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Dated: July 29, 2009.
Cuong Luu,
VQiPS Program Manager.
[FR Doc. E9–19649 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5288–N–07]

Notice of Proposed Information
Collection for Public Comment; Public
Housing Operating Fund Program:
Operating Budget and Related Form

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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: October 16,
2009.
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:
Lillian Deitzer, Reports Liaison Officer,
Public and Indian Housing, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street, SW., Room 4116,
Washington, DC 20410–5000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dacia Rogers, (202) 402–4109, for copies
of the proposed forms and other
available documents. (This is not a tollfree number.)
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
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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 Housing
Operating Fund Program: Operating
Budget and Related Form.
OMB Control Number: 2577–0026.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
operating budget and related form are
submitted by PHAs for the low-income
housing program. The operating budget
provides a summary of proposed budget
receipts and expenditures by major
category, as well as blocks for indicating
approval of budget receipts and
expenditures by the PHA and HUD. The
related form provides a record of PHA
Board approval of how the amounts
shown on the operating budget were
arrived at, as well as justification of
certain specified amounts. The
information is reviewed by HUD to
determine if the plan of operation
adopted by the PHA and amounts
included therein are reasonable for the
efficient and economical operation of
the development(s), and the PHA is in
compliance with HUD procedures to
assure that sound management practices
will be followed in the operation of the
development. A small number of PHAs
(200) are still required to submit their
operating budget packages to HUD,
namely those that are troubled, those
that are recently out of troubled status
or at risk of becoming troubled, or those
that are at risk of fiscal insolvency.
PHAs are still required to prepare their
operating budgets and submit them to
their Board for approval prior to their
operating subsidy being approved by
HUD. The operating budgets must be
kept on file for review, if requested.
Agency form number, if applicable:
HUD–52574.
Members of affected public: PHAs,
State or local government.
Estimation of the total number of
hours needed to prepare the information
collection including number of
respondents: The estimated number of
respondents is 200 troubled PHAs,
PHAs that prepare and submit to the
Board of Commissioners operating
budgets and related form annually and
submit to HUD, for a reporting burden
of 23,500 hours. The remaining number
of respondents that submit the related
form to HUD is 2941 for a reporting
burden of 534 hours. The total reporting
burden is 24,034 hours.

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Status of the proposed information
collection: Extension of an existing
collection.
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,
as amended.
Dated: August 10, 2009.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Deputy Director for Policy, Program and
Legislative Initiatives.
[FR Doc. E9–19678 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians
Notice of Proposed Renewal of
Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Special Trustee for American Indians,
Department of the Interior, announces
that it has submitted a request for
proposed extension of an information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget and requests public
comments on this submission.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collection request, but may respond
after 30 days; therefore, public
comments should be submitted to OMB
by September 16, 2009, in order to be
assured of consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Send your written comments by
facsimile to (202) 395–5806 or e-mail
([email protected]) to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Department of the
Interior Desk Officer (1035–0003). Also,
please send a copy of your comments to
Linda S. Thomas, Office of the Secretary
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior,
MS 116–SIB, 1951 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20240, or send an
e-mail to [email protected].
Additionally, you may fax them to her
at (202) 219–2374. Individuals
providing comments should reference
OMB control number 1035–0003,
‘‘Application to Withdraw Tribal Funds
from Trust Status, 25 CFR 1200.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on this
information collection or to obtain a

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copy of the collection instrument,
please write to Frank Perniciaro, Office
of the Special Trustee, Office of External
Affairs, 4400 Masthead St., NE., Room
323, Albuquerque, NM 87109. You may
also request e-mail him at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), require
that interested members of the public
and affected parties have an opportunity
to comment on information collection
and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d). This notice identifies an
information collection activity that the
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians has submitted to
OMB for renewal.
Public Law 103–412, The American
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform
Act of 1994, allows Indian tribes on a
voluntary basis to take their funds out
of trust status within the Department of
the Interior (and the Federal
Government) in order to manage such
funds on their own. 25 CFR Part 1200,
subpart B, § 1200.13, ‘‘How does a tribe
apply to withdraw funds?’’ describes the
requirements for application for
withdrawal. The Act covers all tribal
trust funds including judgment funds as
well as some settlements funds, but
excludes funds held in Individual
Indian Money accounts. Both the Act
and the regulations state that upon
withdrawal of the funds, the
Department of the Interior (and the
Federal Government) have no further
liability for such funds. Accompanying
their application for withdrawal of trust
funds, tribes are required to submit a
Management Plan for managing the
funds being withdrawn, to protect the
funds once they are out of trust status.
This information collection allows the
Office of the Special Trustee to collect
the tribes’ applications for withdrawal
of funds held in trust by the Department
of the Interior. If this information were
not collected, the Office of the Special
Trustee would not be able to comply
with the American Indian Trust Fund
Management Reform Act of 1994, and
tribes would not be able to withdraw
funds held for them in trust by the
Department of the Interior.
II. Data
(1) Title: Application to Withdraw
Tribal Funds from Trust Status, 25 CFR
Part 1200.
OMB Control Number: 1035–0003.
Current Expiration Data: August 31,
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Type of Review: Information
Collection Renewal.
Affected Entities: State, Local and
Tribal Government.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 2.
Frequent of response: Once per
respondent.
(2) Annual reporting and record
keeping burden:
Total annual reporting per
respondent: 400 hours.
Total annual reporting: 800 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of
the information: The statutorilyrequired information is needed to
provide a vehicle for tribes to withdraw
funds from accounts held in trust for
them by the United States Government.
(4) As required under 5 CFR
1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice
soliciting comments on the information
collection was published on May 20,
2009 (74 FR 23738). No comments were
received. This notice provides the
public with an additional 30 days in
which to comment on the proposed
information collection activity.
III. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites
comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
and the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to 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
collection techniques or other forms of
information techniques.
‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort,
or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for
a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
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All written comments, with names
and addresses, will be available for
public inspection. If you wish us to
withhold your personal information,
you must prominently state at the
beginning of your comment what
personal information you want us to
withhold. We will honor your request to
the extent allowable by law. If you wish
to view any comments received, you
may do so by scheduling an
appointment with the Office of the
Special Trustee by calling (505) 816–
1173.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Dated: August 10, 2009.
Donna Erwin,
Acting Special Trustee, Office of the Special
Trustee for American Indians.
[FR Doc. E9–19634 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
Proposed Water Service Contract, El
Dorado County Water Agency, El
Dorado County, CA
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR).
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act and the
California Environmental Quality Act,
the Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) and the El Dorado County
Water Agency (EDCWA) as lead
agencies have made available for public
review and comment a joint Draft EIS/
EIR for a Proposed Water Service
Contract pursuant to Public Law 101–
514. The Draft EIS/EIR describes and
presents the environmental effects of
four alternatives, including no action, of
entering into a long-term Central Valley
Project (CVP) water service contract
with EDCWA.
DATES: Two public meetings have been
scheduled to receive oral or written
comments regarding environmental
effects:
• Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. in Folsom, CA.
• Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. in El Dorado Hills, CA.
Written comments on the Draft EIS/
EIR will be accepted on or before
October 16, 2009.

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