Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 23, 2008 / Notices 54849 

mortgage delinquency (foreclosure 

mitigation clients). The study is 

designed to gather statistically accurate 

information on outcomes realized by the 

clients of the participating housing 

counseling agencies. The study focuses 

on two groups of clients: (1) Clients 

seeking assistance to purchase a home 

(pre-purchase clients) and (2) clients 

seeking to resolve or prevent a mortgage 

delinquency (foreclosure mitigation 

clients). Up to Thirty housing 

counseling agencies at random will be 

recruited to participate in this study. 

The selected agencies will provide 

samples of data from each of the two 

groups, selected. The data collected 

through the study will support analysis 

of not just the frequency of different 

client outcomes, but also the association 

between these outcomes and client 

characteristics, client circumstances, 

and the extent of services received. 

Additionally, the proposed study will 

fulfill two important needs for HUD and 

the counseling field. First, it will 

provide systematic information on the 

outcomes realized by counseling clients 

and how these outcomes vary with the 

characteristics or clients and the 

services they receive. The study will 

also lay the groundwork for a 

subsequent pre-purchase impact 

evaluation by testing data collection 

procedures to be used to enroll clients, 

gather information on the characteristics 

of the services they receive, and track 

them over time. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: IN ADDITION TO

THOSE DISCLOSURES GENERALLY PERMITTED

UNDER 5 U.S.C. A. 

A. To individuals under contract to 

HUD or under contract to another 

agency with funds provided by HUD— 

for the preparation of studies and 

statistical reports directly related to the 

management of HUD’s Housing 

Counseling Programs. 

B. To future researchers selected by 

HUD to carry out the objectives of 

HUD’s Housing Counseling Program in 

aggregate form without individual 

identifiers—name, address, social 

security number—for the performance 

of research and statistical activities of 

the Housing Counseling Programs. 

C. To authorized social science 

researchers participating in HUD’s 

Housing Counseling Program in 

aggregate form without individual 

identifiers—name, address, social 

security number—for the performance 

of research and statistical activities of 

the Housing Counseling Programs. 

D. To participating counseling 

agencies for only part of the database to 

gather data identifying information that 

they gather from their own clients 

participating in the study and not the 

part of the database that contains social 

security numbers, birth dates, or data on 

the housing counseling clients of other 

agencies. 

E. To credit bureaus to draw credit 

reports on the individuals selected to 

participate in the Housing Counseling 

Outcome Evaluation. 

F. To HUD’s Housing Counseling 

System, including the Client Activity 

Reporting System (CARS) to match 

sample clients’ baseline, service 

tracking, and outcome data gathered 

during the course of this research to 

data reported on those clients in CARS. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

In file folders and electronic files 

stored on contractors’ secured servers 

and computers. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Name, address. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Manual files will be kept in sealed 

envelopes, in locked cabinets, in locked 

offices; computer records will be 

maintained in a separate secured area 

accessible only to authorized personnel 

with passwords. The consent forms will 

be scanned into electronic files that will 

be encrypted and then provided to Abt 

Associates via a secure, password 

protected HTTPS site. When the consent 

forms are used to obtain credit reports 

for the study, a copy of the consent form 

will be provided using the same secure 

HTTPS site and encrypted files to the 

agency that obtains the credit reports. 

The baseline questionnaires will be 

entered into an electronic database that 

will be encrypted at the database level 

and accessible only to authorized 

personnel with passwords. Both the 

consent forms and baseline 

questionnaires will then be stored at a 

secure off-site facility for the duration of 

the project. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

All personal identifiers will be 

destroyed approximately six months 

after the research is completed. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Mark Shroder, Acting Director of the 

Program Evaluation Division, Office of 

Policy Development and Research, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410, Telephone 

Number (202) 402–5922. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

For information, assistance, or inquiry 

about existence or records, contact 

Donna Robinson-Staton, Departmental 

Privacy Act Officer, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, in 

accordance with the procedures in 24 

CFR part 16. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Procedures for the amendment or 

correction of records, and for applicants 

who want to appeal initial agency 

determination appear in 24 CFR part 16. 

If additional information is needed, 

contact: 

(i) In relation to contesting contents of 

records, the Departmental Privacy Act 

Officer at HUD, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Room 2256, Washington, DC 

20410; and 

(ii) In relation to appeals of initial 

denials, HUD, Departmental Privacy 

Appeals Officer, Office of General 

Counsel, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20410. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

The original records are transferred 

from information obtained from baseline 

questionnaires for participating clients 

and service tracking surveys on 

counseling services received by those 

clients from the record subjects, 

participating counseling agencies, and 

credit bureaus. 

EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE

ACT: 

None. 

[FR Doc. E8–22144 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–350–1430–EU–24 1A] 

Extension of Approved Information 

Collection, OMB Approval Number 

1004–0153 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is 

requesting the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing 

approval to collect information from 

persons who seek to acquire the 

Federally-owned (reserved) mineral 

interests underlying their surface estate. 

BLM collects this information to verify 


jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES
54850 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 23, 2008 / Notices 

that the applicant is the surface owner 

that overlies the Federally-owned 

mineral rights and that statutory 

requirements for their conveyance are 

met. The regulations under 43 CFR Part 

2720 authorize BLM to collect 

information (no specific form is 

required) to convey Federally-owned 

mineral interests to surface owners if 

certain conditions are met. 

DATES: You must submit your comments 

to the address below no later than 

November 24, 2008. Comments received 

or postmarked after this date may not be 

considered. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Director (630), Bureau of Land 

Management, Mail Stop 401 LS, 1849 C 

St., NW., (Attention: 1004–0153), 

Washington, DC 20240. 

Personal or messenger delivery: 1620 

L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington, 

DC 20036. 

E-mail: 

information_collection@blm.gov (Attn.: 

1004–0153). 

All comments will be available for 

public review at the L Street address 

during regular business hours (7:45 a.m. 

to 4:15 p.m.), Monday through Friday 

except Federal holidays. Before 

including your address, telephone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask in your comment to 

withhold from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may contact Alzata L. Ransom, Division 

of Lands, Realty and Cadastral Survey, 

on (202) 452–7772 (Commercial or FTS). 

Persons who use a telecommunication 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8330, 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week, to contact Ms. 

Ransom. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 

1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning a collection of information 

to solicit comments on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of our estimates of 

the information collection burden, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions we use; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information 

collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Section 209 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976 and 

implementing regulations at 43 CFR part 

2720 establish procedures for BLM to 

convey Federally-owned (reserved) 

mineral interests to non-Federal surface 

ownership, if the value of the surface 

use or planned use exceeds the value of 

the mineral rights, or that there are no 

minerals there, and that the mineral 

rights prevent beneficial surface use. 

The regulations authorize BLM to 

collect this information (no specific 

form is required) to determine if BLM 

may convey the Federally-owned 

mineral interests to surface owners who 

apply and meet the statutory 

requirements. We list in 43 CFR 2720.1– 

2 the specific information requirements 

you must submit when applying for a 

conveyance of Federally-owned mineral 

interests. Without this information, 

BLM would not be able to analyze and 

approve applications to convey 

Federally-owned mineral interests that 

interfere with beneficial surface uses. 

Based upon BLM experience 

administering the regulations, we 

estimate the public reporting 

information collection burden to be 10 

hours per application. The respondents 

are surface owners in which the mineral 

interests are reserved or owned by the 

United States. The estimated number of 

responses per year is 30 and the total 

annual burden is 300 hours. 

BLM will summarize all responses to 

this notice and include them in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: September 18, 2008. 

Ted R. Hudson, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. E8–22244 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–350–1430–PF–24 1A] 

Extension of Approved Information 

Collection, OMB Control Number 1004– 

0004 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

requests the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to extend an existing 

approval to collect information from 

those persons who submit Form 2520– 

1 to apply for a desert-land entry to 

reclaim, irrigate, and cultivate arid and 

semiarid public lands in the Western 

United States. The BLM uses this 

information to determine if the 

applicant is eligible to make a desertland entry under the appropriate land 

entry laws. 

DATES: You must submit your comments 

to BLM at the address below on or 

before November 24, 2008. BLM will not 

necessarily consider any comments 

postmarked or received after the above 

date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Director (630), Bureau of Land 

Management, Mail Stop 401 LS, 1849 C 

St., NW., (Attention: 1004–0004), 

Washington, DC 20240. 

Personal or messenger delivery: 1620 

L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington, 

DC 20036. 

E-mail: 

information_collection@blm.gov (Attn.: 

1004–0004) 

Comments will be available for public 

review at the L Street address during 

regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15 

p.m.), Monday through Friday, 

excluding Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may contact Alzata L. Ransom, Division 

of Lands, Realty and Cadastral Survey, 

on (202) 452–7772 (Commercial or FTS). 

Persons who use a telecommunication 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8330, 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week, to contact Ms. 

Ransom. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR 

1320.12(a) requires that we provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning a collection of information 

to solicit comments on: 


jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES