[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 51025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21634]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-4815-N-58]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB: 
Applications for Housing Assistance Payments

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.
    Housing owners/agents submit vouchers to HUD or their Contract 
Administrators (CA)/Performance Based Contract Administrators (PBCA) 
monthly to receive assistance payments for the difference between the 
gross rent and the total tenant payment for all assisted tenants. 
Special claims vouchers are also submitted by owners/agents to HUD or 
their CA/PBCA to receive an amount to offset unpaid rent, tenant 
damages, vacancies, and/or debt service losses. This is a proposed 
revision to the current information collection.
    The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject 
proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: September 24, 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 (2502-0182) 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 or through HUD's Information Collection Budget 
Tracking System at http://mf.hud.gov:63001/po/i/icbts/.

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: Applications for Housing Assistance Payments.
    OMB Approval Number: 2502-0182.
    Form Numbers: HUD-52670; HUD-52670-A, Part 1; HUD-52670-A, Part 2; 
HUD-52671-A/B/C/D.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Its Proposed Use: 
Owners/agents submit vouchers to HUD or their Contract Administrators/
Performance Based Contract Administrators monthly to receive assistance 
payments for the difference between the gross rent and the total tenant 
payment for all assisted tenants. Special claims vouchers are also 
submitted to receive an amount to offset unpaid rent, tenant damages, 
vacancies, and/or debt service losses.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, Business or other for-
profit, Not-for-profit institutions, State, local or tribal government
    Frequency of Submission: On occasion, Monthly.
    Reporting Burden: Number of Respondents 23,507; Average responses 
per respondent 16.8; Total annual responses 394,824; Average burden per 
response 0.81 hrs.
    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 319,627.
    Status: Revision of a currently approved collection.

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

    Dated: August 15, 2003.
Wayne Eddins,
Departmental Reports Management Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-21634 Filed 8-22-03; 8:45 am]
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