[Federal Register: October 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 209)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Proposed Information Collection Activities, Request for Comments
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Information Collection Request
for the Housing Assistance Application requires renewal. The proposed
information collection requirement, with no appreciable changes,
described below will be submitted to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget for review after a
public comment period as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
Bureau is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.
DATES: Submit comments on or before December 31, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments
regarding this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name
and/or OMB Control Number and should be sent to Les Jensen, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Department of Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-
MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Telephone: (907) 586-7397.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the collection of
information form or requests for additional information should be
directed to Les Jensen, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of
Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., MS-4513-MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
Telephone: (907) 586-7397.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The information is needed to establish an applicant's eligibility
to receive services under the Housing Improvement Program and to
establish the priority order in which eligible applicants may receive
services under the program.
II. Method of Collection
The housing regulations at 25 CFR Part 256 contain the program
eligibility and selection criteria (Sec. Sec. 256.6, 256.8, 256.9,
256.10, 256.13, 256.14), which must be met by prospective applicants
seeking program services. Information collected from applicants under
these regulations provides eligibility and selection data used by the
local servicing housing office to establish whether an applicant is
eligible to receive services. The local servicing housing office may be
a tribal housing office under a Public Law 93-638, Indian Self-
Determination contract or a Self-Governance annual funding agreement,
or part of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Additionally, the data is used
by the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs to establish whether a
request for waiver of a specific housing regulation is in the best
interest of the applicant and the Federal Government.
III. Data
(1) Title of the Collection of Information: 25 CFR 256, Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Housing Assistance
Application.
OMB Control Number: 1076-0084.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2007.
Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
(2) Summary of the Collection of Information: The collection of
information provides pertinent data concerning an applicant's
eligibility to receive services under the Housing Improvement Program
and includes:
A. Applicant Information including: Name, Current Address,
Telephone Number, Date of Birth, Social Security Number, Tribe, Roll
Number, Reservation, Marital Status, Name of Spouse, Date of Birth of
spouse, Tribe of spouse, and Roll Number of Spouse.
B. Family Information including: Name, Date of Birth, Relationship
to Applicant, and Tribe/Roll Number.
C. Income Information: Earned and Unearned Income.
D. Housing Information including: Location of the house to be
repaired, constructed, or purchased. Description of housing assistance
for which applying. Knowledge of receipt of prior Housing Improvement
Program assistance, amount to whom and when. Ownership or rental;
availability of electricity and name of electric company. Type of sewer
system. Water source. Number of bedrooms. Size of house, and Bathroom
facilities.
E. Land Information including: Landowner; Legal status of land; or
Type of interest in land.
F. General Information including: Prior receipt of services under
the Housing Improvement Program and description of such; Ownership of
other
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housing and description of such; Identification of Housing and Urban
Development funded house and current status of project; Identification
of other sources of housing assistance for which the applicant has
applied and been denied assistance if applying for a new housing unit
or purchase of an existing standard unit; and advisement and
description of any severe health problem, handicap or permanent
disability.
G. Applicant Certification including: Signature of Applicant and
Date, and Signature of Spouse and Date.
(3) Description of the need for the information and proposed use of
the information: Submission of this information is required in order to
receive services under the Housing Improvement Program. The information
is collected to determine applicant eligibility for services and
applicant priority order to receive services under the program.
(4) Description of Likely Respondents, including the estimated
number of likely respondents, and proposed frequency of response to the
collection of information:
Description of Affected Entities: Individual members of Federally
recognized Indian tribes who are living within a designated tribal or
legally defined service area and who apply for assistance under the
Housing Improvement Program.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Proposed Frequency of Response: Annually or less frequently,
depending on length of waiting list, funding availability and dynamics
of service population.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 8,000.
Estimated Time per Application: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,000 hours.
IV. Request for Comments
We specifically request your comments concerning the following:
1. Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the BIA, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
2. The accuracy of the BIA's estimate of the burden to collect the
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used;
3. The quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and,
4. How to minimize the burden of the information collection on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; the comments will also become a matter of public record.
All written comments will be available for public inspection in Room
335B of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC
20240, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays.
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.
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised 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 from the public review your personal
identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do
so.
Dated: October 1, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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