[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42591-42592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16754]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5187-N-45]


Notice of Submission of Proposed Information Collection to OMB; 
Emergency Comment Request; Applications for Housing Assistance Payments 
and Special Claims Processing and Owner Certification With Tenant 
Eligibility and Rent Procedures

AGENCY: Office of Program Systems Management.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information collection.

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SUMMARY: The proposed information collection requirement described 
below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for emergency review and approval, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the 
subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: August 5, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within fourteen (14) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB approval number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office 
of Management and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Deitzer, Paperwork Reduction 
Act Compliance Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 
[email protected]; telephone (202) 402-8048. This is not a 
toll-free number. Copies of available documents submitted to OMB may be 
obtained from Ms. Deitzer.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Notice informs the public that the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has submitted to OMB, 
for emergency processing, a revised collection for submission of 
Applications for Housing Assistance Payments and Special Claims 
Processing, and Owner Certification with Tenant Eligibility and Rent 
Procedures.
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affecting agencies concerning the proposed collection of information 
to: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary

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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: Applications for Housing Assistance Payments and 
Special Claims Processing; and Owner Certification with Tenant 
Eligibility and Rent Procedures.
    Description of Information Collection: This is a revised collection 
for submitting Applications for Housing Assistance Payments and 
determining Owner Certification of Compliance with Tenant Eligibility 
and Rent Procedures for Section 8, Rent Supplement, Rental Assistance 
Payment (RAP), Section 202 Project Assistance Contracts (PACs) and 
Section 811 and 202 Project Rental Assistance Contracts (PRACS) program 
units. Special Claims for damages, unpaid rent loss, and vacancy claims 
are available for the Section 8, Section 202 PACs, and Section 811 and 
Section 202 PRACS programs.
    Each HUD program has an assistance payments contract. These 
contracts indicate that HUD will make monthly assistance payments to 
Project Owners/Management Agents on behalf of the eligible households 
who reside in the assisted units. Project Owners are required to sign a 
certification on the Housing Owner's Certifications and Application for 
Housing Assistance form which states: (1) Each tenant's eligibility and 
assistance payments was computed in accord with HUD's regulations 
administrative procedures and the Contract, and are payable under the 
Contract; (2) The units for which assistance is being billed are 
decent, safe, sanitary, and occupied or available for occupancy; (3) No 
amount included on the bill has been previously billed or paid; (4) All 
facts and data on which the payment request is based are true and 
accurate; and (5) That no payments have been paid or will be paid from 
the tenant or any public or private source for units beyond that 
authorized by the assistance contract, or lease, unless permitted by 
HUD.
    This revised information collection provides a standard for Project 
Owners/Management Agents to report Adjustments to Schedule of Tenant 
Assistance Payments Due, Miscellaneous Accounting Request for Schedule 
of Tenant Assistance Due and Approved Special Claims for Schedule of 
Tenant Assistance Payments Due utilizing data already available in 
their software. The revised information collection further provides for 
distinct and increased clarity in reporting Partial Certifications such 
as Gross Rent Changes, Unit Transfers, Terminations and Move Outs.
    OMB Control Number: 2502-0182.
    Agency Form Numbers: HUD-52670, HUD-52670-A Part 1, HUD-52670-A 
Part 2, HUD-52670-A Part 3, HUD-52670-A Part 4, HUD-52670-A Part 5, and 
HUD-52671-A/B/C/D.
    Members of Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    OMB Control Number: 2502-0204.
    Agency Form Numbers: HUD-50059, HUD-50059-A, HUD-9887/9887-A, HUD-
27061-H, HUD-90100, HUD-90101, HUD-90102, HUD-90103, HUD-90104, HUD-
90105-a, HUD-90105-b, HUD-90105-c, HUD-90105-d, and HUD-90106.
    Members of Affected Public: Not-for-profit institutions.
    Estimation of the total numbers of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection (2502-0182) including number of respondents, 
frequency of responses, and hours of response: An estimation of the 
annual total number of hours needed to prepare the information 
collection is 301,951, number of respondents is 24,325, frequency 
response is 12 per annum, and the total hours per respondent is 6.65.
    Estimation of the total number of hours needed to prepare the 
information collection (2502-0204) including number of respondents, 
frequency of responses, and hours of response: An estimation of the 
annual total number of hours needed to prepare the information 
collection is 1,920,431, number of respondents is 1,920,431, frequency 
response is 1 per annum, and the total hours per respondent is 1.71.

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

    Dated: July 17, 2008.
Lillian L. Deitzer,
Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-16754 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
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