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control number 2528–0256. 

Approximately 1,430 DHAP participants 

responded to the baseline survey. 

Respondents were contacted in JanuaryFebruary 2010 to update their contact 

information under the same OMB 

control number. 

A 12-month follow-up survey of 

respondents to the baseline survey is 

planned for fall 2010 and is the subject 

of this notice. The survey will collect 

data on participants’ housing 

employment, income, and savings/debt 

outcomes approximately 12 to 15 

months after they transitioned off DHAP 

assistance. The survey also will ask 

about participants’ experiences with the 

alternative strategies employed by 

participating public housing authorities 

(PHAs) for providing case management 

to help households with the recovery 

process. The information collected 

through these surveys will be 

supplemented by administrative data on 

participant characteristics and program 

services (including rental assistance and 

case management) collected during 

program operation. The participant 

survey will take approximately 40 

minutes per respondent to complete. 

Members of affected public: The data 

collection effort for the DHAP IRT Study 

initially involved a baseline survey 

conducted under OMB control number 

2528–0256. Approximately 1,430 DHAP 

participants responded to the baseline 

survey. Respondents were contacted in 

January-February 2010 to update their 

contact information under the same 

OMB control number. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection, including the number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The researchers will 

survey 1,430 participants in all; the 

surveys are expected to last 40 minutes. 

This constitutes a total burden hour 

estimate of 958 burden hours. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

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

as amended. 

Dated: April 20, 2010. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research, R . 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5382–N–09] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment: 202 

Demonstration Planning Grant 

Evaluation 

AGENCY: Office of Policy Development 

and Research, 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: July 6, 

2010. 

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: 

Ashaki Robinson Johns, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 7th Street, SW., Suite 8120, 

Washington, DC 20410. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ashaki Robinson Johns (202) 402–7545, 

(this is not a toll free number) for copies 

of the proposed forms and other 

available documents. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department will submit the proposed 

information collection to OMB for 

review, as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35, as amended). This notice is 

soliciting comments from members of 

the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information to: (1) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including if 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of 

proposed collection of information; (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 collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Title of Proposal: Research Plan for an 

Evaluation of the Section 202 

Demonstration Planning Grant Program. 

Description of the need for 

information and proposed use: The 

Department is conducting, through a 

contract to Abt Associates Inc. and its 

subcontractor, VIVA Consulting LLC, a 

study of the Section 202 Supportive 

Housing for the Elderly Demonstration 

Planning Grant Program. The Section 

202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly 

program provides capital advances and 

operating funds to nonprofit 

organizations (‘‘sponsors’’) to develop 

affordable elderly housing. HUD’s goal 

for Section 202 properties is for 

sponsors to reach initial closing within 

18 months of fund reservation. 

However, a 2003 study of the Section 

202 program by the Governmental 

Accountability Office (GAO) found that 

approximately 70 percent of Section 202 

properties funded between 1998 and 

2009 did not meet this goal and that 

properties that did not meet the 18- 

month timeline took an average of 29 

months to reach initial closing. The 

predevelopment delays were attributed 

to a number of factors, including the 

lack of predevelopment funding. 

The Section 202 Demonstration 

Planning Grant Program (DPG) was 

created in 2004 to provide 

predevelopment funding to Section 202 

sponsors to reduce development delays 

and increase the number of affordable 

rental units made available each year for 

low-income elderly households. This 

evaluation will assess the awareness 

and effectiveness of the program 

through telephone surveys with project 

sponsors. The key research question is 

whether the DPG helps sponsors get 

from Section 202 award to initial 

closing on the project within 18 months, 

HUD’s target duration for the 

predevelopment period. 

To collect the information necessary 

for this study, the Department will 

conduct a telephone survey of staff 

members from a sample of sponsor 

organizations. The surveys will be 

conducted with both staff from sponsor 

organizations that have received 

Demonstration Planning Grants (‘‘DPG 

recipients’’) and staff from sponsor 

organizations that have received Section 

202 funding between fiscal years 2004 

and 2008 but have not received a 

Demonstration Planning Grant (‘‘nonrecipients’’). Surveys will be conducted 

with 70 DPG recipients and 30 nonrecipients. The samples will be selected 

purposively to provide geographic 

diversity by Census region and a range 

of durations of predevelopment periods. 

