per Annum: 405. 

Average Hours per Response: See 

chart. 

Total Estimated Burdens: See chart; 

however, the information included in 

the chart below is subject to change due 

to: (1) increase or decrease, based on the 

number of CoCs due to CoC mergers, 

splits, or creation of new CoCs; and (2) 

changes may occur annually in the 

number of project applicants due to new 

project applicants applying for first-time 

funding, expiring new projects 

becoming eligible for first-time renewal, 

and other existing project applicants 

deciding to no longer apply for funds. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden 

hour per 

response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Hourly 

cost per 

response 

Annual cost 

CoC Consolidated Application .................... 405 1 405 84 34,020 43.55 $1,481,571.00 

Project Applications ..... 9,740 1 9,740 8.3 80,842 43.55 3,520,669.1 

Total ...................... 10,145 1 10,145 ........................ ........................ ........................ 5,002,240.1 

The total number of respondents is 

subject to change annually due to CoCs 

merging or splitting and with newly 

created CoCs due to authorizing 

language expanding eligibility (e.g., FY 

2021 appropriations language 

authorizing the Indian Tribes and 

TDHEs eligibility to form CoCs, submit 

CoC Consolidated applications, and 

project applications). 

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. 

Marion M. McFadden, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00077 Filed 1–6–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7090–N–10] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Stepped and Tiered Rent 

Demonstration Evaluation; OMB 

Control No.: 2528–0339 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, 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 60 days of public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: March 10, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are to 

submit comments regarding this 

proposal. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection can be submitted 

within 60 days of publication of this 

notice to www.regulations.gov. 

Interested persons are also invited to 

submit comments regarding this 

proposal by name and/or OMB Control 

Number and can be sent to: Anna 

Guido, Reports Management Officer, 

REE, Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 

8210, Washington, DC 20410–5000 or 

email at PaperworkReductionActOffice@

hud.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Guido, Reports Management 

Officer, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20410; email; 

Anna.P.Guido@hud.gov; telephone (202) 

402–5535 (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. Guido. 

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: 

Stepped and Tiered Rent Demonstration 

Evaluation, Phase 2. 

OMB Approval Number: 2528–0339. 


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Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: HUD has 

selected 10 Public Housing Agencies 

(PHAs) to participate in the second 

cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) 

Expansion, Stepped and Tiered Rent 

Demonstration (STRD). These PHAs are 

implementing an alternative rent policy 

(a stepped rent or tiered rent) that 

intends to reduce PHA administrative 

burden and increase economic selfsufficiency of assisted households. Five 

PHAs are implementing a stepped rent 

and five PHAs are implementing a 

tiered rent. HUD’s Office of Policy 

Development and Research (PD&R) is 

evaluating the impacts of those 

alternative rent policies, using a 

randomized controlled trial. The 

evaluation will rely on data from a 

variety of sources, including new 

information collection efforts proposed 

in this Notice. HUD contracted with 

MDRC to conduct the first phase of the 

evaluation, including random 

assignment, baseline data collection, 

and monitoring PHA implementation, 

and has now contracted with MDRC to 

conduct the second phase of the 

evaluation, including further 

administrative baseline data collection 

and follow-up data collection for the 

first three years of the six-year 

demonstration. 

This Federal Register notice is 

seeking to extend and build upon 

previously approved data collection 

activities. For the second phase (Phase 

2) of the evaluation, additional 

interviews with PHA staff will be 

conducted to understand their 

experiences with the alternative rent 

policies and costs associated with 

administering the alternative rent rules, 

and a 30-month follow-up survey will 

be fielded to study participants to assess 

the effects of the alternative rent 

policies on key outcomes that cannot be 

captured with administrative records, 

including material hardship. In addition 

to collecting these data, the STRD 

project will continue monitoring the 

implementation of the alternative rent 

rules and collecting PHA records for 

this purpose. Data collected is being 

used to estimate the effects of the 

alternative rent rules on employment, 

earnings, housing subsidy, and other 

key outcomes. 

Member of Affected Public: Public 

housing agency administrators/staff 

managing or implementing the new rent 

policy and participants enrolled in the 

STRD study. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Interviews with PHA staff will have an 

estimated 120 respondents. Additional 

data collection from PHA staff will have 

an estimated 40 respondents. The 

survey of study participants will be 

fielded to 8,000 individuals and the 

response rate is expected to be 60%, so 

the number of estimated respondents is 

4,800. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

participant survey will take 

approximately 15 minutes to complete. 

