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and Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Street, SW., Room 7140, Washington,
DC 20410; telephone 202–402–4612 or
Robert Duncan, telephone 202–402–
4681 (these are not toll-free numbers).
Persons with speech or hearing
impairments may access this telephone
number via TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Information Relay Service
during working hours at 800–877–8339.

with hearing or speech impairments
may access this number via TTY by
calling the Federal Information Relay
Service at 800–877–8339.
Dated: June 4, 2010.
Ron Sims,
Deputy Secretary.
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Dated: May 27, 2010.
Jeanne Van Vlandren,
Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Community Planning & Development.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5419–N–01]

[FR Doc. 2010–14003 Filed 6–10–10; 8:45 am]

Notice of Availability: Notice of
Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2009; Brownfields Economic
Development Initiative (BEDI) Second
Competition
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces that
HUD is conducting a second
competition for assistance under its
FY2009 Brownfields Economic
Development Initiative (BEDI) NOFA,
and that it has posted the BEDI NOFA
on its Web site and on Grants.gov. This
second round of competition makes
approximately $8.1 million in assistance
available under the Department of
Housing and Urban Development
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 111–
8, approved March 11, 2009). All BEDI
grants must be used in conjunction with
a new Section 108-guaranteed loan
commitment. Applicants for BEDI
assistance must address the
requirements established by HUD’s
Fiscal Year 2009 Notice of Funding
Availability (NOFA) Policy
Requirements and General Section to
the NOFA published on December 29,
2008 (73 FR 79548), as amended on
April 16, 2009 (74 FR 17685).
The BEDI NOFA providing
information regarding the application
process, funding criteria and eligibility
requirements is available on the
Grants.gov Web site at https://
apply07.grants.gov/apply/
forms_apps_idx.html. A link to
Grants.gov is also available on the HUD
Web site at http://www.hud.gov/offices/
adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm. The
Catalogue of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) number for the BEDI
Program is 14.246. Applications must be
submitted electronically through
Grants.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Kaminsky, Office of Economic
Development, Department of Housing

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
[Docket No. MMS–2010–OMM–0001]

MMS Information Collection Activity:
1010—NEW, Study of Sharing To
Assess Community Resilience, New
Collection; Submitted for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Comment Request
Minerals Management Service
(MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection (1010—NEW).
AGENCY:

To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we have submitted to OMB an
information collection request (ICR) for
approval of the paperwork requirements
in the study being conducted in Alaska,
Study of Sharing to Assess Community
Resilience. This notice also provides the
public a second opportunity to
comment on the paperwork burden of
these regulatory requirements.
DATES: Submit written comments by
July 12, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by either
fax (202) 395–5806 or e-mail
([email protected]) directly
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior (1010—NEW). Please also
submit a copy of your comments to
MMS by any of the means below.
• Electronically: go to http://
www.regulations.gov. In the entry titled
‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter docket ID
MMS–2010–OMM–0001 then click
search. Follow the instructions to
submit public comments and view
supporting and related materials
available for this collection. The MMS
will post all comments.
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• E-mail, mail, or hand-carry
comments to [email protected];
Department of the Interior; Minerals
Management Service; Attention: Cheryl
Blundon; 381 Elden Street, MS–4024;
Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. Please
reference ICR 1010–NEW in your
comment and include your name and
return address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and
Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607. You
may also contact Cheryl Blundon to
obtain a copy, at no cost, of the survey
that requires the subject collection of
information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Study of Sharing to Assess
Community Resilience.
OMB Control Number: 1010—NEW.
Abstract: The United States Congress,
through the 1953 Outer Continental
Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) [Pub. L. 95–
372, section 20] and its subsequent
amendments, requires the Secretary of
the U.S. Department of the Interior
(USDOI) to monitor and assess the
impacts of resource development
activities in Federal waters on human,
marine, and coastal environments. The
OCSLA amendments authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to conduct
studies in areas or regions of sales to
ascertain the ‘‘environmental impacts on
the marine and coastal environments of
the outer Continental shelf and the
coastal areas which may be affected by
oil and gas development’’ (43 U.S.C.
1346).
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–
4347) requires that all Federal Agencies
use a systematic, interdisciplinary
approach to ensure the integrated use of
the natural and social sciences in any
planning and decision making that may
have an effect on the human
environment. The Council on
Environmental Quality’s Regulations for
Implementing Procedural Provisions of
NEPA (40 CFR 1500–1508) state that the
‘‘human environment’’ is to be
‘‘interpreted comprehensively’’ to
include ‘‘the natural and physical
environment and the relationship of
people with that environment’’ (40 CFR
1508.14). An action’s ‘‘aesthetic,
historic, cultural, economic, social or
health’’ effects must be assessed,
‘‘whether direct, indirect, or cumulative’’
(40 CFR 1508.8).
The USDOI/Minerals Management
Service (MMS) is the Federal
administrative agency created both to
conduct OCS lease sales and to monitor
and mitigate adverse impacts that might
be associated with offshore resource
development. Within the MMS, the

