[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 46212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19941]


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Department of Housing and Urban Development

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-53]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Energy Conservation for PHA-Owned or Leased Projects--Audits, Utility 
Allowances

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.
    Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) are required to establish allowances 
for PHA-furnished utilities and for resident-purchased utilities. PHAs 
document, and provide for resident inspection, the basis upon which 
allowances and scheduled surcharges (and revisions thereof) are 
established. PHAs complete energy audits, benefit/cost analyses for 
individual vs. mastermetering. PHAs review tenant utility allowances. 
HUD is seeking reinstatement of the approval to collect this 
information.
    The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject 
proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 4, 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 (2577-0062) 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: Energy Conservation for PHA-Owned or Leased 
Projects--Audits, Utility Allowances.
    OMB Approval Number: 2577-0062.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
In support of national energy conservation goals, Public Housing 
Agencies (PHAs) establish allowances for PHA-furnished utilities and 
for resident-purchased utilities. PHAs document, and provide for 
resident inspection, the basis upon which allowances and scheduled 
surcharges (and revisions thereof) are established. PHAs complete 
energy audits, benefit/cost analyses for individual vs. mastermetering. 
PHAs review tenant utility allowances.
    Respondents: PHAs with PHA-owned or Leased Projects.
    Frequency of Submission: Annually.

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                                                      Number of        Annual           Hours per        Burden
                                                     respondents      responses    x    response     =    hours
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Reporting burden.................................            3400          3400   ..          3.9   ..    13,268
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 13,268.
    Status: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved 
collection for which approval expired.

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

    Dated: July 31, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-19941 Filed 8-4-03; 8:45 am]
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