Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 203 / Thursday, October 22, 2009 / Notices 54591 

ACTION: Notice; 30-day notice and 

request for comments; revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection; OMB No. 1660–0098; FEMA 

Form 646, Citizen Corps Council 

Registration. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) has 

submitted the information collection 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review and 

clearance in accordance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. The submission 

describes the nature of the information 

collection, the categories of 

respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., 

the time, effort and resources used by 

respondents to respond) and cost, and 

the actual data collection instruments 

FEMA will use. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the Desk Officer 

for the Department of Homeland 

Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira.submission@omb.eop.gov or faxed 

to (202) 395–5806. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

should be made to Director, Office of 

Records Management, 1800 South Bell 

Street, Arlington, VA 20598–3005, 

facsimile number (202) 646–3347, or email address FEMA-InformationCollections@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Collection of Information 

Title: Citizen Corps Council 

Registration. 

Type of information collection: 

Revision of a currently approved 

information collection. 

OMB Number: OMB No. 1660–0098. 

Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA 

Form 646, Citizen Corps Council 

Registration. 

Abstract: FEMA’s Community 

Preparedness Division would like to 

revise a currently approved collection 

for its registration of State, local, Tribal 

and territorial Councils and Community 

Emergency Response Teams. The 

registration process allows for new 

Councils to submit information on the 

Council or CERT to the State Citizen 

Corps Program Manager for approval. 

The revised registration process will 

allow for the collection of more valuable 

information and the tool is more userfriendly for Citizen Corps Councils and 

CERT’s. 

Affected Public: State, local or Tribal 

Government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,759. 

Frequency of Response: Semiannually. 

Estimated Average Hour Burden per 

Respondent: 2. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 11,518 burden hours. 

Estimated Cost: None. 

Daisy Mitchell, 

Acting Director, Records Management 

Division, Office of Management, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, Department 

of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–25380 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Form N–445; Extension of 

an Existing Information Collection; 

Comment Request 

ACTION: 60-Day Notice of Information 

Collection Under Review; Form N–445, 

Notice of Naturalization Oath 

Ceremony; OMB Control No. 1615– 

0054. 

The Department Homeland Security, 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS) has submitted the 

following information collection request 

for review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. The information collection is 

published to obtain comments from the 

public and affected agencies. Comments 

are encouraged and will be accepted for 

sixty days until December 21, 2009. 

During this 60 day period, USCIS will 

be evaluating whether to revise the 

Form N–445. Should USCIS decide to 

revise Form N–445 we will advise the 

public when we publish the 30-day 

notice in the Federal Register in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. The public will then 

have 30 days to comment on any 

revisions to the Form N–445. 

Written comments and/or suggestions 

regarding the item(s) contained in this 

notice, especially regarding the 

estimated public burden and associated 

response time, should be directed to the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS), USCIS, Chief, Regulatory 

Products Division, Clearance Officer, 

111 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2210. 

Comments may also be submitted to 

DHS via facsimile to 202–272–8352 or 

via e-mail at rfs.regs@dhs.gov. When 

submitting comments by e-mail, please 

make sure to add OMB Control No. 

1615–0054 in the subject box. Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the collection of information should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

(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 

agencies estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(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, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of this Information Collection 

(1) Type of Information Collection: 

Extension of an existing information 

collection. 

(2) Title of the Form/Collection: 

Notice of Naturalization Oath 

Ceremony. 

(3) Agency form number, if any, and 

the applicable component of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

sponsoring the collection: Form N–445; 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services (USCIS). 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Primary: Individuals or 

households. The information furnished 

on Form N–445 refers to events that may 

have occurred since the applicant’s 

initial interview and prior to the 

administration of the oath of allegiance. 

Several months may elapse between 

these dates and the information that is 

provided assists the officer to make and 

render an appropriate decision on the 

application. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: 650,000 responses at 10 

minutes (.166) per response. 


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(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: 107,900 annual burden 

hours. 

If you need a copy of the information 

collection instrument, please visit the 

Web site at: http://www.regulations. 

gov/. 

We may also be contacted at: USCIS, 

Regulatory Products Division, 111 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20529–2210, 

Telephone number 202–272–8377. 

Dated: October 16, 2009. 

Sunday Aigbe, 

Chief, Regulatory Products Division, U.S. 

Citizenship and Immigration Services, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–25394 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[Internal Agency Docket No. FEMA–1858– 

DR; Docket ID FEMA–2008–0018] 

Georgia; Amendment No. 7 to Notice of 

a Major Disaster Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of a major disaster declaration for the 

State of Georgia (FEMA–1858–DR), 

dated September 24, 2009, and related 

determinations. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 8, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance 

Directorate, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–3886. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the incident period for 

this disaster is closed effective October 

8, 2009. 

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund; 97.032, Crisis Counseling; 

97.033, Disaster Legal Services; 97.034, 

Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA); 

97.046, Fire Management Assistance Grant; 

97.048, Disaster Housing Assistance to 

Individuals and Households In Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Areas; 97.049, 

Presidentially Declared Disaster Assistance— 

Disaster Housing Operations for Individuals 

and Households; 97.050, Presidentially 

Declared Disaster Assistance to Individuals 

and Households—Other Needs; 97.036, 

Disaster Grants—Public Assistance 

(Presidentially Declared Disasters); 97.039, 

Hazard Mitigation Grant.) 

W. Craig Fugate, 

Administrator, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–25388 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5288–N–14] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; Section 

8 Management Assessment Program 

(SEMAP) 

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: December 

21, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments should refer to 

the proposal by name/or OMB Control 

number and should be sent to: Lillian L. 

Deitzer, Departmental Reports 

Management Officer, QDAM, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4178, Washington, DC 20410– 

5000; telephone 202–402–8048, (this is 

not a toll-free number) or email Ms. 

Deitzer at Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov for 

a copy of the proposed forms, or other 

available information. 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: 

Dacia Rogers, Office of Policy, Programs 

and Legislative Initiatives, PIH, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 7th Street, SW., 

Room 4116, Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone 202–708–0713, (this is not a 

toll-free number). Persons with hearing 

or speech impairments may access this 

number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Information Relay Service 

at (800) 877–8339. (Other than the HUD 

USER information line and TTY 

numbers, telephone numbers are not 

toll-free.) 

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: Section 8 

Management Assessment Program 

(SEMAP). 

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0215. 

Form Numbers: HUD–52648. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: 

Program regulations at 24 CFR part 985 

set forth the requirements of the SEMAP 

that include a certification of indicators 

reflecting performance. Through this 

assessment, HUD can improve oversight 

of the Housing Choice Voucher program 

and target monitoring and assistance to 

public housing agencies (PHA) that 

need the most improvement and pose 

the greatest risk. PHAs designated as 

troubled must implement corrective 

action plans for improvements. 

Members of the Affected Public: 

Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments. 

Frequency of SEMP Certification 

Submission: Annually. 


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