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(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to 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. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

Dated: September 13, 2017. 

Anna P. Guido, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20154 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5997–N–57] 

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection: Housing Counseling 

Program—Application for Approval as 

a Housing Counseling Agency 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD submitted the proposed 

information collection requirement 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose 

of this notice is to allow for 30 days of 

public comment. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 23, 

2017. 

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: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503; fax: 202–395–5806, Email: 

OIRASubmission@omb.eop.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inez 

C. Downs, Reports Management Officer, 

QMAC, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20410; email 

Inez.C.Downs@hud.gov, or telephone 

202–402–8046. This is not a toll-free 

number. Person with hearing or speech 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

Copies of available documents 

submitted to OMB may be obtained 

from Ms. Downs. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD is 

seeking approval from OMB for the 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

The Federal Register notice that 

solicited public comment on the 

information collection for a period of 60 

days was published on July 14, 2017 at 

82 FR 32568. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Housing Counseling Program— 

Application for Approval as a Housing 

Counseling Agency. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0573. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: HUD–9900. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Office of Housing Counseling is 

responsible for administration of the 

Department’s Housing Counseling 

Program, authorized by Section 106 of 

the Housing and Urban Development 

Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. The Housing 

Counseling Program supports the 

delivery of a wide variety of housing 

counseling services to homebuyers, 

homeowners, low- to moderate-income 

renters, and the homeless. The primary 

objective of the program is to educate 

families and individuals in order to help 

them make smart decisions regarding 

improving their housing situation and 

meeting the responsibilities of tenancy 

and homeownership, including through 

budget and financial counseling. 

Counselors also help borrowers avoid 

predatory lending practices, such as 

inflated appraisals, unreasonably high 

interest rates, unaffordable repayment 

terms, and other conditions that can 

result in a loss of equity, increased debt, 

default, and possible foreclosure. 

Counselors may also provide reverse 

mortgage counseling to elderly 

homeowners who seek to convert equity 

in their homes to pay for home 

improvements, medical costs, living 

expenses or other expenses. 

Additionally, housing counselors may 

distribute and be a resource for 

information concerning Fair Housing 

and Fair Lending. The Housing 

Counseling Program is instrumental to 

achievement of HUD’s mission. The 

Program’s far-reaching effects support 

numerous departmental programs, 

including Federal Housing 

Administration (FHA) single family 

housing programs. 

Approximately 1,900 HUDparticipating agencies provide housing 

counseling services nation-wide 

currently. Of these, approximately 920 

have been directly approved by HUD. 

HUD maintains a list of these agencies 

so that individuals in need of assistance 

can easily access the nearest HUDapproved housing counseling agency via 

HUD’s Web site, an automated 1–800 

Hotline, or a smart phone application. 

HUD Form 9900, Application for 

Approval as a Housing Counseling 

Agency, is necessary to make sure that 

people who contact a HUD approved 

agency can have confidence they will 

receive quality service and these 

agencies meet HUD requirements for 

approval. 

To participate in HUD’s Housing 

Counseling Program, a housing 

counseling agency must first be 

approved by HUD. Approval entails 

meeting various requirements relating to 

experience and capacity, including 

nonprofit status, a minimum of one year 

of housing counseling experience in the 

target community, and sufficient 

resources to implement a housing 

counseling plan. Eligible organizations 

include local housing counseling 

agencies, private or public organizations 

(including grassroots, faith-based and 

other community-based organizations) 

such as nonprofit, state, or public 

housing authorities that meet the 

Program criteria. HUD uses form HUD– 

9900 to evaluate whether applying 

organizations meet minimum 

requirements to participate in the 

Housing Counseling Program. The 

instruction on how to become a HUD 

approved Housing Counseling Agency is 

found at https://

www.hudexchange.info/ 

programs/housing-counseling/agencyapplication/. HUD is seeking a revision 

for the Application for Approval as a 

Housing Counseling Agency, form 

HUD–9900. There have been no changes 

in program eligibility requirements. The 

form will be updated to reflect a 

streamlined, fillable PDF interactive 

version and will continue to require 

electronic submission of applications 

through email in place of paper 

submissions. 

Respondents (i.e. affected public): Not 

for profit institution. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

800. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 800. 

