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docket and can be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

On April 12, 2021, we published a 

supplemental notice of study; request 

for comments entitled ‘‘Port Access 

Route Study (PARS): Northern New 

York Bight’’ in the Federal Register (86 

FR 18996) seeking additional 

information. 

The public was afforded a 30-day 

comment period. The Coast Guard 

received five comments to this 

document in response to our Federal 

Register Notice, and other outreach 

efforts. All comments and supporting 

documents to this document are 

available in a public docket and can be 

viewed at http://www.regulations.gov. 

During both comment periods a total 

of 30 comments were submitted by 

representatives of the maritime 

community, wind energy developers, 

non-governmental organizations, 

Federal and State governmental 

agencies, and private citizens. 

Of the thirty comments, fourteen 

requested additional routing measures 

be established, twelve expressed 

concerns that wind farm installations 

will negatively affect vessel’s marine 

radar performance, eight requested 

setback/buffer zones, six requested 

anchorages be designated, six requested 

additional meetings, three requested 

alteration of existing routing measures, 

and three requested expanding Vessel 

Traffic Services. 

A synopsis of the comments and 

copies of the Coast Guard’s Public 

outreach can be found in the report. The 

Coast Guard is opening this third and 

final NNYBPARS comment period to 

facilitate transparent public discussions 

on the information above as well as the 

draft report findings to date. 

III. Information Requested 

Do you agree or disagree with the 

draft report’s recommendations, propose 

actions, or continued actions, and if so, 

why? 

V. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

We encourage you to comment on the 

content and development of the report 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at https://www.regulations.gov. 

A. Viewing the draft version of the 

report: To view the draft version of the 

NNYBPARS report in the docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, and insert 

‘‘USCG–2020–0278’’ in the ‘‘search 

box.’’ Click ‘‘Search’’. Then scroll down 

looking of the document entitled 

‘‘DRAFT REPORT Northern New York 

Bight PARS June 29, 2021’’ under the 

document type ‘‘Supporting & Related 

Material.’’ 

B. Submitting Comments: To submit 

your comment online, go to http://

www.regulations.gov, and insert 

‘‘USCG–2020–0278’’ in the ‘‘search 

box.’’ Click ‘‘Search’’. Then click 

‘‘Comment.’’ The ‘‘Comment’’ button 

can be found on the following pages: 

• Docket Details page when a 

document within the docket is open for 

comment, 

• Document Details page when the 

document is open for comment, and 

• Document Search Tab with all 

search results open for comment 

displaying a ‘‘Comment’’ button. 

Clicking ‘‘Comment’’ on any of the 

above pages will display the comment 

form. You can enter your comment on 

the form, attach files (maximum of 20 

files up to 10MB each), and choose 

whether to identify yourself as an 

individual, an organization, or 

anonymously. Be sure to complete all 

required fields depending on which 

identity you have chosen. Once you 

have completed all required fields and 

chosen an identity, the ‘‘Submit 

Comment’’ button is enabled. Upon 

completion, you will receive a Comment 

Tracking Number for your comment. For 

additional step by step instructions, 

please see the Frequently Asked 

Questions page on http://

www.regulations.gov or by clicking 

https://www.regulations.gov/faq. 

We accept anonymous comments. 

Comments we post to http://

www.regulations.gov and will include 

any personal information you have 

provided. For more about privacy and 

submissions to the docket in response to 

this document, see DHS’s eRulemaking 

System of Records notice (85 FR 14226, 

March 11, 2020). 

We review all comments and 

materials received during the comment 

period, but we may choose not to post 

off-topic, inappropriate, or duplicate 

comments that we receive. 

C. How do I find and browse for 

posted comments on Regulations.gov. 

On the previous version of 

Regulations.gov, users browse for 

comments on the Docket Details page. 

However, since comments are made on 

individual documents, not dockets, new 

Regulations.gov organizes comments 

under their corresponding document. 

