[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5452]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-443-N-02]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request

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 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: Comments Due Date: March 12, 1999.

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, DC 
20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, 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 Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, an information collection package with 
respect to energy consumption and excessive energy costs in public 
housing. The information request will meet a request from U.S. Senate 
Commission on Appropriations Report 105-216.

    Reports are required to Congress by April 19 and June 1, 1999. 
Emergency processing is required to provide sufficient time to submit 
the survey and to collect and process the incoming data. Emergency 
processing is also required to provide sufficient time to complete the 
reports and to have adequate time for review.
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information; (2) Enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (3) 
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: Energy Conservation Reporting Requirement.
    OMB Control Number, if applicable: Description of the need for the 
information and proposed use: The data to be collected will be used to 
respond to a congressional request and will be used to complete reports 
on energy consumption and excessive energy costs in public housing.
    Agency form numbers, if applicable: Members of affected public: 
Public Housing Authorities.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents, frequency of 
response, and hours of response:  It will take approximately 3 hours 
per housing development and a total of approximately 39,729 labor hours 
for all public housing authorities to respond.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Awaiting OMB 
approval.

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

    Dated: February 26, 1999.
David S. Cristy,
Director, IRM Policy and Management Division.
[FR Doc. 99-5452 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am]
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