Frequency of Response: 1. 

Average Hours per Response: 8. 

Total Estimated Burden: 6,400. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 


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information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) 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) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to 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. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

Dated: September 15, 2017. 

Inez C. Downs, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20152 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLORV00000.L10200000.DF0000

.LXSSH1040000.17X.HAG 17–0168] 

Notice of Public Meeting for the John 

Day—Snake Resource Advisory 

Council, Oregon 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, the Federal Lands 

Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, 

and the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) John Day—Snake Resource 

Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The RAC will hold a public 

meeting on Thursday, October 12, 2017, 

from 12:00 p.m. until 5 p.m., and on 

Friday, October 13, 2017, from 8 a.m. 

until 1 p.m. A public comment period 

will be held during Friday’s meeting 

from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Springhill Suites, 551 Industrial 

Way, Bend, OR 97702. If you cannot 

attend the meeting in person, you may 

call in on the telephone conference line 

number at 1–877–989–1244, Participant 

Code: 3005406#. The agenda will be 

posted online by September 11, 2017, at 

https://www.blm.gov/site-page/getinvolved-resource-advisory-councilnear-you-oregon-washington-john-dayrac. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Clark, Public Affairs Officer, BLM 

Prineville District Office, 3050 NE 3rd 

St., Prineville, Oregon 97754; 541–416– 

6700; lmclark@blm.gov. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1(800) 877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member John Day—Snake RAC was 

chartered to provide advice to BLM and 

U.S. Forest Service resource managers 

regarding management plans and 

proposed resource actions on public 

land in central and eastern Oregon. All 

advisory council meetings are open to 

the public. If you have information that 

you wish to distribute to the RAC, 

please do so prior to the start of each 

meeting. 

Agenda items for the meeting include: 

A presentation on the Ochoco National 

Forest sustainable recreation strategy 

and subsequent fee proposal; a 

subcommittee report on the Lower 

Deschutes River Fee Proposal and 

potential decision; an update on Central 

and Eastern Oregon Greater sage-grouse 

populations, including an overview of 

the causal factor analysis process and 

any plans for reducing impacts to local 

Sage-Grouse populations; a presentation 

by the South Fork John Day Watershed 

Council; a fee proposal by the WallowaWhitman National Forest; an update on 

the Blue Mountain Forest Resiliency 

project; and an update on Torrefied 

Biomass as a fuel commodity by Matt 

Krumenauer, Principle, Oregon 

Torrefaction, LLC. In addition, RAC 

members will set the 2018 meeting 

schedule and will identify future-topic 

presentations for the RAC meetings. 

Any other matters that may reasonably 

come before the RAC may also be 

addressed. A public comment period 

will be available on October 13 from 

10:00–10:30 a.m. During this time, each 

speaker may address the RAC for a 

maximum of 5 minutes. Meeting times 

and the duration of the public comment 

period may be extended or altered when 

the authorized representative considers 

it necessary to accommodate business 

and all who seek to be heard regarding 

matters before the RAC. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comments, please be aware that your 

entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2. 

Donald Gonzalez, 

Vale District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20149 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLORB07000.L17110000.PH0000.

LXSSH1060000.17XL1109AF.HAG 17–0106] 

Notice of Meeting for the Steens 

Mountain Advisory Council’s Public 

Land Access Subcommittee, Oregon 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management’s (BLM) Steens 

Mountain Advisory Council’s (SMAC) 

Public Land Access subcommittee will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The SMAC Public Land Access 

subcommittee will have a field trip on 

Thursday, September 21, 2017, from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, 

and a public meeting on Friday, 

September 22, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 

3:30 p.m. The meeting may end early if 

all business items are accomplished 

ahead of schedule, or may be extended 

if discussions warrant more time. 

ADDRESSES: The field trip will begin at 

9 a.m. at the Roaring Springs Ranch, 

31437 Highway 205, Frenchglen, 

Oregon, 97736. The meeting will be 

held at the same location. Written 

comments may be sent to the BLM 

Burns District office, 28910 Highway 20 

West, Hines, Oregon 97738. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara 

Thissell, Public Affairs Specialist, 28910 

Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738; 

telephone 541–573–4519; email 

tthissell@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 


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