82_FR_12868 82 FR 12825 - Announcement of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Notice of Public Meeting

82 FR 12825 - Announcement of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Notice of Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 43 (March 7, 2017)

Page Range12825-12826
FR Document2017-04562

This gives notice of a Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) meeting and sets forth the proposed agenda. The Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The meeting is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, notice for the March 14, 2017, meeting is being published fewer than 15 calendar days prior to the meeting as exceptional circumstances exist. It is imperative that the Committee hold its March 14, 2017, meeting to accommodate the scheduling priorities of key participants so that they may begin the work of the Committee. Given HUD's need for the Committee's advice, and the scheduling difficulties of selecting an alternative date, the agency deems it important for the advisory committee to meet on March 14, 2017, despite the late notice.

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5858-N-05]


Announcement of the Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee 
Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

ACTION: Notice of Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) 
Public Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This gives notice of a Housing Counseling Federal Advisory 
Committee (HCFAC) meeting and sets forth the proposed agenda. The 
Committee meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The meeting 
is open to the public and is accessible to individuals with 
disabilities. Pursuant to 41 CFR 102-3.150, notice for the March 14, 
2017, meeting is being published fewer than 15 calendar days prior to 
the meeting as exceptional circumstances exist. It is imperative that 
the Committee hold its March 14, 2017, meeting to accommodate the 
scheduling priorities of key participants so that they may begin the 
work of the Committee. Given HUD's need for the Committee's advice, and 
the scheduling difficulties of selecting an alternative date, the 
agency deems it important for the advisory committee to meet on March 
14, 2017, despite the late notice.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 8:30 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at HUD Headquarters, 451 
7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410 and via conference phone.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marjorie George, Housing Program 
Technical Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling, U.S. Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 300, 
Memphis, TN 38103; telephone number (901) 544-4228 (this is not a toll-
free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may 
access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay 
Service at (800) 877-8339 (toll-free number). Individuals may also 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is convening the meeting of the HCFAC on 
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. EDT. The meeting 
will be held at HUD Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 
20410 and via conference phone. This meeting notice is provided in 
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5. U.S.C. App. 
10(a)(2).

Draft Agenda--Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee Meeting--
March 14, 2017

I. Welcome
II. Panel Discussions--Expanding Access to and Sustainability of HUD 
Housing Counseling
III. Public Comment
IV. HCFAC Discussion
V. Next Steps
VI. Adjourn

Registration

    The public is invited to attend this one-day meeting in-person or 
by phone. Advance registration is required to participate. To register 
to attend, please visit the following link: https://pavr.wufoo.com/forms/hcfac-meeting-registration/.
    After completing the pre-registration process at the above link, 
in-person attendees will receive details about the meeting location and 
how to access the building. The meeting is also open to the public with 
limited phone lines available on a first-come, first-served basis. 
Phone attendees can call-in to the one-day meeting by using the 
following number in the United States: (800) 230-1096 (toll-free 
number). An operator will ask callers to provide their names and their 
organizational affiliations (if applicable) prior to placing callers 
into the conference line to ensure they are part of the pre-
registration list. Callers can expect to incur charges for calls they 
initiate over wireless lines and HUD will not refund any incurred 
charges. Callers will incur no charge for calls they initiate over 
land-line connections to the toll-free phone number. Persons with 
hearing impairments may also follow the discussion by first calling the 
Federal Relay Service (FRS): (800) 977-8339 (toll-free number) and 
providing the FRS operator with the conference call number: (800) 230-
1096.

Comments

    With advance registration, members of the public will have an 
opportunity to provide oral and written comments relative to the four 
agenda topics for the Committee's consideration. To provide oral 
comments, please be sure to indicate this on the registration link. The 
total amount of time for oral comments will be 15 minutes with each 
commenter limited to two minutes to ensure pertinent Committee business 
is completed. Written comments must be provided no later than March 7, 
2017 to [email protected]. Please note, written statements 
submitted will

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not be read during the meeting. The Committee will not respond to 
individual written or oral statements; but, will take all public 
comments into account in its deliberations.

Meeting Records

    Records and documents discussed during the meeting, as well as 
other information about the work of this Committee, will be available 
for public viewing as they become available at: http://www.facadatabase.gov/committee/committee.aspx?cid=2492&aid=77 by 
clicking on the ``Committee Meetings'' link.

