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for families.’’ These instruments 

establish the research foundation on 

which the Department can meet that 

direction. They will permit the research 

team a set of baseline characteristics and 

conditions for both an experimental and 

a control group with which later 

characteristics and conditions for those 

same participants can be compared. A 

subsequent Federal Register Notice will 

include the follow-on survey which will 

permit the Department to report on the 

effects of various housing and services 

interventions on homeless families over 

time. 

Members of affected public: 

Households. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: 

ESTIMATED RESPONDENT BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS

Form Respondent sample Number of respondents 

Average time 

to complete 

(minimum, 

maximum) in 

minutes 

Frequency Total burden 

(hours) 

Baseline Survey ....................................... All enrolled families 

(N=3,000).

3,000 ....................... 40 (35, 50) 1 .............................. 2,000 

Tracking Interview .................................... All enrolled families 

(N=3,000).

3,000 ....................... 10 (8, 15) 2 .............................. 1,000 

Tracking Letters ....................................... All enrolled families 

(N=3,000).

3,000 ....................... 5 (3, 10) 3 .............................. 750 

Key Informant Interviews ......................... Staff from programs 

providing services 

in the studied 

interventions.

300 (up to 25 respondents in each 

site).

60 3 responses per respondent to collect all needed 

program information.

900 

Total Burden Hours .................................. ................................. ................................. ........................ ................................. 4,650 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: Pending OMB approval. 

Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. Section 9(a), and 

Title 12, U.S.C., Section 1701z–1 et seq. 

Dated: July 2, 2009. 

Jean Lin Pao, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy 

Development and Research. 

[FR Doc. E9–16547 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5338–N–01] 

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing 

and Fair Housing Plans; Notice of 

Informal Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 

Opportunity, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

of an informal meeting that HUD 

intends to hold for the purpose of 

obtaining individual views and 

gathering information on specific issues 

related to HUD’s intended development 

of a proposed rule concerning the 

obligation to affirmatively further fair 

housing. The issues for which HUD 

seeks input are primarily directed to 

improving HUD’s oversight of 

recipients’ implementation of the duty 

to affirmatively further fair housing. 

HUD specifically invites to this meeting 

representatives of fair housing and civil 

rights organizations, State and local 

governments, public housing agencies, 

private and public housing providers, 

lending institutions, and other 

interested members of the public. 

Date and Location of Meeting: The 

meeting will be held on Wednesday, 

July 22, 2009, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

EDT, at HUD Headquarters, in Suite A 

of the Brooke-Mondale Auditorium, first 

floor of the Robert Weaver Building 

(HUD Headquarters), 451 7th Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Greene, General Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 

Opportunity, Room 5100, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 

telephone number 202–708–4252 (this 

is not a toll-free number). Persons with 

hearing or speech impairments may 

access this telephone number via TTY 

by calling the toll-free Federal 

Information Relay Service at 800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A central 

part of HUD’s mission is to ensure 

nondiscrimination in its programs and 

to promote fair and equal opportunities 

for all individuals. HUD and its program 

recipients have the statutory 

responsibility to affirmatively further 

fair housing opportunities in HUD 

programs. 

If you are interested in participating 

in the July 22, 2009, meeting, please 

send an e-mail to: affh@hud.gov. The 

following information should be 

included in the e-mail: (a) Your full 

name; (b) name of your organization; (c) 

telephone number; (d) e-mail address; 

and (e) make, model, and serial number 

of laptop, if you plan on bringing a 

laptop computer to the meeting. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

obtain views, opinions, perspectives, 

and suggestions from meeting 

participants, rather than try and reach 

consensus on affirmatively furthering 

fair housing. Specific issues that HUD 

will ask meeting participants to address 

include the following: 

• How can the existing process be 

improved; 

• What documentation recipients 

currently use to demonstrate 

compliance with affirmatively 

furthering fair housing requirements 

and to support their certifications to 

affirmatively further fair housing; 

• What factors should be included in 

an analysis of impediments for fair 

housing choice (AI); 

• How often should the AIs be 

updated, while not creating undue 

burden; 

• What are the advantages and 

disadvantages of creating a regional 

approach to affirmatively further fair 

housing; and 

• What can communities and public 

housing agencies do to reduce housing 

segregation and increase housing 

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opportunities for protected classes 

under the Federal housing civil rights 

laws. 

