[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 121 (Friday, June 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33552-33553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15686]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4650-N-4]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 
and Improvement Plan (IP)

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, 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 review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department 
is soliciting public comments on the subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: July 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comment should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval number and should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr., OMB Desk 
Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, Q, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 
Street, Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail [email protected]; 
telephone (202) 708-2374. This is not a toll-free number. Copies of the 
proposed forms and other available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department has submitted the proposal 
for the collection of information, as described below, to OMB for 
review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 
35). The Notice lists the following information: (1) The title of the 
information collection proposal; (2) the office of the agency to 
collect the information; (3) the OMB approval number, if applicable; 
(4) the description of the need for the information and its proposed 
use; (5) the agency form number, if applicable; (6) what member of the 
public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information 
submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total numbers of 
hours needed to prepare the information submission including number of 
respondents, frequency of response, and hours of response; (9) whether 
the proposal is new, an extension, reinstatement, or revision of an 
information collection requirement; and (10) the name and telephone 
number of an agency official familiar with the proposal and of the OMB 
Desk Officer for the Department.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) 
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) and Improvement Plan (IP).
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-XXXX.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the need for the information and its proposed use: A 
Public Housing Agency (PHA) which is designated troubled or substandard 
under the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) must enter into a 
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with HUD to outline its planned 
improvement. Similarly, a PHA which is a standard performer, but 
receive a total PHAS score of less than 70% but not less than 60% if 
required to submit an improvement Plan (IP). These plans are designed 
to address deficiencies in a PHA's operations fund through the PHAS 
assessment process (management, financial, physical, or resident 
related) and any other deficiencies identified by HUD through 
independent assessments or other methods.
    Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency of Submission: Quarterly.
    Reporting Burden:

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                                                        Frequency  of          Hours per
              Number of  respondents                x      response      x      response      =   Burden  hours
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939..............................................                   1                 36.2               34,026
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 34,026.
    Status: New Collection.

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

    Dated: June 5, 2001.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-15686 Filed 6-21-01; 8:45 am]
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