    Dated: February 22, 2017.
Genger Charles,
General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing.
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                                                   Abstract: Through the use of a                       DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND                             the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5.
                                                Community Assistance Contact (CAC) or                   URBAN DEVELOPMENT                                     U.S.C. App. 10(a)(2).
                                                Community Assistance Visit (CAV),                                                                             Draft Agenda—Housing Counseling
                                                FEMA can make a comprehensive                           [Docket No. FR–5858–N–05]                             Federal Advisory Committee Meeting—
                                                assessment of a community’s floodplain                                                                        March 14, 2017
                                                management program. Through this                        Announcement of the Housing
                                                assessment, FEMA can assist the                         Counseling Federal Advisory                           I. Welcome
                                                                                                        Committee Notice of Public Meeting                    II. Panel Discussions—Expanding
                                                community to understand the NFIP’s
                                                                                                                                                                    Access to and Sustainability of
                                                requirements, and implement effective                   AGENCY:  Office of the Assistant                            HUD Housing Counseling
                                                flood loss reductions measures.                         Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing                 III. Public Comment
                                                Communities can achieve cost savings                    Commissioner, Department of Housing                   IV. HCFAC Discussion
                                                through flood mitigation actions by way                 and Urban Development (HUD).                          V. Next Steps
                                                of insurance premium discounts and                      ACTION: Notice of Housing Counseling                  VI. Adjourn
                                                reduced property damage.                                Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC)                    Registration
                                                   Affected Public: State, local and                    Public Meeting.
                                                                                                                                                                 The public is invited to attend this
                                                Tribal Government.
                                                                                                        SUMMARY:     This gives notice of a Housing           one-day meeting in-person or by phone.
                                                   Number of Respondents: 3000.                         Counseling Federal Advisory Committee                 Advance registration is required to
                                                   Number of Responses: 3000.                           (HCFAC) meeting and sets forth the                    participate. To register to attend, please
                                                   Estimated Total Annual Burden                        proposed agenda. The Committee                        visit the following link: https://
                                                                                                        meeting will be held on Tuesday, March                pavr.wufoo.com/forms/hcfac-meeting-
                                                Hours: 4000.
                                                                                                        14, 2017. The meeting is open to the                  registration/.
                                                   Estimated Cost: There are no annual                  public and is accessible to individuals                  After completing the pre-registration
                                                costs to respondents operations and                     with disabilities. Pursuant to 41 CFR                 process at the above link, in-person
                                                maintenance costs for technical                         102–3.150, notice for the March 14,                   attendees will receive details about the
                                                services. There are no annual start-up or               2017, meeting is being published fewer                meeting location and how to access the
                                                capital costs. The cost to the Federal                  than 15 calendar days prior to the                    building. The meeting is also open to
                                                Government is $9,123,637.00.                            meeting as exceptional circumstances                  the public with limited phone lines
                                                                                                        exist. It is imperative that the                      available on a first-come, first-served
                                                Comments                                                                                                      basis. Phone attendees can call-in to the
                                                                                                        Committee hold its March 14, 2017,
                                                   Comments may be submitted as                         meeting to accommodate the scheduling                 one-day meeting by using the following
                                                indicated in the ADDRESSES caption                      priorities of key participants so that they           number in the United States: (800) 230–
                                                above. Comments are solicited to (a)                    may begin the work of the Committee.                  1096 (toll-free number). An operator
                                                                                                        Given HUD’s need for the Committee’s                  will ask callers to provide their names
                                                evaluate whether the proposed data
                                                                                                        advice, and the scheduling difficulties               and their organizational affiliations (if
                                                collection is necessary for the proper
                                                                                                        of selecting an alternative date, the                 applicable) prior to placing callers into