The views, suggestions, and 

information provided at the July 22, 

2009, informal meeting will inform 

HUD as it considers changes to improve 

HUD’s guidance to grantees and 

enhance HUD’s regulatory oversight. 

Dated: July 6, 2009. 

John Trasvin ̃ a, 

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and 

Equal Opportunity. 

[FR Doc. E9–16542 Filed 7–8–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AA–11153–31; AK–965–1410–KC–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving the 

reserved mineral estate in certain lands 

for conveyance pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act and Sec. 

12(b)(3) of the Act of January 2, 1976, 

will be issued to Cook Inlet Region, Inc. 

The lands are in the vicinity of Hicks 

and Pinochle Creeks, Alaska, and are 

located in: 

Seward Meridian, Alaska 

T. 20 N., R. 9 E., 

Secs. 16, 19, and 20; 

Secs. 21, 22, and 23; 

Secs. 25 to 30, inclusive; 

Sec. 35. 

Containing 2,995.91 acres. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Anchorage 

Daily News. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until August 12, 

2009 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Christy Favorite, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication II Branch. 

[FR Doc. E9–16413 Filed 7–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Call for Nominations to the National 

Geospatial Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Call for Nominations, National 

Geospatial Advisory Committee. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior is seeking nominations to serve 

on the National Geospatial Advisory 

Committee (NGAC). The NGAC is a 

Federal Advisory Committee established 

under the authority of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The 

Committee provides advice and 

recommendations to the Federal 

Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), 

through the FGDC Chair (the Secretary 

of the Interior or designee), related to 

management of Federal geospatial 

programs, the development of the 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure 

(NSDI), and the implementation of 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Circular A–16 and Executive 

Order 12906. The Committee reviews 

and comments upon geospatial policy 

and management issues and provides a 

forum to convey views representative of 

non-Federal stakeholders in the 

geospatial community. 

DATES: Nominations to participate on 

this Committee must be received by 

August 21, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send nominations 

electronically to 

ngacnominations@fgdc.gov, or by mail 

to John Mahoney, U.S. Geological 

Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, 

909 First Avenue, Suite 800, Seattle, 

WA 98104. 

Nominations should include: 

1. Contact information for the 

nominee (name, title, organization, 

mailing address, e-mail address, phone 

number). 

2. A statement summarizing the 

nominee’s qualifications and interest in 

Committee membership and describing 

the nominee’s ability to represent a 

stakeholder group. 

3. A biographical sketch, resume, or 

vita. 

4. One letter of reference and a list of 

two additional references with contact 

information. 

Additional information and 

instructions about the nomination 

process are posted on the NGAC Web 

page at http://www.fgdc.gov/ngac. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Mahoney, USGS (206–220–4621). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee conducts its operations in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

FACA. It reports to the Secretary of the 

Interior through the Chair of the FGDC 

Steering Committee and functions solely 

as an advisory body. The Committee 

provides recommendations and advice 

to the Department and the FGDC on 

policy and management issues related to 

the effective operation of Federal 

geospatial programs. 

The NGAC includes 25–30 members, 

selected to generally achieve a balanced 

representation of the viewpoints of the 

various partners involved in national 

geospatial activities. NGAC members are 

appointed for staggered terms, and 

approximately one-half of the seats on 

the committee will be appointed during 

this round of appointments. 

Nominations will be reviewed by the 

FGDC. Additional information may be 

requested from nominees. Final 

selection and appointment of committee 

members will be made by the Secretary 

of the Interior. 

The Committee meets approximately 

3–4 times per year. Committee members 

will serve without compensation. Travel 

and per diem costs will be provided for 

Committee members by USGS. The 

USGS will provide necessary support 

services to the Committee. Committee 

meetings will be open to the public. 

Notice of committee meetings will be 

published in the Federal Register at 

least 15 days before the date of the 

meeting. The public will have an 

opportunity to provide input at these 

meetings. 

In accordance with FACA, a copy of 

the Committee’s charter will be filed 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat, General Services 

Administration. The current version of 

the NGAC charter is available at 

http://www.fgdc.gov/ngac. 

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