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The CPI inflation index for rent of
primary residence measures the
inflation of all surveyed units regardless
of whether utilities are included in the
rent of the unit or not. In other words,
it measures the inflation of the ‘‘contract
rent’’ which includes units with all
utilities included in the rent, units with
some utilities included in the rent and
units with no utilities included in the
rent. In producing a gross rent inflation
factor, HUD decomposes the contract
rent CPI inflation factor into parts to
represent the gross rent change and the
shelter rent change. This is done by
applying the percentage of renters who
pay for heat (a proxy for the percentage
renters who pay shelter rent) from the
Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX)
and American Community Survey
(ACS) data on the ratio of utilities to
rents.2 The CEX data used to decompose
the contract rent inflation factor into
gross rent and shelter rent inflation
factors come from a special tabulation of
2008 CEX survey data produced for
HUD for the purpose of computing
Renewal Funding AAFs. The utility-torent ratio used in the formula comes
from 2008 ACS median rent and utility
costs.
In this publication, the rent and
utility inflation factors for large
metropolitan areas and Census regions
are based on changes in the rent of
primary residence and fuels and utilities
CPI indices from the first half of 2009
to the first half of 2010, the most recent
data available at the time of the
development of final budget projections
for fiscal year (FY) 2011. Typically, CPI
indexes averaged over a 12-month
period have been used to measure the
change from year to year. The semiannual indexes used for Renewal
Funding AAFs average data over six
months as opposed to 12 months; the
Renewal Funding AAFs use change over
the course of two semi-annual index
cycles to derive a 12-month adjustment.

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II. The Use of Renewal Funding AAFs
The Renewal Funding AAFs use the
same methodology as the FY2010
Renewal Funding AAFs but differ from
historical AAFs and the FY2011
Contract Rent AAFs in that they make
use of more recent semi-annual CPI
indexes in place of average annual CPI
indexes. The Renewal Funding AAFs
have been developed to account for
relative differences in the recent
inflation of rents among different areas
and are used to allocate HCV funds
2 The formulas used to produce these factors can
be found in the Annual Adjustment Factors
overview and in the FMR documentation at
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among PHAs. HUD is reviewing and
updating the methodologies for all
program parameters, including Fair
Market Rents (FMRs), AAFs, and other
inflation indices. The publication of
these separate Renewal Funding AAFs
for allocation of voucher funds is an
interim step toward more complete
reforms including using more recent
data in HUD’s estimations for various
program parameters, including FMRs, as
published in the Federal Register on
October 4, 2010 (75 FR 61254).
III. Geographic Areas
Renewal Funding AAFs are produced
for all Class A CPI cities (CPI cities with
a population of 1.5 million or more) and
for the four Census Regions. They are
applied to core-based statistical areas
(CBSAs), as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
according to how much of the CBSA is
covered by the CPI city-survey. If more
than 75 percent of the CBSA is covered
by the CPI city-survey, the Renewal
Funding AAF that is based on that CPI
survey is applied to the whole CBSA
and to any HUD-defined metropolitan
area, called ‘‘HUD Metro FMR Area’’
(HMFA), within that CBSA. If the CBSA
is not covered by a CPI city-survey, the
CBSA uses the relevant regional CPI
factor. Almost all non-metropolitan
counties use regional CPI factors. For
areas assigned the Census Region CPI
factor, both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas receive the same
factor.
The Renewal Funding AAF tables list
the four Census Regions first, followed
by an alphabetical listing of each
metropolitan area, beginning with
Akron, OH, MSA. Renewal Funding
AAFs are provided:
• For separate metropolitan areas,
including HMFAs and counties that are
currently designated as nonmetropolitan, but are part of the
metropolitan area defined in the local
CPI survey, and,
• For the four Census Regions for
those metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas that are not covered
by a CPI city-survey.
Renewal Funding AAFs use the same
OMB metropolitan area definitions, as
revised by HUD, that are used in the FY
2011 FMRs.
IV. Area Definitions
To make certain that they are
referencing the correct Renewal
Funding AAFs, PHAs should refer to the
Area Definitions Table at http://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/
FY2011_AreaDef.pdf. For units located
in metropolitan areas with a local CPI
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listed separately. For units located in
areas without a local CPI survey, the
metropolitan or nonmetropolitan
counties receive the regional CPI for that
Census Region.
The Area Definitions Table for
Renewal Funding AAFs, shown at
http://www.huduser.org/portal/
datasets/aaf/FY2011_AreaDef.pdf, lists
areas in alphabetical order by state. The
associated CPI region is shown next to
each state name. Areas whose Renewal
Funding AAFs are determined by local
CPI surveys are listed first. All
metropolitan areas with local CPI
surveys have separate Renewal Funding
AAF schedules and are shown with
their corresponding county definitions
or as metropolitan counties. In the six
New England states, the listings are for
counties or parts of counties as defined
by towns or cities. The remaining
counties use the CPI for the Census
Region and are not specifically listed on
the Area Definitions Table.
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands use
the South Region Renewal Funding
AAFs. All areas in Hawaii use the
Renewal Funding AAFs identified in
the Table as ‘‘STATE: Hawaii,’’ which
are based on the CPI survey for the
Honolulu metropolitan area. The Pacific
Islands use the West Region Renewal
Funding AAFs.
Accordingly, HUD publishes these
Renewal Funding Annual Adjustment
Factors as set forth in the Renewal
Funding AAF Table posted at http://
www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/aaf/
FY2011_RF_table.pdf.
Dated: May 2, 2011.
Raphael W. Bostic,
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
and Research.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Renewal of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004–
0169
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 60-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces its intention to request that
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) renew OMB Control Number

