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is to allow for 60 days of public
comment.
DATES: Comments Due Date: May 28,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments regarding
this proposal.
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection can be sent
within 60 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 60-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Interested persons are
also invited to submit comments
regarding this proposal by name and/or
OMB Control Number and should be
sent to: Colette Pollard, Reports
Management Officer, REE, Department
of Housing and Urban Development,
451 7th Street SW, Room 8210,
Washington, DC 20410–5000; telephone
202–402–3577 (this is not a toll-free
number) or email:
PaperworkReductionActOffice@
hud.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Colette Pollard, Reports Management
Officer, REE, Department of Housing
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street
SW, Washington, DC 20410; email
Colette Pollard at Colette.Pollard@
hud.gov or telephone 202–402–3400.
This is not a toll-free number. HUD
welcomes and is prepared to receive
calls from individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing, as well as individuals
with speech and communication
disabilities. To learn more about how to
make an accessible telephone call,
please visit https://www.fcc.gov/
consumers/guides/telecommunicationsrelay-service-trs.
Copies of available documents
submitted to OMB may be obtained
from Ms. Pollard.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice informs the public that HUD is
seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
A. Overview of Information Collection
Title of Information Collection:
Submission Requirements for the
Capital Advance Program Section 202/
811.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0470.
OMB Expiration Date: May 31, 2020.
Type of Request: Reinstatement with
change of previously approved
collection for which approval has
expired.
Form Number: HUD-: 2453.1–CA;
2554; 90163–CA; 90163.1–CA; 90164–

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CA; 90165–CA; 90166–CA; 90166a–CA;
90167–CA; 90169–CA; 90169.1–CA;
90170–CA; 90171–CA; 90172–A–CA;
90172–B–CA; 90173–A–CA; 90173–B–
CA; 90173–C–CA; 90173–D–CA; 90176–
CA; 90177–CA; 90178–CA; 90179–CA;
91732–A–CA; 92013; 92329; 92412–CA;
92433–CA; 92434–CA; 92435–CA;
92450–CA; 92466–CA; 92466.1–CA;
92476–A; 92476–A–CA; 92580–CA;
93432–CA; 93566–CA; 93566.1–CA; and
50080–CAH.
Description of the need for the
information and proposed use: This
submission is to permit the continued
processing of all Sections 202 and 811
capital advance projects that have not
yet been finally closed. The submission
includes processing of the application
for firm commitment to final closing of
the capital advance. It is needed to
assist HUD in determining the Owner’s
eligibility and capacity to finalize the
development of a housing project under
the Section 202 and Section 811 Capital
Advance Programs. The Office of the
Inspector General had also requested
additional required certification
language. HUD is also adding a new
standard form to facilitate the renewal
of project rental assistance contracts
(PRACs). The form will reflect longstanding contract amendment language
with updates to accommodate
availability of both 5-year and annual
terms for Section 202 PRACs. The
number of annual contract renewal
amendments is expected decrease for
each of the next three years as
additional properties switch from
annual to five-year contracts. The
Department also notes that PRAC
contract renewal amendments may be
executed utilizing DocuSign to obtain
owner and HUD staff signatures.
Finally, HUD has revised the form
HUD–2554 to update contract
provisions for Davis-Bacon prevailing
wage requirements consistent with
changes the Department of Labor (DOL)
recently made to regulations at 29 CFR
5.5.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Multifamily HUD sponsored
property owners and developers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,860. (60 for new projects/5,800
renewing projects).
Estimated Number of Responses:
7,912. (2,112 for new projects/5,800 for
renewing projects).
Frequency of Response: Occasion or
Annual.
Average Hours per Response: 0.95.
Total Estimated Burden: 7,516.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
from members of the public and affected

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parties concerning the collection of
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.
C. Authority
Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507.
Jeffrey D. Little,
General Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office
of Housing.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
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1028–012]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Cooperative Research
Units (CRU)
U.S. Geological Survey,
Department of the 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 to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before April 25,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
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Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to USGS, Information
Collections Clearance Officer, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston,
VA 20192 or by email to gs-info_
collections@usgs.gov. Please reference
OMB Control Number 1028–0126 in the
subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this Information Collection Request
(ICR), contact Melissa Thode, Program
Analyst, CRU by email at mthode@
usgs.gov, or by telephone at 703–648–
4265. 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 http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
federal agencies with an opportunity 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.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on October
6, 2023, (88 FR 69654). No comments
were received.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. 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
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(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.
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 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: CRU Cooperating
Universities submit applications for
research work orders via Grants.gov.
The Statutory Authority used is the
Cooperative Research Units Act (16
U.S.C. 753a–753b), Public Law 86–686,
Sec. 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 733, as
amended by the Fish and Wildlife
Improvement Act of 1978, Public Law
95–616, Sec. 2, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat.
3110. Applications consist of project
proposals, budgets and SF–424 forms.
Information submitted includes project
titles, schedules, scope of work, contact
information (names, emails, addresses,
position titles, telephone), and detailed
budget breakdowns (salaries includes
names, positions, rate of compensation)
per Office of Acquisition requirements.
Only CRU Cooperating Universities
(applicants/recipients) can apply to the
Research Work Order (RWO) component
of the CRU Program. All proposals &
SF–424 forms (includes budgets) are
submitted electronically through
Grants.gov. USGS/Office of Acquisition
and Grants uses this information to
process the RWO award.
Title of Collection: Cooperative
Research Units.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0126.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Respondents/Affected Public: CRU
Cooperating Universities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 43.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 428.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Between 10 minutes and 40
hours, depending on activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 2,325.
Respondent’s Obligation: Necessary to
retain/obtain a benefit.

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Frequency of Collection: Varies with
research work order but at a minimum
is responsible for initial applications,
progress report and final report.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Donald Dennerline,
Acting Deputy Chief, U.S. Geological Survey,
Cooperative Research Units.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
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Proposed Appointments to the
National Indian Gaming Commission
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act provides for a threeperson National Indian Gaming
Commission. One member, the Chair, is
appointed by the President with the
advice and consent of the Senate. Two
associate members are appointed by the
Secretary of the Interior. Before
appointing members, the Secretary is
required to provide public notice of a
proposed appointment and allow a
comment period. Notice is hereby given
of the proposed appointment of Jean
Hovland and Sharon Avery as associate
members of the National Indian Gaming
Commission for a term of 3 years.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
April 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the
Director, Office of the Executive
Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street
NW, Mail Stop 7328, Washington, DC
20240; or DOIExecSec@ios.doi.gov with
NIGC Appointment Comment in the
subject line.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Dustin Thomas, National Indian Gaming
Commission, c/o Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop
1621, Washington, DC 20240; telephone
(202) 632–7003; facsimile (202) 632–
7066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25
U.S.C. 2701 et seq., established the
SUMMARY:

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