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establishment of the Critical
Infrastructure Partnership Advisory
Council (CIPAC) by notice published in
the Federal Register (71 FR 14930–
14933) dated March 24, 2006. That
notice identified the purpose of CIPAC
as well as its membership. This notice
provides (i) the quarterly CIPAC
membership update, (ii) instructions on
how the public can obtain the CIPAC
membership roster and other
information on the Council, and (iii)
information on recently completed
CIPAC meetings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nancy Wong, Director Partnership
Programs and Information Sharing
Office, Partnership and Outreach
Division, Office of Infrastructure
Protection, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security, Washington, DC
20528, by telephone (703) 235–3999 or
e-mail at CIPAC@dhs.gov.
Responsible DHS Official: Nancy J.
Wong, Director Partnership Programs
and Information Sharing Office,
Partnership and Outreach Division,
Office of Infrastructure Protection,
National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Department of Homeland
Security, Washington, DC 20528, by
telephone (703) 235–3999 or e-mail at
CIPAC@dhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose
and Activity: CIPAC facilitates
interaction between government
officials and representatives of the
community of owners and/or operators
for each of the critical infrastructure and
key resources (CIKR) sectors defined by
Homeland Security Presidential
Directive 7 (HSPD–7) and identified in
the National Infrastructure Protection
Plan (NIPP). The scope of activities
covered by CIPAC includes planning;
coordinating among government and
CIKR owner/operator security partners;
implementing security program
initiatives; conducting operational
activities related to critical
infrastructure protection security
measures, incident response, recovery,
infrastructure resilience, reconstituting
CIKR assets and systems for both manmade as well as naturally occurring
events; and sharing threat, vulnerability,
risk mitigation, and infrastructure
continuity information and best
practices.
Organizational Structure: CIPAC
members are organized into 18 CIKR
sectors. Within all of the sectors
containing private sector CIKR owners/
operators, there generally exists a Sector
Coordinating Council (SCC) that
includes CIKR owners and/or operators
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associations. Each of the sectors also has
a Government Coordinating Council
(GCC) whose membership includes a
lead Federal agency that is defined as
the Sector Specific Agency (SSA), and
all relevant Federal, State, local, tribal,
and/or territorial government agencies
(or their representative bodies) whose
mission interests also involve the scope
of the CIPAC activities for that
particular sector.
CIPAC Membership: CIPAC
Membership includes (i) CIKR owner
and/or operator members of an SCC;
CIKR owners and operators own and
invest in infrastructure assets or in the
systems and processes to secure them.
CIKR owners and/or operators are held
responsible by the public for CIKR
operations and the response and
recovery when their CIKR assets and
systems are disrupted; (ii) trade
association members who are members
of a SCC representing the interests of
CIKR owners and/or operators; (iii) each
sector’s Government Coordinating
Council (GCC) members; and, (iv) State,
local, tribal, and territorial
governmental officials comprising the
DHS State, Local, Tribal, Territorial
GCC.
CIPAC Membership Roster and
Council Information: The current roster
of CIPAC membership is published on
the CIPAC Web site (http://
www.dhs.gov/cipac) and is updated as
the CIPAC membership changes.
Members of the public may visit the
CIPAC Web site at any time to obtain
current CIPAC membership as well as
the current and historic list of CIPAC
meetings and agendas.
Signed: February 22, 2010.
Nancy Wong,
Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2010–0006]

National Protection and Programs
Directorate; Technical Assistance
Request and Evaluation
AGENCY: National Protection and
Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for
comments; new information collection
request: 1670–NEW.
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate/Cybersecurity and
Communications/Office of Emergency
Communications, has submitted the

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following Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (P.L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until May 3, 2010. This
process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.1
ADDRESS: Written comments and
questions about this Information
Collection Request should be forwarded
to NPPD/CS&C/OEC, Attn.: Jonathan
Clinton, Jonathan.Clinton@dhs.gov.
Written comments should reach the
contact person listed no later than May
3, 2010. Comments must be identified
by DHS–2010–0006 and may be
submitted by one of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov.
• E-mail: Jonathan.Clinton@dhs.gov.
Include the docket number in the
subject line of the message.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the words ‘‘Department of
Homeland Security’’ and the docket
number for this action. Comments
received will be posted without
alteration at http://www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office
of Emergency Communications (OEC),
formed under Title XVIII of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002, 6
U.S.C. 101 et seq., as amended, is
authorized to provide technical
assistance at no charge to State,
regional, local, and tribal government
officials. OEC will use the Technical
Assistance Request Form to identify the
number and type of technical assistance
requests from each State and territory.
OEC will use the Technical Assistance
Evaluation Form to support quality
improvement of its technical assistance
services. Registration forms will be
submitted electronically. Evaluation
forms may be submitted electronically
or in paper form.
The Office of Management and Budget
is particularly interested in comments
which:
1. Evaluate 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. Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
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3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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 submissions
of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland
Security, National Protection and
Program Directorate.
Title: Technical Assistance Request
and Evaluation.
Form: Not Applicable.
OMB Number: 1670–NEW.
Frequency: Annual.
Affected Public: State, local, or tribal
government.
Number of Respondents: 350.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15
minutes.
Total Burden Hours: 175 annual
burden hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintaining): $4,273.50.
Signed: February 12, 2010.
Thomas Chase Garwood, III,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection
and Programs Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5298–N–02]

