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waiver will also allow grantees and
funding recipients to continue with
projects in connection with iron and
steel products where Made in America
requirements have long been
contemplated—providing greater ease of
implementation for HUD’s grantees.
Without this waiver, HUD will likely
lose grantee and funding recipient
participation, be exposed to liabilities if
HUD forces grantees and funding
recipients to modify their current plans
to come into compliance, or delay
critical activities to protect life, safety
and property, and will negatively
impact the most vulnerable Americans
we seek to serve.
As HUD’s previous Notice advised
and as supported by several comments
received during the comment period,
many of the HUD’s programs may be
subject to the BAP and have previously
not required compliance with similar
Buy American preferences. Because the
potential application of BAP mandated
by the Act is new to the majority of
HUD’s program FFA, this waiver
advances BABA by targeting the next
phase of implementation to include
Choice Neighborhoods (‘‘CN’’), a placebased grant program which helps
communities develop and implement
locally driven comprehensive plans to
transform neighborhoods. In Fiscal Year
2023, HUD received $350 million for
CN, which Public Housing Authorities
and local jurisdictions apply for
competitively. CN provides planning
grants, which provide for the
development of comprehensive plans,
and implementation grants, which allow
communities to implement their plans—
including for use on infrastructure
activities. This allows for efficient
phased implementation while reducing
the administrative burden to potential
grantees and funding recipients where
the costs of uncertainties surrounding
compliance with BABA could distract
from the focus on higher value BABA
compliant items. Failure to provide
recipients such flexibilities could delay
the award for infrastructure projects as
grantees and funding recipients must
exert considerable effort accounting for
the sourcing for miscellaneous, low-cost
items. HUD is seeking comment on the
further implementation of the BAP but
will focus specific attention on the full
implementation of the BAP in
connection with the use of iron and
steel in infrastructure projects in other
FFA programs utilizing HUD FFA
within this waiver period, except for
Tribal FFA, and in connection with the
use of specified construction materials
in infrastructure projects funded by
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Housing Program funds within this
waiver period.
V. Impact of This Waiver on Other FFA
HUD will not require compliance
with the BAP in connection with the
use of any HUD FFA obligated by HUD
before November 14, 2022, or during the
pendency of any other applicable BABA
waiver issued by HUD, including this
waiver, as applicable, after it is
finalized. However, where the BAP or
other ‘‘Buy American’’ requirements are
made applicable to a project of a grantee
or funding recipient by another Federal
agency, those requirements are not
waived by this waiver, nor is the grantee
or funding recipient exempt from the
application of those requirements in
accordance with the requirements of the
Federal agency providing such FFA.
VI. Assessment of Cost Advantage of a
Foreign-Sourced Product
Under OMB Memorandum M–22–11,
‘‘Memorandum for Heads of Executive
Departments and Agencies,’’ published
on April 18, 2022, agencies are expected
to assess ‘‘whether a significant portion
of any cost advantage of a foreignsourced product is the result of the use
of dumped steel, iron, or manufactured
products or the use of injuriously
subsidized steel, iron, or manufactured
products’’ as appropriate before granting
a public interest waiver. HUD’s analysis
has concluded that this assessment is
not applicable to this waiver, as this
waiver is not based in the cost of
foreign-sourced products. HUD will
perform additional market research
during the waiver period to better
understand the market and to limit the
use of waivers caused by dumping of
foreign-sourced products.
VII. Solicitation of Comments on the
Waiver
As required under section 70914 of
the Act, HUD is soliciting comment
from the public on the waiver
announced in this Notice. In particular,
HUD invites comments on its updated
implementation schedule and
corresponding waiver of application of
the BAP in connection with
infrastructure projects funded by HUD
FFA. HUD also seeks specific comment
on how it may best further phase in the
application of the BAP: (1) as to other
programs for HUD FFA used to
purchase iron and steel in addition to
specified construction materials; (2) as
to construction materials not specified
in this Notice; (3) manufactured
products for other programs and CDBG
formula and Recovery Housing Program
grants HUD invites comments on what
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purposes of achieving these various
phases of orderly implementation of the
Act.
If issued, the waiver would be
applicable to HUD FFA that HUD
obligates on or after the effective date of
the final waiver and throughout the
applicable waiver periods consistent
with the implementation schedule as
described above. Additionally, for HUD
FFA obligated by HUD on or after
February 22, 2023, but prior to the
effective date of the final waiver
described in this Notice, HUD would
waive application of BAP for all
expenditures incurred by grantees after
the effective date of the Final Notice,
consistent with the implementation
periods described above.
Marcia L. Fudge,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX23MR00G6ZW800 OMB Control Number
1028–NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Turtle Distribution Database
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is proposing a new information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 24,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
by mail to U.S. Geological Survey,
Information Collections Officer, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston,
VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_
[email protected]. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1028–NEW in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Margaret Lamont by
email at [email protected] or by
telephone at 352–209–4306. Individuals
who are hearing- or speech-impaired
may call the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance. You
may also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR
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1320.8(d)(1), all information collections
require approval. We may not conduct
or sponsor, nor are you required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies to comment on new,
proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How the agency might 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 technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personally
identifiable information (PII) in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
PII—may be made publicly available at
any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your PII from
public review, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Abstract: The order Testudines,
which encompasses tortoises and
freshwater and marine turtles, is among
the most threatened group of vertebrates
in the world. However, turtles are
frequently observed during everyday
activities, such as while walking
through a park, driving along a roadway,
or kayaking in a river or pond. Local
citizen-science projects focused on
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information for turtle populations, but
these projects are isolated both spatially
and specifically (i.e., focused on one
species). This project would use
sighting information supplied by
citizens to fill gaps in our knowledge of
turtle distributions throughout Northern
Florida. When a citizen observes a
turtle, they would document the species
(if possible), location (latitude/longitude
collected via cell phone), date, and time,
and they would photograph the animal.
We would also ask each contributor to
provide their initials (not full name) and
a way to contact them if questions about
the entry arise (e.g., phone number or
email address). The sighting information
will be mapped and used to develop
species-distribution maps.
Title of Collection: Turtle Distribution
Database.
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: New.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 100.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 100.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 5 minutes on average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 8 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Margaret M. Lamont,
Research Biologist, USGS Wetland and
Aquatic Research Center, U.S. Geological
Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–IEV–NPS0034035;
22XP103905 PPWOHAFCD3
PMO00HF05.D00000; OMB Control Number
1024–NEW]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; The UniDescription Project:
Audio Description Research
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

AGENCY:
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In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the National Park Service (NPS) are
proposing a new information collection.

SUMMARY:

Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 24,
2023.

DATES:

Please provide a copy of
your comments to the NPS Information
Collection Clearance Officer (ADIR–
ICCO), 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive (MS–
242) Reston, Virginia 20192 (mail); or to
[email protected] (email). Please
reference OMB Control Number 1024–
NEW (UniD) in the subject line of your
comments.

ADDRESSES:

To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Michele Hartley, Media
Accessibility Coordinator by email at
[email protected] or by
telephone at 304–535–6083, or contact
Brett Oppegaard by email at
[email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 1024–
NEW (UniD) in the subject line of your
comments. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to
access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make
international calls to the point of
contact in the United States.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all
information collections require approval
under the PRA.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies to comment on new,
proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps us
assess the impact of our information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand our
information collection requirements and
provide the requested data in the
desired format.
We are especially interested in public
comment addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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