[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20713-20714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5959]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5044-N-07]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment; 
Low-Income Public Housing Operating Budget, Supporting Schedules and 
Related Forms

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: June 20, 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 for 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.
    This Notice also lists the following information:
    Title of Proposal: Low-Income Public Housing Operation Budget, 
Supporting Schedules and Related Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 2577-0026.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: The 
operating budget and supporting schedules and related forms are 
submitted by PHAs for the low-income housing program. The operating 
budget provides a summary of proposed budget receipts and expenditures 
by major category, as well as blocks for indicating

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approval of budget receipts and expenditures by the PHA and HUD. The 
supporting schedules and related forms provide the detail of how the 
amount shown on the operating budget were arrived at, as well as 
justification of certain specified amounts. The information is reviewed 
by HUD to determine if the plan of operation adopted by the PHA and 
amounts included therein are reasonable for the efficient and 
economical operation of the development(s), and the PHA is in 
compliance with HUD procedures to assure that sound management 
practices will be followed in the operation of the development. A small 
number of PHAs (200) are still required to submit their operating 
budget packages to HUD, namely those that are troubled, those that are 
recently out of troubled status or at risk of becoming troubled, or 
those that are at risk of fiscal insolvency. PHAs are still required to 
prepare their operating budgets and submit them to their Board for 
approval prior to their operating subsidy being approved by HUD. The 
operating budgets must be kept on file for review, if requested.
    Agency form number, if applicable: HUD-52564, HUD-52566, HUD-52567, 
HUD-52571, HUD-52573, HUD-52574 and HUD-52267.
    Members of affected public: PHAs, state or local government.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents: The estimated 
number of respondents is 3,141 IPAs that prepare and submit to the 
Board of Commissioners operating budgets and supporting schedules and 
related forms annually and keep them on file. The total reporting 
burden is 377,831 hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: Extension of an 
existing collection.

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

    Dated: April 14, 2006.
Bessy Kong,
Director, Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
 [FR Doc. E6-5959 Filed 4-20-06; 8:45 am]
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