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
(LIHTC) Tenant Data Collection:
Responses To Advance Solicitation of
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Methodology

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AGENCY: Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy Development and
Research, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice follows the
publication, on March 30, 2009, of an
advance notice soliciting public
comment on methodology for the
collection of data on low-income
housing tax credit housing, as required
by statute. HUD received public
comments on that advance notice, and,
after considering the public comment, is
now issuing the specific information
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references the publication in the
Federal Register (75 FR 8392, February
24, 2010), of a notice of proposed
information collection. Copies of the
actual revised forms may be viewed by
contacting the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT listed in this notice. The
proposed information collection is
published pursuant to HUD’s
procedures for obtaining Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for information collections,
and, as such, there is a provision for
public comment. However, please be
advised that if you commented on the
March 30, 2009 notice, your comments
have already been considered and there
is no need to resubmit them.
DATES: Effective Date: April 2, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on LIHTC tenant data
collection, contact Michael K. Hollar,
Senior Economist, Economic
Development and Public Finance
Division, Office of Policy Development
and Research, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street,
SW., Room 8234, Washington, DC
20410–6000, telephone number 202–
402–5878, or send an e-mail to
Michael.K.Hollar@hud.gov. For specific
legal questions pertaining to Section 42
of the Internal Revenue Code, contact
Branch 5, Office of the Associate Chief
Counsel, Passthroughs and Special
Industries, Internal Revenue Service,
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20224, telephone
number 202–622–3040, fax number
202–622–4451. Additional copies of this
notice are available through HUD User
at 800–245–2691 for a small fee to cover
duplication and mailing costs.
Copies Available Electronically: This
notice and additional information about
the LIHTC program are available
electronically on the Internet at http://
www.huduser.org/datasets/lihtc.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Section 2835(d) of the Housing and
Economic Reform Act of 2008 (Pub. L.
110–289, approved July 30, 2008)
(HERA) amends Title I of the U.S.
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et
seq.) (1937 Act) to add a new section 36
(to be codified as 42 U.S.C. 1437z–8)
that requires each State agency
administering tax credits under section
42 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(low-income housing tax credits or
LIHTC) to furnish HUD, not less than
annually, information concerning the
race, ethnicity, family composition, age,
income, use of rental assistance under
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monthly rental payments of households
residing in each property receiving such
credits through such agency. New
section 36 of the 1937 Act further
provides that to the extent feasible,
collect such information through
existing reporting processes and in a
manner that minimizes burden on
property owners.
New section 36 requires HUD to
establish standards and definitions for
the information to be collected by State
agencies and to provide States with
technical assistance in establishing
systems to compile and submit such
information and, in coordination with
other Federal agencies administering
housing programs, establish procedures
to minimize duplicative reporting
requirements for properties assisted
under multiple housing programs.
On March 30, 2009, HUD published a
notice at 74 FR 14149 seeking early
input from State agencies and other
interested stakeholders on a
methodology or approach to meet the
statutory requirement to furnish HUD
the required information. HUD received
approximately 25 comments on this
notice by the comment due date of May
29, 2009, from entities including State
housing finance and tax credit agencies;
tax credit property managers; housing
trade associations; research institutes;
and nonprofit organizations. The
following summary of public comments
addresses the significant issues raised
and the approach HUD is taking in
response. Additionally, interested
members of the public may view and
respond to the notice of information
collection published in the Federal
Register (75 FR 8392); however, there is
no need to resubmit comments HUD
already received in connection with the
March 30, 2009 notice.
II. Public Comments
1. Tenant Data Collection
Comment: A number of commenters
supported the general idea of using the
National Council of State Housing
Agencies (NCSHA) Tenant Income
Certification (TIC) for tenant data
collection, but also suggested that States
retain flexibility to make modifications.
It was suggested that a separate page be
added to collect racial, ethnic, and
disability status data, along with a
statement that responding is voluntary.
Other commenters opposed the use of
these forms on various grounds. Other
commenters stated that Housing
Finance Agencies (HFAs) should be
given the flexibility to design their own
forms, but use the NCSHA TIC to obtain
uniform definitions of the required data,
which can be adapted. Some

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