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(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.

Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Downs.
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 July 14, 2017 at
82 FR 32568.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.

A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Housing Counseling Program—
Application for Approval as a Housing
Counseling Agency.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0573.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–9900.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: The
Office of Housing Counseling is
responsible for administration of the
Department’s Housing Counseling
Program, authorized by Section 106 of
the Housing and Urban Development
Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. The Housing
Counseling Program supports the
delivery of a wide variety of housing
counseling services to homebuyers,
homeowners, low- to moderate-income
renters, and the homeless. The primary
objective of the program is to educate
families and individuals in order to help
them make smart decisions regarding
improving their housing situation and
meeting the responsibilities of tenancy
and homeownership, including through
budget and financial counseling.
Counselors also help borrowers avoid
predatory lending practices, such as
inflated appraisals, unreasonably high
interest rates, unaffordable repayment
terms, and other conditions that can
result in a loss of equity, increased debt,
default, and possible foreclosure.
Counselors may also provide reverse
mortgage counseling to elderly
homeowners who seek to convert equity
in their homes to pay for home
improvements, medical costs, living
expenses or other expenses.
Additionally, housing counselors may
distribute and be a resource for
information concerning Fair Housing
and Fair Lending. The Housing
Counseling Program is instrumental to
achievement of HUD’s mission. The
Program’s far-reaching effects support
numerous departmental programs,
including Federal Housing
Administration (FHA) single family
housing programs.
Approximately 1,900 HUDparticipating agencies provide housing

Dated: September 13, 2017.
Anna P. Guido,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR–5997–N–57]

30-Day Notice of Proposed Information
Collection: Housing Counseling
Program—Application for Approval as
a Housing Counseling Agency
Office of the Chief Information
Officer, HUD.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

HUD submitted the proposed
information collection requirement
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose
of this notice is to allow for 30 days of
public comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: October 23,
2017.
ADDRESSES: 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:
OIRASubmission@omb.eop.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Inez
C. Downs, Reports Management Officer,
QMAC, Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20410; email
Inez.C.Downs@hud.gov, or telephone
202–402–8046. This is not a toll-free
number. Person with hearing or speech
impairments may access this number
through TTY by calling the toll-free
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.

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counseling services nation-wide
currently. Of these, approximately 920
have been directly approved by HUD.
HUD maintains a list of these agencies
so that individuals in need of assistance
can easily access the nearest HUDapproved housing counseling agency via
HUD’s Web site, an automated 1–800
Hotline, or a smart phone application.
HUD Form 9900, Application for
Approval as a Housing Counseling
Agency, is necessary to make sure that
people who contact a HUD approved
agency can have confidence they will
receive quality service and these
agencies meet HUD requirements for
approval.
To participate in HUD’s Housing
Counseling Program, a housing
counseling agency must first be
approved by HUD. Approval entails
meeting various requirements relating to
experience and capacity, including
nonprofit status, a minimum of one year
of housing counseling experience in the
target community, and sufficient
resources to implement a housing
counseling plan. Eligible organizations
include local housing counseling
agencies, private or public organizations
(including grassroots, faith-based and
other community-based organizations)
such as nonprofit, state, or public
housing authorities that meet the
Program criteria. HUD uses form HUD–
9900 to evaluate whether applying
organizations meet minimum
requirements to participate in the
Housing Counseling Program. The
instruction on how to become a HUD
approved Housing Counseling Agency is
found at https://
www.hudexchange.info/
programs/housing-counseling/agencyapplication/. HUD is seeking a revision
for the Application for Approval as a
Housing Counseling Agency, form
HUD–9900. There have been no changes
in program eligibility requirements. The
form will be updated to reflect a
streamlined, fillable PDF interactive
version and will continue to require
electronic submission of applications
through email in place of paper
submissions.
Respondents (i.e. affected public): Not
for profit institution.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
800.
Estimated Number of Responses: 800.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Average Hours per Response: 8.
Total Estimated Burden: 6,400.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected
parties concerning the collection of

