[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 175 (Monday, September 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53463-53464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14919]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5044-N-16]


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 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.
    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: November 13, 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; 
e-mail [email protected]. This is not a toll-free number. 
Copies of the proposed forms and other available documents may be 
obtained from Ms. Waites.

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 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
                                        respondents       responses      x      response      =    Burden hours
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Reporting Burden....................            3400             3400   ..             3.9   ..          13,268
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    Total Estimated Burden Hours: 13,268.
    Status: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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


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    Dated: September 1, 2006.
Merrie Nichols-Dixon,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, 0ffice of Policy, Program and 
Legislative Initiatives.
 [FR Doc. E6-14919 Filed 9-8-06; 8:45 am]
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