[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 193 (Tuesday, October 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53687-53688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26748]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4369-N-10]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Comment Request

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 date: December 7, 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, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, 
SW., Room 7230, Washington, DC 20410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is submitting 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 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 Base Closure 
Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance (Base Reuse Program), 
previously approved under OMB Control Number 2506-0154. The Base 
Closure Community Development and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994 
(October 25, 1994), as amended by Pub. L. 104-106, February 10, 1996, 
created the Base Reuse Program to expand the supply of homeless 
assistance resources at base closure and realignment sites. Interim 
rules implementing the Act were published by both the Department of 
Defense (DoD) and HUD on August 8, 1995 and August 17, 1995 
respectively and both Agencies published final rules on July 1, 1997 
and July 11, 1997 respectively. Paperwork requirements for HUD's 
responsibilities were

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approved under OMB Control Number 2506-0154. This notice is being 
submitted for an extension of the current OMB approved collection.
    Title of Proposal: Base Closure Community Redevelopment and 
Homeless Assistance Program.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: 2506-0154.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
Base Reuse Program instituted a community-based process for assessing 
and addressing the needs of the homeless at base closure and 
redevelopment sites. In this process, Local Redevelopment Authorities 
(LRA's) assess community-wide needs and opportunities, conduct an 
outreach process to solicit and identify interest from homeless 
providers as well as State and local entities in obtaining a no cost 
public benefit conveyance of installation property and develop a base 
redevelopment plan for the installation that balances the economic 
redevelopment and other development needs of the communities in the 
vicinity of the installation with the needs of the homeless in those 
communities. The Department of Housing and Urban Development must 
review the LRA's plan to assess the adequacy of the homeless assistance 
providers outreach process, and that an appropriate balance in meeting 
the needs of the homeless with other community development needs is 
achieved.
    The base reuse planning process culminates in the submission of the 
officially approved base reuse plan to HUD which is composed of three 
elements: 1. the base redevelopment plan, 2) the homeless assistance 
component, and 3, the legally binding agreements which implement the no 
cost homeless assistance property conveyances.
    It is for the purposes of making the statutory determinations, as 
indicated above, that a base redevelopment plan (composed of the three 
elements above) is required to be submitted by each LRA to HUD for 
review and approval. LRA's may not move further along in the base 
redevelopment process until HUD reviews and grants approval of the base 
redevelopment plan and homeless assistance component by officially 
transmitting that approval to both the appropriate Military Department 
(Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines) having jurisdiction over that 
particular installation and to the DoD's, Office of Economic 
Adjustment.
    In the event that the HUD review determines that the LRA's 
application fails to meet the regulatory review criteria at 24 CFR 
586.35(d)(1), the LRA will be advised of the deficiencies in it's 
application and will be required to revise and resubmit it's 
application within a specified time period.
    We estimate that the recordkeeping and reporting burden hours for 
each individual respondent will remain largely unchanged from the 
previous OMB approval. While both the Act and HUD regulations 
implementing the base reuse act require that LRA's develop and submit a 
base redevelopment plan, HUD does not prescribe the format for the 
plan, as that is left up to the LRA's. HUD does, however, require that 
all the statutory and regulatory items be specifically addressed within 
the LRA's base redevelopment submission (base redevelopment plan, 
homeless assistance component and Legally Binding Agreements). 
Consistent with this, HUD does not require a specific format, or the 
use of specific HUD forms, for the submission of the base redevelopment 
plans. This paperwork burden request therefore omits any reference to 
forms or formats.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: None.
    Members of affected public: States, units of local government, 
private nonprofit organizations.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response: The total number of military 
installations that were covered under the provisions of the Base 
Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act (BRAC 1995 
and earlier years) was initially set at 102. During the intervening 
period a number of installations have submitted base redevelopment 
plans and have received approval. At this point approximately 45 
installations have not completed their base redevelopment plan 
submissions. Our estimate of the total paperwork burden, in number of 
hours to prepare a base reuse plan submission, is 440 hours per 
installation.
    Burden Hours per Each Complete Base Redevelopment Plan:

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                                                                                     Hours per
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Notice of Interest (NOI's)......................               5               1              16              80
Section 586.20(2) LRA Application....               1               1             360             360
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             440
Section 586.20(5) LRA's Resubmission
 (two resubmissions estimated)..................               2               1              60             120
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    Total.......................................  ..............  ..............  ..............             120
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    The submission burden hours for all remaining installations is 45 
x  440 = 19,800 hours. Plus the two resubmissions is 19,800 + 120 = 
19,920 Total burden hours.
    Upon completion of approval of these remaining 45 base 
redevelopment plans, we will have completed HUD's responsibility under 
this legislation and both the Act and HUD's regulations will reach 
sunset and the process will be concluded.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of 
Currently Approved Collection.

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

    Dated: September 30, 1998.
Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development.
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