[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 233 (Tuesday, December 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64142-64143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30768]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4185-N-01]


Office of Administration; Notice of Submission of Proposed 
Information Collection to OMB

AGENCY: Office of Administration, 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 emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: The due date for comments is: December 10, 1996.


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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within seven (7) days from the 
date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and 
should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr. HUD 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 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, 
telephone (202) 708-0050. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 
available documents submitted to OMB may be obtained from Ms. Weaver.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, HUD Notice, Site-Based Waiting Lists.
    Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination 
on the ground of race, color, national origin, religion of sex in any 
program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. HUD has 
implemented Title VI through regulations at 24 CFR Part 1. HUD has 
existing authority under 24 CFR 1.4(b)(2)(iii), to make exceptions from 
the community-wide waiting list regulation that are consistent with the 
purpose of the regulation and Title VI to prohibit discrimination in 
the assignment of low-income families to public housing units. HUD's 
policy on implementation of exceptions under the community-wide waiting 
list regulation is included in the attached draft Notice.
    The Department has submitted the proposal for the collection of 
information to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Department has requested emergency 
clearance of the collection of information, as described below, with 
approval being sought by December 9, 1996:
    (1) Title of the information collection proposal: PHA's Plan for 
Exception Request--Site-Based Waiting Lists
    (2) Summary of the collection of information: Each PHA may request 
an exception to establish site-based waiting lists by submitting its 
plan and the rationale for it to the local HUD office. The plan must 
include all of the PHA's general occupancy developments and/or all of 
the PHA's mixed-population and elderly-designated developments. The 
request must also include: accurate statistics for the Metropolitan 
Statistical Area (MSA) and the PHA's jurisdiction; each development's 
name, number, occupancy type and number of units, date site was 
developed, racial composition by bedroom size and waiting list 
composition. For the Section 8 program: the number of certificates and 
vouchers currently in use by race and bedroom size; and the length and 
composition of the waiting list by race and bedroom size. PHAs must 
provide current and proposed public housing tenant selection and 
assignment procedures along with any Consent Decrees, Voluntary 
Compliance Agreements, or other documentation related to current 
occupancy problems along with measures being taken to correct such 
problems.
    (3) Description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use: HUD needs the information to assure statutory and regulatory 
compliance. The information will be used to approve the PHA's plan for 
exception to establish site-based waiting lists.
    (4) Description of the likely respondents, and proposed frequency 
of response to the collection of information: State, Local Governments 
will request exceptions on occasion.
    (5) Estimate of the total reporting burden that will result from 
the collection of information:

Reporting Burden:
    Number of respondents: 52
    (@ 72 hours per response)
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 3,744

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

    Dated: November 26, 1996.
David S. Cristy,
Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 96-30768 Filed 12-2-96; 8:45 am]
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