PHA staff implementation interviews 

and the staff cost interviews (to 

administer the staff questionnaire) will 

take approximately 90 minutes each to 

complete. The cost study checklist to be 

completed by PHA staff will take 

approximately 6 minutes to complete. 

Frequency of Response: The survey, 

cost study checklist, PHA staff 

implementation interviews, and PHA 

staff cost interviews will each be 

collected once. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: The total annual burden for this 

information collection is 84.25 hrs. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The 

total annual cost for this information 

collection is $19,973.96. The average 

hourly wage of study participants is 

estimated from state minimum wages 

for the 10 states where the participating 

housing agencies are located ($10.72). 

The assumed hourly wage rate for PHA 

staff is based on the May 2023 

employment and wages from the 

Occupational Employment Statistics 

survey from the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/oes/ 

current/oes_stru.htm). The hourly rate 

used for PHA program Director/ 

Managers is $48.77, is equivalent to 

Social/Community Service Manager 

(Local Government) under SOC code 

11–9151. The hourly rate used for PHA 

Housing Specialists is $28.50, is 

equivalent to the Community and Social 

Service Specialist (Local Government) 

under SOC code 21–1099. To estimate 

the cost burden for the Cost Study Data 

collection (interviews and cost study 

checklist), we assume 2 managers and 2 

specialists will be interviewed, for an 

average hourly rate of $38.64. 

Respondent Occupation SOC code Median hourly 

wage rate 

Average 

(median) 

hourly 

wage rate 

Study Participant ............................................. Various (assume state minimum wage) ........ NA NA $10.72 

PHA Director/Manager .................................... Social/Community Service Manager (Local 

Government).

11–9151 $48.77 48.77 

PHA Housing Specialist .................................. Community and Social Service Specialist 

(Local Government).

21–1099 28.50 28.50 

Source: Occupational Employment Statistics, accessed online May 2023, at http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: The data collection is 

conducted under title 12, United States 

Code, section 1701z and Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

44, U.S.C., Chapter 35. 

Information Collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per 

response 

Annual cost 

30-Month Survey of Study Participants ................ 4,800 1 1 0.25 1,200 $10.72 $12,864 

PHA Director/Manager Implementation Interview 40 1 1 1.5 60 48.77 2,926 

PHA Housing Specialist Implementation Interview 40 1 40 1.5 60 28.50 1,710 

PHA Staff Cost Study Interview ............................ 40 1 40 1.5 60 38.64 2,318.40 

PHA Staff Cost Study Checklist ............................ 40 1 40 .1 4 38.64 154.56 

Total ............................................................... 5,000 ........................ ........................ ........................ 1,384 .................... 19,973.96 


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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 comments in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507. 

Todd M. Richardson, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Development and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00095 Filed 1–6–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX25LB00TZ80100; OMB Control Number 

1028–0079] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; North American Breeding 

Bird Survey 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is proposing to renew an 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to U.S. Geological Survey, 

Information Collections Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–0079 in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact David Ziolkowski by 

email at dziolkowski@usgs.gov, or by 

telephone at 301–497–5753. 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 PRA, (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require approval 

under the PRA. 

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 the agency might 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 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personally 

identifiable information (PII) in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

PII—may be made publicly available at 

any time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your PII from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Abstract: Respondents supply the 

USGS with bird count data for more 

than 600 North American bird species. 

These data and the analyzed relative 

abundance and population trend 

estimates derived from them will be 

made available via the internet and 

through special publications, which are 

used by government agencies, industry, 

education programs, and the general 

public. We will protect information 

from respondents considered 

proprietary under the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), its 

implementing regulations (43 CFR part 

2), and in accordance with ‘‘Data and 

information to be made available to the 

public or for limited inspection,’’ (30 

CFR 250.197). Responses are voluntary. 

No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’ nature are 

asked. 

Title of Collection: North American 

Breeding Bird Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0079. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 1,650. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 2,600. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 11 hours on average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 28,600. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $174,200. (Mileage costs 

average $67 per response; based on an 

approximate 100-mile round trip made 

for data collection per response and 

using the U.S. GSA 2024 privately 

owned vehicle mileage reimbursement 

rate of $0.67 per mile.) 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor is a person is required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

David Ziolkowski, 

BBS Program Manager, Eastern Ecological 

Science Center. 

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