SUMMARY:

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1004–0169 for the paperwork
requirements in 43 CFR subpart 3715,
which pertain to use and occupancy
under the mining laws.
DATES: Please submit your comments to
the BLM at the address below on or
before July 11, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted by mail, fax, or electronic
mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street, NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202–912–
7181.
Electronic mail:
[email protected].
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0169’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may contact Adam Merrill at 202–912–
7044. Persons who use a
telecommunication device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339, to contact Mr. Merrill.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB
regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521),
require that interested members of the
public and affected agencies be
provided an opportunity to comment on
information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). The
Paperwork Reduction Act 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.
This notice identifies information
collections that are contained in 43 CFR
part 3715. The BLM will request that the
OMB approve this information
collection activity for a 3-year term.
Comments are invited on: (1) The need
for the collection of information for the
performance of the functions of the
agency; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s
burden estimates; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the information collection
burden on respondents, such as use of
automated means of collection of the
information. A summary of the public
comments will accompany the BLM’s
submission of the information collection
requests to OMB.
All comments will become a matter of
public record. Before including your
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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.
The following information is provided
for the information collection:
Title: Use and Occupancy Under the
Mining Laws (43 CFR subpart 3715).
Form: None.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0169.
Abstract: This notice pertains to the
collection of information that is
necessary to manage the use and
occupancy of public lands for
developing mineral deposits under the
Mining Laws.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: 150 mining claimants and
operators of prospecting, exploration,
mining, and processing operations.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: 300
hours.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None.

hours. The FIRS 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: This
survey was requested by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
The lands surveyed are:

Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Information
Collection Clearance Officer.

Dominica Van Koten,
Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

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Fourth Principal Meridian, Minnesota
T. 51 N., R 19 W.
The plat of survey represents the
dependent resurvey and corrective
dependent resurvey of a portion of the
subdivisional lines and survey of the
subdivision of Section 34, of Township 51
North, Range 19 West, of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, in the State of Minnesota, and was
accepted March 23, 2011.

We will place a copy of the plat we
described in the open files. It will be
available to the public as a matter of
information.
If the BLM receives a protest against
the survey, as shown on the plat, prior
to the date of the official filing, we will
stay the filing pending our
consideration of the protest.
We will not officially file the plat
until the day after we have accepted or
dismissed all protests and they have
become final, including decisions on
appeals.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey,
Minnesota
AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.
Notice.

ACTION:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) will file the plat of
survey of the lands described below in
the BLM–Eastern States office in
Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days
from the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dominica Van Koten, Chief Cadastral
Surveyor, 703–440–1674. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339 to contact the above
individual during normal business
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Final General Management Plan,
Wilderness Management Plan, and
Final Environmental Impact Statement;
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of the
Final General Management Plan/
Wilderness Management Plan/Final
Environmental Impact Statement,
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
AGENCY:

Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)), the
National Park Service (NPS) announces
the availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for the General Management Plan
(GMP)/Wilderness Management Plan for
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore,
Wisconsin (Lakeshore).
DATES: The National Park Service will
execute a Record of Decision (ROD) no
SUMMARY:

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