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holidays. We have an agreement with 

the Department of Transportation to use 

the Docket Management Facility. 

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 our public dockets in the 

January 17, 2008, issue of the Federal 

Register (73 FR 3316). 

Background and Purpose 

STCW requirements: Regulation I/10 

of the STCW requires Parties to the 

Convention to establish procedures to 

recognize certificates issued to maritime 

officers by or under the authority of 

another Party. STCW also requires the 

flag state of a vessel to ensure that all 

officers serving on board hold properly 

recognized and endorsed credentials. 

Citizenship waiver provisions within 

the United States Code: Title 46 of the 

United States Code (U.S.C.) allows the 

employment of foreign citizens aboard 

certain United States flag vessels. 

Specifically, 46 U.S.C. 8103(b)(3) 

establishes authority to waive the 

requirement for United States 

citizenship for: 

(A) An offshore supply vessel or other 

similarly engaged vessel of less than 1,600 

gross tons as measured under section 14502 

of this title, or an alternate tonnage measured 

under section 14302 of this title as prescribed 

by the Secretary under section 14104 of this 

title that operates from a foreign port; 

(B) A mobile offshore drilling unit or other 

vessel engaged in support of exploration, 

exploitation, or production of offshore 

mineral energy resources operating beyond 

the water above the outer Continental Shelf 

(as that term is defined in section 2(a) of the 

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 

1331(a)); and 

(C) Any other vessel if the Secretary 

determines, after an investigation, that 

qualified seamen who are citizens of the 

United States are not available. 

Need for the policy: Recognition of 

seafarer competence certificates from 

other countries would ensure 

compliance with the STCW Convention 

requirements, be in accordance with the 

citizenship waiver requirements in 46 

U.S.C. 8103(b)(3), and help ensure that 

United States flagged vessels are not 

subject to detention in foreign ports due 

to allegations of improperly 

credentialed seafarers. It would also be 

done in anticipation of the regulatory 

changes that would be needed to bring 

the United States into compliance with 

the STCW requirements. 

The Proposed Policy 

Given this need, the Coast Guard is 

developing a policy to start establishing 

a process for the United States’ 

recognition of foreign certificates held 

by foreign officers who may be 

employed on some United States flag 

vessels. 

The Coast Guard is beginning to 

develop policy guidance for 

arrangements between parties to STCW 

for recognition of certificates under 

STCW Regulation I/10. The policy 

would provide guidance for Coast Guard 

on how and when to recognize STCW 

certificates issued by other countries. 

The policy would also provide a list of 

which countries’ certificates may be 

recognized and the process used to 

determine that list. 

As part of this policy, we expect that 

once the United States is satisfied that 

a certificate-issuing country complies 

with the STCW Convention 

requirements concerning standards of 

competence, the issuing and 

endorsement of certificates, and record 

keeping, both countries could sign a 

written formal agreement establishing 

recognition of each country’s STCW 

certificates. 

The proposed policy could also offer 

guidance for mariners and/or vessel 

operators/employers with regard to 

applying for and obtaining a United 

States-issued endorsement of their 

foreign certificates. 

We welcome your comments on the 

above proposals. In particular, the Coast 

Guard is interested in the following 

information: 

1. Which United States flag vessels 

employ foreign citizens? 

2. What are the nationalities of foreign 

citizens working United States flag 

vessels? 

3. What countries issue STCW 

certificates for foreign citizens working 

United States flag vessels? 

We will review and analyze all 

comments received in order to develop 

the policy. 

Authority: We issue this notice of under 

the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 46 U.S.C. 

8103(b)(3). 

Dated: September 1, 2010. 

Kevin S. Cook, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of 

Prevention Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5415–N–17] 

Notice of Availability: Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 Continuum of Care 

(CoC) Homeless Assistance Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief of the 

Human Capital Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD announces the 

availability on its Web site of the 

applicant information, deadline 

information, and other requirements for 

the Continuum of Care (CoC) Homeless 

Assistance Program NOFA for FY2010. 

Approximately $1.68 billion is made 

available through this NOFA, through 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 

(Pub. L. 111–117, approved December 

16, 2009). Carried over or recaptured 

funds from previous fiscal years, if 

available, may be added to this amount. 

Applicants may obtain copies of HUD’s 

FY2010 CoC NOFA and the HUD’s 

Fiscal Year 2010 Notice of Funding 

Availability (NOFA) Policy 

Requirements and General Section to 

HUD’s FY2009 NOFAs for Discretionary 

Programs (General Section) at http:// 

www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/ 

fundsavail.cfm. Applicants will be 

required to complete and submit their 

applications in e-snaps at http:// 

www.hud.gov/esnaps. This system is not 

part of Grants.gov. Applicants are 

strongly encouraged to carefully review 

application submission requirements 

contained in the FY2010 CoC NOFA. 

