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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Office of Housing
[Docket No. N-94-3719; FR-3473-N-06]

 

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for expedited review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The 
Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments due date: January 9, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and should 
be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk Officer, Office of 
Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kay F. Weaver, Reports Management Officer, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, Southwest, Washington, D.C. 20410, 
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as described below to OMB for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35).

    The Payment Voucher for Intermediaries Administering Technical 
Assistance Grants form will assist grant recipients in making requests 
for disbursement of funds through the automated Line of Credit Control/
Voice Response System, which will expedite the disbursement of funds to 
the recipient. The form also allows HUD field staff to verify requests 
for funds.
    The Notice lists the following information:
    (1) the title of the information collection proposal;
    (2) the office of the agency to collect information;
    (3) the description of the need for the information and its 
proposed use;
    (4) the agency form number, if applicable;
    (5) what members of the public will be affected by the proposal;
    (6) how frequently information submissions will be required;
    (7) an estimate of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information submission including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response;
    (8) whether the proposal is new or an extension, reinstatement, or 
revision of an information collection requirement; and
    (9) the names and telephone numbers of an agency official familiar 
with the proposal and of the OMB Desk Officer for the Department.

    Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 
U.S.C. 3507; Section 7(d) of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development Act, 42 U.S.C. 3535d.

    Dated: December 21, 1994.
Nicolas P. Retsinas,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.

Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB

    Proposal: Payment Voucher for Intermediaries Administering 
Technical Assistance Grants (FR 3473).
    Office: Housing.
    Description of the need for the information and its proposed use: 
The form assist grant recipients in making requests for disbursement of 
funds through the automated Line of Credit Control/Voice Response 
System, which will expedite the disbursement of funds to the recipient. 
The form also allows HUD field staff to verify requests for funds.
    Form number: HUD-9738-A.
    Respondents: Intermediaries administering technical assistance 
grants to recipients of Preservation Technical Assistance Planning 
Grants.
    Frequency of submission: One initial submission for the purpose of 
setting up the intermediary's office. Periodically thereafter as grant 
funds are expended and requested by those seeking Preservation 
Technical Assistance Planning Grants.
    Reporting burden:

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                            Number of respondents    Frequency of response    Hours per response   =Burden hours
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Information collection...             35                        5                     .2                35      
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    Total estimated burden hours: 35.
    Status: New.
    Contact: Michael Winiarski, HUD (202) 708-2300; Joseph F. Lackey, 
Jr., OMB (202) 395-7316.
    Date: December 21, 1994.

Supporting Statements for Form HUD-9738-A, Intermediary 
Preservation Technical Assistance Voucher

    1. Section 255(a) (1) through (6) of the National Housing Act 
(Public Law 102-550, 106 STAT. 3766 through 3769 12 USC 4141 et seq.), 
applicable portions of which are attached for reference, gives the 
Secretary the authority to designate intermediaries for administering 
technical assistance monies to qualifying non-profit groups wishing to 
get a better understanding of the Low Income Housing Preservation and 
Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA), and/or to prepare to 
purchase a qualifying project under same.
    The Notice of Funding Availability for Intermediaries to administer 
the Preservation Technical Assistance Planning Grant Funds was 
published in the Federal Register on April 6, 1994. These funds have 
been made available to support resident-supported purchases of projects 
eligible for incentives under the Preservation Program. The form 
assists grant recipients in making requests for disbursement of funds 
through the automated Line of Credit Control/Voice Response System, 
which will expedite the disbursement of funds to the recipient. The 
form also allows HUD Headquarters Staff to verify requests for funds.
    2. The form will be used by intermediaries so that they may record 
funds requested by grantees under Preservation Technical Assistance 
Grants.
    This information will be used by the Department to assure that 
grantees are vouchering for eligible activities under the grant and to 
monitor funds spent.
    3. This form was developed in conjunction with the Department's 
Line of Credit Control System/Voice Response System (LOCCS/VRS), an 
automated disbursement system accessible by the grantee through a 
touch-tone phone. Improved technology would not affect this information 
collection.
    4. There will be no duplication of information. Funds spent under 
this grant are not documented in any other HUD program.
    5. There is no similar information already available which could be 
used or modified for this purpose.
    6. This form and the telephone vouchering process will simplify the 
vouchering process for all entities including small entities.
    7. This reporting requirement is necessary to efficiently disburse 
grant funds.
    8. There are no special circumstances requiring the collection of 
information that is inconsistent with the guidelines in 5 CFR 1320.6.
    9. The Department consulted with no outside parties on the 
development of this form.
    10. There are no assurances of confidentiality provided to 
respondents.
    11. The information collected contains no items of a sensitive 
nature.
    12. Costs of the Information Collection
    Cost to Respondents is estimated using the burden hours calculated 
in 13 below and a dollar cost of $20 per hour which includes both labor 
and overhead.
    Cost to the Federal Government is also estimated using an hourly 
labor/overhead rate of $20.

                                                                        
   Respondents     Burden hours    *     Cost/hour     =       Total    
                                                                        
                              35                 $20                $700
                                                                        


                                                                                                                
                      Government                        Responses   *   Hours    *   Cost/hour    =     Total   
                                                                                                                
Processing...........................................         175          .10              $20             $350
    Total............................................  ..........  ..  .......  ..  ...........  ..       $1,050
                                                                                                                

13. Tabulation of Burden Hours
    The amount of funds made available under the NOFA was approximately 
$52,716,000. The Department estimates a total of 35 grants to be 
awarded under the NOFA. This estimate assumes all intermediaries 
receive the maximum award for their jurisdiction as prescribed in the 
April 6, 1994, Notice of Funds Availability. The Department further 
estimates voucher requests for funds to be made approximately 5 times 
per year for each grantee. At .20 hours per form, the total annual 
respondent burden is 35 hours. The government processing burden is 
based on an estimate that verification of each request will take .10 
hours.
    14. This information collection is the result of the implementation 
of new statutory requirements.
    15. The department does not plan to use the collection of this 
information for any published statistical use.

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