[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26195-26197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12618]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[Docket No. FR-4369-N-01]
Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment
AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, 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: July 13, 1998.
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: Ms. Shelia Jones, Reports Liaison
Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451-7th
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Street, SW, Room 7230, Washington, DC 20410.
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).
The Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and
affecting 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 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.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will submit
to OMB the information collection requirements for the HOME Program,
previously approved under OMB Control Numbers 2506-0162 and 2501-0013.
The HOME Investment Partnerships Act (Title II of the Cranston-
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act) was signed into law on
November 28, 1990 (Pub. L. 101-625) and created the HOME Program to
expand the supply of affordable housing. Interim regulations were first
published for the program on December 16, 1991 and this and subsequent
interim rules were codified at 24 CFR Part 92. Paperwork requirements
for these rules were approved under OMB Control Number 2501-0013. On
September 16, 1996, HUD published a final rule for the HOME Program.
Additional paperwork requirements for certain optional reporting
requirements were approved under OMB Control Number 2506-0162.
Title of proposal: HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2501-0013; 2506-0162.
Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The
HOME statute and related authorities impose a significant number of
data collection and reporting requirements on the Department and on
HOME participating jurisdictions. This information is collected: (1) to
assist HOME participating jurisdictions in managing their programs; (2)
to track performance of participating jurisdictions in meeting fund
commitment and expenditure deadlines; (3) to permit HUD to determine
whether each PJ meets the HOME statutory targeting and affordability
requirements; and (4) to permit HUD to determine compliance with other
statutory and regulatory program requirements e.g., requirements
relating to match, affirmative marketing, lead-based paint, and
displacmeent and relocation.
The recordkeeping and reporting burden hours for each individual
respondent contained herein are largely unchanged from the previous
approvals. The most significant change is in the total number of burden
hours for both recordkeeping and reporting, brought about by the
substantial increase in the number of program participants since the
last major HOME paperwork submission in 1994. The number of
participating jurisdictions has increased from 531 in 1994 to 576 in
1997. During this period, the number of Community Housing Department
Organizations increased from 1,075 to 2,732 and the number of State
recipients increased from 675 to 1,555. Because so many more
organizations are currently participating in the HOME Program than were
participating in the first years of the program, the total number of
burden hours has increased substantially despite the fact that the
burden per respondent has dropped slightly.
Other changes from the earlier paperwork approval include: (1) a
slight reduction in the number of reporting burden hours as a result of
eliminating the HOME Program Description and Annual Performance Report
requirements from 24 CFR Part 92 and adding those requirements to the
Consolidated Plan rule (24 CFR Part 91); (2) a slight reduction in both
record-keeping and reporting hours due to the conversion of HOME
participating jurisdiction from the HOME Cash and Management
Information System to the paperless Integrated Disbursement and
Information (C/MI) System. (Although this conversion is substantially
complete, the notice assumes that the 49 participating jurisdictions
currently in the C/MI will remain so); and (3) a slight increase due to
the fact that three optional reporting requirements approved under OMB
Control Number 2506-0162 are being added to this submission
Agency form numbers: HUD-40094; 40095; 40096; 40096-M; 40097;
40098; 40100; 40100-B; 40100-B; 40107; 40107-A.
Members of affected pubic: States, units of general local
government, nonprofit organizations.
Estimation of the total annual number of hours to prepare the
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of
response, and hours of response:
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Paperwork Number of Frequency Hours of
Section affected requirement respondents of response response Annual total
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92.61.............................. Insular Areas Program 4 1 10 40
Description.
92.66.............................. Insular Areas 4 1 3 12
reallocation.
92.101............................. Consortia Designation 95 1 5 475
92.200............................. Public-Private 580 1 2 1,160
Partnership.
92.201............................. State Designation of 580 1 2 1,160
Local Recipients.
92.201............................. Distribution of 50 1 1.5 75
Assistance.
92.202............................. Site and Neighborhood 580 1 2 1,160
Standards.
92.203............................. Income Determination. 4,867 1 2 9,734
92.206, 92.216, 92.217, 92.218, Documentation 4,867 1 5 24,335
92,250, 92.252, 92.254. required by HUD to
be included in
project file to
determine project
eligibility.
92.206............................. Refinancing.......... 200 1 4 800
92.251............................. Written Property 4,867 1 1 4,867
Standards.
92.253............................. Tenant Protections... 4,867 1 5 24,335
92.254............................. Median Purchase price 20 1 5 100
92.254............................. Alternative to Resale/ 275 1 5 1,375
Recapture Provisions.
92.300............................. CHDO Identification.. 576 1 2 1,152
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92.300............................. Designation of CHDOs. 300 1 1.5 450
92.300............................. CHDO Project 576 1 2 1,152
Assistance.
92.303............................. Tenant Participation 2,732 1 10 27,320
Plan.
92.350............................. Equal Opportunity.... 4,867 1 5 25,335
92.351............................. Affirmative marketing 4,867 1 10 48,670
92.353............................. Displacement, 4,867 1 5 24,335
relocation and
acquisition.
92.354............................. Labor................ 4,867 1 2.5 12,167.5
92.355............................. Lead-Based Paint..... 4,867 1 0.5 2,433.5
92.357............................. Debarment and 4,867 1 1 4,867
suspension.
92.501............................. Investment 580 1 1 580
Partnership
Agreement.
92.502............................. Cash and Management 49 1 10 490
Information system.
92.502............................. Homeownership/Rental 1,604 1 12.5 20,050
Project Set-Up (C/
MI).
92.502............................. Tenant-based rental 30 1 6.25 187.5
assistance Set-Up.
92.502............................. Rental Housing 1,604 1 7.5 12,030
Project Completion
(C/MI).
92.502............................. Homeownership Project 1,604 1 3.75 6,015
Completion (C/MI).
92.502............................. Homeownership/Rental 527 1 16 8,432
Set-Up and
Completion (IDIS).
92.502............................. Tenat-Based Rental 89 1 5.5 489.5
Assistance Set-Up
(IDIS).
92.504............................. Written Agreement.... 4,863 1 10 48,630
92.509............................. Management Reports-- 580 1 2.5 1,450
Annual Performance
Report.
92.509............................. Management Reports-- 576 1 0.76 432
FY Match Report.
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The total annual estimate of burden hours is 315,296.
Status of the proposed information collection: Public comment
requested by HUD.
Contact person and telephone numbers (this is not a toll-free
number) for copies of the proposed forms and other available documents:
Mary Kolesar, Director, Program Policy Division, Office of Affordable
Housing Programs, Room 7162, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410, (This is not
a toll-free number). A telecommunications device for hearing- and
speech-impaired person (TTY) is available at 1-800-877-8229 (Federal
Information Relay Service).
Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended.
Dated: May 6, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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