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Environmental Studies Program
functions to implement and manage the
responsibilities of research. This study
will facilitate the meeting of USDOI/
MMS information needs on subsistence
food harvest and sharing activities in
coastal Alaska, with specific focus on
the Beaufort Sea Planning Area.
Many previous MMS studies have
documented aspects of subsistence
harvest throughout coastal Alaska,
including information about household
subsistence harvests by quantity,
location, species, and month of harvest.
However, most of these studies are
limited to representing the importance
of subsistence to livelihoods in
measures of pounds per capita
harvested or average per capita harvest.
The study departs from this standard
approach by systematically examining
the complex social dynamics of sharing
and consuming resources after resources
have been harvested. In Alaska Native
communities, the distribution and
exchange of subsistence resources
operate under traditional institutions
(informal rules; codes of conduct) for
reciprocity in exchanging harvested
resources and the cultural obligation to
share. Changes in ecosystem services,
which may result from industrial
development and climate change, could
affect subsistence activities with related
effects on community sharing networks.
This research will make an important
contribution to the study of northern
subsistence by providing baseline
quantitative data on the structure of
sharing networks and by identifying the
characteristics of system components
and key nodes of networks. From the
findings of the empirical data, we will
model thresholds of change in
community food distribution networks
to assess communities’ vulnerabilities
and resilience.
The 36-month study involves
assessing the vulnerabilities of two
North Slope and one interior Alaska
village to the potential effects of
offshore oil and gas development on
subsistence food harvest and sharing
activities. We will investigate the
resilience of local sharing networks that
structure contemporary subsistencecash economies, using survey research
methods that involve residents of the
three Alaskan communities.
Potential number of households is
approximately 349 from the three
partner communities. We seek to
interview the ‘‘head’’ of each household,
and in some cases that may be two
people. This study will be conducted in
a face-to-face setting. The questionnaires
will be administered under the
guidelines of 45 CFR part 46. The
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each participant stresses that
participation is voluntary and
anonymity will be maintained.
Procedures designed to protect the
confidentiality of the information
provided will include the use of coded
selection and identification numbers to
protect the identities of respondents.
The information to be gathered is
intended to inform regulatory agencies,
academic researchers, and partner
communities about local social systems
in a way that can shape development
strategies and serve as an interim
baseline for impact monitoring to
compare against future conditions.
Without this data, MMS will not have
sufficient information to make informed
leasing and development decisions for
these areas.
Frequency: Voluntary, one-time event,
per study.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Potential number of
households is approximately 349 from
the three partner communities. We seek
to interview the ‘‘head’’ of each
household, and in some cases that may
be two people.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Hour Burden: The MMS
estimates the total annual burden hours
to be 524 rounded hours (349
respondents × 1.5 hours per
questionnaire = 523.5 burden hours).
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden:
We have identified no paperwork nonhour cost burdens associated with the
collection of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obligated to respond.
Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.)
requires each agency ‘‘ * * * to provide
notice * * * and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information * * * ’’
Agencies must specifically solicit
comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the
information is useful; (b) evaluate the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
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automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
To comply with the public
consultation process, on January 12,
2010, we published a Federal Register
notice (75 FR 1648) announcing that we
would submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. The notice provided the
required 60-day comment period. This
notice also informed the public that
they may comment at any time on the
collection of information and provided
the address to which they should send
comments. We received three comments
from the same person, but none of the
comments were germane to the
paperwork burden of the collection. To
view the comments that were submitted
to MMS, follow the instructions under
‘‘Electronically’’ in the ADDRESSES
section.
If you wish to comment in response
to this notice, you may send your
comments to the offices listed under the
ADDRESSES section of this notice. The
OMB has up to 60 days to approve or
disapprove the information collection
but may respond after 30 days.
Therefore, to ensure maximum
consideration, OMB should receive
public comments by July 12, 2010.
Public Availability of Comments:
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should 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.
MMS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz, (202)
208–7744.
Dated: June 5, 2010.
William S. Hauser,
Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory
Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Assessment of a Marine
Geophysical Survey by the U.S.
Geological Survey in the Arctic Ocean,
August–September 2010
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
AGENCY:

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