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(Pub. L. 111–117, enacted on December 

16, 2009) permits the HUD Secretary to 

use up to $65,000,000 of the HOPE VI 

appropriations for a Choice 

Neighborhoods Initiative demonstration. 

With FY 2010 funding, the Choice 

Neighborhoods Initiative is a 

demonstration program under section 

24 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 1437v). Thus, 

except as otherwise specified in the 

appropriations act, the HOPE VI 

program requirements and selection 

criteria will apply to Choice 

Neighborhoods grants for FY 2010. In 

preparation for the competitive process 

to award funding, HUD posted on its 

Web site a pre-notice to help potential 

applicants prepare for the application 

process. The pre-notice sets forth the 

core goals of the initiative, identifies key 

program elements and activities, and 

outlines the framework of the 

competition HUD will use to award FY 

2010 funding. The actual Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) will 

contain the selection criteria for 

awarding Choice Neighborhoods grants 

and specific requirements that will 

apply to selected grantees. 

Building upon the successes achieved 

and the lessons learned from the HOPE 

VI program, Choice Neighborhoods will 

employ a comprehensive approach to 

community development centered on 

housing transformation. The program 

aims to transform neighborhoods of 

poverty into viable mixed-income 

neighborhoods with access to economic 

opportunities by revitalizing severely 

distressed public and assisted housing 

and investing and leveraging 

investments in well-functioning 

services, effective schools and education 

programs, public assets, public 

transportation, and improved access to 

jobs. Choice Neighborhoods grants will 

primarily fund the transformation of 

public and/or HUD-assisted housing 

developments through preservation, 

rehabilitation, and management 

improvements as well as demolition and 

new construction. In addition, these 

funds can be used on a limited basis 

(and combined with other funding) for 

improvements to the surrounding 

community, public services, facilities, 

assets and supportive services. Choice 

Neighborhoods grant funds are intended 

to catalyze other investments that will 

be directed toward necessary 

community improvements. The 

leveraging of other sources will be 

necessary to address other key 

neighborhood assets and achieve the 

program’s core goals. This may include 

resources from other HUD programs, 

such as the Community Development 

Block Grant and Section 108 Loan 

Guarantee programs, as well as from 

other Federal, State, local and private 

programs or entities. HUD is working 

with other Federal agencies to integrate 

Choice Neighborhoods with other 

Federal place-based programs. 

OMB Control Number: 2577–Pending. 

Agency Form Number: 2577–Pending. 

Members of Affected Public: Local 

governments, public housing 

authorities, nonprofits, and for-project 

developers that apply jointly with a 

public entity. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of responses, 

and hours of responses: For Choice 

Neighborhoods Round 1: Burden hours 

per response total 58.09 for 

Implementation Grant applications, and 

35.59 for Planning Grant applications. 

For FY 2010, applicants may only 

submit an Implementation Grant 

application or a Planning Grant 

application, not both. The total burden 

hours, estimating 100 respondents for 

each grant application type, is 5,809 for 

Implementation Grants, and 3,559 for 

Planning Grants. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is a new information 

Collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: August 19, 2010. 

Leroy McKinney, Jr., 

Departmental Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR 5377–N–02] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Comment Request, State 

Community Development Block 

(CDBG) Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, 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: October 25, 

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: 

Leroy McKinney, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 

SW., Room 4178, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone, 202–402–5564 (this is 

not a toll-free number), or e-mail Mr. 

McKinney at 

Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eva 

Fontheim at (202) 402–3461 (this is not 

a toll free number) for copies of the 

proposed forms and other available 

documents. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is submitting 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 whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 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. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: State Community 

Development Block Grant (CDBG) 

Program. 

OMB Control Number, if applicable: 

2506–0085. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974, as amended (HCDA), 

requires grant recipients that receive 

CDBG funding to retain records 

necessary to document compliance with 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

on an on-going basis. Grantees must also 

submit an annual performance and 

evaluation report to demonstrate 

progress that it has made in carrying out 

its consolidated plan, and such records 

as may be necessary to facilitate review 

and audit by HUD of the grantee’s 

administration of CDBG funds [Section 

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104(e)]. The statute also requires 

[Section 104(e)(2)] that HUD conduct an 

annual review to determine whether 

States have distributed funds to units of 

general local government in a timely 

manner. HUD has re-designed a form by 

which the grantees can report their 

compliance with this requirement. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

The collection of this information will 

be submitted on HUD’s timely 

distribution form or in similar format 

from State records or systems. 