To access comments and documents 

submitted to this draft version of the 

study report go to http://

www.regulations.gov, and insert 

‘‘USCG–2020–0278’’ in the ‘‘search 

box.’’ Click ‘‘Search’’. Then scroll down 

to and click on the ‘‘notice’’ entitled 

‘‘Port Access Route Study: Notice of 

availability of draft report and public 

information session; request for 

comments.’’ This will open to the 

‘‘Document Details’’ page. Then click on 

the ‘‘Browse Comments’’ tab. On the 

comment tab, you can search and filter 

comments. Note: If no comments have 

been posted to a document, the 

‘‘Comments’’ tab will not appear on the 

Document Details page. 

D. If you need additional help 

navigating the new Regulations.gov. For 

additional step by step instructions to 

submit a comment or to view submitted 

comments or other documents please 

see the Frequently Asked Questions 

(FAQs) at http://www.regulations.gov/ 

faqs or call or email the person in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this document for alternate 

instructions. 

E. Privacy Act: Anyone can search the 

electronic form of comments received 

into any of our dockets by the name of 

the individual submitting the comment 

(or signing the comment, if submitted 

on behalf of an association, business, 

labor union, etc.). You may review a 

Privacy Act, system of records notice 

regarding DHS’s eRulemaking in the 

March 11, 2020, issue of the Federal 

Register (85 FR 14226). 

VI. Future Actions 

Any comments received will be 

reviewed and considered before a final 

version of the NNYBPARS is announced 

in the Federal Register. 

This notice is published under the 

authority of 46 U.S.C. 70004 and 5 

U.S.C. 552(a). 

Dated: June 28, 2021. 

T.G. Allan Jr., 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

First Coast Guard District. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14757 Filed 7–13–21; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–7037–N–03] 

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request; 

Implementation of the Housing for 

Older Persons Act of 1995 (HOPA), 

OMB Control No: 2529–0046 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 

Opportunity, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The proposed reinstatement, 

without change, of an expired, 

previously approved information 

collection requirement established 

under the Housing for Older Persons 

Act of 1995 (HOPA) will be submitted 

to the Office of Management and Budget 


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(OMB) for review, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. HUD 

is soliciting public comments on the 

subject proposal. 

DATES: Comment Due Date: September 

13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposed information collection 

requirement. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name and/or OMB 

Control Number and should be sent to 

Erik A. Heins, Director, Enforcement 

Support Division, Office of 

Enforcement, U.S. Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW; Room 5214, Washington, 

DC 20410–2000; telephone (202) 402– 

5887 (this is not a toll-free number); or 

email at Erik.A.Heins@hud.gov. Hearing 

or speech-impaired individuals may 

access this number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Relay Service at: 1– 

(800) 877–8339. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik 

A. Heins, Director, Enforcement Support 

Division, Office of Enforcement, U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street SW, Room 

5214, Washington, DC 20410–2000; 

telephone (202) 402–5887 (this is not a 

toll-free number); or email at 

Erik.A.Heins@hud.gov. Hearing or 

speech-impaired individuals may access 

this number via TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at: 1–(800) 

877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is 

submitting this proposed reinstatement, 

without change, of an expired, 

previously approved information 

collection requirement to the OMB for 

review, as required under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 

U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended]. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Implementation of the Housing for 

Older Persons Act of 1995 (HOPA). 

OMB Control Number: 2529–0046. 

Type of Request: Proposed 

reinstatement without change of an 

expired, previously approved 

information collection requirement. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The Fair 

Housing Act [42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.], 

prohibits discrimination in the sale, 

rental, occupancy, advertising, insuring, 

or financing of residential dwellings 

based on familial status (individuals 

living in households with one or more 

children under 18 years of age). 

However, under § 3607(b)(2) of the Act, 

Congress exempted three (3) categories 

of ‘‘housing for older persons’’ from 

liability for familial status 

discrimination: (1) Housing provided 

under any State or Federal program 

which the Secretary of HUD determines 

is ‘‘specifically designed and operated 

to assist elderly persons (as defined in 

the State or Federal program)’’; (2) 

housing ‘‘intended for, and solely 

occupied by persons 62 years of age or 

older’’; and (3) housing ‘‘intended and 

operated for occupancy by at least one 

person 55 years of age or older per unit 

[‘55 or older’ housing].’’ In December 

1995, Congress passed the Housing for 

Older Persons Act of 1995 (HOPA) [Pub. 

L. 104–76, 109 STAT. 787] as an 

amendment to the Fair Housing Act. 

The HOPA modified the ‘‘55 or older’’ 

housing exemption provided under 

§ 3607(b)(2)(C) of the Fair Housing Act 

by eliminating the requirement that a 

housing provider must offer ‘‘significant 

facilities and services specifically 

designed to meet the physical or social 

needs of older persons.’’ In order to 

qualify for the HOPA exemption, a 

housing community or facility must 

meet each of the following criteria: (1) 

At least 80 percent of the occupied units 

in the community or facility must be 

occupied by at least one person who is 

55 years of age of older; (2) the housing 

provider must publish and adhere to 

policies and procedures that 

demonstrate the intent to operate 

housing for persons 55 years of age or 

older; and (3) the housing provider must 

demonstrate compliance with ‘‘rules 

issued by the Secretary for verification 

of occupancy, which shall . . . . 

provide for [age] verification by reliable 

surveys and affidavits.’’ 

The HOPA did not significantly 

increase the record-keeping burden for 

the ‘‘55 or older’’ housing exemption. It 

describes in greater detail the 

documentary evidence which HUD will 

consider when determining, during a 

familial status discrimination complaint 

investigation, whether or not a housing 

facility or community qualified for the 

‘‘55 or older’’ housing exemption as of 

the date on which the alleged Fair 

Housing Act violation occurred. 

The HOPA information collection 

requirements are necessary to establish 

a housing provider’s eligibility to claim 

the ‘‘55 or older’’ housing exemption as 

an affirmative defense to a familial 

status discrimination complaint filed 

with HUD under the Fair Housing Act. 

The information will be collected in the 

normal course of business in connection 

with the sale, rental, or occupancy of 

dwelling units situated in qualified 

senior housing facilities or 

communities. The HOPA’s requirement 

that a housing provider must 

demonstrate the intent to operate a ‘‘55 

or older’’ housing community or facility 

by publishing, and consistently 

enforcing, age verification rules, policies 

and procedures for current and 

prospective occupants reflects the usual 

and customary practice of the senior 

housing industry. Under the HOPA, a 

‘‘55 or older’’ housing provider should 

conduct an initial occupancy survey of 

the housing community or facility to 

verify compliance with the HOPA’s ‘‘80 

percent occupancy’’ requirement and 

should maintain such compliance by 

periodically reviewing and updating 

existing age verification records for each 

occupied dwelling unit at least once 

every two years. The creation and 

maintenance of such occupancy/age 

verification records should occur in the 

normal course of individual sale or 

rental housing transactions and should 

require minimal preparation time. 

Further, a senior housing provider’s 

operating rules, policies and procedures 

are not privileged or confidential in 

nature, because such information must 

be disclosed to current and prospective 

residents, and to residential real estate 

professionals. 

The HOPA exemption also requires 

that a summary of the occupancy survey 

results must be made available for 

public inspection. This summary need 

not contain confidential information 

about individual residents; it may 

simply indicate the total number of 

dwelling units that are actually 

occupied by persons 55 years of age or 

older. While the supporting age 

verification records may contain 

confidential information about 

individual occupants, such information 

would be protected from disclosure 

unless the housing provider claims the 

‘‘55 or older’’ housing exemption as an 

affirmative defense to a jurisdictional 

familial status discrimination complaint 

filed with HUD under the Fair Housing 

Act. HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and 

Equal Opportunity will only require a 

housing provider to disclose such 

confidential information to HUD if and 

when HUD investigates a jurisdictional 

familial status discrimination complaint 

filed against the housing provider under 

the Fair Housing Act, and if and when 

the housing provider claims the ‘‘55 or 

older’’ housing exemption as an 

affirmative defense to the complaint. 