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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.
Dated: September 15, 2017.
Inez C. Downs,
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLORV00000.L10200000.DF0000
.LXSSH1040000.17X.HAG 17–0168]

Notice of Public Meeting for the John
Day—Snake Resource Advisory
Council, Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, the Federal Lands
Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004,
and the Federal Advisory Committee
Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) John Day—Snake Resource
Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as
indicated below.
DATES: The RAC will hold a public
meeting on Thursday, October 12, 2017,
from 12:00 p.m. until 5 p.m., and on
Friday, October 13, 2017, from 8 a.m.
until 1 p.m. A public comment period
will be held during Friday’s meeting
from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
at the Springhill Suites, 551 Industrial
Way, Bend, OR 97702. If you cannot
attend the meeting in person, you may

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call in on the telephone conference line
number at 1–877–989–1244, Participant
Code: 3005406#. The agenda will be
posted online by September 11, 2017, at
https://www.blm.gov/site-page/getinvolved-resource-advisory-councilnear-you-oregon-washington-john-dayrac.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
Clark, Public Affairs Officer, BLM
Prineville District Office, 3050 NE 3rd
St., Prineville, Oregon 97754; 541–416–
6700; lmclark@blm.gov. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1(800) 877–8339 to
contact the above individual during
normal business hours. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15member John Day—Snake RAC was
chartered to provide advice to BLM and
U.S. Forest Service resource managers
regarding management plans and
proposed resource actions on public
land in central and eastern Oregon. All
advisory council meetings are open to
the public. If you have information that
you wish to distribute to the RAC,
please do so prior to the start of each
meeting.
Agenda items for the meeting include:
A presentation on the Ochoco National
Forest sustainable recreation strategy
and subsequent fee proposal; a
subcommittee report on the Lower
Deschutes River Fee Proposal and
potential decision; an update on Central
and Eastern Oregon Greater sage-grouse
populations, including an overview of
the causal factor analysis process and
any plans for reducing impacts to local
Sage-Grouse populations; a presentation
by the South Fork John Day Watershed
Council; a fee proposal by the WallowaWhitman National Forest; an update on
the Blue Mountain Forest Resiliency
project; and an update on Torrefied
Biomass as a fuel commodity by Matt
Krumenauer, Principle, Oregon
Torrefaction, LLC. In addition, RAC
members will set the 2018 meeting
schedule and will identify future-topic
presentations for the RAC meetings.
Any other matters that may reasonably
come before the RAC may also be
addressed. A public comment period
will be available on October 13 from
10:00–10:30 a.m. During this time, each
speaker may address the RAC for a
maximum of 5 minutes. Meeting times
and the duration of the public comment
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and all who seek to be heard regarding
matters before the RAC.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please 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.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2.
Donald Gonzalez,
Vale District Manager.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLORB07000.L17110000.PH0000.
LXSSH1060000.17XL1109AF.HAG 17–0106]

Notice of Meeting for the Steens
Mountain Advisory Council’s Public
Land Access Subcommittee, Oregon
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management’s (BLM) Steens
Mountain Advisory Council’s (SMAC)
Public Land Access subcommittee will
meet as indicated below.
DATES: The SMAC Public Land Access
subcommittee will have a field trip on
Thursday, September 21, 2017, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time,
and a public meeting on Friday,
September 22, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. The meeting may end early if
all business items are accomplished
ahead of schedule, or may be extended
if discussions warrant more time.
ADDRESSES: The field trip will begin at
9 a.m. at the Roaring Springs Ranch,
31437 Highway 205, Frenchglen,
Oregon, 97736. The meeting will be
held at the same location. Written
comments may be sent to the BLM
Burns District office, 28910 Highway 20
West, Hines, Oregon 97738.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara
Thissell, Public Affairs Specialist, 28910
Highway 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738;
telephone 541–573–4519; email
tthissell@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
SUMMARY:

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