[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 566-567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-189]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4734-N-80]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Screening and Eviction for Drug Abuse and Other Criminal Activity

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: February 5, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name and/or OMB 
approval number (2577-0232) and should be sent to: Lauren Wittenberg, 
OMB Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503; Fax number (202) 395-
6974; E-mail [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Eddins, Reports Management 
Officer, AYO, 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 members of the 
public will be affected by the proposal; (7) how frequently information 
submissions will be required; (8) an estimate of the total number 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: Screening and Eviction for Drug Abuse and Other 
Criminal Activity Assisted Units.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0232.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and its Proposed Use: 
This collection of information implements statute. This collection of 
information implements statute giving Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) 
the tools for adopting and implementing fair, effective, and 
comprehensive policies for screening out applicants who engage in 
illegal drug use or other criminal activity and for evicting or 
terminating assistance of persons who engage in such activity. A PHA 
that administers a Section 8 or public housing program under an Annual 
Contributions Contract (ACC) with HUD may request criminal conviction 
records from any law enforcement agency concerning an adult member of a 
household applying for admission to a public housing or Section 8 
program.
    Respondents: State and Local Governments (Public Housing Agencies).
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion of application for admission.

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                                                       Number of          Annual                          Hours per
                                                      respondents       responses            x             response            =           Burden Hours
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Reporting Burden..................................           8,600            8,600   ...............             1.3   ...............          10,850
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 41,385.
    Status: Extension, without change.

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

    Dated: December 27, 2002.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-189 Filed 1-3-03; 8:45 am]
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