[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15472-15473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4412]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5044-N-04]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment: PHA 
Plans Standard Template

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 will be 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: May 30, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/or OMB 
Control number and should be sent to: Aneita Waites, Reports Liaison 
Officer, Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 7th Street SW., Room 4116, Washington, DC 20410-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aneita Waites, (202) 708-0713, 
extension 4114, for copies of the proposed forms and other available 
documents. (This is not a toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will submit the proposed 
information collection to OMB review, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) This notice is 
soliciting comments from members of the public and affected agencies 
concerning the proposed collection of information to: (1) Evaluate 
whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether 
the information will have practical utility; (2) evaluate the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (4) 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. The notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Public Housing Agency (PHA) Plan.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0226.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use: This 
proposed rules extends the use of the previously OMB approved template 
for the Public Housing Five-Year and Annual Plan. Public housing 
Agencies (PHAs) submit an annual plan for each fiscal year for which 
the PHA received tenant-based assistance and public housing operating 
subsidy. This plan provides a framework for local accountability and to 
the extent possible, an easily identifiable source by which public 
housing residents, participants in the housing choice voucher program, 
and other members of the public may locate housing and services. The 
PHA plan is a Web-based application (allowing PHAs to retrieve the 
applicable templates) that allows PHAs to provide their plans to HUD 
via the Internet. The system allows HUD to track plans every year with 
limited reporting and any changes from the previous submission.
    Agency Form Number: HUD-50075, HUD-50075 SA, HUD-50075 SF.
    Members of the Affected Public: State or local government.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents:

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                                                                                                                          Deregulated      Deregulated
                                                          Standard 5-      Standard      Stream-lined      Troubled       streamlined    streamlined  5-
                                                          year plan &     annual plan     annual plan   agency  annual    annual plan      year plan &
                                                          annual plan     (years 1-4)                        plan          (yrs 1-4)       annual plan
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PHA Plan Component and burden hours by plan type......  ..............  ..............        (\1\)     ..............          (\2\)            (\2\)
PHA Identification Page...............................            0.1             0.1             0.1             0.1               0.1              0.1
5-Year plan (24 CFR 903.5)............................            1               0               0               0                 0                0
ii. Executive Summary of the Annual PHA Plan..........            0               0               0               0                 0                0
Summary of Policy & Program Changes (Small PHA Update)            0               0               0               0                 0                0
List of Policy and Program Changes (deregulated and               0               0               0               0                 1                0
 streamlined plan)....................................
iii. ANNUAL PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS....................            0.25            0.25            0.25            0.25              0.1              0.1
1. Housing Needs......................................            4               4               4               0                 0                4
2. Financial Resources................................            2               2               2               2                 0                2
3. Policies on Eligibility, Selection, and Admissions.            2               2               2               2     ...............              2
    Site-based waiting lists (only)...................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............              1    ...............
4. Rent Determination Policies........................            1               1               1               1     ...............              1
5. Operations & Management............................            1               1               0               1                 0                0
6. Grievance Procedures...............................            1               1               0               1                 0                0
7. Capital Improvements Needs.........................           16              16              16              16                 8                8
8. Demolition and Disposition.........................            1               1               1               1                 0                1
9. Designation of Housing.............................            1               1               0               1                 0                0
10. Conversions of Public Housing.....................            1               1               1               1                 0                0
11. Homeownership (all)...............................            1               1               0               0     ...............              1
    Section 8(y) only 1...............................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............              0.5  ...............
12. Community Service and Self-Sufficiency............            2               2               0               2                 0                2
13. Crime and Safety..................................            0.5             0.5             0.5             0.5               0                0.5

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14. Pets..............................................            1               1               1               0                 0                0
15. Civil Rights Certification........................            0.5             0.5             0.5             0.5               0.5              0.5
16. Audit.............................................            0.5             0.5             0.5             0.5               0                0
17. Asset Management..................................            2               2               0               2                 0                0
18. Other Information: Progress meeting 5-Year goals;             8               8               8               8                 0                8
 Resident membership of Board; RAB recommendations and
 PHA response; PHA statement of consistency with
 Consolidated Plan; PHA criteria for substantial
 deviations and significant amendments; List of
 supporting documents.................................
Use of Project-based vouchers.........................            0.5             0.5             0.5             0.5               0.5              0.5
Budget/MOA/plan to improve (troubled PHAs only).......            0               0               0               2                 0                0
BURDEN HOURS Per Response.............................           47.35           46.35           38.35           42                 9.5             30.7
Number of Respondents This Plan Type..................          632             132             500              83             3,385            3,385
Total Burden Hours All Respondents This Plan Type.....       29,925       \3\ 6,118      \3\ 19,175       \3\ 3,486        \3\ 32,157          103,919.5
Total burden over five years..........................       29,925          24,472          76,700          13,944           128,628         103,920
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\1\ High Performer.
\2\ Small PHA.
\3\ Per year.

    Status of the Proposed Information Collection: Reinstatement of 
previously approved collection.

    Authority: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 
44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended.

    Dated: March 17, 2006.
Glenda N. Green,
Deputy Director for Policy and Legislative Initiatives.
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