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mortgage delinquency (foreclosure
mitigation clients). The study is
designed to gather statistically accurate
information on outcomes realized by the
clients of the participating housing
counseling agencies. The study focuses
on two groups of clients: (1) Clients
seeking assistance to purchase a home
(pre-purchase clients) and (2) clients
seeking to resolve or prevent a mortgage
delinquency (foreclosure mitigation
clients). Up to Thirty housing
counseling agencies at random will be
recruited to participate in this study.
The selected agencies will provide
samples of data from each of the two
groups, selected. The data collected
through the study will support analysis
of not just the frequency of different
client outcomes, but also the association
between these outcomes and client
characteristics, client circumstances,
and the extent of services received.
Additionally, the proposed study will
fulfill two important needs for HUD and
the counseling field. First, it will
provide systematic information on the
outcomes realized by counseling clients
and how these outcomes vary with the
characteristics or clients and the
services they receive. The study will
also lay the groundwork for a
subsequent pre-purchase impact
evaluation by testing data collection
procedures to be used to enroll clients,
gather information on the characteristics
of the services they receive, and track
them over time.

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ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: IN ADDITION TO
THOSE DISCLOSURES GENERALLY PERMITTED
UNDER 5 U.S.C. A.

A. To individuals under contract to
HUD or under contract to another
agency with funds provided by HUD—
for the preparation of studies and
statistical reports directly related to the
management of HUD’s Housing
Counseling Programs.
B. To future researchers selected by
HUD to carry out the objectives of
HUD’s Housing Counseling Program in
aggregate form without individual
identifiers—name, address, social
security number—for the performance
of research and statistical activities of
the Housing Counseling Programs.
C. To authorized social science
researchers participating in HUD’s
Housing Counseling Program in
aggregate form without individual
identifiers—name, address, social
security number—for the performance
of research and statistical activities of
the Housing Counseling Programs.
D. To participating counseling
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gather data identifying information that
they gather from their own clients
participating in the study and not the
part of the database that contains social
security numbers, birth dates, or data on
the housing counseling clients of other
agencies.
E. To credit bureaus to draw credit
reports on the individuals selected to
participate in the Housing Counseling
Outcome Evaluation.
F. To HUD’s Housing Counseling
System, including the Client Activity
Reporting System (CARS) to match
sample clients’ baseline, service
tracking, and outcome data gathered
during the course of this research to
data reported on those clients in CARS.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
STORAGE:

In file folders and electronic files
stored on contractors’ secured servers
and computers.
RETRIEVABILITY:

SAFEGUARDS:

Manual files will be kept in sealed
envelopes, in locked cabinets, in locked
offices; computer records will be
maintained in a separate secured area
accessible only to authorized personnel
with passwords. The consent forms will
be scanned into electronic files that will
be encrypted and then provided to Abt
Associates via a secure, password
protected HTTPS site. When the consent
forms are used to obtain credit reports
for the study, a copy of the consent form
will be provided using the same secure
HTTPS site and encrypted files to the
agency that obtains the credit reports.
The baseline questionnaires will be
entered into an electronic database that
will be encrypted at the database level
and accessible only to authorized
personnel with passwords. Both the
consent forms and baseline
questionnaires will then be stored at a
secure off-site facility for the duration of
the project.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

All personal identifiers will be
destroyed approximately six months
after the research is completed.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Mark Shroder, Acting Director of the
Program Evaluation Division, Office of
Policy Development and Research,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410, Telephone
Number (202) 402–5922.

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NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

For information, assistance, or inquiry
about existence or records, contact
Donna Robinson-Staton, Departmental
Privacy Act Officer, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 451
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, in
accordance with the procedures in 24
CFR part 16.
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Procedures for the amendment or
correction of records, and for applicants
who want to appeal initial agency
determination appear in 24 CFR part 16.
If additional information is needed,
contact:
(i) In relation to contesting contents of
records, the Departmental Privacy Act
Officer at HUD, 451 Seventh Street,
SW., Room 2256, Washington, DC
20410; and
(ii) In relation to appeals of initial
denials, HUD, Departmental Privacy
Appeals Officer, Office of General
Counsel, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20410.
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Name, address.

