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(1) An entity or individual is
ineligible to bid on any included reverse
mortgage loan or on the pool containing
such reverse mortgage loan because it is
an entity or individual that:
(a) Serviced or held such reverse
mortgage loan at any time during the
six-month period prior to the bid, or
(b) Is any principal of any entity or
individual described in the preceding
sentence;
(c) Any employee or subcontractor of
such entity or individual during that
six-month period; or
(d) Any entity or individual that
employs or uses the services of any
other entity or individual described in
this paragraph in preparing its bid on
such reverse mortgage loan.
In addition, for those eligible bidders
seeking to be awarded mortgage loans
on a priority basis and signing the
Housing Mission Supplemental
Certification, each prospective bidder
must provide documentation and certify
that its charitable or government
purpose has a qualifying housing
mission and that its participation in the
sale is a furtherance of that housing
mission.
Freedom of Information Act Requests
HUD reserves the right, in its sole and
absolute discretion, to disclose
information regarding HVLS 2025–1,
including, but not limited to, the
identity of any successful qualified
bidder and its bid price or bid
percentage for any pool of loans or
individual loan, upon the closing of the
sale of all the mortgage loans. Even if
HUD elects not to publicly disclose any
information relating to HVLS 2025–1,
HUD will disclose any information that
HUD is obligated to disclose pursuant to
the Freedom of Information Act and all
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Scope of Notice
This notice applies to HVLS 2025–1
and does not establish HUD’s policy for
the sale of other mortgage loans.

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Julia R. Gordon,
Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal
Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–OC–2024–N038;
FVWF97820900000–XXX–FF09W13000 and
FVWF54200900000–XXX–FF09W13000;
OMB Control Number 1018–0088]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget; National
Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation
(FHWAR)
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), are proposing to
revise a currently approved information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of publication
of this notice at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W),
5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
22041–3803 (mail); or by email to Info_
[email protected]. Please reference ‘‘1018–
0088’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this information collection request
(ICR), contact Madonna L. Baucum,
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, by email at Info_
[email protected], or by telephone at (703)
358–2503. 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-ofcontact in the United States. You may
also view the ICR at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
SUMMARY:

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Reduction Act (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) and its implementing regulations
at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information
collections require approval under the
PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor
and you are not 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 are again inviting 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 might the agency 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.
On January 3, 2024, we published in
the Federal Register (89 FR 384) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on March 4, 2024. In an
effort to increase public awareness of,
and participation in, our public
commenting processes associated with
information collection requests, the
Service also published the Federal
Register notice on Regulations.gov
(Docket FWS–HQ–WSFR–2023–0231) to
provide the public with an additional
method to submit comments (in
addition to the typical U.S. mail
submission method). We received the
following comments in response to that
notice:
Comment 1: Electronic comment
received 01/03/2024, via
Regulations.gov (FWS–HQ–WSFR–
2023–0231–0002) from Jean Publie, who

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stated this is a propaganda survey and
hunting is insane.
Agency Response to Comment 1: This
comment did not address the
information collection requirements;
therefore, no response is required.
Comment 2: Electronic comment
received 01/03/2024, via
Regulations.gov (FWS–HQ–WSFR–
2023–0231–0003) from Holly Huchko,
Sport Fish Restoration Coordinator/ESA
Specialist, Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife. Ms. Huchko stated
information should be collected both by
mail and digital format, and the
freshwater/saltwater fishing split for
coastal States needs to continue to be
collected.
Agency Response to Comment 2: The
methodology for the 2027 FHWAR is
responsive to the needs identified in
this comment. Oregon and other coastal
States will continue to receive data on
the number of freshwater/saltwater
anglers within their respective State,
free of cost.
Comment 3: Anonymous comment
received 03/03/2024, via
Regulations.gov (FWS–HQ–WSFR–
2023–0231–0004) stating that hunting
and fishing should not be encouraged,
and that animal lives should be spared.
Agency Response to Comment 3: This
comment did not address the
information collection requirements;
therefore, no response is required.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email 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.
Abstract: The information collected
for the National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (FHWAR, or National
Survey) assists the Fish and Wildlife
Service in administering the Wildlife
and Sport Fish Restoration grant
programs. The FHWAR, conducted
about every 5 years since 1955, is a
comprehensive survey of anglers,
hunters, and wildlife watchers and
includes information on their
participation and how much they spend
on these activities in the United States.
The FHWAR provides up-to-date
information on the uses and demands
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evaluating programs and projects to
meet existing and future needs.
We collect the information in
conjunction with carrying out our
responsibilities under the DingellJohnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16
U.S.C. 777–777m) and the PittmanRobertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16
U.S.C. 669–669i). Under these Acts, we
provide approximately $1 billion in
grants annually to States for projects
that support sport fish and wildlife
management and restoration, including:
• Improvement of fish and wildlife
habitats,
• Fishing and boating access,
• Fish stocking, and
• Hunting and fishing opportunities.
We also provide grants for aquatic
education and hunter education,
maintenance of completed projects, and
research into problems affecting fish
and wildlife resources. These projects
help to ensure that the American people
have adequate opportunities for fish and
wildlife recreation. We conduct the
survey about every 5 years. The 2027
FHWAR survey will be the 15th
conducted since 1955. We coordinate
the survey at the States’ request, which
is made through the Association of Fish
and Wildlife Agencies. We will contract
with a data collector to collect the
information using internet, telephone,
or mail-in paper-and-pencil instrument
(PAPI).
Respondents are invited to take the
survey with a mailed letter. The data
collector will select a sample of
sportspersons and wildlife watchers
from a household screen and conduct
three detailed interviews during the
survey year. The survey collects
information on the number of days of
participation, and expenditures for trips
and equipment. Information on the
characteristics of participants includes
age, income, sex, education, race, and
State of residence. The Freshwater/
Saltwater Ratio Questionnaire is
designed to get freshwater and saltwater
fishing data for coastal States. The
Service’s Wildlife and Sportfish
Restoration Program is required to
divide fishing management funds
according to the ratio of freshwater and
saltwater anglers in each coastal State.
Federal and State agencies use
information from the survey to make
policy decisions related to fish and
wildlife restoration and management.
Participation patterns and trend
information help identify present and
future needs and demands. Land
management agencies use the data on
expenditures and participation to assess
the value of wildlife-related recreational
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information is used to estimate the
impact on the economy and to support
the dedication of tax revenues for fish
and wildlife restoration programs.
Proposed Revision
Pre-test: Cognitive Interviews—We
anticipate the need to conduct webbased cognitive interviews prior to the
next FHWAR. The cognitive interviews
will enable the research team to identify
problems with survey items and with
the organization and order of items in
the instrument. We expect the data from
the cognitive interviews to reveal
potential sources of response error in
the National Survey and to inform the
redesign efforts. The objective of the
cognitive interviews is to test and refine
the proposed instruments from the full
survey, with particular focus on the
revised questions on bounding,
expenditure reporting, and 5-year recall
of activities. We will use the results of
this research to refine the survey
instruments in preparation for fielding
the next National Survey (likely to be
held in 2027 or 2028). Respondents will
have the option to pause/resume the
pretest as they work through the
questionnaire.
We anticipate a maximum of 70
respondents will participate in the webbased study. Respondents will be
individuals who have participated in
fishing, hunting, and wildlife-watching
activities in within 1 year of the
cognitive interviews. Respondents will
be adults ages 18 and over and children
ages 16 and 17 who participate with the
consent of a parent or guardian. The
participants will represent a range of
demographic characteristics (e.g., age,
gender, education level, State of
residence).
We plan to recruit a non-probability
sample of respondents for this research.
The Association of Fish & Wildlife
Agencies will work with State fish and
wildlife directors to obtain lists of
license holders. The data collector will
send an invitation via email or text
message to invite license holders to
participate in a survey. Further, the data
collector will place advertisements on
Facebook in selected geographies in
order to recruit individuals interested in
being interviewed and will disseminate
information about the study through
word of mouth. People responding to an
invitation to participate in the research
will complete a brief eligibility
screening to determine whether they
have recently participated in fishing,
hunting, or wildlife watching activities
and to collect household composition
and demographic information.
Potential participants will also be
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members would be interested in
participating in the study. Adult
participants for screener interviews will
be household members who would
likely complete a screener
questionnaire, such as a head of
household or adult sportsperson or
wildlife watcher. We plan to request
that a screener respondent (a respondent
who finished the screen interview), or
another household member aged 16 and
up who participates in fishing, hunting,
or wildlife watching activities, complete

