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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 April 18, 2018
at 83 FR 17186.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Congregate Housing Services Program.
OMB Approved Number: 2502–0485.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.
Form Number: SF–424, 425, HUD–
90003, HUD–90006, HUD–90198, HUD–
91180–A, HUD–91178–A.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use:
Completion of the Annual Report by
grantees provides HUD with essential
information about whom the grant is
serving and what sort of services the
beneficiaries receive using grant funds.
The Summary Budget and the Annual
Program Budget make up the budget of
the grantee’s annual extension request.
Together the forms provide itemized
expenses for anticipated program costs
and a matrix of budgeted yearly costs.
The budget forms show the services
funded through the grant and
demonstrate how matching funds,
participant fees, and grant funds will be
used in tandem to operate the grant
program. Field staff approve the annual
budget and request annual extension
funds according to the budget. Field
staff can also determine if grantees are
meeting statutory and regulatory
requirements through the evaluation of
this budget.
HUD will use the Payment Voucher to
monitor use of grant funds for eligible
activities over the term of the grant. The
Grantee may similarly use the Payment
Voucher to track and record their
requests for payment reimbursement for
grant-funded activities.
Respondents: (i.e., affected public):
Non-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
49.
Estimated Number of Responses: 392.
Frequency of Response: 8.
Average Hours per Response: 1.56.
Total Estimated Burdens: 611.52.

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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
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;

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(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: July 3, 2018.
Inez C. Downs,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–7001–N–37]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Pre-Purchase
Homeownership Counseling
Demonstration and Impact Evaluation
Collection
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for the information collection
described below. In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is
requesting comment from all interested
parties on the proposed collection of
information. The purpose of this notice
is to allow for 30 days of public
comment.

SUMMARY:

DATES:

Comments Due Date: August 15,

2018.
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:
OIRA [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anna P. Guido, Reports Management
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email Anna
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P. Guido at [email protected] or
telephone 202–402–5535. This is not a
toll-free number. Person with hearing or
speech impairments may access this
number through TTY by calling the tollfree Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–
8339. Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Guido.
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 March 23, 2018
at 83 FR 12806.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection: PrePurchase Homeownership Counseling
Demonstration and Impact Evaluation
collection.
OMB Approval Number: 2528–0293.
Type of Request: Revision of currently
approved collection.
Form Number: N/A.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) is conducting a
national study on the effectiveness of
pre-purchase homeownership
counseling services. This request covers
four data collection activities: (1)
Administering a final follow-up survey
to study participants; (2) extending
OMB approval #2528–0293 so that the
study can continue to collect updated
tracking information from study
participants; and (3) extending OMB
approval #2528–0293 so that the study
can continue to collect consent from the
co-borrowers of study participants; and
(4) extending OMB approval #2528–
0293 so that the study can continue to
collect loan origination and servicing
data from lenders. The final follow-up
survey will be administered to study
participants approximately 48 months
after they completed the baseline
survey. The final survey will provide a
comparison of study participants’
characteristics from the baseline survey
and allow the study to better
understand, document, and explain the
impacts of first-time homebuyer
education and counseling. As part of
OMB approval #2528–0293, the study
collects updated study participant
contact information to locate study
participants for the final follow-up
survey. Maintaining contact with study
participants over time is critical to
minimizing attrition and ensuring high
response rates to the follow-up surveys.
Additionally, the collection of consent

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from study participants’ co-borrowers is
necessary to allow the study to collect
data related to the characteristics and
performance of study participants’
mortgage loans. Lastly, as part of OMB
approval #2528–0293, the study collects
study participants’ loan origination and
service tracking data from the study’s
three participating lenders.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Up
to 5,854 study participants;
approximately 1,000 co-borrowers; and,
staff at 3 lenders.
The average time per study
participant (up to 5,854 study
participants) to complete the final
follow-up survey is 30 minutes. The
Information collection

Number of
respondents

Long-Term Follow-Up
Survey ......................
Tracking Letter .............
Co-borrower consent
form ..........................
Loan origination and
performance data:
Lenders .....................
Total ......................

study mails study participant tracking
letters twice per year. The average time
for study participants’ review of the
letters and return of the tracking form is
5 minutes. The collection of coborrower consent involves including the
co-borrower consent form in the study’s
regular tracking letters, along with a
request for the co-borrower to review,
sign, and return the written consent
form. For co-borrowers who do not
return the written form, the study will
collect consent verbally at the time of
the interim survey. The study estimates
that approximately 1,000 study
participants will have co-borrowers. The
co-borrowers’ review of the co-borrower

Frequency
of response

Responses
per annum

Burden
hours per
response

consent information and completion of
the consent process is estimated to
require approximately 5 minutes per coborrower. The average time for lenders
to prepare study participants’ loan
origination and performance data for the
study team is 60 minutes. The study
team will ask for this data semiannually from each lender during the
next 3 years from each lender. The total
burden for the study is 3,949.64 hours:
3,903 hours for study participants, 83
hours for co-borrowers, and 6 hours for
lenders.
Estimated Number of Respondents/
Estimated Number of Responses:
Annual
burden
hours

Hourly
cost per
response

Annual
cost

5,854.00
5,854.00

1.00
2.00

5,854.00
11,708.00

0.50
0.08

2,927.00
936.64

* $27.70
* 27.70

$81,077.90
25,944.92

1,000.00

1.00

1,000.00

0.08

80.00

* 27.70

2,216.00

3.00

2.00

6.00

1.00

6.00

35.00

210.00

12,711.00

........................

........................

........................

3,949.64

........................

109,448.82

* The average income that our study participants received in the last 12 months is $57,811. This estimate of average income is based on responses to the Short-Term Follow-Up Survey and was weighted to represent the full study sample using sample weights that adjust for follow-up
survey nonresponse. Thus, the hourly rate for our study participants is estimated at $27.70 (using the U.S. Office of Personnel’s national standard of 2,087 hours per year for a full-time employee).

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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of
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.

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Dated: June 28, 2018.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLUTG02100/18X/L14400000.EU0000; UTU–
92606]

Notice of Realty Action; Proposed
Modified Competitive Sale of Public
Land, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of realty action.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is considering the
modified competitive sale of 160 acres
of public land in Emery County, Utah,
at not less than the appraised fair
market value to the adjacent landowners
Hunter Prep Plant LLC, Ross
Huntington, and Clinton Price.
DATES: In order to ensure consideration
in the environmental analysis of the
SUMMARY:

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proposed sale, comments must be
received by August 30, 2018.
Address all written
comments concerning this notice to the
BLM, Price Field Office, Attn: Hunter
Plant Public Land Disposal, 125 S. 600
W, Price, Utah, 84501. Electronic mail
will also be accepted and should be sent
to [email protected]
with ‘‘Hunter Plant Public Land
Disposal’’ inserted in the subject line.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jaydon Mead, Realty Specialist, (435)
636–3646, at the above address, or email
to [email protected]. Persons who use a
telecommunication device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at (800) 877–8339 to
contact the above individual. 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.
The
following described public land in
Emery County, Utah, is being
considered for modified competitive
sale, subject to the applicable provisions
of Sections 203 and 209 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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