[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14434-14435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7569]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. RF-4120-N-05]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comments

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 
Housing, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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

DATES: Comments due May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
Control Number and should be sent to: Mildred M. Hamman, Reports 
Liaison Officer, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 451 7th Street, S.W., Room 4238, Washington, D.C. 
20410-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mildred M. Hamman, (202) 708-3642, 
extension 4128, for copies of the proposed forms and other available 
documents. (This is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB for review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended).

    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the proposed collection of information to: 
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the

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information will have practical utility; (2) evaluate the accuracy of 
the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Standards, Viability, and Removal Plan for 
Conversion of Certain Public Housing to Tenant-Based Section 8 Vouchers 
and Certificates.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0210.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: To 
implement Section 202 of the Omnibus Consolidated Rescissions and 
Appropriations Act of 1996, (Pub. L. 104-134, approved April 26, 1996), 
Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) will identify certain distressed public 
housing developments that will be required to be converted to that 
their households in occupancy can be given tenant-based assistance or 
relocated. PHAs will be required to submit a Viability Plan, tenant-
based assistance plan and a plan to remove units from the public 
housing inventory to HUD. PHAs will conduct an annual review and 
certify that their Comprehensive Plan Annual Updates that they have 
reviewed updated information regarding the applicability of the 
standards on their developments. HUD will review and evaluate the 
information to ensure compliance with the statutory criteria 
(standards), that plans have been developed in consultation with the 
residents, timeframes met and Section 202 is implemented.
    Member of affected public: State or Local Government (PHAs).
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: 50 respondents, one-time response, 
nine hours average per response, 21,645 total reporting burden hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Reinstatement.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: March 18, 1997.

Michael B. Janis,
General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing.
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