Agency form number(s), if applicable: 

None. 

Members of affected public: The 

HOPA requires that small businesses 

and other small entities that operate 

housing intended for occupancy by 

persons 55 years of age or older must 

routinely collect and update reliable age 

verification information necessary to 

meet the eligibility criteria for the 

HOPA exemption. The record keeping 


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requirements are the responsibility of 

the housing provider that seeks to 

qualify for the HOPA exemption. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection, including the number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: Housing providers 

claiming eligibility for the HOPA’s ‘‘55 

or older’’ housing exemption must 

demonstrate ongoing compliance with 

the HOPA exemption requirements. The 

HOPA does not authorize HUD to 

require submission of this information 

by individual housing providers as a 

means of certifying that their housing 

communities or facilities qualify for the 

exemption. Further, since the HOPA has 

no mandatory registration requirement, 

HUD cannot ascertain the actual number 

of housing facilities and communities 

that are currently collecting this 

information with the intention of 

qualifying for the HOPA exemption. 

Accordingly, HUD has estimated that 

approximately 1,000 housing facilities 

or communities would seek to qualify 

for the HOPA exemption. HUD has 

estimated that the occupancy/age 

verification data would require routine 

updating with each new housing 

transaction within the facility or 

community, and that the number of 

such transactions per year might vary 

significantly depending on the size and 

nature of the facility or community. 

HUD also estimated the average number 

of housing transactions per year at ten 

(10) transactions per community. HUD 

concluded that the publication of 

policies and procedures is likely to be 

a one-time event, and in most cases will 

require no additional burden beyond 

what is done in the normal course of 

business. The estimated total annual 

burden hours are 5,500 hours [See Table 

below]. 

Type of collection 

activity 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual 

burden hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

One: Collect reliable 

age verification 

records for at least 

one occupant per 

dwelling unit to meet 

the HOPA’s minimum 

‘‘80% occupancy’’ requirement .................. 1,000 1 1,000 1 1,000 $18.18 $18.18 

Two: Publication of & 

adherence to policies 

& procedures that 

demonstrate intent to 

operate ‘‘55 or older’’ 

housing ..................... 1,000 1 1,000 2 2,00 18.18 36,360 

Three: Periodic updates 

of age verification 

records ...................... 1,000 1 1,000 2.50 2,500 18.18 45,450 

Total Burden Hours 

& Costs .............. ........................ ........................ 3,000 ........................ 5,500 ........................ 99,990 

B. Solicitation of Public Comments 

This Notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

information collection in order to: (1) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of HUD’s 

program functions; (2) Evaluate the 

accuracy of HUD’s assessment of the 

paperwork burden that may result from 

the proposed information collection; (3) 

Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information which must be 

collected; and (4) Minimize the burden 

of the information collection on 

responders, including the use of 

appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology (e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses). 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

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

as amended. 

Erik Heins, 

Director, Enforcement Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14976 Filed 7–14–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#–32259; 

PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

soliciting electronic comments on the 

significance of properties nominated 

before July 3, 2021, for listing or related 

actions in the National Register of 

Historic Places. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

electronically by July 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are encouraged 

to be submitted electronically to 

National_Register_Submissions@

nps.gov with the subject line ‘‘Public 

Comment on <property or proposed 

district name, (County) State.>’’ If you 

have no access to email you may send 

them via U.S. Postal Service and all 

other carriers to the National Register of 

Historic Places, National Park Service, 

1849 C Street NW, MS 7228, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherry A. Frear, Chief, National Register 

of Historic Places/National Historic 

Landmarks Program, 1849 C Street NW, 

MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240, 

sherry_frear@nps.gov, 202–913–3763. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

properties listed in this notice are being 

considered for listing or related actions 

in the National Register of Historic 

Places. Nominations for their 

consideration were received by the 

National Park Service before July 3, 

2021. Pursuant to Section 60.13 of 36 


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