                                                performance of the agency, including                                                                          the conference line to ensure they are
                                                whether the information shall have                      agency deems it important for the
                                                                                                        advisory committee to meet on March                   part of the pre-registration list. Callers
                                                practical utility; (b) evaluate the                                                                           can expect to incur charges for calls
                                                accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the                14, 2017, despite the late notice.
                                                                                                                                                              they initiate over wireless lines and
                                                burden of the proposed collection of                    DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                                                                                                                                              HUD will not refund any incurred
                                                information, including the validity of                  Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 8:30 a.m.
                                                                                                                                                              charges. Callers will incur no charge for
                                                the methodology and assumptions used;                   to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time
                                                                                                                                                              calls they initiate over land-line
                                                (c) enhance the quality, utility, and                   (EDT) at HUD Headquarters, 451 7th
                                                                                                                                                              connections to the toll-free phone
                                                clarity of the information to be                        Street SW., Washington, DC 20410 and
                                                                                                                                                              number. Persons with hearing
                                                                                                        via conference phone.
                                                collected; and (d) minimize the burden                                                                        impairments may also follow the
                                                of the collection of information on those               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      discussion by first calling the Federal
                                                who are to respond, including through                   Marjorie George, Housing Program                      Relay Service (FRS): (800) 977–8339
                                                the use of appropriate automated,                       Technical Specialist, Office of Housing               (toll-free number) and providing the
                                                electronic, mechanical, or other                        Counseling, U.S. Department of Housing                FRS operator with the conference call
                                                                                                        and Urban Development, 200 Jefferson                  number: (800) 230–1096.
                                                technological collection techniques or
                                                                                                        Avenue, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38103;
                                                other forms of information technology,                                                                        Comments
                                                                                                        telephone number (901) 544–4228 (this
                                                e.g., permitting electronic submission of
                                                                                                        is not a toll-free number). Persons who                 With advance registration, members
                                                responses.                                              have difficulty hearing or speaking may               of the public will have an opportunity
                                                  Dated: March 1, 2017.                                 access this number via TTY by calling                 to provide oral and written comments
                                                Richard W. Mattison,                                    the toll-free Federal Relay Service at                relative to the four agenda topics for the
                                                Records Management Program Chief, Mission               (800) 877–8339 (toll-free number).                    Committee’s consideration. To provide
                                                Support, Federal Emergency Management                   Individuals may also email                            oral comments, please be sure to
                                                Agency, Department of Homeland Security.                HCFACCommittee@hud.gov.                               indicate this on the registration link.
                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HUD is                     The total amount of time for oral
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                                                [FR Doc. 2017–04444 Filed 3–6–17; 8:45 am]
                                                BILLING CODE 9111–52–P                                  convening the meeting of the HCFAC on                 comments will be 15 minutes with each
                                                                                                        Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 8:30 a.m.                commenter limited to two minutes to
                                                                                                        to 5:30 p.m. EDT. The meeting will be                 ensure pertinent Committee business is
                                                                                                        held at HUD Headquarters, 451 7th                     completed. Written comments must be
                                                                                                        Street SW., Washington, DC 20410 and                  provided no later than March 7, 2017 to
                                                                                                        via conference phone. This meeting                    HCFACCommittee@hud.gov. Please
                                                                                                        notice is provided in accordance with                 note, written statements submitted will


