[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79151-79152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30760]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. 5191-N-47]


Notice of Submission for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection to OMB; Comment Request; Applications for 
Housing Assistance Payments and Special Claims Processing

AGENCY: Office of Program Systems Management

ACTION: Notice extension of a currently approved information 
collection.

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

DATES: Comments Due Date: February 23, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding 
this proposal. Comments must be received within sixty (60) days from 
the date of this Notice. Comments should refer to the proposal by name/
or OMB Control Number and should be sent to: HUD Desk Officer, Office 
of

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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, AYO, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410; e-mail 
[email protected]; telephone (202) 402-2374. 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 processing, an extension of a currently approved collection for 
submission of Applications for Housing Assistance Payments and Special 
Claims Processing.
    This Notice is soliciting comments from members of the public and 
affected agencies concerning the extension of the approved collection 
of information to: (1) Evaluate whether the collection remains 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information has practical utility; (2) Evaluate 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 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 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.
    Description of Information Collection: This is an extension of a 
currently approved collection for submitting Applications for Housing 
Assistance Payments 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 extended 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 applications.
    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.
    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 21,787, frequency of 
response is 12 per annum, and the total hours per respondent is 6.65.

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

    Dated: December 19, 2008.
Ronald Y. Spraker,
Acting General Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Housing-Deputy Federal 
Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. E8-30760 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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