the wave questionnaires. In addition,
two to three respondents who do not
participate in the relevant activities will
be recruited for interviews in order to
test the functioning of the instruments
with non-participants.
Title of Collection: National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and WildlifeAssociated Recreation (FHWAR).
OMB Control Number: 1018–0088.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.

Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals/households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: We estimate
the pre-test/cognitive interviews to
begin in 2025 or 2026. The results will
be used to inform the next full survey
estimated to be conducted in 2027, or
possibly 2028.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.

Estimated
number of
household
responses

Activity

Screener Survey:
Screener: Web ......................................................................................................................
Screener: Phone ...................................................................................................................
Screener: PAPI .....................................................................................................................
Wave 1 Survey:
Wave Questionnaires: Web ..................................................................................................
Wave Questionnaires: Phone ...............................................................................................
Wave Questionnaires: PAPI .................................................................................................
Wave 2 Survey:
Wave Questionnaires: Web ..................................................................................................
Wave Questionnaires: Phone ...............................................................................................
Wave Questionnaires: PAPI .................................................................................................
Wave 3 Survey:
Wave Questionnaires: Web ..................................................................................................
Wave Questionnaires: Phone ...............................................................................................
Wave Questionnaires: PAPI .................................................................................................
Wave 3 Coastal Freshwater/Saltwater Ratio Questionnaire ................................................
Pre-test/Cognitive Interviews (NEW) ...........................................................................................
Grand Total: ..................................................................................................................

Median
completion
time per
response
(minutes)

Estimated
burden
hours *

27,639
1,000
31,361

9
15
10

4,146
250
5,227

43,068
833
6,972

13
22
14

9,331
305
1,627

32,173
833
3,645

13
22
14

6,971
305
851

46,773
950
11,811
13,500
70

13
22
14
3
70

10,134
348
2,756
675
82

220,628

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

43,008

* Rounded.

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 OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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DEA100000.000000. DX61801; OMB Control
Number 1093–0012]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Application
Requirements for States and Tribes To
Apply for Orphaned Well Site Plugging,
Remediation, and Restoration Funding
Consideration, and Ongoing State and
Tribal Reporting Requirements for
Funding Recipients
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

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AGENCY:
ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Office of the Secretary of the
Interior (Interior), through the Orphaned
Wells Program Office (OWPO), proposes

SUMMARY:

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to revise an OMB-approved information
collection.
DATES: Interested parties are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments for the
proposed information collection should
be submitted to www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. This particular
information collection can be found by
selecting ‘‘Currently under Review—
Open for Public Comments’’ or by using
the search function. Please provide a
copy of any submitted comments to
Jeffrey Parrillo, Departmental
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of the Interior,
1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC
20240, or by email to DOI-PRA@
ios.doi.gov. Please reference ‘‘OMB
Control Number 1093–0012 Orphaned
Wells Program Office’’ in the subject
line of any comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this proposed information collection,
please contact Ron Lev, Management

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