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                                                not be read during the meeting. The                     ADDRESSES:   Chip Colwell, Senior                     leaders for the practice of traditional
                                                Committee will not respond to                           Curator of Anthropology and NAGPRA                    Native American religions by their
                                                individual written or oral statements;                  Officer, Denver Museum of Nature &                    present-day adherents.
                                                but, will take all public comments into                 Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard,                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
                                                account in its deliberations.                           Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370–                is a relationship of shared group
                                                                                                        6378, email Chip.Colwell@dmns.org.                    identity that can be reasonably traced
                                                Meeting Records                                                                                               between the sacred object and the Grand
                                                                                                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                   Records and documents discussed                      here given in accordance with the                     Portage Band of the Minnesota
                                                during the meeting, as well as other                    Native American Graves Protection and                 Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota.
                                                information about the work of this                      Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                  Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                Committee, will be available for public                 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
                                                viewing as they become available at:                    items under the control of the Denver,                  Lineal descendants or representatives
                                                http://www.facadatabase.gov/                            CO, that meet the definition of sacred                of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                committee/                                              objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.                         organization not identified in this notice
                                                committee.aspx?cid=2492&aid=77 by                          This notice is published as part of the            that wish to claim this cultural item
                                                clicking on the ‘‘Committee Meetings’’                  National Park Service’s administrative                should submit a written request with
                                                link.                                                   responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                     information in support of the claim to
                                                                                                        U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in              Chip Colwell, Senior Curator of
                                                  Dated: February 22, 2017.
                                                                                                        this notice are the sole responsibility of            Anthropology and NAGPRA Officer,
                                                Genger Charles,                                                                                               Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
                                                                                                        the museum, institution, or Federal
                                                General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for                                                                       2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CO
                                                Housing.
                                                                                                        agency that has control of the Native
                                                                                                        American cultural items. The National                 80205, telephone (303) 370–6378, email
                                                [FR Doc. 2017–04562 Filed 3–6–17; 8:45 am]                                                                    Chip.Colwell@dmns.org, by April 6,
                                                                                                        Park Service is not responsible for the
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                                                                                                        determinations in this notice.                        2017. After that date, if no additional
                                                                                                                                                              claimants have come forward, transfer
                                                                                                        History and Description of the Cultural               of control of the sacred object to the
                                                                                                        Item                                                  Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                                           Around 1925, one cultural item was                 Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota may
                                                National Park Service                                   removed from an unknown wooded                        proceed.
                                                                                                        location. It had been given or sold to a                The Denver Museum of Nature &
                                                [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22872;                                 local collector before Karen Petersen                 Science is responsible for notifying the
                                                PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                            obtained it in 1975. Petersen sold it to              Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
                                                                                                        Mary and Francis Crane on February 19,                Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota that this
                                                Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural                 1976, and the Cranes donated it to the                notice has been published.
                                                Items: Denver Museum of Nature &                        Denver Museum of Nature & Science on                   Dated: February 6, 2017.
                                                Science, Denver, CO                                     May 27, 1983. In the 1950s, Karen                     Melanie O’Brien,
                                                                                                        Petersen and her husband Sydney
                                                AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.                                                                    Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                                                                        Petersen spent their summers visiting
                                                ACTION:   Notice.                                       Anishinaabe communities, camping out                  [FR Doc. 2017–04405 Filed 3–6–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                              BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                SUMMARY:   The Denver Museum of                         and buying crafts from tribal members.
                                                Nature & Science, in consultation with                  When she was able to sell items, she
                                                the appropriate Indian tribes or Native                 sold them through churches in St. Paul,
                                                                                                                                                              DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                Hawaiian organizations, has determined                  MN. She also collected Anishinaabe
                                                that the cultural items listed in this                  objects for the Science Museum of                     National Park Service
                                                notice meet the definition of sacred                    Minnesota as a staff member from 1958
                                                                                                        to 1964. The one cultural item                        [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22847;
                                                objects. Lineal descendants or                                                                                PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                representatives of any Indian tribe or                  (AC.11537) is a water drum. It had been
                                                Native Hawaiian organization not                        left in the woods for religious reasons.              Notice of Inventory Completion: St.
                                                identified in this notice that wish to                  The drum has broken into six pieces but               Joseph Museums, Inc., St. Joseph, MO
                                                claim these cultural items should                       is still ceremonially significant today
                                                                                                        because of the etchings on the wood that              AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                submit a written request to the Denver
                                                Museum of Nature & Science, Denver,                     contain a song or story.                              ACTION:   Notice.
                                                                                                           Museum accession, catalogue, and
                                                CO. If no additional claimants come                                                                           SUMMARY:    The St. Joseph Museums, Inc.,
                                                                                                        documentary records, as well as
                                                forward, transfer of control of the                                                                           has completed an inventory of human
                                                                                                        consultation with a representative of the
                                                cultural items to the lineal descendants,                                                                     remains and associated funerary objects,
                                                                                                        Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
                                                Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian                                                                             in consultation with the appropriate
                                                                                                        Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, indicate
                                                organizations stated in this notice may                                                                       Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
                                                                                                        that the one cultural item is Ojibwe and
                                                proceed.                                                                                                      organizations, and has determined that
                                                                                                        is from the Grand Portage Indian
                                                DATES: Lineal descendants or                            Reservation in northern Minnesota.                    there is a cultural affiliation between the
                                                representatives of any Indian tribe or                                                                        human remains and associated funerary
                                                Native Hawaiian organization not                        Determinations Made by the Denver                     objects and present-day Indian tribes or
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                                                identified in this notice that wish to                  Museum of Nature & Science                            Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
                                                claim these cultural items should                          Officials of the Denver Museum of                  descendants or representatives of any
                                                submit a written request with                           Nature & Science have determined that:                Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                information in support of the claim to                     • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),                organization not identified in this notice
                                                the Denver Museum of Nature &                           the one cultural item described above is              that wish to request transfer of control
                                                Science, Denver, CO at the address in                   a specific ceremonial object needed by                of these human remains and associated
                                                this notice by April 6, 2017.                           traditional Native American religious                 funerary objects should submit a written


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Housing Counseling Federal Advisory Committee (HCFAC) Public Meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) at HUD Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410 and via conference phone.
ContactMarjorie George, Housing Program Technical Specialist, Office of Housing Counseling, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 200 Jefferson Avenue, Suite 300, Memphis, TN 38103; telephone number (901) 544-4228 (this is not a toll- free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access this number via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 (toll-free number). Individuals may also email [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 12825 

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