DPG recipients will be asked about 

their knowledge of and experience with 

the DPG program and how the DPG and 

other factors influenced their ability to 

reach initial closing within 18 months. 

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Non-recipients will be asked about their 

familiarity with the DPG program, the 

reasons they did not apply for the 

program, and the factors that 

contributed to their ability to reach 

initial closing within 18 months. 

Members of Affected Public: The 

telephone sponsor survey will affect 

approximately 100 recipients of a 

Section 202 Supportive Housing for the 

Elderly grant. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: For the DPG recipient 

survey, the researchers will administer 

a one-time telephone survey to 70 

sponsor staff. These interviews are 

expected to last 60 minutes for a total 

burden hour estimate of 70 hours. For 

the non-recipient survey, the 

researchers will administer a one-time 

telephone survey to 30 sponsor staff. 

The non-recipient interviews are 

expected to last 30 minutes for a total 

burden hour estimate of 15 hours. 

Respondents Number of 

respondents 

Number responses per 

respondent 

Average burden/response 

(in hours) 

Total burden 

hours 

DPG Recipients ............................................................................................... 70 1 1.0 70 

Non-recipients .................................................................................................. 30 1 0.5 15 

Total .......................................................................................................... 100 100 ........................ 85 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval. 

Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork 

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

as amended. 

Dated: April 28, 2010. 

Raphael W. Bostic, 

Assistant Secretary for Policy Development 

and Research. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10689 Filed 5–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R4-R-2010-N091] [40137-1263-0000- 

0X] 

Proposed Information Collection; OMB 

Control Number 1018-NEW; Refuge 

Daily Visitor Use Report and Check-In 

Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this IC. We 

may not conduct or sponsor and a 

person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: To ensure that we are able to 

consider your comments on this IC, we 

must receive them by July 6, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); or hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail or email (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone 

at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd-668ee), as amended by the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997, and the 

Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 

U.S.C. 460k-460k-4) govern the 

administration and uses of national 

wildlife refuges and wetland 

management districts. We are 

authorized to permit public uses on 

lands of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System, including hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation, and other 

visitor uses when we find that the 

activities are compatible and 

appropriate with the purpose or 

purposes for which the refuges were 

established. 

We collect information on hunters 

and anglers and other visitors in order 

to protect refuge resources and 

administer and evaluate the success of 

visitor programs. Because of high 

demand and limited resources, we often 

provide visitor opportunities by permit, 

based on dates, locations, or type of 

public use. We may not allow all 

opportunities on all refuges and harvest 

information differs on each refuge. 

Therefore, we are proposing two forms 

to collect this information. Not all 

refuges will use each form and some 

refuges may collect the information in a 

nonform format. We propose to collect: 

• Information on the visitor (name, 

address, and contact information). 

•Whether or not hunters/anglers were 

successful (number and type of harvest/ 

caught). 

• Purpose of visit (hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, auto touring, birding, 

hiking, boating/canoeing, visitor center, 

special event, environmental education 

class, volunteering, other recreation). 

• Date of visit. 

This information will be a vital tool in 

meeting refuge objectives and 

maintaining quality visitor experiences. 

The above information will help us: 

• Administer and monitor visitor 

programs and facilities on refuges. 

• Distribute visitor permits to ensure 

safety of visitors. 

• Ensure a quality visitor experience. 

• Minimize resource disturbance, 

manage healthy game populations, and 

ensure the protection of fish and 

wildlife species. 

• Assist in Statewide wildlife 

management and enforcement and 

develop reliable estimates of the number 

of all game fish and wildlife. 

• Determine facility and program 

needs and budgets. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018-XXXX. 

Title: Refuge Daily Visitor Use Report 

and Check-In Permit. 

Service Form Number(s): 3-2405 and 

3-2406. 

Type of Request: Request for a new 

OMB control number. 

Affected Public: Visitors to national 

wildlife refuges. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

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