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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Woll, General Counsel, Office of
General Counsel, Department of
Housing and Urban Development, 2415
Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA
22314. Telephone number (202) 708–
2244 (this is not a toll-free number).
Individuals who are deaf or hard of
hearing, as well as individuals with
speech or communication disabilities,
may make an accessible telephone call.
Please visit https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs for more information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Consistent with ongoing regulatory
reform efforts and in accordance with
Executive Order 14192 (‘‘Unleashing
Prosperity Through Deregulation’’) 1 and
Executive Order 14219 (‘‘Ensuring
Lawful Governance and Implementing
the President’s ‘Department of
Government Efficiency’ Deregulatory
Initiative’’),2 HUD is undertaking a
comprehensive review of its subregulatory guidance to reduce
unnecessary compliance burdens,

following criteria as the basis for
withdrawing existing guidance
documents:
(1) Guidance is not statutorily
prescribed;
(2) Interpretation set forth is
inconsistent with relevant statutes or
regulations;
(3) Guidance imposes additional
compliance burdens.
II. Guidance Withdrawn
OGC is notifying the public that it has
withdrawn the guidance documents
identified in the table below, effective
September 25, 2025, as they meet the
criteria above for withdrawal. These
documents have been removed from
active use and should not be relied
upon as authoritative. Any handbooks
and internal training materials that
reference these guidance documents
should be revised accordingly. New
internal and external guidance will be
issued where necessary and appropriate.
All of these guidance documents have
been removed from the HUD.gov
website and should not be relied upon
by internal or external parties.

Title

Date issued

Memorandum of Understanding Between DOJ and HUD Concerning Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act ......................
Referrals of Pattern or Practice Fair Housing Cases to the DOJ ...........................................................................................
OGC Guidance Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to Use of Criminal Records ......................................................
OGC Guidance FH Act Protections for LEP Persons .............................................................................................................
Joint Statement, HUD DOJ, State, and Local Land Use Law and Practices and the FH Act ...............................................
Elements of Proof ....................................................................................................................................................................
Application to the Fair Housing Act of the Supreme Court’s Decision in Bostock v. Clayton County ...................................
Office of General Counsel Guidance on the Fair Housing Act’s Treatment of Certain Special Purpose Credit Programs
That are Designed to be Implemented in Compliance with the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B.
Appraisal Elements of Proof ....................................................................................................................................................
Limiting PHA and Owner Discretion in Admitting and Evicting Tenants in Federally Assisted Housing ...............................
Final Legal Determination for Implementation of the Violence Against Women Act (Asked and Answered) ........................
Whether the Mrs. Murphy Exemption applies to dwellings solely owned by LLCs or other business entities ......................
Application of Fair Housing and Civil Rights Laws to Source of Income Restrictions ...........................................................

December 7, 1990.
December 12, 2011.
April 4, 2016.
September 15, 2016.
November 10, 2016.
August 11, 2014.
February 9, 2021.
December 6, 2021.

David Woll,
General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. USGS–ECO–2026–0004;
GX26EN05ESB0500; OMB Control Number
1028–0096]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Regional Climate Adaptation
Science Centers (CASCs)
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey,

Interior.

Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston,
VA 20192.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) is proposing to renew an
information collection authorization.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by one of the following methods:
D Internet: https://
www.regulations.gov. Search for and
submit comments on Docket No. USGS–
ECO–2026–0004.
D U.S. Mail: USGS, Information
Collections Clearance Officer, 12201

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request additional information about
this information collection request
(ICR), contact Shawn Carter, Chief
Administrator (Acting) and Senior
Scientist of the USGS National Climate
Adaptation Science Center, by email at
[email protected], or by telephone at
571–314–2788.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 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

2 90 FR 10583 (February 19, 2025).

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May 6, 2022.
March 27, 2023.
October 11, 2023.
July 10, 2024.
November 4, 2024.

request for comment.

ACTION: Notice of information collection;

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enhance the effectiveness of guidance
documents, and promote principles
underlying the rule of law. Past
guidance, policies, and interpretive
rules inconsistent with such principles
are subject to review, revision, and/or
rescission.
Agencies often issue statements that,
unlike rules promulgated pursuant to
legislation, do not carry the force and
effect of law. These statements include
interpretive rules, which advise the
public of an agency’s interpretation of
the statutes and regulations it
administers as well as general
statements of policy, which advise the
public about an agency’s intended use
of its discretionary authority. These
non-binding guidance documents are a
common tool for agencies to advise the
public but can sometimes be used to
attempt to bind the regulated public
without adequate accountability.
It is HUD’s current policy to evaluate
non-binding policy guidance that may
be inconsistent with the statutory text or
impose compliance burdens outside of
the notice-and-comment rulemaking
process. Accordingly, OGC has set the

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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 USGS manages one
National and nine CASCs. Each regional
CASC involves a cooperative agreement
with a host institution. The host
institution agreements are periodically
re-competed, requiring collection of
information from potential host
institutions. In addition, this
information collection addresses annual
and biannual reporting required of host
institutions as part of their hosting
agreement and associated research
agreements.

Annual
number of
reports

Type of report

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Title of Collection: Department of the
Interior Regional Climate Adaptation
Science Centers.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0096.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Institutions that propose to serve as
CASC host or partner institutions
including state, local government, and
tribal entities, and academic
institutions. Existing host institutions
are state academic institutions.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 10.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 307 Responses (see table
below).
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Each proposal for CASC
hosting is expected to take 200 hours to
complete. The time required to
complete annual reports for any specific
host cooperative agreement is expected
to take 5 hours per report and annual
reports for each research agreement are
expected to total 2.5 hours per report.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,590 Hours (see table
below).
Annual burden
hours per
report

Total annual
burden

Host Recompete ..........................................................................................................................
Host Performance Report ............................................................................................................
Host Financial Report ..................................................................................................................
Research Performance Report ....................................................................................................
Research Financial Report ..........................................................................................................
NCASC Performance Report .......................................................................................................
NCASC Financial Report .............................................................................................................

9
9
9
135
135
5
5

200
5
5
2.5
2.5
2.5
2.5

1,800
45
45
337.5
337.5
12.5
12.5

Grand Total ...........................................................................................................................

307

220

2,590

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
Obtain or Retain a Benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Information
will be collected once every five years
for each CASC to enable re-competition
of CASC hosting agreements. In
addition, host institutions are required
to provide annual financial reports and
performance reports, as well as annual
or biannual financial and performance
reports on the associated research
agreements.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: There are no ‘‘non-hour
cost’’ burdens associated with this
collection of information.

The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Brian D. Kimbrell,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Federal Register Liaison.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407–014–004–065515; O2509–014–004–
125222]

Filing of Survey Plats: Alaska
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

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ACTION: Notice of official filing.
SUMMARY: The plats of survey (plats) of

the following described lands are
scheduled to be officially filed 30
calendar days after the date of this
publication in the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Alaska State Office,
Anchorage, Alaska. The surveys, which
were executed at the request of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs and BLM, are
necessary for the management of these
lands.
DATES: The BLM must receive protests
by August 17, 2026.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be
obtained from the Public Room at the
BLM Alaska Public Information Center,
222 West 7th Avenue, Mailstop 13,
Anchorage, AK 99513, upon required
payment. The plats at the BLM Alaska

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