The Catalogue of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) numbers for the CoC 

Homeless Assistance Program are: 

14.235, Supportive Housing Program 

(SHP); 14.238, Shelter Plus Care (S+C) 

and 14.249, Section 8 Moderate 

Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy 

(SRO). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding specific program 

requirements should be directed to the 

agency contact identified in the program 

NOFA. Questions regarding the 2010 

General Section should be directed to 

the Office of Departmental Grants 

Management and Oversight at 202–708– 

0667 (this is not a toll-free number) or 

the NOFA Information Center at 1–800– 

HUD–8929 (toll-free). Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access these numbers via TTY by calling 

the Federal Information Relay Service at 

1–800–877–8339. 


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Dated: September 20, 2010. 

Barbara S. Dorf, 

Director, Office of Departmental Grants, 

Management and Oversight, Office of the 

Chief of the Human Capital Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–24041 Filed 9–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–FR–5383–N–22] 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection for Public Comment; Public/ 

Private Partnerships for the Mixed 

Finance Development of Public 

Housing Units 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing, 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: November 

26, 2010 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name. The OMB Control 

number for this Information Collection 

(IC) is pending, since this IC is being 

detached from the IC for the Public 

Housing Capital Fund Program, 2577– 

0157. Comments should be sent to: 

Leroy McKinney, Jr., Departmental 

Reports Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410– 

5000; telephone 202–402–5564, (this is 

not a toll-free number) or email Mr. 

McKinney at 

Leroy.McKinneyJr@hud.gov. Persons 

with hearing or speech impairments 

may access this number through TTY by 

calling the toll-free Federal Information 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. (Other 

than the HUD USER information line 

and TTY numbers, telephone numbers 

are not toll-free.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, 

Programs and Legislative Initiatives, 

PIH, Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room LP2206, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone 202–402–4109, (this is not a 

toll-free number). Additional 

information can be obtained at http:// 

ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/under Title 24, part 

941, subpart F. 

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 

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: Public/Private 

Partnerships for the Mixed Finance 

Development of Public Housing Units. 

OMB Control Number: 2577— 

pending. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Quality Housing and Work 

Responsibility (QHWRA) Act of 1998 

(HUD Reform Act) authorized PHAs to 

use a combination of private financing 

and public housing development funds 

to develop public housing units (MixedFinance Development). The 

implementing regulation for MixedFinance transactions is 24 CFR 941, 

subpart F. Mixed-Finance public 

housing development is designed to 

enable PHAs and their partners to 

structure transactions that make use of 

private and/or public sources of 

financing. Many potential scenarios for 

ownership and transaction structures 

exist. HUD must ensure that public 

housing rental regulations and public 

housing development regulations, 

which include wider HUD and Federal 

statutes and regulations, e.g., OMB 

Circulars, Fair Housing Act, Americans 

with Disabilities Act, are followed by 

PHAs and their private sector partners. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

HUD–50029, HUD–50030, Regulatory 

and Operating Agreement (form number 

pending). All other information will be 

collected via unique legal documents. 

Members of affected public:. Real 

Estate development and management 

entities, financial entities, Community 

Development entities, State and Local 

Governments. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 

Frequency of Submission: Once per 

Mixed-Finance transaction. 

HUD Form Number No. of respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Estimated 

hours of preparation 

Total annual 

burden hours 

HUD–50029 ..................................................................................................... 40 1 16 640 

HUD–50030 ..................................................................................................... 70 1 16 1,120 

Homeownership Addendum ............................................................................ 40 1 8 320 

Regulatory and Operating Agreement ............................................................. 70 1 4 280 

Mixed-Finance Amendment to the Annual Contributions Contract ................. 70 1 8 560 

Mixed-Finance Declaration of Restrictive Covenants ...................................... 70 1 .25 17.5 

Mixed-Finance Certifications and Assurances ................................................ 70 1 .25 17.5 

Mixed-Finance Final Title Policy ...................................................................... 70 1 .25 17.5 

Mixed-Finance Legal Opinion .......................................................................... 70 1 1 70 

Total Hrs. .................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ ........................ 3,042.5 

Members of affected public: local 

governments, public housing 

authorities, nonprofits, and for-project developers that apply jointly with a 

public entity. 


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