Members of affected public: This 

information collection applies to 50 

State CDBG Grantees (49 States and 

Puerto Rico but not Hawaii). 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The estimated 

number of respondents is 50. The 

proposed frequency of the response to 

the collection of information is annual 

at 1.5 hours per response with a total of 

75 hours additional reporting burden. 

The record keeping burden for program 

compliance is already included under 

the currently approved information 

collection. The estimate of the annual 

reporting and recordkeeping is 

increased to 112,175 hours for 50 grant 

recipients. The 75 hour increase due to 

the addition of the timely distribution 

form represents .067% of the original 

burden. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

collection, and a request for OMB 

renewal for three years. The current 

OMB approval will expire in April 30, 

2012. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: August 17, 2010. 

Mercedes Ma ́ rquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 

and Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation and Enforcement Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific 

Committee (SC); Announcement of 

Plenary Session 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The OCS Scientific 

Committee will meet at the Embassy 

Suites Dulles North in Ashburn, 

Virginia. 

DATES: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 

September 15, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m.; and Thursday, September 16, 

2010, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Embassy Suites Dulles 

North, 44610 Waxpool Road, Ashburn, 

Virginia 20147, telephone (703) 723– 

5300. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the agenda may be requested 

from BOEM by e-mailing Ms. Carolyn 

Beamer at carolyn.beamer@boemre.gov. 

Other inquiries concerning the OCS SC 

meeting should be addressed to Dr. 

James Kendall, Executive Secretary to 

the OCS SC, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Regulation and 

Enforcement, 381 Elden Street, Mail 

Stop 4043, Herndon, Virginia 20170– 

4817, or by calling (703) 787–1656 or 

via e-mail at james.kendall@boemre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The OCS 

SC will provide advice on the 

feasibility, appropriateness, and 

scientific value of the OCS 

Environmental Studies Program to the 

Secretary of the Interior through the 

Director of the BOEM. The SC will 

review the relevance of the research and 

data being produced to meet BOEM 

scientific information needs for decision 

making and may recommend changes in 

scope, direction, and emphasis. 

The Committee will meet in plenary 

session on Tuesday, September 14. The 

Director will address the Committee on 

the general status of the BOEM and its 

activities. There will be a presentation 

from the National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration on the 

Natural Resource Damage Assessment 

process and U.S. Geological Survey 

science with respect to the Deepwater 

Horizon incident. Following these 

presentations BOEM regional officials 

will discuss their most pertinent and 

current issues. 

On Wednesday, September 15, the 

Committee will meet in discipline 

breakout sessions (i.e., biology/ecology, 

physical sciences, and social sciences) 

to review the specific studies plans of 

the BOEM regional offices for Fiscal 

Years 2011–2013. 

On Thursday, September 16, the 

Committee will meet in plenary session 

for reports of the individual discipline 

breakout sessions of the previous day 

and to continue with Committee 

business. 

The meetings are open to the public. 

Approximately 30 visitors can be 

accommodated on a first-come-firstserved basis at the plenary session. 

Authority: Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 

I, and the Office of Management and Budget’s 

Circular A–63, Revised. 

Dated: August 18, 2010. 

Robert P. LaBelle, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore, Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–R–2010–N157; 1265–0000–10137– 

S3] 

Hakalau Forest National Wildlife 

Refuge, Hawai‘i County, HI; 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of our draft comprehensive 

conservation plan and environmental 

assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for the 

Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge 

(refuge) for public review and comment. 

The Draft CCP/EA describes our 

proposal for managing the refuge for the 

next 15 years. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send us your written comments by 

September 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests for further 

information to Jim Kraus, Refuge 

Manager, Hakalau Forest National 

Wildlife Refuge, 60 Nowelo Street, Suite 

100; Hilo, HI 96720. Alternatively, you 

may fax comments to the refuge at (808) 

443–2304, or e-mail them to 

FW1PlanningComments@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Hakalau Forest Refuge CCP’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

Additional information concerning the 

refuge is available on the Internet at 

http://www.fws.gov/hakalauforest/. You 

may request the CCP/EA for review by 

any of the above contact methods, or 

you may view or download it at 

http://www.fws.gov/pacific/planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Kraus, Refuge Manager, (808) 443–2300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for the Hakalau Forest National 

Wildlife Refuge. We began this process 

by publishing a notice of intent in the 

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