[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 32996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8767]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5044-N-10]


Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment; 
Public Housing Assessment System; Appeals, Technical Reviews and 
Database Adjustments

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: August 7, 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: Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS); 
Appeals, Technical Reviews and Database Adjustments.
    OMB Control Number: Pending.
    Description of the need for the information and proposed use: 
Pursuant to Sec.  6(j)(2)(A)(iii) of the Act, HUD is required to 
establish procedures for a PHA to appeal troubled designation. The PHAS 
regulation at Sec.  902.69 provides the opportunity for a PHA to appeal 
its troubled designation, petition for the removal of troubled 
designation, or appeal its score. The PHAS regulation at Sec.  902.68 
affords PHAs the opportunity to request a technical review of its 
physical condition inspection or a database adjustment, or a technical 
review of its resident satisfaction survey, if certain conditions are 
present. A technical review of the physical condition inspection may be 
requested if a PHA believes that an objectively verifiable and material 
error(s) occurred in the inspection of an individual property. A 
technical review of the resident satisfaction survey results may be 
requested in cases where the contracted third party survey 
administrator can be shown by a PHA to be in error.
    Multifamily entities are also provided the opportunity to submit 
technical review and database adjustment requests for their physical 
condition score pursuant to 24 CFR parts 5 and 200, and technical 
reviews of resident/customer surveys for multifamily entities when such 
surveys are conducted.
    Agency form number, if applicable: N/A.
    Members of affected public: Public housing agencies.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection including number of respondents: The estimated 
average number of respondents is 351.5 PHAs and 496 multifamily 
entities that submit request for an appeal, technical review, or 
database adjustment for a total 847.5 PHAs and multifamily entities 
that submit annually. The average total reporting burden is 4,407 
hours.
    Status of the proposed information collection: New collection.

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

    Dated: May 31, 2006.
Bessy Kong,
Director, Policy, Program and Legislative Initiatives.
 [FR Doc. E6-8767 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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