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The original records are transferred
from information obtained from baseline
questionnaires for participating clients
and service tracking surveys on
counseling services received by those
clients from the record subjects,
participating counseling agencies, and
credit bureaus.
EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE
ACT:

None.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–350–1430–EU–24 1A]

Extension of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Approval Number
1004–0153
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is
requesting the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) to extend an existing
approval to collect information from
persons who seek to acquire the
Federally-owned (reserved) mineral
interests underlying their surface estate.
BLM collects this information to verify

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that the applicant is the surface owner
that overlies the Federally-owned
mineral rights and that statutory
requirements for their conveyance are
met. The regulations under 43 CFR Part
2720 authorize BLM to collect
information (no specific form is
required) to convey Federally-owned
mineral interests to surface owners if
certain conditions are met.
DATES: You must submit your comments
to the address below no later than
November 24, 2008. Comments received
or postmarked after this date may not be
considered.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Director (630), Bureau of Land
Management, Mail Stop 401 LS, 1849 C
St., NW., (Attention: 1004–0153),
Washington, DC 20240.
Personal or messenger delivery: 1620
L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington,
DC 20036.
E-mail:
[email protected] (Attn.:
1004–0153).
All comments will be available for
public review at the L Street address
during regular business hours (7:45 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m.), Monday through Friday
except Federal holidays. Before
including your address, telephone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, be advised that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask in your comment to
withhold from public review your
personal identifying information, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may contact Alzata L. Ransom, Division
of Lands, Realty and Cadastral Survey,
on (202) 452–7772 (Commercial or FTS).
Persons who use a telecommunication
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8330, 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, to contact Ms.
Ransom.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR
1320.12(a) requires that we provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning a collection of information
to solicit comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
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including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions we use;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the information
collection burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Section 209 of the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976 and
implementing regulations at 43 CFR part
2720 establish procedures for BLM to
convey Federally-owned (reserved)
mineral interests to non-Federal surface
ownership, if the value of the surface
use or planned use exceeds the value of
the mineral rights, or that there are no
minerals there, and that the mineral
rights prevent beneficial surface use.
The regulations authorize BLM to
collect this information (no specific
form is required) to determine if BLM
may convey the Federally-owned
mineral interests to surface owners who
apply and meet the statutory
requirements. We list in 43 CFR 2720.1–
2 the specific information requirements
you must submit when applying for a
conveyance of Federally-owned mineral
interests. Without this information,
BLM would not be able to analyze and
approve applications to convey
Federally-owned mineral interests that
interfere with beneficial surface uses.
Based upon BLM experience
administering the regulations, we
estimate the public reporting
information collection burden to be 10
hours per application. The respondents
are surface owners in which the mineral
interests are reserved or owned by the
United States. The estimated number of
responses per year is 30 and the total
annual burden is 300 hours.
BLM will summarize all responses to
this notice and include them in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record.
Dated: September 18, 2008.
Ted R. Hudson,
Acting Information Collection Clearance
Officer, Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–350–1430–PF–24 1A]

Extension of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004–
0004
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
requests the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to extend an existing
approval to collect information from
those persons who submit Form 2520–
1 to apply for a desert-land entry to
reclaim, irrigate, and cultivate arid and
semiarid public lands in the Western
United States. The BLM uses this
information to determine if the
applicant is eligible to make a desertland entry under the appropriate land
entry laws.
DATES: You must submit your comments
to BLM at the address below on or
before November 24, 2008. BLM will not
necessarily consider any comments
postmarked or received after the above
date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Director (630), Bureau of Land
Management, Mail Stop 401 LS, 1849 C
St., NW., (Attention: 1004–0004),
Washington, DC 20240.
Personal or messenger delivery: 1620
L Street, NW., Room 401, Washington,
DC 20036.
E-mail:
[email protected] (Attn.:
1004–0004)
Comments will be available for public
review at the L Street address during
regular business hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:15
p.m.), Monday through Friday,
excluding Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may contact Alzata L. Ransom, Division
of Lands, Realty and Cadastral Survey,
on (202) 452–7772 (Commercial or FTS).
Persons who use a telecommunication
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8330, 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, to contact Ms.
Ransom.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR
1320.12(a) requires that we provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning a collection of information
to solicit comments on:

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